Chapter 13 : Telepathic

If that's not on, I'm working. There have been times when I might go places with my girlfriends; well the two that I have.

We might go to the movies or out for dinner, but other than that," she said with a shrug of her shoulders, "I'm usually at home."

"Do you have any male friends … a boyfriend or a husband?" I would hate to make her a widow at such a young age.

"No and no," she said with a smile.

"Do you?"

"No. I have no boyfriend or husband."

She laughed. "You know what I mean," she said playfully.

I couldn't answer the way that I wanted to so I said, "You." She blushed and fanned me off with her hand.

I decided to keep asking questions; the more questions I ask, the longer she would have to stay. "Do you have any family?"

"I have a brother. His name is Jason."

"Younger or older?"

"Older; I'm 25 and he's 29."

She had just turned 29 when we...

"How old are you?"

"Old."

"How old?" she asked with a smile.

"Over a thousand years old," I answered.

She looked at me with wide eyes. "You are old."

We laughed the way that we used to laugh.

"Where are you from Sookie?"

"Baton Rouge."

"Where do you live?"

"Shreveport."

"What made you come to Shreveport?"

"I've always wanted to be in Shreveport. When I graduated from LSU, I moved here. I love it here. It feels like home." As she looked at me, she said in a whispery voice, "Maybe I'm here for you."

"Maybe," I replied.

She blushed and looked down at the table. That is why she was here. She was supposed to be here with me.

She looked at her watch and it made me think that she was about to leave. It was barely 9:00. She couldn't go home yet. I had to keep her here with me.

"Since I didn't ask you earlier, what do you think of Fangtasia?"

She turned around in her seat and used her knees to stand just a little so that she can peek over the booth.

She studied the crowd for a second and then turned back to me. Blushing, she leaned across the table and motioned for me to come closer to her.

"Everyone here is only thinking about S-E-X. The humans are anyway. Sex is everywhere."

"Does that bother you?"

She looked taken aback by my question or my lack of one. She expected me to ask her about her telepathy. And I am but not right now.

I don't want that to be the first thing that I notice about what she had said.

That was the problem before. She thought that her blood and her telepathy made her attractive to our kind.

She was so much more than that. She didn't know that then. I want to make sure that she knows that now. I want her to know that she is so much more to me.

"I guess not," she finally answered.

"If they are satisfied with giving themselves away so freely, who am I to judge them for that? I think that a lady should remain a virgin until she has found the one that she intends to be with forever."

She saw how thoughtfully I was looking at her and she blushed.

"That's what Gran always said. She said that what a woman has is special and only the most special man deserves such a gift."

Is she a virgin?

"Is that what you intend to do?"

She looked at me and rolled her eyes. I didn't think that she was going to answer me but she surprised me. She held her head up proudly and smiled.

"I am neither confirming nor denying what my sexual status is but I think that a woman should save herself for her husband. He should be her only lover."

Is she untouched; no Bill and no Quinn? She will be mine.

"May I ask you a question?"

"Shoot."

With my head, I motioned towards the crowd of dancers and drinkers. "How did you know what they were thinking?"

She looked at me for a minute and stared. After some internal discussion with herself, she made a crucial decision.

She stood up and came over to sit with me. She sent shivers through me when she whispered in my ear. "I'm telepathic."

She placed her finger to her lips in a 'Shhh' gesture. "Don't tell." Her breath smelled of Sprite and strawberries.

"Cross my heart and hope to die," I said.

When I said that, Sookie laughed. She leaned onto my arm as she laughed some more. I'd never heard a song so beautiful. I wanted to keep her laughing for as long as I could.

As she laughed, I noticed that Pam, Maxwell Lee, Thalia, and Indira were watching us ... again. My vampires were happy for me. I could feel the love and happiness flowing through me from Pam.

I sent it back to her tenfold. Sookie's joy had spread to my vampires. Her happiness was as infectious as it ever was.

Once she was able to compose herself, she turned to look at me; her eyes were smiling. "You're funny." The best part is that even after she stopped laughing, she stayed close to me.

"Can you read my mind?"

She shook her head no. "If I could I would not be sitting here with you. The human minds are always going.

Luckily, I learned at a young age to keep them out. But with you …" she said with her eyes closed, "it's like a peaceful stream of nothingness. It's beautiful.

You don't invade my mind with your random thoughts." She looked up at me and smiled. "I guess that's something else that I need to thank you for." She winked at me.

"Just so long as you like me," I said as I returned the wink. She pushed against me with her body when I said that.

"Hey … wanna do something?" she eagerly asked me.

I raised my eyebrows.