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Thanksgiving Day, early afternoon.

I awoke in the cubby about 2 pm. Eric was next to me in his day rest. His hair was a mess and he had a smirk on his face. He must have gone to bed happy. But so did I. Ever since we came back from New Orleans, we haven't spent a night apart. And every night has been like a honey moon. I cannot believe his stamina. But I guess when you are 1000 years old you know all the right moves to make your lady want to go all night. I wasn't complaining. It has been wonderful. But it hasn't been all physical either. Eric and I have been connecting on other levels. That night we got back from New Orleans, we started talking while in the shower. Amongst other activities. It is real hard to carry on a conversation when you are naked in a shower with a vampire covered in blood and hungry. But I did tell him that as much as I liked having him in the shower, I did not like showering with Nora. That got his attention. He was standing behind me and fingering me between my legs, while biting my neck. I was standing in front of the shower letting the water wash my front side and enjoying Eric's magic touch. After I said that, he immediately turned me around and facing him.

"Why were you in a shower with Nora, and why wasn't I invited," Eric so possessive and nasty.

"She said it was the safest place to talk at the Authority, apparently every room was bugged," I said shyly. Eric arched that eye brow of his and waited for an explanation. I told him that is where she told me about Bill and that everything was his idea and that she was on our side and trying to help, and I finished with this statement. "Eric I am not sure I trust her."

I waited to see if he would push that aside as nothing or if I should be worried. Eric just took me in his arms instead and said, "I could see that; you don't know her. But she is fiercely loyal to me. She would never hurt you." He gently kissed my forehead. "I can still feel that you are apprehensive about her. What is your question?"

Damn this bond, I could not hide any feelings from him. I wrapped my arms around his chest and hugged him. "Eric, I am jealous of her, and I can't figure out why."

Eric chuckled a little, "I think I know why. " I looked up at him as he looked at me. He stroked my check with his hand. "Something about vampire families, you should know. We are close to one another, very close." Oh I got the picture. They were sexually close. My first react was "eww!" I tried to pull away, but clever Eric, had me in a hold with his arms around me. "Now Sookie, I am bonded to you and my relationship with Nora was centuries ago. You are the only person I choose to be with." But then, I guess I knew that already, vampires typically had sex with each other, even their children. I had been putting Pam out of my mind for a while, and chose not to think about it. Eric said, "Nora is jealous of you too you know. She knows that we are bonded. I will never be with another as long as you are with me." That statement made me so happy. Eric could tell. My mood instantly lighten, and my hands were wandering all over his body, especially his gorgeous ass.

"Enough talking for tonight Viking!" I said as I kissed his chest, then I slide down the front of his body and took his hard cock in my mouth. I begin to make Eric say my name over and over. I continue to ravage him all night long.

The next few days after that were busy. I talked to Jason and told him that the name on the house would come back to me. Eric and I decided that would be best to keep all other vampires out of the home. I told him that I would let some in, as Jessica, Pam, Tara and him of course. But I was waiting on Nora. He agreed that if he was to see Nora, it would be at Fangtasia. Jason didn't really like the fact that I was with Eric, but he could tell I was happier with him than Bill. "You don't seem to be looking over your shoulder as much. I guess if you are dating the most vicious vampire in Louisiana, you don't have much to worry about." What Jason didn't know was that Eric was really sweet and kind. But Eric didn't want anyone to know that. He liked saving those moments for me, and I was perfectly ok letting people think what they wanted about him. I knew what he was like. Pam was right; he wasn't as sadistic as others had thought. I could tell. He could have killed Bill and his maker that night in San Francisco but he didn't. He could have killed Lafayette for selling V but he didn't. He could have killed every witch at the coven that night, but he didn't. He did kill that guy, but Eric let Bill kill Marnie.

Eric still worked at Fangtasia and I still worked at Merlotte's. I thought about leaving Sam's place and going to work for Eric, but neither one of them liked that idea. Eric thought other vampires might cause me trouble. "I don't think we need to parade you around a vampire bar for all to smell your delicious scent."

