A/N. Well this story is based a little autobiographical and obviously a little bit exaggerated to fit in with characters. Never done a True blood fan fic before but thought I would give it ago so hope you enjoy it.

Sookie and Eric are both human and Sookie is still in her late teens but Eric is heading in to his 20's, this will be a valid point later in the story. As mentioned in the Bio both Characters from the books and the TV series are bleeding in to this one just so I could fill in all the characters that i felt needed to be in this story. Feel free to R+R and I do try and get back to you all so feel free to message me as well

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Tarra

Her bright blue eyes fluttered open as she heard her Gran moving around the room underneath her own, she smile to herself as she stretched out in her large bed. She pulled herself up in to the seated position on the edge of the bed, her eyes gazing around the room as though it was going to be last time she ever saw the room again. She knew she was being a little silly but she could not help it, this would be the first time she had been away from home for more then a few days and especially out of the town, she normally just stayed in her best friend Tara's house.

"Sookie dear are you awake?" Gran called from the bottom of the stairs, she could almost see her Gran standing there with her apron tied around her waist, flour probably on the front of her dress where she had been making fresh biscuits this morning for breakfast, which Sookie could smell baking. Gran's hair that was now a pleasant silver colour would be pulled back in her normal messy bun at the nape of her neck and her blue eyes would be watching the top of the stairs waiting for signs of her granddaughter.

"yeah Gran am coming now" Sookie called back sliding her feet in to her slippers and grabbing a bobble as she walked passed her dresser to the door, pulling her long blonde hair up in to a messy bun on the top of her head as she walked down the stairs

"Gran you didn't have to do all this for just me" Sookie smiled gratefully as she sat down to a full plate of biscuits, sausage, and bacon.

"now Sookie you know I would never let you go anywhere with out a proper meal in your stomach so just eat up and get yourself ready your brother will be here any minute" Gran ordered her in the same way she had been forcing her to eat breakfast with since she was a young girl

"sure thing Gran" Sookie smiled to herself as she started to tuck in to the food in front of her, she had just placed the second mouthful in to her mouth when she heard her brothers boots clomping across the porch and in to the back door. His bright smile lighting up his face and his floppy blonde waves pushed back by his dark aviator sunglasses on the top of his head.

"Good morning Gran, Sook" Jason grinned as he walked straight over to the coffee pot and poured himself a cup

"Jason sit down and ill fix you some breakfast" Gran spoke out as she pulled herself out of her chair and started fussing

"sure Gran" Jason smiled rolling his eyes at his sister knowing he wouldn't win the argument with his Gran even if he didn't want the breakfast, he would be made to eat it. Their Gran had raised them from children and she had always been a little bit strict but no more then what they needed, Gran was also a feeder. She felt the need to feed people all the time, so when ever someone came to the house she had to make them some food or at least offer them some pie or a sandwich.

Sookie finished her food and stood up as her Gran was finishing plating up Jason's, she smiled at her brother before pecking her Gran on her cheek and thanking her for the meal before running up the stairs towards her bedroom.

Sookie ran around her room making sure she had everything she would need packed up in the three bags she had been checking over and over again for the past 4 days since she had originally packed them up in excitement. She had been shopping with Tara and had bought some new clothes for while she was in Shreveport, knowing that some of her normal wardrobe would point her out in the crowds as a small town girl.

She glanced around the room one last time before going over to her dresser and taking her hair out of the messy bun, she had put it in that morning and then brushing it out getting her curling tongs ready to style it. She knew that she was mostly just riding in the car for an hour and then probably spending time with her brother in his flat but she did not want to embarrass him by not looking fashionable.

She pulled some of her hair back from her face so that just the bottom layers where loose around her shoulder while the rest where pinned up cascading her long blonde curls down her back. She smiled as she finished and then lightly dusted her face with some powder and blush before adding some mascara and lip-gloss. She moved away from the dresser to get dressed when she was pleased with her hair and make up.

Her going away outfit as she liked to think of it was ready on the chair in the corner of the room, a pair of tight blue jeans and a maroon Ramones T-shirt with chucks to match. Her cropped leather jacket was lying across her handbag ready to pick up as she was leaving.

"Sook" her brother's voice called through the door making her jump as she did a last lap of her room making sure she had picked everything she may need for the trip.

"Come in Jase and am just double checking everything" Sookie called back as she turned to see her brother walk in her room and look at the three full to the brim bags she had already packed, sat at the end of her bed. He smirked to himself as he watched her running around her room worrying that she may have forgotten something. She had always been a little bit of a worrier but this seemed to be taking it to a completely new level.

