Chapter 1

"What are you doing?" Eric asked Sookie as she jumped on his bed next to him causing crimson pillows to fly everywhere.

"Get up we have to go?" Sookie answered breathlessly her sunshine blonde hair flying around her head as she jumped

"I'm not going anywhere and stop jumping" he dramatically dropped his head onto the pillow for effect.

"I won't stop jumping until you get up" she started jumping harder, kicking pillows towards him

"oh yeah" Eric pulled the covers from under her feet causing her to lose her balance and fall, he quickly jumped out of bed grabbing her waist to prevent her hitting the floor and pulling her back onto the bed, he then pinned her hands either side of her head, she started struggling, laughing almost hysterically. Eric smiled, he loved her laugh "are you done?" he asked with a triumphant smile

"Get off you oaf" she laughed kicking her legs; he pinned her legs with his and laughed at her futile attempt to escape.

"I'll get off when you tell me why your waking me at" he looked over at the clock and instantly felt exhausted "3am, you do realise I've been asleep for about half an hour" he fell beside her stretching out wrapping his arm around sookie ad pulling her into his side.

"yeah well you promised me you would come to Hadley's wedding with me so I don't strangle her obnoxious 'soul mate'" Sookie emphasised 'soul mate' with air quotes and her best Hadley impersonation in a squeaky voice.

"oh right" he rubbed his eye's he hated Hadley and her new boyfriend but Sookie said she needed him there to make it fun so like he has since the day they met in year 11 he jumped on board, as he sat there he remembered the day they met it was 5 years ago...

He walked into Bon temp high school expecting it to be like the last 18 schools he has been in since he moved to America. He hated his dad for moving him around so much and he hated his mum for sending him to do high school in America rather than in Stockholm where he spent the first 13 years of his life.

As he walked with his usual swagger he ignored all the other students staring at him he was used to it, he knew he was good looking, he was decedent from Vikings he was tall with shoulder length dirty blonde hair and broad shoulders which he accentuated with a tight black wife beater, He had washboard abs and long legs clothed in black jeans and he wore biker boots.

He could hear girls whispering about 'the new guy' he was used to that label. He was always the new guy and it didn't bother him anymore he never bothered getting to know people because they moved when he got attached, it wasn't intentional but it always happened that way, he had the same plan here, he would go to his classes ignore the students and wait for his dad to tell him to pack up. His dad was a marine and he moved where they sent him. Eric was used to it.

He didn't take much notice of the school as he walked they all look the same to him now and most have the same set up, all the subjects were together. The other students parted for him as he walked his way to the office

"Northman Eric" he announced to the overweight red haired women across the counter, she looked up at him and leaned forward slightly, putting her cleavage on display, he nearly hurled.

"yes Mr. Northman" she said breathlessly he spent the next 5 minutes going through his class schedule and general information about the school and its rules. Eric stood there with a blank expression on his face, not really listening he never followed the rules anyway besides he'd done all this before.

"I'm here Mrs. Boadhouse" a sweet gentle voice came from behind him and the minute he turned around he knew he was screwed. She stood about 5.6 to his 6.4, she had long blonde hair that reached just below her shoulder blades and was put up into a tight pony tail, and she had a warm shy smile and wide blue doe eyes which he found cute. She had large breasts which strained against her purple shirt. She was also wearing blue jeans which she filled out well. She wasn't super skinny which was good he hated really thin girls he liked to feel a girl under him. He thought she was beautiful "this must be Eric. Hi I'm Sookie Stackhouse your guide for the school" she held her hand out to him he gently took it and was surprised at how soft and warm her skin felt, he smiled his famous stud smile that made girls melt and said

"Nice to meet you Sookie" he gently pressed his lips against the top of her hand never taking his eye's from hers.

Sookie looked down when he released her hand but he still saw her cheeks redden, he decided that it was his favourite colour although he already loved red, it looked best in contrast to her tanned skin

"You too" Sookie never thought Eric noticed but he caught the once over she gave him and he knew she was pleased by what she saw. "So what class do you have now?" she was so polite she kept her voice gentle and sweet, he couldn't wait to have her screaming his name.

