AN: lemons adult content. Possible * trigger* child abuse mentioned. *Flashback*It didn't take Eric long to find her that first time she teleported, he just simply used the blood tie. She was sitting in the front seat of his locked car with her legs pulled against her chest rocking back and forth. Eric unlocked the door and climbed in the driver's seat beside her. He carefully placed his hand on her shoulder. "Sookie we have to talk about this." He didn't want to scare her worse. "Have you ever teleported before?" She looked at him terrified. He never wanted to see that look on her face again. She managed to shake her head no. "Eric can you drive? I need to get out of here. I feel like I'm going to be sick. And I can't keep my shields up." He looked at her, she was almost as pale as he was. He cranked his car and sped toward the main highway. "How far away do you have to be not to hear anything?" "Not very far." She reached for his hand. The moment his hand touched hers her head was quite. She sighed with relief. "I can keep them out when you touch me." He grasped her hand a little tighter. "Just hold on to me then, I'm going to take you to my house until you feel better then I'll make sure you get home safe. We'll do dinner another night." Sookie didn't have the energy to object her head was pounding. She just leaned against his shoulder and kept hold of his hand. She closed her eyes and didn't open them until he stopped the car. He let go and got out to open her door. She got out and looked at the huge house. "Eric it's beautiful." She tried to fake a smile but really all she wanted to do was crawl in a hole. Eric led her to a tall fence in the back of the house. He reached in his pocket and pulled out his keys. He unlocked the gate and opened it. He led her around to the back of the house into a beautiful garden with every flower you could imagine. In the middle there there was a huge pool with a waterfall. Instantly she felt better. Eric led her to an outdoor bar."Would you like a drink?" Sookie shook her head no."I better not, but a glass of water would be great."Eric fixed her a glass of ice water and sat it down in front of her. "I figured we needed to be somewhere private to have the conversation we need to have. So how about I ask you a question and you ask me one?" Sookie smiled"Can I go first?" "Yes you can, you asked me earlier where I was from and my age. We'll let those be freebies. I'm from what is now Sweden. I've been a vampire for a little over 1000 years" Sookie looked at him awestruck. "What can you do? I mean as a vampire? Can you turn into a bat or something?" Eric laughed. "No I can't turn into a bat. I can fly, and I'm very strong, I can glamour humans, except for you, and I can move very fast if I want to." Sookie took the sip of her water. "Is that what you tried to do after you saved me that night? Glamour me?" "Yes." "Will you try it again?"Eric stood up and walked over to the wall and turned on the lights for the outside. He walked back over to Sookie and sat back in front of her. He reached over and tilted her chin up with his index finger, catching her eyes with his. She loved his eyes. She wanted to get lost swimming in them. "Sookie" she felt her brain being tickled. "Yes Eric?" "Dance with me." Sookie burst out laughing "Nope sorry." "My turn. What happened to you tonight? Why were you so frightened of your uncle?" Her smile faded and she had to bite her lip to keep from crying. "He's not supposed to come around. I'm sure Gran ran him off. Hearing people's thoughts isn't very pleasant. I've always called it a curse. I don't just hear what people , I hear the stuff that's so awful they don't even want to think it. He would come over to visit Gran and he always tried to find a way to be alone with me. He used to think the nastiest stuff. He was just before acting on his desire one day. Gran had a meeting and she had called him to watch me and Jason and he was actually wondering if I was ready or not. I got sick and begged Gran not to go and she wanted to know why so I told her. She ran him off and threatened to shoot him if he ever came back." Eric reached for her hand."I'm sorry you had to go through that, say the word and I'll make sure he disappears." Sook shook her head no"I don't want that on my conscious Eric." "Ok.""I swear I never teleported before. Did I do that in front of a camera?" Eric shook his head."Don't worry about it, I checked you chose the one hallway where they had none." "Do you have any other abilities?" "Not that I know of." Sookie yawned. "That's enough for tonight, unless you have anything else you want to ask?" Sookie shook her head no."Will you dance with me?" Eric asked standing up and pulling her up from her chair.She nodded the thought of being so close to him with his arms around her made her heart skip a beat. Eric led her to a spot just above the waterfall. It was absolutely beautiful. He pulled her in his arms and they began to dance. Eric was an amazing dancer. She loved being in his arms. He tilted her chin up to look at him. "I want to kiss you Sookie." He caught her gaze with his and when she didn't pull away his arm circled her waist while the other went to the back of her neck. He tilted her back and grazed her lips with his. She moaned and threw her arms around his neck and he deepened the kiss. She kissed him back and felt him lift her feet off the ground. He moved them to a lounge chair and gently laid her down. He kept kissing her and began to run his hand up the inside of her leg. "Eric stop, wait, I've never done this." He opened his eyes and looked down at her. His lips still attached to hers. He pulled away and rolled to his side. He pulled her in his arms and kissed her forehead. She could feel him pressed against her. "You can let me know." He stood up and walked over to the pool to give her a minute. She joined him a second later. "I guess I'd better start heading home. It's late and I have a long drive." She felt like she had ruined her chance with him and wanted to go home and cry in her pillow. "It is late, let me take you, I'll leave you with my car and you can drive it to the store tomorrow." She was surprised at his offer but she nodded. About thirty minutes later they were on their way to Bon Temps. Sookie was slightly nervous about staying at the old farm house by herself but there was nothing she could do about it. She'd given the address to Eric. He'd wrapped his arm around her shoulder and she was resting against his shoulder by the time he pulled into her driveway. "Sookie. We're here." He whispered in her ear. She looked up at him sleepily. She reluctantly pulled away from him so he could get out. He held her door open so she could get out then followed her up the worn out steps of her Gran's farmhouse. "Do you want to come inside?" Part of her hoped he'd say yes the other part hoped he wouldn't because she knew if he kissed her again the way he did earlier she'd never be able to tell him to stop. He shook his head no. "Not tonight. You need to rest." He tilted her chin up to look at him and leaned down and tenderly kissed her again. "Rule number one Sookie. Never invite a vampire into your house and if you do you can rescind the invitation at any time." He kissed her one last time, placed his car keys in her palm, and was gone before she could tell him goodnight. Sookie went in the house got ready for bed and slept the best she had in a long time.*Flashback ends*

