True Blood

I Will Rise Up

"I know better than to believe one word out of that man's mouth. I sucked his chest. What is wrong with me?" I scream

"Eric has had a thousand years practicing deceit. He lied to prove his power to me. He counted on your goodness, there's no shame in that." he whispers walking over to me and I sigh

"But his blood, Bill. I tried to spit it all out, really, but some of it
must have gone down." I whisper and he shakes his head

"It only takes a drop or two." Bill sighs

"He'll always know where I am and how I feel, always. That's the worst of all." I hiss

"No, not the worst." Bill states and I turn to look at him

"What do you mean?" I cry

"Don't be surprised if you feel some attraction to him. Sexual." Bill states and I shake my head jumping up from the bed

"To Eric?. That's impossible I-I can't stand him. He's got a nice face but he- he's an awful man" I cry

"It is possible. It's another consequence of the blood. It would have happened sooner or later. He was determined to form this bond with you." Bill says and I growl

"I could kill him." I hiss. Later that night though we go to bed but I can't sleep and I walk over to Jasons room when I knock on his door he answers smiling

"I can't sleep." I whisper and he nods

"Join the club." he says and invited me in when we sit down I ask him about the church

"Well, they made me think I was worth something." he whispers and I sigh

"You were a star in Bon Temps. I was the demon child. Everybody always
thought you hung the moon." I say laughing and he sighs

"No, that ain't true. Well, they like my athletics and my good looks, my sex abilities, but they don't like me for me. And Steve and Sarah, well, they acted like they did, before they tried to kill me. They stopped my mind
from going around and around thinking about-- Well, other stuff." he says and I shake my head

"What other stuff? But Soldiers of the Sun? My Lord. Didn't you for one second thin what Gran would say? Guns and suicide bombers--" I say but he turns away from me

"Don't-- Don't talk about Gran. I won't talk about her. I can't." he says and I sigh

"Why?" I whisper

"Because I don't-- Because I don't wanna feel anything." he says and I give him a gentle smile

"But we have to talk about her. We can't stop remembering her or loving her because it hurts too much. She'd never stop loving us, would she We'll keep her alive in our hearts and our prayers and that's the way it's gotta be." I whisper

"And Mama and Daddy." he says and I nod

"That's right. Mama and Daddy and Gran." I say and he shakes his head

"Our whole family's gone, Megs, except you sook and me. Everybody who counts. We're all alone. We're all that's left." he whispers

"So you know what we gotta do? We gotta grow up, we gotta stick together and we gotta be good to each other or we're letting them down." I say and he grabs my hands

"I'm sorry about, ah, everything I ever done to you. I'm a dumbass fuck-up." he whispers

"Yeah, but you wouldn't be if you used your brain instead of just letting it take up space in your skull. That's not dumb, that's lazy." I say