Christian and Satine
Chapter One: Come What May
Satine stood by the window looking down on the crowded streets of Montmartre. She wanted to capture every moment of it and remember it forever. In less than an hour Christian would come back and they would leave for America. She still didn't want to go, but she knew Christian had his heart set on it. She gave into him and agreed to move there, just to give it a try.
Satine peeled her eyes away from the window. She turned her back to it and walked towards her suitcase, she wanted to make sure that she didn't leave anything behind. She was in the middle of checking, when someone knocked on her door. Satine peeked through the peep hole and found that it was Kaydence. They had gotten quite close.
"Hello, Kay." Satine said, smiling at her. Satine picked the girl up in her arms and took her over to the window. "Let's watch for daddy," Satine pointed out the window.
"Okay," Kaydence said as she gently rested her head on Satine's shoulder. Satine didn't want to take Kaydence back to her mom because she knew that Bell was over at Satie's garret with Harold, who she had grown quite "fond" of.
Satine and Kaydence had been searching for Christian for about five minutes, when Kaydence yelled, "Look! There he is! There's daddy!" Kaydence jumped out of Satine's arms and ran out of Satine's door and down the steps. Satine chased after her. They were both running down the stairs, both happy to see Christian. The door at the bottom opened. Kaydence took no time in jumping into her father's arms.
"Ah, hello you!" Christian said, with a smile on his face, as he kissed his daughter on the cheek. Satine was standing on the steps, looking down at them. Christian looked at her and said, "And a hello to you too," Christian said, looking at Satine with a seductive look in his eyes, like he usually had. He put down Kaydence and grabbed Satine by the waste. He put his mouth up to her and kissed her. He had his hat on, the one he usually wore, which Satine thought was the cutest little thing. He had shaved off his beard, which made him look not a day over 20. Like he had when they first met. Kaydence just looked at them as if they were doing something wrong. "I am so lucky to have two great women in my life" Christian said, with his arm still around Satine, as he picked up his daughter. He shined his brightest smile, like the one that he showed Satine that night when they were on the elephant together.
Christian, with Kaydence still in his arms, and Satine turned around a began walking up the stone steps to Satine's loft in the Elephant. They got up to the room and Christian put Kaydence down on the bed. Satine walked away from Christian and over to the window again. She folded her arms and stared blankly onto the street. Christian came up behind her and put his arms on her shoulders.
"Darling, are you alright?" Christian asked her with a concerned look on his face. Satine turned her head to look at him.
"Hmmmm, oh yes, I am fine. It's just I am going to miss Montmartre so much. I mean I did grow up here. All my memories are here.
"Yes Darling I understand, but by leaving here we can put the bad times behind us and start over," Christian said comforting her and kissing her on the neck. Kaydence came over and joined them. She forced herself in between Christian and Satine, causing them to look down at the welcomed little girl. Christian picked Kaydence up from behind. He smiled into the window. They all were so involved in the moment that they didn't even notice Bell enter the room. They all turned at the same time and looked at Bell.
"Oh there she is." Bell said, all out of breath." We have been looking for her everywhere!" Bell finished, as Harold cam up behind her.
"Oh, I'm so terribly sorry. I thought you knew she was here otherwise I would have brought her to you when she came to my door," Satine apologized with an apologetic look on her face.
Christian just kept smiling. He took a look at his watch and a stunned look came on his face. He cursed and Satine made him apologize for it.
"Dear," He said to Satine, "We have to go if we are going to catch the train to London."
"Oh right!" Satine yelped as she gathered up her suitcase and cosmetics case. Christian picked up his suitcase as well. They both kissed Kaydence behind and Hugged Bell and Zidler before they left. Satine agreed to give the elephant to Bell because she wanted it so much. They hurried out the door after saying goodbye.
As they were walking to the train station satine whispered in Christian's ear, "Come what may," Christian grabbed her around the waste and they walked to the train together.