"Come on sis lets just get going! its only over an hour away you can always drive back and get stuff if you forget anything and besides its not like it's the back of beyond there are stores you could always buy stuff when your there" Jason laughed as he picked up the three bags and started out the door hoping that she would follow him.

"Oh alright but I just don't want to forget things" Sookie whined a little as she picked up her jacket and handbag. She quickly looked in the mirror again and placed her sunglasses on making sure that she looked good, well as good as she could look she thought to herself sadly. She pulled her bag up on to her shoulder and marched down the stairs hoping to keep those thoughts out of her head for now at least.

"Bye Gran" Sookie smiled brightly as she enveloped the older woman in her tanned arms, she was going to miss Gran while she was away but she was so excited to get away from here for a while that she couldn't wait to get in the truck and just leave all this behind her for a while.

"now be a good girl Sookie and don't cause to much trouble for your brother, make sure you eat and don't forget to call me to let me know how you are" Gran whimpered a little bit as she squeezed the younger girl in to a large hug.

"Sure Gran I will be fine am with Jason don't worry so much" Sookie laughed as she pulled back and moved to climb in to her brothers truck

"Jason you look after her and make sure that she eats, and yourself, please take care of her but don't stop her from having fun she needs it after everything that has happened around here recently so just make sure she enjoys herself" The older woman spoke softly in to his ear as she hugged him goodbye. His eyes grew soft as stepped back and looked at his Grandmother with a small nod; he walked around his truck and jumped in to the driver's seat.

"Ready Sook" Jason smiled brightly as he pulled his sunglasses down over his eyes and pulled his seatbelt in to place before starting the engine.

"Oh so ready" Sookie smiled brightly taking a deep breath and feeling as if she had just left all of her worries and problems at home.

The Journey was uneventful other then a little bit of car-e-oke as Jason liked to call it, which pretty much meant that they both sang along loudly to the radio while they drove along. Sookie could feel her excitement building as she drove along with her big brother, the past couple of months draining away and the future suddenly looking a lot brighter.

Jason pulled in to a large courtyard; one side was a building site, the other a large restaurant and bar with what looked like a small ice cream shack outside. He carried on driving through until they came to a row of what looked like houses and pulled up at the first house.

As they opened the car doors, the front door to the house flew open and Michelle, Jason's current and almost long-term girlfriend (meaning she had lasted more then a month or so) walked out towards Sookie pulling her in to a large hug.

"good to see you lovely" Michelle smile brightly as she looked up to the window when they heard a shout coming from above them, hanging out of the window was Jessica, Michelle's younger sister.

"go on in Sook me and Michelle got this" Jason smirked as his younger sister ran in to the house and stopped stunned for a moment before she heard her friend running upstairs obviously with the same goal in mind. As the two girls met at the top of the stairs, they wrapped their arms around each other squealing.

"Oh god I have missed you" Jessica grinned from ear to ear as she held her best friend in her arms

"I have missed you too and I have so much to tell you its unreal," Sookie giggled as she followed the red haired girl back down a hallway and in to a bedroom that was clearly meant for the two of them. Michelle was somewhat of a genius when it came to decorating and she had not disappointed with the two girls room. As the house was only a temporary accommodation for the four of them and they could not afford to get furniture for all of the bedrooms that came unfurnished. Michelle had pitched up a large tent in the middle of the room, she had placed down fake grass underneath the tent and had put a small gas stove and two fold out chaise for the girls to sit on. Almost like real camping but with out the bugs, Sookie thought to herself.

"Wow this is amazing" Sookie gasped as she looked around the room, hidden at the back where two small canvas wardrobes which she assumed were for her and Jessica and although she normally hated camping this definitely looked like it would be fun.

"It's got something hasn't it" Jason's voice broke out behind the two girls causing them to jump a little

"Yeah it's definitely different" Sookie smiled brightly at Michelle who was following Jason up the stairs

"I know it's a bit unusual but we couldn't afford to get both of you a bed, so we thought well what's a good situation to have a sleepover and we thought camping. We already had most of the stuff we just got you some new bedding and the fake grass" Michelle grinned brightly as she looked around the room obviously pleased with the results of her idea.

"come on in" Jessica giggled as she crawled in to the large tent and began getting settled on one of the air beds she had already obviously claimed, Sookie followed her in and settled down on the other bed

"Right girls we will leave you to it we have work" Jason called out as he walked out of the room "be good and have fun"

"Bye Jase" Sookie and Jessica called back as they started gossiping between themselves, catching up on what had happened to them since they had last seen each other.

Sookie met Jessica just over three years or so ago when Jason had originally met Michelle, they had just been friends for some time before they got together and Jessica was Michelle's younger sister. During a conversation between Jason and Michelle, they felt that their two younger sisters would get on like a house on fine and at the time, they both seemed to need a friend so they introduced to two and they just hit it off like a house on fire.

