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The next few days have gone by without much of anything happening. Sookie and Axel both end up going to work and then straight home afterwards. Sookie has been relatively quiet since she had her heart-to-heart with Axel. They have however made an attempt to get to know Alexia, and have actually become friends with her, learning that she moved from London to Louisiana when she was young, so she never picked up the accompanying English accent... The mostly uneventful days, however, came to an end. The reason being? Because HE walks in. He, being a very tall, around 6'7, lean muscled and dirty blonde man, whose mind, Axel can't read.

"Hey Sookie, who's that?" Axel ask, eyes never leaving the beautiful eyes with piercing blue eyes that almost look silver.

Sookie looks up from the drinks she is putting on her tray and watches as Eric sits down in her section, eyeing her expectantly. She heaves an annoyed sigh and puts the rest of the drinks on her tray.

"THAT, would be Eric Northman, the vampire Bill mentioned when he showed up at the house a few days ago." She answers with a slight hint of disdain in her voice.

At the mention of his name, Axel feels a fluttering in his chest, like it contains a flock of butterflies. While he is looking the man over, Eric must realize he's being looked at, because his eyes turn away from Sookie to look Axel in the eyes, practically piercing him in the soul.

"T...that's Eric?" Axel asks, completely oblivious to the stutter in his voice, too enthralled in the man's gaze.

Sookie looks at Axel, and then towards Eric and back. She gives him a look that is half concern and half understanding.

"Trust me sweetie, he's not worth it." She warns, taking her tray and walking over to a group of men who were starting to look a little drunk.

"I'll be the judge of that." He responds, making sure his apron is tight around his waist and then walking over to the table Eric is seated at, a smile gracing his face when he stops at the table.

"Hi!" He chirps, Eric's eyes having never strayed from him.

For a moment, a silence hangs in the air before Eric responds.

"Good evening." He replies, nearly making Axel melt on the spot at the tone of his voice and the very faint accent he has in it.

"My name's Axel. What can I get for you this evening?" Axel asks, taking out a pen and pad, and clicking out the tip of the pen, ready to write down the request of the vampire.

"You could get me Sookie Stackhouse....along with a bottle B-positive True Blood, it would be so inclined." Eric answers, his grammar hinting at centuries at life.

(Sookie, Mr. Tall, blonde, and gorgeous would like to see you) Axel thinks, knowing full well Sookie that will be able to hear.

Sookie looks up from what she is doing at the bar and glares at Eric, obviously having heard the thought. She begins walking over, a very displeased look on her face.

"Yes?" She asks, looking extremely annoyed.

"I believe I sent Bill to retrieve you...why did you not come?" Eric asks, his voice sounding calm and collected, while having the type of tone someone would use to reprimand a child.

"And I believe I told you, I am not a dog to be ordered around and called on when you so please. And what the heck were you THINKING, sending Bill, of all people, to come get me. You of all people know the history we have." Sookie snapped, causing some people to turn away from their food or drinks, to stare at the scene at the table.

Axel puts on his best smile, and tries his best to tune out the thoughts coming from the people watching the exchange between Sookie and Eric, but he doesn't have much luck in attempt. Some still slipped through, like "Stupid slut, talking and dating those things. Such a sin against God, they should all be burned in the lords holy light." Or "Stupid woman, talking back to a man who is superior to her. She should know her place." Those two thoughts stick out to Axel the most, and he has to truly contain himself from tracking down the bastards and smacking them to next year.

"Assholes." He mutters under his breath as he approaches the bar, seeing Tara with her eyes also on the exchange.

"Hey Tara, I need a B-positive of True Blood." He says, earning Tara's gaze and a slight smile.

"You just be careful Axel, I don't wanna see something bad happen to you because of those fucking bloodsuckers." She warns, turning away and walking to a mini-fridge, pulling out a B-positive bottle of True Blood and putting it in a special microwave used to warm the "blood" to human body temperatures.

"You don't need to worry about me Tara, trust me." Axel responds, his gaze shifting back to Eric and Sookie, who had sat down in the booth with Eric and is arguing with him in hushed voices, with everyone having gone back to their food and drinks...probably because Eric looked their ways.

A thump is heard from the bottle as Tara places it down on the bar-top, making Axel jump and then turn back to face Tara.

"Are you joking? I saw how you went all fricken googly-eyed for that vamp." Tara laughed, causing Lafayette, the cook in the bar and Tara's cousin, to poke his head out the kitchen window to smirk at him.

"So...you're afraid of the pussy too?" He asks, making Axel turn beet red.

"Lafayette!" Axel squeaked, earning a laugh from Lafayette as he pulled his head back into the hole. Axel quickly picks up the bottle and walks back to the booth where Eric and Sookie are still arguing.

"Mind if I cut in?" He asks, putting the bottle in front of Eric, after popping off the cap and putting the customary Merlotte's napkin under it.

Eric looks at Axel and smirks a bit, nearly causing Axel to jump the man's bones.

"Not at all, perhaps, you could enlighten me on something of great importance?" He asks.

