So glad everyone liked the last chapter! Hope everyone got what they wanted for the holidays.
Please review! You know it keeps me writing. I want to say thank you to those who are kind and say how much they enjoy my writing. I have lived this story for awhile now, I have the privilege to be able to spend time writing every day and I love it. I love these characters and I don't know if I can let them go. I have to create a new story for a contest I want to enter and I am afraid it will muddle up what I am writing here. I will let you know what I decide to do.
WARNING! ADULT CONTENT! AND LEMONS!
Chapter 65
Sookie was in the nursery rocking in the chair when Eric woke and went looking for her. She looked up as she heard him come in. "Morning sweetie."
Eric walked to her and the baby. His son was eating and smiling like crazy at Eric. "Good morning my wife. How is my son this morning?"
Gunnar was beginning to giggle, his hands were reaching for Eric. "We are just fine aren't we pumpkin? You want to see your daddy?" Sookie pulled Gunnar from her breast and waited for Eric to sit next to them. When he got comfortable Sookie handed the baby to him.
Eric looked around. "Where are the children?"
Sookie smiled. "Lily has them downstairs eating their breakfast."
Eric nodded then looked down at Gunnar. "Are you enjoying your breakfast my son?"
Gunnar squealed and reached for Eric's face. His blue eyes were so bright and happy. "He is getting so big isn't he?" Sookie touched his soft skin of his tiny face.
"Yes, he is. He is my big boy!" Eric pulled him up to his face and kissed him on the lips then smacked a kiss on the side of his face making the baby laugh hard. "You like that do you?" He smacked another kiss on the other side sending the baby in a fit of giggles. "Listen to that laugh!" Eric was smiling ear to ear, Sookie loved her husband like this, happy.
"It is cute isn't it?" She leaned against his shoulder, he sat the baby on his lap and wrapped his arm around her hugging her tight. She yawned.
"You need to go back to bed Sookie, you have over done it." He insisted.
Shaking her head she turned a little to have a better look at them both. "I will take a nap with the kids later. I need to get some work done, Tammy is coming this morning. I want to spend some time with the kids today."
Eric nodded. "Sookie, I need to talk to you about something. I planned to tell you last night but you were dealing with Lilith."
Sookie looked up at him. "Ok, what is it?"
He looked down on his new son and then up to her. "I have hired a group of men, similar to Mark's talents, just more advanced. These men we will use for the purpose of dealing with threats against our family."
Laughing she shook her head. "You already have two in Mark and Nigel. Why don't you just use them?"
"This will be a team of men Sookie, they will work every moment of the day to keep and destroy any threat against us." Eric looked at her afraid she was going to resist the idea.
"I am surprised you waited this long." She leaned over and put Gunnar's foot in her mouth making him laugh.
"You are not angry?" Eric sat shocked.
She looked up at him like he was insane. "Angry? Because you are taking extra precautions where our family is concerned? Absolutely not. Do I like the fact that we have to have a group of killers on staff, well, that I will get used to." She thought about it for a second. "They wont be around the kids right?"
Eric chuckled. "No, they will never be around the children."
"Good, if I had my way you would have two teams and they would work twenty five hours a day!" She giggled, he laughed too. She never ceased to amaze him.
"How about I change him and we can go down and see the children?" Eric asked.
Nodding she stood up. "Ok, let me take him, you just got up."
"No Sookie, go downstairs, we will be right down. Tell mommy we will be right down Gunnar." The baby was making all kinds of noise and they laughed at his excitement. Sookie kissed them both and went downstairs. Eric changed his diaper and looked down on him. "Son, you are very lucky. Your mother loves you more than anything in the world. Daddy does too. You are my special, vampire son." Gunnar smiled, his fangs had popped down making Eric laugh hard. "There is my little vampire!"
Sookie went down the stairs and the kids were at the table eating. All of them so happy to see her, she went around the table kissing and telling each she loved them. When she got to Erika she put her hands up for Sookie to take her. Leaning over Sookie picked her up. "How is my baby girl today?" Erika was talking a mile a minute when Eric came in.
"Look! It's daddy!" Sookie pointed to Eric and Erika was screaming happily to see her father.
Gunnar was wiggling in his arms as he walked forward. Eric walked to Sookie and Erika, leaned in to his daughter and kissed her loudly on the lips. "Hello there Princess."
