Love is an Art

Chapter 12

"Christine, I love you." Erik whispered.

Christine started to cry. Erik was startled by her tears and wiped them away with his thumb. She had been waiting for Erik to say that for a long time, and finally, he had said it. "I love you too, Erik. You are the love of my life."

Erik kissed her, "Oh, God Christine."

They sat that way for a while before pulling back to look each other in the eye.

"I wasn't lying, Erik, I love you, with everything that I am. You can trust me, I will never leave you, nor will I betray you nor will I insult or dishonor you. You have taken my heart, and I don't ever want it back."

"Christine, I have loved you ever since that night in Paris, when we stood on the roof top. I fell in love with you then. I'll never want for anything more, only you." Erik kissed her passionately. Christine kissed him back.

"It's getting late, my love." Erik whispered.

"But I don't want to let go of you." Christine said.

"You'll never have to." They stood and Christine placed Erik's back on his face for him. On the walk back to the car, Christine had her arm wrapped around Erik's waist, and he had his hand around her shoulders. They didn't speak, but every now and then Erik would kiss Christine's forehead.

Once they got back to the car, Erik immediately saw a problem: they would have to let go of each other for a moment to get into the car.

"Christine, I am going have to let go of you for a moment, so we can get in the car."

"But I don't want to let go of you." She said.

"I know love, just for a moment." Erik placed her in the car, and ran to the other side to get in. The moment he got into the car, he leaned over and buried his hand in her hair, and pulled her lips against his, kissing her with all of the passion in the world. When he broke the kiss, he took hold of her hand and placed it on the stick shift, along with his. "I love you. I will never get tired of saying that." He said.

"I will never get tired of hearing it. I love you, too."

Once they got home, Erik took Christine up to her room.

"Erik, will you sleep with me again, please?" Christine asked hesitantly.

"Of course Christine. Let me get something more comfortable on, you too. I'll be there in fifteen minutes."

"Okay."

Erik kissed Christine before going to his own room. She quickly went into the bathroom to brush her teeth and get undressed. She put on a silky lavender night-gown and sat on her bed to wait for Erik.

Erik came in with a black t-shirt (Christine wasn't even sure if Erik owned a t-shirt) and black night pants. He immediately came over to Christine and kissed her. She smiled and kissed him back. Erik pushed her back on the bed and his hands started to roam. Christine moaned and slipped her hands under the back of his shirt. When things began to get very heated Erik broke the kiss.

"Christine?" he said.

"Make love to me, Erik." Christine whispered.

"Are you sure?"

"I have given you my heart and soul, and now I want to give you my body. Take me."

Erik kissed her and proceeded to show her the joys of the flesh. Erik couldn't believe it, when he found that Christine was a virgin or when she wanted to see his whole face as they made love. She told him that he was the only one she wanted.

"I love you, Erik Rosier." Christine whispered, later that night.

"And I love you, Christine Daae."

That night they fell asleep tangled together, with passion's glow still on their skin.

OERIKO

Christine slowly opened her eyes and smiled. Erik was behind her and his arms were wrapped around her waist. She loved the feel of his skin against hers. Without waking him she turned in his arms to look up at his face. She had tossed his mask aside last night during their passion play. Christine noted how peaceful Erik looked in his sleep, so content. She reached up and traced the deformity on the right side of his face, slowly drawing her finger across it to his nose. Then she traced his lips and jumped when suddenly he kiss her finger. Then his brilliant eyes opened.

"Christine, my love, you need not pay attention to that part of my body. I have more attractive parts." He said.

"I know, I saw them all last night." Christine blushed, she couldn't believe that she had just said that; and neither could Erik, for his eyes widened, then he smiled. "You should know, Erik, that I love all of you just the same. I would not change one thing about you, not ever." She proceeded to show as she kissed his chest, then his neck, then his face, all of it, then his lips.

"What did I do to deserve you?" he said more to himself than to Christine.

"What time is it?" Christine said.

"I don't know." Erik replied.

Christine leaned over Erik to get into her night stand and Erik smiled, liking the position they were in.

"Crap!" Christine cursed. "We have one hour before we need to get Meg."

"Okay." Erik started to get up, but was stopped when Christine pulled him back on the bed and straddled him.

"I didn't say to get up." Christine kissed him and ran her hands all over his chest.

"Christine…" Erik started to say but was cut off when Christine kissed him.

She broke the kiss and said, "I just wanted a kiss, I'm done know."

"No you aren't." Erik rolled over, so that he was now on top of her and passionately claimed her lips. Christine giggled and returned the favor.

"I love you." Christine said.

"I love you too. Now, we must get up and dress. We have a long day ahead of us. We have to pick up Meg, get her situated, move your stuff out of this room…"

"What? Move my stuff?" Christine said baffled.

"Yes, this is not your room anymore."

"Why not?"

"Because I will not have you away from me at night if I can help it. You are going to move in with me in my room, or our room. If that is okay with you?" Erik said. Christine tackled him with her body and mouth. Erik chuckled into the kiss. "I'll take that as a yes. Now, it is important that we dress." Erik got out of bed and grabbed the night pants that Christine had thrown off the night before and put them on. He have her another kiss, "Be ready in twenty minutes, we can get a bite to eat on the way."

