A/n: yes yet another chapter, I predict one to two more at least. Climax here we come!

Twinkle22- I hope that you like this chapter. This is that second to last chapter, I hope that you like it.

Nerdalicious- I know that Jonathan is so dumb, but he's just there to make the story longer. I hope that this chapter makes you happy and surprises you!

Ch10 Broken Again

Aric and Emma saw much of each other, mostly in secret. There was one day that they would be caught.

"It's like Romeo and Juliet!" Emma said excitedly.

"Except for the fact that I don't have family for yours to hate. It's just me." Aric said gravely.

"Don't worry, we don't need to murder ourselves." She whispered to him. "I'm sorry that you don't have family."

"Don't be. You're my life now. I don't care about anything else." Aric said to her ear.

"Aric. I love you so."

"Aric? I thought his name was Charlie." Jonathan said from the doorway of the kitchen.

"Jonathan," Emma breathed.

"So you have been spending your time with Aric. Is there anything else about him that I don't know?" Jonathan said with rage evident in his voice.

Aric stood up to meet Jonathan in the face. Emma knew what he was going to say and tried to stop him.

"Aric, you don't have to say anything." She pleaded.

"No! I'm tired of hiding. Yes, there is something about me that you should know. Emma and I are in love and we are getting married." Aric reveled.

Jonathan didn't say anything just started at them until Emma thought that his face would explode.

"Emma what happened to us?" Jonathan finally said.

"I… I only agreed to marry you because he ran away because of you; I thought that Aric would never come back. I'm sorry Jonathan." She confessed.

"Save that crap for someone who cares, I know that you aren't sorry." Jonathan spat.

"What is going on in there!" Raoul called from the front door.

"Your daughter has apparently had a secret engagement to this man for sometime now." Jonathan said coldly.

"Emma, is this true?" Her mother asked her, disbelief in her eyes.

"Yes mother it is. Aric and I have loved each other for a long time. About three years ago we met at the opera house, when I twisted my ankle. We have loved each other since. And I don't care what happens, nothing can tare us apart." Emma took her place beside Aric.

"So, this is where your heart lays?" Her mother asked.

"Yes it is." She replied.

'Well it's not where mine lays so you will marry Jonathan in a week and there is nothing you can do about it. I'll force down that damn isle if I have to!" Her mother screamed at her.

"You can't do that mother! I won't let you!" Emma screamed back.

Her mother slapped her in the face and took her by the arm and dragged her up to her room.

"This is where you are going to stay for the week!" Christine hissed and slammed the door to lock it.

Emma threw her vase of flowers after her mother. It shattered upon the floor. She screamed and threw her self upon the bed. Emma cried until her eyes were sore and she couldn't cry any more.

There was a knock on her door. And then her father came in.

"Go away." Emma said into her pillow.

"I just want to talk to you." He said sadly.

"No." she rejected him again.

"What your mother did today was ridiculous and uncalled for. But I want you to understand that we want what's best for you." He said reaching out to rub his daughters back only to have recoil at his touch.

"And you think that marring that idiot Jonathan Hawker is best for me. He's all most twice my age. Besides I don't love him."

"I know but, what about that other boy that you like? Where does he live, does he have a job out old is he, will he care for you the way that I know Jonathan would?" he asked.

"Aric works at the opera house with me. He lives there to. He is 23. And he would care for me more than anyone has, could, or will." Emma said matter of factly.

Raoul just sighed and didn't say anything. Both sat in silence for a few minutes.

"Dad, I don't care what happens anymore, Aric is who I love and who I will marry, I can say no in a week. I don't care what mom or you do, we can make it on our own." Emma said coldly.

Her father just nodded his head and left the room.

Emma spent a couple days in her room until she told her father that she had changed her mind. She apologized to her mother and told her that she was wrong to have argued with her.

Aric had came everyday. Two days before her wedding, he came when Jonathan was there, and he answered the door.

"Oh, it's you. Emma won't see you." He snubbed him.

"Who is it Jonathan? Oh Aric. Don't worry Jonathan I'll take care of it." Emma said and shut the door. She knew that Jonathan went to the window to make sure that she didn't run.

"What are you doing here!" she hissed.

"I came to get you." He said

"I'm sorry. I can't leave. I have to stay and marry Jonathan. You might as well just get used to the idea. It would be better if you didn't come to the wedding either." She said.

"What are you saying? You hate Jonathan! What have they done to you!" He was concerned.

"Nothing, I made this decision after you left a few days ago. Goodbye Aric. Just forget about me." Emma said looking away.

"So, that's it? Just like that?" He said his voice cracking.

"Yes." She turned and walked beck to the house. She shut the door and went to Jonathan.

Aric stood looking at them. Tears welled over onto his perfect cheeks.

"His eyes upon your face. His hand upon your hand. His lips caress your skin, IT'S MORE THAN I CAN STAND!" he sang to himself looking away unable to watch Jonathan kiss Emma. He began to slowly walk away.

"Why does my heart cry? Feelings I can't fight! You're free to leave me but, just don't deceive me! And please believe me when I say I LOVE YOU!" he looked back at Emma and she was laughing. It was tearing him apart. He turned and ran at full speed back to the opera house. Tears were now coming freely.

Aric ran into Christian as he was running and fell to the ground. He didn't bother getting up.

"Aric what's wrong? What happened!" Christian was concerned.

"I don't know. Emma told me that I should forget about her and that she made the decision to marry Jonathan after I left a couple days ago." Aric couldn't talk anymore.

"Come on, you're coming home with me. I'll figure this out." He said and led Aric to his house.

X

Emma saw Aric run away. But Jonathan wouldn't let her look for much longer.

"Jonathan, I have a request for our wedding." She said.

"Anything." He replied

"WE will be married in masks, like in the old stories, I think that it would be exciting." She said.

Jonathan looked at her in surprise, but then nodded in agreement.

"Emma, my love, I must go now. But I will wake you early on the morning that we wed." He said.

"Ok." She said smiling. "I count the minutes until I see your face again."

X

"Emma, it's time to get ready. Today you will be a bride." Jonathan said gently shaking her.

Emma sat up and yawned. She kissed Jonathan and went downstairs to eat and get ready for her wedding.

A/N: oooo suspense! I hope that you all liked this chapter! Jonathan showed emotion, who knew that were possible, R&R!