Chapter VI
I thought about what happened on the way home.
Did I do the right thing by letting Bill live? It was clear that my life would never be normal. The world of the supernatural would always follow me. No matter what I did, there was no out of it.
What if I had killed Bill? I knew for sure I would safe myself a lot of heartache but there was so much I wanted to change in this time line and Bill was too involved in the other line I didn't know if killing him would change the future for the better or if it would screw up everything. Besides, even if he was a pain in my butt, he did safe my life a few times.
At least I didn't have to show my powers for now. I was pretty sure I had made myself interesting enough that he wouldn't report me to the queen for now. He would want to find out about me first and see if he could get any benefit for himself.
I wasn't going to delude myself into thinking I could change him into the friend he had become later on. His change had come from falling in love with me and I wasn't going to have another relationship with him. Looking at it now I didn't even think he was ever really in love with me. It was more an obsession. Or maybe it was the fairy-blood?
I parked my beaten up car behind the house and went inside. Gran sat in front of the TV but she had fallen asleep with a book in her lap. I took the book marking the page she was at and laid the book on the coffee-table. Then I shook her shoulder gently to wake her up.
"Your home," she said sleepily. She looked at the clock. "Your home late. What happened?"
"Don't worry. I didn't have a flat tire or anything. Just got hold up at Merlottes because of the Rats."
"Well, I am sure glad you're alright." She said. "You know that vampire you warned me about. Our new neighbor Mr. Compton?"
"Yeah. What's with him?"
"He was here. Like half an hour ago. I didn't open the door even though it was very rude but since you told me you had a bad feeling about him... And you were right I had a bad feeling about opening the door, too. He kept asking me to open it. I told him I wasn't presentable and that I was going to sleep anyway so he left."
"I'm glad you didn't open." I was sad that the first vampire Gran met was leaving a bad impression I didn't want her to believe they were all bad.
"Oh, don't worry about me old lady, honey. I'm going to bed now. And maybe the next vampire we meet is better. Don't ever forget there' s always good and evil in this world. And as there are good and evil humans in this world there are good vampires too. Good night honey."
I watched her walk slowly into her room. And for the first time really I could see her age in her walk. I wouldn't take my time with her for granted this time around.
That last thing she said about good and evil let me think about the fact that Gran knew more about the supernatural world than she had ever led on. And it reminded me of the fact that she once fell in love with a fairy. And just as she said I knew for sure there were evil fairies as well. Even though all thought of Tinkerbell when they heard the word "fairy".
I took a fast shower before I got to bed. But I couldn't sleep. The problem of Bill kept creeping up on me and I knew I needed to find a solution before it escalated. I was sure he was going to glamour Gran. Thinking about it, it occurred to me that he might have done that the first time too and I never noticed.
I would have to get Eric into this. Hmm, Eric. I missed him so much. He wouldn't know me in this time-line. I would need to make an impression on him. He needed to see more in me than an easy fuck.
With that thought I slipped into a peaceful sleep. Dreaming of Eric. My Eric.
A few days passed without incident. People kept talking about Maudette and I kept my training going. Already getting into better shape. It didn't surprise me. It wasn't that I was fat I just needed some toning so my muscles weren't as soft. With all the running I was doing I also got better conditioning. I was glad because I would need it if I couldn't change the future.
The day before my day off work I warned Dawn about being careful when she got home. Although she looked at me like I was a loony like most of the people in this town she took my warning seriously and nodded at me telling me she slept with a gun under her pillow.
I also told my brother to stay with Hoyt for the night so he would have an alibi. He was mad at me for ruining his night as he said he was having a good chance at landing in a warm bed that night but he agreed when he saw my worried expression.
Thinking about saving lives I was reminded that I saved Bills life too around this time. Malcolm and his friends were going to visit him and he was going to drink from an infected human.
But as much as I thought about it I couldn't brink myself to care. I doubted Bill and I would become friends in this time-line without being lovers first.
And maybe he didn't get infected after all since I was pretty sure him having to drink from the human whose name I had actually forgotten had to do with the fact that Malcolm wanted to scare little ole virgin me.
Some time later I heard Rene had been arrested after being shot in the leg by Dawn. The police found out his real name and other crimes comparing his fingerprints. Arlene was devastated. Of course Jason never got an apology for being suspected.
Right now I was getting ready to drive to Fangtasia even though Dawn was still alive and kicking. I knew there was going to be a raid today and I was going to use this to my advantage.
I put on my white dress with the red flowers. I knew I looked like a sacrificial lamb but I couldn't shake the conversation I once had with Eric in which he told me he wanted to bent me over his office table and take me the second he set his eyes on me. Besides, the white of the dress made a nice contrast against my skin after sunbathing all day.