Christine got out of bed and found a robe, put it on, and saw Erik to the bedroom door. Once he was gone, Christine went to the closet and put on a khaki knee high skirt and a blue long sleeved shirt with a low neck. She went into the bathroom and groomed herself, and before she left the room she grabbed her purse and sprayed some perfume on her chest. As she walked out of her room, she heard Erik still moving around in his room above her. Christine smiled to herself and went upstairs to his room. The door was open so she walked right in. She hadn't been in Erik's room before now, but it was stunning. It positively screamed 'ERIK!' The room was decorated with burgundy walls and white carpet, quite a contrast to each other. The bed was a giant. It was a huge fore-poster bed with black and gold bedding. The rooms itself was huge! At one end of the room he had a sofa and a coffee table at the other end was his bed and night stand. At the end of his bed was a large wooden trunk, she didn't know what contents filled it, but she was curious. The there were two doors which Christine guessed were his closet and bathroom, which was where Erik was located.

Christine smiled and sat on the bed to wait for the love of her life. The bed! Holy cow, the bed was comfy! Christine smiled and bounced a bit, very bouncy. She would enjoy this bed very much. Just then Erik strolled out of the bathroom…shirtless.

"Testing the bed, are you, love?" he asked, grinning.

"Yup, and I love it. Not only does it get the luxury of sleeping with you every night, you get the luxury of sleeping with it." Christine replied.

"And now, you get the luxury of sleeping with the both of us."

"And luxury it is."

Erik walked over to Christine and kissed her. She smiled into he kiss and caressed his back, she moved her hands around to his chest, but when she touched the sides of his body he broke the kiss, snorting. Christine eyed him, then poked his side again, Erik laughed.

"Oh my," Christine grinned, "you're ticklish!" Christine rolled over on the bed laughing; she was laughing so hard she had to hold on to her stomach. Erik glared at her, and then pounced. He sat on top of Christine and tickled her mercilessly, she screamed and giggled.

"Erik! Erik, stop! Ah, Erik!" Christine laughed. Erik stopped and pinned her down.

"Ah, but you started it." He chuckled.

"Yes, but I just didn't expect you to be ticklish. And what are we five years old?" Christine replied.

Erik didn't say anything, but leaned down and kissed her. Christine closed her eyes.

"I love you." she said when she broke the kiss.

"I love you; it is still a little hard to believe." Erik said.

"What is?"

"That you want me." He said.

"I feel the same way about you. You are so wonderful, if people weren't so sallow you could have anyone you want. If you didn't have a deformity, then you would have women all over you, and I would not be here." Christine said looking down. Thinking about it hurt. What would've happened was not pretty.

Erik saw that this thought upset her. He put his and under her chin, so she met his eyes. "If that had been, I would have been empty all my life, because a part of me was missing. I would've eventually found you. And for the record, I don't want a ton of women all over me; I just want to be able to walk down the street without someone giving me a look. Christine, I love you more than anything. Let's not think of what could have been, and focus on what is. You are with me, and nothing is going to change that." He kissed her again, and then got off of her.

Christine didn't know what to say. So she said, "I hope you aren't planning to go shirtless."

"What, you don't want me shirtless. " Erik jested.

"No, I love you shirtless. I just don't want other people loving you shirtless, if you know what I mean."

Erik smiled and shook his head, and disappeared into the closet for a minute. It made Christine wonder how big his closet actually was. Erik walked out with a dark blue shirt unbuttoned and not tucked in; he buttoned the cuffs, and began buttoning the front of the shirt.

"Hey, isn't that the woman's job?" Christine teased.

Erik smiled and turned to her, holding his arms out, "Be my guest." He said.

Christine stood and went to him. As she buttoned up his shirt she inhaled the scent of him. If heaven had a smell, it would smell like Erik. He had a very masculine smell of jasmine and sandalwood. Then t came out of her mouth.

"You smell good." She blushed at her word vomit.

Erik chuckled and said, "Thank you. You smell good as well; I'll never tire of your scent."

When Christine was finished buttoning his shirt, she 'helped him tuck in his shirt.'

"You'll pay for that," Erik teasingly threatened.

"I hope so," Christine said as she walked out of the room.

When Erik and Christine got down stairs, she turned to him and said, "Where is Nadir? Isn't he coming?"

"I don't know. Do you want to ask him?" Erik asked.

Christine nodded, and screamed, "NADIR, GET DOWN HERE!"

Erik burst out laughing.

A few minutes later Nadir came ambling down the stairs. "Erik, I know that couldn't have possibly been you. I prefer, if no one yells my name. Christine you are a shrill woman; Erik, you are just damn demanding."

"Do you want to come with us to get Meg?" Christine asked innocently.

"Yes. You know, you could have walked up the stairs and asked me. It wouldn't have been a difficult task." Nadir said as they all walked to the car.

"Shotgun!" Christine exclaimed; getting into the passengers seat across from Erik.

"I loose the front seat to a woman." Nadir muttered, climbing into the back seat.

"I can say something about men, but I am better than that." Christine said. "Oh wait, I forgot something!" She opened the door and jumped out; she had left the item on her bed, so she grabbed it and ran back to the garage, and got in the car. "Okay, I got it." She said.

"What is 'it'?" Erik asked.

"You'll see."

A/N:

I hope you liked Chapter 12! I enjoyed writing it. Please review. Also I am looking for a beta; this person has to have AOL and Microsoft Word. Chapter 13 will be a fun chapter. REVIEW!!

-Primadonakate