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I was inspired by one of my favorite songs "White Blank Page." I hope you have heard it. I thought it was fitting for Eric and Sookie.

WARNING! ADULT CONTENT!

Chapter 28

Sookie woke the next morning feeling like a truck had ran her over. Her body was sore, her eyes swollen, her head pounding. She went to the bathroom to take care of things, washed her face and went down the hall to the nursery. The twins were in their cribs sleeping so she went to check on Johan. He was up sitting in his crib, she went to pick him up and he began to crying. Sookie picked him up and patted his back. "Baby, its ok, mommy and daddy will figure it out ok? Don't worry baby. Daddy will never leave you baby. He loves all of us." Her sons head went to her chest he quietly cried and her heart wanted to explode. How did her life change so much in such a short time?

Lily came in with the twins. "Sookie I will take the babies down. You want me to take him?" Sookie shook her head and told her no. Lily left to go downstairs.

"Daddy?" Her son said so quietly as he looked up at his mother. Sookie looked at the face of her child, her husbands face, it was like daggers were stabbing her. She had no idea what she was going to do. All she wanted to do was crawl into a ball and lay there but she had responsibilities so she picked her child up and took him to bathe him and put clothes on him for the day.

Lily was feeding the babies and she had Johan in the chair eating when Alcide and Amelia came in. Sookie stood, Amelia hugged her crushing her to her tall frame. "Ok Amelia, your choking me now." Amelia pulled her back and tears were in her eyes. "No, no crying ok? Eric and I will figure it out." Amelia nodded and went to the kitchen to get coffee. Alcide held his arms out and she went to him, his arms felt so comforting. "Why didn't I kill that skinny wife of yours and keep you for myself Alcide? I would be a lot happier I think."

Alcide chuckled. "Yeah, problem is you're in love with that bastard. You loved him then and you love him now. Now you just need to figure out what to do with it? You only have two choices Sookie, you forgive him for the things he said and what he did about Katie or you have to let him go. Can you do that Sookie, let him go?"

"That's the million dollar question isn't it? I don't know what I am going to do Alcide. Look at him." She nodded toward Johan. "How do I look at that babies face everyday looking at his sadness, Eric's face? I don't know I was thinking, all of this. I really thought I could have a life, happiness, a family. God I am stupid." She let go of Alcide and turned away from him.

"Looks to me you have all of that. He may be a vampire now Sookie, but he was human once and in that vampire body is emotions he gets mixed up sometimes. You know that, you feel them. He is confident in battle and business but in this stuff he struggles. The only thing he is sure about where it comes to his emotions is you, he knows he loves you more than anyone who has ever been in his life. Talk to him Sookie, let him explain and apologize." Alcide kissed her on the top of the head and went to find his wife so he could head to work.

When Amelia returned Sookie saw her friend, her baby bump was showing, her clothes were getting too snug. They were supposed to be taking the day to go shopping but her drama messed it up again. "Amelia, why don't you go, take the day and do your shopping like we planned. I will send security with you. You could use a day out in the real world." Amelia's face brightened at the prospect of shopping. Amelia grinned at her friend. Sookie went to find Mark to get her a team and car together. She had Amelia on her way to the mall before she knew it.

Sookie spent the morning and afternoon with her kids. She read about five books to the babies before they fell asleep for their afternoon nap. Lily had just taken the babies up and Johan was sleeping on the couch. Sookie heard the door open, her bond peeled open and her emotions began to overwhelm her. She put her hands over her face and tried to breathe through it. Lily stepped back in the room ahead of Eric. "Lily, take him upstairs and put him down please. Thank you." Eric stood in the doorway, he was still as a statue.

"Hello Sookie." His voice sounded like that of an angel she thought, his accent thicker than usual.

She turned her face to him. His handsome face looked at her, she turned back away. "Eric, we need to set up some boundaries, schedules or something." She didn't know what she wanted she just needed the pain to stop. He stepped into the living room and went to sit across from her. He was pushing feelings to her, his love, his strength, pride. "What are you doing here Eric? I asked you to stay, you left me, so now go." She didn't want his feelings, her were raw. She got up and went to the glass door and opened it going outside into the day light. He followed her.

"I should have stayed last night when you asked. I just wanted to give you some space Sookie to process all of this.. Give me another chance Sookie. What do I have to do? What do I have to do to make you love me again?" He stood looking at her, desperate.

"I love you! Don't you get that? I will always love you. I spent my entire life looking for you and now I am trying to figure out how to fix this. Don't you want us to be together?" She was angry, distraught, so many emotions she didn't know if she had room for them all.

He came to stand in front of her, he put his arms out to her and she wanted to move into them so desperately. Her head shook no over and over. "Look at me Sookie." Her head shook no again. "Sookie, please, look at me." She did, her eyes meeting his. "Let me in, let me love you." She backed up, he was too close, her breathe became rapid, she was panting, she felt dizzy, she reached out, her world was spinning, he picked her up to sit her down. "You are alright my love, your just hyperventilating, just breathe, breathe for me." She felt his body against hers and she needed to hold him and get away at the same time, but he held her there. "I love you Sookie, I love you so much. I wish I could take it all back." His lips went to her neck and she cried out, leaping from his grasp. Her tears were welling up again. "Sookie, I need you, do you not need me? Feel my love for you." Mark stepped into the back yard.

"Sookie is everything alright?" That was enough to break the spell Eric was to her in that moment.

"Yes Mark, I am fine. Go back to work, I am ok." He turned looking at Eric like he wanted to kill him and Eric hissed at him. Mark opened the door and went back inside. "Stop it Eric, he is only trying to protect me."

"From whom Sookie? From me? I am your husband! It is I who should be protecting you, not the hired help." His eyes flashed at her, they were back peddling fast and Eric knew it.

"I have a few things I need to do tomorrow morning. Come here at ten tomorrow morning and I will leave you here with the kids so you can spend some time with them. You need to go Eric." She put her hands over her chest waiting for the fall out.

"You will allow me to spend time with my children?" He laughed at her like she was ridiculous. He wanted to rip someone from limb to limb but he calmed himself down, he knew Sookie was still concerned about his anger toward her. "Fine, I will be here in the morning but this is not over Sookie, you can stand there and put on the mistress of the manor routine, you are mine, you will remain mine and I will claim what is mine. Do you understand me Sookie?" His anger she could cope with now, she had enough of it and she shot back at him.

"Yours? Out! Get out now Eric." She shot him nasty looks and he scowled at her and turned almost pulling the door off the track opening it. He was gone and she almost collapsed from the intensity of what had happened. She needed to sit, she sat on the bench unmoving for what seemed like hours. That is where James found her after sunset.

"Sookie?" He stepped out of the shadows.