I let my hair fall in loose curls down my back and aside from some mascara that made my eyes pop didn't wear any make-up. I knew Eric liked it natural. Women in his time didn't wear any make-up at all. I put on a sweater as I went down the stairs.
"Hey, Gran. I'm going out to Shreveport. Don't wait up." I said as I went into the kitchen.
"You're going alone?" I couldn't tell if she was suspicious I had a secret boyfriend or just worried.
"Yeah, I just want to dance a little and try out that new club." I wasn't telling her everything but I wasn't lying either. At least that was what I was trying to convince myself of.
I sang to crappy songs on the radio as I drove to Shreveport. Once I got closer to Fangtasia I reduced my singing to humming as there was no need to torture the vampires in the club with my voice. I might not have known about their super-hearing before but I did now.
I got in line and got my ID out as I already knew how this would go. Humming all the time the tune I had stuck in my head now. Well, at least my humming was really accurate not like my singing.
As the line got shorter and I got closer to Pam I was thinking of how to approach Eric. I had decided on today because of the raid but I still didn't have a plan. I guess I was going to have to go with the flow as they say.
"Oooh. Now that's something definitely different. They're going to eat you up little girl. Wouldn't you rather spend the night with me instead of going inside?" Pam asked as I stepped in front of her.
I guess Pam was restraining herself the first time because of Bill.
Hmm. I wondered if we could become better friends this time around. I knew she didn't like me at first because she thought I was playing with her maker but this time around I wasn't going to be wasting any time.
"Sorry, but I don't swing that way. But I promise if I ever do I'll make sure you're the first I'll call." I winked at her.
"Oh, well. I can be patient." She grinned a me. And I knew it was genuine. Her fangs even ran out a little. "I-"
I handed her my ID. Not letting her finish her request for it.
She took it and looked over it. "Sookie Stackhouse from Bon Temps. Hm. At the prime of age too... What a pity, for me." She handed me back my ID and motioned for me to go inside. "Enjoy yourself."
"Thank you. It was nice meeting you." I answered politely. I knew that was going to bring her out of her concept and I was satisfied to see an astonished expression before she put on an impassive masc again. She nodded at me and I walked inside to meet the love of my life.
As I stepped inside the club I was glad I wasn't the naive little girl anymore. This was no Disneyland even if it was portrayed as such.
I was also glad nothing had changed and that at least this was a constant in the havoc of my life.
I walked up to the bar to find Longshadow standing behind it.
He leered at me with his fangs out. "What can I get for you?"
"Gin and Tonic, please." I made sure to sound as polite as possible keeping a leash on my anger at him.
I wanted to leave here having left the impression that I was a good educated Southern Belle with a backbone. Somebody, nobody mistook for a simpleton and nobody would want to mess with. I wasn't sure how far I would go. Something told me I shouldn't show my powers off to the world. At least not yet. Even though they would make a lot of things easier.
It was better to leave certain people in the dark about them.
I sat at the bar feeling completely at ease. I listened in to thoughts and to the music and decided I was going to have some fun first. The undercover cop wasn't in yet.
That's when I felt his stare on me and a slight tingle in the back of my head signaling that he was trying to glamour me. I turned my head to look at him.
And there he was. In all his magnificence. In that moment all I wanted was to walk up to him, fall into his strong arms and let him ravish me. But all I did was wink at him and turn back to my drink with a small smirk on my lips. I knew I was the only one in his entire existence to resist his glamour so this would be my first step in becoming interisting to him.
I downed the rest of my drink and got up to dance to the song that started right then.
I already stood out at the bar because of my outfit and a lot of people had already started staring at me and criticizing me. But now on the dance floor I could show off just how well I danced. I was enjoying myself immensely. Not once did his eyes leave me.
And then some drunk came and grabbed me. I got rigid right away. In his thoughts I could see that he had seen a beautiful woman who didn't belong in a vampire bar and took the chance to at least dance with said woman. Nothing wrong besides the fact that I was taken.
On the other side of the club I listened to the thoughts of the man that got kicked because he got too close to Eric.
He is so beautiful I had to offer myself to him. Maybe he'll consider me next time. Oh, but at least this vamp wants me. I'm not useless after all...
I tried to get rid of the drunk that still didn't let go of me. He didn't get the hint. Finally I got out of his embrace and turned around to get back to the bar. But he grabbed me again and tried to engage me in his dance more furiously than before. His hands wondered down to my ass as I struggled.
"Let go-"
A hand came out of nowhere and pulled the man away from me.
"Didn't you notice that the lady didn't want you touching her with your sniveling hands?" Thank god for Pam. The man stuttered something but I didn't quite get it.
