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Who: Eric and Sookie
What: After finally turning back into his normal self, he wants to find out if Sookie is really in the house.
When: Monday evening, just after sunset
Where: Second Floor Hallway (Outside Sookie's Room)
Status: COMPLETE
Warnings: Swearing, maybe?

When Eric forced himself awake, it was the late afternoon. The sun had almost nearly set, the sky filled with an array of colors signifying the end of the day, and he knew that it would be nightfall before the bleeds set in. The last two nights felt almost like a dream he barely remembered - he had felt like he was almost watching it from afar, and looking back on it now he couldn't distinctly remember anything past the first few sentences of a conversation with Sookie Stackhouse.

Wait, Sookie Stackhouse? Had that been real?

For every day of his very long unlife, Eric had nearly perfect memory. This sort of amnesia was unusual for him, but he couldn't be certain that the events of the past few days were a reality. After all, it wasn't very often that he was changed into the form of his maker, and then forced into his ways of thinking before being overtaken by another's will completely. Had it been anyone else, he would have fought tooth and nail to retain his mind. However, to allow Godric to reclaim life, even at the cost of his own...it had seemed worthwhile.

Still, back to his old self, Eric couldn't help but feel relieved that the transition had only been temporary. Now, if only he could remember.

Still, if what he recalled was correct, Sookie was in the hosue. An uncomfortable feeling that he couldn't quite place settled in his chest as he moved from his room and into the hallway. Eric felt the impulsive need to look for her, though he couldn't decide if he just needed to know if he was right or if he simply wanted to see her. He took great care to avoid the last dying rays of light that splashed through the small windows as he searched each floor, moving steadily downwards. He was begining to doubt himself for the first time in centuries when saw her in a hallway on the second floor. She was turned away from him, but he would have recognized those curves anywhere.

"Sookie," he said, awaiting her reaction. Whatever it might be.

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After her talk with Godric, Sookie didn’t do too much. A part of her was trying to see if anyone else would respond to her message, but when no one did, it was time to try and figure this place out on her own. She hoped that he was ok and was wrong about leaving.

Sookie ventured outside of her room, she didn’t really find the way the floor looked as odd at first. She was raised in a house that was built in the 1800s so this was somewhat normal to her. There was still a lot of old mansions in Louisiana and she figured that she had to be in one of them. It was when she went downstairs to the first floor that things started to get very strange. She almost felt as if she was in a different house and time period; everything about that floor was different and more modern, yet not as up to date as more recent stuff.

Sookie didn’t spend that much time down there, she headed back to her room so she could try and message Godric again and figure just what the hell was going on. But, before she made it to her room, she heard a familiar voice from behind her. "Shit," she mumbled to herself. Part of Sookie wanted to run to her room and hide from Eric, but there was some other part that was holding her back and so she slowly turned to face the vampire. "Eric.."

Of all the possible things he could have imagined in this moment, this was the furthest down on the list of what he had expected. Eric was used to her anger, her irritation, and her frustration with him. It was true that, in the beginning, he had manipulated her, played games with her, even used her to a point. He lived in a different world than her, and he probably deserved everything she'd thrown at him in the past.

Somehow, she never failed to surprise him.

He hadn't wanted to be the one to tell her about Bill's faults, even if it felt good to be the one who was right. He'd wanted Compton to admit to them himself, for the terrible truth to come from him, for Sookie to come to him on her own accord. It just hadn't been happening quickly enough for his liking, and Bill was going to weasel around for as long as possible.

What would happen now, with Bill out of the way? Did Eric even have time to worry about it now? Why the hell was he worrying at all?

Eric closed the space between them quickly after he realized she wasn't going to scream at him, or run, or something else equally dramatic. "What happened?" he asked, peering down at her. "Why are you here?"

Edited 2010-09-21 02:11 (UTC)

When he stepped towards her, she took a small step back, still unsure of why she wasn't running away. Maybe it was because of where they were and it was better to have someone then no one at the moment, or maybe some of what Godric said actually hit her.

Sookie crossed her arms, "like hell if I know, why don't you tell me?" She still couldn't help but think that Eric had something to do with this or at least knew what was going on. "Is this because of Russell? Are there more vampires trying to get my blood? Oh, and next time you have some sort of plan to safe my life and your own you could actually tell me instead of making me think you turned on me. Not that there will be a next time because I'm done with this, but why didn't you tell me when we were in your office? You know I would have helped you."

Well, it was late, but at least her anger had finally made it's appearance. Eric had thought maybe she'd hit her head when she'd arrived or something. Still, though she wanted answers, she didn't really seem mad. Interesting.

"I don't know," he replied, his brow creasing as she began to ramble, saying more than a few incriminating things in the process. Still, he waited patiently until she was done, despite the increasing irritation he was beginning to feel. Surely she didn't think he actually had something to do with this.

