Title: As Speech Disappears Into Silence

Author: LittleLottexoxEriksTrueAngel

Chapter Seven: So Pure, So Strong

A/N: Thanks for all the reviews for the last chapter! It means a lot that you are enjoying my story: )

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Christine was cut off as Erik lips came crashing down on hers.

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Chapter Seven: So Pure, So Strong

She gasped as his lips collided with hers. She struggled against him, trying to pull away. He wrapped his arms around her waist, tugging her closer, making escape impossible.

Christine's mind was a blur. She had no idea what was going on anymore. One second there is fighting and the next Erik's lips are on hers.

Time seemed to stop and there was only them…only their kiss.

After a few more moments of struggling she gave in. She returned his kiss, a soft moan escaping her lips as his tongue met hers. Her arms snaked their way around his neck and his grip on her loosened as he deepened the kiss.

Suddenly, alarm bells went off in Christine's head. What the hell am I doing?!?! She wondered to herself.

You're passionately kissing the man who destroyed your life, her mind seemed to answer.

Christine pulled away from him, breaking their kiss. She backed up slowly, her eyes still locked on his as she continued to move away.

"Christine…" he said huskily. Christine was unable to understand the emotion in his voice, or the look in his eyes.

Then, she bolted for the door.

"Christine! Christine, wait!" She heard him call.

For a moment, Christine debated over whether or not she should return to him, but decided she what she needed was to be away from this man.

She stopped in the doorway, and turned and looked at him with tear filled eyes over her shoulder before exiting the room.

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Christine didn't know where to go. She didn't want to go back to her room and she knew she wasn't allowed outside. She remembered the reason why she had been late to her lessons, and decided to hide out in the library she had found.

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Erik stood rooted at the spot.

Had he really just kissed her?

Smart move, he scolded himself touching his fingers to his slightly swollen lips.

He knew now, that he truly loved Christine, and it was not just lust and obsession that had led to the feelings he had for her.

After a few moments of contemplation, Erik sat back down at his piano.

Maybe some good can come from this after all…

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Christine was seated on a crème colored couch in the back of the library. A book lay open on her lap but she could not concentrate enough to read it. All she could think about was their kiss. And that confused her.

Christine did not understand the new feelings she was developing for the man who had taken everything from her. That kiss had awakened something inside of her, and she did not know what it was.

Those feelings were so pure and strong, but so utterly foreign to her. It had been impossible for her to realize that she was falling in love.

After sitting in the library for a few hours, Christine gradually began to tire. She marked her page and closed her book. She lay down on the soft, inviting couch and drifted off to sleep…

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Christine was not in the dining room at six o'clock, which only seemed to add to the Erik's anger. But, after what had happened earlier that day, he decided to give her a few extra minutes to come to him.

She did not.

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At exactly ten minutes past six, Meg walked, alone, into the dining room.

"Good evening, Master." She whispered with a curtsey.

Erik knew something was amiss. "Where is Christine?"

"Um…she's—" Meg started, speaking too fast to get her story straight.

"Just tell me where the hell she is!!" He ordered.

"She never came back to her room after her lesson to get changed for dinner." The maid whispered.

Erik's eyes were a light with rage, but before he could say or do anything Meg added, "When she left, crying, from your lesson, she looked like she was headed towards the library."

He jumped out of his seat, knocking his chair to the floor.

Then, he stormed out of the room.

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Christine was standing in the middle of a grand ballroom.

There was a figure moving towards her, and her breath caught when she realized that it was Erik.

He walked up to her slowly and once he finally reached her he took her small hand and raised it to his lips.

Music began to play and the two began to dance.

After a few minutes the music stopped and the two stood together, their faces inches apart.

They leaned in closer then---

There was a loud bang that made Christine jump in her sleep. She flew of the couch.

"Christine!!!"

Uh-oh!

Her eyes widened in shock as she collided with the unforgiving floor.

Oh my God! What time is it?!?!

Before she could figure out the answer a very, very, very angry Erik screamed her name again.

Damn! Damn! Damn!

She stood up too quickly and made herself dizzy. She collapsed in a mess of skirts as Erik rounded the corner.

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Christine's eyes practically bulged out of her head as he stormed over to her. She shrieked as he grabbed her upper arms roughly and pulled her up off of the ground. He held her close to his body, his grip still on her arms, and stared into her eyes before brutally shoving her away from her. She staggered back in shock, banging her head into the wall. The room began to spin around her and she struggled to concentrate on Erik, who was standing across from her, seething in anger.

"What the hell are you doing in here?!" He hissed harshly. "Why weren't you at dinner?!"

Christine could barely form a coherent sentence, "I-I-I-was…I mean-No! I—"

"Enough!!!" He stalked over to her. "It doesn't matter."

He grabbed her again, and started dragging her from the library. "You were told the rules, were you not?" Christine nodded, half conscious. He chuckled darkly, taking some sick pleasure in this. Christine shivered in his grasp, frightened of what he would do to her now. She vaguely noted that her bedroom was in the other direction.

"You disobeyed me," He said icily. "And there will be consequences."

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A/N: I'm soooo sorry to leave you guys with another cliff hanger!! It just worked out that way!

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