Chapter 14 : Volkswagen Beetle

She slapped my hand. "Not that Mr. Dirty Mind." She kept her hand on top of mine as she mindlessly stroked the back of it. "Do you want to know what some of the people are thinking?"

"Yes," I whispered in her ear. I made sure that I brushed against her ear with my lips. That was her weakest spot. She closed her eyes when I did it.

When she looked up at me, she swallowed hard. "Okay."

For the next hour, she pointed at different humans and told me what they were thinking. Most of it, if not all, was funny. She laughed and leaned onto my arm.

After she told me what the fangbangers were thinking, I told her different fangbanger stories. She laughed until tears came to her eyes. It was pure bliss. Her laughter broke my heart.

After a few more minutes of enjoying each other's company, Sookie said, "I have had a really good time with you." She got up and went to her side of the booth.

I assumed that she is going to sit down but she began gathering her things. Seeing her prepare to leave was almost as heart wrenching as watching her die.

My heart was breaking all over again. "Where are you going?" I asked as I quickly stood up.

She gave me a funny look as she put the money on the table to pay for her drinks. "I have to work in the morning."

She looked at her watch. "I have stayed out much longer than I had planned. It's almost 11:00. I'm too comfortable around you. I had to get up or else I wouldn't leave."

You can stay. You are my wife. Just give me a few more minutes. Please don't do this to me. Just give me a little more time. That is all that I ask; just a little more time.

"Since you're so comfortable around me, may I walk you to your car?"

She looked up at me and smiled. "I would love that."

I offered her my hand and she took it. Everyone in the bar was watching us as we walked hand in hand. Sookie leaned over and whispered, "Every woman in here hates me."

I leaned down as close as I could to her and said, "Well that's too bad. I'm saving myself for someone." She looked up at me and I gave her my winning smile and a wink.

"You are a charmer, Eric." She looked over her shoulder and winked at the redhead.

She mouthed something to the redhead that caused her to stomp away. Sookie turned back around with an impish grin on her face.

"What did you say to her?" I asked.

Shyly, she said, "I told her that tonight, you are mine."

"And I am," I assured her.

Sookie's heart began to be beat faster and I loved it.

When we reached the door, Pam, Thalia, Maxwell Lee, and Indira were already there waiting.

They were pretending to be gossiping but I knew that they wanted to see Sookie off. Sookie stopped in front of my vampires and gave each of them a welcoming smile.

"I would like to let you all know that you have made my experience a great one. I never thought that when I met my first vampires that it would be this much fun. You all are so nice."

What?

She looked a Maxwell Lee and said, "Even you were a perfect gentleman."

The vampires gave each other glances quick enough for only a vampire to notice. Pam was the first to speak. "We wouldn't have it any other way." The others mimicked her response. Sookie told them all a goodnight before we walked to her car.

The walk was a long one and it was silent. It was also devastating. I couldn't bear the thought of letting her go when her place was with me.

The closer we got to her car, the tighter her grip became. She didn't want to leave me just as I didn't want her to go.

"Well," she said once were standing beside a little red Volkswagen Beetle. "This is me." She was still holding my hand … or was I still holding hers?

"Nice," I said as I motioned to her car. The licenses plates read 'Sookie'.

The clearing in which her car was parked, held the smell of fairies.

The sweet scent filled the air. Are they watching her? Is fae magic the reason she was able to find Fangtasia and not the little town of Bon Temps? Are her cousin and uncle behind this?

My grandfather got it for me after I graduated college." She began talking in a deeper voice mimicking her grandfather.

As I promised you, you can get any car that you want since you've graduated at the top of your class and you've worked so hard.

I am extremely proud of you, my princess.' This is what I wanted so this is what I got.

"What is your grandfather's name?"

"Niall; Niall Brigant," she answered with a smile.

WHAT THE FUCK DOES SHE MEAN NIALL BRIGANT?

"Do you live with him?"

The mood suddenly turned sad. "No. He died three years later. He had been sick for awhile. He hung on long enough to see me graduate."

Niall's not dead. He returned to Fae after Sookie's funeral. The scent of her cousin and uncle are not what I smell.

It is Niall! Did he keep her in Fae for the last five years? What has he done to her? Why has he made is it so she doesn't remember me?

"Now it's just me and Jason. I haven't seen him since grandpa's funeral." She looked up at the sky and said, "I don't even remember why we haven't seen each other."

"What about your grandmother?"

"She died five years ago today. She never got to see me graduate. I think she died the night before I graduated from high school. I don't remember too much before that. I only remember that morning because I was sad when I woke up."