"Jesus, you scared me half to death James, what are you doing here?" She looked at him questionably.

"I wanted to say how sorry I am for what happened. I know it is my fault you are hurting and I did not mean for you to find out like that." He stood looking down on her.

She shook her head and turned away. "Why do you care? You hate Eric and you made it pretty clear this was all part of your plan to get even on him."

He moved to sit next to her. "You have to understand Sookie, she was my bonded, I felt for her like Eric feels for you. She was everything to me and he took her from me, then he destroyed her. I know what happened in New Orleans, I know it wasn't your fault, it was his. He did that to her and I cannot forgive him for it."

"Is that what you meant that night you told me you didn't understand what I saw in him?" He shook his head yes. "He has changed James. I know you don't want to believe it but he has. He isn't the same vampire who did those things to her. You have seen him with his kids, you know he is not that monster you claim him to be." She knew deep in her heart he wasn't. She loved him and the Eric she knew he was different than the creature James described.

"Sookie, you need to understand, he took this sweet human woman that loved me and not only did he turn her into a vampire he did a lot of really horrible things to her. I do not want to see him do that to you." He was telling her the truth, she sensed it.

"Thank you James, but Eric would never do that to me. Eric would never purposely hurt me. He may have let his emotions over run his brain the other night but he didn't mean it." Sookie smiled at James and he smiled back. "I know he didn't, he loves me James and I can't let you continue to hurt him. You need to go to Vegas or somewhere you can heal from this. Look for love, it is out there." She reached for his hand and held it in hers. "She was an adult James, she made up her mind to what she wanted to do. Nothing you could have done would have stopped her or Eric from the mess they created. They are the ones to blame, both of them. Let her go James, find love again, it really is worth it." James looked her in the eyes like he had never thought of that. He had always put it on Eric's head. James shook his head, his bitterness was too deep.

"Be careful my Queen." He stood and disappeared as quickly as he came.

When Sookie finally went upstairs she felt a bit better. Talking to James helped her, she discovered something, she believed in Eric, that she loved him and that he was not alone in the guilt of what happened to Katie. She realized that the creature she married was the best he could be, he worked daily to try to be better for her and she needed to accept him for who he was or she needed to let him go. She knew he was being stubborn and she was going to fix this right now. Sookie stood in the spare room looking around and decided she wanted to sleep in her own bed with her husband, she walked down the hallway to the room she shared with Eric. She sat on the bed making up her mind on what to do. Her heart told her to call him, she reached for her phone, he answered on the first ring. "Sookie is everything alright?"

"Yes, will you come home?" She was almost breathless when she said it.

"What did you say?" He had paused like he wasn't sure what she said. She knew he had heard her.

"I said, will you come home?" The phone disconnected and she smiled at the phone. She ran down the stairs, she knew he would be there in minutes. She stood waiting until she could feel him approaching through their bond.

The door opened and he crushed her to him. "If I live another thousand years Sookie, I will die before we are separated again."

She giggled and put her hand to his face. "Eric, come sit with me ok?" She took his hand and guided him to the couch. He sat and she sat next to him. "I heard what James said about you and I you felt what I was feeling, I should have let you explain. I know you have a long and sorted past and I don't want to know all the details but you have to be truthful with me Eric. I might not like what you tell me but if I ask you have to be honest. I would do that for you, I would never not tell you the truth if you asked it of me. I spoke with James tonight," Eric growled. "listen, he still is hurt, he blames you for what happened to Katie even after all this time, which you both are to blame but I think that talking to him made me realize neither of us are not perfect, you try to do what is right and I love you for it. I don't want perfect, I want you, skeletons and all."

He slowly pulled her to his lap. "I do not know what to say. I love you Sookie and I feel horrible for hurting you like I did. Apologizes do not do justice to what I need to do to heal this."

She leaned into him and gently kissed his face. "I don't want to hear them, I want you to be here, one hundred percent. I want us, I want our family. Is that what you want Eric?"

"More than anything in the world my love. You and our children are everything." He looked deep into her eyes, those sapphire blue eyes were staring into hers. Sookie leaned into him and he pulled her close.

"Will you let me love you Eric?" Her face turned up his. He looked at her smiling down on her. Her hands went into his hair and she gently bit his lip. "I love you Eric." She moved one of her hands between them to feel the hardness of him under her. She rubbed until her need was overwhelming to her, she unzipped his zipper to run her hand over his shaft. "I need you Eric." She knelt down on her knees, moved her panties out of the way and lowered herself onto him. She didn't want petting all she craved was the feeling of their love together and she would take it.

"Mine Sookie, you are mine and you will always be. Run from me lover, I will chase you; hide, I will search for you; leave, I will follow you. You are mine forever wife." His hands had her hips and pushed her down hard with every thrust he moved up into her. His cock rammed her making her head fling back. "This mine Sookie, feel me in you? You are mine." She moaned, she was so wet and accepting of him. "Yes, Sookie, it is just you and I, always." His mouth went to her breast and he bit making her scream. He smiled at her as he drank the blood from her full breast. Her head came back and leaned against his shoulder and she bit into him, he growled. He knew she was ready, he knew it as well as he knew he was. "Are you ready lover? I am so ready, let me give you my love." She held him tighter around his neck and he thrust into her throwing them both into the orgasm of screams for each other. Sookie sat on his lap, they were still connected to each other, she could feel he was getting hard again.

"Take me to our bed Eric, I want you to make love to me on our bed sweetie." He stood, her legs wrapped around his waist and he rushed them at vampire speed to their bed. "Love me Eric, please."

He laid her down and gently made love to his wife, over and over until she could take no more, her last orgasm was all she could take, she passed out from exhaustion. Eric laid there with his wife in his arms and he was beyond grateful, he had his life back. The tears he had been shedding for two days dry now. He pulled her closer to him and closed his own eyes to sleep.

Johan woke them the next morning. Luckily Eric had left her nightgown on her when he made love to her the night before and he had gotten into the routine of trying to wear pajama bottoms to bed, sometimes he wasn't so successful but this morning he was. His son was jumping up and down on the bed squealing. Sookie opened her tired eyes and gave her son and his father a dirty look. "Eric, take your child and scram would you? I can barely keep my eyes open. Someone kept me up until two hours ago." She put her pillow over her head and Eric laughed.

"Come on my son, lets let grumpy get back to sleep. I really should have reconsidered marrying you lover, you really are not a morning person." She threw a pillow at him as he and Johan left the room. He laughed all the way down the stairs. Amelia, Alcide and Lily were sitting at the table with the twins.

Alcide stood up smiling, "Welcome home there dead as doornail. I was just about to give Sookie's number out to hook her up with one of my were pals. You came home just in time." Amelia spit coffee out of her mouth.

