Hello everyone! How are you? There is acutally no name for this chapter butI just gave it this one. Hopefully, it will make sense. It's kind of short, I apologize,but it must be included in order for the story to flow and make sense. So, no one has any idea who this mystery man is? Oh boy, you'll just have to wait two more chapters to answer that one. Okay, this story might be moving kind of slow because I am diving into this story blind. I have no idea what is going to happen and who will end up together. As of now, it has no plot. Hell, this story might have more than fifty chapters for all I know. Okay, here's chapter three:

Needing and Wanting

They both went to the restaurant and every problem and fight seemed far away.

Well, it seemed that way until half way through dinner. When someone called Raoul urgently.

He completely ignored her the rest of the night. He was on the phone the whole dinner and on their way to her apartment.

He didn't even apologize.

"Everything is going better than planned. Soon we'll have time for each other."

Christine had put her elbow on the door handle of the car and her chin in the palm of her hand. The only thing that was keeping her entertained was the plam tress whizzing by. "Woo-pee," she said sarcastically.

"Christine," he sighed.

The anger in her seemed to explode, she had been holding it in for too long. "Christine what? What is it, Raoul? Every time you start a sentence with me it's a sigh or something and then Christine. I'm sick of it! It's as if it's a sacrifice or hardship just talking to me."Christine sighed. "I remember when you'd call me in the morning to make sure I was awake, but now, even if you call its only once a week. Even then the phone call doesn't last more than twenty minutes."

"Christine you're being unfair."

"Unfair? Unfair!" Christine yelled. "What am I being unfair about? The fact that I'm not sure you love me anymore?"

Raoul talked to her in the same tone. He was never one to take this lying down. "We're not in high school anymore you can't expect me to drop everything and go out, do you? I study half time and work. I'm sorry if I can't be with you all the time."

"Oh, please, Raoul," Christine said to him, not changing her tone of voice. "I'm not stupid, I know that. But when was the last time you said I love you for no apparent reason or even looked me in the eyes?"

"Look, Christine, I'm sorry, I really am-"

Christine wiped her cheek to take away the tear. She didn't even know she was crying. "Your apologizes run dry with me, Raoul."

He sighed and turned off the engine. She didn't notice they were already in her apartment complex. He placed his index fingers in a steeple as if praying. Softly, he said, "I called you yesterday to ask you something."

"What is it?" she asked trying to hide her tears, her voice breaking.

"Are you happy with me, Christine?"

She tried not to hide her surprise. How could he even ask that? "I was happy with you for the first two years, lately, it's been a nightmare."

She got out of the car, not knowing what to say. She needed to get away from him, she needed to think. She tried to hide her wet cheeks from him and started running across the parking lot to the apartment building.

"Christine!"

She didn't turn.

"Wait, Christine, this doesn't have anything to do with Meg, does it?"

Christine stopped and turned. "Why the hell would this be about Meg?"

"And Phillipe. And the fact they're talking about getting engaged. They're moving kind of fast, aren't they?"

Christine hung her head. This was unbelievable.

"They haven't been together as long as we have and they're taking things faster than we are."

"Why would you even bring them up?" Christine asked.

"Are you jealous?" He asked, making her laugh bitterly. "Do you want to get engaged with me? You want to marry me?"

Christine wiped her cheeks again. "No, I don't." The words spilled out before she could stop them. She did, she did want to marry him. She wanted to marry the Raoul she fell in love with, not the man standing before her. She wanted to have children with him and have them running in on Sunday morning to wake them up.

Raoul furrowed his eyebrows together in confusion. "Then what is it? What do you want, Christine?"

Christine sniffled. "I want things to be as before. When we first got together, like that night on the roof of the auditorium. When you said that you wanted me to be happy. That's what I want."

"Fine-"

"But Raoul, what I want and what I need are two different things."

She knew he didn't want to ask for fear of her answer. "What do you need, Christine?" he asked softly. "I'll do it. Anything"

"I need to be away from you."

Raoul was silent for a long time. "You mean break up with me?"

She shook her head. "I just need some time with out having to worry about a relationship. I just need time to myself to find out what it is I want."

Raoul nodded silently. "Fine, Christine. I'll get away from you. I won't call or anything."

Christine sighed, not liking the way that things had turned out. She didn't want to be away from him at all, but she needed time to herself. She needed to find out what it was she really wanted.

Before she went up the stairs, she turned and called him.

He turned too but remained silent.

"Phillipe and Meg got engaged last Friday. He proposed when they went to Milan for his business trip. If you would pay a little more attention to the people around you instead of your work, you would have known that."

She turned and went up the stairs. In her apartment, she cried on her couch until she fell asleep.

Yep. A fight. Al though they didn't fight a lot, it was enough to break up their relationship...for a while anyways. Okay, review please! Let me know if this story is worth continuing. TTFN