Therapy

Chapter Fourteen: Through the Rain

A.N. Thanks for the reviews! Sorry this took a little longer, I've been pretty busy with school. This chapter's a little bit shorter, but it's important.

Disclaimer: I don't own Moulin Rouge.

Christian held Satine's hand as they walked out of the church. It was three days after her father's death, and a funeral had just been held. To Christian, the saddest part of it wasn't that Satine's father had died. The saddest part was that only about fifteen people came to his service, and about half of them had been brought by someone else, like he had been. Given that the church could hold hundreds of people, this looked pretty pathetic.

On the way back to Christian's garret, they decided to stop in at the Moulin Rouge. The next day, they were going back to England. Satine was glad that she planned the visit to Paris when she did. At least she got to see her father one last time.

Christian and Satine entered the empty main hall. Toulouse was there setting up some kind of set.

"Oh, I'm gwad you are here! Harold wanted to know if you planned on attending the performance tonight." Toulouse said when he saw them.

Christian and Satine looked at each other. "Performance of what?" Christian asked.

"Oh, I never towd you? Our new production! It opens tonight

Satine gave it some thought. Christian was about to decline when she said "Of course we'll come.

"Are you sure? If you're not up to it, we don't have to." Christian was worried about Satine.

However, the two of them ended up attending the performance of "Bohemian Storm". While the writing was nowhere near as brilliant as Christian's was, the show really was good. Satine enjoyed being in the audience for once, seeing all of her old friends on the stage. After the show, Christian and Satine walked around the garden of the Moulin Rouge.

As Satine gazed up at the giant elephant that had been her home for many years, she turned to Christian and asked "This has to be over now, right?

At first, Christian didn't understand what she meant. "What has to be over?

"All of this bad stuff that keeps happening to us, or more specifically, to me. I've beaten the consumption, I've beaten the nightmares, the Duke's in prison, and my father died. I think we're done with the sadness, Christian." Satine explained.

"Yes, I think so too." Christian said. The two continued walking through the garden. A song came into Satine's mind, and she sang softly to herself as the walked.

When you get caught in the rain with no where to run

When you're distraught and in pain without anyone

When you keep crying out to be saved but nobody comes

And you feel so far away

That you just can't find your way home

You can get there alone

It's okay, what you say is

I can make it through the rain

I can stand up once again on my own

And I know that I'm strong enough to mend

And every time I feel afraid I hold tighter to my faith

And I live one more day and I make it through the rain

And if it keeps falling down don't you dare give in

You will arrive safe and sound, so keep pressing on steadfastly

And you'll find what you need to prevail

What you say is

I can make it through the rain

I can stand up once again on my own

And I know that I'm strong enough to mend

And every time I feel afraid I hold tighter to my faith

And I live one more day and I make it through the rain

And when the wind blows, as shadows grow close don't be afraid

There's nothing you can't face

And should they tell you you'll never pull through

Don't hesitate, stand tall and say

I can make it through the rain

I can stand up once again on my own

And I know that I'm strong enough to mend

And every time I feel afraid I hold tighter to my faith

And I live one more day and I make it through the rain

I can make it through the rain

And stand up once again

And I live one more day and night

I can make it through the rain

Yes you can

You will make it through the rain

Christian hadn't heard Satine sing in awhile. He smiled at her as she finished her song. "I guess now's a good a time as any" he thought to himself.

He stopped Satine and led her to a small clearing in the garden. "Yes, this is perfect" he thought as she sat down on one of the benches there.

"Satine, the past few months have shown me that our love really can survive anything, and also that I can't live without you. When you went to visit your father the other day, I thought I would go mad from not seeing you for three hours. So what I'm trying to say is, will you marry me? I didn't have time to buy a ring or anything, but

Christian didn't have time to finish his sentence. It was interrupted by Satiine giving him the most passionate kiss he had ever had.

"Of course I will" she said.

As they headed back to Christian's garret, Satine felt happier than she had felt in months. "Finally" she thought to herself. "I've made it through the rain.

A.N. Ok, I know that was incredibly cheesy. I didn't plan on using the Mariah Carey song when I named the chapter, but it just seemed to fit. At least I finally had one chapter where nothing bad happened to Satine!