Sam needed me more. "Sookie, I have a lot going on with Luna and Emma, and I am trying to start a family with them. If you could stay on and run the place a few nights a week for me, I would be grateful." So that is what I did, I started managing Merlotte's three nights a week so Sam could have a life. And Eric was ok with that. "I do not want you working forever, but if you must, then this is fine." Eric actually showed me some tips on running a bar. With his help, I started learning about managing a business. I felt more useful working for Sam than ever before. I think Sam appreciated the help as well. The first time in a long time, I enjoyed going to work.

Nora started working with the Authority outside of Michigan. They actually had a place on Mackinac Island. The ancient vampires from there included, Jimmy Hoffa, Elvis Presley , and an Egyptian queen, whose name I couldn't pronounce. After the events of New Orleans and the bombing of the True Blood factories, the vampire public image was not very good. People were more afraid of them than ever, since the supply of what vampires ate (besides humans) was now hard to find. Some areas that had no True Blood were experiencing vampire attacks. So Nora was working with the Authority to improve their public image. One way was working with the True Blood company and building more factories in the United States and around the world. This way if anyone bombed a factory there would not be a shortage on the supply of their food, but this would take some time.

The other, short term, solution involved Eric. He became a spokesman or the 'voice for the vampires'. His job was making PSA commercials and let humans know not to be afraid of the vampires. His good looks along with his smooth voice won people over. He had only been on TV with the commercials for about a week, when the image of 'soulless vampires' was changing to 'vampires are hot'. I even heard little old ladies talking about how cute he was, and they would let him bite them. I would laugh on the inside. The camera loved him, even with his smart ass mouth, but a cool personality came thru onscreen. In two short weeks, his name was more popular than even the name of Dracula. Now the week of Thanksgiving, there was going to be shirts for sales in the stores. "Keep calm, and bite me Eric" and "I like my vampires, tall, blond and Viking." Of course Eric made sure Fangtasia had the first supply to sell. Eric also made sure I had a shirt of each to sleep in.

It was hard at first seeing all these people, women and some men lust after my bonded, but I knew that he was faithful to me. Our bond was always humming along inside me. And if anything, Eric enjoyed the attention, but he come home to me, to our house each night.

Eric was making lots of money from the PSAs. First they paid him for the commercials, and then he was getting extra business at the club from him being a celebrity. And then since True Blood was building more factories, and the positive image of him was having more businesses sign up as distributors of their product, the makers of True Blood decided would give him an interest in the business if he would help with their advertising. Soon he would be getting checks from the Japanese own company. Eric was an extremely happy vampire to say the least. And when Eric is happy, everyone is happy. He would give Pam free will with a credit card. Soon he purchased a house just for Pam and Tara. And he ordered light tight windows for the upstairs bedroom so we didn't have to spend all our time in the cubby.

We did talk about the future and maybe going some places together. I had never really been anywhere and Eric had seen the world. There were many places he wanted to take me. Soon after things settled down, he promised to take on a trip.

But for right now, Louisiana would be our home. Tonight we were going to have the entire family over. Layfette was already in the kitchen upstairs cooking for all the humans. Jason was going to help set up a table outside and string lights around. Pam was going to make sure the vampires had blood to drink, either by True Blood or something special sent to us via Nora. Some old bottled 'royal' blood that didn't sound as appealing to me as the fried turkey that would soon be cooking. But apparently that blood was special and extremely rare, and was sent to us just yesterday by express mail. Also Nora promised to never tell of my fae heritage, and Eric believed her. He said he would kill her if he ever found out she told another vampire. And I believe him.

In a few hours my house would be full of people I cared about and we would be together and enjoying ourselves. I felt so lucky to have this family. And I was so thankful I had made the right choice that night at Bill's.

THE END. Thanks again for reading. And I loved the reviews. I have two other stories that fix season 6 and 7, Eric vs Warlow and Is this our Happily ever after.

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