Christine opened the door to her bedroom as softly as she could manage. She flipped on the light switch to see Erik sitting in the chair in the corner. She jumped at the fright it had given her. Erik stood up and walked over to Christine, taking her hands in his. "Christine has been bad. She did not listen to her Erik, but Erik still loves Christine. Erik is sorry that he must punish Christine. But if he doesn't, Christine will not learn to obey Erik, whom she loves."
He kissed her forehead and let go of her hands before leaving the room. Christine sunk down to the floor and began crying the moment she heard the lock click. She was afraid now. Erik was angry, and she was scared he would hurt her.
ECECECECECECECECECECECECECECECECECECECECECECECECECECECECECEC
The house had been silent for the past three days. Christine had not seen anyone else since her scare with Erik. She had gone down to the kitchen, only to find it locked each morning. When she would return to her room, her meals would be sitting on the night stand. She never saw anyone coming or going.
Christine had decided to continue with her lessons in this time of isolation, trying to avoid Erik's wrath further. It was on a trip back from studying French in the library that her isolation ended.
"Christine." Christine took her eyes of the floor when she heard Erik's voice. "Please come here."
Christine walked into Erik's office and took a seat. "Yes, Erik?"
"What do you want done with your textbooks?"
"What do you mean?"
"You may either add them to the library or dispose of them. It doesn't matter. Personally, I would like the reminders out of the house, but they are yours to do with as you wish."
"Erik, I wish to return to my classes."
"Out of the question, Christine." Erik growled.
"Please, Erik."Christine whispered.
"No. Erik can not trust Christine. Christine betrayed Erik. If Christine can not be a good girl on her own, Erik must keep a close eye on his Christine to make sure she behaves."
Christine pulled her knees up to her chin and began crying into them. Erik watched for a moment as he calmed down. He came around and sat on his knees at the side of Christine's chair. "Christine, please stop crying. Please. Please stop. It pains me to see you so. Please. Erik is sorry. Erik will do anything to see his Christine smile again. Please."
Christine mumbled into her arms. "I am sorry, my dear. I didn't you hear you."
"All I wanted to do was meet an old friend for coffee, but you are so controlling and jealous. I hate the way you always try to control me. You're so hateful when everyone doesn't just bow down to your wishes. You haven't spoken to me in three days, and now that you're ready to speak to me the first thing is you say is I can't go back. You don't give a care about me. You just want to have canary in your house."
Erik grabbed a handkerchief. He took Christine's chin in his hand and began wiping away the tears. "Shh. It's okay. I do not where you came up with these ridiculous lies that you have been telling yourself. I love you and only want what's best for both you and I. Your happiness means the world to me, Christine. Now, there is no reason why we can't be reasonable about this."
"Erik, please. I just want to go back."
"Alright, Christine, if that is what you really want, I will allow you to return if you promise to behave and not to sneak out again."
"Erik, I..."
"No, Christine.I want you to think this over before you answer. I do not want any empty promises. I will hold you to your word." Erik stood up, kissing her forehead. He stopped at the door frame. "Ich liebe Sie, meinen Engel, und Wunsch nur für Sie, Glück mit mir zu finden."
( I love you, my angel, and wish only for you to find happiness with me.)
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC
Christine hurried out to the car. She was running late. Her economics class had a test that would have sent Adam Smith running. She was barely going to make it to the car of time. Knowing Erik, he was already growing impatient that she wasn't in the car.
She made it to the car and saw Raphael step out of the passenger side to open her door. "Good afternoon, Raphael."
"Good afternoon, miss Christine. What happened? Why are you so out of breath?"
"Economics professor gave a really long test that took forever. I had to run to get here."
Raphael chuckled. "I am taking this was due to please master."
"No." Christine shook her head. "Just to avoid his temper."
"Yes. Well, master Erik sends his apologizes. His meeting has run over. He says that you may go back to the house if you wish. You would most likely get bored waiting around in his office."
"Has he eaten yet?"
"Master hardly ever eats at home, let alone in the office."
Christine climbed in the backseat and placed her arms on the front seat. "David, could we go pick something up and take it to Erik, please?"
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Erik was fuming, pacing back and forth in his office. Christine had gotten out of class thirty minutes before. Yet he had heard no word that she had arrived safely at home. Sarah swore she had not arrived home, and Sarah promised she would personally see to it that Christine called the moment she walked in the door.
Erik knew there would be no such call. Erik knew what happened. Christine had seen her chance to run and took it. Little did she know that there was no where she could hide that Erik wouldn't find her. Erik would always be able to find her and bring her back to him. She would know. When he found her, he was going to show her that she belonged to him. He was never going to allow her to go anywhere without him ever again.
Raphael knocked on the door before opening it. Erik flew from his seat, grabbing Raphael's collar and shoving him against the wall. "Why didn't you call when you first noticed she was gone?"
"Master, I don't know what you are talking about."
"Christine. Where is Christine?"
"She is talking with your receptionist. I called and told some girl when we would be here."
"I shall deal with this later." Erik dropped him to go find Christine.
ECECECECECECECECECECECECECECECECECECECECECECECECECECECECECECE
Erik walked up behind Christine and snaked his arms around her waist, causing her to jump. "So timid, mi Amor."
"Erik, don't do that. You scared me."
"My apologizes, my dear." Erik still held fast to what was his. The receptionist stared in aw as she had been there for ten years and had never seen Erik in this same room with someone unless absolutely necessary and here he was with his arms possessively around this girl. "What is in the bag?"
"Oh, Raphael said that you don't ever eat up here. I was hungry so I figured that you would be as well."
"Unfortunately, Erik is never hungry, mademoiselle."
"Good afternoon, Mr. Khan." Christine smiled while Erik shot Nadir a threatening look.
"Come, Christine. Nadir, I will speak to you later about whatever nuisance you wish to bother me with." Erik lead Christine into his office never letting go.
Raphael was sitting in one of the chairs, waiting to hear what the plan was for the afternoon. "I will call you when Christine and I are ready to go home." Raphael stood up and left, leaving the two of them alone in Erik's office.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
A/N: Do you guys prefer the longer chapters(1500words) like this one and the last one or would you rather have the shorter ones (500-700)?
Sorry that this chapter probably disappointed many of you. Review let me know.
