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Chapter 6:

The sounds of birds chirping their morning song, coupled with the blaring rays of the sun, cause Axel to awaken from his slumber of the previous night. Getting up to stretch, he feels a sharp jolt of pain shoot through his chest and and arms, along with a constant, dull, throbbing in his nose, reminding him of what had happened last night.

"Assholes." He whispers to himself.

The smell of food cooking and the sound of music playing downstairs makes Axel decide to get up and go see what Sookie is cooking. Slowly bringing himself out of the bed, trying not to bring too much more pain onto himself on account of the numerable bruises he has, Axel realizes that he is in nothing but a pair of cool and comfortable pajama bottoms.

He searches his brain for a moment, trying to figure out how he got into them, until, with a beet red blush, he realizes that Sookie is the reason he is in them.

"Well....this is awkward."

With that said, he looks at the bed, debating whether or not to make it. Deciding to do it later, on account of being sore, Axel walks out of the room and down the stairs, turning the corner at the bottom and walking into the kitchen, where Sookie is sitting at the table reading over the morning paper and sipping a cup of steaming coffee.

"Morning...is there some more of that?" Axel asks, pointing to the cup in her hand.

With an mm-hmm, Sookie swallows what coffee is in her mouth and smiles at him.

"Help yourself." She says, with Axel walking to the coffee maker and picking it up.

"How did you sleep?" He asks, pouring some of the drink into a mug.

"Mine was fine but" Sookie places her mug onto the table and turns herself around. "I'm more worried about you.....you were quite the mess when we got home, and as much as I hated to, I had to have Bill carry you upstairs."

Axel stiffens up and looks at her with a "what the hell?" look.

"I didn't like having to ask either, but I tried and there was NO way I was getting you upstairs myself....he left right after though so don't worry.....I hope you don't mind that I changed you into some pajama pants though....your clothes were so bloody that it would have been pointless to wash them, so I went and burned them out back after I had put you into bed."

In silence, Axel puts in three scoops of sugar and a bunch of milk with his coffee, then sits down at the table across from Sookie and takes a sip, before speaking.

"Well, I appreciate you doing that Sookie, I know how much you hate Bill."

"I don't hate him....I just don't wanna be his girlfriend. Hate takes too much energy, I do dislike him though."

"Well in any case, thank you. I never saw that coming....I should have though. The thoughts when Eric came into the bar last time should have been clue enough."

Sookie gently puts a hand on Axel's and rubs it.

"Sweetie, there was no way you could have known...What happened to you was NOT your fault."

Axel nods and gives a weak smile, as his eyes begin to brim with tears.

"You're right....Thanks Sookie...I just wish people weren't so close minded and would resort to such things."

"I know,I do too Axel, but just remember, you have everyone who works at the bar on your side, you've only worked there for a short time and they would do anything to make sure you're safe...What Sam did last night should proof of that."

"I need to remember to thank him when I go in next then."

Sookie nods and stands up, walking over to the stove, grabbing a spatula and flipping the bacon in the pan over slightly, along with the sausage and smiling.

"Food's ready." She said happily, grabbing two plates from one of the cupboards over her head and putting the food onto them, walking back to the table and setting one the plates on the table, walking back to another cupboard to get some forks and knives.

"So...you didn't see anything when I was asleep right?" Axel asks nervously, slightly dreading the answer.

"If by see, you mean that dream you were having with Eric, which involved, quite frankly, sex positions I didn't know were humanly possible, then yes."

"Crap....sorry about that."

Sookie just laughs and sits back at the table, giving Axel a fork and knife.

"Don't worry about it hun, I just need to remind myself to tune you out when you're sleeping is all."
With that said, Sookie and Axel begin eating their food in a comfortable silence, enjoying the sound of Katy Perry's new single Teenage Dream playing on the radio.

The day continued quite uneventfully, with Sookie and Axel doing random chores around the house for the morning and then sitting down on the couch to watch some movies together, namely Scream.

"I love these movies, they're one of my favorites." Axel says, as the opening credits roll.

"And why is that?"

Axel shrugs and smiles.

"I just like watching a movie series about a regular, human killer. Nothing supernatural about them. It's a well written and acted slasher, which is so hard to come by nowadays, with nothing but sex and gore being the main focus."

"I just try not to watch them...I've seen more real blood than I'd care too."

"My mom and I used to watch movies together....before she died. I miss her. I miss both my parents."

"What were they like? If you don't mind my asking that is."

Axel pauses the movie and shakes his head.

