A/N: Okay before I go into this story I should probably tell the latest on Fighting Fate. The deal with that story is my best friend in the whole world, who had a lot of input with F.F. and helped with many things passed away. I didn't feel right starting up the story just yet, but I felt so horrible for all of my readers and all of you who have been with me from that first chapter, so I got on my documents where we had a couple chapters written and everything was gone. Not one word. In truth I see this as a sign, a heart breaking one, but still a sign. At this moment I just don't feel comfortable writing F.F. I will finish it. Just not right now. I'm very sorry.

This is my second fanfic. I don't really have any other plot points that weren't in the summary. It is an all human story. I've never attempted one before but I love to read them. Oh and I've never written a flashback scene so try to bare with me!! Anywho here's the first chapter of my all new story.

All characters belong to Charlaine Harris. I do not own them in anyway.

Chapter one

It had to be him. There wasn't anyone else in world who could do that to me with one word.

Now for you to fully understand the flood of emotions that that one simple word coming from that one husky voice sets off in me, we have to go back to high school.

My name's Sookie Stackhouse. I grew up in Bon Temp, LA. My parents died when I was 7. My Gran took care of my brother Jason and I from then on. She was big on education, so when high school came along she decided that we would go to Shreveport High School instead of Bon Temp. That's where I met Bill Compton. Bill was a star football player among many other things. He was perfect. To a sixteen year old girl anyway.

It was a few months into school before he talked to me for the first time. He had known my best friend Amelia for years and she introduced us. I had fallen for him very quickly. Everyone told me how much of a stand up guy he was. I listened to them and to my then immature heart. Bill Was the best thing that had happened to me. He was handsome and sweet. Everything I had ever wanted in one person. We were the picture perfect couple. Literally. We won cutest couple two years in a row. If that wasn't a clue for disaster I don't know what is. Nothing is perfect. That brings us to problem number one. Eric Northman.

Eric Northman was known as a ladies man. He was 6'4, blond, and Swedish. I met Eric a week after I started dating Bill. It was obvious what he wanted and he scared the crap out of me. Yes he was gorgeous, but he made me uncomfortable. If I was being honest he made me feel things that I had never felt before. One wink from him could ruin any girl's panties, and I was no exception. I tried to tell myself it was just because he was a year older. Then I would look into his eyes, those ocean blue eyes, and my whole world would stop. It was like he was the only thing in the world. That connection we shared scared the shit out of me. It was like he held some kind of power over me with just a look. Not even Bill had that effect on me. And we all knew it.

The second semester of my junior year was when a lot of things changed. I walked into my third period to find out Eric was in my class. Naturally the only seat open was beside Eric. As if chemistry wouldn't be hard enough. The wicked grin that crossed his face was even more proof.

"Stackhouse."

"Northman." This was always our way of greeting. Our little ritual if you will. It was always followed by some sort of flirtatious remark.

"You look down right eatable today." And then his sly smile crossed his face.

"And you're exactly the same."

"I haven't been the same since I laid eyes on you." What are you suppose to say to that? He had me and he knew it. "A pity you are with Crompton still." I made the mistake of looking at him then. Our eyes met, and I was once again sucked into the alternate universe that was Eric Northman. We were like that for sometime until the bell to start class rang and pulled me out of my trance. Before I looked away I saw Eric shake his head as if to clear his mind. That was the first time I realized that it had the same effect on him as it did me. I had known him for almost three years and had never noticed it before.

"Well class let's go ahead and get started. Look at the person next to you." I didn't move. I knew what was going to come next. "Get used to them because they will be your partner all semester." I let out a breath I didn't know I had been holding, and turned to the the ass who thought this was the funniest thing that had happened.

"Why is this so amusing to you?"

"Do you really not see the irony in this at all?" he asked still laughing. I couldn't help but laugh at it. It would be my luck to have chemistry with Eric and be his lab partner. "Ah, so she does laugh."

That sobered me up a little."What are you talking about?"

"I have never seen you laugh." he said with a shrug.