"Hello daddy! Will you play in the yard with me today?" She asked him.
He smiled. "I think after breakfast we will all go out and play for awhile. What do you think Sookie?"
Smiling she told them they could. "Lets eat and get cleaned up first alright?"
They finished breakfast and the kids couldn't wait to get outside, Lily followed them out helping the kids find toys and things outside. Sookie looked at Eric as they walked outside. "Are we still planning on Vegas next week?"
"Yes, why is there a problem?" He looked over at her as he put the baby in the shade.
"No, I just was curious if that was still a go. I have some invitations and things I would like to attend while we are there." Sookie handed Enar the ball.
Eric smiled. "That would be fine. You need to coordinate with Mark, Gary or Nigel depending on the time of day."
She laughed. "I know sweetie, I am not going to any function without a truck load of security. Trust me."
Before Sookie knew what happened Eric had the kids zooming around the backyard, they were moving at vampire speed, they were sparing, playing ball, levitating, practicing their magic. Sookie watched them in awe. Here were four creatures that were so powerful it blew her mind. She could see Johan growing every day, he was getting taller, thinning out like his father. His image was mirrored to Eric's and it made her so happy. The twins were advancing, their vocabulary was expanding, they were smart and so magical. Enar's powers amazed her, she knew it wouldn't be until he was older until they had an idea of what those powers all were, same with Erika. Sookie knew her daughter was just as powerful as her brothers but Enar kept her cloaked ever since they were in the womb. He was her protector and even now as they played in the back yard he would hold her hand or stand in front of her to protect her. That little boy was named appropriately, he was definitely a warrior. Watching her children she heard the baby, she got up and went to the portable crib and cried out when she got there. "Oh my gosh!"
Eric was beside her in a flash. "Sookie! What is it?"
They both looked in the crib, Gunnar was on his diapered behind, he was sitting up. Sookie looked at her husband. "Eric, he cant do that! He is too young."
Eric looked at her then down on his son. His face beamed. "My son's and my daughter can do anything they put their minds too! Look at your brother children!"
The kids put their heads in the crib and Erika was clapping and the boys smiled. Johan smiled at his mother. "Mommy, Gunnar will be very fast, you will see."
Sookie leaned over, put her hands on her knees and breathed deep. "He is too young for this!"
"No mommy, Gunnar will be fast! Just like us." The kids went back to playing.
Eric reached in and picked up his son. "You are very advanced are you not my boy?"
Sookie went into the house. Mark was headed her direction. He could see something was wrong. "Sookie is everything ok?" He had his hand on his gun.
She giggled. "Yes, my son is sitting up. No big deal, he is less than a month old and he is just sitting." She kept on walking. Amelia was coming through the door with a sleeping Adam. "Hey Amelia." Sookie kept walking, she was going up the stairs.
"Sookie, where are you going?" Amelia called to her.
"I am going to lie down. If I don't I am going to pass out." She went to the bedroom and laid in down.
Amelia stood at the bottom of the stairs watching her friend. She walked to find out what set Sookie off and found Eric and the kids in the back yard. "Ok, what did you do Eric?"
He turned to look at Amelia confused. He shrugged his shoulders. "What?"
"Sookie just walked past me babbling about needing to lay down. What did you do?" She put Adam on the ground next to Erika.
Smiling Eric help up Gunnar. "My son was sitting up."
Amelia's mouth dropped open. "No!"
"Yes! Is that not fantastic?" He was beaming.
She stood blinking. "But, but he's just….."
Eric laughed. "I know, he is advanced which I expected since he was born so early and was so well developed. I think the angel magic may have helped and the counter act against the Fae."
"Set him down, let me see." Eric did, he sat the baby on his behind and Gunnar smiled and clapped his hands.
Erika was laughing at him and clapping hers too. "Gunnar is very smart Amelia. You will see. He is just like daddy."
Eric looked to his daughter and smiled. "Thank you Princess, you are very smart too."
She nodded and handed something to Adam who giggled too. Amelia watched them all in amazement. "Maybe I should go back home and lay down too." She giggled.
"I do not know why everyone is so amazed at how powerful and advanced my children are. They are mine after all." He was working it for all it was worth. Amelia rolled her eyes and went to get Adam. "Leave him Amelia, go do what you need to, he is fine." Eric turned to her then turned back playing with Gunnar.
