A.N. So It's been an inexcusable amount of time. But I'm back and should be cracking out some more updates soon.

So I hope you enjoy, you may need to reread.

Chapter Four

I sent Godric up to the bathroom, instructing him on how to use the shower, while I proceeded on with my list. Next on the agenda, phone Jessica.

I sat anxiously tapping my fingers against the kitchen table as I phoned her. This time she had to pick up, she just had to.

Apparently my wishful thinking worked as after the phone rang a fifth time she picked up.

"Hello, Jessica speaking," she answered politely.

"Jess it's me, Sookie. I need your help, there's bee-" and that's when I was cut off.

"Sookie, oh my god! I'm so sorry I wasn't here last night. You phoned like ten times! And I just found your note when I got back, Hoyt dropped me off. Oh you will not believe what he's done Sook! Guess! Go on," She rambled excitedly.

I huffed, "Jess I haven't got time for guessing!" Sense the tone!

She carried on oblivious. "Okay I'll just tell you. He built us our own hidey hole! Can you believe it. Our very own resting place. He took his sick day and just lay with me in his arms all day. How romantic! Isn't he just the sweetest, most caring m-"

"Jessica!" I yelled impatiently.

"Oh I'm sorry! I'm rambling... what's the matter?" she asked, genuinely concerned, but I could tell she was still distracted. Should I tell her? Everything? I tried to recall what everything was and a very naked Godric popped into my mind... well maybe I could leave out those details.

Shaking my head I tried to focus on what I needed from Jess anyways. I needed to find out why Godric was here? Definitely. I needed to inform his next of kin? I guess, that sounded logical. I needed for him to leave my house? Maybe not. My life? Well I was growing attached, that seemed a bit drastic.

"Earth to Sook! You still there?"

"Oh, yeah sorry. So the thing is..." I trailed off not sure how to approach this. 'Hey I have a amnesiac vamp in my house, got any good ideas?' No that wouldn't work.

"The thing I wanted to talk to you about... the thing is..." I was getting nervous.

"Yeah we've established there's a thing. What thing?" she asked, obviously confused as anybody would be by my attempt at talking.

"Yes. What is 'the thing'?" Godric spoke in my ear, causing me to scream and drop the phone.

I held my hand over my heart trying to calm it as I took deep breaths.

"Hasn't anyone ever told you not to sneak up on people?" I yelled at him.

Godric was standing about a foot away, with his hands held up in surrender, but with a smirk on his face.

"I do not recall that anyone ever has. But then I do not recall much," he answered. Smart Ass.

"Ha-ha," I replied sarcastically. He chuckled and then pointed to the phone which was screaming in my lap. I grabbed it quickly and listened to Jessica freak out on the other end.

"Jess! Jess! I'm fine, calm down," I tried to sooth through the phone.

"Who the hell is that! Stay there, stay right there. I'll be there in two seconds. Think he can hurt my friend does he, I'm gunna kick his ass!" I huffed knowing she was already on her way, phone still in hand. The phone went dead as she sped out of range.

Sighing, I turned back to Godric who looked alarmed at the phone. Understanding, I explained "She won't hurt you. She's just concerned." In any other situation it would be a good thing, I'd be flattered that she'd come kick some ass for me. Not saying I'm not perfectly capable of doing it myself but it's nice to know there are people there for you.

Moments later she was in my kitchen, which suddenly felt awfully crowded. Maybe it wasn't such a good idea to involve her.

Jessica stood immobile, staring wide-eyed straight at Godric.

"Earth to Jess..." I said, waving my hand at her. "May I introduce Godric, the situation I wanted to discuss with you."

"Sook, this isn't good. He... he's not supposed to be here. It's unbelievable..." she marveled, starting to circle him, eyes still glued. Godric, kept his eyes on her, as if waiting for an attack, changing his stance in a protective manner towards me.

"Jess, I know it's really odd. But everything can be explained." I didn't understand her thinking. Why was it so hard to believe?

"You can explain this?" She said pointing at Godric. He didn't seem to like that and growled at her. She cowered back slightly.

"If you don't mind me asking, how are you here?" Jessica asked him, trying to be as polite as she could considering her erratic behaviour.

Godric looked at me in permission. I nodded, he could trust her, we could.

"Sookie found me. I have no previous memories. We drove in her car..." he stated. Then continued, "I find I do not like this mode of transportation."

