A/N: I have returned with another update! There is a little Eric in this one. I am sorry for the delay, but I will not even insult you with excuses! Now on with the chapter! R&R

Dream A Little Dream Of Me

The moon was high in the sky as I sat on my front porch. The air was warm and there was a slight breeze. I hugged my knees as I enjoyed the nice evening, clad in my pajamas, my hair draping my face. I took in a deep breath of southern air and let it out in a slow breath, reveling in the beauty of the night when I heard the porch creak behind me.

I sighed.

"What are you doing here?" I asked. I didn't have to turn to know it was Eric. I could sense him in the air.

"So the wolf hurt your feelings?" he asked. I could hear the smug smile that had to be on his face in his voice.

I didn't bother looking at him. "That is none of your business."

The porch creaked under his weight as he came closer. I could feel him looming over me. "You, lover, are my business."

"You are delusional."

"When will you realize that you belong to me and no one else?"

I huffed at the seriousness in his tone. I could resist anymore. I turned and looked up at him, catching his steely blue eyes gazing down at me. I tried to keep my senses about me as I felt that familiar wave of heat in me. "Eric, I am not property. When will you get that through your thick blonde haired skull? If you really cared about me then you wouldn't treat me like I was some…some...trophy," I snapped turning away and looking back at my front lawn.

Eric shifted and sat beside me, dusting off his dark jeans before settling his elbows on his knees. His smug smirk had remained. He seemed completely unphased by my statement as he looked at me. "But you are a trophy, Chase. The most exquisite trophy I have ever come across and have had the privilege to call mine. You shouldn't be angry about this."

I crossed my arms, refusing to fall into the trap he was trying to lay. "This is done and over with Eric. I can't keep doing this to myself."

"Doing what to yourself?" Eric questioned softly.

I took a deep breath again preparing myself to say what needs to be said. I forced myself to look at him. "I can't keep letting you hurt me," I said determinedly. "I need to be with someone….who won't hurt or lie to me and who will love me like I love them."

Eric frowned slightly before his cold fingers were on my cheek. I swatted his hand away and in a vampire second it was in my hair. He yanked me towards him, making me fall towards his chest. I didn't have time to catch my balance and found myself pressed against him. The hand in my hair pulled and my head was forced back. His lips were on mine next, making me moan in surprise as he deepened the kiss. I pushed against his chest in a weak attempt to push him away, but it was like trying to push a brick wall. He pulled away from the kiss making me gasp to catch the air that I had been deprived of.

"Dammit Eric, let me go," I growled, trying to push him away again.

He held me firmly, looking me in the eyes with a face full of seriousness. "You are mine, Chase Morgan. And no one else's," he stated as his grip in my hair tightened. "And try as you might you cannot escape me."

I watched as his fangs extended with a soft click. I was frozen. In a vampire second his head dipped towards my neck ready to sink his fangs in my flesh.

I woke up with a start, sitting up in bed. The sunlight pouring in through the window was blinding, making me raise my hand to shield my eyes. I looked around to find that I was in Alcide's bedroom alone with the door closed. I sighed and ran a hand through my tussled hair, lying back onto the pillows. It was just a dream. Clearly my subconscious was still attempting to work out my feelings for Eric. It was the first dream I had had about him in ages. I would have preferred it if I didn't dream about him at all, but I attributed it to the fact that we still shared a blood bond and my encounter with Alcide last night.

I considered getting out bed, but I was still exhausted. I had spent most of the night lying in bed next to Sookie amongst her damp tissues, thinking about my encounter with Alcide. I wasn't sure that I was ready to face Alcide just yet, but I refused to allow things to become awkward between us. It was probably better that we had not kissed. I did not want to rush into something only to be hurt again. He was a great guy and even if we didn't progress even further I would still want him in my life as a friend.

I was greeted by two female voices as I stepped out of the bedroom. One I was sure belonged to Sookie, while the other I did not recognize at all. I stepped into the entry way of the kitchen and saw Sookie sitting at the kitchen table, a tall, long haired, pierced, and beautiful woman standing next to the table, opening a make-up case as she chattered away.

