Äkta blod - Eric Northman

Kapitel 4

"My head," Astrid groans as she sits up in the sofa. It's almost dawn and it seems like she's alone in the house. Where is everybody? It looks like all the blood and the body parts has been cleaned up. Astrid is however still bloody and dirty. She makes her way upstairs to look for any living soul. Voices can be heard from the roof of the house. She quickly runs up the last steps. 

"Godric snälla. Lämna mig inte." 

Godric, please. Don't leave me.

Eric is crying, but there is no tears falling from his eyes, it's blood. Astrid has never seen that before but it doesn't surprise her. They don't drink water.

"Guys, it's almost dawn. Let's go," Astrid says and looks around worried. The air is tense.

"Eric, du måste lämna mig här."

Eric, you have to leave me here.

"Jag dör hellre med dig."

I would rather die with you.

Astrid grabs Godric's arm and tries to pull him inside, but he refuses. He's far too strong for her.

"Som din skapare beordrar jag dig att gå."

 As your maker, I command you to go.

"Godric no!"

Eric is pulled downstairs. 

"Go with him Astrid. I'll stay with Godric," Sookie says which suprises Astrid. She didn't see her. When Astrid has taken a deep breath she nods a thank you to Sookie. She turns around and runs after Eric. He's stumbling and crashing into things as he aims for the door. Astrid grabs his arm and they make their way together to the car. The sun is almost up and they have no time to spare. The driver puts the pedal to the ground and they're off to the hotel. Astrid looks at Eric, blood is streaming down his face. He refuses to look at her. She does not dare to say a word, in fear of hurting Eric more than healing. Godric must have meant a lot to Eric. They have weird bonds in the vampire world.The car stops and they rush inside the hotel. Well inside they make their way up to their room. Astrid has a comforting hand on Eric's arm. 

"Stay with me, please."

Eric sits down on his bed and pulls on Astrid's hand. She's about to say something snarky, but stops herself. It's better to save that for later. He looks at her and tries to wipe away the blood, but he just smears it out. She falls down backwards onto the bed and takes a look on Eric's back. 

"Eric, I, I don't know what to say."

 "You don't have to say anything."

 Astrid pulls on Eric shirt to make him lay down besides her. He looks at her with a smirk.

"You do have a soft side," he says and wipes away more tears.

"Don't ruin it, dick."

Astrid lays beside him for a while, but is to antsy to lay there any longer. She stands up to get some napkins. She finds a couple of red ones and brings them to Eric. He looks a them and then back to her. 

"Just take them." 

She throws them onto his lap and turns around to walk to her room.

"Astrid, please don't go yet." 

She turns around and stumbles into Eric's chest. He has wiped off the blood but new tears has fallen. 

"Just the night."

 She looks up and into his red eyes. His ears has begun to bleed. Even though her body screams to her to not lay down in his bed, she does and is quickly hugged by his arms. He lays his face in her hair and takes a deep breath through his nose.