"Yes, laugh at the vampire. Keep it up and I will take you to the groomers and have them shave you bald mutt." Eric looked devilishly at his friend.

Everyone laughed. Amelia asked Eric. "Where's Sookie? She has a conference call this morning."

Eric grinned from ear to ear and wiggled his eyebrows. "I do not believe my bonded will be down anytime soon, we had quite a homecoming, actually all night if I am not mistaken." Alcide grabbed his side and laughed, Amelia just shook her head. "Our dinner was interrupted last night and I would like to take Sookie out to get her mind off things. Would you be up to going out for awhile tonight?" Amelia looked like it was Christmas, Alcide looked weary. "Dinner and somewhere casual our beautiful brides can enjoy some music and dance. I will call Pam, she would love a night off." Alcide nodded yes. "Good, Amelia, take Sookie's conference call for her and you can update her later. Take the rest of the day off. You and the baby need the rest." Eric pointed to Alcide. "You, fuzzy wuzzy, take your wife home."

When their friends were gone Eric spent the morning with his children. He made some calls in between but most of his day he took care of his children. He told Lily to take the morning off he would need her to take care of the children while they were gone for the evening. Johan was sitting on his lap reading his book. "Daddy? Mommy is better?"

Eric looked down on his sons face smiling. "Yes son, mommy is better now. She loves you Johan, all of you." Enar was crawling all over and touching or playing with every item he came in contact with. Erika wanted to sit on her daddy's lap too and be talked to. Eric put her on one knee, Johan on the other to talk to his children. She would squeal when Eric stopped talking to her so he would lean in and say something else to her in her ear and she would babble back to him every time. Eric thought it was fantastic. Eric felt her before she came into the room, she was showered and dressed in a Bon Tempe t-shirt and shorts, her feet were bare. "Hello my love, feeling better I hope?"

Sookie walked in, bent to pick up a squirming Enar to kiss and set him back down. Johan jumped up and she brought him up to kiss and sat him on the floor. She walked to the couch where she was sat right against him. She kissed Erika then leaned her head on Eric's arm. "Yes, I actually feel better and calmer today, almost like the storm has passed and I can breathe again." He leaned over pulling her leg into his lap, rubbing it.

"I am here Sookie, I am not going anywhere. I didn't want to give us space but I knew you needed to work it out in your head. You can be excruciatingly stubborn." She smiled and let her husband comfort her. "Listen, I have made plan for dinner and a night out if you would like to go. Alcide and Amelia are going. I am hoping I can get Pam to go, she truly could use a night off with a little fun."

Sookie thought about it for a moment and he seemed excited to go out. "I will go if Pam goes. I don't think I could handle one of your dance clubs Eric, I am too tired for that much fun."

He laughed at his wife and promise no dance clubs. "I was thinking something more low key. You girls can still dance if you want or you can just enjoy the company. I know we all could use a break. It has been a hectic few weeks." She nodded against him.

Erika was talking up a storm, her words were just babble until the string of "dada". Sookie stood up. "My daughter too Eric? I don't get one of the to say my name first? You really are cruel." She flashed a smile at him and took her daughter. "Yes Princess, daddy. He is definitely your daddy. Whether any of your future brothers or sisters, I may make other arrangements but you three are stuck with him." Erika squealed and smiled saying "Dada" Eric didn't say a word, he just stared at his daughter. "Sweetie, you ok?"

"No!" He head whipped up and Sookie looked at him shocked, he was really upset, he pushed the kids to Sookie. "I do not deserve this, any of it. If you had not called me home last night I would have miss her saying it for the first time Sookie. What have I done to deserve any of this?"

His emotions were raw, she could see it in his face. "Eric, look at her, look at your daughter." His face turned to look into Sookie's eyes then he looked at the face of his child. "How could you say you don't deserve her? She is your baby Eric, she loves you unconditionally and she is part of you. This little girl is sweet and so happy. Take her Eric, hold your daughter and tell me you didn't do right in your life to get a shot at this." Sookie put their daughter in his arms and he closed his eyes holding back the tears. His grip on his daughter tightened and Erika's little arms went to her father's chest to push back, she said the words to him again and his face softened. His daughter was calling him.

"You were the only thing I did right Sookie. That I know for certain, I put my life in your hands that evening at Fangtasia three years ago and it was the best decision I ever made. You are the one good thing I have done, you and our children." He moved to hug his wife and she wrapped her arms around his waist to comfort him.

Sookie asked him to help her put the babies down for their nap and then he needed would lay down and take one as well, he looked tired. He tried to get her to lay down but she had a few things she wanted to tackle before they went out for the evening. It was after sunset when her phone rang. "Hi Pam. How are you?"

"Sookie? Eric text me to say we were all going out for dinner and dancing? What is this? Have I made him angry ?' She sounded concerned.

Sookie giggled. "You don't want to go? Pam you love to dance."

"Yes but Master does not give me a night off to go out dancing with him Sookie. What is wrong? Are you pregnant again? Are you ill? Is he moving against someone again?' She thought Eric was trying to butter her up for some big announcement.

"Eric thinks we all could use a night to unwind. After everything that has happened I think it is a good idea." Sookie was typing an email she completely forgot to send.

"Are things better now?" Sookie said yes. "Good, I told him he would come to regret the whole issue of Katie, sometimes he does not listen. I believe you were too kind to him taking him back so quickly Sookie. He needs to know he cannot do these things to you. One of these days he will regret his actions."

"Lets hope not Pam. We find enough to get things going here. I am really hoping for some peace and quiet for awhile. I am going into hiding if I have too. So you'll go tonight?" Pam told her yes and she would see her at eight at the restaurant.

Sookie left her work for tomorrow and went to the bedroom where her gorgeous husband was still sleeping. He looked so peaceful and innocent in his sleep, she saw Johan in him.

She went to the shower and started the water, brushed her teeth then got into the water. Her head was under the sprayer when she felt his cool hands come around her waist. "No fair my beautiful bride, you had no intentions of waking me for me to ravish you in the shower?" Sookie giggled and tried to get away from him. "You can run lover, but I will catch you."

She stopped resisting and turned her body to face her husband. Her lips came up to kiss him, her hands were all over his body. She pushed him hard against the tile, his eyes flashed surprise. She reached down grabbing him hard, his head fell back against the tile, her hand moving quickly on her husbands length. She bent down to put him into her mouth and he tried to pull her back up and she shoved his hands off of her. "Mine Eric, I want what is mine." He closed his eyes as she inserted him into her mouth again, her teeth slowly and gently running his length making him growl. "I want to hear you Eric, show me how much you like what I am doing to you." Her hand went to his balls to grab and massage as her other hand went to shaft to help take up the slack of his size in her mouth. She quickly got her rhythm and Eric's whimpers turned into moans that turned into begging. She loved it that she could make him want her so desperately he would beg her. Her mouth never slowed, she could tell he was getting close, his body was moving with her, his hands in her soaking wet hair.

