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NB: This is an A/U
The Windmill turns no more.
~*~ Recap; "Are.you two related?"
Satine gasped and looked at Alexandria. She realised that Chrisitan was beginning to get suspicious so she suddenly spoke up before Alexandria could get in.
"She."
"She is my niece Christian. yes they do look alike and Satine is kindly helping me look after her."
Marie smiled and tugged Alexandria's hair before she could correct her. She fell silent and smiled leaving a dumfounded Christian to nod and looks at Satine who was smiling and nodding.
"Yes Alexandria is Marie's niece. but so many people think that she is my daughter. How ridiculous!" ~*~
Two days passed and Christian slowly healed, the doctor was amazed by his progress and soon gaze Christian permission to get out of bed and perhaps go for a little walk. Alexandria was absolutely ecstatic, she could finally take Christian out around the village and to the little café that she adored so much. Marie made no comment and continued to carry on her normal chores about the house. Satine was harder to decipher, well that's what Christian thought, some days she would be cheerful, others irritable and some days she never left her room. Marie and Alexandria acted like nothing was going on but Christian wasn't sure. He wanted to say something but there was so much.much.well something between him and Satine that if he said anything he was scared that she would leave him again. It was one evening when Satine and Marie had left to go out shopping earlier that evening leaving Alexandria and Christian alone that Christian decided it was time to find out a little more about what had happened.
Alexandria sat in front of the fire plaiting her dolls hair and humming. Christian sat in an armchair to one side watching her. Strangely enough it wasn't Christian who broke the silence.
"She's very pretty don't you think?"
Christian looked around puzzled and nodded slowly. "Yes I must admit your doll is very, um, sweet."
Alexandria giggled and put her doll on the floor and turned to face Christian.
"No silly I meant my moth. I mean Satine."
"Yes, what did you almost call her?"
"Nothing Christian."
"Alexandria, you can trust me. I promise to keep a secret if you keep one of my secrets." Alexandria nodded slowly and smiled. "Good, now I think Satine is very very beautiful, and when I knew her before you were even around I thought she was very beautiful. At one point I was very close to marrying her but it didn't work out. Now what were you going to say Alexandria?"
Alexandria looked around and played with the edge of her dress before sighing. "Satine is my mother. But you mustn't let her know you know she will get angry with me and tell me off. "
"Of course I wont Alexandria. Your secret is safe with me. Now tell me about yourself"
Just as Alexandria opened her mouth to begin telling Christian all about herself Satine opened the door and walked in her basket over flowing with various foods and treats. Alexandria smiled and leapt up to hug Satine, who gently stroked Alexandria's hair and smiled.
"Now my little angel you haven't been disturbing Christians rest have you? You know how important it is for him to recover so that he may return home and write more of his lovely stories."
"No Satine, she has been an angel." Satine smiled and nodded at Christian before pushing Alexandria towards the stairs.
"Come along mon petite cher, it is time for you to be in bed."
"Mother please! Let me stay a few more minutes! I will be as quiet as a mouse."
"Bed Alexandria! Now before your mother has to get angry. Now be a good little girl and you can have a treat in the morning. Now shoo." Alexandria sighed and ran up the stairs, there was the click of her door closing and then it was silent. Satine walked over to Christian and handed him a bottle of medicine. Christian sighed and looked at her with one of his puppy dog eye looks, which had Satine, melted within moments and in a large mushy pile on the floor. She shook her head. "Not you too Christian. I am not in the mood. Take your medicine and then maybe we can talk."
"Yes Satine."
Christine waited as Satine emptied the contents of her basket in the kitchen and helped Marie put them away. Marie then made her way up stairs and left the two alone. Satine sat opposite Christian and smiled.
"Christian, I think you should go back to Britain once you are well enough. Since the Duke is here it is more than likely he will try and have you killed. Since you are saying in my house that also puts Marie and Alexandria in danger and I will not tolerate that. Not after Harold did his best to keep Marie and me safe and after he died Marie was left to protect me. This is all I can do to repay her Christian and I will not stand putting anyone else's life in danger. You must leave and not return. I will write I suppose so that you know that I am well and safe. But that is all."
"No! I am not losing you once and find you just to loose you again! Satine I can protect you all Marie yourself and your daughter! I can give you a home back in England."
"Daughter, you called her my daughter. How did you find out."
" I didn't fall for your excuses. Who is the father Satine? Please tell me. I don't care I just want to know I will home all three of you in England I just want to know if you loved that man as much, no more than me. Please Satine"
"Christian you're being childish. The man, Alexandria's father is just a man he left us and I brought her up alone. That is all she knows and you are allowed to know. You are kind to offer us a home in England but I can't leave the place I love the most. It would mean that I would have to give up my past."
