Brighter Now

Chapter 2

Adira woke up when her phone started ringing. She was really tired after she spent last night reading a book. She had a bad habit of drag from stop reading. It always started with finishing that page or chapter and before she knew it, she had only few hours to sleep. She fell right asleep after she came home from her job. She worked in a kindergarten and children could be too much for her, sometimes.

"Hello," she answered the phone with a tired voice.

"It's Sookie Stackhouse. Did I wake you?" Sookie asked her. Why was Sookie Stackhouse calling her?

"Yeah. I guess I fell asleep. What's up?" Adira asked her, "There's not another murder, is there?" There had been a serial killer after women, who had had sex with vampires or had something to do with vampires. They catched him and it turned out to be Arlene's fiance. Arlene worked at the Merlotte's with Sookie. Adira also heard that after that they found a body on Andy's car. Andy was a sheriff but everyone just called him Andy, much to his displeasure. Someone had cut out a woman's heart and put her on Andy's car, while he was getting drunk.

"No. Nothing like that, Adira. I got your number from Jason, who got it from your sister. I hope that's OK?" Sookie asked her.

"What's going on then, if no one's dead?" Adira wondered aloud. It wasn't like they were friends, or something.

"I was wondering, if you'd like to go out tonight or something? It's just I had this big fight with Bill and I really need a girls' night out," Sookie informed her.

"But why me? You have friends, like Tara and Arlene. Besides, you have never called me before," Adira wondered aloud.

"They are busy. Please, Adira. It's important," Sookie informed her, pressing the word 'please'.

"Fine," Adira gave in. I need to learn say 'no'.

"Great! I'll get you tonight with my car. We're going to a bar in Shreveport. I'll text you later the details," Sookie informed her, before hanging up. It must've been a coincidence that Fangtasia was located in Fangtasia. Sookie was dating a vampire, but if she was fighting with Bill, she couldn't be dumb enough to want to go there, right?

Godric was surprised, when Adira came into Fangtasia. It had been few days since he last saw her. Adira arrived with the girl Eric was so fond of. Eric, of course, would never admit that but Godric saw that under all that flirting, he really wanted her to became his.

Godric hadn't even talked to Adira yet, and already knew he felt the same way towards her as his child felt towards the other girl. Godric had figured out that Adira wasn't that kind of a girl, who partied, or at least went to vampire bars, but he was still disappointed that she hadn't come the night after meeting her.

"Sookie, why did you bring me here?" Adira asked her, confused.

"We need to talk with Eric," Sookie told Adira. Unknown to Adira and Godric, Sookie had made a deal with Eric. Sookie had been hurt last night after her fight with Bill and Bill brought her to Fangtasia. Doctor saved her and Sookie found out that Eric had imprisoned her friend, Lafayette.

"Who's Eric," Adira asked, confused again.

"You don't know Eric? I thought you were here with Kylie-"

"How did you know that? I didn't tell anyone and I doubt she did either," Adira told her, narrowing her eyes and Sookie pointed at her head.

"So it's true what they say? You can read minds," Adira said, amazed.

"Yes, and Eric was the blond in the throne. Remember him?" Sookie asked her.

"Oh yeah! He was with that boy." Godric hated looking so young, because people always referred him as a boy.