Jessica was a slight girl with flaming red hair, emerald green eyes and a shy smile that often made her look a lot younger then she actually was. Jessica and Michelle's dad had been a very strict religious man and had often punished them with violence for things he deemed sinful. When Michelle had turned 21, she had moved away and a year later, she moved Jessica in with her to make sure he could no longer hurt her younger sister. Jason knew that his sister would be able to help bring Jessica out of her shell as Sookie always had a habit of bringing the best out in people even when they did not want her to.

"so he never said anything for ages and let you think that it might work out and then that was it" Jessica frowned as she sat and listened to the reasons Sookie had been so down recently. She had not realised her best friend was having so many problems, she had not mentioned it on the phone or in the texts they had been sending to each other.

"well it might have been that I misunderstood but I don't think I did, I mean he never made it clear and how was I supposed to know about her when he never said anything and like no one else did either so I don't know. I just feel so stupid Jess," Sookie moaned as she took a couple of deep breaths trying hard to not let the tears that had been threatening to fall leave her eyes

"I don't think you did Sook I think he was always a evil bastard and you always deserved better but you cant see it yourself and besides do you really want to be around someone who has messed you around as much as he has I mean this sort of thing has been going on for how long now? Like 3 years?" Jessica sighed as she watched her friends eyes widen as she listened to Jessica's honest opinion about the person she thought was the love of her life

"I know Jess but he always made it up to me and then we would be great for a long time but then its like he would get bored and then do it again. I don't know this time I just couldn't wait around for him to get bored again… the thing is with this one he wanted me to be friends with her! Because she had a rough time recently or something like that! Honestly can you believe the nerve of him" Sookie burst suddenly, all the pain she had been feeling transformed quickly in to anger, and she realised that the perfect image she had in her head of HIM was far from correct

"Well am glad you're still in there," Jessica giggled causing to Sookie to look up from her handbag to look at her friend with a confused look on her face

"What do you mean?" Sookie questioned as she reached in her handbag and pulled out her box of cigarettes, she flicked open the box and held them out to Jessica who took one and picked up the ash tray from next to her bed and placed it in the middle of them on the floor

"well you have always been feisty and stubborn about everything else in your life and yet with him you suddenly became a pushover and didn't want to upset him all the time, it was like you were different people I kept waiting for you to just snap and kill the bastard or something" Jessica giggled as she lit her cigarette

"oh believe me in the last month I have thought about killing him, calling him to apologise and all manner of crazy, but I think I can safely say that now I know I definitely do not want him back. It still hurts a little though you know" Sookie sighed as she let out a cloud of smoke after a drag on her cigarette.

"Yeah I know what you mean but you just got to get over him, you need a new man that will fix it" Jessica smiled, her eyes lighting up with mischief

"Oh as simple as that hey?" Sookie laughed and turned when she heard the door to their bedroom open, her brothers face suddenly appearing in the opening in the tent

"I thought you were at work?" Sookie asked

"Well I was but they some of the staff have called in sick and we need extra hands if you fancy it?" Jason asked as he looked between the two girls

"What do we need to do?" Sookie frowned a little knowing that her brother had already told whom ever it was hiring them that they would do it so that they two of them would have to do it regardless

"Well we need someone to run the ice cream stall and I thought Sookie you would be good at that you know because you used to waitress. We need a Kitchen porter as well which means doing a few dishes and some cleaning and loading the dishwasher with glasses and plates. I figured that would be more your speed Jess" Jason grinned brightly in the hope that they two girls wouldn't tell him to get stuffed

"Do we get paid?" Jessica smirked looking over at her blonde best friend and then back towards the older boy stood looking a little desperate now

"of course you do but I don't know how much so you will have to talk to Ginger lady who runs the kitchen" Jason smirked as he stood up straight knowing that the two girls where going to follow him as they grabbed their hand bags

"oh go on then" Sookie groaned a little as she pulled herself up to her full height and stretched out her limbs which had gone a bit stiff from being the car then sitting on the air beds in the tent.

"Great come on I said we would be back as soon as possible" Jason smirked at the two younger girls and headed out the door

"What have we just let our selves in for?" Jessica whispered as they walked across the courtyard in to the restaurant/ bar

"I don't know but it means we have more money for shopping" Sookie smiled brightly knowing that her best friend was a little bit of a shopaholic although Sookie had to admit she did like shoes a bit more then the average woman and would do anything for a decent pair of shoes

"Ginger this is Jess and my sister Sookie, they said they would help out today" Jason smiled at the older bottle blonde before scampering off sharpish to what ever he was meant to be doing before he came to get the two girls

"Great well am Ginger I run the kitchen, that over there is Chow and that fabulous creature in the corner is Lafayette" Ginger pointed between two very different men. Chow was a small Chinese man with well-built arms covered in tattoos and a regimental looking haircut. He greeted the girls with what seemed like an almost aggressive head nod. However, the second of the men Lafayette was a very flamboyant looking black man, with false eyelashes, a colourful scarf tied around his head, gold baggy pants and colourful make up.

