BlackBlood

"Are you ready?" Eric asks turning off the engine of his car. You take a deep breath. "Ready." Eric is about to open his cardoor when you suddenly grab his arm. "No, wait, you need to tell me about my costume." Eric looks at you, a warm glinster in his dead cold eyes. "I chose a costume that made the most sense for you. The goddess of love." Ah so that is why you are dressed in a long white gown with gold on the shoulders and around your waist. A deep slid down your chest keeps it sexy as the long slid up the skirt revealing your leg. It was not something you had ever chosen for yourself, but Eric made you love it. "How so?" You ask him, a smile curling your lips. "Look at you, you are gorgeous, y/n. You look like an actual goddess, inside and out. I would have chosen the goddess of war, but you are so kind and loving, that nothing other than love would fit you. The dress looks amazing on you." Eric's little compliment speech makes you blush and grin from ear to ear. Never had you recieved a compliment quite like that. "You don't look so bad yourself, viking." You wink at him and get out of the car. It was getting to hot in there. The parkinglot was still pretty crowded as everyone was getting from their car to the party. "Oh, Eric, I almost forgot. I called Jason and told him about the party. I hope you don't mind." You look at him with big innocent eyes. Eyes that made him want to lock you away from the rest of the world so nothing could ever take you away from him. "It's fine." He says and offers you his arm. You take it and the two of you walk towards the party. So many people with great costumes, you are feasting your eyes. The decorations are also amazing. There are tables spread here and there with snacks and drinks on them. You pick up a glass of red wine in a skull chalice. "Oh shit!" You exclaim and look at Eric. "They probably don't have blood here!" Eric smiles at you. "It's okay, y/n."  You look around at the people trying to recognize somebody, anybody. "You see that?" You hear someone think. "Bloodsuckers are everywhere these days." You look around trying to figure out who the broadcaster is. "She's probably a little blood whore." Your eyes link with those of a man in his mid fourties. You raise your eyebrow at him, but then decide that you need more. You might not be a blood whore, but sometimes you can enjoy a little drama. Without telling Eric you march over to the man dressed as michael jackson. "Hey how is your night going, Michael?" You ask him cheerful. You can feel Eric's presence behind you. He is probably wondering what has gotten into you. The man needs a few seconds to learn how to speak again. "It's fine, who are you supposed to be?" He is kinda rude. But what did you expect. "Wait, isn't she that girl who was sleeping with the vampire we were supposed to take out?" You try not to react when you hear this thought going through his mind. "The goddess of love." You tell him. "This is a lovely town, we wished we lived somewhere this nice." The man smiles, painfully. "Where are you from?" He asks politely. "We are actually from New York. We just wanted to take a little breather." You smile at him. "Hey girl, there you are!" Jenna hugs you and takes you away from the man. "Sorry Bart, gotta steal her from you." The man already seems to have forgotten about you and Eric. Probably because of the gorgeous Jenna, but maybe your plan worked. Trying to confuse him into thinking you are not his fellowships target. But him thinking what he thought makes for an alarming discovery; they are close. The three of you are standing around a table. "So this is mister Northman?" Jenna asks admiring Eric's presence. "He's hot." She mouths to you as if Eric won't know what she is saying that way. You smile at her and then look at Eric who looks kind of like a statue. A vampire isn't really the most fun date to a party you guess… Eric who felt a sudden surge of sadness go through your body suddenly came alive. "Yes, Eric Northman." To your surprise he extended his hand to shake hers. Vampires never really do that. So he might really be trying to make a good impression. The question is on who? "Hi, Jenna Rivers." She introduces herself. When she touches his hand her eyebrows knit together in a frown. "Are you a vampire Eric?" She asks him when he lets go of her hand. "I am." He says matter of fact like. There is a moment of tense silence. Again a person who hates vampires. Concerned you look at her. "That is so cool!" She exclaims a little loud. "I have always wanted to see a vampire in real life!" You frown. "What?" "Yeah I have seen so much on the news, but this is a small town and vampires never come here." You're still kinda shocked and you bet Eric is too. "Well we don't hear that often." You tell her. "Most people hate vampires." "I don't!" She exclaims. "At least I don't think so, because I don't think what they all say is true." "I honestly don't know, I never used to be involved with vamps myself, but I guess they are okay." You say looking at Eric. Damn he is handsome. She better not lose herself in her vampire craziness, because this vampire is yours. Well not yours officially and you are not sure you even want him to be yours. It's just that you would be really jealous if Eric would pay more attention to Jenna. But you couldn't blame him if he did because she is so much more gorgeous than you. She might even be on the list to be the most beautiful woman alive. Even you might have a little crush on her like the