AN: Hello? Is there anybody out there? I know, it's been a LONG time since I last updated, and here's my excuses in a nutshell: NANOWRIMO and the Holidays. That's it. Nothing else really. I'm going to try and update more often, but I'm also working on editing an original novel I wrote, so I'm going to try and balance things out evenly.

Since it's been a long time since I last updated, here's a quick summary of what's happened. Sort of a Previously on Do Something: Sookie was engaged to cheater Bill and they moved to Italy because he is in the military. She caught him in bed with Lorena, so she left him and went to teach American History at an American boarding school in Italy. At the school, she found out she was rooming with notorious ladies man and roommate hater Eric Northman. Of course, the two of them began falling in love, but they hid it from each other, until they ran off to spend turkey day weekend in Rome. While there, they admitted their feelings to each other. Also while there, Bill made his presence known and told Sookie that he had been tracking her via her cell phone and knows where she is. Oh and in the last chapter, Eric and Sookie did the sex.

Hope that catches you all up, and that you enjoy the chapter! And as always, thanks to the wonderful Northwoman for helping me iron out my grammar :)

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Chapter 10: I am not afraid of the lion who is led by the sheep.

EPOV

When I woke up, the room was dark and my left arm was asleep. I looked down and saw Sookie asleep on my chest. I smiled as I remembered our afternoon. Sex with Sookie was like nothing I had experienced before. I may have had a lot of sex with a lot of partners, but those experiences were nothing but meaningless fucks. No feelings involved. With Sookie, it was so much more. I had never had feelings this strong for anyone before, and it was both amazing and scary. The sex was definitely a perk. My dick twitched as I remembered our afternoon and how fucking sexy Sookie looked when she came under me. I wanted to make it my mission to make her look that way always and often. Bill was crazy to not be satisfied by her.

Fucking Bill. That bastard claimed to know where Sookie has been this entire time. I wasn't completely convinced that he knew where to find her, because if he did, I was sure he would have shown up at the school by now. But I wasn't going to take any chances. The minute we got back to school, I was dragging Sookie to Sophie-Anne's office and we were going to put a plan together just in case Bill showed up there. I was also going to do some research about restraining orders in Italy, but I had a feeling that because he's an American citizen, it would mean nothing. He would be untouchable.

I sighed and drew Sookie tighter against me, and dropped a quick kiss on the top of her head. I could lay like this forever. I smiled as I thought about how much I couldn't wait to have sex with Sookie again. But this next time, we would take things a little slower. I would take some time to explore her body, make love to her properly. This first time was fast and passionate. Not that it wasn't awesome, it's just that next time I wanted to slow things down and—Oh shit! We didn't use protection. Normally I'm ridiculously meticulous about remembering to use a condom, but this afternoon...I shook Sookie awake. We needed to talk about this, and now was as good a time as any. I felt incredibly guilty. Sookie opened her eyes and smiled up at me.

"Hey," she said, her voice rough from sleeping.

"Hey, how'd you sleep?" I asked, as she moved off of me to lay beside me.

"I slept really well. It was a nice nap."

I rolled over onto my left side and looked at her and smiled. She looked amazing laying next to me. I wanted to lay there forever, but then I remembered I needed to talk to her about my mistake and my smile slipped from my face.

"What's wrong?" Sookie asked, concerned.

I propped myself up on my elbow. "I'm so sorry. Earlier, when we were having sex, I forgot to use a condom. Usually I'm so good and careful. I'm clean, I was tested not too long ago, but it's so irresponsible of me not to talk with you about birth control-"

"Eric, it's okay," Sookie interrupted me. "I'm on the pill, it's okay, really. You don't need to freak out."

I breathed a sigh of relief, and smiled. "Okay, as long as you're not freaking out, I won't freak out. But I would feel better if I wore a condom from now on, just in case."

Sookie nodded in agreement then rolled over to look at the clock. "Wow, it's gotten late. We slept for a while." As if on cue, her stomach growled, loudly.

"Hungry?" I asked, grinning.

Sookie laughed. "Yes, I am. We skipped dinner, and my stomach is letting me know."

"That's right, we did," I said grinning as I remembered why we skipped dinner. Then I felt guilty. We never finished the tour of the city. I'm sorry. Maybe we can go to the piazza by The Pantheon for supper still?"

"It's okay, really. I don't really want to leave the room right now," Sookie said a small smile on her face.

I smiled back at her. "Yeah, I know what you mean. Want to just order room service and have dinner in bed?"

Sookie nodded and pulled the sheet tight around her body. "Room service sounds wonderful."

I reached over and picked up the phone and ordered two plates of lasagna. I hung up with room service and rolled back to face Sookie. I couldn't keep the grin off my face, as I looked at her. Self conscious, Sookie blushed and looked away.

"This afternoon was amazing," I said quietly, reaching over to stroke her shoulder.

"I thought so, too," Sookie said softly with a small smile. Then her smile faded. "It wasn't disappointing was it? Because I know I don't have as much experience as you do."

