Eric sat up in bed on a pile of pillows, grabbing his cell phone off the night stand and dialing speed dial 3, Luna's number. He could sense through their bond that she was asleep and had been for a few hours now. The phone rang and rang and rang, Eric was starting to think she wasn't going to answer before he heard her deep and sleepy Swedish accent come from the other side. He grinned ear to ear hearing it, he hadn't in months, not to the tone it was in.

"Vad?" she whispered, still over half asleep. (What?)

"Hej sömnig." Eric smiled. (Hey sleepy)

"Eric?" her voice came up a little with sleepy uncertainty.

"Yes, Luna. It's me." he assured her.

Luna was instantly awake with the confirm, "Is it 3 already?" she asked.

"Mmhm." Eric hummed. "How was your flight?" he asked.

"It was good. Better than the drive home and stuff." She replied, rolling onto her back. "My mom gave me the third degree about why I left the Riley's and that I didn't miss the family as much as I should have."

"Probably the pregnancy hormones." Eric replied.

"Eric, what are you doing?" Luna asked, a grin spreading across her face listening to him.

"I'm listening to you." he replied in a husky voice.

"You're not just listening to me, you're touching yourself." she giggled all giddy. "That's not cool, Eric." she whined.

"Oh, I know, sweetie." He moaned. Luna rolled her eyes, feeling Eric let go and let his emotions and feelings wash over to her. What Eric was doing was something Luna would never do to herself, but she loved watching Eric do it to himself and he knew that. "But when I got out of the shower, it was just there and I just happen to be taking care of it by myself because my girl is thousands of miles away." He teased, making Luna blush and put a pillow over her face.

"You're a cruel old Vampire, Eric. Very cruel." She mumbled from the pillow.

"Still love me." Eric grinned.

"Yes. Yes, I do. Very, very much." she smiled, listening him finish up what he was doing. "Feel better?"

"No." Eric replied, cleaning himself up. "I would if you were here, snuggled against me."

"Aw," Luna teased him. "You poor baby, you."

Both of them laughed, then Luna screamed. "What?" Eric demanded.

"Hold on." Luna told him. "What!" Eric heard her call.

"Luna, who are you talking to at 3am?" Kalle asked on the other side of her bedroom door.

"En vän." Luna answered. (A friend)

"Do they know what time it is here?" he called, sounding really annoyed.

"No. It's the middle of the day back in Louisiana, Pappa." she replied. She heard him mumble somethings she didn't catch.

"Good night, Luna."

"God natt." Luna said, then waited a few minutes when she was sure he was back in his and her mom's room. "Okay, sorry. I must have woke my dad up laughing or something." she said back to Eric.

"Is he mad?" Eric asked.

"Naw." she sighed. "Its incredibly hard to make my dad mad." she explained.

"Do they know about me?" His voice was careful, as if he didn't want to say it and upset her.

"They know that I'm staying with you. Nothing they didn't already know and if you're implying, if they know that I'm dating my 'host parent' and that he's biting me and drinking my blood, that's a definite hell fucking no."

"Don't cuss." Eric snapped at her. He hated it when she used dirty language of any sorts.

"Sorry." she apologized. "But no they don't know anything about our relationship and bond." Luna assured him, pulling out and stroking the talisman.

As if he know she touched the talisman, "Have they seen it yet?" he asked. "The talisman."

"No. No one has. It's been under my shirt since Ginger dropped me off at the Airport yesterday morning. It only came out when I was falling asleep alone in my room."

"Playing with it?" Eric smiled.

"Holding it." she corrected him.

"Same thing, when it comes to you, love." he mused.

"Bite me." she deadpanned.

"Soon enough, my vain little human. Soon enough." Eric smiled as they exchanged emotions back and forth through their bond. "Oh, there's a Vampire friend of mine in Sweden, Elander. I'm going to give you his number before we hang up. You are too call him if you are planning to go out at night alone, understood. He's to be with you, when you go out alone and to know where you're going with friends, so he can watch you."

"Why do I need a nanny, Eric. I'm a big girl." Luna groaned.

"Luna, all the Vampires in Stockholm know me and either will know or do know you are mine and a large number of them do not like me for reasons I don't need or want you to know. Though its highly likely that since I have claimed you they won't touch you because they know the consequences if they do. But it doesn't mean there won't be one or two that won't try to get me back by using you against me. I can't and won't have that, so I need to know you're well taken care off, so far out of my reach. You need to tell Elander where you go when you go out and stay with him when you're together. It's for your safety and only for your safety. I know you're a big girl and everything, but I love you too much to lose you or have you walking around Sweden with a target on your back. We'll both sleep better." he told her.

Luna sighed slowly, rubbing her eyes. "Okay, Eric. I'll do as you say and let Elander stalk me and my friends. Me and my buddy Jace planned on going out tomorrow night with some other friends to kinda welcome me back." she spilled it to him.

"Good and don't get into any trouble with them. I've never liked Jace since you told me he made you pour blue dye in your high school pool and ratted you out on it." Eric growled remembering that conversation.

"I promise, Eric. I'll be a little angel." she smiled evilly.

"And remember Elander will report everything you do to me." there was an underlying warning threat in his voice as he said it.

"Locked in my memory vault." She told him, making a locking sound.

"Very good." Eric smiled. "Now, go back to sleep. I'll call you later." he told her.

"Okay." Luna yawned. "Morning, Eric. I love you."

"Good night, Luna. I love you too."