"When you called I was checking my horoscope. Do you know what it said? 'Things are looking up for somebody close to you'. Nailed it."

She paused when she saw me, halting her steps as she took me in. I smiled nervously as Sookie jumped to her feet and approached me. "Oh Janice this is Chase, my friend that I was telling you about," she said wrapping an arm around me and bringing me closer.

Janice looked me up and down as if she had to memorize me for some test later, before nodding and smiling. "You were right she is more of his type," she commented absently as she smiled at me. "Nice to meet you, Chase. You are just a cute and sweet as Sookie here."

She extended a hand that I took cautiously bracing myself for the onslaught of images and memories that was going to come my way. Janice just so happened to be Alcide's sister. Sookie had called her to come over for some unknown reason. Janice was hoping and praying that one of us was here to start any kind of relationship with Alcide to get his mind off of Debbie. She thought Sookie was here for him at first, but Sookie had told her that it was me Alcide was after. She was pleased either way, she would have settled on a two bit hooker to get Alcide's mind off Debbie. I withdrew my hand away from her, forcing the smile to remain on my face as I looked at Sookie with a raised eyebrow.

"It's nice to meet you too, Janice," I said. "What's…going on?"

"Well I am kinda wondering the same thing. Sookie here called me because she said ya'll needed my help," Janice answered looking at Sookie. "I was a little surprised when she said she knew Alcide and was staying here. How do ya'll know my brother anyway?"

"Alcide is just helping me. We are all working together," Sookie commented.

Janice's gaze turned suspicious. "You don't look like you work in construction."

Sookie huffed. "We don't. Someone I care about has been kidnapped and Alcide has….inside information…about the people that took him."

One eyebrow on Janice's pretty face arched.

"I called because we need to get into Lou Pine's without standing out," Sookie finished.

Janice seemed to understand suddenly. "So ya'll need to look the part. Well that is my specially," she said determinedly.

I frowned at Sookie. I had no idea she had decided that we were going to infiltrate Lou Pine's- on the night of Debbie's engagement party no less- or for what really, but I assumed that this all had to do with finding Bill. I was pretty apprehensive. Our attempt at going into Lou Pine's the night before hadn't gone so well and I wasn't sure this time was going to go any better this time either.

"I'm sorry Janice; can I borrow Sookie for a moment?" I asked making sure to keep the smile on my face.

Janice nodded. "No problem."

I ushered Sookie toward the bedroom and led the way shutting the door behind us. I turned to her with a frown as she gave me this annoyingly oblivious look. I crossed my arms.

"What?" she said defensively.

"Sookie, what the hell is going on? I thought we were going back to Bon Temps today?"

"Why would you think that? I told you I came here to find Bill."

"You did that already. He is with Lorena. He broke up with you. We should be going home right now, not trying to infiltrate some party where we will most likely get our asses kicked, raped, or worse eaten by a werewolf."

Sookie frowned. "Excuse me?"

"Sookie, I think you need to just let Bill go."

Sookie looked at me in disbelief. "You sound like Alcide."

I blinked. "What did Alcide say?"

"Basically the same things that you are saying. He wants to take me back to Bon Temps and wants me to just forget about the man I love, but you of all people should know that I am not going to do that, Chase. Bill Compton can break up with me all he wants, but he better do it to my face. And I want to see and hear this for myself in person. Alcide wasn't thrilled with my idea either, but I need information and I am going to that engagement party with or without the both of you," Sookie said unwaveringly, crossing her arms.

I sighed and put my head in my hands. So Alcide was on my side about this. Sookie was so damn stubborn. "Fine, Sookie, you know that I can't let you go in there alone," I said looking back up at her. "But promise me that if we don't find out anything substantial or worth staying in Jackson for that we will go back to Bon Temps."

Sookie seemed reluctant, but she relented and nodded. "Fine, if we don't we can go home and I can continue my search for info from there."

This is not going to end well, I thought to myself as I looked at the blonde standing before me. She is going to get me killed one day.

"Now let's go," Sookie said turning and heading for the door. "It will be getting dark soon."

I frowned. "What time is it?"

