Calliope felt so foolish. Why didn't she think he might ever come here?
"Yes, Michel," she said quietly. She was so ashamed. He would surely think that she had been sleeping with these men. He would never want to have anything to do with her again.
"Oh Calliope," he said as he wrapped his arms around her. "I thought that I might never see you again."
Calliope was speechless. Her body was limp as it was pressed up against his, but as she realized that he was relieved to see her instead of angry with her, she reached up and embraced him. As she did, all of her shame melted away from her body. As a matter of fact, everything horrible about the world around them melted away. His embrace was warm and enticing, and she buried her face into his chest and began to cry.
So, this is Michel, Satine thought to herself. She wouldn't have told anyone about him either. She wouldn't want anyone trying to steal this hunk away from her.
After a few moments, Michel pulled back from the embrace, and grabbed her by the shoulders. "Philip has been worried sick about you."
Satine finally spoke up. "Well he shouldn't have," she stated, "we have been taking care of her here."
Michel knew of Satine, but had never met her personally. He looked at her in astonishment. "Calliope, you have been here with the Sparkling Diamond?" He asked.
"Yes," Calliope began, "she is my friend."
"Well now that I have found you, I am never letting you leave my sight again." He reached out and embraced her again. Calliope smiled warmly.
Christian approached. "Hello!"
Michel did not notice his arrival at first. He looked up and responded, "Hello."
"Calliope, is this someone that you know?" Christian asked mildly concerned.
Calliope pulled back from Michel's embrace to answer him. "Yes, it is Christian. This is my brother's friend, Michel."
"Oh," Christian replied. "Well, you are not going to try and take our friend here back so that she can marry that horrid, little man, are you?"
"No," Michel smiled. "I never wanted Calliope to marry him," he said as he smiled sweetly at Calliope.
Calliope blushed. She wondered what reason he had for not wanting her to marry Edgar.
"Well sir," Christian grinned, "may invite you to sit with myself and my friends while we watch the ladies entertain tonight?"
Michel smiled back. "Thank you, sir, I would like that." Then, he kissed Calliope on the cheek and returned to Christian's table where he was surprised to meet the over-eccentric Toulouse Lautrec and a narcoleptic Argentinian.
Calliope watched him closely as he glided across the room. She still wasn't quite sure that she wasn't dreaming. Then, suddenly, Satine reached over and pinched her on the shoulder. Calliope was startled and turned and looked at her.
"You look like you needed that," Satine stated with a smile.
Calliope smiled back.
"C'mon," Satine began again. "We have to go change for the next performance." Satine took Calliope by the arm and they walked off stage together. Calliope was no longer envious of Satine.
Satine's child as I stated before was not my idea. I am co-writing a story with another fanfiction author and Aurelie is her character. This story is being crossed over with that story. That story will be posted at www.geocities.com/moulinwriter.
"Yes, Michel," she said quietly. She was so ashamed. He would surely think that she had been sleeping with these men. He would never want to have anything to do with her again.
"Oh Calliope," he said as he wrapped his arms around her. "I thought that I might never see you again."
Calliope was speechless. Her body was limp as it was pressed up against his, but as she realized that he was relieved to see her instead of angry with her, she reached up and embraced him. As she did, all of her shame melted away from her body. As a matter of fact, everything horrible about the world around them melted away. His embrace was warm and enticing, and she buried her face into his chest and began to cry.
So, this is Michel, Satine thought to herself. She wouldn't have told anyone about him either. She wouldn't want anyone trying to steal this hunk away from her.
After a few moments, Michel pulled back from the embrace, and grabbed her by the shoulders. "Philip has been worried sick about you."
Satine finally spoke up. "Well he shouldn't have," she stated, "we have been taking care of her here."
Michel knew of Satine, but had never met her personally. He looked at her in astonishment. "Calliope, you have been here with the Sparkling Diamond?" He asked.
"Yes," Calliope began, "she is my friend."
"Well now that I have found you, I am never letting you leave my sight again." He reached out and embraced her again. Calliope smiled warmly.
Christian approached. "Hello!"
Michel did not notice his arrival at first. He looked up and responded, "Hello."
"Calliope, is this someone that you know?" Christian asked mildly concerned.
Calliope pulled back from Michel's embrace to answer him. "Yes, it is Christian. This is my brother's friend, Michel."
"Oh," Christian replied. "Well, you are not going to try and take our friend here back so that she can marry that horrid, little man, are you?"
"No," Michel smiled. "I never wanted Calliope to marry him," he said as he smiled sweetly at Calliope.
Calliope blushed. She wondered what reason he had for not wanting her to marry Edgar.
"Well sir," Christian grinned, "may invite you to sit with myself and my friends while we watch the ladies entertain tonight?"
Michel smiled back. "Thank you, sir, I would like that." Then, he kissed Calliope on the cheek and returned to Christian's table where he was surprised to meet the over-eccentric Toulouse Lautrec and a narcoleptic Argentinian.
Calliope watched him closely as he glided across the room. She still wasn't quite sure that she wasn't dreaming. Then, suddenly, Satine reached over and pinched her on the shoulder. Calliope was startled and turned and looked at her.
"You look like you needed that," Satine stated with a smile.
Calliope smiled back.
"C'mon," Satine began again. "We have to go change for the next performance." Satine took Calliope by the arm and they walked off stage together. Calliope was no longer envious of Satine.
Satine's child as I stated before was not my idea. I am co-writing a story with another fanfiction author and Aurelie is her character. This story is being crossed over with that story. That story will be posted at www.geocities.com/moulinwriter.