"Yes, Sookie, make me come, I want to come in your mouth." She smiled at his nasty talk and she did as he asked, she increased her speed and he began to scream her name as his body bucked his juices into her mouth. She licked every drop of it off his tip then moved to the inside of his thigh and bit him so hard he cried out. She licked his blood only to make her crazy with need. She shook her head to clear the thoughts, she wanted this for him, she would get hers later. He pulled her up when the wound closed and she moved her hair from her neck, he bent closer to drink from his wife. She moaned from the sensation of his fangs in her skin, it felt like nothing she could ever describe every time he did it even after all this time. When he was full he licked her wound to close it. "Lets finish this in the bed my love."

She shook her head no. "Nope, were going out. Get your gorgeous behind out of the shower and get dressed. Your taking your wife out tonight Mr. Northman." She jumped out of the shower and he stood under the water shocked.

"Sookie? I want to make love to you. Come back here." He was pouting and he was ready again.

"No, now turn the cold water on Eric and save it. You will get a treat later if you behave." She was grinning while she dried off. Eric couldn't believe his wife was just walking away, he wanted her so desperately and she left him standing there. She giggled shaking her head at him. Tonight she was going to wear a new outfit she hadn't shown Eric yet, she chose a new pair of snug skinny jeans in white, a blood red shirt that hung off both of her shoulders that came to a v between her full breasts, red knee high boots and all of her jewelry she chose were diamonds and ruby. She curled her hair into long curls that hung down her back and put on a bit of make up. She chose nude lipstick to offset all the color on her body. Eric stepped into the bedroom as she was zipping up her last boot.

"Sookie, you seemed to have found some evil part of yourself that finds great pleasure in torturing me. You get dressed in these outfits and make me take you out into the world like that, knowing full well men will look at you." He looked like he wanted to pull the closet door off the hinges.

"I can put on a sun dress if you want Eric." She knew that was just as bad, the light fabric showed every curve of her body and he would drool at her in that as well.

"Never mind my love. I will just stake myself and be done with this agony." She laughed falling back on the bed. He didn't find it so funny.

Eric was in a sour mood now so he went with all black, he chose a black dress shirt that he left hanging out of his black jeans and boots. He left his hair to fall in his face and Sookie growled, his hair always was back and she thought he was handsome but when his hair fell into his face it did something to her. He looked even more handsome with his hair down, this was her Eric, not Eric Northman, Sheriff of Area 5 or King Northman. He put his wallet, keys and phone in his hand, grabbed her handbag for her and took her by the hand to lead her down the stairs. Alcide and Amelia were sitting in the living room when they walked in. "Hey guys!" Sookie looked at her friends, Amelia was in flowing dress in swirls of color, Alcide was in stylish dark blue jeans and a off white dress shirt with brown boots. They gorgeous, and Sookie told them. "You two look like you should be on the cover of a magazine for hottest couple of the years. Damn you two!" Alcide busted up laughing and thanked her.

They said their goodbyes to Lily, Mark and the kids, tonight Eric felt like driving so they took the SVU, Sookie in the front with Eric, Amelia and Alcide in the back. Sookie felt like a celebrity in that moment, she was in an all blacked out tinted windowed SVU that cost a fortune in safety features like bullet proof windows and tires and who knew what else Eric has splurged for. He felt her through the bond, he was getting good at reading her thoughts and emotions. "You are more special my love, I will give you the world, never forget it." She leaned over kissing his hand.

Dinner was at a hybrid vampire human restaurant that Sookie had read about in the newspaper a few years ago. It catered to both and made dishes for the fanged of the world, Sookie thought it was great he picked this place tonight. Pam walked in just as they were sitting down, she had an turquoise short leather jacket on, off white silk blouse and off white dress pants with great designer high heels. They all exchanged hellos and began to chit chat while looking at the menu. "Pam I thought you were going to bring someone with you." Sookie spoke to her from behind her menu.

"It did not work out. Creatures have trouble with the dominate of the world." Everyone giggled, Pam was definitely the high man or woman on any food chain depending on her mood. They ordered, enjoyed their dinner, even Pam liked the blood selections and when they were through they got back into their cars and headed to a bar Sookie never had been to before.

Alcide snickered when they pulled up. "Eric, you sure about this? It is a meat market in there." He nodded to his friend and parked. The males helped their spouses out of the car and to the door. Pam got out of her car and followed them. The vampire at the door let them right in, nodding to them all in turn. Sookie was surprised at how packed it was, it looked tiny from the outside but once you were inside it was wall to wall people, a long bar along the right wall and the DJ was playing music not so loud they wouldn't be able to hear one another and from the corner of the place there were all kinds of creatures dancing. Eric lead them to their table and the waitress came right over to them, she was a vampire. She nodded to Eric and only addressed him. "Good evening my King, what will your party like this evening?' Eric told her and she was gone to get what he had asked for.

"What do you think Sookie?" Eric asked her. She looked around then looked at her husband.

"Its nice, kind of like Fangtasia but more normal I guess." She laughed at her description and so did everyone else.

"Eric, I do not know this place, how do you know of it?" Pam looked at Eric confused, she knew everything about her Master, how did she not know this place?

The reason he knew it stepped to the table, an old friend. He was about an inch shorter then Eric, long black hair the color of coal, his skin was brown, and his eyes were the darkest chocolate color Sookie had ever seen. He was one of the most beautiful thing Sookie had ever seen, but he wasn't all human, Sookie couldn't put her finger on it. Eric looked at his family and addressed the gorgeous man standing next to the table. "Let me introduce you to the proprietor of this fine place, this is Little Eagle, Little Eagle, this is my family, my wife Sookie, my child Pam and Alcide and Amelia." Little Eagle nodded to each but when he looked at Pam he did a double take, Pam gasped at the sight of the Native standing in front of them. The waitress dropped off their drinks, bloods for the vampires, a coke for Amelia, Alcide and Sookie got their usual. "Please, Eagle, sit." He pulled a chair up beside Pam and before long the conversation was rolling and everyone was laughing and having a great time, drinks were emptied, more were ordered.

