So, the other night I was lying in bed attempting to sleep when this idea just came to me. I couldn't get it out of my head and it made it almost impossible to get to sleep. I almost got up and started typing it then, but thoughts that I had to be up in four hours kept me in the bed. As soon as I woke I started writing notes, determined not to actually start this story until either Forbidden Pleasures or One Year Later were complete. I finally gave in, so here it is the prologue to my new story. Seeing as how I'm now writing three stories I don't know when this will be updated again, but I'm going to try to get at least one or two chapters up a week.

This is unbeta'd as are most of my stories so please forgive my grammatical fuck-ups and possible misspellings. My stories are intended for entertainment and not English class!

These characters belong to Charlaine Harris.

It seemed like only yesterday that it happened and little did I know at the time that it would completely change my life...

I was a junior in high school when I met him. Tara, Lafayette, and I were sitting at our lab table in Mr. Kelley's first period chemistry class when he walked in. He was tall, had long blond hair, and a smile to die for. He was obviously a skater. I could tell by the Vans sneakers he was wearing along with the long baggy shorts that hung off his world class butt and the slightly worn Element t-shirt he was wearing over a long sleeved gray one.

I was brought back into reality when Mr. Kelley said, "Class, it seems we have a new student." He looked over to the beautiful blond boy and said, "Why don't you introduce yourself and tell us a little about yourself."

He said, "I'm Eric Northman and I just moved here from Miami."

As he spoke our eyes met and for a brief moment I was lost in a sea of crystal blue. He kept it short and sweet, which just left us all with a mystery of who this boy really was. Little did I know that I would soon be finding out exactly who he was.

"Thank you Eric. Now you can go take a seat in the back left corner with Sookie, Tara, and Lafayette," he said pointing to our lab table. Eric made his way back to our table and took a seat.

Lafayette immediately said, "Hey, I'm Lafayette and these are my girls Tara and Sookie."

Eric nodded then turned to me, smiled, and said, "So Sookie, what do you say we get out of here after this class?"

That's how it all started. That day I skipped school for the very first time with a boy I didn't even know. There was just something about him that made it impossible for me to say the word "no".

A couple of months went by and Eric and I became inseparable. I didn't realize at the time that those couple of months were all we'd have together. We often hung out at the lake where we would make out, smoke weed, and make plans for our future. We had no intention of sticking around in Bon Temps after we graduated from high school; that was for sure. When we didn't go to the lake we went to the skate park in Shreveport. Eric was an awesome skater and many of the future plans we made involved him going pro. It was in that time we fell in love. Well, as in love as you can be when you are naïve and sixteen years old.

I mentioned earlier that I skipped school for the first time with Eric; well, in reality I experienced a lot of firsts with him. The biggest first and most life changing was when I gave my virginity to him. Before Eric, I'd made out with several boys, but never would have allowed them to get past first base with me. With Eric it was different. He wasn't a virgin and he made sure I knew he wasn't. He made it clear that he would wait as long as I wanted him to, but this was Eric; the boy who made me physically unable to speak the word "no". Let's just say it didn't take long for Eric to round first, make it to second, steal third, and then make it back across home plate. He was hitting balls out of the park within a few weeks of the two months we were together.

Once we were having sex on a regular basis everything got very serious, very fast. That was when all of the talk of our future started. Eric was making lots of money selling weed and he told me that he was putting it away so as soon as we graduated we could leave Bon Temps and start a life together somewhere else on our own. At the time I didn't concern myself with the fact that selling weed was illegal. Hell, I was so in love with him that it didn't even matter that half of the things we did together were against the law. It also didn't matter to me that he had gotten kicked out of his last school for selling weed or that at the age of sixteen he already had a criminal record. What can I say? I was young.

Now as I mentioned, I was only with Eric for two months during my junior year of high school. That is because something really bad happened that neither of us had ever planned on. One morning we were in Mr. Kelley's class. Our plan was to ditch out of school as soon as class was over. Eric had some people he had to meet and then we would head out to the lake for the rest of the afternoon. We didn't realize that every single plan we'd ever made, including that one, was about to change.

Mr. Kelley was going over our tests we'd taken the week before when Assistant Principal Herveaux came into the room. He spoke with Mr. Kelley very quietly for a moment. Something didn't feel right, but at the time I didn't think anything of it, that is until Mr. Kelley said, "Eric, Mr. Herveaux would like a word with you."

Eric stood up and walked to the front of the room and was ushered out into the hall by Mr. Herveaux. I figured he was in trouble for skipping class again seeing as how it was almost a daily occurrence for both of us, but it did seem strange that I wasn't called out into the hall too. I decided they'd be calling me out next period since first period was almost over and hoped that Eric and I could get away from the school before they came to get me.

When the bell rang I didn't think anything of the fact that Eric hadn't returned since it had only been about ten minutes. I figured he was in the office by now finding out how many days of detention he was being given this time. I was shocked as I walked out of the classroom to see Eric being led out of school in handcuffs. We made eye contact for a second, but almost as soon as our eyes met he sunk his head in shame.

Next, I saw Detective Bellefleur, Sheriff Dearborne, and Rusty. Rusty was the Bon Temps Police Department's K-9 officer. I had always loved that damn dog, but at that moment I allowed myself to hope that he got hit by a car. They were standing at Eric's open locker going through it. Detective Bellefleur was holding a Eric's weed in one hand and his gun in the other. At that moment I knew that this was really, really bad. What I didn't know was that things would definitely get worse.

I was sick as a dog after Eric was taken away from me. Both Gran and I assumed it was due to stress. She wasn't happy about the fact that I had been going with Bon Temps High's main dope dealer, but she did know that I deeply cared for him and understood the hurt that I felt. I'd just lost my first love and even though she didn't agree with what Eric had been doing or the fact that I knew and still chose to be with him, she knew how it felt to lose a first love and supported me through it. When I still wasn't getting better after a month she decided it was time I see the doctor.

I was at the doctor's office with my grandma when they told me I was pregnant. I was scared shitless and I had no clue what I was going to do. All I knew was that Eric needed to know. Gran remained supportive and even helped me try to reach Eric, but his parents had moved and we were unable to get a forwarding address. The only information we found was that his case had been transferred to Miami. There I was sixteen, pregnant, and alone. Well, I wasn't actually alone; I had Gran, but at the time I felt more alone than I ever thought possible.

Shortly after my senior year started I gave birth to my little man; Alexander Samuel Stackhouse. With Gran's help I was able to graduate high school and then get a job as a waitress at Merlotte's, the local bar. Gran's continued to help raising Alex until I was twenty-two, but after that I was on my own because Gran passed away. After her passing it was just me and my little man and he was the only man I needed in my life.

As the years went by it was hard, but we made it. I continued to work at Merlotte's while Alex was at school and I even managed to keep and build up a savings account. That savings account is what has now turned my life completely upside down. I hadn't seen or heard from him in ten years, but thanks to that savings account that all changed today.

So, tell me what you think...Please! I am dying to know!