"No, I highly doubt this has anything to do with Russell. As delicious as your blood may be, this is not about that either," he said quickly, his voice hushed as if trying to keep a secret. "There are no other vampires here either, but apparently the place is ripe with hunters of them. I am not exactly at full strength, so I'd appreciate it if you kept the loud vampire talk to a minimum until I have fixed the situation. Unless you truly want to get me killed."

He paused for a moment, collected himself as he straightened his back, looking down the corridor to check for any eavesdroppers. "As courageous as you may be, Miss Stackhouse, you are not the best liar I have ever met. Russell was not alive for as long he was without being able to sniff out traps. If you had not been truthfully angry and scared, he would never have fallen for it." Eric paused again, clearing his throat. "I would never have let him have you."

Edited 2010-09-21 03:37 (UTC)

"You don't know," she stepped towards him and looked him in the eyes. "Sure, this isn't just one of your little tricks again?" It was hard to believe that he just happened to be here as well. "You've kept stuff from me before." There were vampire hunters? Surely Sookie knew that there were those people that did not take a liking to vampires and the Fellowship of the Sun, but did he mean hunters as in the type that are in the movies? "Hunters? What do you mean? Least I know if I have to, I can be protected against you," she gave him a look that showed she meant what she said.

She wanted to believe what he said next, but it was hard, especially after everything that happened with Bill. "Why should I believe you?" She searched his eyes as if the answers would be there. "I believed everything that Bill ever said to me which clearly was a lie that you knew about. How many other lies are there?"

Eric locked eyes with her, another short battle of wills. He didn't want to argue with her, and Sookie was as stubborn as humans came. She was possibly as stubborn as he could be. "No, but I was not going to put the lives of everyone in my area in your hands. I could not do that." He had been willing to die for that, but to let the entire plan hinge on the blonde's acting skills? Absolutely not.

"Why would I trap myself in a mansion? That other people here, some of them are not from our time or even our universe. I room with a man from outer space," he said, his eyes narrowing. "I have a bar to manage and an entire area to run. Believe me, I don't want to be here either." His words were laced with frustration, not towards her, but the situation in general.

"I am not sure," he answered honestly. "Rose, one of the people here, said that there are those here who hunt vampires. I can not think of any humans foolish enough to make a living out of that, but apparently they exist somewhere." He looked absolutely annoyed at the thought. Eric didn't honestly think that she would run to them. She had just saved his life not long ago. That would be mildly counter-productive.

He watched her as her eyes held his, not daring to break her gaze. "I am not Bill," he said slowly, enunciating each word. "I gave him plenty of opportunity to tell you the truth himself, which is what should have happened. He refused, and responded by trying to end me, which I could not allow. If you want the truth, fine. What do you want to know?" He would prove it to her if he had to. He didn't need lies to get what he wanted - anything gained through falsehoods was a lie in itself.

Edited 2010-09-21 05:04 (UTC)

"Hey now!" She took some offense to what he had said. "I can act very fine, thank you and do you really think I wouldn’t be able to do it?" She did understand his reasoning, she just didn't want to say it. "Do you have that little faith in me, Eric?"

"Well gee, I don't know, it could be some elaborate set up of yours for someone." Ok, yea, this was starting to become a bit too much for Eric's doing. "Outer space!?" Sookie got excited. "You mean an actual real life alien? I'd like to meet him, if I could! He's not evil is he? Usually the ones on those movies are. I wonder if I can read his mind!" Sookie really did want to know if that would work on aliens.

"If the other universe thing is true then maybe in some they do." Sookie for the most part was taking all of this rather well. If this would have been before Bill, then maybe some of this would have been a bit harder for her to believe. But, after all that she has seen recently, it isn't that hard to believe some more.

"You're right, it should have happened, but it didn’t." She took a step towards him, this time sounding more sympathetic towards him, "I can't believe he tried to kill you because of it; that was not right." That also meant Bill was never planning to tell her. "I just want to know if there's anything else I don't know about." She really couldn't take any more lies. "Do you really care about me, or is it the blood? Or, my abilities to read minds?"

"It was not a question of faith," he said, trying his best to be patient. "It was my responsibility, and I had to absolutely certain that I couldn't fail." There was nothing more to be said about the subject - Eric regretting nothing of that day, except perhaps the part where he didn't let Russell burn in the sunlight.

Eric raised a humored brow, before shaking his head. "No, just a man from a spaceship, though I assume he's met an alien or two. Perhaps you can ask him about it?"