"Satine please! Just try it for a while. If you don't like it you can return. Just as long as I have the chance to at least try and work it out with you Satine. I still love you don't you realise that. Why else would I write our story and then come back. I was hoping to find you and when you spoke to me on top of the elephant although I didn't see your face I knew it was you. Oh please Satine just. Just try to work it out between us. Remember what we had."
"Yes! I know what we had! I know that you love me and that you would give the world but I have my daughter to think about. The Duke will find you and if I am there with you he will want me back. I don't want to go back Christian not to him! Please understand what I am telling you. I am only trying to protect my child and my heart from being broken again."
"Just please. Consider it."
"Fine I will."
There was a deathly silence after the powerful conversation passed between the two. Christian had risen and now stood beside the fire staring into it and Satine still sat in her chair. Suddenly Christian walked over and knelt in front of Satine and held onto her hands.
"I need you. Please. Please come back with me"
Satine gazed down at Christian and felt the tears begin to gently roll down her cheek and land on her lap. She sighed and closed her eyes willing the tears to go away and let her be composed again. She felt Christian rest his head on her knees and begin to whisper something. Satine listened.
"Never knew I could feel like this. Like I've never seen the sky before." Satine stared down at Christian as he turned to look up at her. She smiled and reached up to caress her cheek. "Want to vanish inside your kiss." Christian leant up and ever so lightly placed a kiss on Satine lips. Satine froze and then pulled back.
"Christian"
She barely even spoke his name before his lips were crushed against hers. She melted against him and sighed kissing him back. Moments passed, then minutes and then what felt an eternity to the two before they pulled back gasping for breath. They stared at each other both silent and breathing heavily. Christian smiled and kissed Satine once more lightly on the lips.
"I love you Satine."
With that he stood up and walked out of the room leaving a startled and somewhat shocked Satine behind.
~*~
It was morning and Alexandria was walking to school, she hummed to herself and thought back to this mornings events. Her mother had sat quietly eating breakfast when Christian came down she looked up went pale then blushed and smiled. Alexandria didn't understand what was going on but whatever had happened it had made her mother and Christian a lot happier. When she had left Christian had given her four francs and her mother had given her a chocolate bar. 'Today is going to be a very good one by the looks of it.' Alexandria thought to herself.
It was then that Alexandria noticed a carriage outside of her school and a tall man with a bigger scarier looking man walking with her Headmistress. Alexandria looked at the carriage in puzzlement. No one had mentioned someone important coming to the school today. Maybe it was a surprise visitor. Alexandria shrugged the thought off and went inside to chat with her friends.
By midmorning nothing had happened and Alexandria has almost forgotten the strange looking carriage and the two men. Her head mistress lightly tapped Alexandria on the shoulder and smiled at the young girl when she turned round.
"There are two gentlemen here to see you Alexandria. If you go along to the library you will find them there. And remember you manners!"
Alexandria nodded and ran along to the library curious to find out who these people were. When she pushed open the door and walked it Alexandria saw the same two men from earlier sat over at a big desk. Alexandria tidied up her dress and walked over. She curtsied and smiled.
"Bonjour. I am Alexandria, my headmistress told me that you wished to speak with me."
The scary looking man smiled and nodded and looked at the thinner gentleman. It was the thinner man who spoke.
"Yes Alexandria we did. Now you can call me Duke. I am a very rich man and I was wondering if you would like to help me. Of course you will get a reward after you tell us what we want to know."
"Yes Sir"
"Now your headmistress tells us that you live with a lady called Marie and another lady, your mother I believe. Now I hear your mother was a singer and that she had a beautiful voice. Now I want to speak to your mother and ask her if she wants to help me. All you have to do is tell me if it is true that your mother was a singer."
Alexandria looked at her shoes, she didn't like these men they scared her. Especially the thin one, once he had spoken she felt that he was a lot more scary than the big guy and she didn't know what to say. Alexandria nodded after further persuasion by the Duke. She heard the chairs scrap back and she was lifted suddenly and carried out. She began to kick and scream but a hand covered her mouth. Alexandria was carried out to the carriage and thrown in shortly followed by the big scary man and the Duke.
Alexandria listened to the Duke as he gave her address to the driver and she felt the carriage begin to move. She opened her eyes slowly and stared up from her seat on the floor, the Duke sat staring out of the window and his big scary friend sat watching her. He didn't smile, neither of them did and that scared Alexandria a lot more than she wanted to admit.
"I want my mother. I want Christian"
The Duke turned to stare at the now crying Alexandria and laughed.
"So that is where Christian is. He found your mother. Well it will be best to kill two birds with one stone. Don't worry Alexandria you will see your mother soon enough."
That's all I am afraid! Toodles!
