Chapter 7

Eric made it to the house matching the address he had for Sookie. Landing in the yard, he took a deep breath and smiled, surrounded by her sweet scent.

He looked around her yard, noting the well tended gardens and blossoming Magnolia's surrounding the house. It matched his impression of her. He couldn't hold back the smile as he saw a well worn yet cared for porch swing near the front door.

It was the scent he caught in the gentle breeze that removed the smile from his face. It was Vampire, and a smell he was familiar with.

Sookie finished her dinner and after putting her dishes in the dishwasher made her way back up stairs. Having returned from New Orleans only a day before, she was still trying to unpack and do laundry. With a long sigh, she grabbed a load of dirty clothes and made her way to the laundry room.

After rotating her clothes to the dryer, starting a new load in the washer and carrying her clean clothes upstairs, she managed to put them away, and check her email before an hour had passed.

Jumping in the shower, she enjoyed the feel of the hot water pouring over her. It helped release the tension of the day as she shampooed and conditioned her hair. Making her way out of the shower, she smoothed her unscented body butter on and after towel drying her hair, pulled on another chemise. This one was a dark blue and her favorite. Grabbing her robe, she set it on the stairway banister as she walked around her downstairs, sorting her mail and turning on her TV.

She had been watching sitcom reruns on Nick at Night when she "heard" a void in her yard. Looking at the time, she was shocked to see it was quite late, almost 1 am in fact. Concern moved through her as she realized the only time she'd ever heard a void was when she'd met Eric, it was how she'd figured out he was a Vampire. The cool touch of his skin merely confirmed her suspicions at the time.

Sookie rose from the couch and slowly made her way towards her staircase when she heard the knock on her front door. Wrapping herself in her robe, Sookie stood behind her front door without opening it.

"Who is it?" she called

"My name is Bill, Bill Compton, I've just moved next door and I saw your light on, I thought I would introduce myself"

Sookie hesitated for a moment before opening the door.

"Can I help you?" Sookie asked, keeping herself behind her door and well out of grasp of the man standing on the porch.

"My name is Bill Compton, and I've just moved next door, as I said, and I wanted to introduce myself when I saw your light on" the man said smiling at her.

"I'm happy to meet you Mr. Compton, my name is Sookie Stackhouse" she said smiling at him quietly. "I'd invite you in but it's quite late and I was getting ready to retire for the night" she explained patiently

"I quite understand" Bill said nodding at her, and smiling charmingly "I only wanted to make myself known to you and I saw the light on as an opportunity"

Sookie stared at him for a moment, trying to read him and finding herself unable to hear anything but silence. His dark hair and eyes were a large contrast to Eric's blonde hair and blue eyes.

Sookie felt an odd pressure behind her eyes then, almost a fluttering as she stared at Bill. Smiling at him, she spoke then "Thank you very much for coming by Mr. Compton, if you'll excuse me now it's been a long day" Sookie said before closing the door with a smile.

Shaking her head as she thought on the encounter, Sookie, turned off the lights and made her way to her bedroom. She never saw the eyes watching her from the tree line behind Bill.

Dropping her robe on the foot of her bed, she opened her bedroom window slightly and crawled under the covers of her bed. She turned a few times in bed, trying to find a comfortable position before drifting off to sleep.

Bill made his way to his property, thinking about Sookie the entire time. He was a bit surprised at her beauty. Having only been giving a verbal description of her, he'd never guessed she would be an attractive female. Her scent was maddening, the innocence rolling off of her in waves, nearly sending him into blood lust.

Making his way back into his home, he pulled out his cell phone to let the Queen know he'd made first contact.

Eric turned intent on making his way to Bill's home, when he heard his name faintly from Sookie's home. Arching an eyebrow, he made his way around the house quickly, finding no lights on, he took to the air. Focusing on Sookie's scent he found the bedroom window quickly.

Smiling, he pushed the window up, opening it to the maximum amount and watched as she moved in her sleep on the bed. Floating outside the room he could not enter, Eric watched in fascination as Sookie's hand moved rhythmically under the blanket, her back arching as she moaned quietly.

"Eric" she breathed, her heartbeat quickening in Eric's ears as he felt himself harden at the sight in front of him.

"Wake up little Sookie" Eric called quietly from outside "I can help you" he whispered, watching as her motions increased in speed.

He waited until she was almost peaking before he knocked on the windowsill loudly, effectively waking her from her sleep.

"Eric?" Sookie cried out in shock.

Sookie heard the knocking from her window and jumped from a sound sleep. Shock rolled through her as she realized what she had been dreaming of. The shock was followed quickly with embarrassment as she realized where her hand was and that Eric was smirking at her.

"Eric" she exclaimed

"Invite me in Sookie" Eric said quietly, his hands on her ledge "Let me in" he said, almost pleading in his tone.

"Of course" she said, quickly wiping her hand on the sheet next to her and reaching for her robe "Come in, please"

Her fingers had just touched her robe, when she found herself on her back and responding to Eric's kiss.

He'd flown through the window as the words left her mouth, and pushed her back quickly, pressing himself to her as his lips touched on hers.

Moaning, Sookie wrapped her arms around him, and responded, pressing herself into him. She sighed as she felt his lips trailing down her throat and pause over her pulse point in her neck. She felt his tongue move over the area quickly, as if tasting her blood, before moving down. She was shocked when she felt his mouth wrap around one of her nipples, the straps of her gown at her elbows, having been pushed down by the very aroused vampire above her.

"Eric" she moaned, her heart pounding in her hears, her hands running through his soft hair "God, Eric you can't be real" she whispered

"Yield to me" he whispered against her skin "Yield to me and let me prove how real I am" he said, moving to her other breast.

His hand had moved up her thigh and slid easily between her wet folds as he started working her, intent on seeing the job done thoroughly this time.

"Come for me Sookie" he told her, coaxing her as his hand stroked her pearl, alternating between pinching and feather touches.

It was then that he heard another voice calling out "Sookie, Sookie let me in, hurry"

Eric stopped then, freezing in his tracks and the cold recognition of the voice hit him.

"My lover, you have a guest downstairs" he whispered as he pressed a kiss on her chest "I think it's important" he said

"What?" Sookie asked, struggling to comprehend the words he'd just spoken

"There is someone outside calling you, and I think you need to see who it is" Eric told her

"Sookie, hurry before Bill hears me…" Sookie heard the whisper then; it was just below her window downstairs.

Looking at Eric she spoke quietly "I don't want to go down there alone"

**giggles and runs away****