Of course, of all the things she wanted to know, it had to be the most difficult to explain. Eric paused for a moment, trying to piece together what to tell her, when he wasn't sure of the answer himself. "I admit, in the beginning, your telepathy was useful. And your blood is certainly appealing, and likely had something to do with the initial physical attraction I felt towards you." Fae blood was nearly irresistible to a vampire - a full-blooded fae would draw a vampire like a bear to honey.

"But, I find myself thinking of you when I should be thinking about other things. And I worry about protecting you when I should be protecting myself." He cleared his throat, feeling far more vulnerable than he was used to. Still, he'd given her his word to tell the truth, whether she liked it or not. "If that is caring for you, then I suppose I do. It is...unnerving."

"What about you?" he asked, genuinely curious. Eric knew there was attraction there - after all, she'd kissed him back. Though whether it was out of honesty or pity, he didn't know. "Would you still rather get cancer than be in my presence?" He smirked at her, enjoying his little 'joke.'

Edited 2010-09-23 05:16 (UTC)

"So, he’s a regular human then? Just lives in a spaceship? Does that mean he's from Earth? Could you imagine that, people from Earth going up in space like in the movies." Sookie was very excited to meet this roommate of Eric’s. "Wonder who my roommate is, I’ve seen her stuff, but haven’t seen her yet." Sookie hoped that her roommate was also someone from a spaceship or another time.

There was something about the way he worded what he said that made her believe him. Of course she still had some doubt and wouldn’t just jump to believing another vampire again, but there was something different there with Eric. She carefully watched him as he spoke each word, trying to look for some fault in one of them, but there was none. He admitted to his reasons in the beginning and then admitted to how his thoughts have changed.

"Thank you," she said as she placed her hand on his check. She knew that he wasn’t one to usually show his feelings and speak like that, but she did see another side of him the night that Godric died. If it weren’t for that, she would probably think that everything he was saying, was bullshit. But, that night on the roof, she saw something that she never thought she would see of Eric. Before then, she thought that he was a monster that had no feelings.

She moved her hand away and took a small step back. She thought long and hard before she answered his question. Yes, there was something there, but whether or not she wanted it to be there, that was the real question. There was always an attraction to him since the first time she saw him in Fangtasia, Bill could even see it as much as Sookie denied the attraction to herself. Eric was a vampire that stood out; there was no doubt about that and who wouldn’t notice him? She liked to tell herself that it was just his blood that drew her to him, but she wasn't so sre anymore. "I-" she glanced down at the ground. "I don’t know. I find myself wanting to believe you and trust you, but after everything that’s happened recently, it isn’t easy."

Eric gave her a nod. "Apparently he is from Russia, and his rather strong accent confirmed this. He's a strange individual, but he gives me no trouble, which is surprising considering I require to sleep beneath my bed. I told him I had a sunlight allergy." He shrugged his shoulders, playing it off, though not having a 'safe' place to sleep had kept him paranoid his entire time here.

He was surprised when she allowed him to finish his entire thought, from start to finish, without interrupting him with either an angry remark or probing question. Instead, she took his words at face value, without assuming or taking anything the wrong way. It was...nice. Perhaps, she even believed him. "You are welcome," he said, before shocked into silence as she reached up, placing her small, delicate hand against his cheek. Her skin was warm and soft against his, and he resisted the urge to reach up and take her wrist to pull her towards him.

She stepped back all too soon, and he felt a strange anxiousness as he waited for her reply. She replied with the response that Eric had expected; neither an affirmation or rejection. "I understand why you feel that way," he said, bending down a bit to peer into her face as she looked to the ground. "Though, I am surprised you didn't see through my charade at Russel's mansion or back at Fangtasia. I have never sent you into danger that I could not get you out of. Still, I will prove to you that I am trustworthy."

There had been a time when he wouldn't have cared about lying to her or using her talents for his own gain, but that was long past. It had simply taken time for him to admit it to himself, and playing tricks on her and pushing her away had simply been easier. In the end, though, he had only done himself and Sookie harm.

"Wow, Russia and space! Maybe something like that is more common for him, people with strange allergies and requests." Never know with all those different types of people from all sorts of places and realties. Sookie supposed that anything could be possible here.

"I wanted to believe that it was just some sort of an act, but it was very hard to believe, Eric," she looked back to him, "I know I have seen other sides of you, but the first side I ever saw was a vampire that didn’t care. How am I supposed to know how much you feel and don’t feel? I mean look at Bill, never thought he’d almost kill me, and he did. Lost control and did what was in his nature. I realize now that there are some things you guys can’t help and that’s why it’s dangerous for me to continue this." What she was even continuing she didn’t know anymore.

"Then I’ll look forward to that," she smiled a little. Of course time and time again she let Bill prove himself to her and that only ended badly. "I’m just glad that you’re here, as much as I wanted to get away from you, this is better then being alone." And, it was a lot better then being stuck here with Bill.

