Disclaimer: Sookie Stackhouse - Southern Vampire Mysteries belongs to Charlaine Harris.

Chapter 24

Eric's Point of View

I looked up and glared at the people in question who turned out to be Christian and Isabelle. Both of them where blushing from head to toe by the looks of it and I glanced at Sookie who looked amused and was smirking, her eyes sparkling.

"Brother." I said.

"Brother." He replied in return.

"I didn't think anyone would be hear." Christian said, looking like he'd gotten caught with his hand touching a sword he shouldn't have been touching, like our father used to catch us doing as children.

"Yes well... Sookie and I come hear regularly." He said lifting Sookie up gently as he rose with her, holding the hand that occupied his mother's engagement ring. It fit Sookie perfectly. Another story Sookie told him about when he placed the ring on her finger and when he said 'perfect' it reminded her of another childhood story she remembered hearing called Cinderella, where a Prince danced with a woman he fell in love with, but she was gone before he got the chance to ask her name. The only clue he had left was the glass slipper she'd left on the Castle steps when the clock had struck midnight.

Sookie had said that the Prince went around every household in the kingdom, getting every woman to try on the slipper till he found the perfect fit, and only then would he know that he'd found the lady he'd danced with. Eric remembered he'd said he'd do the same as the Prince if he was in that situation.

"Really? I only just found it again, after..."

"You and Isabelle stumbled across the door when your back hit it? I wondered what the noise was." Sookie tone was laced with amusement. Isabelle blushed scarlet. When the other two didn't respond when Sookie spoke, Eric smirked, his eyes full of mirth when he said what Christian hadn't.

"Well brother, I'm afraid myself and Sookie beat you to it. This is where our son or daughter was christened." Eric said smugly but regretted his choice of words afterwards when Sookie released her hand from his hold and whacked it up the side of his head.

"OW!" He said to a now blushing Sookie, and an amused and even more so blushing Isabelle. There was a gasp. Christian was in front of them before he could even blink and had grabbed hold of Sookie's hand.

"Mother's ring." Christian whispered, in a voice that sounded far away as he gazed, holding on to Sookie's hand for longer than Eric liked. He hated the thought of other men touching her, even if it was his own brother, and all he was doing was looking at a ring. He could look at it with out touching it.

Sookie looked at him for answers. Eric sighed and his arm around her waist tightened.

"I asked for Sookie's hand in marriage that day we walked out of the hall." Eric announced.

Christian's eyes snapped up to meet his, looking at him as if he'd just seen him for the first time.

Sookie's Point of View

Two weeks later...

It had been two weeks since Christian and Isabelle found out about our engagement. Eric and I had talked about dates. It was coming up to the third month of pregnancy and my morning sickness had started to ease, to the point I was able to make it down to breakfast with Eric, Christian and Isabelle. The latter had taken a large turn from her previous state of mind, and locked her self away in Christian's room.

I found I actually liked her, and the more I spent time with her, we started to become close friends. Eric and I also planned to announce our Engagement at the Summer ball. I've lost track of months and all that jazz since I've been here; I've just gone with the flow and went with wherever the wind blows, and what life throws at me.

I think it's the mid-summer or end of summer ball. I'm unsure for certain which one. Through dealing with being thrown back in time, becoming pregnant, engaged and dealing with various outcomes and new information, I don't blame myself for losing track of what month it is, or day of the week.

Eric's mother's engagement ring is very beautiful. It's a white-gold cut with gemstones and the Northman crest beautifully carved in, just overlapping the round band of the ring. Eric explained that the engagement ring is a symbol to let people know that the woman is indeed part of the Royal family and will be wed into said family. Sookie could remember feeling slightly smug, and very immaturely thought how she couldn't wait to see that bitch Sophia's reaction.

They had also put a plan in action to deal with her. Isabelle had gotten back in touch with her sister, whose Wedding is on the first of January. Eric and I where considering a Christamas wedding but we were reminded of the harsh reality of our situation, and it felt like we'd been hit in the face really hard with the side of Eric's sword.

We only had one or two months left, and neither of us knew what was going to happen next. Eric had become more aware and alert. He was always ready for attack and always ready to act. I guess that's one in the same thing but one must always be prepared either way when given the head's up for danger.

We decided instead on having the wedding half way through the sixth month I was here, and we prayed and hoped that nothing major would happen between now and then. We know our baby is safe and well and healthy and that's all that matters to us.

Sophia's thoughts had gotten worse, when she believed that Eric was looking at back at her flirtily that day in the hall. Eric had pulled me out of the house and made love to me in our Secret Garden, then asked me to marry him.

My thought's where interrupted by a warm hand sneaking up my bare stomach northwards, till it touched my breast and moved along to the other one as Eric pulled me over gently onto my back and lay half on top of me as he looked deep into my eyes.

"What are you thinking about so deeply, lover?" I looked at him and whispered.

"Everything." His eyes flashed in understanding and his sneaky hand started going south. Eric moved his mouth to my ear.

"Lover, your grandfather said everything will be okay." His finger slipped down into my folds...

And true to his words, that evening he made me forget everything.

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