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Chap. 14
Erik and Christine walk into Mme. Giry's house hand in hand. They find Mme. Giry and Meg in the family room talking. Erik cleared his throat notifying that he and christine were here. Mme. Giry looks up and smiles, while Meg just stares at them. Mme. Giry stood up and walked over to them. "so where did you go?" she asked. "into the woods." Christine explained. Mme. Giry looked at Erik and his hair was still all full of leaves. "I can tell." She said, trying to hold back laughter. Erik cocked his head. "what, may I ask, is so funny madam?" Christine caught her gaze and turned her gaze to Erik's hair and also started to laugh. Erik was now glaring at Mme. Giry. "now you got her laughing at me?" He asked. "what I repeat is so funny madam!" he said raising his voice. "you're hair…Erik.. it's all leafy." Christine said in between laughing. Erik turned to christine and raised his eyebrow. He brought his hand up to his hair and felt something in it. He pulled it down and it was a leaf. He sent an apologetic look at Mme. Giry.
Meg shook her head. She couldn't believe the sight was beheld before her. She huphed and crosses her arms. The Phantom had just shown his temper again and yet christine says that he has changed. He was just yelling at her mother for something that was completely obvious. She didn't like the fact that Christine had left Raoul for him, but she looked back at her mother and the couple and she was amazed at how in love christine looked with this man. She was smiling and laughing at him, and not in a bad way. And also Erik was smiling also.
Erik shook his head at the two women laughing at him. He cleaned out all the leaves in his hair. "there im all clean. You can stop laughing." Mme. Giry slowly calmed her self down. But christine just kept on laughing, He raised his eye brows and finally got fed up and stopped her laughing by kissing her. This got stares from meg and mme. Giry. Christine pulled away and smiled at him. She sighed. "thanks." He huphed but smiled at her none the less. "my pleasure." Meg raised her eyebrows. Did the Phantom of the Opera just flirt? "I think it is time for us to go, We have things to do at home." Erik explained. Mme. Giry nodded. Erik walked over to the door and reached out his hand to open it but it flew open and the little boy rushed past Erik, nearly knocking him over. Infact he had to put his hand against the wall to keep him from falling to the ground. "Madame! Madame! Someone has stolen one of our horses!" the boy exclaimed. Mme. Giry knelt down so she was the same size as the boy. "calm down, Devion, what do you mean?" The boy stopped jumping. "I left the stables to go get a drink and when I came back the horse in the last stable was missing." He explained shyly. "OH devion. That is nothing to worry about. That horse escapes all the time, I found him in the wild but he always comes back." Devion nodded and walked back to the door, he stopped and looked at Erik who was still leaning against the wall. "I'm sorry monsieur." He said then walked out the door. Erik huphed and stood up. "someone has to teach that boy some manners." Christine giggled. "how about you, Erik?" "Me?" Chrisitine nodded. "he he. No." He answered. "oh come on!" Erik shook his head. "that's his fathers job." Erik explained. "he's an orphan. I found him on the streets one day." Erik gave Mme. Giry a look then said. "well then it's Mme. Giry's job." Mme. Giry shook her head. "Next time you visit Erik. You are going to have a talk with the boy." Erik crossed his arms and muttered things to himself. "the boy doesn't need a talk he needs a father!" Erik saw the looks Christine and Mme. Giry were giving him. "don't even think about it." He said then walked out the door. "come along christine." Christine gave out a little laugh and hugged Mme. Giry and Meg goodbye, then went out to Erik.
She found Erik in the stables. "Erik?" Erik jumped out of surprise and bumped his head on the ceiling of the stables. He brought his hand up to his head and rubbed it, he took a deep breath and turned to Christine. "Hello." Christine bit her lip to stop herself from laughing. "sorry." she said quietly. "it's quite alright my dear. Today is just not my day." He turned and the horse flapped its lip right in his face. He heard christine laughing behind him. "ok. Calm yourself Erik." He said to himself. He opened the gate and got on the horse and kicked it's side. It neighed and started off into a fast run. Christine watched in horror and amusement. "oh! Did I forget to mention that Mme. Giry said to not take the horse in the first stall!" She called out to him. He rode past her and said, "I think you forgot to mention that tiny detail yes Christine!" The horse whinnied and stood up on its two back legs and Erik slid off landing on his behind. Christine ran over to him. "Erik! Are you alright?" He jumped to his feet. "Do you think I am alright Christine! First I bump my head on the stable then the horse spits in my face then the horse goes crazy then it knocks me off it! And you are asking me if I am alright!" He let out a cry of annoyance and stomped back toward the stables. She followed him. "Erik calm down." He whipped his body around. "Don't tell me what to do!" He yelled. Christine knew that fearing his anger would not stop it so she decidided to yell back at him. "You have no right to yell at me just because you are a little annoyed at the events that has happened to you today!" She exclaimed. "You have no right to talk to me that way!" He sneered. "I have every right that you have! I have a temper to you know! And I can show it just as easily as you can!" He glared at her, not saying anything. He turned and started to walk away. "come back here!" She demanded. He growled and walked back to her, so close that they were barely touching. He towered over her, while glaring down. She looked angrily into his eyes and felt her knees start to grow weak. She had to keep strong. "Again I have a temper. And I am not afraid to show it." She said harshly still looking up at him.
Erik had never seen her this angry before. So angry at him, she was like him. She had a temper just like him. A short one and she was brave talking to him like that. He glared down at her and felt all the love for her radiating through his body. He couldn't stay mad at her, he now realized that. He backed away from her and turned his gaze to the floor. "I'm sorry." he said. Christine smiled knowing that she had won. She had made his anger disappear. She walked over to him and hugged him. "im proud of you." She whispered.
'she's proud of me? What is she, the teacher now?' he thought. "…Thank you…but we should be getting home love." (lol that sounds british). Erik started to walk toward the stables then stopped, he looked back at Christine. "uh…how bout you get the horse." Christine laughed but nodded and got the horse without a problem. He growled under his breath, "how come you can do that, and I can not." He asked her. "I don't know but get up here." Erik hopped up on the horse and sighed in relief when nothing happened. The horse started off and he felt something whip his backside. "Christine." He said smirking. "yes?" He then realized that she was in front of him and turned and saw the horse's tail swishing back and forth. "I might as well walk home. At least nothing can happen to me while im walking." He said. "actually Erik. You can trip and fall." He growled. "you know what Christine, now is not the time to be a smart ass. So I would suggest you shut up and ride home." Christine huphed and stopped and made the horse knock Erik off. "You want to walk. Walk!" she said to Erik who was now sitting on the ground. She quickly rode off.
"ooh. The nerve of that woman!" He said then got up and ran after her. So basically there was a man in a mask running down the streets of Paris screaming, "christine Get back here!" and "I demand you at once, To stop that horse!" Erik stopped with his hands on his knees to catch his breath. Christine was still riding away. "Ugh. She is going to be in so much trouble when I get home." He said then continued walking.
A/n: OOOOOO! Bad Christine! She also has an attitude what will their kids be like? Hmm…yes kids…(light bulb above authoress head) and that light bulb was there for a while infact I have a chapter written a future chapter. He, he!