After The Show Chapter Eleven: Proposition

Two weeks had passed since Christian decided to propose to Satine. In this time, Satine had almost completely returned to normal. She still needed Christian to help her get to sleep, and she seemed to frighten more easily. But other than this, Satine was back to her old self. She just wished she could say the same for Christian.

In the past two weeks, he had begun to act rather strange. He went out for long periods of time, and refused to let her come. He spent hours making plans for something with Harold, Marie, and Toulouse and she was not allowed anywhere within fifty feet of the room. Satie, the old doctor, and the Argentinean had since departed for Montmarte. Satine desperately wanted to know what was going on. She and Christian usually told each other everything. All he would tell her about this was that she would find out soon, and she would be very happy with what it was. Satine hoped that he would tell her tonight at dinner. She didnÕt have a lot of patience when it came to things like this.

Christian sat at his typewriter, trying to think up something to say to Satine. He had made dinner reservations for them that night, and planned to propose at the restaurant. He glanced out the window and saw it was starting to snow. The change in weather seemed to help him, and he began to write his proposing words for Satine.

Three hours later, Satine and Christian were on their way to the restaurant. It was snowing quite hard now and the roads were getting really bad. A man came out of a store and stopped them.

ÒDidnÕt you guys hear? WeÕre in a snow emergency! You guys should get home as soon as you canÓ the man said. Satine asked to use the manÕs phone, to which he agreed. She and Christian went into the store and called their house, letting Harold know they were fine and would be home soon. Or so they thought.

When Satine and Christian left the building, the shopkeeper had already gone home. They looked around for their ride, but it was gone. And Christian had a feeling that it wasnÕt coming back. ÒThatÕs the last time we go with that taxi company!Ó he grumbled as he and Satine trudged their way through the snow. Of course, the snow was so heavy that neither of them knew where they were going. But they kept trekking on until Satine stopped in her tracks. Literally. Satine looked down and saw footprints with the same logo that she knew to be on the bottom of her shoe. She stopped walking and called for Christian. ÒI canÕt do this anymore! We have to find somewhere to spend the night!Ó She was almost crying as she said this. Christian agreed, and the two began to search for a place to stay.

Of course, with the town being on snow emergency, most businesses were locked. And Christian was set against bothering people in their homes. Eventually, the two found what looked like a barn. Satine breathed a sigh of relief when she saw it. She was exhausted and was now riding on ChristianÕs back. The two went into the barn, and once they were certain it was abandoned, began to warm up. As Christian took off his wet coat, he felt the ring box in the pocket. In all of the excitement of the night, he had almost forgotten what he had planned to do. ÒWell, I guess in a barn will have to do.Ó, he said to himself. He took the box out of his pocket and called for Satine. When she was next to him, he told her to sit down. She was hesitant to sit down on the hey, but did as he asked her.

ÒSatine, I love you more than anything or anyone else in this world. The past few months have taught me that true love really can withstand anything. Satine, what IÕm trying to say isÉWill you marry me?Ó

With this, he took out the ring. Satine was in shock. ÒYes!Ó she shouted. ÒOf course I will.Ó

And so Satine and Christian spent their first night together as an engaged couple sleeping in bales of hay, in a barn, in the middle of the worst storm the town had seen in twenty years.

A.N. Hi everyone! I just had to put in something about snow as weÕre getting ready for a huge winter storm here! I donÕt know if they really had snow emergencies in 1900, but we can pretend that they did. There will probably be at least two more chapters to this. IÕll update as soon as I can!