"You have four out here now Eric." She insisted.
"I will have more one day and I can handle five little ones Amelia. Go." He didn't even look back at her.
She smiled thinking of the big bad vampire with a whole yard full of little blonde hair, blue eyed babies. She and Sookie had talked about it after Gunnar was born, Sookie was more open to more kids but she hoped the stork would give her a break for awhile, she needed to get used to the four she had. Amelia said she felt the same, Adam was the best thing that happened to her but she wanted to savor the time with him, no matter Alcide's resistance. He was dying to give Adam a brother or sister and she was trying to take it slow. Walking to Sookie's office she found Toni in there already working, Amelia took a seat and got busy.
About two hours went by, Eric knew the kids were tired, he asked Lily to help him get them all upstairs in the nursery to get cleaned up and down for a nap. Eric put Adam and Enar in the same crib, Erika was asleep before they made it upstairs. Lily took Johan and put him in his bed. Gunnar was sound asleep on Eric's shoulder. "Boy, you really need to make sure you take your vitamins when you are around this bunch. They keep you on your toes."
Eric laughed at Lily and nodded. "Yes, they do. See why we want to hire help? It takes a lot out of you. Who knows when Sookie might become pregnant again, it could be soon, it could be months. I want to have as much in place to make the transitions easy."
Lily nodded, took the monitors and told Eric to do what he needed to, she had this covered. He smiled and thanked her leaving her alone in the nursery. Eric and Gunnar went to the bedroom, he needed to get her up, Tammy would be coming soon. She was sitting up as he came in. "Bring him here, he is hungry." She said to him sleepily.
"Are you alright?" He touched her forehead as he handed her the baby. He knew she was concerned about Gunnar sitting up.
"Yeah, just a little overwhelmed. I'll be ok." She smiled up at him and put Gunnar to her to nodded and went to get in the shower. They had played hard, dirt and grass were all over him. He took a shower, got out and dried off and walked into the bedroom nude. As he walked to the closet he turned to look at his wife, she was smiling and talking quietly to the baby. "My love, Tammy will be here in an hour. Are you up to seeing her?"
Sookie moved Gunnar to the other side and looked up. "Of course, I am ok now. It just took me by surprise Eric. Our other kids did things early but not like that. He's my baby, I want him to be my baby for awhile. If he is the last one we ever have I want him to stay little as long as possible."
Eric put his jeans on and took out Sookie's favorite t-shirt he wore, it was army green and v-neck slipping it over his head. When he turned he chuckled. "Sookie, you and I both know well Gunnar will not be our last child."
Her face changed to concerned. "There is no guarantee we will have any more kids Eric. I have had no vision other than the one and that was a long time from now. A lot can happen between now and then. You know what this life is like, who knows what the future holds." She was holding Gunnar tightly to her.
He went to sit next to her, he put her chin in his hand up pulled it up. "Nothing is going to happen to you, me or our children Sookie. I am working hard to make sure that does not happen. I have waged wars, killed and I will continue to do that as long as it keeps you safe. Do not worry about this. It saddens me to think you are concerned about this, I want you happy, enjoying our children and each other."
"Seeing Gunnar sitting just reminded me how quickly time is flying, I know we are supposed to have forever but my kids are growing so fast. Why?" She wanted the answer.
"If it concerns you so then we will seek the answer. I will make some calls and see what I can find out, will that make you happy?" He leaned in and kissed her.
"Yes, thank you sweetie, I am sorry I am such a pain about all this." She looked at him embarrassed.
Shaking his head he narrowed his eyes at her. "You are not a pain to me Sookie, your feelings mean everything to me and if you are unhappy I am too. I want nothing until you content, do you not understand that?"
She laid the sleeping baby next to her and reached up with both hands to pull his face to hers. "You are the most incredible creature on the planet Eric, I don't know what I would do without you in my life." Her lips gently kisses his, his hands went behind her head to pull her closer. The kiss was passionate, loving, demanding. When they broke Eric's eyes remained closed, Sookie was breathless.
He opened his eyes and grinned. "I could kiss you forever, it always feels so phenomenal."
"Thanks sweetie, I feel it too. Wow, you have one awesome set of lips there Viking." She giggled at his expression. "Will you keep an eye on little vampire so I can take a shower?"
