The song in this chapter is a part of James Blunt's Goodbye My Lover ... I have no ownership over it but I did change the lyrics a bit so it would work for Erik and Christine's situation.
Chapter 4 – The Music Of The Night
Erik couldn't seem to sleep so he just laid there on the floor and watched Christine as she slept. She must have been having a nightmare because she had a very unpleasant look on her face and kept tossing and turning. He decided to get up and go over to her. He sat himself on the edge of the bed beside her and brushed a stray hair from her face. Suddenly she sat up and called out ... Erik! She stared at him for a moment with teary eyes before she wrapped her arms around him tightly.
I was so scared I had the most horrible nightmare that seemed so real. I thought I had lost you and …
She began to cry onto Erik's shoulder and he felt the wetness of her tears on his shirt. In an attempt to calm her he put one arm around her and with the other he caressed her curly brown locks and wiped some sweat from her brow with his thumb.
Suddenly he began to sing to soothe her...
'Cause
I saw the end before we'd begun,
Yes I saw you were blinded and I
knew I had won.
So I took what's mine by eternal right.
Took
your soul out into the night.
It may be over but it won't stop
there,
I am here for you if you'd only care.
You touched my
heart you touched my soul.
You changed my life and all my
goals.
And love is blind and that I knew when,
My heart was
blinded by you.
I've kissed your lips and held your hand.
Shared
your dreams and shared my music.
I know you well, I know your
smell.
I've fallen in love with you.
When he finished he realized she had fallen asleep on his shoulder. He tried to lay her down on the bed but she began to wake up. She kept a tight grasp on him as if he were going to runaway.
Please Erik lay with me I feel if I know you are beside me I won't be visited by nightmares. I see no harm in you just holding me as I sleep. Please ...
She looked up at him with glassy pleading eyes and he felt like holding on to her and never letting go. He didn't answer with words but instead nodded his head and she moved over so he could lay on the bed with her. He laid awkwardly there on his back and she nestled her head on his chest and wrapped her arm around him. In return he put his arms around her and she smiled up at him before she closed her eyes and fell into a deep peaceful sleep. He kissed her forehead tenderly and told himself not to get used to this. He watched her sleep and inhaled the sweet floral scent of her hair until he too fell asleep with her in his arms. That night Erik for the first time in his life slept through the night without nightmares.