"Seriously? Then how do you suppose we get around?" I asked, humour laced in my voice. He shrugged.

"He can fly," Jess flat out told me. Then repeated it to Godric. "You can fly, Bill told me. I think he was jealous," She chuckled. Then continued to me, "I think Eric can aswell, I've never seen it though," Jessica trailed off wistfully. Wow, what a perk. Seems like he got all the good genes.

"Impressive," I told Godric. He shrugged, "I don't remember," At this Jessica refocused her attention.

"What does he mean he doesn't remember?" She asked, slightly panicked.

"That's what I've been trying to tell you!" I let out, exasperated. "Godric doesn't seem to remember anything. Not who he is, what's he's done or anybody else. I had to tell him his name was Godric, for Christ sake!" I was started to get scared. Something had to be bad for him to lose his memories, for Jessica to be so worried, for Pam to be so frightening. Well I guess she is all the time, but excessively so in this instance.

I was almost in tears, "Jess what's going on?" I plopped down on one of my kitchen chairs with my head in my hands. Jess approached cautiously, keeping an eye on Godric who stood protectively behind my chair. She sat down in the chair across from me and reached out for one of my hands.

"Godric, he shouldn't be here because I was told he was dead," Jessica said softly, I didn't understand.

"Of course he's dead, he's a vampire," I chimed in. Duh!

"No Sook, dead as in his final death. Everyone thinks he's dead. I'm sure Eric even has his ashes. That's why I'm so shocked," Jess explained, then looked up at Godric. "Does any of this trigger anything?" She asked him, he shook his head.

I took my hand from hers and rubbed my face. "How had he allegedly met his final death?" I asked her.

"He met the sun, he was suicidal. Very odd among our kind," Godric growled. I don't know whether he was insulted at being called odd or the idea that he had considered suicide. People often considered that a sign of weakness and the last thing a vampire would want to be perceived as is weak.

I tried to think rationally. Unless someone had been with him, nobody could be certain he did indeed meet the sun, could they?

"Was anyone with him?" I asked Jess, voicing my thought.

She thought for a moment, "No, it was unexpected. He hadn't long moved to Shreveport. Eric actually seemed slightly happy to have his maker with him which is a remarkable change, face of stone that guy. He's nothing like that now, kinda depressed since... y'know," She gestured towards Godric.

"But if no one was with Godric, and he's standing right here, he couldn't have met the sun." There couldn't be another explanation, he wouldn't be here if he met the sun, simple.

"Yeah, I see what your getting at Sook. But I can't understand how it played out then. The ash, Godric's shirt, the bond with Eric..." she trailed off out loud.

"The bond?" I asked.

"Yeah, maker and child have a bond. They can feel each other, their presence, energy. It's hard to explain. Do you feel anything like that, Godric?" Jess asked. He again shook his head.

We sat there in silence for awhile, all lost in our own thoughts.

Until Jess spoke, "Hey aren't you working tonight Sook?" Crap!

"I didn't even think! Oh Shoot, what's the time?" I asked, hoping I wasn't late.

Glancing at her watch Jess answered, "7.00pm."

Damn. I wasn't late but I would be if I didn't get a move on.

"Okay, so what am I supposed to do with Godric?" I asked, I couldn't leave him here alone, could I?

"I'll keep him company until you finish if you like?" Jessica offered. After glancing at Godric's stoic expression she then revised, "If that's okay with you Godric, I mean... if you want... I don't have to... don't feel like you need supervision... " she trailed off, nervously rambling.

I looked up at him, how could he frighten anyone? He was so damn adorable... and still filthy!

"Godric, why haven't you showered?" I questioned, he couldn't have forgotten. Vampires were supposed to have unparalleled recollection. But he has suffered some kind of memory loss, it may have impacted on his short term memory aswell.

"I'll have one later," he said. I wasn't having any of that. I was not coming home to a mud tracked house due to plain stubbornness. It was hard enough to clean as it was.

"No you're not. You're having one now," I said. Barely catching myself from adding a 'mister' to the end of that. Jeez I'm not his mom.

"But..." he started. To which I raised an eyebrow.

Jess coughed to gain my attention as vampires have no need for that human reflex.

I looked over at her and her face clearly said 'what the hell are you doing?' Thinking on that I realised I was probably being highly inappropriate or disrespectful talking to Godric like this but in my defence if someone is acting like a child, that's how they're going to be treated.