What? Was he kidding I laughed all the time. Amelia made me pee my pants at least once a week. "You must be mistaken. I happen to laugh all the time."

This made him smile for some reason. "Tell me, when are you usually around me?"

"You have an uncanny ability to pop up whenever I'm with Bill." It was true. Like he could smell that I was with Bill or something.

"Maybe you should think about that." Was he saying Bill didn't make me happy? I laughed all the time with Bill. For the most part. Kind of. Never. Damn. Maybe he was right. Like I would ever admit that though.

"Maybe it's because your around." False.

"Maybe." I went back to listening to the teacher. Not five seconds later I felt his mouth at my ear, and in that husky voice that oozed sex he said, "But I will make it my goal now to make you laugh everyday." And he did. Everyday he never failed, I would laugh until my sides hurt.

I became close with Eric. The more time we spent together the more I liked him. Our connection had grown stronger too. It was to the point where I almost jumped him when our eyes met. I knew he felt it too. I had never felt anything like it before. It was like something was pulling me to him and I couldn't stop it. It became quite the problem between Bill and I. Everyone knew Eric and I had grown closer, and everyone had their own stories about us. None of them were true of course. I was always faithful to Bill. Though he didn't believe me. That was when I did the dumbest thing of my life. There was only one way Bill could think of to prove I hadn't slept with Eric. I had yet to sleep with Bill or anyone else for that matter. I just didn't feel ready. That was part of our problem. That night Bill took something that I'll never get back. That was the beginning of the end for us. We were never the same after that.

School let out and Eric graduated. Amelia and I had started to drift apart a little and I needed a friend to talk to. Eric was the only other friend I had. I didn't tell him I had slept with Bill. Just the problems we were having.

"He's cheating on you."

"What?" I hadn't expected him to say that. I had called Eric to see if he needed help setting up his going away party and of course he said yes. Even though we were friends we still had the same sexual tension. It would have been weird without it.

"You heard me. He's cheating on you and you know it." He new I was mad. "I'm not going to just tell you what you want to hear."

"You don't know anything Eric! God. What's the longest relationship you've ever been in? A week? You don't know anything about this." I was pissed.

"You asked me, I told you. Your just mad because I didn't say what you wanted to hear."

"I don't even know why I came to you. You know nothing on this subject."

"Because all I do is sleep around right? Fuck you Sookie! You want to know the damn truth here it is." He startled me by getting right in my face. "If you were mine you would never leave my side. I would show you off to everyone so they would know what they could never have. I would make love to you every night until you couldn't walk and then some. I would make sure you knew how much I loved you everyday. If you were mine you wouldn't be standing here with another man. If you were mine I would....." And then he did the one thing I wanted and feared the most. He kissed me. It was the most passionate kiss I've ever had. The feel of his tongue searching every inch of my mouth was heaven. His hand knotted in my hair pulling my face even closer to his. That taste of him was like nothing I had ever experienced. I never wanted it to 's when I realized how much I really wanted Eric. He was everything I had wanted Bill to be and more. Bill. It took everything in me to pull away from him. I wiped away the tears his admission had caused. I backed away from him so I wouldn't be tempted to do anything else.

"I have to go." I had to settle things with Bill. To me I had just cheated on him and it killed me. I knew my feelings for Eric were stronger than for Bill, but I owed him the truth. From what all I knew Bill hadn't cheated on me. I hated myself.

"Sookie I'm so sorry. Damn it no I'm not. Sookie I ......"

"No." I cut him off. "It's okay I just.... I just have somewhere to be." Lie.

"Sookie wait!" But I didn't. I ran. I ran from what had just happened, from what I felt, and mostly from Eric.

I went home to change for Eric's party and to call Bill. He didn't answer. My luck. After I was ready I tried again. Nothing. Screw it I thought. Bill didn't live too far from Eric so I could just swing by and talk to him. I drove straight to his house. There was a car I had never seen before in his driveway. I didn't really think anything bad about it until I got to the door. I heard moans and sounds only made during sex. I was about to turn around and go back to my car thinking his mother was entertaining company until I heard Bill's named being moaned. I froze. I felt like I had had my insides ripped out. I turned back to the door knowing Bill never locked the damn thing. What I saw tore out anything that was left of my heart and stomped it on the ground.

