A/N: For those of you who chose to read this short fic, thank you. There were many places I could have gone with these two, but decided to write an Epilogue so hope you enjoy.

Chapter 3: Epilogue

Eric:

-2010—Shreveport, Louisiana—Fangtasia-"Christmas Eve"

Five years after the "Great Reveal"

Anniversaries come and go and since I remember everything that has ever happened in my lifetime with full clarity, I choose to remember my time with Sookie. Our 1890 "Love Boat" encounter anniversary is coming up and I will pause at the exact moment my lover became mine. She was so sweet and innocent and on the other hand her intelligence and strength is what drew me to her. She was not afraid of me and she told me she loved me. I myself had actually fallen deeply in love with her the first moment our eyes met on the promenade deck that first night. I know….very strange for me too, but it happened.

Christmas is not my favorite holiday, but Sookie loved it so much she basically forced me to follow the traditions. At first they were quite innocent, but eventually dollar signs replaced the traditions and Christmas became so commercialized, even Sookie would not have recognized it. I feel that if she would have been able to have children, the process would have been more enjoyable, but she chose to love me so that never happened. Instead of buying extravagant gifts for children I showered Sookie with everything her heart desired. She was like a child each time she opened a gift and being the "pussy" in love that I was I would join in her happiness with bloody tears in my eyes. Our life was amazing!

Our early life together consisted of travelling throughout the United States. Travelling cross country in those days took many weeks by train. Just as I have a private jet today, Sookie and I had a luxury Pullman railcar designed to our specifications. The company never questioned the need for light tight windows and since money was no object we always travelled in style.

In 1904 we found ourselves in Santa Cruz, California. I had investments in just about everything so we decided to stay at one of the hotels my company invested in. It was called the Sea Beach Hotel and it was right across the street from the Neptune Casino, the Natadatorium and Pleasure Pier. Today it is known as the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk and I invested heavily in that particular piece of property after 1912, as an investing member of the Santa Cruz Seaside Company.

From Santa Cruz we spent two years in San Francisco where by the grace of the Gods we left before the devastating 1906 Earthquake. The Vampire Queen of Louisiana had sent a telegram to our hotel two days before and her urgent need to meet with me actually saved our lives. If the earthquake hadn't killed us, the fires that occurred afterwards certainly would have.

Yes I have lived over 1,000 years and had never truly been in love. Even my human wife did not bring me as much pleasure as Sookie. I believe that we were destined to meet on the ship over 100 years ago because she is my mate. Call it soulmate, lifemate, whatever, she was to be mine and mine alone. Even Pam fell in love with her and protected her with her own life many times.

Pam and I invested in a few nightclubs and restaurants through the years, but after the "Great Reveal" when vampires were finally allowed to mainstream legally, we began to really prosper. I had been know as a businessman for over a hundred years before the "Reveal" and many of my human partners, were definitely shocked to find that I was a creature of the night.

Our favorite bar is called "Fangtasia" and we always have a very enjoyable Christmas Eve Party in Sookie's honor. Food is always plentiful for humans and vampires alike; however, I have never enjoyed a meal since my Lover. Her blood was so rich and addictive that to this day, I have not been able to find another human to feed from that could even compare.

One very sad Christmas Eve Sookie and I had just purchased a shiny new 1910 Ford Model T. Of course I was an amazing driver and to this day enjoy speeding through the night in my red Corvette, but Sookie insisted on driving. The snow had just begun to fall and because Sookie had changed her life schedule to be with me every evening; black ice had formed on the crude roadways. The automobile hit a patch of it and flipped many times. Sookie was thrown from the car and was buried by the snow. She was dying right in front of my eyes and I had to make a decision. We never discussed changing her and frankly I loved her as a human. I was addicted to her blood and my love for her as a human made me feel like a human again. I must have wasted too my time deciding what to do because her heart ceased to beat. I began to scream and cry and swore to myself I would stay with her until the sun rose so we could be together in death.

Life without Sookie was not an option, so I held her in my arms as I wept bloody tears. The snow was full of Sookie's blood and it reminded me of a snow cone. As I began to laugh about the irony of our deaths…I heard her heartbeat begin again. Now I needed to decide what to do. I had already made my decision about meeting the Sun and now what if I died and she lived? I could no longer leave her alone in the world as I could not live without her in the world...

Now it's Christmas Eve 2010 and all I can think about is my Lover. I prepare myself to make an entrance into the party that has already begun without me. There is no party as far as I am concerned without my Lover. There is no life without my Lover and as I round the corner of the long hallway I get that feeling. It grows stronger every day just as our love grows stronger every day. Like I said, I could not live without her and I would not allow her to be on this earth without me. I made the right decision and she has not let me regret it.

One thing about my Lover, is that she has been able to change with the times and every dress style has suited her just fine. Tonight, however, this particular dress shows the world her immense beauty. The breasts that comfort me as we die each day are spilling out of her very low cut red dress. Her long legs are enhanced by the "fuck me heels" that make me want to do just that. Her long, blond hair is now free to hang down her back in all its glory. Because of her beauty when she became Vampire, her face never requires make-up. Her skin is soft and silky and the first thing I must do is touch it. The vermin in this bar know that Sookie is my wife and even though we both feed from them, Sookie is the only woman in this world that I will ever make love to. It is all understood and our lives couldn't be happier. In my 1,000 years as Vampire, I have never come across a human or vampire as beautiful as my Sookie.

She woke three nights after our Christmas Eve tragedy and I will never forget how we made love. I had always been holding back for fear I would damage her. That night, after she realized what I had done to her, she took me in her arms and we made love all night. "Thank you Eric. Even though it had never been a topic of conversation, I have secretly wanted you to change me before I became so old that you would trade me in for a newer model!" Sookie giggled as she had no bad feelings about what I had done. Now we were not only bonded Lovers, we were Vampire Lovers who will live together forever.

Pam, Sookie and I are like the Three Musketeers. We have conquered the world together now for over 100 years and our future looks very bright. It almost seems like a Fairytale because I know in my undead heart that Sookie and I will live…happily ever after.

The End

A/N: I'm sorry that this is so short, but I wanted to end it and not leave the two of them hanging in Eric's library forever. Happy Holidays! Reviews are most welcome. I'm sure that many of you never read this fic when I first published it, so thank you in advance for taking a chance now.