Growing up is hard. Growing up as a telepath? The worst. But when a handsome new boy whose thoughts she can't understand moves to town, maybe Sookie could eventually have an almost normal life after all. Then again, maybe not. Kinda A/U. Not A/H. Pre-Rev. Eventual vampires and ESN. ;)

Eric Northman, alone and miserable in Oklahoma on Christmas Eve, orders Pam to do the unthinkable. Will the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Yet To Come make him see the error of his ways and help him find his happily ever after?