Author's Note: Hey! I am sooo sorry for not updating for ever! Schools has me waaaay busy. Ha-ha okay heres a recap:
He looked like he was near tears again.
"Erik… What's wrong?"
"Nothing. Go inside!" I did as he said and climbed into some warm clothes. By the time I made it back to the couch room, (Erik called it a living room and I called it a family room so we decided on calling it the couch room) Erik was in the kitchen making more brown liquid I guessed. What he brought to me looked much worse, however. "Drink this." He said. I looked down into the coffee mug and found a black liquid staring back at me.
"What is it?"
"The same as before only a lot stronger." He replied.
"Why is it stronger?"
"Because you need to get well and that is the only way I can get you to."
"You know, the body heals itself on its own…" I said nearly gagging on the fluid.
"Yes, but sometimes it needs help. With that he walked into his room and shut the door. I heard the beautiful sad strains of the violin being played on his attempt to get out emotion. I drank down the liquid and set down the empty mug on the table where he would see it.
Erik did not come back out that night.
So basically Erik is really upset about her being sick and keeps making her drink gross stuff. And she hates being sick and refuses to stay down. And she loves him. Awww!! Alright thank you sooo much to all my reviewers! I hope you guys love the story as much as I love writing it! Here we go. Chapter 14
I felt horrible about leaving her alone… but she is so darn stubborn! She won't listen to a word I say. I can't bear to lose her…. Couldn't lose someone I loved… not again. (oooh! Foreshadowing perhaps?) I played my violin hoping it would lull her to sleep but soon I got lost in the music and played out of sheer emotion. I didn't stop until about four o'clock in the morning. I retired to my bed, but found to my alarm, I could not sleep. I quite enjoyed sleeping… it was a time to escape to another world if I needed to or a time to be Elizabeth when I could not while she was asleep. I got up and began moving about my room, rearranging furniture until I heard Elizabeth stirring about an hour later. I got up and went to her side.
"What are you doing?" I asked more coldly then I meant it. She looked at me a bit frightened and decided to be cold back.
"I'm letting the dog out."
"I'll do that." I said picking the dog up off the couch.
"Why? Why don't you let me do anything? Why are you so protective? Why when ever I make the slightest move you freak out and get all emotional? Erik," She pleaded standing up next to me, "I need you to tell me what is going on with you." I sighed and sat down bring her with me.
"Lizi, " I stopped… I didn't know where to begin. "A long time ago… I… I used to have a family. Not a real family, but a family I adopted. Sort of. When I lived in the opera house, I would go out occasionally to get food and the needed supplies. There was a homeless little girl on the street not more than three. I took her in, much unlike my character, I know, and she became much like a sister to me. She turned four the day she got sick. I went out to get some wood. She followed me, much like she always did," A small smile began to play across my lips as I got lost in the memory. "and wanted to play in the snow. I told her it was to cold and she needed to go back inside and I would be there in a minute. She didn't want to listen. She continued playing while I chopped wood. 30 minutes later she was blue with the cold. I rushed her inside and started a fire. She… she died in my arms."
Elizabeth's POV
I looked at him with compassion. He began sobbing. I cradled him in my arms. I didn't know what to do but hold him. I vowed that very morning not to disobey him again.
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I guess obeying him worked… I was better the next day. He didn't believe me. He said that I was being too hasty and that it could come back at any time. He prescribed bed rest and more browning-blackish liquid. I told him that I would only agree to the bed rest if he would lay in bed with me. He agreed and carried me off to his room. This was the first time I had seen his room. It was amazing. It smelled like him. Especially his bed sheets. It smelled, clean like the clean cool fresh smell of the first snow fall. That's the only way I know how to describe it. He lay in bed and I got beside him. I faced him and smiled then buried my head in his chest. I could have cried I was so happy. He wrapped his arms around me and held me. We both fell asleep that way. I was out in like two seconds of course because his smell was so hypnotizing. He's amazing… I love him. I really do.
Erik's POV
I was slightly nervous about taking her to my room. She had been living with me the past while, and it wasn't like we were going to do anything. I was content just holding her. Her dog curled up at the end of the bed and lay there. I folded the sheets down lay, hoping she would follow suit. She did and I enveloped her in my arms after a warm smile from her. My heart still leaps when ever I touch her. I'm still afraid to love her… I don't want to because I know I'll be disappointed… but I do… I love her and I don't know what to do about it… Oh no… I love her. I have yet to find my heart. I'm still searching… but I know one thing … I love her. I love her. "I love you." I whispered into her hair as she slept soundly in my arms. She smiled and moved closer into my arms.
Sorry so short! I don't have time and it took a lot to write this… lol okay thanks!