Ain't it funny
by: Sugar Princess


Disclaimer: Satine and Christian do not belong to me.
Song: Ain't it funny, Jennifer Lopez

Kara: My AOL account is Albanygrace@aol.com.

As a little girl, Satine had always imagined the man she'd fall in love and marry. He'd handsome, rich, kind, romantic.

It seemed to be like the perfect thing for you and me
It's so ironic you're what I had pictured you to be

When she became a courtesan, those dreams were put on standstill. At first she had clung to her idealistic dreams, but eventually she had given them up.

But there are facts in our lives
We can never change
Just tell me that you understand and you feel the same


But then... that little writer. Christian.

He had claimed to love her. Impossible, she had declared. He had known her for fifteen minutes, and he loved her.

This perfect romance that I've created in my mind
I'd live a thousand lives
Each one with you right by my side


It was cute. She liked him, she really did.

But she was a courtesan. Love was not part of the job description. In fact, it was a part of the equation for disaster.

But yet we find ourselves in a less than perfect circumstance
And so it seems like we'll never have the change

Okay. So she liked him more than a little. She liked him a lot.

But it was totally out of the question. He was who he was: naive, young, charming, talented... and she was who she was: tainted, lying, conniving, corrupted.

Ain't it funny how some feelings you just can't deny
And you can't stop move on even though you try
Ain't it strange when your feeling things you shouldn't feel
Oh, I wish this could be real

If he doesn't matter, why can't you stop thinking about him? asked her common sense.

Because I'm... I'm worried about him. Yes, that's it. I'd hate to see his heart broken.

Uh-huh. Lie to yourself much, Satine?


It was true. She couldn't stop thinking about him. She couldn't stop the blush from creeping to her cheeks. She couldn't stop the little flutter she had in her heart when he opened his mouth and started to sing.

Ain't it funny how a moment could just change your life
And you don't want to face what's wrong or right
Ain't it strange how fate can play a part
In the story of your heart

Love isn't real. It's an illusion, a mass hallucination. There is no real love. If there was, then there would be no married men at the Moulin Rouge every night. There would be no heartbreak, Satine tried to convince herself.

Sometimes I think that a true love can never be
I just believe that somehow it wasn't meant for me
Life can be cruel in a way that I can't explain

No. Love was bad. Love screwed things up. What was the only rule of the Moulin Rouge? The only thing Harold had drummed into you for the past 6 years? Do you learn anything, Satine?

And I don't think that I could face it all again
I barely know you but somehow I know what you're about


You don't love him, she said. You don't love him. You don't love him. You don't love him.

Satine balled a fist and hit her vanity. I don't. I don't, I don't, I don't. I can't.

I do, I do, I do.

I can't.


A deeper love I've found in you
And I no longer doubt
You've touched my heart and it altered every plan I've made
And now I feel that I don't have to be afraid


Satine thought rationally. This would screw up everything. Her life. Her plans. Her dreams of being an actress, a dream only the Duke could make come true.

She conjured up an image of Christian smiling at her, and she sighed. He was so handsome, and so sweet.

Ain't it funny how some feelings you just can't deny
And you can't stop move on even though you try
Ain't it strange when your feeling things you shouldn't feel
Oh, I wish this could be real

Oh, this was wrong. She would wind up destroying her life, and his.

That one moment. The one moment she saw him and thought he was the Duke.

A thunderclap.

A lightningbolt.

Ain't it funny how a moment could just change your life
And you don't want to face what's wrong or right
Ain't it strange how fate can play a part

In the story of your heart

In that one moment that she had opened her heart, he had darted inside.

What did that mean? No one had ever done that. Ever.

I locked away my heart
But you just set it free
Emotions I felt
Held me back from what my life should be

This was wrong, so wrong. It was going against everything she had said and down for... for years.

And yet it felt so right.

I pushed you far away
And yet you stayed with me
I guess this means
That you and me were meant to be


Satine sighed unhappily. This seemed to be a no-win situation.

Can't live with him, can't live without him, she thought bitterly.

She looked out of her elephant, and saw him in his apartment window.

Looking at her.

A blush crept to her cheeks. Her heart started to flutter.

Oh yeah. I've got it bad.