rest of the world. Okay enough time for selfloathing, it's time to enjoy the party. You pick up your 5th glass of wine without thinking. The nerves have got you drinking. There is always this little problem when you drink, you don't know you are drunk until you have already gone way too far. Eric and Jenna have been talking with each other while you have been zoned out. "Quinn!" You suddenly exclaim way too loudly. It's probably the booze that made you excited to see him, because the other day when you met him he didn't excatly charm you. Quinn looks in your direction and smiles. His pearly white teeth reflect the moonlight. Of course it wasn't a full moon yet or this would have been a very interesting halloween. "I'm just gonna say hi." You tell Eric and as you walk by Jenna you whisper in her ear. "God, ain't the pirate look sexy?" What Eric with his super hearing of course heard. Jenna laughs and you continue on your way over to Quinn "The pirate look looks good on you, Quinn." You greet him. Quinn smiles. "The goddess look suits you." Quinn greets you back. "What goddess are you?" He puts a pretzel in his mouth. "The goddess of love." Quinn laughs. "I'm sorry, of course." Had you been clear minded you would have wondered why he said of course, but now you are just grinning at him like a fool. "I am glad you could make it." Quinn tells you. "Me too, you did a great job." You tell him looking at the decorations.  "Are you alone here?" Quinn asks. At that moment you feel a hand on your back. "No, she's with me." Eric says. "Eric Norhman, right?" Quinn asks him. Eric nodds. Quinn looks at you. "I didn't know you were also in business with Eric like Sookie." This was like a punch to the gut. The last thing what you wanted to hear was being compared to Sookie in relation to Eric. "Actually," Eric puts his arm around your shoulder. "this is purely personal." You look up in his face and give him one of your brightest smiles. Adoringly he looks down at your face. "I'm sorry I just thought because, Sookie-" Quinn started to apologize. "Y/n is nothing like Sookie." Eric intterupts him. "Y/n, I think your brother is here." Eric leans down and whispers into your ear. You look around you even though you don't know what he looks like. Probably a bit like you. "Excuse us." You tell Quinn. "So much for a normal date, huh?" You say to Eric. "That is Jason." Eric points to a guy cluelessy looking around him. "Stackhouse?" You ask loudly so he can hear you from over here. Jason looks over at you and a smile appears on his face. He walks over to you and Eric. "Hey, I am Jason Stackhouse." He introduces himself. "I'm Y/n." You shake his hand. "This is Eric." Jason looks up at the vampire. "Yeah, we've met." He said clearly salty. "I'm so sorry Eric, but can you give us a moment?" You ask a bit scared that he will be upset with you. "Of course." He says and then leans into you. "I'll just find someone to drink." Concerned you turn around to see him walk away. You really hope that that was just a joke. "Are you dating that vampire?" Is Jason's first question. And you had to think about the answer for a second. "No, I don't think so." This makes Jason frown for a quick second. "Should we hug?" You ask him a bit uncomfortable. He shrugs and hugs you. It is just as awkward as you had imagined. "Honestly I never expected this." You tell Jason. "Not that I knew you excisted, but Sookie was very clear when she told me no." Jason picks up a beer and holds it up high. "Here is to new famliy." You pick up your 6th glass of the night and connect it to his beer bottle. "Cheers." You smile and both take a sip. "Oh and this is my friend Hoyt Fortenberry." A big guy steps out from the shadows next to Jason. "Hi." He greets you awkwardly. "I think I have seen you in Merlotte's the night I was there." You tell him remembering his face. Hoyt beams at you. "I think I saw you too!" There is a moment of silence. This moment didn't feel quite like you imagined meeting your brother for the first time would feel like. The awkwardness was just floating in the air, circling around you. "I talked to Sookie, she will turn around eventually, but she is just so stubborn." Jason tells you. "I noticed that." You tell him still a bit resentful. At this point you have actually started to hate Sookie enough not to care about ever meeting her. "You wanna meet Eric and Jenna?" You ask the boys. They nodd and follow you. Eric seems to brighten up just a little bit when you join him and accidentally touch his butt. Jenna and the boys introduce themselves. And most of the evening the four of you spend time getting to know each other. Eric actually was very good company. And during that evening you even forgot that he was a vampire. That made it even harder the next morning when you would remember who he really was and what that would mean if you really dared to be in a romantic relationship with him. "I think I should get you home." Eric's whisper tickles your ear. It's late and a lot of people are already leaving. You give Eric a sad puppydog look. "Yeah, I think we should head back to Bon Temps too." Jason says. Jason and Hoyt both give you a hug before they leave. "We'll keep in touch, okay?" Jason says walking backwards to his car. "We will!" You tell him and give him a little wave. You turn back to Eric who is smiling at you. "What?" You ask him. "Nothing, I just like the way you look when you're having fun." He puts his jacket around your shoulders and together you walk back to the car.