Sookie was on her third drink and she had a good buzz going. Pam was smiling ear to ear at the new friend she had met, he was smiling right back. The DJ changed the music to a dance song that Pam and Sookie loved, they squealed, jumped up, grabbed Amelia and off the three woman went running to the dance floor. The males at the table sat staring, their mouths were hanging open. The three gorgeous woman danced against each other, the patrons sitting began to watch these three woman dance their asses off and every man in the building honed into them, the magic and tension in the bar was bouncing off the walls. None of the girls even took notice, they were rubbing up against each other when a couple of men headed their direction. Eric stood to go to his wife and Alcide stopped him. "Let them go Eric, they can take care of themselves." Eric watched his wife dancing with his child and Amelia as the two attractive men came to them to dance, Sookie danced around one, Pam around the other, Amelia taking up the center. The men thought they were in heaven, they were grinning like fools at the hot ladies they decided to make their pray. One of the men went to reach out for Sookie's arm and Eric shot up again, Alcide made him sit. "Watch Eric." Sookie took her hand putting up her index finger shaking it back and forth to tell him no. She backed up and Eric could see his wife's eyes change, she was the predator now, his child's suitor moved to put his hands around Pam and her fangs came down, nipping the man, he jumped back. Amelia almost fell over laughing. Pam and Sookie went back to dancing against each other. The two men were entranced with the three of them so they thought Amelia would be a good target now, they began to dance around her, she held her hand up, palm up blowing something to the men, they looked down to the front of their pants, both men were urinating all over themselves. Amelia fell back into sequence with her comrades. Alcide laughed hard, slapped the top of the table knocking his drink over, Little Eagle held his side laughing and Eric just shook his head smirking. "Told you so! Are they not the most incredible fucking woman you have ever seen! Damn!" The males watched the ladies dance until Amelia got tired and they held her by the arms bringing her back to the table laughing the whole way.

Eric didn't give Sookie a chance to sit, he grabbed her by the face and crushed his lips to hers. The kiss deepened and this was the point Sookie hoped for in their evening. She looked up to him and spoke to her friends looking into Eric's eyes the whole time. "Excuse us y'all." Eric looked at his wife and his fangs ran down, she rushed out the front door standing out the front to take stock of where they were, she saw the alley to her right and pulled her husband with her as she ran to it. It was lit only by the very dim light that would have made it almost impossible to really see anything if you weren't a vampire or a human that had been taking vampire blood for three years. Sookie stopped them about half way down the alley wall and pushed her husband against the wall with all her might. "Fuck me now, Eric." Her hands were undoing his zipper of his jeans enough to get gracious plenty free, he was unzipping her jeans pulling them just under her ass, he spun her to face the wall, his length thrust into her making her gasp from it, his hips moved against her backside so hard and fast all she could do was hold on to the wall and pant from what he was doing to her insides.. When she got her footing and fell into the pace she took one of her arms from the wall to put it on his ass to push him harder inside of her. Her panting turned into moans as he rocked them back and forth. She was close, he could feel it.

"Sookie! Yes, Sookie!" He squeezed his eyes shut, he didn't want to let go but he was so hard and ready he needed to explode inside of her. Sookie begged for it as her head fell against the cool brick to let her orgasm take her, Eric pulled her closer as he came too. He was panting her name into her ear. It took him a moment to get his bearings of what they just did, where they were, he quickly pulled her pants back up, zipped her up then redid the button and zipper on his own jeans. He took her chin in his hand. "I love you my wife, you are too good to me." He kissed her on the mouth and pulled away taking her hand to take her back to the bar. When they walked to the table Pam was sniffing the air smirking at them.

Sookie had two more drinks and was now drunk. Alcide had a few too many, everyone was laughing, hugging their mate, having a great time. Pam and Little Eagle decided to take their evening somewhere else and left the four of them to the rest of their evening. Sookie was kissing her husband when his head snapped up. "Alcide, lets go." He sobered up quickly and grabbed Amelia and Eric threw Sookie over his shoulder and they rushed to the car on the side of the building. Sookie protested the entire time. They barely made it to the car before they saw the army of creatures going inside the bar. Eric put the car in drive and drove as quickly as he could.

Alcide looked like he wanted to kill someone. "Was that for us?'

"If I put money on it I would say yes. It seems to convenient for this to just be a coincidence do you not agree?" Eric took his phone out to call Pam. He updated Pam on Eagle's bar.

Amelia looked out the window the entire way. "Alcide this is messed up. We are having a baby. How can we keep running into this stuff?"

Sookie turned in her seat to take her hand. "I know how you feel Amelia, you just have to trust Eric and Alcide to do what needs to be done. If I have learned anything I think I figured that out. They won't let anything happen to you or the baby, that you can be sure of." Eric looked over to his wife and took her hand. When they got home the house was lit up with every light possible, there were vampires, shifters, creatures everywhere. Some were toting guns, some swords and all looked like they were well trained killers.

"You two need to stay here tonight. Your home is not equipped to the level of security we have here." Amelia looked frightened, Alcide knew he needed to do something about that first thing in the morning. Alcide nodded to his friend. Eric's phone rang, it was Pam. He listened to what his child had to tell him then he hung up. "It seems the assassins were there for someone else. There was vampire that was apprehended and staked in front of the entire bar." They all stood looking at each other.

"Enough excitement for one night for me, damn! Come on hun, lets head home. Thanks for everything guys." They said their good byes and left.

Eric picked up his still buzzed wife and took her upstairs. Sookie went into the bathroom to take care of her personal needs, she was in there awhile and Eric knocked to check on her. "Sookie, is everything alright?" She called back to him she was fine, but he could tell she was upset about something. "I am coming in." He opened the door to find her with her jeans and they were streaked with blood, she was rinsing them in the sink. He rushed to her pulling her to look at him. "Sookie, what is this? Are you hurt?"

She shook her head no. "I am fine Eric. I just got my period."

Eric blinked. "Period? As much as we have made love over the last few weeks I was sure you would be pregnant by now."

"You want another baby now?" She seemed surprised at what he said.

"Your vision showed a baby by the time the twins are walking. Enar is crawling and you still are not pregnant. I just am confused I suppose." He stood watching her go back to scrubbing the blood out of her pants.

"I think we should take this one day at a time ok? We have so much going on, another baby might be pushing things a bit." She was concentrating on getting the stain out of her jeans and he wrapped his around her to kiss her neck. He was smelling her skin, inhaling her. "Ok big guy, get lost. I am busy here."

"Leave it lover, we will go shopping tomorrow and you can buy a dozen more pairs." He pulled her to him and kissed her, picking her up and carried her to the bed. He spent a few hours playing with his tipsy wife before they fell sound asleep.

The next afternoon Eric and Sookie went to the mall as he promised. It was packed with people, Sookie was really in the mood to stay home and watch a movie or play with the kids but Eric insisted they go out and do some shopping. Mark and Maggie followed behind them closely while they made their selections. Sookie was in a dress shop trying on dresses for the summit. "Sweetie, will you come look at this one and see what you think? I think it is too long."