"What do we do now," she asked in hopes that he somehow had the answer.

"Caring about humans is something I do not do," he said bluntly, giving her a level stare. "Having feelings is something I can not afford in my position. It is why I did much of what I have done, though ignoring them only made things worse, as I began to discover sometime when we were in Dallas. I am beginning to accept them, though it is very difficult for me."

Eric reached forward, putting his hands on her shoulders. "What Bill did to you is inexcusable. You maybe think that he simply couldn't help it, but he should have had more control. I would never have done that to you." And perhaps it did have something to do with his age - trying to remember what he had been like when he was 300 years old was hard to imagine, even with his perfect memory.

"Good," he said, enjoying the sight of a smile as he retracted his arms. Sookie was much more beautiful when she wasn't scowling at him, he admitted to himself.

"For now, I must wait and be cautious. The woman I mentioned, Rose, is being something of a liaison for me. She knows what I am and that I am not a threat to the people of this house." Eric gave her a measured look not to disagree with him on that point. "I believe these hunters think that any vampire will simply slaughter any human in sight, and we both know that is not how I work. She is also working to find me a...food source. The kitchen is not exactly stocked with True Blood, and I haven't fed in weeks. Apparently there are medical facilities in the house, which might solve that problem for me."

Edited 2010-09-23 18:13 (UTC)

"And, yet you care for me? Why? What makes me so special if it isn’t just because of my blood," she looked at him, expecting a good answer to that question. She didn’t get what made her so different from others, besides the fact that she was part fairy.

"Yea," a certain sadness took over her face. She was still trying to deal with what she had learned, but managed to push some of those feelings aside to deal with this place; she hadn’t really had the time to think about it since being here. "There are a lot of things that he shouldn’t have done, but did. You really think you would be able to control yourself? Isn’t that just something that takes over." At least that’s what it seemed to be in Bill’s case.

There was some part of her that didn’t want him to move his arm away, and when he did, she nearly reached out for him. But, she was able to control that thought and stop herself from doing any such thing.

"Good thing you met her first." Giving her that look was not going to stop Sookie from saying something. "You sure about that one? I’m actually a bit surprised that you haven’t found some poor soul to feed on." So the hunters didn’t trust vampires at all. "Can’t say I blame them. If they come from a reality where they need hunters then the vampires must be very bad there." That made perfect sense in Sookie’s mind.

"Weeks?" Sookie looked at him shocked. "Shouldn’t you be, I don’t know, not ok?" She carefully looked him over. "Shit, I’m going to regret this, but can’t have you staving to death or feeding on someone else, now can I?" She stepped towards him, "you can if you want..."

Eric opened his mouth for a moment to answer, before closing it, and intense feeling clenching in his gut. He never understood human women - they always wanted an explanation for everything. Did she not realize how different she was from the rest of them? (And he wasn't just thinking of her telepathy or her blood.)

"You make me feel things that I have not felt in a long time, and then haven't judged me for feeling them," he started. "You have a courage that I have not seen in a human in a very long time. You continue to surprise me, no matter how much I think I know you." He paused for a moment, looking away. "You stayed with Godric when I could not." Eric looked back over at her. "And you are beautiful, of course."

He raised a brow at her, waiting for a response. "Is that adequate?"

"In a vampire much younger than myself, yes." Bill certainly fell into the category. "I never need as much blood as he would in regards to healing injuries. Nor do I lose myself as fully to the bloodlust. Such things come with practice, and he has lived his life avoiding human blood as much as possible."

"Indeed," he replied with a nod. Eric was lucky he had chosen Rose to be the first keeper of his secret. With luck, he wouldn't have to keep it a secret much longer. "I must admit, I am hungry," he admitted, shrugging his shoulders. "I've gone longer in the past, though, and I don't have wounds to heal. Unfortunately, it appears my compulsion abilities don't work here, otherwise yes, I would have found someone 'willing.' It is not my general practice to go this long."

She took a step towards him, and his eyes widened as Sookie offered her blood to him. It was true that he'd had it before, most recently after being pulled out of the sun outside Fangtasia, but his life had been in danger. "Are you sure?" His fangs slid out slightly at the thought of her blood on his tongue.

Edited 2010-09-24 02:39 (UTC)

Sookie titled her head down to hide the small blush that started to form. She was not expecting him to say some of the things that he did. "No good ever came out of judging people." Sookie knew that very well; all her life, people judged her and thought she was crazy because of her abilities. "Also shouldn’t care what others might think. There are a lot of stupid people in this world."

"That was more then adequate," she smiled and looked up at him. Eric being so straight forward with her was a bit surprising, but in a nice way. Of course she had those dreams from drinking his blood and there was always a small part of her that wished they were reality, but she never actually thought him and her would talk like this.