Ignoring Jess I turned back to Godric who still looked as adorable and confused as ever. Looking into his big blue/grey eyes I ask him "Sweetie, can you please get cleaned up?" Relenting he sighed and answered "Sure," before trudging back upstairs.

Jess got up and came to stand by me, she nudged me since my eyes hadn't parted from the stairs.

She nudged me, "Sook, you're staring." to which I replied, "No I'm not, you are," she chuckled, then her face grew serious.

"You shouldn't treat him like a child y'know," she pointed out.

I snorted, "Well he shouldn't act like one," Jess shook her head.

I sighed, "I'm doing my best I can with the situation and it is kinda a big deal so I'm just trying to to do the right thing for him while trying not to get myself inadvertently torn apart by vampires."

Jess hugged me, "I know you are and I'm really proud of how smart and brave you're being." I was touched, this was how a true friend was supposed to be.

Thinking of friends lead me back to Tara and suddenly I wasn't feeling so smart. She knew about Godric.

I decided to divulge this bit of info to Jess, just in case there was something she knew or some action to take I hadn't thought of.

She reassured me that we could handle it. Letting me know I wasn't in this alone and that I should probably get a move on with work.

I agreed and made my way upstairs while she got out her cell, probably to text Hoyt.

As I walked up the stairs I thought about Godric, who seemed to be taking up all my thinking space since I met him. I thought about how comfortable I was around him, how attractive and sweet he was and how he respects me. Wow, a guy respecting me, that's new. Ughh, jaded much.

I thought about how he acts so comfortable around me too and how he was starting to come out of his shell. I felt sad that he had no memories and that he couldn't remember his child.

By the time I had got dressed and was heading back down the hall I already decided that after work I'd try to get a read on him, really dig my way in. See if I could find something he couldn't remember. I know I'm not a fan of my mind-reading but what can I tell you, you want what you can't have.

As I passed the bathroom I heard the shower turn off. I paused, then took a deep breath and knocked.

As it opened I let it out in a gust as once again Godric was naked. Wet and naked. It should be illegal to look that damn hot. All dripping in water and what not. He even has abs. Sigh, look at those abs. 1...2...3...4...5...

"Sookie..." I heard Godric calling my name.

"Hmm..." I replied. Oh how eloquent. To which he chuckled. He sure was finding my reactions amusing.

"I don't know where the towels are," he said. I hopped into action grabbing him a towel then racing into the spare room to grab another pair of sweats and a tee. I made a mental note to get more clothes for him. That was the last pair of sweats and he didn't exactly keep them clean, not that I minded. He could take all the showers he wanted. God, that sounded pervy. I shook my head.

I stepped back into the bathroom and Godric peeked up at me from under the towel he was drying his hair with. Still naked.

I handed him the clothes and turned around to give him some privacy, or the more likely, to give me a chance to calm down.

I waited a few seconds until I felt Godric place his hand on my shoulder.

He had put the sweatpants on, "You feel uncomfortable when I'm undressed?" he queried. How the hell do you answer that? Of course it makes me uncomfortable, well nervous really.

"I uhh... it's not that... just inappropriate maybe... not that I should... society... awkward... ummm..." I rambled. Kill me, kill me now. Godric tilted his head.

"Never mind. Forget it," I said embarrassed. Godric shrugged.

"And this?" he said, holding the shirt.

"What about it?" I asked confused. It was just a shirt.

"You want me to wear this aswell?" he asked.

"It's up to you, whatever you're comfortable with." I replied, trying to be all nonchalant whilst inwardly screaming 'Don't put on the shirt! Burn it! Never wear shirts again!'

"You were staring," he said.

Busted! Think of something! "Uhh... I like your ink," I stated, not to bad Sook. And it was true.

"My ink?" he asked, tilting his head in confusion again.

"Yeah, you're tattoos," I said reaching out to trace the one splaying across his chest. He closed his eyes.

"I have to go to work," I said, reminding him and trying to drag myself away. Not an easy feat.

He opened his eyes and frowned.

"Will you be gone for long," he asked me. If it was up to me I wouldn't be going at all.

"A couple hours," I said. "I should be home before one."

He still didn't look happy and stepped back to put the tee on. What happened to the nakedness? I quirked an eyebrow.

"For Jessica. To make her more comfortable," I smiled how considerate.

