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A.N. Thank you everyone for the lovely reviews, I was home sick and a moment of inspiration trapped me heehee, well, I guess I'll make another chapter if you really want.
So Christian packed his bags and off he went to live with Tulus, he looked one last time at the Moulin Rouge, where his dreams were made and then shattered, with the death of his one true love.
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Tulus tore his eyes away from the country side out the window and looked across at the other seat to his friend, the both of them swaying with the train. Christian gazed sadly out the window, as if searching for something he would never find.
"Christian" Tulus said cautiously, knowing the question he was about to ask was quite rude.
"Yes, my friend"
"We both made a bundle with Spectacular Spectacular, what happened to all yours, I mean how could you be evicted?"
Christian half smiled, the skin under his eyes crinkling with the unusual motion, but at the same time he looked ashamed.
"Ah Tulus, I have lived a life of drinking and throwing away my money" He sighed "When Satine... well you know... I died inside and didnt care what happened to me, so I spent all my money on cheap liquor and drugs, slowly over the past three years, it all seemed to vanish, I don't have a job and worse yet who would hire me if I look like this?" he motioned to his old dirty clothes.
"My dear Christian, you can find love in many things, I... though I have never loved, find love in the simplest leaf or a towering tree, fore I realize that we are all but leaves, just a small part of the huge tree that is humanity. I am a lover of beauty, I find joy in everything I see, and all I see is beauty" Tulus began to ramble again and Christian tuned him out... he stared out the window thinking of her. The one beautiful thing that was his life, Satine.
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Satine cried silent tears no one could see, remembering the love she shared with Christian. Knowing the task at hand she searched the train station for a girl worthy of Christian.
She was about to give up when she saw a brunette in a deep blue dress, her hair straight coming just below her chin, her green eyes playfully looking deep into the eyes of passing men, with a cheeky grin on her face. Satine half smiled. This was the look she had given to men in her earlier days, when she was just a common prostetute, not the Sparkling Diamond. She went up to the girl and willed her to go to the doors of the train and find Christian, hoping they would connect.
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Analise grinned at a passing man in a top hat, maybe he was rich? He looked at her in disgust and muttered "whore", but this only threw her off for a second, she was used to the names and labels people gave her. She had been working the train station for a while now and she was getting bored.
"Business is bad today" she thought bitterly.
She was about to turn in when she got a sudden feeling to go and see if any passengers wanted some 'fun'. She walked over to the doors and smiled playfully at the passengers exiting the train. Mothers grabbed their childrens hands and rushed them away, whispering not to go near her. A man came up to her and asked "how much?" she answered "20$ a night"
(now remember this is a long time ago lol when 20$ went a LOT farther) The man looked at her and smiled, she didnt like that look.
"I don't have enough money..." he grabbed her wrist "but that ain't gonna stop me, I'll take you anyways"
She tried to get away but he had grabbed her other wrist and was pulling her to the exit, she let out a scream and he clamped his mouth over hers, biting her lip. She spat blood out of her mouth and cried for help, knowing no one would help her. To them, she was just a common whore.
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Christian stepped off the train, and stretched his stiff muscles.
"What a long ride" he said, he was actually beginning to feel like his old self.
"A good shave would do me good" He thought, scracthing his hairy chin, he looked at his clothes and hoped he would make some money, so he could buy some new clothes.
"We shall have to buy you some new clothes" Tulus said "My treat"
"Oh, Tulus, you don't have to..."
"No, no, I insist, I will not have you assosiating with me looking like that" He smiled and Christian gave in, secretly vowing to pay him back.
He heard a scream and turned around quickly, looking around the near deserted train station. He saw a man and a girl struggeling, she called for help and he punched her in the face and began pulling her away. Christian didn't even think about what he was doing, he ran up behind the man and, using his suitcase, smashed it over the mans head. The man yelled and cursed, but he let go of the girl he was holding. He turned and Christian smashed him in the face, he looked at Christian in fear and spat on the ground at Christians feet.
"You'll regret that" He muttered and half ran, half stumbled out of the station.
Christian turned and smied at the girl he just saved, and was shocked to see she was so pretty.
"Um... Hello" He said putting out his hand, which the girl did not take.
She used one hand to wipe the blood off her mouth and the other hung limply at her side, there were red rings around her wrists from where the man was holding her.
"Hey" She said breathlessly "Thanks, but if you think your getting a free ride, you've got another thing coming"
"What?" Christian said, confused "Are you alright?"
"Ya, I'm fine, I'm not totally helpless you know" She flashed a look at him for the first time.
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Those eyes. Light blue and full of passion, and pain. Analise gazed into those eyes for a few moments, lost. She took in the rest of him, his unshaved beard, dirty clothes and grinning face, but the eyes had captured her.
"My name is Christian" he said in a very soft spoken voice "and you are...?"
"My name?"She said "Analise"
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That was one of the most beautiful names Christian had ever heard, and a girl almost as beautiful as his Satine.
Christian began to see the world with his old eyes again, perhaps healing was possible.