Sookie listened to his explanation on needing the blood. “Just like my powers, over time it got easier to control them and tune people’s thoughts out.” It really was a nice thing when Sookie finally got them under control, it made her life a whole lot easier.

"No way?! They don’t work here? Are you sure? Don’t think you just didn’t do it on the right person? Not saying that I think you should, but I can’t help but wonder why it wouldn’t work on someone, thought I was the only one." Sooke was indeed interested in exploring that some more.

"Would much rather have you alive and not feeding off of someone else. Besides," she looked up at him with innocent eyes and a cute look placed upon her face, "if you aren’t at full strength you won’t be able to protect me."

"No, but I am a vampire. Many would judge me for my actions, especially anything towards a human. Most believe your kind to be only good for sustenance, and for the most part I have agreed. You are different." The way he said it was very matter-of-fact, just stating the facts. "I have to care what others think of me. I would not be a good sheriff if I didn't." The reason he had such loyal followers was because he knew what they thought of him, and it was mostly positive. One did not gain loyalty with negative behaviors. He was fair for a reason.

"Yes, control always comes with practice," he agreed. "You will continue to get stronger, of that I am positive."

Eric shook his head. "It wasn't a matter of the ability working. I have had my compulsion fail before, and it still activated, it just had no effect. In this case, if I tried, there would be nothing there. It is rather...debilitating." He didn't know why he was telling her all of this. Did he really trust her so?

Eric's mouth curled up into a smirk, taking a step forward, their bodies nearly touching. "You would like that? To be protected by me? For me to feed on you?" His fangs were fully out now, as he looked down at her, lust lacing his voice. "You know what that will do to me, do you not?"

Edited 2010-09-24 05:22 (UTC)

"Glad you feel I’m different, but I wouldn’t consider the others just good for sustenance." She wanted to think there was more good in vampires then bad, but even she began to see the world for what it really was. To think how naive she once was; running out in the dark to save a vampire.

"So you don’t think this human was anything special? It just failed for some reason?" She was genuinely curious. "Do you think it would work on aliens? Still can’t believe there are people from outer space here," Sookie smiled with excitement. She was glad that he trusted her enough to open up to her.

"Yes, I would, is there anything wrong with that?" Sookie looked up at him almost as I she was in a trance as she became lost in his eyes. "I don’t care," she inched closer to him, "I just want you safe." In this moment, she really didn’t care anymore, just as long as he was ok. Despite the fact that she felt something for him, she always did view the safety of those she cared about higher then anything else.

"There is very little good I can say about the majority of humanity. In general, they are very naive, soft, and selfish. They disrespect each other at any opportunity," he said, shrugging his shoulders. "You should know this better than anyone," he added, tapping a finger to his temple knowingly.

Eric shook his head. "It's as if that ability never existed in the first place." Her excitement about aliens amused him, and he let out a soft chuckle. He wondered if she heard it. "Were you this excited during The Great Reveal?" he mused aloud. "There's plenty more out there than Vampires, Weres and Shifters."

He could feel the warmth radiating off of her human body as she drew closer, and he watched her with a sort of odd fascination. Eric hadn't thought that he would have gotten her to let him drink from her so soon, let alone have her offer first. He shuddered lightly, reigning himself in as his fangs retracted from view. "Not here," he said, his voice rough around the edges. "We can't risk being seen," he explained, searching her face for understanding.

"I can just as well say the same about vampires," she snapped back at him. It was true what he said, about humans, Sookie just wasn’t going to admit to that right now. She had seen both the good and bad in all sides of the creatures that made up the world. You couldn’t really judge someone by what they were.

"That doesn’t sound good at all," she shook her head. "What if this place did something with your powers? Could a place do that?" Of course she knew that Eric wouldn’t know that answer either. She wasn’t sure if she heard a chuckle from him or not. It was so soft and she was so wrapped up in her thoughts. "Sure was!" She smiled with excitement. "Isn’t it just so exciting! To think that there is something else out there. A whole lot out there. Bet you didn’t know about aliens and men living on spaceships."

Sookie didn’t think that she would ever allow him to drink from her again, let alone talk to him. But, sometimes things change and Sookie could only hope that this wasn’t a mistake.

"Yes, of course," she agreed and glanced down the hall. "My rooms right over there," she pointed to her door.

Eric smirked, enjoying her comeback. "Well, of course. But I trust about as many vampires as I do humans." He gave her a playful wink, knowing full well that this wasn't the time for jokes, but he simply couldn't help himself.