Sookie woke up late the next afternoon. Eric was still holding her. She wiggled out of his arms to go use the bathroom and came back and got back in bed. She put his arm back around her waist and snuggled closer to him. She smiled he really did know how to make her feel safe. She touched his cheek with her hand and leaned up and kissed him softly on his lips. He opened his eyes and looked up at her. He tangled his fingers in her hair and cupped the back of her head. He pulled her back down and kissed her. The kind of kiss that makes your heart skip a beat and your knees go weak.

"Hey." She pushed back a strand of hair that had fallen in his face.

"Hey yourself." he wrapped his arms around her and she snuggled up against him.

"Eric, did Pam find my car?" She hated to bring the subject but her phone and purse were in there and she really needed her purse. She felt Eric tense up.

"She found it and she has your purse. I'll get them when I go in tonight." She looked at him alarmed.

"What aren't you telling me?" Eric rolled them over so that he was laying over her. He cupped her face in his hands.

"Eric what?"

"Do you know a Maudette Pickens?" Sookie shook her head.

"Yes, why?" Eric let out an unnecessary breath he didn't need to hold.

"She was murdered last night. Sookie, Jason was there, they took him in for questioning."Sookie looked at him like he had another head.

"Eric! We have to go!" Sookie tried to jump up but Eric held her firmly in place.

"Lover, you can't. I don't want you anywhere near Bon Temps right now. Please don't fight me on this. We don't know everything that happened last night." Sookie shoved him off and jumped up.

"Eric I'm not staying away from Bon Temps. You know how Jason is! He's probably already confessed to something, you know as well as I do, he didn't do it! And what about Gran? I can't just leave her to fend for herself."

Eric looked at her, trying to will his point of view into her pretty stubborn head.

"I can't lose you Sookie! And less than twenty-four hours ago, someone ran you off the road, caused you to crash your car into a tree, then beat you within an inch of your life and tried to rape you. A vampire may or may not of been the reason. We don't know if Compton has someone working with him or just what he was trying to accomplish and I can't be with you during the day." He took her in his arms and tilted her back so he could look down at her.

All the fight left her. She couldn't stay mad at him, not when she knew his only concern was for her safety. She wrapped her arms around him.

"Eric I have to go honey. If it were Pam you'd do the same thing." He hugged her tightly and kissed her.

"If anything ever happened to you..." He whispered into her hair right by her ear. Sookie held his face in her hands and kissed him softly.

"Eric?" he kissed her back and lifted her off the ground. He cupped her under her ass and pressed her firmly against him. He deepened the kiss and she moaned as he pressed her against the wall and pushed in her. She crossed her ankles around his waist. He threw her down on the bed and grabbed her under her knees. He pulled her to the edge of the bed and thrust in her hard, His thumb found her clit and he rubbed her hard and fast. She opened her eyes and screamed in pleasure. He grabbed both of her breast and squeezed them together. He leaned down and took one of her nipples in his mouth. He sucked gently until it pebbled in his mouth. He kissed up her breast to her chest and her neck. He slowed his movements down until he was taking her gently. His hand went to the side of her face and he leaned down to kiss her one last time as she came undone underneath him. He yelled with his own explosion at the same time. He fell beside her on the bed and cradled her in his arms as she came back to herself. "I didn't hurt you did I?" She shook her head no and relaxed in his arms.

Two and a half hours later Eric was driving her up the gravel driveway that led to her Gran's house. Sookie's heart broke when she walked in the kitchen and saw the older lady she loved so dearly sitting at her kitchen table crying. She looked up as Sookie walked in and quickly tried to dry her eyes. She was always so proud. Sookie sat across from her and took her Gran's hand in hers. The only way Eric would leave her is if she could break Compton's glamour. It was something she had already failed at many times. Eric would try to glamour Ginger and see if Sookie could break it.