Eric laughed. "Little Vampire?" He picked him up and held him, looking down at his son. "Go take your shower my love, I will take care of my son."
Sookie scoot off the bed and went to get in the shower. The water felt so good, she turned the heat up higher, her muscles were a tight after their visit to Fangtasia. She covered her mouth and giggled, she had had a wonderful time with Eric last night, he was so romantic and so sexy all at the same time. Here was the big bad former Sheriff of Area 5, now the King and he did things that sometimes her mind couldn't wrap around where their family was concerned. He had taken the time to plan a romantic evening for them on a whim. Wow, she was one lucky girl. She washed her hair and washed up, rinsed and turned off the water. She grabbed a towel, dried off then stepped into the bedroom, Eric had his finger in their sons mouth. "Awe, aren't you two cute?"
He growled. "Sookie, I am vampire, I am not cute."
"Yes you are, you are to cute. If I dropped you in the middle of a college campus you would half the woman flocked to you before you even walked in the building. You are cute, in a bad ass vampire kind of way." She saw his face, he was not happy about being called cute, she thought it was great.
He shook his head, spoke to his son in Swedish and stood up. "Do you want me to put him down in the nursery?"
"That's fine. I want to see Amelia, I have a lot of stuff to do today." She pulled a summery sun dress in light pink over the pink and white polka dotted bra and panty set that Eric couldn't keep his eyes off of. "Are you taking the kids flying tonight?"
"Absolutely, I would like to take Gunnar too if you have no objections." He stopped to look at her before he left her.
She closed her eyes for a second then opened them. "No, you know I trust you completely with out kids Eric, it you want to take him then do."
He smiled. "Good, we will go out after dark. Why not you give it a try?"
"What?" She stopped dressing to look at him.
"You have never tried. Why not attempt it? I will take you up, see if you can." He narrowed his eyes at her scowling at him.
"Eric, I don't fly, you and our kids fly, I am magical, not flying witch magical." She was not liking the idea at all.
"I think you are missing an opportunity to see what you can do. I believe I will insist you go out with us tonight." He was pulling rank and he knew he would win.
She crossed her arm over her chest about to protest, Gunnar woke and smiled at her, she smiled giving in. "Ok, but if you let me plummet to the ground and break my neck I am really going to make your life miserable." She stuck her tongue out.
Eric's laughed hard. "No way that is happening wife, that means no sex for me and that is completely out of the question. I want a repeat performance of last night." He winked and left her standing in their room alone.
"One of these days." Shaking her head she spoke to herself and finished getting dressed. Her next stop was the office. "Hey ladies."
Both Toni and Amelia looked at her when she spoke. Toni grinned. "Hey Sookie, how are you feeling? Heard you had a bit of a situation earlier." She tired to look sympathetic but wasn't doing a good job of it.
"Whatever." She sat hard on the chair, Toni and Amelia giggled. "Amelia, we need to work on some of my magic, can we do that this week before I go to Nevada? I really want to fine tune some of it. I am going to ask Claude to come over later in the week too and help with the kids."
"Sure, what do you want to do?" Amelia looked at her then back to the laptop she was writing something on.
"I want you to teach me some spells so we don't have a another issue like we had with the Fairies. I want to protect Gunnar, so something for him too." She looked absently at the wall trying to think of what she wanted to learn.
"So we are talking protection spells? I can teach you those and I think it will help. We can ward the house, all of them actually. We can put some on the kids too, but I don't know how they will affect Johan and the twins since they are magical. Maybe we should talk to Claude about that first but Gunnar we can do something right away. That might be a good idea." Amelia smiled.
"Good, lets work on that tomorrow, can we do that?" Sookie asked and Amelia nodded. "Ok, I have to meet with the new nanny Eric wants to hire. Will you girls be here awhile?" Sookie stood.
"Toni has a few things she needs to take care of for us this afternoon but I will be here. I am going to go check on the kids and then get back to work. I have some items we need to tackle in the next couple days." Amelia smirked.
"Not more invitations?" Amelia smiled at her. "Crap!" Sookie closed her eyes and looked at the two woman. "Any Eric recommended?" Again they nodded. "Ok, put them out and I will take a look at them. He isn't going to strong arm me to going to a bunch of supe functions."