"I suppose it could. There is obviously magic to this place, and magic can do all sorts of things," he said, unable to give her a real concrete answer. "I know that my flying is hampered as well, there is something on all the locks that prevents them from being opened by anything other than a specific key." He'd tried to force one or two open - had they been normal doors, they would have broken. "And it has apparently cut off our bond, since I couldn't feel you in the house when you arrived."

Eric chuckled lightly again, shaking his head. "I thought it probable, but no. I had never met an alien nor a spaceman."

He walked smoothly to the door, assuming that no one would be inside (surely she would have mentioned that), and pushed the door open, holding it as she entered first before following the blonde inside. The vampire quietly shut the door behind them before turning back to her. "I'll let you pick where," he said, smirking again as he gave her a knowing and mischievous look.

"I did get some strange key, couldn’t figure out what it was for," she shrugged. "That doesn’t sound very good at all." She should be more then happy that their connection was cut off. She didn’t even really realize that it was because she was feeling the same for him as before – she even had a dream last night. Not that she would tell him that, especially now knowing that it may be real and not because of his blood inside her. "Are you sure about that? The connection being gone?" She didn’t want to make it obvious that she had a reason to ask. "Do you think that means my powers won’t work? That would be both a relief and a curse."

"Figured as much," Sookie said to his comment about never meeting an alien before.

She entered the room and began to feel a bit tense when he closed the door behind them. She motioned over to the bed, "don’t get any ideas," she gave him in all too knowing look. "Don’t really have any other choices." And, that’s what she told herself and that if they were someplace else with more then just beds and dressers she’d pick a different spot.

Sookie sat down on the bed and titled her head to the side, pushing her hair away to reveal her neck.

"I found a key in my desk as well," he said. "It fits no lock I have found thus far, but it must go somewhere."

"Yes, it's gone. Otherwise I would have known where you were when I came to find you," he said, his voice calm despite his inner irritation. "I would be able to feel your emotions, and yet I have no idea how you are feeling." After becoming used to their connection, sensing nothing was strange. "If you are willing, I'd prefer it if you took my blood, if only to test if it can be regained. It would be useful in order to keep track of you in the house. Of course, only if you do not find it repulsive." Eric said it as if it were a joke, if only not to sound as serious as he thought the situation was.

"I imagine they likely work, as most of mine do. Slightly dulled, but still functional. For instance, I can still fly, though somewhat poorly. And maddeningly slowly." His annoyance was perfectly obvious this time as he spoke, his eyes flashing.

He took a seat as instructed, giving her a flirtation look. "Of course, I will be a perfect gentleman." Eric inhaled the scent of her hair as he leaned towards her, his fangs extending as she brushed away her hair. "Trust me," he whispered as his arm slipped around her waist to steady her before his teeth broke the skin of her throat. He was experienced at this, and so he was as gentle as he was able. After all, she was doing him a favor. He wouldn't make it unpleasant for her.

Who knew, perhaps she might even like it. Eric had seen Bill's marks on her, after all.

Edited 2010-09-25 03:45 (UTC)

"Well then, that’s something we should figure out," Sookie nodded. "Had to give us the keys for a reason."

Sookie kind of liked the idea of the bound not working, then she could sort out her feelings and figure out if there really was anything there. At the same time, she somewhat liked having that connection to him, and if she was to fall in some sort of danger while there, he’d be able to know right away. She wished she could get rid of the bound with Bill.

"I don’t know," she shook her head. "Like being able to just be me, you know, been so long with all these bounds between Bill and you." At one point, the thought of drinking Eric’s blood was repulsive, or maybe she just told herself that. Now she was finding that she wanted to, despite every inch of herself screaming that it is wrong.

At first there was the slight bit of hesitation still looming inside of her, but the moment he told her to trust him, it was hard not to. Sookie closed her eyes and waited for the pain to follow. The initial puncture was painful, yet fast. Sookie let out a slight moan as the pain shocked her and wrapped her arms around Eric, gripping onto his shoulders. It was a strange sort of pain; one that hurt yet you enjoyed it and Sookie found herself to enjoy it way more then she should.

"As you wish," he said softly, as he nodded his head, though he didn't drop her gaze. With any luck, she might change her mind. Human women were good for that, and she hadn't exactly outright refused him.

That was progress in his mind. She would be his eventually, as he'd always known.

Eric could feel her muscles tense beneath his hands, though she pulled herself against him with a gasp instead of away. His lips smirked against her throat as he exhaled against her skin, his tongue pressing up against her artery as he took a pull from the vein.

Her blood was exquisite as always, and he savored the taste before he swallowed, relishing the way it burned down his throat. A low moan rumbles in his chest as the vampire took another sip, enough to quench the last of the burning in the back of his throat. Having satisfied himself, Eric retracted his fangs halfway, pricking the tip of his tongue with the end of one, and running the blood that beaded there along the puncture wounds, speeding up the healing process and causing them to close.

