Let you're fantasies unwind
Disclaimer: I don't own phantom of the opera. But if I did, it would be great.
During the weeks that followed the night they sat together on the rooftop, Erik and Alex couldn't help but keep sending looks at the other. But those looks were sent when the other wasn't looking, they must have looked like a pair of love-struck school kids.
No one else in the house noticed it but them, and they tried to hide it from the other. Neither of them expected their relationship to work, but none the less they tried to assume their old relationship; but that didn't mean it kept them from thinking about it.
Erik's mind- which had previously been filled with thoughts of Christine- had been overtaken by feelings for Alex. She'd seen his face and acted as if it was nothing at all except a normal face. His only set-back was the fact that he'd been lying to her. Ever since he met her he's been weaving one terrible lie after another to cover his tracks. He wasn't sure if he could be with Alex if he was always lying to her.
Alex- one the other hand- did have feelings for Erik, but she was afraid that if they got together, it would be like her last marriage. He would cheat on her, get her pregnant, and leave. That was something she couldn't do again, but as she secretly looked at him from across the dinner table, she- somehow- was willing to take that chance. He'd opened up to her, he'd become a part of her family.
That night after dinner, Alex collected the dishes off the table and began to wash them in the kitchen. Erik had been taken into the girls' playroom to give them their music lessons. Bryan stayed behind with his sister to help her clean up after dinner.
Once the dishes were clean, the girls were in bed, and Bryan too had taken to his bed for the night, Alex approached Erik with a proposition.
"I'm going out for a walk…" She said to him timidly. "…would you like to join me?" Erik was shocked at her question, but agreed to go. He wanted some time to have her all to himself, even if he knew that nothing would happen.
Together they walked to the lake where the girls had been taken swimming each summer. It seemed so much more beautiful though, when the water had frozen over and the snow crunched beneath their feet.
Alex had a shawl on over her dress, and Erik had a coat. It was a freezing cold night, and Erik couldn't figure out why Alex would want to go out in such terrible cold.
"Why do you like it out here in the cold so much?"
"I don't know really, it's just soothing I guess. Frankly, I'd rather be cold than hot." Erik nodded, that didn't answer his question much, but he saw her logic for why she wanted to be out in the snow.
But none the less, it was a beautiful night, and as they approached the lake; they couldn't help but notice how attractive the other was. They'd actually noticed it earlier in time, but it was brought up again under the moonlight and within the whirling snowflakes.
Alex tapped her foot on the bank of the lake, and then took it back.
"It'd try and walk on it, but I don't know how thick the ice is." She told him, trying to break the silence and trying to forget her attraction to the man standing with her. Erik just nodded to her statement, unsure of what exactly to say to her. All he could think about was how attracted to her he was at the moment, and he could hardly believe that two years-or so- ago he thought she was homely and held no candle to Christine. But at that point- he wasn't so sure.
They stood together on the rim of the lake, trying to both keep warm and to keep their desires under control. But like suppressed rage, suppressed desire needs to be expressed, and they wanted to dearly to take a plunge. To go past the point of no return and start to feel romance again.
It wasn't long before their self-control gave way, and they lunged at the other. It surprised both of them that the other had made the exact same movement at the exact same time, just like the last time their mouths met.
Erik slowly moved his arms around her waist as she slid her arms around his neck, they could hardly hold back, all they could do was remind themselves of what they were doing- and even that wasn't enough.
They were warmed up immediately as a blush crept up their necks and threatened their faces, as they let down all defenses and allowed themselves to taste the sweetness that happiness brings. If only for a moment, they let themselves forget the problems they had in romance in the past, and just focused right then on undoing some of their more…appropriate fantasies.
Before long, they pulled away again, their faces stricken with a light pink color. They each bit on the inside of their bottom lips, wondering what would happen next. They were both too afraid to try it again, because they were pushing their luck as it was. Sooner or later the other had to get irritated or angry with them for their advances.
"I-I'm sorry" Alex began quickly, her face becoming a salmon color, which was a mixture of the icy air and her embarrassment. But Erik was shaking his head.
"Don't be." And he pushed his mouth against her's again. He partly expected her to push him away, but instead she allowed it, and returned it.
Sorry it's so short, Eck…writer's block again. I threw this in here because it was the only thing I could think of to do. But I think it turned out pretty good.