"Sookie, you are the Queen, Gunnar is born now and you really have put this stuff off for way too long. Even Alcide is yelling at me because I have not done my part as the wife of a pack leader. We really need to get more involved, its only right." Amelia gave her the serious look.
"Fine. We will go over the calendar later." Sookie left and went downstairs. Trish was standing in the foyer. "Hey Trish, everything ok?"
"Oh, yes Sookie, everything is fine I am just waiting for Tammy." Trish looked nervous.
"She isn't due for another ten minutes." Sookie looked at the clock on the wall.
"No, she is always early, I just wanted to be here when she arrived." Trish smiled.
Sookie smiled and squeezed her arm. "I will be in the living room ok? Have you seen Eric?"
"Yes, he is already in there. Lily too." She nodded at Sookie.
"Ok, see you in a few minutes." Sookie smiled and went to find Eric.
He was standing talking to Mark, Lily was sitting on the couch looking at her iphone. Eric turned to look at her and smiled. "Hello lover, Tammy should be here any minute."
"Yes, so I have been told." Sookie walked to sit next to Lily. "Lily, I want your opinion, if you like her tell me, if you don't I want you to tell me that too. Your opinion is important to me."
Lily looked at Mark who smiled at her, she turned back to Sookie. "That means a lot to me. I will tell you what I think, I promise." Eric left Mark to come stand behind Sookie, he put his hand on her shoulder and lightly squeezed letting her know he was proud of her.
Sookie heard the two woman talking in the foyer, Trish walked in first, Sookie did a double take, she was identical to Trish. Sookie laughed. "Trish, you didn't tell me she was your twin sister!" Sookie stood up and smiled.
"Well, I forget about it sometimes. Tammy, this is Mrs. Northman, Mark and Lily. You know the Viking of course."
Tammy smiled the brightest smile and looked at Sookie. "My Queen, I am really so glad you have given me the chance to come and talk to you about helping with those angels. I have heard such good things about them from Trish."
Sookie nodded. "Tammy, please call me Sookie. Wont you sit? Would you like some tea or coffee while we talk?"
Tammy shook her head. "No thank you, I try to stay away from the caffeine. I am hyper enough." She smiled.
Eric walked over to where Tammy was and took her hand. "I am thrilled you are here Tammy. It has been a long time."
"Viking, I am pleased you called. You know how I adore you." She looked up at Eric like a mother looked at her child. He nodded and stepped back. Sookie almost cried, so few people felt the love Eric had in him to share and it meant everything that he had shared even a little of himself with these two woman. "I am sorry Mrs. Northman, your husband has a soft spot in my heart, he is like the son I never had."
Eric bowed his head to the woman. Sookie had seen how he was with Trish but Tammy he seemed to be much more connected emotionally too. She could see the love in his eyes for the woman. "No, please do not apologize. Any friend of Eric's is a friend of mine. And please, call me Sookie."
Tammy told her thank you and Sookie directed them all to sit. Sookie took the spot next to Lily and they began talking. Eric took his spot behind Sookie, he didn't want to give her the impression he was pushing Tammy on her so he wanted her to talk to the woman and make up her own mind. Both Sookie and Lily took turns asking questions for awhile. Lily spoke to Tammy. "They are young and very active, will that be a problem?"
"No, I really am a night person so when Trish called and said the Viking was looking for someone to take care of his children at night I was thrilled. I have more energy than most supes I know." She smiled. Eric chuckled.
"We have to travel a lot Tammy, Eric is King of three states now plus of the whole United States, so if he goes we go. Will you be able to travel with us?" Sookie was afraid she would say no.
"Of course, my kids are grown, I have traveled all over with that one at one point or another." She nodded toward Eric behind Sookie. "I wont have any issue with it, don't worry."
Eric spoke. "Tammy would you be willing to move here with us if Sookie offers the job to you?"
She grinned. "I would like that. It makes it easier if you need my help longer than just the eight to eight."
Sookie looked at Lily to see if she had any other questions, Lily smiled and squeezed Sookie's arm. "Tammy, there is a lot of activity here, we always have some issue or crisis but when there isn't I want my kids to have the most normal life they can. It sounds odd but I want them to know they are loved, have people around that are concerned about their well being. Things like breakfast as a family and those kind things are important to Eric and I. We do the best we can to be good parents and our kids are priority number one."