Eric let out a contended sigh before he pulled away, giving her space she likely needed. "That's how it's supposed to be," he murmured as he thought back to the last time he fed from her. Russell had screwed that up in a big way. He remembered the look on her face when he'd brushed her cheek in apology for what he needed to do, and it seemed she might have forgiven him.

She was almost surprised that it was over so soon, why did she want it to last longer? What was wrong with her?!

Sookie moved over a bit and brought her hand to her neck; she could feel that the wound was healing. "That was..." she paused for a moment and tried to find the right words, but that proved harder then she imagined. What came out wasn’t exactly what she had hoped for. "Sort’ve nice," she glanced down then shook her head. "I mean, not nice as in nice, but not bad. I’m making no sense right now," she smiled bashfully. "Think I’m just a bit dizzy from the blood loss." That’s what she would try to write it off as.

She was surprised at how gentle he was about it, she always thought of him to be more viscous then that. Of course the other times weren’t the best examples to fall back on. "Thank you, Eric," she reached out for his hand, "for being so good about it." There was more trust building up for the vampire then she thought possible. "You’re not exactly the creature I once thought you were."

Eric found himself chuckling at her response. "Let's just say I'm talented at what I do and leave it at that, hm?" He was teasing her, but the way she was stuttering over her words meant his mission was successfully accomplished.

He laughed a bit harder at the mention of dizziness. "Admit it, I'm just as intoxicating as you are. Blood loss, ha!" The Viking thought it strange to be sitting here, talking like this. Had they been back at Fangtasia, he would never had had to the time for ridiculous small talk.

"You are welcome," he replied, nodding. His eyes were noticeably bluer, and his appearance more alert already. "Though, perhaps someday soon you'll let me show you all the other things I'm good at." Eric gave her a wink and he rose gracefully from the bed. "Ah, and let's keep this little arrangement a secret from now. At least this bit of it. Rose is trying to gain access to that other source for me, and I'm sure you would rather truly decide if you would like to continue this instead of simply feeling obligated."

These niceties weren't something he was used to asking for. Taking what he wanted was what he was good at, but that approach hadn't worked with Sookie. So far, this was working much better. He often forgot how useful reverse psychology could be.

"No, Eric," she gave him a pointed look, but couldn’t help smile a bit. "I will not admit any such thing." There was something nice about having this sort of unexpected moment with Eric.

"I don’t think so, think that’s as much as you’ll get to show me." Sookie watched him as he stood up from the bed and tried to hold back her smile from his last comment. She nodded her head, "yea, it’s not like I can have you drinking from me everyday. Besides, people just don’t seem to look too highly upon that, might make those hunters get the wrong impression." She could remember the way everyone flipped over her first set of bite marks.

"I did deicide. I could’ve let you starve, you seemed like you could go longer, maybe long enough for that other source. I didn’t feel obligated at all," in fact I rather quite enjoyed it, but Sookie would not say that part out loud. "When are you suppose to talk to her again?"

"I should have guessed," Eric retorted, "though I don't need the bond to know you liked it, just as I predicted." He smirked at her, bending at the waist to peer down at her. "That little sigh was quite cute." He was deliberately teasing now, hoping that that blush would creep back up into her cheeks again.

Ah, what he wouldn't give for the bond he had lost, to know that she was betraying what her body was telling her instead of just suspecting. Eric was used to women begging for his favor, not pretend that they didn't want to make use of his 'assets.' Still, it would make the prize all that much sweeter when he finally got a taste.

"A sip or two once a week is plenty," he said. "It will keep me strong, and your body won't even notice that an amount like that is missing." Eric wasn't going to pretend that he would turn down a chance to taste her at any opportunity, but he knew not to overindulge.

"I could go without feeding for several months under the worst of circumstances before movement would become difficult," he explained, his hand reaching up to brush an errant strand of blonde hair from her eyes. "But my speed, strength, and temperament would begin to suffer before that point."

"She will contact me when she is ready. I do not want to rush this," he said. "Though I am guessing it will likely be in the next few days." It wasn't as if Rose hadn't had time already, and was just waiting for the right opportunity.

Sookie just glared at him and tried to hold back the blush that wanted to cross her face again. She crossed her arms, "who said I liked it?"

"That’s not that much, you sure that’s enough? Bill always seemed like he needed more. Though, I suppose he just wanted more," she sighed. She tensed up when his hand brushed away some of her hair. "Just want to make sure you’re okay while we’re here and don’t want to be worryin’ bout you feeding on someone, especially in a place that has hunters. Don’t really know who you can trust." That was good to know that he could last so long without the blood if he had to.

