Room 218, Thursday Afternoon

[glacial_queen]

In a shocking turn of events that probably surprised absolutely no one, Karla was still in a fantastic mood. Honestly--and no disrespect meant to her boyfriend--most of her good mood stemmed from feeling free for the first time in a years. It was like a great weight had been lifted from her shoulders; the danger that had doggedly haunted her since she'd returned to the estate from the coven was no longer a threat.

And, okay, the rest of her good feelings came directly from the discovery that, yes, sex was as astral as everyone had said. She wondered if she should sent Alex Karev a note saying, "Fine, fine, you were right."

Since she was in such a good mood, she figured she should probably tackle cleaning her dorm, since she hadn't bothered to clean it much over the holidays and it was getting a little cluttered. She'd even do it by hand, since it was sorta homework for Home Ec. And hopefully this would give her something to do until the smugness wore off.

[Open door, open post! Friends, phone calls, and random passersby welcome, though I may be slow as I am also working on The Thesis.]

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[justwantsquiet.livejournal.com]

Sookie nodded, also blushing. "I always thought I couldn't date at all, 'cause of my gifts," she said, a little shy. "But with Bobby, all I ever pick up is that he thinks I'm beautiful, and I make him -- kind of mentally incoherent, which I take as a flattering thing. Plus," she added, turning a little redder, "it's a little crude, but I like that all I have to do is flash a little cleavage, or whisper in his head a little, and I've got him in my pocket for the rest of the night. I like being wanted like that."

[glacial_queen]

Karla just wished she had cleavage to flash. Though the mental whisper, that she had no problems with. And, hmmm...maybe some wandering phantom hands while she was elsewhere? That idea had potential.

"I never expected it," she admitted. "I was always so different, back home. Too skinny, too outspoken, too weird. And then I come here and not only does that not drive him away, he likes me this way. He's not bothered that I'm a witch or a Queen or more powerful than he is. He just sees me and calls it good."

[justwantsquiet.livejournal.com]

"Bobby doesn't care what I am," Sookie offered, nodding. "I mean, he does 'cause I was excited to find out, but he just likes Sookie. Don't matter if I can read his mind or if sometimes I lose my mind a little. I'm not just different to him. I'm special, and even more than that, it doesn't matter. Doesn't matter what my blood does, or where it's from, or that I'm not human. I'm just this girl named Sookie, and he loves that girl."

[glacial_queen]

"Yay, isn't it wonder--" Karla paused, replayed the last few seconds of the conversation in her head. "Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?"

Blood? Not human?

"Could you explain that?"

[justwantsquiet.livejournal.com]

"...which part?" Sookie wondered, frowning. Her adorable little airy head was still in romance-land, silly thing.

[glacial_queen]

"The part where you mention not being human?" Karla said, still kind of staring at Sookie.

[justwantsquiet.livejournal.com]

"Not entirely," Sookie said, looking down at her hands. "I didn't tell you, did I? I meant to over Christmas, but things got away from me...."

She glanced up. "I met my great-grandfather the day before y'all arrived in Bon Temps. Eric took me to him."

[glacial_queen]

"Nooooo..." Karla said shaking her head. "You never said anything."

She ruffled her hair with a hand. "So, Eric came back. And brought you to your...great-grandfather? Who isn't human? Is he a vampire? Can you be...part vampire?"

[justwantsquiet.livejournal.com]

Sookie almost laughed, shaking her head before carefully offering, "Fairy. He's a fairy prince."

[glacial_queen]

Karla leaned back, just a bit. "Like...the bitey kind?" she asked.

[justwantsquiet.livejournal.com]

Sookie couldn't help it; she arched a brow, just a little lasciviously, and laughingly replied, "Only if you ask nice, sweetheart. No, I'm just regular fairy. That's where I went when Bill drank from me -- the fairy world. That's why my blood tastes so good to them, and lets them out in the sun. And that's why I can do what I can, and why -- sometimes, I can't control myself. The fae part of me takes over."

[glacial_queen]

"I have no idea what a regular fairy is," Karla said. Which meant she was still a little leery. On the other hand? This was Sookie. "So, Claudine and the others? The ones in your mind? They're fairies?"

If they were responsible for that laugh and brief lapse of sanity in Fangtasia, Karla was going to have words with them.

[justwantsquiet.livejournal.com]

"Kaeleer has unicorns and dragons and everything else, but not fairies?" Sookie asked, slightly incredulous. "But yeah, Claudine's supposed to protect me. Great-grandfather has her keeping an eye on me, which is why she pulled me away when Bill almost killed me."

[glacial_queen]

"Some of the Blood are tiny and have wings?" Karla offered, thinking of tiny Katrine. "But how could someone--I mean, we're big and..."

Karla wasn't getting the physical logistics.

[justwantsquiet.livejournal.com]

Sookie shook her head, blushing. "No, these fairies are, um, big. Like normal-sized people. They might have wings, though -- Niall hid his real form when he visited me. They have pointed ears and can do magic, I guess. I know it's why I can do my purple hand thing."

[glacial_queen]

"Do you have wings?"

What? Karla kind of had to ask.

"Is it some kind of magical power then? Are they giving you lessons? How does this all...work?"

[justwantsquiet.livejournal.com]

"Do you see wings?" Sookie sighed. "I wish I did. And they aren't giving me lessons or anything, that they've said. Great-grandfather just wanted to meet me and help me, if he could. And he'll be in my life from now on. It's just nice to have some answers, finally."

[glacial_queen]

"They're not?" Karla looked surprised to hear that. "But there's so much you don't know! About your powers, about your people, about everything!"