NB: This is an A/U
The Windmill turns no more.
~*~ Recap; "Are.you two related?"
Satine gasped and looked at Alexandria. She realised that Chrisitan was beginning to get suspicious so she suddenly spoke up before Alexandria could get in.
"She."
"She is my niece Christian. yes they do look alike and Satine is kindly helping me look after her."
Marie smiled and tugged Alexandria's hair before she could correct her. She fell silent and smiled leaving a dumfounded Christian to nod and looks at Satine who was smiling and nodding.
"Yes Alexandria is Marie's niece. but so many people think that she is my daughter. How ridiculous!" ~*~
Two days passed and Christian slowly healed, the doctor was amazed by his progress and soon gaze Christian permission to get out of bed and perhaps go for a little walk. Alexandria was absolutely ecstatic, she could finally take Christian out around the village and to the little café that she adored so much. Marie made no comment and continued to carry on her normal chores about the house. Satine was harder to decipher, well that's what Christian thought, some days she would be cheerful, others irritable and some days she never left her room. Marie and Alexandria acted like nothing was going on but Christian wasn't sure. He wanted to say something but there was so much.much.well something between him and Satine that if he said anything he was scared that she would leave him again. It was one evening when Satine and Marie had left to go out shopping earlier that evening leaving Alexandria and Christian alone that Christian decided it was time to find out a little more about what had happened.
Alexandria sat in front of the fire plaiting her dolls hair and humming. Christian sat in an armchair to one side watching her. Strangely enough it wasn't Christian who broke the silence.
"She's very pretty don't you think?"
Christian looked around puzzled and nodded slowly. "Yes I must admit your doll is very, um, sweet."
Alexandria giggled and put her doll on the floor and turned to face Christian.
"No silly I meant my moth. I mean Satine."
"Yes, what did you almost call her?"
"Nothing Christian."
"Alexandria, you can trust me. I promise to keep a secret if you keep one of my secrets." Alexandria nodded slowly and smiled. "Good, now I think Satine is very very beautiful, and when I knew her before you were even around I thought she was very beautiful. At one point I was very close to marrying her but it didn't work out. Now what were you going to say Alexandria?"
Alexandria looked around and played with the edge of her dress before sighing. "Satine is my mother. But you mustn't let her know you know she will get angry with me and tell me off. "
"Of course I wont Alexandria. Your secret is safe with me. Now tell me about yourself"
Just as Alexandria opened her mouth to begin telling Christian all about herself Satine opened the door and walked in her basket over flowing with various foods and treats. Alexandria smiled and leapt up to hug Satine, who gently stroked Alexandria's hair and smiled.
"Now my little angel you haven't been disturbing Christians rest have you? You know how important it is for him to recover so that he may return home and write more of his lovely stories."
"No Satine, she has been an angel." Satine smiled and nodded at Christian before pushing Alexandria towards the stairs.
"Come along mon petite cher, it is time for you to be in bed."
"Mother please! Let me stay a few more minutes! I will be as quiet as a mouse."
"Bed Alexandria! Now before your mother has to get angry. Now be a good little girl and you can have a treat in the morning. Now shoo." Alexandria sighed and ran up the stairs, there was the click of her door closing and then it was silent. Satine walked over to Christian and handed him a bottle of medicine. Christian sighed and looked at her with one of his puppy dog eye looks, which had Satine, melted within moments and in a large mushy pile on the floor. She shook her head. "Not you too Christian. I am not in the mood. Take your medicine and then maybe we can talk."
"Yes Satine."
Christine waited as Satine emptied the contents of her basket in the kitchen and helped Marie put them away. Marie then made her way up stairs and left the two alone. Satine sat opposite Christian and smiled.
"Christian, I think you should go back to Britain once you are well enough. Since the Duke is here it is more than likely he will try and have you killed. Since you are saying in my house that also puts Marie and Alexandria in danger and I will not tolerate that. Not after Harold did his best to keep Marie and me safe and after he died Marie was left to protect me. This is all I can do to repay her Christian and I will not stand putting anyone else's life in danger. You must leave and not return. I will write I suppose so that you know that I am well and safe. But that is all."
"No! I am not losing you once and find you just to loose you again! Satine I can protect you all Marie yourself and your daughter! I can give you a home back in England."
"Daughter, you called her my daughter. How did you find out."
" I didn't fall for your excuses. Who is the father Satine? Please tell me. I don't care I just want to know I will home all three of you in England I just want to know if you loved that man as much, no more than me. Please Satine"
"Christian you're being childish. The man, Alexandria's father is just a man he left us and I brought her up alone. That is all she knows and you are allowed to know. You are kind to offer us a home in England but I can't leave the place I love the most. It would mean that I would have to give up my past."