They didn't know I had opened the door until the ho opened her eyes and shrieked.

"Oh please don't stop on my behalf."

"Sookie this...this isn't..."

"What it looks like? Please don't say that to me Bill." I don't think I would have been held responsible for anything he would have said that.

"Sookie I'm sorry."

"How long?"

"What?"

"How long have you been screwing other girls Bill?"

"I don't know. I mean it hasn't been that long."

"How long Bill?" I was fuming.

"Six months."

I refused to let him see me cry. It was about to happen soon if I didn't get out of there." That's all I needed to know." And I walked out. He didn't even try to stop me. I got in my car and pulled out quickly. Some how I got to Eric's house. His party had started about an hour ago. I didn't feel like partying, but i couldn't miss one of my best friends party. I went inside and was immediately spotted by Eric. He smiled and came over to me.

"I tried to call you but you wouldn't answer. I didn't think you would come."

"I wouldn't miss this for the world." I tried to smile at him but he saw right through me.

"What's wrong? What aren't you saying? "

"Just a bad day."

He wasn't going to let me get away with just that. He grabbed me by my hand and lead me to the back porch where couples were making out.

"Get lost!" He yelled at them, and they all scrambled. We sat on the steps and he took me by the face and looked right in my eyes.

"Tell me what happened." I shocked the hell out of both of us and wrapped my arms around his neck and started to sob. He didn't react at first, but then the wrapped his arms around me and just held me. I don't know how long we sat there like that. Finally I pulled away.

"Bill cheated on me."

"I know."

He shocked me. "What?"

"I didn't want you to hate me. I didn't want you to associate me with him cheating on you, and if I told you that's exactly what you would do." I truly understood him. I wasn't mad; he made complete sense.

"I should have listened to you along time ago." I joked with him.

"Yes you should have." He was serious. I knew nothing would happen between us. It was too late. He was leaving and I really wasn't ready for a relationship. Let alone a long distance relationship. He slid his arm around my shoulders and I rested my head against his. We sat like that for at least an hour. Finally I turned and kissed him on the cheek.

"I'm think I may miss you."

"It's my perfect body. It gets to all the girls." I couldn't help but laugh at his conceded remarks.

"Ah, so she does laugh."

"What are you talking about?"

"That's how I got you you know. From then on you couldn't help but like me."

"You never had me Northman." I said jokingly. I felt his warm breath on my ear as he said in a husky voice, "Then I shall make it my new goal in life to have you." His voice always sent shivers down my neck. I turned my head towards his and he took that as an invitation. He kissed me, not like before. This was tender, and it felt like goodbye. It was goodbye. I felt a tear roll down my face. We pulled away slowly. We both knew this was it.

"I have to go." I said.

"I know." He walked me to my car and I got in. I didn't want to end this on a sad note.

"Try to do something with your life Northman." He laughed as I pulled off. That was the last time I saw him.

Now a year later I'm starting college at N.Y.U. I've been here for a couple weeks. The best part was that it was far away from Bon Temp. Gran died this year and that was the only thing left for me to stay there. Jason lived up here now so that was a bonus. Other than that it was just me.

Today I was running late for class. I had five minutes to get on the other side of campus. I was almost there when I practically tackled some guy sending his coffee everywhere.

"Crap! Sorry. I'm so sorry but I'm running late for class, here, get another one on me." I threw some cash at him without even glancing at him and started to take off again.

"Stackhouse?"

I knew that voice. There was only one voice that could send shivers down my neck that way. Time went still. Without turning I asked the question I already knew the answer to.

"Northman?"

A/N: So there it is. What did ya think. Feel free to leave suggestions about how to better the writing because I've never done a flashback scene so it was kinda harder, or an all human story so say whatever. But I really hope you liked it. Review please!! thanks for reading!!