"Almost 5 o' clock."

"Are you kidding me? I have been asleep all day?"

Sookie nodded. "Alcide and I didn't want to wake you. You seemed tired."

I shook my head in disbelief. How could I have slept all day and still be tired? Sookie turned on her heel and I followed her back out to see Janice pulling out her make over supplies. When she saw us she smiled deviously and put her hands on her hips.

"How deep do you want to go?" she asked.

"We want to look like we can kick some serious ass," Sookie said passing me a glance. "Which we can."

Janice's smile widened. "Alright, let's pick out some temporary tattoos," she said as she retrieved a binder from her bag. She turned back to us, her bright eyes landing on me. "So Chase….Sookie here tells me you and my baby brother have a little something going on."

I felt my cheeks flame and passed Sookie a knowing look. She only smiled at me. "Well I wouldn't get your hopes up Janice," I answered looking down. "He still seems like he is really hung up on Debbie."

Janice frowned disapprovingly.

"Yeah well it was probably him finding out about her engagement party that stirred things up," Sookie chimed in making me frown as well.

Janice huffed, leaning over to place the book in front of Sookie and I. "Yeah right, 'engagement party'," she incredulously.

"Excuse me?" Sookie said.

Janice seemed uneasy suddenly. "Oh uh yeah….that's right…engagement party."

Sookie and I both caught on to the fact that Janice was hiding something and I was back to wishing that I could read peoples thoughts with having to touch them. But I could tell from the glazed look that came over Sookie's eyes she was already reading Janice's thoughts. Janice continued to talk for a moment, but I was too busy watching Sookie to hear what she was saying.

"How did Alcide find out?" Janice asked finally catching my attention.

"Oh Hollis told him about it," I answered.

Sookie was still busy reading Janice's thoughts and before Janice noticed anything weird I decided to engage her in conversation. "Well if Alcide is still in love with Debbie maybe he should go to the party and-," I started.

Janice cut me off, picking out a temporary tattoo and beginning to apply it to Sookie's back. "No, he should not. My psychic told him point blank that if he stayed with her, she would get him killed. Did he listen? No. She ended up dumping his ass."

"Why did he stay with her so long?" Sookie piped up. She must have gotten all the information she needed. She was giving me a weird look.

Janice rolled her eyes. "She was his first love. He never met anyone so alive, all that shit. But how many bullets you gon' take for somebody? How many bad things gotta happen to you and the ones that you love before you realize that feelin' alive just ain't enough? I am just glad that he made it out alive," she finished with a shake of her head.

Her words resonated within me quite loudly. All I could do was sit there and stare off as my thoughts once again went back to Eric and I. Eric did make me feel alive, he had made me feel things that I had never felt before, but Janice was right. Feeling alive was not enough. I deserved better, just like Alcide had said and he should have believed that about himself too. While he may have loved Debbie, he was probably much better off without her at least according to Janice's psychic, and everyone else. But I also knew how hard it was to let things go, especially when you love someone so much. He and I were in the same exact boat.

"Well," Janice sighed coming towards me with a tattoo. "Let's get started on you sweet thang."

An hour and a half later I looked like a completely different person. Janice had worked her magic on Sookie and me. She had even given us clothes to wear, stating ours were too 'human'. A black haired A-Line styled wig sat atop my head. It had dark red highlights and was the main reason I barely recognized myself. It was such a drastic change from dark brown long hair. Black eyeliner lined my eye lids bringing out the grey in my eyes and deep red lipstick coated my lips. Janice had placed temporary tattoos all over my body; there were some on my legs, arms, and back. Sookie had claimed the leather pants before I could so I was left with an extremely short black leather skirt that I could definitely not bend over in; and a tight leather top that didn't go down past my belly button and pushed my boobs up to the point where it was nearly had to breathe. I didn't know how girls dressed like this and didn't manage to pass out. The thought of going out with so much skin exposed made me uneasy. There would be no protection from the onslaught of images that would be coming my way.

We had thanked Janice for all her hard work and when I offered her some money she refused it politely. She hugged Sookie and I and grabbed her suitcase full of supplies. She hesitated as she walked through the door, stopping and looking back at me.

