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Second Chance	By : TammyDevil666 Category: S through Z > Southern Vampire Views: 2379 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
Disclaimer: I do not own the Southern Vampire Mysteries or any referenced characters and no money is made from this story. It is purely for fun.

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Chapter 8
Sookie was completely taken by surprise, she gasped into Eric’s mouth as his hands roamed all over her body. He moved them up to her head, tangling his fingers in her hair and sweet mother of God, those hands were huge. They could crush her if she allowed it. She pulled away when breathing became an issue, pushing on his chest to stop him from attacking her neck.
“Wait, we need to slow this down.”
Eric nodded, feeling ashamed at his loss of control. “You’re right; I guess I did get a bit carried away. I shouldn’t be taking advantage; you’re vulnerable at the moment.”
Sookie shook her head. “You’re not taking advantage. I turned down the date Amelia set me up on because I came across a picture of me and Bill together, even though he obviously has no difficulty moving on, it just made me realize that I’m not ready.” She saw the hurt on his face, taking in a deep breath. “But when you started to kiss me, that just flew out the window. Everything you said, it meant so much to me. Just to think you could still have feelings for me after all this time is pretty amazing, I never would have expected that. I can’t promise much right now, but if you wanted to at least give dating a try, I wouldn’t be against it.”
Eric smiled. “I would be honored.”
She returned his smile, having a feeling that this man would just be full of surprises.

* * * * *

Eric was having a hard time focusing on his work the next day. He couldn’t stop thinking about the kiss he shared with Sookie, or the fact that she agreed to go out with him. It was incredible how easily he turned back into a nerdy, high school boy, with a crush on the popular girl, but he wasn’t the same person anymore.
A knock on the door broke him out of his reverie; Pam opened it with ease to let Jessica inside. He noticed that Hoyt decided to accompany her this time, and for that he was very grateful. This was a relationship he was determined to save. Eric smiled at them when Pam left the office. “Please, have a seat. I’m glad you both could make it today.”
Jessica looked nervous, but smiled as well. “We had a long talk last night; I think it helped a lot.” She glanced at her boyfriend, telling him without words that it was his turn to speak up.
Hoyt Fortenberry took a deep breath to calm himself. “I’ve been a dick lately, I know that. I let some of the guys convince me that I was making a mistake by settling down this soon, and then I heard my mama’s voice in my head. Don’t get me wrong, I love her, but the woman can be a total bitch. She’s never liked Jessica since the day I first brought her over for them to meet, but that didn’t stop me from wanting to be with her. I think the real problem my mama has is that she was no longer the center of my world. I’m a grown ass man now; it was time for things to change. I was doing fine for a while, me and Jess got a house together and we were going to be married. My friends are always playing the field and telling me how much I’m gonna miss out on, for one brief second, I wondered if they were right.”
Jessica gave his hand a squeeze. “They said some cruel things about me; Hoyt got upset and punched one of those jerks in the face.”
“I’ve never been a very violent person before, but that made me realize I don’t ever wanna be like those losers. Jessica is the most important person in my life, I can’t ever imagine being without her.”
Eric nodded, giving them both a look. “It seems to me you’ve figured it all out on your own. Your love is the only thing that matters here, not what your friends or your parents think. They’re not the ones in this relationship, I admit I was a bit skeptical at first because of how young you both are, but now I see how much you truly mean to each other. If you can manage to find that at such a young age, it’s pretty special and something worth fighting for.”
Hoyt smiled at his love, kissing her tenderly on the lips. “I’m sorry I was such an idiot, Jess. We don’t have to rush into anything; we can get married whenever you want.”
“Does next week work for you?” she wondered. “I just wanna be your wife, nothing else matters.”
He agreed, kissing her again. They both left with big grins on their faces.
Eric smiled at their departure; sometimes his job was just too easy.

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“Did you get enough garlic chicken? I could seriously live off the stuff.”
He chuckled. “You can have mine if you need more.”
Sookie blushed. “I must seem like such a pig to you.”
Eric shook his head, taking their Chinese food over to his living room and sitting on the couch, Sookie joining him a second later. “I was actually going to wonder where you put it all.”
She slapped him lightly on the arm. “You should see me without clothes; it’s not a pretty sight.”
“Is that an invitation?” he commented with a leer.
Sookie realized what she said and blushed even harder. “I didn’t mean it like that.”
Eric took some pity on her. “We’re taking things slow, I get that. Just for the record, I doubt you look anything other than beautiful.”
This time she covered her face, not wanting him to see how red her cheeks were. Sookie kept herself busy by picking up a piece of garlic chicken and popping it in her mouth, letting out a soft moan. “Sweet Jesus, that may be the best thing I’ve ever had in my mouth.”
Eric smirked at her, wiggling his eyebrows in a suggestive manner.
Sookie groaned now. “Okay, buster, you need to get your mind out of the gutter already.”
He shrugged. “I like it there, but you are making it very hard to take things slow.”
“So, how was work?” she asked to change the subject.
“It was good, I like when I have normal clients for a change. This one woman was terrifying, I felt bad for her husband. I see them getting divorced soon, and I am not helping them stay together. I can only do so much. Another woman made a pass at me to make her husband jealous, she actually grabbed my crotch. I don’t think I knew just what I was getting myself into when I decided on this career path.”
Sookie smiled at his story. “I remember how you were in high school. You were so shy and kept to yourself; I never thought you would have grown up to be a therapist. Of course, I also saw myself becoming more than just a waitress. I guess you can never tell just by looking at someone how they would turn out.”
“I didn’t think you noticed me at all when we were in school,” Eric claimed in astonishment.
“I watched you sometimes, in what I hope was not a creepy way. The girls in my squad were making fun of you, but I told them to shut up. That you would grow up to be a gorgeous model and make them eat their words, and in a way, I wasn’t entirely wrong. I’m surprised you didn’t go to our ten year reunion; you would have really shocked everyone. And I would have given them all a big fat ‘I told you so,’ I hate when people get judged just because of how they look or act. I was always seen as a ditz, it didn’t matter that I mostly got B’s and C’s on all my tests. These people will think what they want, even after ten years, they haven’t grown up much.”
Eric didn’t know what to think at that point, it made his heart swell to hear that she stood up for him. This woman was all he’d ever wanted, and he would be damned to let her go now.
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