"I don't mind. My mom was beautiful, always made women her age jealous. She had a beautiful singing voice, which she always said I seem to have inherited. My father was strict, but what father isn't? Mom had long blonde hair with piercing emerald green eyes. My father had short black hair and brown eyes.....that's pretty much all I can remember"

Axel smiles slightly as a tear slowly falls from his eyes.

"It's been so long...I can barely remember what they both sounded like....let alone what they looked like."

Sookie pulls Axel into a hug.

"I'm so sorry Axel...I understand how you feel though"

Axel nods his head and wraps his arms around Sookie and places his head on her shoulder, feeling safe in the hug.

"I used to sing with my mother all the time, it was something we used to do, just the two of us. I haven't sang since.....since her and my dad were murdered."

Sookie gently pulls away from the hug and gives Axel a kiss on the forehead.
"If you don't mind Axel.....would you tell me how they died?" She asks as Axel lays back into the couch, instead of the slight forward lean he had before when they were watching Scream.

"Well, it was when I was fourteen. I had just come home from a friend's house and noticed that the front door was wide open. I walked inside, just thinking my mother had left the door open for air, since it was quite hot that night. I took my shoes off and yelled for her and when I got no answer, yelled for my dad."

Axel slowly brings his legs onto the couch and crosses them.

"I walked into the kitchen, noticing the lights were shut off."

At this, Axel wraps his arms around himself, looking cold and afraid of the next part.

"I felt myself step in something wet. Of course I thought that the house had a blown pipe or something and it was flooding, so I stepped through the kitchen until I found the light switch. I turned the lights on.....and what I saw, no matter how hard I try, will never leave my mind. The lights illuminated the blood that completely covered the linoleum, and spattered the walls. I couldn't move....let alone scream, and when I looked around, I saw a trail of blood leading out of the kitchen and into the living room."

Axel is silent, as he takes a sudden intake of air, then continues, more tears falling from his eyes.

"I found my parents, lying on the living room floor, covered in probably a mixture of each others blood. My father's head was still held on by half of his neck, as the other half was bitten or slashed off. My Mother's death was less gruesome......she had been simply drained, but her eyes were filled with complete terror.....and they were staring at my father. She had been alive while he was dying and watched while she was drained."

"Oh my....Axel I'm so sorry." Sookie pulls Axel into a tight hug as Axel begins sobbing into her shoulder.

"I miss them so much Sookie....and I'm so scared! I'm certain the vamp who killed my parents is after me now."

Axel and Sookie sit together, in the hug and silence for many minutes, Sookie just rubbing Axel's back soothingly, and Axel crying himself, until he is able to get the tears under his control. He gently pulls back from the embrace and wipes his eyes, sniffling slightly.

"Thanks Sookie....I didn't really mean to break down like that.....I should be over this by now."

Sookie lays a hand on Axel's shoulder and shakes her head.

"Axel.....no one, especially someone who experiences what you did, should be expected to get over a parent's death...particularly one as gruesome and horrible as the one you saw. It WILL get better hun, I promise you.....but don't feel like you're expected not to cry for someone you love. I'll go and get some tea for you. You just watch the T.V......but perhaps not Scream, see if something better is on."

With that, Sookie stands up and walks off into the kitchen, her blonde hair swaying behind her. Axel sighs and stand up, walking to the television, and turning off the movie, switching the input to the normal cable channel.

Grabbing the channel changer off the top of the television, Axel turns around to go and sit back on the couch to wait for Sookie, when he hears the sound of the local news channel.

"Breaking news! Three men have been found dead near Bon Temp's popular hangout, Merlotte's Bar and Grill..."

Axel freezes and loses all color in his face, turning around to look at the screen in horror.

"The victims were found, slightly after 2 A.M. last night. Officials have yet to release names, but details as to their deaths have been confirmed. Each victim was found in the woods, burned to the point of dental records needing to be used to identify them. It has been said that the victims were found burned to death with gasoline and other highly flammable objects in the area they were found. Officials have said it is highly likely they had caught on fire, burning to death. Investigator's have not ruled out murder, but it is a very slim possibility at this time. We will bring more details as they unfold."

Axel makes no sound and no movement, the only thing his mind registers, is the fact that the men who attacked him....were dead. His grip on the controller in his hand falls to the ground as Sookie walks in with tea in her hand. The only thing she sees, is Axel, falling to the ground, fainting.

"Axel!" Sookie yells as she drops the cup in her hand, the cup shattering and the tea splashing and cascading over the floor.