"English 1" he answered without glancing at his timetable keeping his eyes on hers, She held his gaze he knew his gaze was very leering and challenging, he did it to intimidate. He didn't want to scare her but he was always the aloof bad boy who doesn't promise more than a great night. He wanted her to back down, it was easy to get a girl if they were yielding, he was very good with girls and knew how to treat them to get what he wants, and He knew he was a bastard but he just didn't care

"great me too I can show you there if you would like?" she surprised him by straitening her back and holding his gaze, challenging him back he cocked his head to the side and narrowed his eye's, girls always backed down to him, at that moment he was intrigued.

"Yes" he simply answered and she spun on her heel so he followed her, she had a swing in her walk which made walking behind her an enjoyable experience for him.

"Where are you from?" she asked she was watching as everyone stared clearly not used to it

"originally I'm from Sweden Stockholm but when I was 13 I moved to America to live with my dad who I travel around America with because he's a marine" Eric was surprised by how much information he had given and quickly detached himself concentrating straight ahead, it usually took people weeks to get that out of him, but this girl had managed to surprise him and get him to talk about his life in 5 minutes, he wasn't really sure how to react.

"that's interesting do you miss Sweden" she seemed generally interested not like the people who pretend to be interested just to spend time with someone who looks as good as he does.

"Sometimes" he answered simply; they walked the rest of the way in silence. By the time they reached their class room Eric had given himself a much needed scolding for becoming interested in this girl, he found he wanted to learn about her life as well, he told himself he was going to fuck her and dump her, that was his trade mark lifestyle he knew how to do that.

She walked ahead of him and took her seat as he leant against the wall waiting to be assigned one. When the class had filled he found himself excited that the seat next to Sookie was free and when the teacher told him he could pick a spot he made his way to her.

"You don't mind do you?" he had already sat down when he asked this question

"No of course not it would be my pleasure" she smiled pleasantly

"yes well you've never had any other pleasure" Sookies smile quickly faded and she stared at her hands, he found himself enraged just because someone had made her stop smiling, he turned hoping it was a guy so he could throw punches but instead he found a skinny brunette girl with too much make up and to little cloths, she was wearing a tube top and a belt as a skirt, he openly cringed unfortunately she didn't notice.

"You know you don't have to sit with the freak you can sit with me" she gave him what he was guessing was suppose to be a sexy look but he found himself wanting to be sick.

"No I'm good" he said simply looking back at Sookie, who was more pleasant to look at and who had shrunk in her chair slightly but he saw her surprised profile

"No seriously?" the girl asked laughing

"what's your name?" she was seriously getting on his nerves he couldn't take his eyes off Sookie who was avoiding eye contact by staring at her clasped hands

"Yvetta" she said proudly, her accent thick, although he didn't care to discern what type

"Wait Yvetta from bon temp high school" he knew he sounded a little slow but he had a point he just had to get there.

"Yeah you've heard of me have you?" she smiled and he internally gagged

"Yeah your really bad in bed and had to fuck the football team to become head cheerleader" he smiled as her face twisted in anger and humiliation and she stormed off. He looked over at Sookie and saw her in shock her mouth slightly open then she seemed to recover and she looked confused

"Have you seriously heard of her?" she asked Eric's smile got wider

"no there's a girl like her at every school" Sookie laughed and smiled at him with general happiness and at that moment he knew he would do anything to make her smile and laugh like that and since then he has many times.

"Eric are you okay" Eric was shaken from his thoughts from the sound of sookies voice.

Sookie thought he might had gone to sleep with his eyes open he had been sitting there staring at the blanket for about 5 minutes

"yeah I'm fine just remembering the day we met" he got up and went into the bathroom leaving the door open he wasn't the slightest bit modest and he always had a secret fantasy of Sookie joining him in there, has he thought of it he instantly got hard and was glad that Sookie was laying on the bed looking up at the ceiling, not that he was ashamed, it just made her uncomfortable.

"that was a good day" sookie smiled at the black ceiling she always found it amusing that Eric's entire bedroom was black and red, she constantly teasing him about being a vampire calling him Dracula for his obsession with darkness and red she even called him the devil once when she had gotten really drunk. It made sense at the time.

"Good? That was the best day of my life, it was the day I met my best friend, you" he called from the bathroom. She smiled and thought 'it was the day I fell in love, with you'. Of course she would never speak that aloud.