"It could never be disappointing with you. It doesn't matter how much experience you have. What matters most is the experiences we create together." Fuck, I sound like a chick. Where the hell did that come from? Before I risked sounding more chick like, I leaned over and kissed Sookie.

It didn't take long before our kiss began to lead to round two, and I pulled away for a minute to grab a condom out of my pants.

"What are you doing?" Sookie asked, breathlessly.

"Being careful," I said as I rolled the condom over my erection. "It's always better to be safe than sorry." I climbed back into the bed and on top of Sookie.

We then proceeded to create new memories with each other.

OoOOoo

We didn't leave the hotel room the rest of the weekend. When we weren't making love, we were sleeping or trying all the food on the room service menu. We had taken up permanent residence in my bed, and the "Do Not Disturb" sign had been permanently hung our doorknob.

Before we knew it, it was Sunday morning and we were packing up to return to school. We avoided talk of Bill and work the rest of our trip, but reality was beginning to set in.

"Lunchtime tomorrow, we'll go see Sophie Anne and talk to her about a plan, just in case Bill come to school," I said as we put our duffel bags in the trunk of my corvette.

I opened Sookie's door for her before walking around and getting in on my side of the car.

"Do you think Bill really knows where we are?" Sookie asked, once I had started the car and we had begun to leave the city.

"Honestly? I think he's bluffing. You've been at The Renaissance School for three months and he's never shown up. I would like to think that if he really knew where you were, he would have made a move by now. As Alexander once said, 'I am not afraid of the lion who is led by the sheep.' I think he is too cowardly to act on anything even if he does know where you are. However, I don't want to take any chances, your safety is too important to ignore a threat like this."

Sookie was quiet for a minute. "I feel so dumb. How could I have been with someone as long as I was with Bill, and never know this other side of him?"

I sighed and reached over to hold her hand. "You're not dumb. Bill was just really good at hiding who he really was from you."

"But I went back to him," Sookie said quietly. "He had cheated on me once with Lorena, and when he apologized and fed me pretty words, I went back to him. He lied to me, and not only did I believe him, I agreed to marry him and move to Italy."

"I promise, I will never lie to you."

"I know you won't. You're way too blunt. You always say what's on your mind. That's one of the things I like about you."

I smiled and squeezed her hand, then changed the subject. "So, what are you planning on doing with the kids tomorrow?"

Sookie sighed and leaned her head against the seat. "I don't know. We just finished the American Revolution and the Constitution before Thanksgiving, and I I'd really like to get through the Civil War by the semester, so I think I'll start on the War of 1812 so that by the end of the week we can start talking about the Jacksonians."

I nodded, "That sounds like a great idea. If you can get to Jackson by the end of the week, you can spend the next week talking about the Antebellum period and then finish off the Civil War before shipping off for Christmas break."

"So you don't think it will be rushed?"

"Nah, it will be just the right pace to keep the kids' attention."

Sookie laughed. "What are you going to do on Monday?"

"I'm going to begin my lesson on the Middle Ages. I'm going to discuss the Byzantine Empire and Justinian the first half of the week and then end the week with talking about the eventual fall of the Empire to the Ottomons in the late 1400s."

"Where do you want to end up by the end of the semester?" Sookie asked, glancing over at me.

"I would like to get to the Renaissance before Christmas."

I could see Sookie nod out of the corner of my eye. "That sounds doable," she smiled.

We drove back to school chatting about history events, and lesson plans, holding hands the entire way.

OoOOoo

We entered our room fairly early in the evening and we both sat down at our desks and got to work on our lesson plans for the week. I got really into the planning and making of my Power Points for the Byzantine Empire, including pictures I had taken when I had traveled to Istanbul a couple years ago, I hadn't noticed that it had gotten so late until I noticed Sookie turn off her lamp and go into the bathroom.

I finished up the slide I was working on and shut down my own computer. Sookie walked out of the bathroom, walked over to me and gave me a quick kiss. She walked over to her bed and turned down the covers. Before she climbed into bed, I stopped her.

"How would you feel if we pushed our beds together?" I asked.

"What?"

"I know we never talked about sleeping arrangements once we got back to school, and I don't know about you, but I've gotten kind of used to you sleeping in my arms," I smirked as Sookie's cheeks grew red.

"I did too," Sookie admitted.

"So, how about we push our beds together?"

Sookie nodded, and I walked over and pushed the beds together in the middle of the room. Sookie climbed into her bed as I walked into the bathroom. When I got out, I could hear Sookie's steady breathing, and knew she had already fallen asleep. Before I climbed into bed myself, I stopped at my desk and pulled a pad of paper out and made a quick list of thinks to accomplish in the next couple weeks.

Get Sookie a new cell phone with Louisiana number.

Research restraining orders.

Find out what Sookie's doing for Christmas.

AN: Okay, this was kind of a transition chapter, I had to get them back to the school. Next chapter, will be from Sookie's POV and it will hopefully be out in the next week or so. Please review and let me know what you think.