Break//BB

[Sam Merlotte]

"Wait until I make you my homemade Belgian chocolate cake, you will never want me to leave the kitchen"

“Who said I ever did?” Sam kept his expression neutral, but they both knew he was joking. Sam did well enough in the kitchen that he could take care of both of them if she didn’t want to be there- but he couldn’t make nearly have the dishes she did. Besides, Sam wouldn’t be nearly as enthused as he was with the view he was getting right now. Pretty woman, good food- it could definitely be worse.

"I'll see if I can't get a couple friends of mine to do us a favor."

“I’d sure appreciate that.” As much as he liked staying with Brandy, there was no place like home- and Sam wanted very much to be back at home. Stupid godforsaken trailer. He had no idea who her friends were that she was referencing, but he’d take the Smurfs if they knew how to deal with the mess that was made of his place.

"Huh? Oh, the run. Yes, it was nice, I like spending time with you. In either form."

Sam laughed. “For now. After about a week you’ll be sick of me.” His eyes followed the plates in her hand as she put the dessert on the table, his stomach momentarily in control of his senses.

"Thank you, it tastes even better. I was wondering though, if you couldn't do me a favor - would you mind staying up late tomorrow night and waiting up for me? I will feel a lot better knowing that you will be here to talk to if anything goes wrong"

Sam had been in the process of cutting his dessert with his fork when she spoke, and he set it down again gently. “Yes… but is there any chance I can talk you out of going at all?” He knew it wasn’t likely, but hey, he tried.

[BB]

“Who said I ever did?”

"Touche my luv, touche"

It was amazing Brandy didn't weigh two hundred pounds with as much as she cooked and ate her own food - she blamed a high metabolism. She couldn't complain, life seemed pretty good for her at that moment. Well, most parts, she wasn't really looking forward to what she had to do tomorrow. However, as she sat down next to Sam and she felt her leg brush against his she knew everything she was going to have to do would be worth it.

Without a doubt.

If only she knew what it was she was going to have to do. All she knew was what her dreams were telling her - it wasn't going to be good. There was going to be darkness, a terrible choice that would have to be made, a sacrifice.... she almost didn't want to go at all. The only thing stopping her, well the two things that were stopping her from not going- were Holly and the fact that if she didn't go, she wouldn't have a chance to stop it. The goddess wasn't giving her any other choice - and she didn't want to go against the goddess.

“I’d sure appreciate that.”

"I'll give them a call first thing Monday morning."

People were always saying it was good to have friends in high places - well Brandy believed the same thing about low places as well. The men she knew were trustworthy and good friends of her father's, they would fix up Sam's trailer for hardly any cost at all.

“For now. After about a week you’ll be sick of me.”

"That is like saying the moon could no longer stand the stars."

She brought her dessert up to her lips, smiling toward him as she did so. She wasn't expecting his next question, and she had actually sincerely considered it.

"There is a chance Sam, but you really shouldn't. I think in this case, me being there is something that is out of my hands now and more in the goddesses."

[Sam Merlotte]

Sam looked up when their legs brushed, just to give her a small smile before returning his attention to his dessert. It was a well known fact that when Sam had food in front of him, it was always easier to deal with him- he was more likely to sell his soul for a dessert than he was to ever do it for anything else, though he would always argue that that wasn’t true. It was a fact only known by one other person besides Brandy, and that was Sookie Stackhouse.

"I'll give them a call first thing Monday morning."

“Thanks.” He said sincerely after swallowing. He hadn’t tasted something this good in a while.

"That is like saying the moon could no longer stand the stars."

“Did you ever ask them?” He smirked, shaking his head.

"There is a chance Sam, but you really shouldn't. I think in this case, me being there is something that is out of my hands now and more in the goddesses."

Sam had never really believed in a higher power- he believed in choosing one’s own fate, and as such, he had nothing to say to that that wouldn’t possibly cause some hurt feelings. Instead, he took the diplomatic approach. “Hopefully she chooses the positive side.”

((new sam/brandy thread?))