"Give Alcide a chance," she said looking back at me. "He's stubborn as an ox and has a hard time letting go, but trust me when I say Debbie aint what he needs. He needs to move on."

I smiled weakly and nodded. "I will."

"It was nice meeting ya'll. I hope to see you again," she said with a small wave.

I went to the bathroom after the door closed, wanting to check myself out in the mirror. I was so surprised by what I saw that I was still staring when I heard the sounds of a key in the front door. I stepped out of the bathroom, trying to ignore that ache in my feet from the knee high leather boots that Janice made me wear, just as I heard the front door opening. I knew it was Alcide by the sound of his thundering footsteps. My heart started to race as I stopped in the bedroom doorway catching sight of Alcide stepping through the door, holding a new cast iron kitchen pan. He had been out shopping for kitchenware?

Alcide did a double take before his brown eyes fixated on me. His eyes widened immensely and his jaw dropped. I felt my cheeks flame and assumed I was turning as red as the lipstick coating my lips. I had expected him to be surprised, but not this surprised. His eyes traveled from my head to my toes not once or twice, but three times making me feel as if I was a piece of meat and he was a hungry wolf. I didn't know what to do or say so I just stood there, probably looking like a slutty idiot, while he gaped at me. Alcide visibly tried to recover, closing his mouth first then trying to wipe the shocked look off of his face, which he failed at. He swallowed so hard that I saw his Adam's apple bob and cleared his throat.

"Chase…you…you look," he shook his head as if in disbelief. "Wow…you…..wow."

Sookie came up behind him before I could manage to say anything. "Oh good you are back."

Alcide finally tore his eyes away from me taking in Sookie's new biker appearance. He looked back and forth between us, lingering mostly on me, before he frowned and put his hands on his hips. "What the hell are you guys up to?"

"I called Janice to give us makeovers," Sookie said absently, waving his statement away.

Alcide huffed, a knowing look coming over his face. "Well I see she took to both of you."

"Debbie is getting initiated to Coot's pack and she's addicted to V," Sookie blurted.

"What?" I snapped with a frown. She definitely hadn't shared that information with me. It must have been something she had pulled from Janice's mind.

Alcide's face fell. "Shut the fucking door. Debbie's a blood head? How did you find out?"

Sookie hesitated. "I was poking around in Janice's brain."

Alcide looked as if he was going to be sick, turning around and tossing his new cast iron pan towards his kitchen table. It hit with a loud clang making me jump slightly. Sookie continued.

"Janice didn't tell you because she was trying to protect you."

Alcide huffed, looking at Sookie incredulously. "Well why didn't you let her?"

Sookie hesitated glancing at me almost apologetically before she spoke. "Because I know you still care about Debbie, no matter what she did to you, and I figured you would want to know if she was in danger."

I rolled my eyes and crossed my arms. I knew where the apologetic look was coming from and what Sookie was playing at. She was tugging on Alcide's heart strings that were still connected to Debbie, even though she knew that he might have feelings for me and I had feelings for him. None of that seemed to matter to her in the grand scheme of finding Bill. I would have been more hurt if I hadn't partially agreed with Sookie. She was right. Alcide did care for Debbie and he would want to keep her from being in danger.

Alcide was working towards a fit of rage. He ran his hands through his hair as he turned his back on us again. He growled angrily. "She's going to let those fucking mongrels brand her!" he shouted looking back at us. "V is the only reason, it's gotta be," he reasoned.

"Of course it is!" Sookie agreed. "Maybe it's not too late for you to get through to her. And stop her from ruining her life."

Alcide growled again, turning quickly towards the wall and punching it hard. Plaster and dust fell from the new hole that Alcide's fist left behind. He sighed again, his hands going through his hair one more time, as he began pacing again.

"Does this mean you are coming with us?" Sookie asked making him stop and look at her. "We probably won't get in otherwise."

Alcide hesitated, his eyes falling on me, lingering for a long moment as I stared back at him blankly. "Fine," he said with a bite to his tone, looking back at Sookie. "But we are going to have to go in separately. You two may fool some with that get up, but they are just going to beat the shit out of me….again."