He stepped into the dressing room and agreed. He had four dresses in his hand. "Try these on lover, these will fit and look delicious on you." He was right, she tried each one on and they were perfect. The man could shop that was for sure. He picked out bras, panties, hand bags, shoes, everything like he was a pro. "Sookie, you are beautiful in anything you put on but I am glad you allowed me to come with you today to help you pick out new things. I enjoy watching how you have progressed in your confidence of your body to try new clothes styles."

She laughed at that. "Confidence, please! I gave birth twice to three babies, I know I am wide in some places, heavy in others. I don't think I will ever get back to my pre baby, pre Eric Northman weight."

His face changed. "Lets not argue about this again. You are beautiful Sookie. I know what beautiful things look like, I have lived for over a thousand years. You are incredible." He leaned in and kissed her. "Sookie, stay with Mark and Maggie, I will be back soon." She didn't get a chance to say anything he just left her alone with her team.

Eric snuck up behind her in the book store a little while later. "What are you buying my love?" He took the books out of her hand, they were for Johan. "He will love these." He browsed a few isles and picked up some he wanted to get for his son and the twins, a few for himself and went back to Sookie. "Are you ready lover?" Sookie was standing looking at a woman who was staring back at them. "Lover?"

"Eric, do you know that woman?" Sookie's eyes were on the woman.

"No, I do not believe I recognize her." Eric narrowed her eyes at the woman. She didn't seem familiar to him at all. Sookie nodded to him and they went to the register to pay for their items.

Eric was speaking to the clerk and Sookie slipped back to where the woman stood. "Do you like what you see?"

The woman turned to look at her. "Excuse me? Who are you?" Eric began looking around to where Sookie went too.

"That is my husband you are staring at, I am Sookie Northman. He is really sexy isn't he? You should see him without clothes on, I tell him all the time he is too hot for words." Sookie grinned at the woman. "You work for that rag magazine that took those pictures of him while he was in Vegas. You are writing a article on how you were assaulted by my husband while you were taking those pictures of him. Now here you are following us around."

Eric was now standing behind her. "My love, what is this about?" He looked at the woman and then back to his wife again.

"This is Tammy Moore, she is the one that took those pictures of you in Vegas. She has been following you around. She is planning on writing an article on you which she is going to say you assaulted her while you were there." Sookie looked like she could eat nails she was so mad.

"I don't believe I am following anyone around Mrs. Northman, I am merely shopping in the mall. You on the other have invaded my space by approaching me. As far as what I will be writing about in the future, subscribe to our paper, you may see your face in our magazine more." She stood looking at Sookie like she hated her.

"She plans to publish an article saying you took her to your hotel room the same night you had those pictures taken in Vegas. Tammy, you need to get your facts straight. Doesn't she sweetie? See, we have a home in Vegas, Eric doesn't need a hotel room." Sookie's face was almost unreadable to Eric, he could feel her anger and he needed to get this under control and fast.

"Sookie, step away from her." She moved back and Eric walked up to her looking her in the eyes. "Tammy is it?" The woman nodded. "Tammy, you will not write a word about me or my family ever again. You and I both know you never met me before but when or if you do in the future you will be polite and ask for a autograph like everyone one else does. There will be no article on us, you have decided to talk about how since the great reveal vampires have helped the local economy by supplying jobs and help at any turn. Do I make myself clear?" The report nodded her head, her eyes were empty, Eric glamoured her. Tammy began to walk away and Sookie crossed her arms over her chest. When the reported was gone Eric looked at his wife. "You took that well."

His wife looked up at him. "She kept showing images that I knew were not true. It was all a lie to help her sell papers." Sookie stood in front of her husband and stood to kiss him. "I don't doubt you Eric. If there was something I needed to know you would have told me or I would ask you about it. I am just glad we ran into her to diffuse this." Eric nodded and took her hand to take them back into the mall so they could head home.

After their day shopping Sookie and Eric spent the remainder of the evening taking care of their kids, Sookie had given the twins baths and fed them to take to bed. Johan was sitting in his father's lap leaning against Eric's chest on the couch. Eric had read him two books they bought while at the mall. Johan's little eyes were trying so hard not to shut. "My son, sleep, you are so tired. Close your eyes, daddy is here." Johan fought it for another moment and his little eyes couldn't stay awake another moment, he was out. Eric pulled him closer, putting his sons blanket on him and leaned back to hold him. Sookie came in to take him and Eric shook his head. "Sit lover, enjoy the night. I want to watch my son sleep for awhile." Sookie was exhausted, she sat down next to Eric and he wrapped his arm around her pulling her close. She was out within minutes like her son. He sat there until Pam came in.

"Eric, why do you not put them to bed? She looks so tired." Pam was looking down on Sookie, her friend looked more tired then she had seen her in a long time. Eric nodded and Pam reached down to take Johan. "My baby, how are you? I have missed you so much little one. I will come by tomorrow and see you. Pammy is sorry she has been so busy. Maybe daddy wont mind if you come spend the night with me one weekend?" Pam waited for an answer.

"I will talk to Sookie about it. You have your room here Pam, you are welcome to stay every night to spend time with him and you know that." He walked to her and kissed the top of her head.

"Its not the same. He has a room in my home and I would like him to be able to use it. You know how I feel about this child." Eric did, he could see it on her face when she walked into the room. He nodded at her and she walked upstairs to put him to bed. Eric took his wife up and tucked her in before coming back down.

Eric was staring into the night when Pam came back down. "How is it going Eric? She has forgiven you?"

He turned to look at her. "I hope she will be able to, she says she has. I let these things keep happening, I used to have such control of my life." He smiled at Pam. Pam stood silent and straight faced.

"I told you from the beginning about this Eric. Sookie is young and both of you are new to this relationship situation. When Katie came back I warned you it was important to come clean with Sookie. What did you decide to do with James?" Pam never commented on James and Eric's treatment of him since all this began. She would tell him what she felt now.

"Keep him in Vegas with you. If he comes back here I will have to deal with him. I can not let him get in my personal life again. I let him go too far this time." Eric moved to sit in the chair, he crossed his leg over his knee.

Pam shook her head. "Send him farther away then Vegas then. You and I both know what he is doing. He will keep this up and she will soften to him. His plan is to do to you what you did to him."

"No! He is not that foolish. He knows I will kill him, something he did not have the guts to do to me." Eric's eyes changed to anger.

"You will regret this choice Eric. I warned you about Katie, now James. Why are you so loyal to this vampire? He would stake you in a heartbeat!" Pam sat down across from him.

He shook his head. "I do not know, just like I have no idea why I allowed Katie to live when I should have destroyed her years ago. Keep an eye on James, let us see what he is up too alright?" Pam nodded.

