True Blood

Cold Grey Light of Dawn

"We left our clothes in the woods." I whisper playing with Erics hair as we lie in bed 

"You want me to go get them?" he whispers and I laugh 

"Don't you dare move. You still there?" I ask when he doesn't responds 

"I'm listening to your heart beat. I can feel it. Every pulse. Through your skin, into mine. If I lay still and think about nothing else, it feels like my own heart is beating." he whispers pressing his head against my chest 

"I feel like mine's still racing. At least there's some things you haven't forgot." I whisper and he moves away so he can look me in the eyes 

"Megs,  do you want me to remember again?" he asks 

"Stop it. Of course I do. I mean, I wouldn't want you to change any, but, I do want you to get your memories back." I whisper 

"Yeah, but that would change me. Once I know who I am, everything I've done, I... I couldn't possibly be the same. Would you still want me then?" he asks innocently 

"I... I don't know. You did a lot of terrible things to me, and people I love. But then there's the you who's so good, and kind, and sweet. I could never have let the old you into my bed. God knows you tried." I whisper 

"Megs, would you still want me?" he asks again 

"I hope I would. I... I hope I will. 'Cause that day's gonna come, and
I wanna be still feeling this, now. I want to so, so bad." I whisper and he gently presses his hand against my face 

"That's all I need to hear." he whispers before placing his lips to mine again but a knock on the door has be jumping up and raising to it when I open the door I see Bill on the other side 

"Oh. Hey." I whisper and I watch as he enters 

"Megs." he replies and I smile as I see Eric walk in 

"Your Majesty." Eric states 

"I don't know why you let Eric go. I'm not sure I wanna know, but I'm glad you did." I whisper and Bill looks at me before tilting his head to Eric 

"It appears the reunion was, uh, a happy one?" Bill asks 

"Yes. Very much so." Eric states darkly 

"Eric, shush." I whisper but then I watch as Bill sits down at the table with a bag 

"What's in the bag?" I ask and he quickly explains to me whats happening 

"I can't believe a witch could make vampires do that." I whisper 

"Well, I believe it. Of course it would be safest if Eric were to come with me, but the choice is his." Bill says and I feel Eric grab my hand gently 

"I'm not leaving." Eric whispers 

"I thought not. I'll leave you with this, then." Bill says as he opens the bag and I see all the silver chains spill out 

"Are you kidding me?" I cry 

"If we do not chain ourselves, then will all meet the sun together. I am going home, where Jessica and I will do the very same thing. If you care anything for him, you will do this, or it'll be his last day on Earth." Bill says before getting up and leaving. When we finally agree on what to do I rush Eric down to his hole and Eric cries out in pain as I place the silver on him 

"I must be pretty strong." he hisses and I smile 

"You're the strongest vampire I know." I whisper 

"It's like I've... I've been drained." he says grunting through the pain 

"I'm sorry  I've lost too many people in my life. I can't lose you, too" I say.

"I understand." he says and I quickly place the last piece of silver on his throat and he cries in pain  

"It'll be dawn soon. I hope... No, I'm sure this is enough." I whisper feeling tears fill my eyes 

"Will you... Will you stay with me?" he says painfully and I quickly nod as I place a kiss on his cheek and then lie down next to him and before I know it I'm waking up 

"What time is it?" Eric whispers opening his eyes 

"It must be past noon by now." I sigh 

"The spell hasn't come. It may not come at all." Eric says  

"Maybe not." I whisper 

"Megs, remove the silver." Eric whispers and I shake my head 

"I can't take that chance. There's still half a day of sunlight left. If I let you meet the sun, I'd never forgive myself." I cry 

"King Bill said the witch is very powerful. So who knows? I may meet the sun anyway. I'd rather you didn't remember me like this." he says painfully 

"There was one other time I saw you under silver. You were in a church full of people who hated vampires. You said you'd give yourself up in exchange for Godric, and for me. Didn't sink in at the time, but even then, you were willing to die for me." I whisper remembering back to that time 

"And still, you didn't love me." he whispers 

"There was all that other stuff that kinda blotted it out for me. I'd rather not think about it." I say sighing 

"Megs, I don't want my memory back." he whispers 

"Why not?" I ask 

"If you can overlook the things I've done, and forgive me for them, I don't want to remember. I'm perfectly happy as I am with you." he whispers and I smile 

"Me, too. But I'm still not letting you out of the silver." I whisper but then I hear Jason come through 

"Hello? Megs ?" Jason cries and I run up to him 

"Hey. I'm a little busy. What's up?" I ask 

"I was gonna come and tell you the good news that I didn't turn into a werepanther after all." he says 

"Yeah, actually, I asked. It doesn't work like that, but it must be a relief." I say nervously 

"Uh, it is. But what the hell's with the blood?" Jason asks 

"It's kinda complicated. Eric's under silver, and I got a little bit of him on me." I whisper 

"What? Megs? What's goin' on?" he says and I feel an overwhelming power rush over me and wind rushes through my hair 

"There's a witch spell comin'. It's supposed to make all the vampires walk out into the sun." I cry rushing back down to Eric and I hear Jason rush out of the house 

"Sun!" Eric cries as I rush over to sit on top of him 

"No! Eric, please, hold on!" I cry but he's so strong I can feel him struggling against the chains 

"Take off the chains! Take 'em off!" He cries 

"Listen to me! You'll die if you go out there!" I scream 

"I don't care! I don't care!" he cries