I do not own Moulin Rouge or any of the characters from the movie; sadly they belong to the brilliant Baz Lurhman.

A Childhood Friendship begins

Christian James was born on June 1, 1867, to the proud parents of John and Sarah James. While months later Satine Watkins was born on December 27, 1867, to the wealthy parents of Orlando and Keira Watkins. Of course both of their parents our wealthy but the Watkins beat out the James by owning a hotel branch around the world. Satine and Christian both live in London England. Their mothers are the best of friends and that's how Christian and Satine met. They've know each other all their lives, and have gone through all their troubles together. And at the age of seven you can believe they've been through most of it all. But there has also been secrets, like the time when Christian accidentally shot Satine's chocolate lab puppy, Maude, and told her that a mad man came by and shot the poor thing. Yes Christian never wanted to hurt Satine so he always tried to make her happy, even if it was by telling her crazy lies. Every one around them that knew their family always thought they were going to get married once they got older; they just made such a cute couple. But of course at such a young age they always thought marriage was just a bunch of mushy, gushy stuff that just made them ill. They would always gag at the mention of the word "marriage."

When they weren't busy with school and family, Christian and Satine would always meet at Mitchell's Park, and would always play and chat under the willow tree whose branches would just touch the tip of the lake. Their conversations were never huge, it was just usually about Satine bragging about how she would become a famous actress someday, but Christian would always come back with the same line, " You'll never become an actress Satine, I mean with your family being so well known, some people would just look down on you just like they do with most actresses, it's just not fitting for a lady like you that's all." Satine never could find a come back, she usually just sat down against the willow quietly, with her head down pouting, and pull at the blades of grass until she could think of another subject to bring up. But sometimes she could never think of one so her and Christian would just walk home and think about what to do the next day.