She stood. "I am meeting Eagle, I will talk with you tomorrow if you need nothing else." He shook his head and turned to walk away. "Get some sleep Eric, you look tired." She opened the door and left.

He was tired, but he had work to do. He went up to the office and made phone calls and sent email until he almost couldn't see anymore. Eric stood and went to bed crawling in next to his wife pulling her close. Her body moved to mold into his and they held each other to sleep.

When Eric woke he heard the screams of his oldest son. Eric rushed down the stairs to find Claude had him upside down and his son's face smiling through his screams. "Crane, put my son down. He is not a toy." Eric had no patience for his wife's fairy cousin.

Claude looked at him with daggers in his eyes. "You really are bigger asshole each time I see you Northman." Johan told his cousin to watch his mouth and Claude laughed. "Sorry kid." He set Johan back on his feet.

"Why are you in my home Crane?" Eric's arms crossed over his chest.

Sookie walked to him and kissed him on the lips. "Eric, don't start with him. He is family and when I need him he is always here for me. Johan, come on baby, its time for lunch." Sookie walked to get her son and took him to the dining room to put in his chair to feed him his lunch.

Everyone went to the table to sit. There were plates for everyone including Claude and a warmed blood for Eric, Lily was already seated taking turns spooning food into the twins mouths from their chairs. Eric pulled Erika to him and took a spoon to feed her. "Does anyone want to tell me why the fairy is in my home this morning?" Eric still has not gotten his answer and he wanted one.

"He is here to help us work on our magic and to make sure you and I have made up." She winked at Claude who just rolled his eyes.

"I could care less if she took you back but for some reason my sister and grandfather do. Johan, I am sorry kid. Don't look at me like that. I don't lie." He took a big bite of his sandwich while Johan shook his head at his fairy cousin. "I think she will definitely come to regret this mistake."

"Claude, do I pass judgment on your lifestyle? No! I expect the same from you. He is my husband and my bonded. We have three children together. I think that should tell you were pretty serious about our lives together." Sookie had a fork full of pasta salad she felt like throwing on her big mouth cousin.

Eric hissed. "Mind your own business Fairy, stay out of our business or I will help you do so. She is my wife and if you ever try to keep her from me again I will make sure you go to Summerland, do you hear me?"

"Sookie is my family and if she needs me again I will do it. Who do you think you are Northman? You would rather she go to strangers when she needs help? You're a piece of shi…work." Claude caught himself so as to not cuss in front of the kids again. "What you see in him Sookie, I don't get, he's smoking hot but man that personality definitely cancels that out." Claude looked at Eric like he wanted to punch him.

"I said stop this or I will throw you both out. Eric, drink your blood, Claude eat your lunch so you can help Enar. I mean it one more word from either of you." Sookie looked like she wanted to throttle them both.

Johan agreed with him mother. "Bad daddy, its not nice being mean. Shame cousin Claude." Both males looked at the little boy who seemed to be more adult them both combined.

Eric spoke only when Sookie asked him something, he finished feeding his daughter, picked her up and took her with him to his office. He knew Sookie and the rest would be in the living room practicing and he didn't want to spend another moment looking at Crane.

Eric's phone rang, he pulled it out of his pocket reading the caller id. Alcide was calling. "Alcide? How is Amelia feeling?"

"She is better, I just talked to her. Morning sickness, afternoon sickness, whatever it is really is kicking her butt. I hope this isn't too big of a deal." Alcide wanted his wife and child healthy and Eric felt the same.

"Tell her to take some time off. We have nothing really major going on until the summit. If she is not up to going Sookie will handle it. Her health is more important than work." Eric meant what he said.

"Thanks Eric, I appreciate it. Listen, I got a line on those guys from Little Eagle's club. The story checks out. They were there for a vampire who had run from another territory in Texas, he was dealing v and his sheriff came personally to get him." Alcide sounded relieved.

Eric gently rubbed Erika's back, she was getting sleepy from her lunch but he didn't want to put her to bed yet. "Good to know. I appreciate your looking into this. I am just relieved it was not us they were looking for. Speaking of the summit you got the email I sent about accommodations?"

"Yep, I got the email this morning. Amelia and I can get our own room Eric, you don't have to include us in your plans." Eric smiled into the phone at his friend.

He laughed. "How about you tell the wives they will not be staying together while we are there for the week?" That would fix Alcide Eric thought.

"You win. Alright, death warmed over, I got a meeting in ten. I will catch up with you later." Alcide snickered at his razzing his friend.

"Back at you dog breath." Eric hung the phone and put his daughter on his shoulder rubbing her back. She was close to falling asleep. "Princess, you need your nap now. Close those pretty blue eyes and sleep my girl. I love you darling." He kissed and held her little hand.

Sookie stood in the doorway looking at them both. "Sweetie, let me have her so I can put her down." Eric shook his head no.

He smiled up at his daughter. "I think I will go and lay down with her. I need a break and I could use some sleep myself. Is everything alright downstairs?" Eric stood to take his daughter to go the bedroom.

"Everything is good. I will put the kids down and come and join you shortly ok?" She kissed him and he went to their room to lay down. He and his daughter were sound asleep when Sookie came in. She quietly got the camera and took a bunch of pictures of them together, they looked so sweet together. She climbed in the bed to lay with her family.

Sookie woke, her beautiful husband was still sound asleep and so was her baby daughter. She wanted Eric to get some sleep so she gently picked up her daughter and took her back to the nursery to change her diaper and put clean clothes on her. By the time she got done her little girl was wide awake, Enar was up with Lily and Johan downstairs when they came down. Johan rushed to his mother. "Mommy look!" Sookie set Erika next to her brother on the floor. Sookie looked at Lily who was smiling. Johan put his palm up and the light appeared, he lifted his hand throwing it into the air and it was like millions of little twinkles of light. He put his palm up again and sent the light across the room knocking the baby bottle off the table. "I did it!" Her son was jumping up and down. Sookie stood shocked.

Lily looked to Sookie then Johan. "Oh, Johan, that's enough for now. Remember what Claude said, a little at a time. He has excellent aim Sookie, he has hit his target every time and hasn't destroyed anything he didn't mean too. They had cardboard boxes in the backyard earlier they both tore to pieces. The furniture and stuff inside Claude taught him how to control it so he just hits it and knocks it over or moves it. Incredible isn't it?"

"Yes, I didn't even know he had the power, so yes." Sookie went to bend down in front of Johan and spoke to him firmly. "Baby you need to be careful with that power ok? Someone can get hurt if your not careful."

Johan looked hurt. "I know mommy. Claude showed me." He went around her and ran to his father who was standing in the doorway. "Daddy?" Her sons face contorted to cry, Sookie hurt his feelings.