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Chapter 6:

The sounds of birds chirping their morning song, coupled with the blaring rays of the sun, cause Axel to awaken from his slumber of the previous night. Getting up to stretch, he feels a sharp jolt of pain shoot through his chest and and arms, along with a constant, dull, throbbing in his nose, reminding him of what had happened last night.

"Assholes." He whispers to himself.

The smell of food cooking and the sound of music playing downstairs makes Axel decide to get up and go see what Sookie is cooking. Slowly bringing himself out of the bed, trying not to bring too much more pain onto himself on account of the numerable bruises he has, Axel realizes that he is in nothing but a pair of cool and comfortable pajama bottoms.

He searches his brain for a moment, trying to figure out how he got into them, until, with a beet red blush, he realizes that Sookie is the reason he is in them.

"Well....this is awkward."

With that said, he looks at the bed, debating whether or not to make it. Deciding to do it later, on account of being sore, Axel walks out of the room and down the stairs, turning the corner at the bottom and walking into the kitchen, where Sookie is sitting at the table reading over the morning paper and sipping a cup of steaming coffee.

"Morning...is there some more of that?" Axel asks, pointing to the cup in her hand.

With an mm-hmm, Sookie swallows what coffee is in her mouth and smiles at him.

"Help yourself." She says, with Axel walking to the coffee maker and picking it up.

"How did you sleep?" He asks, pouring some of the drink into a mug.

"Mine was fine but" Sookie places her mug onto the table and turns herself around. "I'm more worried about you.....you were quite the mess when we got home, and as much as I hated to, I had to have Bill carry you upstairs."

Axel stiffens up and looks at her with a "what the hell?" look.

"I didn't like having to ask either, but I tried and there was NO way I was getting you upstairs myself....he left right after though so don't worry.....I hope you don't mind that I changed you into some pajama pants though....your clothes were so bloody that it would have been pointless to wash them, so I went and burned them out back after I had put you into bed."

In silence, Axel puts in three scoops of sugar and a bunch of milk with his coffee, then sits down at the table across from Sookie and takes a sip, before speaking.

"Well, I appreciate you doing that Sookie, I know how much you hate Bill."

"I don't hate him....I just don't wanna be his girlfriend. Hate takes too much energy, I do dislike him though."

"Well in any case, thank you. I never saw that coming....I should have though. The thoughts when Eric came into the bar last time should have been clue enough."

Sookie gently puts a hand on Axel's and rubs it.

"Sweetie, there was no way you could have known...What happened to you was NOT your fault."

Axel nods and gives a weak smile, as his eyes begin to brim with tears.

"You're right....Thanks Sookie...I just wish people weren't so close minded and would resort to such things."

"I know,I do too Axel, but just remember, you have everyone who works at the bar on your side, you've only worked there for a short time and they would do anything to make sure you're safe...What Sam did last night should proof of that."

"I need to remember to thank him when I go in next then."

Sookie nods and stands up, walking over to the stove, grabbing a spatula and flipping the bacon in the pan over slightly, along with the sausage and smiling.

"Food's ready." She said happily, grabbing two plates from one of the cupboards over her head and putting the food onto them, walking back to the table and setting one the plates on the table, walking back to another cupboard to get some forks and knives.

"So...you didn't see anything when I was asleep right?" Axel asks nervously, slightly dreading the answer.

"If by see, you mean that dream you were having with Eric, which involved, quite frankly, sex positions I didn't know were humanly possible, then yes."

"Crap....sorry about that."

Sookie just laughs and sits back at the table, giving Axel a fork and knife.

"Don't worry about it hun, I just need to remind myself to tune you out when you're sleeping is all."
With that said, Sookie and Axel begin eating their food in a comfortable silence, enjoying the sound of Katy Perry's new single Teenage Dream playing on the radio.

The day continued quite uneventfully, with Sookie and Axel doing random chores around the house for the morning and then sitting down on the couch to watch some movies together, namely Scream.

"I love these movies, they're one of my favorites." Axel says, as the opening credits roll.

"And why is that?"

Axel shrugs and smiles.

"I just like watching a movie series about a regular, human killer. Nothing supernatural about them. It's a well written and acted slasher, which is so hard to come by nowadays, with nothing but sex and gore being the main focus."

"I just try not to watch them...I've seen more real blood than I'd care too."

"My mom and I used to watch movies together....before she died. I miss her. I miss both my parents."

"What were they like? If you don't mind my asking that is."

Axel pauses the movie and shakes his head.

