One of the things I missed about Eric was playing poker with him. Of course he won most of the time, but still, it was fun to peer over my cards and see his baby whatever the hell color they are staring at me over his own hand. Right now, our fearless leader was in trouble and we had decided to congregate at Merlotte’s to chat about it. We were down our Vampires except for Jessica and Pam, who was beautiful but odiferous, and while Sam generally did not oppose the Vampires in his bar, he did not want Pam in there smelling the place up to high heaven, so he made our little group comfy in the outdoor party area. You could tell that Arlene was not happy to have to serve us out there, but Sam was helping her so that was okay.
Pam was not in the bee keeper inspired ensemble but I suppose to match her foul mood, she was in Vampire black. She was not happy with Eric’s situation and she swore about Nan Flanagan and her ineptitude. There should have been more Vampires in Pam’s estimation. She was told stay home since she was a little rank, and honestly, not the most pro-human Vampire in Eric’s bailiwick. The events at the Rally had enraged her and she hummed like a live wire. Thankfully she was downwind of us, so we could enjoy our chicken strips and French fries and cold beer in relative comfort.
Minnie was very upset. One of the things that troubled her was Marnie/Antonia’s influence over her beloved Viking. Lina was mad about that too. Hell, we all were.
“It just seems like there should be some way to do something about this mess!” she said.
“There is, just give it a minute,” said Aolani. “We are waiting for someone to join us.”
“Is Alcide joining us?” asked Sugar. She had a thing for the werewolf and she liked having him at our meetings.
“Oh no,” I said. “I called him and he said he no more desire to be around the fangers.”
“But what about us?” she asked.
“I am sure he will get in touch with you,” I said.
Besides, I thought the werewolf had more troubles than he knew right now. Debbie was doing something I was not sure of the reasons for, but I did know it was pretty suspicious and with her on V again, I knew nothing good would come of it. For some reason, both had jumped the gun on one another, Alcide being mad at Sookie and joining the pack to satisfy Debbie and Debbie apparently trying to take a page out of the Helpful Herveaux Vampire Wrangling Book and trying look at least like she was trying to help Sookie but I was not convinced. Even if she was sincere, I think Debbie and Alcide would be operating at cross purposes...Neither will be very happy and neither very successful.
I wondered too at another fucked up beyond all recognition situation with Tommy. What was that kid trying to do? He was squirrelier than most Vampire logic. He goes all skin walker and fires Sookie, shags Luna, then he masquerades as Hoyt's momma and steals about 5800 dollars off her and then does the Tommy/Sam thing and tries to head off trouble for his brother who was camping at the time. Everyone wondered why Alcide did not recognize the person at the door was Sam: That is easy...Alcide had never met Sam. He would not know the difference...
About that time, a battered truck drove up and out jumped Jesus and Lafayette. Lafayette looked none too pleased. Renee and I had been to his house and the experience he had with the ghost of Mavis was too much. But seeing Jesus exorcise the sad ghost from our fave short order cook was a revelation, something we suspected from the beginning but now knew for sure. “Hey guys, come on in.” Lafayette hesitated for a moment. He saw Pam standing there and he was about to backpedal.
“Ignore her Lafayette,” said Renee, soothingly. “She is willing to hear what we have to say to you.” Lafayette and Jesus sat down between Fairy and Violet.
“So, what can we do for you?” asked Jesus cautiously.
“Jesus, we need you and Lafayette to be willing to help the Vampires and your fellow witches. Marnie has allowed herself to become possessed by Antonia and you can get her out and maybe make her even release Eric and Pam from their curses,” said Aolani. “I think it would go a long way to helping your situation with Pam and Eric.”
“I want that as a guarantee…We help you and nothing happens to us, to any of us,” said Jesus. “Not Tara or Holly or any of the other witches.”
“This is no good!!!!” said Pam, full of anger.
“Pam, if you don’t cooperate and give a little on this, you are pretty much screwed,” said Barrister, evenly. The Vampire said nothing in return. She just looked impatient. Jessica sighed. She had finally hooked up with Stackhouse and she was upset with the fact Jason was feeling a little guilty over it.
“I can’t guarantee I can do anything with Antonia,” said Jesus. “She is a very powerful Witch.”
“Well, Antonia is a powerful witch but not Marnie,” said Aolani. “If you can bind Marnie, you can bind Antonia.”
“So how does Lafayette enter into this?” he asked.
“You have to send Lafayette in as your link,” said Aolani. “He is the medium, he has to take her on.”
“Oh hell no, you bitches is crazy,” said Lafayette.
“You do as they say or I will make you my last meal,” said Pam through gritted fangs. “Even if I don’t survive, I want you to save Eric.”
“Pam, calm down,” said Westexan. “We aren’t going let anyone get hurt.”
“We need time to think this over, consult others,” said Jesus.
“Well, we need to know something really soon,” said Aolani. “You don’t have a whole lot of time, and neither do they.”
We watched the two men walk away and get in the truck and head out.
“Do you think they will help us?” asked Lina.
“They don’t have any choice,” said Aolani. “They want out of their predicament with Eric and Pam, we want our Vampires back, it’s that simple.”
“So…this thing with Sookie having Bill’s blood…again…” said Lina. “Does that mean she really loves them both? Or is it the blood?”
“I think it is both. She still loves Bill, even if she madder than fire at him, else why is she all about saving Bill. She said she didn’t want people she loved hurt. And of course she loves this new version of Eric,” said Renee.
“But in the dream, that was not Amnesia Eric, that was the real Eric,” said Sugar.
“True, but she sort of loves that version of Eric too,” I said. “She had his blood before he became Amnesia Eric, so of course she is attracted to both. She might be enjoying the Amnesia Eric right now because his sweetness makes it easier for her, but I think she loved the ruthless part of Eric as well.”
“Do you think he will retain some of that sweetness after he gets his memories back?” asked The Kid. The Kid had been away taking care of things for Eric before he got amnesia and faithfully kept working on it til she was finished with it.
“I think he will. If we think about the source, and what she says, she says that he eventually not just knows about the time he spent with Sookie from Sookie, but he actually remembers as well, which is totally cool,” I said. “So I think now it will even be more sudden. It might be a little shocking to him, but I think he will be okay with it.”
“Will you people give me a small break,” said Pam, angrily. “Why would you want Eric to be different from the way he is now?”
“Not different,” said Jen. “Just more open.” Jen had just walked in to the meeting. It had been a while she came to a meeting but I was glad to see her.
“Well, either way, when Eric is uncursed, he will not be the same as he was,” said Aolani. “No one will.”
“That’s right,” said Violet. “No one ever is, once they get through one of those adventures.”
“I miss Eric,” said Fairy, finally.
“I do too,” I said. “I miss all of them.”
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