"So where do you want us?" Sookie asked knowing that these types of situations often made Jessica nervous

"Well Jason said Sookie is it?" Ginger turned to look at the young blonde girl for confirmation "well he said you are better with the customers so I need you in the ice cream shop out front, ill come out now and show you how its done and Jessica Laf here will show you all the kitchen stuff we will need your help with but I hope you girls don't mind being busy" Ginger smiled brightly again before tapping Lafayette on the shoulder and nudging Jessica towards him so that he could show her the ropes while she took Sookie back outside

"This is it" Ginger walked in to a small wooden building, which looked no bigger, then a large garden shed. However, it had a drinks cooling cabinet, an ice cream machine, a small fridge and in front of the service hatch a large chest freezer, which was filled with ice creams and lolly ices.

"Right now this is the Till, you will get the keys from the bar everyday and there are keys to the doors which I will bring to you later on for you to lock up when we close the kitchen. There are times when it is a little slow out here but busy in the kitchen so I may need you to come in through the back door we just came out of that will lead you to where Jessica will be most of the day if you could help out with her tasks during those times that would be a big help other then that there is a little seat outside for when your on your breaks so you can sit in the sun and you can have a little practice now while its quiet in making the ice cream cones if you like, just remember to twirl the cone with your wrist rather then turn the cone" Ginger explained all in a rushed and almost ditzy sounding tone but she smiled and moved to leave Sookie

"Oh I almost forgot, the list of prices are beside the till and just type the price in to the till and will do the rest for you, there should be enough change in there if you need more just run through to the bar and they will change it for you. I know am going a bit fast and am dropping you in at the deep end but hopefully you picked up most of what I said and feel free to explore the place a little bit and move things around if its easier for you because you will be the only staff working in here for now" Ginger smiled apologetically and then walked quickly off back in to the kitchen

"Cheese and rice" Sookie breathed out as she looked around the cabinets getting acquainted with all the equipment and had only managed to have a small practice and look around before customers arrived and she started having to learn on the job. However she was thrilled with her new found skill of the Mr Whippy machine and being able to make a good looking ice cream.

She had just finished serving a large group of tourists when she heard a loud sounding motorbike pull in to the court yard, she looked up to where the builders had been busy working all day and she had to admit she had been peaking at some of the younger men on the building site. She couldn't see the culprit of the loud noise but decided it didn't matter anyway it was simply a change in scenery she was craving while she pulled some cans forward in the fridge so that she could reach them better when customers where around.

She had been working for over 2 hours and suddenly felt the drowning urge to have a cigarette, she knew she should give them up and their a bad habit but it the only one she had, she wasn't a big drinker and she didn't really spend time with boys other then well HIM…. That was it now she definitely needed her nicotine fix now.

Sookie stepped outside of the little wooden building and walked around to the slightly covered side where customers would not see her. She could still see if customers arrive however. She sat down on the chair Ginger had pointed out and pulled her cigarettes from her pocket; she lit the Cigarette and leaned back on the chair resting her legs a minute. She could still see the building site and stood in her new eye line was now a large dark haired man with no shirt on and she had to admit the man looked good enough to eat…. If she could wolf whistle, she would consider it because the man was dangerously beautiful and his companion was not too bad either considering he was not the type of man that Sookie would normally notice.

"Sookie"

Sookie turned towards where she heard her friend call her name, breaking herself out of her little day dream about the builders

"Jess over here" Sookie called back as she pulled her box of cigarettes out knowing her friend would be out here for the same thing as she was

"oh there you are" Jessica smiled brightly as she walked around to find her friend although it wasn't Sookies red headed friend that currently had her attention it was the beautiful blonde giant in motorbike leathers…. Sookie felt a blush creep up her cheeks

"Sookie this is Eric his dad owns the bar, he's friends with Jason and Michelle" Jessica explained taking a Cigarette from Sookie's outstretched box and smirking to herself when she noticed the sudden pink colour growing on the cheeks of her normally very tanned friend

"hi am Sookie" Sookie whispered almost looking the tall man up and down slowly her eyes taking him all in, from his long muscular legs, to his slim waist and broad chest, large arms and finally the most flirtatious and sexy grin she has ever seen on any man but on that perfectly chiselled face it looked heavenly

"Hi Sookie am Eric"