EricThere are two Sookie Stackhouses. One who still clings to the idea that she's merely human and the other who's coming to grips with the fact that you are better than that.
And what do you think's gonna happen when I do come to grips with it? Do you think my legs are just gonna magically open for you?
Eric
Well, that was saucy. Must have been fairy Sookie talking. I like when she comes out.
And I'm already sorry I said it.
Eric
Don't be. The more you let her speak for you, the more likely you are to go on living. And you want to live, don't you?
[interrupts Eric speaking Swedish] English.
Eric
Her eyes. Her cold, empty eyes. They were reaching into me, emptying me.
Eric
And it was her, but it wasn't her. She was in a circle, chanting, and everything I was was taken from me.
Okay. I'll help you deal with this, but there are some grounds rules that will not be broken or you're on your own. You do not touch me, and you most certainly do not bite me. Oh, forget it.
Eric
I swear.
Eric
I swear it.
Eric
[drunkenly] Hey. [stumbles forward] Want...
Eric
I want more.
You can't have any more. There isn't any more. You drank the whole fairy and you're going to your room!
Eric
Drink...you. [leans in to bite her]
Eric, you'll kill me, no!
Eric
[pulls back] I would never harm you. [retracts fangs]
You better not. [covers neck] Come on, I'll lock you in.
Eric
[chuckles, then speeds in front of her, pinching her butt on the way]
Hey! Did you just pinch my butt?!?
Eric
[circles around her, smilng] Beautiful butt.
Well, thanks, but hands off. [he does it again, laughing] I said... You're drunk!
Eric
[leans in] Catch me! [speeds off]
Get back here! [he speeds back, laughing] I'm trying to help you, you can't do this. Get back in the house right now.
Eric
[speeds around, then sneaks up behind her] Never.
Eric
I don't care. [speeds off]
Eric can daywalk some with the fairy blood, but it makes him drunk as a skunk. He's hammered, and who knows how long he starts to fry. [Alcide-wolf stops by the water] There's no time to rest, we gotta keep moving. Alcide, I know you don't like him, but Pam'll kill me if he dies.
Eric
[bursts out of the water, in full daylight] Hey Sookie! Where've you been? Come, come play with me, it's wonderful here. I am Ægir, god of the sea, and you are Rán, my sea goddess.
There's big gators in there, you crazy Viking! Get on out and let's go home before one of them chomps off your you-know-what.
Eric
Leave the sun and the water? Nope, I'll just kill all the sea monsters! Gators! [taunts]Krokodiler! Show yourselves!
[shifts back into human] He really is different.
Eric
[roars, fangs out] Get away from her!
Fuck you, she wants me here!
Eric, this is Alcide. He's our friend, he's gonna help you. You don't wanna fight him.
Eric
Yes, I do. Now, prepare to die, you stinking dog.
Take a shot, you dumb shit fanger.
Grow up, you giant babies! [both growl] Alcide, stop making that noise. Eric, put up those fangs and do what I say!
Eric
[starts to sizzle and smoke] Ahh, I don't feel so good.
[walks into water] Now will you listen to me?
Eric
Sookie, I hurt. My blood is burning.
I know, I know. You gotta get...vamp speed. [walking him out of the water/sun]
Eric
I don't wanna go back to the dark. I wanna st...I wanna...Sookie, I don't wanna...
Eric
I don't wanna go to sleep.
You have to rest. You got all burned up today. Let me check. Everything healed. Now, lay down and close your eyes.
Eric
No, no.
If you stay awake, you're gonna start bleeding all over the place.
Eric
I know what the bleeds are.
Fine, then you can clean it up. I'm not a maid. [starts to leave]
Eric
Stay with me. Please.
Can't - human stuff to do.
Eric
Oh.
You're too quiet. This isn't like you.
Eric
Yes, it is.
No, it's not. The real Eric --
Eric
I am real.
Yes, you are. I meant the Eric with his memories. Not much gets him down. Sure, he's a rascal and a troublemaker, and most of the time I'd like to smack the smile off his face, but he's a happy vampire.
Eric
I'll never swim in the sun again. Never feel the heat on my skin. Never see the daylight in your hair.
Well, the nighttime's not so bad. You've still got the stars in the sky.
Eric
Don't. I'm not a child.
I wish I knew what to say to make you feel better.
Eric
You think I'm weak.
Eric
You want the Eric who doesn't feel.
Eric
If you kiss me, I promise to be happy.
Eric
[smiles back] Why? it's only a kiss.
Eric
I don't know why I'm crying.
Godric was your maker. You loved him. You miss him.
Eric
He said I was evil.
It was a dream [she strokes his hair]
Eric
[turns to face her] Am I evil?
Well, you're not Gandhi, but no, you're not evil.
Eric
[lays his head in her lap] I like being next to you. [she laughs] Why are you laughing?
It's just that if someone had told me a week ago I'd be curled up in bed with Eric Northman, stroking his hair, I woulda...
Eric
You would've what?
It's just...you weren't always like this.
Eric
Like what?
Gentle. Sweet. But it suits you. It's what Godric would've wanted. To see you like this. He was the most human of all the vampires I've ever met.
Eric
Strange to miss someone you don't remember. Would it be alright if I stayed here till sunrise?
As long as you promise to keep your hands and your fangs to yourself.
Eric
I promise. [He turns and she lies next to him. He takes her arm and wraps it around himself.] I will never hurt anyone as beautiful as you.
Eric
Did I really do all those terrible things your friend said I did?
Eric
Then your pain is my fault. Why are you letting me stay with you?
Because there's more to you. I always knew there was decency in you. Even when you were a smug sarcastic ass, I still knew it.
Eric
Whether decency is in me is irrelevant. I'm clearly capable of extreme cruelty.
You were, but I wouldn't be here with you right now, I swear it, if I didn't know in my heart you could change. I've seen you change. And I like it. I like you.
Eric
There's a light in you. It's beautiful. I couldn't bear it if I snuffed it out. [gets up and leaves]
[goes after him] Eric! Please don't go.
[He walks back to the porch, and she holds her arms out for a hug. They embrace, breathing each other in, as he strokes her hair. She kisses him softly on the cheek, then they begin to kiss passionately.]
We'll get your life back. I swear.
Eric
I don't want it! The things I've done, I... I don't want to remember.
You don't know what you're saying.
Eric
I'm not the vampire you think I am. Not anymore.
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