"W...what exactly do you need...enlightening on?" Axel asks, Sookie glaring at Eric, probably for using the charm he noticed he has over Axel, to his advantage.

"Sookie tells me that you were almost killed a few nights ago, by a vampire.
Coincidentally, there have been a steep climb in murders of humans AND vampires, in the last few weeks."

Eric pauses and takes a sip of the True Blood.

"Would it be correct to assume you know ANYTHING about this vampire that attacked you?" He finished.

"Well, while I didn't see their face, I can tell it was a woman. She was laughing the whole time she was chasing me and she wasn't really trying to catch me, I KNOW she could have if she really wanted to." Axel answered.

"Well that little bit of info certainly does help us keep look out for any females acting out of the ordinary. As for you Sookie, since you and I have talked about this matter, you are excused from coming to Fangtasia." Eric explains, picking up his bottle and laying a twenty on the table.

Axel feels a sadness come over him suddenly at the realization Eric was departing from the bar.

"Oh...you're leaving already?" He asks, catching the thought-turned-speech too late.

Eric nods as he exits his booth, exuding a grace that only someone who has been alive for centuries could.

"Yes, my business is concluded here, and I have other matters of which to attend before dawn. I do, however, expect to be seeing more of you if you are going to be living with Sookie."

"Well I will be...until I have the money for my own place."

Eric nods at Axel's answer and the turns to Sookie.

"Very well, in the mean time, please be careful Sookie...we couldn't have our little mind reader dying on us." Eric says, smirking

Eric then looks back at Axel

"As for you, it was a pleasure meeting you Axel.....?" He asks, asking for Axel's last name.
"Twilight, my name's Axel Twilight."

Eric walks to the bar entrance and opens the door.

"Very well, Axel Twilight. It was a pleasure meeting you." He replies.

In a burst of vampire speed, he's gone, leaving the door to swing shut by itself.

Axel stands where he is, staring at the door, completely memorized by the sound of his name on Eric's voice. He can hear the thoughts of the bar patrons come flooding into his mind. Some of which are "Sick, just sick, not only is he a fangbanger but he's a fucking homo. Disgusting." Or "That boy doesn't know what the heck he's getting himself into. Poor things gonna probably be on the front page of the newspaper, as another dead person."

Axel ignores the thoughts, some dirty thoughts of his own coming to his head, of him underneath Eric, with his strong hands caressing him, and his arms wrapped around him. Sookie makes a choking sound, signalling she read those thoughts from Axel's mind.

"Sorry." Axel sends, his devious and love sick look never leaving his face.

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The next few days have gone by without much of anything happening. Sookie and Axel both end up going to work and then straight home afterwards. Sookie has been relatively quiet since she had her heart-to-heart with Axel. They have however made an attempt to get to know Alexia, and have actually become friends with her, learning that she moved from London to Louisiana when she was young, so she never picked up the accompanying English accent... The mostly uneventful days, however, came to an end. The reason being? Because HE walks in. He, being a very tall, around 6'7, lean muscled and dirty blonde man, whose mind, Axel can't read.

"Hey Sookie, who's that?" Axel ask, eyes never leaving the beautiful eyes with piercing blue eyes that almost look silver.

Sookie looks up from the drinks she is putting on her tray and watches as Eric sits down in her section, eyeing her expectantly. She heaves an annoyed sigh and puts the rest of the drinks on her tray.

"THAT, would be Eric Northman, the vampire Bill mentioned when he showed up at the house a few days ago." She answers with a slight hint of disdain in her voice.

At the mention of his name, Axel feels a fluttering in his chest, like it contains a flock of butterflies. While he is looking the man over, Eric must realize he's being looked at, because his eyes turn away from Sookie to look Axel in the eyes, practically piercing him in the soul.

"T...that's Eric?" Axel asks, completely oblivious to the stutter in his voice, too enthralled in the man's gaze.

Sookie looks at Axel, and then towards Eric and back. She gives him a look that is half concern and half understanding.

"Trust me sweetie, he's not worth it." She warns, taking her tray and walking over to a group of men who were starting to look a little drunk.

"I'll be the judge of that." He responds, making sure his apron is tight around his waist and then walking over to the table Eric is seated at, a smile gracing his face when he stops at the table.

"Hi!" He chirps, Eric's eyes having never strayed from him.

For a moment, a silence hangs in the air before Eric responds.

"Good evening." He replies, nearly making Axel melt on the spot at the tone of his voice and the very faint accent he has in it.

"My name's Axel. What can I get for you this evening?" Axel asks, taking out a pen and pad, and clicking out the tip of the pen, ready to write down the request of the vampire.

"You could get me Sookie Stackhouse....along with a bottle B-positive True Blood, it would be so inclined." Eric answers, his grammar hinting at centuries at life.

(Sookie, Mr. Tall, blonde, and gorgeous would like to see you) Axel thinks, knowing full well Sookie that will be able to hear.

Sookie looks up from what she is doing at the bar and glares at Eric, obviously having heard the thought. She begins walking over, a very displeased look on her face.

"Yes?" She asks, looking extremely annoyed.

