I carefully opened my eyes. At first I didn't remember what happened but everything hurt… a lot. Tara said my name and caressed my skin carefully as she looked at me.

"Tara," I said aloud and remember what happened. I killed a man. "You look so pretty. Like someone turned a light on under your skin."

"Hospital gave her pain meds. She's a little loopy," Sam told as everyone was looking at me. Sam was standing in front of me as Tara and Lafayette sat next to him. I smiled and Tara hugged me carefully.

"Didn't you listen when I said I'd lose my shit…" she said as she sat back down to the chair as she caressed my hair and face "…if anything ever happened to you?"

"Don't lose your shit," I told her, "I'm fine. Did Sam tell you that he saved my life?" Tara and Lafayette turned to look at him.

"He turned into a dog and bit Rene," I informed them and Sam fake laughed. I noticed that Tara looked at Lafayette weirdly.

"Oh, shit. I'm gonna need some of the drugs they gave you," Lafayette said and I give a laugh.

"Hey, you guys, we should let her rest," Sam told them. I told something nice to Sam before Arlene (Rene's fiancée) came crying and holding a big bouquet. Arlene blamed herself because she didn't know. She found out that Rene even faked his accent. I told her that she shouldn't blame herself, but did she listen to me? Of course not; she just told me to stay away from her thoughts. We talked awhile until my brother came and hugged me. I guess he got away from jail.

"I've never been happier to see you in my life," he told me as he kept hugging me until I told him that I was black and blue all over and he was squeezing me.

"Shit," he said when he saw my face. I guess I didn't look pretty with all the bruises and all, "Look what that son of a bitch did to you. I can't believe I gave him my truck."

"If he was still alive right now, I'd fucking kill him again," he told me as he was pointing a finger at me.

"Excuse me," Arlene said as she left the room crying.

"Me and my mouth," Jason said sadly.

"She'll be all right," I assured him. Jason did a lot of thinking when he was in jail. He decided to do something with his life and even to take care of me but I told him to just take care of himself and stay out of trouble.

I was looking TV until I heard someone knocking my door. I was surprised when I noticed it was Eric. I haven't seen him in a while and I even would have expected Bill to come before Eric.

"What happened, Sookie?" Eric asked me with a voice which almost sounded like concern. Right, he didn't know that I was attacked.

"I'm fine," I told him and opened my door more so he could walk inside. I walked into my living room couch and heard when he shut the door. I sat down and soon he sat next to me. He touched carefully to my face like he was afraid he would break me.

"Tell me," he told me quietly.

"Rene," I told him and looked down to my feet.

"Rene?" he wondered aloud.

"Yes. It turns out he was the one killing all those women."

"And you knew this Rene?" he asked me

"Yes," I told him and before I knew it I was silently crying and Eric Northman was hugging me, "and I killed him."

"He attacked you."

"I know but I have never taken a life before," I said looking to his eyes as I wiped tears from my eyes.

"Sookie… You were—"

"I know… It was self-defense but it still affects me. I still feel guilty for killing him. I don't really want to talk about it, OK?"

"It's alright, Sookie."

"Is it?" I asked him.

"Yes, it is. Remember what we talked about last time I was here?"

"You mean when I was drunk?" I wondered aloud.

"Yes."

"What about that?" I had no idea why he was bringing up.

"Remember how I told you that I would have sex with another people?" he told me as he touched my lower lip with his thumb.

"What about it?" I said as I pushed his hand away. I so didn't want to talk about that.

"I lied," he admitted as he kissed me hard and slow. I kissed him back and put my hands to his cheeks as he deepened the kiss even more.

"Why?" I wondered aloud when I pushed him away. He could have sex with fangbanger until I decided. That was our deal…Why wouldn't he?

"Why what?" he asked me against my lips.

"Do that."

"Do what?" he asked me smirking.

"You know what, you jerk!" I told him and his arm with my hand.

"Isn't it obvious?" he asked as he looked into my eyes so deeply that one could think that he saw into my very soul.

"No," I answered, pouting.

"Because I…" he said swallowing,"…care about you."

"Care about me?"

"Yes, as in more than I have ever in my life," he admitted.

"You do?" I asked him, surprised.

"I do and I wasn't going to admit it. It's really… hard for me to say it aloud," he said and I couldn't help but smile at him. It was a really big thing for me. Eric Northman cared about me.

"Then why are you?"

"You almost died. I almost lost you today," he said as he rubbed his nose to my hair.

"You really do, don't you? You're not just saying that?"

"I do and we shall never talk about it again, lover," he said, looking fiercely to my eyes.

"We aren't?" I asked him smiling.

"We are not… at least for now, understood?"

"Understood… and Eric?"

"Yes, lover?"

"I really… cared about you too." I wanted to say that I loved him but I really wasn't ready to admit that to him… yet anyways.

"Good," he told me before kissing me again. I put my head to the other head of the couch and his head followed mine, never stopping kissing each other as I kept my hands in his head. He took a hold of my legs and I moved them to his waist.

N/A: I'm not sure yet if there's going to be a sequel or not (I would like to make one but for now I don't have idea/inspiration to do one).. and sorry if that was an evil ending :D I finally updated go me! But sorry if it wasn't as good as you guys were hoping for...