"You okay staying here with her?" I asked. He shrugged.

We walked down the stairs together and there was Jess waiting at the bottom, grinning like an idiot. Jeez, play it cool girl. Weren't vampires supposed to have killer poker faces?

"So there's True Blood in the fridge," to which they both made disgusted faces at. I chuckled, brushed the hair out of Godric's eyes, caught Jess looking and decided to just head out.

After grabbing my keys and bag I headed for the door, "Have fun you two!" I called over my shoulder as I left. I didn't chance looking over my shoulder or I'd never leave.

I unlocked my little yellow car and chucked my belongings on the passenger seat. Noticing it was now 7.45 by the clock on the dash I quickly buckled up, put the car into gear and headed out.

I parked up round the back at 7.55 quickly locked my car and sprinted through the employee entrance. I dumped my stuff in Sam's office and grabbed my apron. Clocking in dead on 8.00.

I said hi to everyone and started on my section. I only had two occupied tables so quickly took their orders. It filled out with the usual suspects but I busied myself with prep work to keep my mind occupied.

Things started winding down at the night grew later. Sam was tending bar while I was filling up some shakers.

"Hey Sook?" he asked.

"Yeah?" I replied.

"You know Daphne, she seems alright to you, doesn't she?" he asked me. Oh, hell no. I was not getting involved.

"Oh Sam, you are not dragging me into this," I had enough on my plate.

A awkward moments passed before Lafayette came out of the kitchen declaring he was done for the night.

"Hey Sook, you done?" he asked. I looked at my watch 12.40am.

"I should be, right Sam?" I looked up at him, pleading with my eyes to not ask me to stay. I told Godric I'd be back before one. I could just picture him waiting for me. Sigh.

Sam looked like he was about say something, then thought better of it and nodded. Hallelujah! I pressed a kiss to his cheek and caught up with Lafayette in the back. We grabbed our stuff from Sam's office and headed out.

Lafayette lit up a cigarette as I was rummaging in my bag for my keys.

"You look different tonight girl," he remarked, looking at me like he was trying to figure it out. "I caught you looking all starry eyed."

"What? Me? No way," I brushed it off. Hoping he wouldn't catch on.

"Yeah, Yeah. Anyways, I'm outta here. Night girl," He said, heading for his convertible.

"Night Laf. Drive safe," I called after him, then continued the search for my keys.

"Ahaa!" I said out loud, finally finding them. I needed a smaller purse, things were getting lost in there.

I took the first step towards my car when I heard some drunk hollaring at me from further in the car park. I sped up my pace, I did not need the hassle.

Suddenly he was right beside me. "Hey there sugar," he slurred. I could feel his hot breath on my skin. Revolting.

I carried on, ignoring him. "Don't be like that honey," he called out after me. Just ignore him, get to your car, lock the door.

I got my key ready and it slid straight into the lock when I got there. I breathed out a sigh of relief when I heart the lock click open. It was quickly sucked back up when I was slammed up against the side of my car.

"Bitch," he cursed at me, pulling my hair back from my face. I pushed his hand away from my face and turned around. He pushed me harder into the car door, rubbing himself against me.

Trying not to panic I tried to remember any self defence I knew, which consisted of a knee to the balls. Which I delivered swift and effectively and he now lay currently in a ball on the floor cupping his genitals.

I wasted no time in spinning back round and opening my door. He saw what I was doing though and grabbed my ankle. I tried to kick back but my foot found nothing. Irritated at my efforts he gave a hard yank causing me to fall, catching my head on my rusty car door edge as I went. I felt pain of the skin slicing and then nothing. I lay on the floor, my wound feeling numb and wet.

I heard him lug himself to his feet muttering, "So much blood..." I felt him tug at my shorts but then a hiss, probably his balls. I wanted to laugh in his face and kick him again.

He gave up on his efforts and limped away. Not before kicking me once in the stomach, leaving me winded. Classy move.

"Stupid bitch... her fault..." Oh hell no! Nobody brings attempted rape upon themselves.

So I was left there. I tried to lift myself up but my blood rushed to my head and that was rushing to the floor.

I decided to just lay there, waiting to be found, or die. Preferably the first. Unless rapey Joe comes back then definitely the second.

I could taste the coppery blood in my mouth as it ran down my face. Then out of nowhere, a muffled scream and then...

"Sookie?"

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