"I believe I sent Bill to retrieve you...why did you not come?" Eric asks, his voice sounding calm and collected, while having the type of tone someone would use to reprimand a child.

"And I believe I told you, I am not a dog to be ordered around and called on when you so please. And what the heck were you THINKING, sending Bill, of all people, to come get me. You of all people know the history we have." Sookie snapped, causing some people to turn away from their food or drinks, to stare at the scene at the table.

Axel puts on his best smile, and tries his best to tune out the thoughts coming from the people watching the exchange between Sookie and Eric, but he doesn't have much luck in attempt. Some still slipped through, like "Stupid slut, talking and dating those things. Such a sin against God, they should all be burned in the lords holy light." Or "Stupid woman, talking back to a man who is superior to her. She should know her place." Those two thoughts stick out to Axel the most, and he has to truly contain himself from tracking down the bastards and smacking them to next year.

"Assholes." He mutters under his breath as he approaches the bar, seeing Tara with her eyes also on the exchange.

"Hey Tara, I need a B-positive of True Blood." He says, earning Tara's gaze and a slight smile.

"You just be careful Axel, I don't wanna see something bad happen to you because of those fucking bloodsuckers." She warns, turning away and walking to a mini-fridge, pulling out a B-positive bottle of True Blood and putting it in a special microwave used to warm the "blood" to human body temperatures.

"You don't need to worry about me Tara, trust me." Axel responds, his gaze shifting back to Eric and Sookie, who had sat down in the booth with Eric and is arguing with him in hushed voices, with everyone having gone back to their food and drinks...probably because Eric looked their ways.

A thump is heard from the bottle as Tara places it down on the bar-top, making Axel jump and then turn back to face Tara.

"Are you joking? I saw how you went all fricken googly-eyed for that vamp." Tara laughed, causing Lafayette, the cook in the bar and Tara's cousin, to poke his head out the kitchen window to smirk at him.

"So...you're afraid of the pussy too?" He asks, making Axel turn beet red.

"Lafayette!" Axel squeaked, earning a laugh from Lafayette as he pulled his head back into the hole. Axel quickly picks up the bottle and walks back to the booth where Eric and Sookie are still arguing.

"Mind if I cut in?" He asks, putting the bottle in front of Eric, after popping off the cap and putting the customary Merlotte's napkin under it.

Eric looks at Axel and smirks a bit, nearly causing Axel to jump the man's bones.

"Not at all, perhaps, you could enlighten me on something of great importance?" He asks.

"W...what exactly do you need...enlightening on?" Axel asks, Sookie glaring at Eric, probably for using the charm he noticed he has over Axel, to his advantage.

"Sookie tells me that you were almost killed a few nights ago, by a vampire.
Coincidentally, there have been a steep climb in murders of humans AND vampires, in the last few weeks."

Eric pauses and takes a sip of the True Blood.

"Would it be correct to assume you know ANYTHING about this vampire that attacked you?" He finished.

"Well, while I didn't see their face, I can tell it was a woman. She was laughing the whole time she was chasing me and she wasn't really trying to catch me, I KNOW she could have if she really wanted to." Axel answered.

"Well that little bit of info certainly does help us keep look out for any females acting out of the ordinary. As for you Sookie, since you and I have talked about this matter, you are excused from coming to Fangtasia." Eric explains, picking up his bottle and laying a twenty on the table.

Axel feels a sadness come over him suddenly at the realization Eric was departing from the bar.

"Oh...you're leaving already?" He asks, catching the thought-turned-speech too late.

Eric nods as he exits his booth, exuding a grace that only someone who has been alive for centuries could.

"Yes, my business is concluded here, and I have other matters of which to attend before dawn. I do, however, expect to be seeing more of you if you are going to be living with Sookie."

"Well I will be...until I have the money for my own place."

Eric nods at Axel's answer and the turns to Sookie.

"Very well, in the mean time, please be careful Sookie...we couldn't have our little mind reader dying on us." Eric says, smirking

Eric then looks back at Axel

"As for you, it was a pleasure meeting you Axel.....?" He asks, asking for Axel's last name.
"Twilight, my name's Axel Twilight."

Eric walks to the bar entrance and opens the door.

"Very well, Axel Twilight. It was a pleasure meeting you." He replies.

In a burst of vampire speed, he's gone, leaving the door to swing shut by itself.

Axel stands where he is, staring at the door, completely memorized by the sound of his name on Eric's voice. He can hear the thoughts of the bar patrons come flooding into his mind. Some of which are "Sick, just sick, not only is he a fangbanger but he's a fucking homo. Disgusting." Or "That boy doesn't know what the heck he's getting himself into. Poor things gonna probably be on the front page of the newspaper, as another dead person."

Axel ignores the thoughts, some dirty thoughts of his own coming to his head, of him underneath Eric, with his strong hands caressing him, and his arms wrapped around him. Sookie makes a choking sound, signalling she read those thoughts from Axel's mind.

"Sorry." Axel sends, his devious and love sick look never leaving his face.

End Chapter