BE WARNED. THIS CHAPTER CONTAINS SCENES UNSUITABLE FOR YOUNGER READERS PLEASE KEEP YOUR HAND AT THE LEVEL OF YOUR EYES!


So that's the story, really. Erik and I are officially an item. I still am wondering whether to call him Erik still or not. I need to make sure he doesn't mind me calling him by his real name. I think it would be pretty awkward if I kept calling him Erik now that he knows what has happened…

I still can't believe we finally left Paris, but I want to go home. I've said it before, I know, but, as much as it pains me to say it, I miss home, and I want to go back.

Erik came up to me a few hours ago and said we were going out to visit the town and do some shopping; just the necessities, food, drinks, that kind of stuff. It was actually going quite well until… Well until we were due to go back home, actually. We had got a lot more stuff than we thought we were going to get, meaning we had a lot more bags to carry home (we had walked to the town, it was a very nice day) and I had offered to carry some with me.

Unfortunately one of the bags I was carrying split through the bottom, and all its content fell out the bag and into the road, I immediately ran out to get what I could before any obstacles came about and began putting them on the pavement, but if I didn't make such a stupid choice as to get the last bottle of Bordeaux wine, nothing would have happened.

"Christina!" I heard him shout as I ran out into to road not looking what was coming as I did so. As I went to retrieve the last bottle, a carriage came around the corner and the driver of the carriage couldn't tame his horse into slowing down, going around me or stopping full stop, resulting it in kicking forward its front legs, catching my head in the process and leaving quite a gash in the side of my head, whinnying in the process, before stopping still and snorting.

It took quite a while for me to realise what had happened, and I began to fall to the ground, dropping whatever I was holding and began to hold the side of my head which had been hit, putting enough pressure on the wound so it didn't bleed too much.

"YOU IDIOT," I heard Erik shout at the driver, "CONTROL YOUR HORSE, MAN!" he exclaimed before running over to me and moving me out of the road and laying me upon the pavement, "Christina… Christina…" he said, taking my free hand and softly kissing the knuckles of it, "It's going to be okay, I promise, I won't let anything happen to you."

"E-Erik, w-what's going on? What happened?" I asked, and moved my hand away from my head, gasping at the bloody sight and tears started to well up in my eyes, "W-why am I b-bleeding?!" I screamed, and the tears started gushing out of my eyes.

"You had an accident…" he began, staring up at the driver who was still sat in his carriage, "What are you doing, man? Why are you just sitting there?! GO AND GET SOME HELP, PLEASE!" he shouted, his voice cracking and his eyes forming tears themselves. "The bags broke, and you went to retrieve everything that fell out, but that…imbecile of a driver couldn't control his horse and it reared up, causing you to get hit in the side of the head, but you'll be okay, I promise you. Nothing will happen." He reassured, placing my hand back on my head and cradling it rocking back and forth as if I was a small child.

After a while, the driver came back with a doctor and he ran over to us, I had stained Erik's shirt with my blood, which obviously showed how much I was actually bleeding.

"Erik? Is that you? What are you doing back in Mont Saint Michel?" the doctor asked, I had not a clue of who he was.

"Daroga, what are you doing here? You're not a doctor now, are you?" he asked the man, still keeping a tight hold of me, despite the mess I had made on his shirt.

"I have always been a doctor; I just never had to use my skills whilst I worked for you, sir." He responded, and crouched down next to me, "What happened, then?" he asked, whilst he opened his bag and took out a stethoscope, a bandage and what looked to be a bottle of medication and gloved his hands.

"The bags broke, and she went to retrieve everything that fell out, but that…imbecile of a driver couldn't control his horse and it reared up, causing her to get hit in the side of the head with its hooves." He repeated to the man who he called Daroga.

"Well, that is very unfortunate," he sat me up straight and propped me up against the wall, "What's your name?" he asked me, though with losing so much blood as I had already, I couldn't even say it myself."Her names Christina…" Erik said, I saw his eyes sadden at how weak I had actually gotten.

"Well then, Christina, you've got into quite a trouble, haven't you…?" he said to me, and began to peel the hair that was stuck to the side of my head away to clean the cut. I winced when he started to clean the cut and was quite surprised at how big the wound actually was; it could not have been any bigger than what must have been a 20 pence piece.

"Nearly finished…" He said and wrapped the bandage around my head and secured it tightly, handed Erik the bottle, which he took out of his bag and stood up, "All done, you had a very lucky escape. Now, be careful, and don't try to do too much at once, and if you feel faint at any time, just take one of these," and he gestured to the bottle, "it will restore your sugar levels and will cease your fainting spells."

"Thank you, thank you so, so much, Daroga." Erik said to Daroga and fished in his pocket and pulled out a sack, dug his hand in and put eight gold coins in his hand, "Take this, please, for all you've done"

"No, no, I couldn't possibly take it, I done it out of kindness, I wouldn't see a young girl in pain," he replied and went to give the money back, but Erik promptly refused, "No, take it, I insist."

Erik helped me up after Daroga had left and carried me down and put me into a carriage courtesy of a nearby towns-person and he went back to retrieve our shopping, then came back and we went back home. "Are you okay, Christina? I know you are feeling very shook up right now, as am I about today's events." He asked me when we finally arrived back at the house.

