It had been 10 years since his brother died, which meant that it had also been ten years since he had last seen his brothers girlfriend at the time, Sophie. Although she was his brothers girlfriend he had a soft spot for her; in a strictly brotherly way of course since at the time she was underage.

Nathan, his brother; had taken his own life at the age of 16 by way of an Asprin overdose. Their mother had been the one to find him the next morning when he wouldn't wake up for school and by that time it was too late to save him. He had been dead for a solid six hours from what the coroner said.

Alex was the person tasked with calling Sophie to let her know what had happened to his little brother. To this day he could still remember the eerie silence on the other side of the phone and the fact that he never heard or saw her crying spooked him. Even at the funeral she was composed, reserved, and lifeless.

In Alexs eyes she had always been so bright...so cheerful, but as he stared at her from the other side of his brothers coffin he could tell that something inside her had changed. After the funeral service everyone headed over to the small lunch that was being served in a hall nearby and it was there that Alex planned to try and speak to Sophie and that's how it stayed.

Sophie had disappeared. She hadn't just decided to not come to the lunch but more so she decided to leave town. Alex later found out from Sophie's parents that she had come home right after the service. She had packed up everything she cared about and left without a trace. Always the smart one; she had left her phone on her bed and made sure to factory reset the damned thing so that no information could be found by either tracing it or looking through the phone's history.

Reminiscing on the past left Alex sad and distraught; the same way he felt during that point in his life. Soon he was pulled away from these thoughts by a hand being placed on his shoulder. "Hey, did you hear anything that I just said", the mysterious voice asked behind him. Turning the chair the now 30 year old Alex frowned, " No, sorry about that can you repeat it?". With an annoyed look on his face Eric repeated, "Can you please make sure that you order a new bed for my maker now that he will be staying with me at my home?".

Nodding, Alex pulled out his phone and started pulling up Amazon to do as his boss had asked. Picking a basic black king sized bed as quickly as possible and ordering, "Taken care of, now why did you ask me to meet you at Fangtasia tonight? Usually I just run your day errands for you and to be honest just waiting here in your office for something is a bit concerning." Chuckling Eric moved to sit in his massive office chair across the brown mahogany desk from Alex. "Lately I have noticed that you have been a bit distant when I have spoken to you and now that I have my maker with me I must ensure both of our safety. This is why I would like you to meet both my maker and a friend of ours tonight. Godric, please bring in Miss Stackhouse." Eric's voice boomed throughout the room.

Suddenly there stood a teenage boy no older than 17 and a blonde haired woman. "Alex, this is Miss Stackhouse and my maker Godric. Sookie, please do as I asked of you, unless there is something else you wouldn't mind doing for me?" Eric said quirking his eyebrow slightly. "Eric! Do not be nasty with me!", Sookie huffed," Hello Alex, my name is Sookie and it is nice to meet you.

Alex stood up and shook her hand," It's nice to meet you as well and also it is a pleasure to meet you Godric and I look forward to assisting you with whatever you may need, just ask Eric for my number." Godric nodded in agreement and both Sookie and Alex sat down. It grew quiet after that and as the quiet set in his mind began to drift back off to Sophie. Specifically back to the last time he saw her before the funeral.

It was just the two of them sprawled out on the trampoline in his backyard. Alex was looking over at her while she looked up at the stars. "Do you think there is anything up there?", Sophie asked quietly. Noticing her shiver from the cold Alex brought her in close and inhaled her sweet perfume," I think so, maybe even more than just Aliens and Heaven; you never can tell with that sort of thing. Why do you ask?. Sophie turned on her side facing Alex and smiled," You'll think I am crazy but sometimes I swear that someone is watching me from up there."

Alex smiled and moved a strand of hair away from her face that had fallen while she moved and thought for a moment about what she had just said. Thinking to himself Alex couldn't help but wish she was his age, if she had been she would have been his instead of his brothers. " I think that whatever you believe to be true is the truth and no I don't think you are crazy." Alex said softly.

