( and so there was a party )

With the help of Andre's credit card, the Fandomites had been properly outfitted for their night at the vampire ball. And while Sookie had spent part of the day cleaning and had found something she'd not expected at all, everything that might be considered a weapon or otherwise incriminating had been hidden away. Wherever necessary ( Read more... )

Everyone had worked hard during the day to ensure that by the time the queen and her entourage showed up Wednesday night, the apartment was at least somewhat presentable. Sookie had left the witching stuff to the witches, instead making sure that there was plenty of warmed TruBlood and places to sit ( Read more... )

Upon arrival in New Orleans the night before, everyone -- the humans, at least -- had been a little overwhelmed by Hadley's small apartment, and tired from their journey. So it wasn't until Tuesday morning that the real packing began. Sookie'd investigated the kitchen before anyone had gotten up, and while Eric and Jessica would be happy with the ( Read more... )

After she'd received the phone call from that lawyer, Sookie had called everyone she could think of to help her move Hadley's stuff. All in all, this was -- while sad -- much easier than the last few times she'd had to call people to go home with her ( Read more... )

After talking to Eric, Sookie got herself some ice cream (and again, was glad she didn't have to deal with being sent back to the dorms or shells or mushrooms) and took it back with her. Once she was firmly established on her bed with her strawberry cheesecake swirl (an excellent choice under the circumstances, she had thought, though the swirls ( Read more... )

So, since Bobby had so deeply wounded her pride with his lies over dinner, Sookie had made sure she beat him back to the room.

And deadbolted it from the inside, of course. Because while she wasn't at all serious about making him sleep on the beach, she was absolutely willing to let him think she was. And with that done, she settled down on the ( Read more... )

After everyone had come back (to Sookie and Bobby cleaning the kitchen for no reason whatsoever, really), any and all vampires on the premises had gone down to the basement to sleep for the day, and most of the humans had actually retired to sleep, too, since everyone had spent the night awake ( Read more... )

( After the battle, Sookie drove Eric home, with Bobby following )

The homes around the storehouse were all dark, and not just due to urban blight. Weeds pushed up through cracks in the parking lot, and plywood had been nailed over windows that vandals had broken at least once. Even without the keep-away spell, which was so pervasive it was practically visible, no one who didn't have a really good reason to be ( Read more... )