Tammy smiled. "Sookie, I have heard only great things about you and Eric as parents. I know those kids are brilliant, loving, well adjusted kids. I also know the prophecy, you and Eric are destined, not only to have those magical kids you have now but more in the future and they all will do great things. I think that is great you and Eric are trying to keep them as grounded as possible. Not a whole lot of couples would do that, they would just let servants take the task. I look forward to being part of those kids lives."
Sookie turned to Eric who just shrugged and left his face blank. Sookie knew what Lily was thinking, she liked Tammy. "We will need you to start as soon as possible, will that be a problem?"
Tammy grinned. "Not at all. I can start today if you wish."
Eric walked around and sat next to his wife. "I believe that would be wonderful Tammy, we have a cottage for you in the rear of the property. Welcome back."
Trish was smiling ear to ear. Tammy looked at her sister. "How about you help me get moved in?" Trish nodded and off they went.
Turning to his wife and Lily. "You ladies liked her?"
Lily smiled. "Yes, she is really nice, I think the kids will love her."
"You knew we would Eric, you always know what is best for us." She leaned over and kissed him. Lily got up and excused herself.
"Yes, I do. Thank you for doing this my love. I know you were leery about hiring someone else." He pulled her into his lap.
She adjusted herself on his lap and smiled. "But you found the one person I couldn't say no too. Eric, they really love you, you know that right?"
He looked up at her a little embarrassed. "I care a great deal for them as well."
"She thinks of you like her son, I think that is more than just caring mister." She grinned at him.
"Yes, I am aware of the love of a parent and a child my bride. Thank you." His fangs popped down.
She would le it go. "I need to go feed your son and then meet with Amelia about my bossy husband who keeps putting appearances on my desk to accept."
"As you should. You are Queen Sookie, by the time we get to Texas for our party I hope you will be in full swing with appearances. I have many I would like to attend, all which include our children." Eric looked her in the eye.
She stood up quickly and put her hands on her hips. "Oh, no you don't. We talked about this Eric, some things we can take the kids to but I am not going to allow every supe group to get their paws on our kids."
He stood up too, his fangs popped and he growled. "Do not tell me what I can and cannot do with my children Sookie. I am their father, I am King. I know what is best and if I say were are going to an event and taking our children we will."
Her eyes flashed and began to glow. "They are my children too Eric! You are not doing this, you promised."
"I promised we would discuss the events we would take the children to. I also have given you ample time to get acclimated to being a mother, Queen and my wife. We have to do these things Sookie, it is part of my world and you are my bonded." Eric wasn't letting up.
"So we are just going to go from one supe party to another taking our kids around them not knowing if they are there to hurt us? We cant protect ourselves sometimes, how are we supposed to keep them safe?" She yelled.
That hurt, she could see in his face what she said stung and she felt instantly bad for it. Eric looked at her with the saddest face. "Are you saying I am not a good provider Sookie? That I do not love my children enough to protect them properly?"
"No! I am saying I am scared for them! Once we take the kids out that door things can happen. You can have all the guards or spells or magic and that doesn't matter if there is someone with a bomb or plans to hurt one of them. They can take me, torture me, kill me! I accept that, those kids I wont let that happen." She needed him to understand, she could tell by his face he didn't.
"I see, you have no faith in my decision where my children are concerned. Maybe you made the wrong decision having with children with me then." He was gone in a blur.
"Damn!" Sookie yelled.
She heard him clear his throat. "Sook? Everything ok?" Alcide was standing in the doorway.
"No and I have no idea what just happened. I hate fighting with him!" She put her hands over her face and took a couple deep breaths.
"Sounds like to me you were fighting about the kids. Sookie, he loves his kids, he would never put them in harms way, even for prestige." Alcide frowned at her.
She shot him a dirty look. "Of course your going to stick up for him. You would do the same."
He nodded. "Yes, there will be times where Amelia and I will have to take Adam places that she wont like but it will have to be. That is the world we live in Sookie. Have you forgotten that?"
"Have I forgotten that? Are you serious? I think about that every moment of the day. I wonder when some supe is going to come raining down on my head, hurt my husband, maybe kill him or try to hurt my kids. Why because I love Eric more than anything in this world and I was given the gift of kids with him. That is the world I live in every day Alcide!" She wanted to cry but she wouldn't.