His mind flashed after that to another point in time after she had left. Alex never was a crier but there he was in his bedroom holding her picture in his sweaty palms crying. He was brought out of his mind to the abrupt sound of tears. Looking up he was startled to see that it was Sookie bawling her eyes out. Alex began to ask her what was wrong but Eric beat him to the punch. " What is it? What did you see?"

Sookie calmed herself as Alex wondered what Eric meant, once she was calm enough she responded, not to Eric but to Alex, "Who is she and what happened to her?" Alex stood from his chair with anger in his eyes. What did she see and how was she able to look into my mind?! Godric took over from there and held Alex back just in case he tried to attack Sookie. "Answer her!", Eric demanded. "I don't see why I would have to justify this and I am extremely angry that you did this Eric but," Alex continued,"Her name is Sophie and she up and disappeared after my brothers death ten years ago. I haven't been able to find her since and lately she has been on my mind which is why I haven't been able to focus."

Everyone was quiet for a moment while they processed what they had just heard. "What was her last name?" Sookie asked timidly, obviously feeling bad for looking into his mind and intruding upon his private memories. Alex's shoulders sagged as he shook his head," Her last name is Paige but it really is no use looking for her. I have paid some of the best private investigators from all over the world to try and find her and every one of them came back with nothing."

Godric, who had been quiet for the better part of the night finally spoke up with his thoughts, "I apologize for the loss of your brother as well as for the fact that you have not been able to find your friend in such a long time. I hate to say this but do you think it is possible that she is no longer with us?" Alex sat down and thought about what had just been proposed to him. Could she really be dead and if not what had happened to her? Everything had changed ever since the Vampires came out of the coffin, could that have had an effect on her in some way?

Alex shook his head, there was no way he would ever entertain that idea. If there was one thing he knew would never be able to change with Sophie that was her intellect. At the time he last saw her she was 15 but her wisdom and knowledge was greater than most 30 year olds. He couldn't imagine how smart she would be now.

"Sophie is an incredibly intelligent girl..er woman now I suppose. There is no way that she is dead, it honestly just isn't possible."Alex said smiling as he remembered the mountains of books in her old room; some of which he still currently had in his possession thanks to her parents. Godric shook his head in understanding and moved over to Eric to whisper into his ear. After a moment Eric spoke up on the matter," What did she look like and how young was she when she disappeared?"

Alex looked at Eric cautiously but responded,"She was short, shorter than Godric in fact and had raven black hair. Her eyes were redder," before he could continue he looked up and could see that no one in the room believed him about her eye," I am serious, here." Alex finished standing up and pulling a picture out of his wallet. Eric, Sookie, and Godric all looked at the picture that was being held up for them. Sure enough Sophie did have incredibly bright red eyes and beautiful black hair. Suddenly Sookie spoke up," She looks so young in this picture, how long ago did she run away after this picture was taken?" Alex tucked the picture back into his wallet for safekeeping,"About three months before she ran off; she left when she was 15 it was only two months before her 16 birthday."

"I thought that human children were unable to leave their parents home until they were 18?" questioned Godric. Alex laughed out loud and then quickly shook his head," Sophie was adopted by parents who only adopted her so that they could get the tax cuts. That is the law but if the parents never report the child as a runaway no case is ever made." Sookie looked up at Alex and frowned, she knew that talking about her was really upsetting him and more so than anything she wished that she could try and help find her.

Alex decided that he'd had enough of this conversation and stood up," Eric if you don't mind I would like to go home now that you know I am of no risk to either of you. Eric shook his head yes and Alex got out of Erics office and Fangtasia as fast as he could. Sookie turned to talk to Eric but before she could Eric held up his hand. "Before you even ask I want to let you know that I am going to be putting in same phone calls to see if I can locate this Sophie girl, not because I want to make my dayman feel better but because no human man or woman should have red eyes. It just isn't natural to their genetics." Sookie frowned at this knowing that if he did in fact find her and it turned out she wasn't human the girl would end up as another one of Erics pawns. Turning to Godric she briefly thought she saw him smile, but it happened so quickly that she wasn't sure if it even happened in the first place.