"Makes sense, might be tricky with her hunter friend. Hopefully he won’t decide to come down and hunt you and will actually listen. Never know with people."

Eric began to grin as she tried to defy her body, but her cheek turned a delicious pink color. "I did," he quipped back. "Now, now, Sookie. Don't deny it. Lies don't suit you."

He bent at the waist again as he peered down at her, his eyebrow cocked suggestively. "That's all I need, yes. I told you, Bill seems old to you because you're human. Compared to me, he's just a child." Eric felt his fangs partially descend. "If you were to offer more, however, I wouldn't say no."

For a moment he'd thought she was going to say that she didn't worry about 'him,' and he found himself disappointed when she didn't. Instead, she was worried that he would slip up and feed on someone else. Again, he wished the bond was still in place. Sookie could often say something and mean something else entirely different.

"Exactly," he said, nodding once. "That is why you shouldn't come with me. Even if the danger is slight, keeping you safe is more important." Though why that was the case, he didn't know.

Sookie did not like the fact that he was calling her out on that in the least bit. "I can deny it all I want," she huffed.

"Suppose I'll stick with older vampires for now," she slightly joked. "And, I'm sure you wouldn’t, bet you'd just love to drink as much of me as you could." She inched forward a bit. Now she was just being mean to him, almost as if she wanted to tease him. "Too bad you won't be able to."

Sookie quickly stood up with anger and looked him in the eyes. "Ain't no way in hell you're going without me." The fact that he would even suggest that made her blood boil. "You're the one we've got to worry bout keeping safe. Besides, you need me, I'll be able to hear their thoughts and figure out if they're lying or not." Even if she couldn’t read their thoughts, she’d still go with him. The chance of something happening was too great and there was no way she’d be able to just sit in her room and wait.

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"You can deny it all you like," he replied, acting nonchalant. "That still doesn't make it not true." Sookie could be so stubborn, but on the occasion that it wasn't directed at him, he rather quite liked that quality.

"Good idea," he said, his voice husky as she leaned towards him just enough to tease. How very enticing of her. She was lucky that he was good at restraint. "Now you're just being cruel."

Her angry reaction had been somewhat expected - Sookie never liked to be left behind. Eric thought she sometimes forgot how vulnerable she was. How human she was. Despite her fairy ancestry, she was not exactly unbreakable. "It is a bad idea," he urged, clenching his teeth. "If he sees me as a threat, there's no guarantee he won't go after you as well. He could consider you an accomplice."

"Maybe I am,” she smirked.

"It's a very good idea," Sookie stated as if it was a fact. She wasn’t going to let Eric tell her what was and wasn’t a good idea. "If he see's you as a threat I'll know before anything can happen and we can stop him. Besides, having a human on your side might show him you're ok to trust." There was no way he was going to talk her out of this, that was for sure.

"You know I'll go no matter what you say, even if I have to track you down myself." Sookie glared up at him with determination. "Let's make this easy on both of us."

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Eric growled low in his throat as they stared each other down, a minor battle of wills. Unfortunately, Sookie had a point. If either of the humans were planning something, she would know before he would. Probably. "That's if you can hear them as well as you could before arriving here," he said, more to himself than to her.

He could say no, but it would be a moot point. It wasn't as if he could arrange this meeting somewhere where she couldn't find them. The mansion may be large, but it was still only one building.

"Fine," he said, gritting his teeth. "But you will stay behind me and not make any unnecessary remarks."

She hated the fact that she didn't really know if her powers would work here. She hoped that on the off chance it was just something that happened to Eric's powers and that her's would be ok. "Even if they aren’t totally there, still better then nothing. You said yours still work just not fully." And, with that Sookie made her case. Not that she still needed to, but she wanted to.

"Fine." She was just glad that she won this battle, but she wasn't agreeing to anything. Who knew what would happen and be said. Sookie wasn't exactly the best at keeping her mouth shut if she heard something that wasn't to her liking.

Eric nodded once, still angry that she'd managed to coerce him yet again. Any other woman he would have been able to say no to, and she would have listened. And if they hadn't listened, then he could have simply compelled them to his wishes. Sookie was apparently immune to both, not that he would use that ability on her. She was too valuable to risk her mind like that.

He turned toward the door, glancing back at her over his shoulder. "If you need me, my room is on the fifth floor. Room 505. If you get into trouble, just yell. I will come for you." Eric wished she'd agreed to take his blood, but he wouldn't coerce her into that again, at least for now. He wanted her to have it willingly, though if it became increasingly necessary, he would insist until she agreed.

"505," she nodded, "I'll remember that, and don't you dare try going to the meeting without me." After all of this she really didn't think he would try and go without her, but she still gave him the warning.

"I'll see you later," she gave him a slight smile as she watched him walk to the door.

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