He stalked off towards his bedroom leaving Sookie and me alone in the foyer. She turned to me quickly and sighed.

"Are you mad?" she asked hesitantly. "About me using the Debbie card and all?"

I shook my head. "No, Sookie. Alcide isn't my boyfriend or anything. And he does care for Debbie and if us doing this will save her then…" I sighed. "Well then it's a good thing."

Sookie's head tilted to the side. "Well that… or he will see she is a lost cause like I am hoping and he can finally get over her and move on…hopefully in your direction."

I huffed. A girl could hope. "Let's not hold our breath."

Lou Pine's was packed. The music was loud. The place was crowded and the air was thick with the smell of cigar smoke and wet dog. I was regretting all the skin that was exposed on my body as another biker bumped into me and I was assaulted with another wave of memories, thoughts, and emotions. If I saw one more wave of sick thoughts and memories from another werewolf I was sure I was going to throw up.

Alcide had left our side the minute we had slipped through the unguarded door. Since the party was private, Hollis was not there, leaving Sookie, Alcide, and I all on our own. None of us had really come up with a plan and I wasn't sure if Sookie really had one, but I was following her lead. We circled around the bar once, Sookie's face scrunching up as she read the werewolves thoughts. After the first lap she looked at me with a frown, shaking her head before motioning for us to do another walk through. I tried to blend in and seem casual, ignoring the husky looks of the wolves watching me. I was relieved when Sookie finished another lap and stopped at the bar. My feet were killing me.

I leaned against the bar actually considering having a drink when I felt a pair of eyes on me. I hesitantly looked to my left to find the wolf that had attacked Sookie the night before checking my out. When his eyes locked with mine I could see a hint of recognition cross his face and his face scrunched with the effort of trying to remember who I was. Crap.

I looked away quickly nudging Sookie as I leaned towards her. "We need to move now."

She looked at me slightly confused before noticing the wolf as well. "Yes we do," she whispered back.

She took my arm casually and moved to head towards the crowd in the middle of the bar when I felt a calloused hand take a hold of my arm. I froze as a wave of memories washed over me and one clear loud thought from the wolf popped into my head. Damn she is a hottie. Looks kind of familiar….did I bang them? I withdrew from his mind with a gasp, trying to keep the fear from showing on my face as I turned to the wolf. I forced a smile on my face as he pulled me against his body, trying to play it cool, but I passed Sookie a panicked look. She looked helplessly at me and stepped closer.

"Come on darlin'," the wolf growled in my ear as he forced me to turn to the bar. "Have a drink with us."

"No thanks," I said carefully shaking my head.

The wolf frowned at me. Apparently he really could not take 'no' for an answer.

"Umm…I mean…Fuck yeah!" I said quickly. "Let's do some shots!"

The wolves grinned happily as Sookie joined my side. The wolf placed a shot glass full of dark liquid in my hand before passing one to Sookie as well. She and I shared a glance before she clinked her shot glass against mine and downed the shot. I followed her lead and downed its contents, almost gagging from the harsh liquid and the burn that came with it. I slammed the glass back down on the bar like I had seen others do and tried to look pleased, like I was a natural drinker.

"Another," the wolf demanded handing Sookie and I another shot.

I rolled my eyes and took the shot as commanded, shivering as it burned down my throat. I was feeling light headed already. I didn't even get the chance to try and make an escape as the wolf set another shot before Sookie and me.

"One more," he said with a big grin. "Third times the charm."

Sookie and I both hesitated, sharing another glance as the wolves began egging us on.

"Go. Go. Go. Go. Go!" They chanted, making a few others nearby join in.

Sookie shrugged at me before downing the shot making me follow her lead once again. The wolves cheered happily as I wiped at my mouth and turned to Sookie who was chuckling slightly. I could feel a buzz from the liquor already settling in and suddenly I wasn't so uneasy anymore. I was actually having fun in that moment. I smiled at Sookie and actually let out a small laugh despite the situation we were in when I felt someone come up behind me.

"Who the fuck are you two?"