"I'm fine, thank you; could you pass me one of those tablets, please? I do not feel too clever. My feet are still unsteady from earlier." I replied, holding onto the side of the door frame trying to keep myself upright.

"If you don't feel too good, take a seat, I don't want you feeling ill, not after today, you got me quite scared, you know." He said to me, in a concerned voice as he handed me a tablet and a glass of water to take it with, before leading me to the living room, and laying me down next to where he sat. I took the tablet and I felt myself drift off into a light sleep, and I curled up next to him and hooked my arms around his.

When I woke up, I found that I in our bedroom to sleep more comfortably and no longer in the clothes I was wearing but a nightgown. Erik…Changed my clothes whilst I slept…Embarrassing… I thought, blushing fiercely at the thought of having my clothes changed by him.

As I sat up, I heard footsteps along the tiled floor, "Ah, you're awake, then?" He said when he walked in, smiling, to which I simply nodded. "How long was I asleep for?" I asked; I was not going to ask the question of 'Why did you change my clothes?' too soon.

"Well, we returned from the village at about 2PM, you had a tablet as soon as we got in, and then you fell asleep around 2:30PM, it's now 5PM so you only slept for 2 and a half hours. I also took the liberty in changing you out of your clothes, seeing as they were stained, and could not be bought back clean, I disposed of them, along with my shirt." He said walking over to me and sitting down on the bed and untying his shoes and taking them off, before lying down next to me, "I think we both could do with a very long rest, I am so glad that you are okay, I don't know what I'd honestly do if you didn't survive today."

I shifted my position slightly and lay my head on his chest, and smiled, "I'm sorry for ruining your shirt, Erik, and thanks for changing me out of my clothes as well." I placed a hand on his chest and shut my eyes for a few seconds, taking in his warmth and his smell, before sitting back up and sighing heavily.

"What's wrong?" he asked me as I sighed, "Do you still feel ill? I could get a doctor in to have a look if you want me to." He said to me, sitting up to look at me.

"No, it's nothing… It's just that…It doesn't matter…" I said and smiled, feeling foolish.

"Tell me… If anything is wrong, tell me, please. I do not want to see you hide your stress."

"It's just that, well, I don't know how I will go back. I mean, I don't know if I will EVER go back. If I did, I want you to come with me, but I don't know how it will work."

"I don't want to leave you anymore than the next person, but, please, don't stress over the fact about something that silly." He said and tapped me on my nose, before laughing slightly, just like he did in the production.

"I love the way you laugh...It's so mysterious." I said and giggled. "Well, I love the way you are you." he said before pinning my arms to the mattress and kissing my cheeks and lips multiple times. I tried to sit up but with the force I was kept where I was and was set to laughing as he carried on.

He eventually let up and I lay breathing heavily from all the laughing, my chest rising high and low. He just sat there laughing as I controlled my breathing, and when I finally sat up from controlling myself, I poked him in the chest, expecting it to be soft, but hurt my finger in the process, as it wasn't as soft as I thought it was.

I pulled him towards me and pressed my forehead against his, placing my hands on his shoulder, and gave a part wicked smile at him, "Two can play at that game" I snickered and began to kiss him back, but automatically losing dominance to him. His hands began to fumble up and down my body a bit and then leaned me back in the kiss so we were now laid down on the bed again. All the adrenaline made me forget about my head hurting so much.

My hands seemed to have a mind of their own and decided to fumble over his chest and tried to unbutton his shirt; he immediately knew what I was trying to do and finished the job himself, and shaking the shirt off on to the floor. Seeing his body for the first time since I met him was quite a shock, but I had mentally prepared for it, all his tattoos on show, all his muscles etcetera. His hands became busy again around my back and fumbled through my hair to get to the zip of my nightgown. He had obviously seen me bare before without me knowing so what's so wrong about him doing it again but with me knowing?

I felt the nightgown loosen as the zip was undone and my body was a quick reactant as it hit the cold but yet warm air. The slim spaghetti straps were pushed down my arms, leaving more of my body exposed, thank goodness for my small bodice, or I would have been VERY exposed.

We were both now breathing twice as fast as one another, feeling our lips swell more every second, his hands were now tangled in my hair and mine in his. I moved down to his mask and placed a hand on it, and gently slipped it off. I broke the kiss and kissed every part of his now uncovered face.

I felt his body stiffen as I did so, but felt it soften as I whispered "The part I love the most about you, is all of this" in his ear, and kissed the very top of his head and going back down, keeping a hand on his face as I went back to the kiss.

This happened for around about an hour or so, and when we were finally slicked with a thin layer of sweat, when our lips were 3 times as big as they normally were and when we were breathing uncontrollably, we stopped, collapsing on each other and breathing heavily.

We controlled our breaths at long last and sat up, giving each other one last long kiss. We then both looked at each other and in unison we both said, "So much for that long rest!" and we collapsed in a fit of laughter on to the pillows where I fell asleep again, and having Erik as a support for you, really made the sleep a lot more comforting...


Well then! That escalated quickly! If your not aware, this story may be ending on the next chapter, so quick heads up, give me ideas while you still can, open ideas are allowed, and I will try and have it updated for next week, seeing as it is the last chapter and I want it to shock you all!

I hope you enjoyed reading this chapter I have stayed up late updating again, but now I've finished it, I can't sleep, so I am off to roleplay! I shall see you all when I next update, but in the mean time, Review please! :D