"Satine please! Just try it for a while. If you don't like it you can return. Just as long as I have the chance to at least try and work it out with you Satine. I still love you don't you realise that. Why else would I write our story and then come back. I was hoping to find you and when you spoke to me on top of the elephant although I didn't see your face I knew it was you. Oh please Satine just. Just try to work it out between us. Remember what we had."
"Yes! I know what we had! I know that you love me and that you would give the world but I have my daughter to think about. The Duke will find you and if I am there with you he will want me back. I don't want to go back Christian not to him! Please understand what I am telling you. I am only trying to protect my child and my heart from being broken again."
"Just please. Consider it."
"Fine I will."
There was a deathly silence after the powerful conversation passed between the two. Christian had risen and now stood beside the fire staring into it and Satine still sat in her chair. Suddenly Christian walked over and knelt in front of Satine and held onto her hands.
"I need you. Please. Please come back with me"
Satine gazed down at Christian and felt the tears begin to gently roll down her cheek and land on her lap. She sighed and closed her eyes willing the tears to go away and let her be composed again. She felt Christian rest his head on her knees and begin to whisper something. Satine listened.
"Never knew I could feel like this. Like I've never seen the sky before." Satine stared down at Christian as he turned to look up at her. She smiled and reached up to caress her cheek. "Want to vanish inside your kiss." Christian leant up and ever so lightly placed a kiss on Satine lips. Satine froze and then pulled back.
"Christian"
She barely even spoke his name before his lips were crushed against hers. She melted against him and sighed kissing him back. Moments passed, then minutes and then what felt an eternity to the two before they pulled back gasping for breath. They stared at each other both silent and breathing heavily. Christian smiled and kissed Satine once more lightly on the lips.
"I love you Satine."
With that he stood up and walked out of the room leaving a startled and somewhat shocked Satine behind.
~*~
It was morning and Alexandria was walking to school, she hummed to herself and thought back to this mornings events. Her mother had sat quietly eating breakfast when Christian came down she looked up went pale then blushed and smiled. Alexandria didn't understand what was going on but whatever had happened it had made her mother and Christian a lot happier. When she had left Christian had given her four francs and her mother had given her a chocolate bar. 'Today is going to be a very good one by the looks of it.' Alexandria thought to herself.
It was then that Alexandria noticed a carriage outside of her school and a tall man with a bigger scarier looking man walking with her Headmistress. Alexandria looked at the carriage in puzzlement. No one had mentioned someone important coming to the school today. Maybe it was a surprise visitor. Alexandria shrugged the thought off and went inside to chat with her friends.
By midmorning nothing had happened and Alexandria has almost forgotten the strange looking carriage and the two men. Her head mistress lightly tapped Alexandria on the shoulder and smiled at the young girl when she turned round.
"There are two gentlemen here to see you Alexandria. If you go along to the library you will find them there. And remember you manners!"
Alexandria nodded and ran along to the library curious to find out who these people were. When she pushed open the door and walked it Alexandria saw the same two men from earlier sat over at a big desk. Alexandria tidied up her dress and walked over. She curtsied and smiled.
"Bonjour. I am Alexandria, my headmistress told me that you wished to speak with me."
The scary looking man smiled and nodded and looked at the thinner gentleman. It was the thinner man who spoke.
"Yes Alexandria we did. Now you can call me Duke. I am a very rich man and I was wondering if you would like to help me. Of course you will get a reward after you tell us what we want to know."
"Yes Sir"
"Now your headmistress tells us that you live with a lady called Marie and another lady, your mother I believe. Now I hear your mother was a singer and that she had a beautiful voice. Now I want to speak to your mother and ask her if she wants to help me. All you have to do is tell me if it is true that your mother was a singer."
Alexandria looked at her shoes, she didn't like these men they scared her. Especially the thin one, once he had spoken she felt that he was a lot more scary than the big guy and she didn't know what to say. Alexandria nodded after further persuasion by the Duke. She heard the chairs scrap back and she was lifted suddenly and carried out. She began to kick and scream but a hand covered her mouth. Alexandria was carried out to the carriage and thrown in shortly followed by the big scary man and the Duke.
Alexandria listened to the Duke as he gave her address to the driver and she felt the carriage begin to move. She opened her eyes slowly and stared up from her seat on the floor, the Duke sat staring out of the window and his big scary friend sat watching her. He didn't smile, neither of them did and that scared Alexandria a lot more than she wanted to admit.
"I want my mother. I want Christian"
The Duke turned to stare at the now crying Alexandria and laughed.
"So that is where Christian is. He found your mother. Well it will be best to kill two birds with one stone. Don't worry Alexandria you will see your mother soon enough."
That's all I am afraid! Toodles!