He walked to her and took her by the arms. "I didn't mean it like that Sookie, I meant that Eric has responsibilities, he has put so many of them on hold because he wants to be here with you and the kids. He would never say it, he would never admit it but I know. He only wants to be here with you but in the same token he keeps the position in his world to keep you both together."
She felt awful, he was right and she hadn't taken his feelings into consideration or his place in the vampire world. He did do everything he could to stay home, be with her and the kids, even do most of his work via the home offices. "Your right, I am a terrible person." She leaned against him and cried.
"Shush, your not a terrible person, your just a mother and a mother protects her kids. He is their father Sookie, give him a break." Alcide rubbed her back to try and help her.
Sniffling she looked up. "Thanks, I need to go find Eric." He nodded and let her go.
She searched the house not finding him so she went outside. Finally found him at the back of the property with his sword in hand, he was shirtless and he was working out hard, his hair was wind blown he looked really angry. "Eric."
He ignored her and kept wielding his sword through the air. She called his name again. He stopped mid air and looked at her. "What?"
Sookie's eyes began to well up immediately. "I am sorry Eric, I didn't mean it to sound like it did. I wasn't thinking, I just want to protect the kids and I know you would protect them with your life."
He turned away. "Yes, I would." His voice was low and sad.
"Eric, please. Please look at me." She walked closer and he stopped to turn to her. "I am sorry, I really am."
He was still hurt, she could see it in his eyes. "It devastates me to think I am not good enough to protect you and our family Sookie, that you do not think it of me. It is like a knife in my chest."
"Sweetie, that isn't true! I never said that. You have to listen to me." She stood in front of him. "Open our bond, tell me you don't feel how safe I feel with you, how when we are together that I know nothing or no one can touch us. You are everything to me Eric." Her tears fell faster.
Putting his hand on her face he began to cry. "But you don't feel that way about the children, you think I would put them in harms way because they are part of me, for power or position."
"No! I don't, I'm their mother Eric, I worry. I know you would never hurt them or let anyone around them that would. There is so much danger outside the doors of our home I am afraid if we take them out into the world things will change, creatures will realize how special they are and try to take them or worse. Don't you understand?" She wiped his face and leaned against his chest.
He shook his head. "We keep having this same conversation about the children Sookie. You know my feelings for you, for them, yet you doubt me."
"You need to listen, I don't doubt you, I have no faith in anyone other than the few people I have let get close to them. Anyone else, hell no I don't trust. Look at my family Eric, Niall was my blood and he did what he did to me. Stan, he was your friend and mine. Sam, my brother, Claude. The list goes on and on, those are family! What about the ones who aren't family Eric?" Sookie stepped back and put her face in her hands.
The bond between them was swirling, the pain was radiating from them both. Eric had to do something, he felt like he was going to fall into pieces if they didn't fix this. He picked her up and held her while she cried. "Sookie, I love you so much. It kills me to see you so upset, I never want to hurt you or make you cry. Please Sookie, please do not cry anymore."
She couldn't help it, the tears kept falling, her heart was breaking thinking he thought she didn't appreciate him or believe in him in his role as husband and father. He told her every chance he got how much he loved her, how proud he was of her, how he adored her. Did she forget to tell him, did she make him think he wasn't good enough for her? She wrapped her arms around him. "I wish I could let you in my heart so you would know what I think and feel about you Eric." She looked up at him, both of them were crying. It was like a wind storm kicked up in that minute, it was swirling and spinning around them, the energy that came from it was like neither had ever experienced. They held onto each other while the unknown force circled them. Sookie could feel emotions, feelings being pulled from her body, then different feelings pushed back, they were Eric's she knew they were. The energy spun so quickly it knocked Eric back taking Sookie with him. It was gone as quickly as it had came.
Eric pulled her back. "Are you alright?" He was overwhelmed but he needed to know she wasn't hurt.
She nodded. "Eric, did you feel that?"
He looked her in the eyes. "It was as if we did what you wished, we felt what the other was feeling." His hand went to her face, he rubbed her cheek. "Lets not do this Sookie, continue fighting about the children. We will work it out."
"I don't want to fight with you Eric. I only want to love you." She leaned against him.