"Gran, I want you to think, when did you meet Bill Compton?" Sookie saw the the introduction through her Gran's eyes. Gran had been cooking dinner the night before when someone knocked on the door. Gran had answered wiping her hands on the bottom of her old apron. He had caught her gaze the second she opened the door. Sookie held onto her grandmother's hand tight.

"Gran let me in." Sookie saw everything just as if she'd been there. She pushed herself back from the table. She would of knocked her chair over but Eric caught her.

"Someone sent Compton, he glamoured her to be compliant so he could take me and run." Sookie stood up and ran to the bathroom. She barely made it before she got sick. She felt Eric behind her rubbing her back.

"Eric he was going to make her hold me down so he could..." Eric pulled her in his arms and held her while she cried. He was barely containing his rage.

"Shhh it's ok, I'm so proud of you my love." He ran his fingers through her hair and rested his head on a of hers.

"Are you still determined to stay?" She shook her head.

"I thought so. I'm going to call the sheriffs office and see if I can find out anything? If Jason needs a lawyer we'll get him one." Eric stood up and helped Sookie to her feet. He kept his hand on the small of her back until she got steady on her feet. Just as they walked back in the kitchen Jason came storming through the front door. He slammed the door and dropped in a chair at the dinner table.

"Sook Eric, y'all wouldn't believe the day I had. Hey Eric ain't you in charge of vampires around here?"Eric never said a word he'd learned a long time ago that Jason would tell everything anyway. The boy could not keep his mouth shut.

"Bud and Andy are looking for a bald one that has a bunch of tattoos."

"Interesting."Eric kept his arm around Sookie.

"Jason Honey did they clear you?" Gran asked sitting a plate of friend chicken, mashed potatoes, and green beans in front of him.

"Gran they know it wasn't me. Maudette liked to record stuff. She recorded me leaving last night.They think it's a vampire though." Eric looked at Sookie. They followed Jason outside to his truck after he ate.

"Eric I feel like I should stay with Gran tonight.I'm really afraid she may have another stroke." He squeezed her shoulder.

"I think so too. She seems very shaken. I can leave the car for you or I can come back and get you." Sookie felt her stomach drop at the mention of her driving.

"You can come get me. Maybe I can convince her to go with me to Shreveport for a couple of days." Jason rolled his eyes.

"Yeah right."

Eric bent down and hugged Sookie kissing her gently. "Let me know." Eric very reluctantly kissed her one last time and got in the car and left.

Jason followed her back in the house. He grabbed his keys, kissed Gran waved bye to Sookie and left. Sookie followed Gran into living room where they sat and talked for hours.

Around Midnight Sookie hugged her Gran and kissed her cheek and went upstairs to get ready for bed. She dialed Eric's number at Fangtasia. It went to his voicemail.

"Hey honey, I just wanted to call you before I went to bed, call me when you get up tomorrow. I may get Jason to run me home tomorrow. I love you." She smiled as she hung up and laid down in the bed she slept in as a child she had no trouble falling asleep.

"Sookie! Get out of my head you stupid little brat." Sookie was seven years old and she had just accidentally told Gran 'Mama cheated on Daddy again." Her mom left work early and grabbed her by her braid when she got off the school bus. Sookie had screamed and tried to run away. 'I swear Sookie, if you don't learn to control it..."'Michelle what are you doing?' Gran had saved her by pulling up in her car. Sookie wasted no time and jumped in the car before her Mama could object. Sookie began to cry on the way to her Gran's house. "Sookie dear what in the world?" Sookie shook her head and just kept cry. "Gran? Why am I so bad? Am I going to go to hell? Mama thinks about all the time how much better her life would be if I'd never been born." Gran pulled her into a big hug."You poor sweet child! Sookie listen to me. You are not bad. Your Mama is scared because she doesn't understand." Gran pulled into the driveway and held the door so Sookie could go in. Gran fixed her a piece of cake and a big glass of milk. She was eating it when her Mama came speeding up the driveway. She ran into Gran's house and grabbed Sookie by her hair. Gran tried to stop her. She offered to keep her the whole weekend. Michelle threw her in the the car and slammed the door shut just as her daddy was pulling in. "Michelle what the hell?" Sookie watched as her Daddy argued with her mama. She started to cry. "Come on Michelle just let them stay here with Mama, I'll take you to that nice restaurant in Shreveport." Michelle opened the car door and looked at Sookie and thought directly at her. "One more slip, they'll find you floating in the creek." Sookie scurried out and ran and hid behind Gran and her Dad. Michelle got in her car and spend off to go home and get ready. Corbit went to Sookie. "It's ok Punkin' have fun with Gran." He got in his truck and left. That night their car was washed off the road in a flash flood.

Sookie jumped in her bed. He eyes flew open and she began to cry.