Dead Ever After Re-write (Sookie Stackhouse and Eric Northman)

Chapter 14

Disclaimer: I am not the owner of these characters. The original story and the characters belong to Charlaine Harris. I am only borrowing them for a little while.

Chapter 14

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Sookie's POV

My heart was in my throat as I walked into Merlottes. It was closed for the rest of the day, per my request. I didn't want to hurt Sam financially, but there was no other way. I was going to make sure Eric compensated him properly.

While Merlottes was closed to the public, it was full of people. People I have called in. Some of them agreed to come while others I had to persuade them. Whatever the reasons, I didn't care. All I cared was that they were here.

It was late in the afternoon and some of them had to take time off work to be here. Like Jason who was one of those people that were happy to be here today.

I looked around and all the remnants from my surprise party had been cleaned out. I grabbed a napkin from the nearest table and held it tight in my sweaty hands in an attempt to dry them off. I took a few deep breaths; I had to do this.

I took the lead and positioned myself in the middle of the diner to get everybody's attention. Everybody stopped talking and all eyes were on me, literally.

"Thank you for coming. I know some of you aren't thrilled with this, especially because it involves saving Eric and some of you don't approve of him. And that's fine. Because like I told each one of you over the phone, you're doing this for me. I have done many things for all of you without asking anything in return, and now it's time to think about me," I said.

"You will always be an honorary member of the pack and you can always count on us," Alcide said. His pack members stood beside him for whatever was to come.

"You're my sister and I'll do anything for you," Jason said. He was still wearing his working clothes, but I knew he was going to change before the fight to black clothes. As a matter of fact, everybody was wearing black tonight. "It was the best color to fight in the night," some of them had said.

"We have had our disagreements, but we will stand by you in moments of need. That's the Hotshot's way," Calvin said. He was accompanied by four other were-panthers from Hotshot that I have seen before. They didn't look too happy to help, but they had to suck it up. I nodded in agreement with Calvin's statement.

"Our adventures have always been interesting. Let's add one more to our list," Quinn the were-tiger said. He was just as handsome and lethal as the last time I saw him. His purple eyes met mine and I smiled remembering our multiple life threatening experiences. He smiled his perfect smile and continued, "Besides, killing Felipe de Castro is on top of my to-kill list." I smiled at his statement. Felipe de Castro has abused his power to threaten Quinn's family too many times. I wouldn't like to be in Quinn's bad side; he was a powerful were-tiger.

"I'm one of those that don't agree with this, and I'll never lift a finger to help Eric. I'm doing this for you, Sookie," Sam said. I nodded acknowledging his statement. He was still wearing Merlotte's uniform, long jeans and the Merlotte's t-shirt, and I didn't know if he was planning on changing. I was more than aware of his dislike for Eric. Yet, he had no other choice but to accept my decision. Eric was my man. End of the story.

I knew it wasn't fair for me to ask this much from them, but I was desperate. Alone, I didn't stand a chance.

The one person I wasn't expecting showed up out of nowhere. I couldn't help to feel this happy to see him. He entered Merlottes and everybody stopped moving.