"I felt that Sookie, it was…..intense." He squeezed her tightly to him. Never had he felt something like that. It was as if Sookie had done some sort of spell, opened up their emotions and then threw them at the other. He felt love, lust, respect, pride, honor, loyalty, want and many other come from her. There was no deception or regret like he had thought. He was devastated thinking she regretted having children with him and now he knew he was wrong.
"Intense I am not sure describes what just happened. Do you think I did that?" She looked at him confused. He nodded.
Mark, Gary and Stephen were running toward them. "Are you hurt?" Mark was on his knee inspecting them both. Gary and Stephen had their hands on their weapons looking around.
"No, we are fine." Eric stood up holding Sookie, he dusted her off when he stood.
"What the hell was that? We could see the light from the house." Gary asked amazed.
Sookie's eyes got wide. "There was a light?"
"Yes and there was the weirdest sound I had ever heard, like a crazy wind storm or something." Mark was turning Sookie to make sure she was alright.
"Mark, I am fine." She went to Eric who put his arms around her. "Can we go back to the house now Eric?"
He nodded and looked at the guards. "We are fine, go ahead and head back. I am taking Sookie back to the house." The nodded and went ahead of them. "Sookie, are you sure you are alright? You are not light headed or hurting anywhere?"
Sookie smiled. "No, I feel better, which is weird."
He smiled too. "I do not think it is weird, I feel the same. Please forgive me."
"Only if you do the same." Eric leaned over and kissed her hard. "Take me to the house ok? I need to get busy." He picked her up, she held onto his naked chest and felt the metal of the sword against his backside. They were at the back door of the house in a flash. "Tomorrow we will coordinate the calendars ok?"
He nodded. "Thank you." He kissed her and was gone in a flash.
She went in to the house and up to the nursery to feed her son. When she walked in her son was sitting up in the crib smiling. Sookie narrowed her eyes and smiled. "Hey pumpkin. Are you up and ready for lunch?" He was grinning from ear to ear, she picked him up and held him close to her. She pulled down the front of her dress and he began to eat.
There was a knock at the door. "Sook, can I come in?"
"Come on Amelia, I am just feeding Gunnar." She rubbed his little blonde head.
"Sookie, was that you?" Amelia asked right off the bat.
"What?" Sookie looked up at her.
"The energy in the yard? Was that you?" Amelia had never looked more serious to Sookie as she did in that moment.
"No, I mean, I don't know. I have no idea how to do magic, I cant do stuff like that." She looked worried and her friend knew it.
"Tell me what happened, ok?" Amelia sat next to her in the chair and Sookie replayed what had happened to her witch.
"Sookie, you did that. You wished the power and it was opened up to you. Wow, I have never seen anything like it in my life." Amelia was amazed.
Sookie shook her head. "Amelia, I don't know how to do magic!"
Amelia looked her in the eye. "You underestimate yourself Sookie. Tomorrow lets work on it ok? You need to really try and see what you can do. I bet it will be mind blowing." Amelia stood.
"Tomorrow will be great. Are you heading home now?" Sookie moved Gunnar to the other breast.
"Yep, Alcide is here talking to Eric, I am going home. I will be here early to work on your appointments and we can get busy early." She turned to leave then turned back. "Oh, good luck flying tonight." She laughed and left her friend.
Sookie grinned and held her son. The whole day was weird, the fight with Eric, her possible magic. She really needed to get a handle on that. If she could do that what else would she be able to do. Pulling out her phone she made a phone call. "Claude?"
"Hey cousin, how are you holding up?" He asked nicely.
"Shouldn't I be asking you that? You doing ok?" She really was concerned about him.
Claude sighed. "I am ok. I should go to Fairy and take over for the Prince but that isn't something I want. I think Claudine would be better at the job."
Sookie gasped. "You mean, one of you will take his place?"
"Yes, I am supposed to want to do it but I don't. I am going to stay here. Claudine is going back and will rule. The portals will be closed. She is preparing to do that now. It is best, we will make sure no one harms you or the kids again." Claude assured her.
"Claude, if you need to go then you go." Sookie was shocked.
"No, I am going to stay here and protect you and the kids. I owe you that much." He didn't sound upset or angry about it Sookie thought.
Sookie almost cried. "I don't know what to say."
"Say you will see me tomorrow. I am coming by, I got your text message. I will be there tomorrow ok?" Claude laughed.
"See you tomorrow Claude." They said their goodbye and Sookie sat shocked. Her day just got stranger and stranger.