Damn all the good ones are now hung up on these damn vamps...
Pam hissed at him and I saw how she was going to break his arms if she didn't loosen her grip.
I stepped in before it escalated.
"It's alright. He is just drunk. Aren't you?" I asked the man with the gentlest of smiles on my lips. "You should go home now and take a taxi." I used a little bit of influence on him so he would leave without putting up a fight.
He nodded before turning around and leaving.
I turned back to Pam who had an unsatisfied but a bit curious expression on her face. Did she notice how I used influence? It was just a tiny bit and I tried to be suttle with it...
"Don't pout. I know you would have probably enjoyed it more to go on and brake his arms but we wouldn't want him to wander of and join the FotS. There are enough of those as it is, don't you think? But thank you, I appreciate your help with him"
She looked at me stunned at my logic before composing herself. "Sure."
"Why don't you come and join me and my master for the rest of the night?" She asked as her old self again. "That way I won't have to defend you from prying hands again. Although maybe I should leave them to it so you can change your preference to women," she winked at me.
I laughed at her antics. Only Pam. Already I liked her much more in this time-line than in the other.
"I doubt it but I'll take you up on your other offer." Then I remembered that I should be more curious as to who her master was. "Who is your master?" I asked as she was already leading me up to him.
"Master this is Sookie Stackhouse. Sookie this is my master Eric Northman."
I stood before him and as he eyed me from top to bottom I felt a tingle in my groin.
"Nice to meet you," I said.
"Aren't you sweet?"
"Not really," I grinned.
"Feisty," he said narrowing his eyes at me but I could see amusement in it. "I like that."
"Why don't you sit?" He asked and I saw how he indicated I should sit on his lap as there was only his thrown there.
"There's nowhere I could sit," I pursed my lips and eyed his thrown as I added "your highness," with a smirk.
That made him laugh out loud and freely and a lot of people turned to look at him as I was sure he never showed this side of himself so openly.
"Pam why don't you get a chair for Miss Stackhouse," he said without taking his eyes from me.
Pam got a chair without replying and I sat without further comment with Eric still chuckling lightly.
"You're quite a breath of fresh air, Miss Stackhouse." He said eyeing me with a twinkle in his eyes.
"I'm glad to hear that, Mr Northman. I hate to be put on the same level as the drunken vermin in your club. Although I have to say it has its certain appeal. It reminds me of Disneyland. The music is good and the drinks aren't half bad. But I doubt people come here for that."
"True. And call me Eric." He offered. "So, why did you come here if you detest the vermin so much?"
"I didn't say I hated them. They're needed the fangbangers I mean. And anyway during the day I'm sure not all of them behave like they have no morals throwing themselves at people the way they do. Some are probably hard workers or parents or lovers." I said confirming it with a quick scan putting emphasis on the last word remembering his name for me.
I was sad my time was running out as the undercover cop was snooping around already.
I heard him whisper the word "people" under his breath. He didn't reply but kept looking at me astounded.
"Well, I'll be leaving in a few minutes, Eric. And you will be too busy handling things here but I'm sure we'll meet again."
"What do you mean 'handling things'. Everything's alright Miss Stackhouse."
"You'll be handling the undercover cop over there." I said pointing at him.
Eric's fangs ran out immediately and he hissed at me but I cut him off.
"Don't worry, I'm no cop. Let's just say... I just know this." I winked at him.
"How?"
"You'll know when the time is right."
"How do I know you're right. You could be lying for all I know."
"He just saw a vampire named Tammy in the restrooms feeding off that man you kicked earlier and is going to request backup soon." Eric looked agitated now. "You should take care of it now. Don't worry. I promise we'll meet again. Call me when you need me." I said and took a pen out of my purse.
I took his hand in mine and wrote my number on it caressing his hand softly as I let it go. I'm sure Pam still knew where I lived but I hoped for a call from him.
"Who are you Sookie Stackhouse?" he asked looking deeply into my eyes.
"Well, I'm a Southern Belle Mr. Northman." I answered honestly.
"Haven't met a real one of those in ages"
I couldn't keep myself from looking longingly at him as I knew I had to leave now.
"Well, you have now." I said as I turned around and walked away from him.
As I looked over my shoulder again at the exit Eric was already glamouring the undercover cop. And I was sure Pam was handling things at the restrooms.
That's it for now. I hope you liked it. Please review and tell me what I could do better. Do you like how Sookie is progressing in her thinking? And what about Pam?
I want them to become good friends. Maybe even best friends.
I kind of let myself write without thinking of where I wanted to go with this scene although I have a rough view as to where I want to end up in the future.