"I don't mind. My mom was beautiful, always made women her age jealous. She had a beautiful singing voice, which she always said I seem to have inherited. My father was strict, but what father isn't? Mom had long blonde hair with piercing emerald green eyes. My father had short black hair and brown eyes.....that's pretty much all I can remember"

Axel smiles slightly as a tear slowly falls from his eyes.

"It's been so long...I can barely remember what they both sounded like....let alone what they looked like."

Sookie pulls Axel into a hug.

"I'm so sorry Axel...I understand how you feel though"

Axel nods his head and wraps his arms around Sookie and places his head on her shoulder, feeling safe in the hug.

"I used to sing with my mother all the time, it was something we used to do, just the two of us. I haven't sang since.....since her and my dad were murdered."

Sookie gently pulls away from the hug and gives Axel a kiss on the forehead.
"If you don't mind Axel.....would you tell me how they died?" She asks as Axel lays back into the couch, instead of the slight forward lean he had before when they were watching Scream.

"Well, it was when I was fourteen. I had just come home from a friend's house and noticed that the front door was wide open. I walked inside, just thinking my mother had left the door open for air, since it was quite hot that night. I took my shoes off and yelled for her and when I got no answer, yelled for my dad."

Axel slowly brings his legs onto the couch and crosses them.

"I walked into the kitchen, noticing the lights were shut off."

At this, Axel wraps his arms around himself, looking cold and afraid of the next part.

"I felt myself step in something wet. Of course I thought that the house had a blown pipe or something and it was flooding, so I stepped through the kitchen until I found the light switch. I turned the lights on.....and what I saw, no matter how hard I try, will never leave my mind. The lights illuminated the blood that completely covered the linoleum, and spattered the walls. I couldn't move....let alone scream, and when I looked around, I saw a trail of blood leading out of the kitchen and into the living room."

Axel is silent, as he takes a sudden intake of air, then continues, more tears falling from his eyes.

"I found my parents, lying on the living room floor, covered in probably a mixture of each others blood. My father's head was still held on by half of his neck, as the other half was bitten or slashed off. My Mother's death was less gruesome......she had been simply drained, but her eyes were filled with complete terror.....and they were staring at my father. She had been alive while he was dying and watched while she was drained."

"Oh my....Axel I'm so sorry." Sookie pulls Axel into a tight hug as Axel begins sobbing into her shoulder.

"I miss them so much Sookie....and I'm so scared! I'm certain the vamp who killed my parents is after me now."

Axel and Sookie sit together, in the hug and silence for many minutes, Sookie just rubbing Axel's back soothingly, and Axel crying himself, until he is able to get the tears under his control. He gently pulls back from the embrace and wipes his eyes, sniffling slightly.

"Thanks Sookie....I didn't really mean to break down like that.....I should be over this by now."

Sookie lays a hand on Axel's shoulder and shakes her head.

"Axel.....no one, especially someone who experiences what you did, should be expected to get over a parent's death...particularly one as gruesome and horrible as the one you saw. It WILL get better hun, I promise you.....but don't feel like you're expected not to cry for someone you love. I'll go and get some tea for you. You just watch the T.V......but perhaps not Scream, see if something better is on."

With that, Sookie stands up and walks off into the kitchen, her blonde hair swaying behind her. Axel sighs and stand up, walking to the television, and turning off the movie, switching the input to the normal cable channel.

Grabbing the channel changer off the top of the television, Axel turns around to go and sit back on the couch to wait for Sookie, when he hears the sound of the local news channel.

"Breaking news! Three men have been found dead near Bon Temp's popular hangout, Merlotte's Bar and Grill..."

Axel freezes and loses all color in his face, turning around to look at the screen in horror.

"The victims were found, slightly after 2 A.M. last night. Officials have yet to release names, but details as to their deaths have been confirmed. Each victim was found in the woods, burned to the point of dental records needing to be used to identify them. It has been said that the victims were found burned to death with gasoline and other highly flammable objects in the area they were found. Officials have said it is highly likely they had caught on fire, burning to death. Investigator's have not ruled out murder, but it is a very slim possibility at this time. We will bring more details as they unfold."

Axel makes no sound and no movement, the only thing his mind registers, is the fact that the men who attacked him....were dead. His grip on the controller in his hand falls to the ground as Sookie walks in with tea in her hand. The only thing she sees, is Axel, falling to the ground, fainting.

"Axel!" Sookie yells as she drops the cup in her hand, the cup shattering and the tea splashing and cascading over the floor.