"Sookie, why is Johan upset?" Eric bent to get his son and pick him up. "Son, what is it?"

Johan looked as his mother and pouted. "Mommy hurt my heart."

Eric flashed angry. "Sookie, explain."

Lily stood up to defend them both. "Mr. Northman, Claude showed Johan a new power and they worked on it most of the afternoon. Johan just showed it to Sookie and she is shocked, he can do what she can, with her light. She told Johan to be careful with the power and it hurt his feelings."

Eric looked down on Johan. "Is this true son?" Johan put his head in the crease of his fathers neck as if to hide. "If your mother asked you to be careful with your powers son, you need to listen to her. I know you are excited to have new magic to play with but someone could be hurt if you do not listen to mommy. Do you understand son?" Johan looked up to his fathers face and nodded. Johan looked at his mother and said he was sorry. Sookie walked closer and took him and hugged him. Eric held them both. "I am sorry as well Sookie. I should not have jumped to conclusions. Our son is never upset, it just took me by surprise. Do you forgive me?" He kissed the top of her head looking down on her.

"I forgive you both. Now let me go so he can show you his new power. Show daddy baby." Sookie walked to pick up Enar who was getting ready to fuss. Eric stood and watched the new power his son learned that day to use. Eric was as proud as she had ever seen him.

Sookie rolled her eyes and left to go to the kitchen to see how dinner was coming along. Sergio was standing in the middle of the stove whipping something in a pan. "Hello Sergio. How was your day?"

He turned around to smile at her. "Great as always my Queen. How is it going with little Northman? He is quite amazing is he not?"

Sookie laughed. "He really is. I forget he is sometimes he is just a baby."

Sergio laughed along with her. "Baby? No ma'am he is not a baby, he is a growing child, a magical powerful child. I have worked in many households with magical children of some type and Johan is the most advanced I have ever seen. You must be really proud." She was actually now that she thought about it. She absently patted Enar's diapered behind as she continued to think about it.

"Yes, thank you Sergio. Do you need help with anything?" He told her no and dinner would be ready in ten minutes.

She went to back to the living room to find Amelia and Alcide had come over. "Hey Sookie." Alcide called to her as she entered the room.

"Hey you two, I thought you were home trying to get some rest Amelia? You really need to relax and take it easy, trust me when I tell you just get more tired as you get farther along. Take the time if you can." Amelia smiled at her and Alcide pulled her into his lap to rub her belly.

"Thanks Sook but Sergio is cooking those fajitas and there is no way I am missing them. He called this morning and told me he was going to make them for dinner so we have a dinner date, see?" Amelia spread her arms out for effect and everyone laughed.

"I don't care you're here for dinner I just want you to go home and rest. Hear me?" Her friend nodded and Alcide smiled at her for caring so much about his wife and baby to give Amelia a tongue lashing.

"Everyone go wash up. Sergio should have them on the table." Sookie moved out of the way of her family to head to the dining room.

Eric had Erika and walked to his wife. "You are too beautiful for words my bride." He leaned down to kiss her. He was sending pride and love to her through their bond. Eric was glad to see her enjoying her family and she was happy.

She looked up at him. "What did I do?" He smiled and left her standing there. Finally she just gave up waiting for an answer and went to join her family for dinner.

Everyone was sitting at the table, talking, eating, laughing, the kids were making messes and Sookie took stock of her life in that moment. She had everything she ever wanted in life right there at the table, her husband who loved her more than she knew was possible, beautiful children, her friends. Her life was what she dreamed about before meeting Eric. She remembered the heartache of her gift, the conversations she would have with Gran who told her that her time would come and she would find someone who would love and accept her. She never believed her Gran, bless her heart, because she never knew it was possible. Until Eric helped her outside in the parking lot that night at Fangtasia, it was like her life's door opened for her that night and he helped push it open then ripped it off the hinges to bring so much love and happiness to her life. He looked over at her, she was staring at him not eating her food, he took her hand squeezing it gently. "You are a gift to me as well my love." Tears welled in her eyes. How could this creature be so wonderful to her after all they had been going through over the last few months? So much had happened and most would have given up but he never did. He would hold on to her no matter what the situation was. She was unkind, she pushed him away time and time again, doubted the love he tried to give to her but he was always standing in front of her telling her he loved her, his love never wavered. She handed the baby to Alcide who wasn't sure what was going on and she ran up the stairs.

Eric stood in the door watching her. He whispered to her. "My love why are you upset?" He gave her some distance to gauge what was wrong.

"I am not upset Eric. Go back down to the kids, I will be down in a minute." She was sniffling trying to stop the tears.

"Sookie, look at me. Tell me what is wrong." He moved to her and knelt down in front of her. He took her hands and held them. "Tell me, no matter what it is you can tell me. I am here my love."

She cried harder. "I know Eric and you are kinder than I deserve. I just need a minute."

He never moved, he stayed knelt in front of her waiting for the tears to stop and for her to tell him why she was upset. His fingers on her hand rubbed her skin for comfort.

She was sniffling again getting her tears under control, all of the tissues she grabbed were soaked. "I am sorry sweetie, I just saw everyone sitting at the table and I got upset."

"If you do not want people here for dinner than we will dine alone from now on." He looked up at her serious.

She giggled. "No, I meant I looked at the people at the table and I realized what an ass I am and I hit the lottery in life. I let my emotions get in my way of being happy. I really am an idiot."

Eric stood up and sat next to her. "Do not say that Sookie, you are not an idiot. This has all been new to both of us and yes, we might go overboard with it sometimes but I wouldn't change a minute of it. I think the speed bumps bring us closer, what do you think?"

She looked at the vampire next to her she married. He was beyond handsome or beautiful, she couldn't put words on how sexy he was. She smiled at him. "I think that I am the luckiest girl in the world. I think I have the most understanding and patient husband imaginable." She leaned over and kissed him.

"I believe it is a learning curve. I know my feelings for you never waver. I love you with every ounce of my being." He held her closer to him.

"That is what I am talking about. I never doubt I love you or you love me, I just let all the crap in between make me do things I feel bad for later. I hurt you over and over and here you are kind and loving. You really should divorce me and find someone who is better to you." She giggled at the last part. No way she was letting him go, ever.

"I think your right, I will give Mr. Cataliades a call in the morning." He smiled at her. "Do me a favor will you?" She nodded. "I want you happy, stop thinking about the past mistakes we both have made. Take my hand, hold on to me. There is nothing we can face that will make me love you less Sookie, you really are it for me." Her tears started again. "No more tears now, lets start a white blank page and write new memories going forward us, our children, our family."

She whispered. "White blank page." She definitely liked the sound of that.