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Chapter 20
Erik stood by the brink of the river behind the house; He looked down into the flowing river and closed his eyes letting tears run down his cheeks. David was wrong; he didn't want to be alone. He needed Christine with him now; he needed to hold her, to know that at least some body in this horrid world loves him. He turned his head and saw Christine talking with David. He needed her more than anything right now; He started walking toward the crowd. He pushed through the people, ignoring the rude comments that were sent his way. He finally caught up with Christine, he ran up to her and wrapped his arms around her and buried his face in her hair. She gasped and jumped slightly. She placed her hands on top of his and whispered back to him, "Are you alright?" She felt him shake his head and heard a soft sob escape him. She started to rock back and forth, in order to calm him. It started to work. Christine pulled out of his grasp and looked up at him; She grabbed his hand and pulled him away from the crowd. They walked until they were pretty far away from the party and in an open field. Christine fell to the soft grass pulling Erik along with her. She smiled and rolled on top of Erik. He grunted. She hit his chest playfully. And she saw the start of a smile on his lips. She brought her hand up to his face and wiped all the tears away and moved her finger down to his lips. "Smile." She told him.
"I can't." He explained.
She bent down and kissed him deep and passionate. She pulled back and looked into his eyes, "smile for me."
He stared at her a few moments before giving her a soft smile. "There you go." She whispered before kissing him again. She broke off panting, "I love you."
Erik gently sat up, sliding out from under Christine and then taking her into his arms. Christine then began singing softly to him,
"No more talk of darkness, for get these wide eyed fears. Im here no one (yea I changed it) can harm you. My words will warm and calm you. Let me be your freedom, let day light dry your tears. Im here with you beside you, to guard you and to guide you."
Erik responded in a soft tone, "Say you'll love me every waking moment. Turn my head with talk of summertime. Say you need me with you here beside you, anywhere you go let me go too. That's all I ask of you."
"Let me be your shelter, let me be your light. You're safe, no one will find you. Your fears are far behind you."
"All I want is freedom a world with no more night, and you always beside me. To hold me and to hide me."
Christine leaned back into his chest and closed her eyes, "Then say you'll share with me, one love one lifetime. Let me lead you from your solitude, say you need me with you now and always anywhere you go let me go too, Erik. That's all I ask of you."
"Say you'll share with me one love one lifetime, say the word and I will follow you."
Erik pulled her closer and also closed his eyes as they both started to sing, "Share each day with me each night each morning."
"Say you love me." Erik whispered into her ear.
"You know I do." She whispered back.
"Love me. That's all I ask of you."
"I love you so much Christine."
"Anywhere, you go let me go too, love me, that's all I ask of you."
"I love you Erik, and I will always love you."
And so they sat there in the wide open field, Christine resting against Erik and Erik having his arms around Christine. Soon they both got tired and Christine got off of Erik's lap and laid on the grass. Erik took off his cloak that he was wearing and covered Christine with it then laid down beside her. Christine turned over on her side so she was facing Erik. "Won't you be cold?" She asked. He smiled and took the hair that was falling into her face and put it behind her ear. "I'll be fine, I'm used to cold." Christine snuggled closer to him anyway. Using her body heat to keep him warm. He wrapped his arm around her and pulled her closer. They smiled at each other and kissed each other before they both fell asleep on the soft grass.
Christine woke up later that night when it was dark. She looked around and didn't know where she was. She sat up, scared. She heard a soft moaning coming from beside her, she looked down and saw Erik sleeping. He looked so peaceful in his sleep, no more sad expressions, no more hate, just a motionless expression which made her love him even more. She smiled, As long as Erik was there with her, it didn't matter where they were. She laid back down and tried to go back to sleep but the cold air was killing her, even with Erik's cloak. She snuggled closer to Erik, but he was also cold. She turned and looked at Erik, watching him sleep. She moved her hand up, and touched the mask that covered his face. She gently slid her fingers over the smooth surface and then stopped when she reached the end of the mask. She put her fingers under it and removed it slowly. Erik shivered in his sleep, must have been from the cold air touching the part of the face that was usually always covered by his mask. She gently caressed his cheek, smiling gently as she felt the real face of her fiancé not that mask that always covered it. She sighed as she looked at Erik's sleeping form, "why can't the world see you like I do."
"Because the world is evil…" she heard him mumble. His eyes fluttered open and he smiled at her. She smiled back "Have a nice sleep?" she asked him.
He sat up and stretched then looked at her. "Oh. Best I've had in years."
"Years? Erik that's why you're so grumpy all the time, because you don't get sleep. Why?" Christine asked concerned.
But he just smiled. "Because I never had you beside me when I slept."
Christine smiled and sat up also, she looked around the big open field. "I wonder what time it is."
Erik yawned saying, "I don't know probably late though."
Christine looked at Erik who still looked sleepy. "Go back to sleep, you need it and deserve it." Erik nodded and laid back down but not with out pulling Christine with him. She screamed a little as she went down, and then laughed as she hit the ground. He smiled at her with his eyes closed and soon he was back to sleep. Christine took the cloak off of her and put it on top of him, "you need it more than I do right now." She laid back down beside him and got as close as she could to him, to keep warm. Although she thought she wasn't tired she was and soon she was asleep too.
Back at the house:
Everyone left they didn't even seem to notice that erik and Christine were gone. Except Mattie and David. Mattie and David were sitting on the couch. Jeanine left earlier, having enough of seeing her "son." David said he would stay at Mattie's and Mattie let him.
Mattie was leaning up against the side of the couch and David was tapping his foot.
"Where are they?" David asked.
"I don't know David. They could be anywhere."
"I just hope they are ok, I mean I just met Erik today. I don't want to lose him already."
Mattie smiled and patted her nephew's hand. "They will be fine Davey. I promise." No one usually ever called him Davey. It was a nickname that some people used, and it normally was to calm him down. When he was little and upset over something his mother always used to say, "calmed down Davey, everything will be alright. Stop Crying Davey, please." And he usually would.
"They've been gone for numerous hours. For Heaven's sake it's 11:30 at night!" he stood up. Mattie smiled softly, "Well there's something you've got in common with erik, you've got his temper."
David glared at his aunt and her smile disappeared. She sighed and also stood up, "You want to go find them."
David nodded.
"Alright let's go." Mattie grabbed her and David's coat from the coat hanger and handed David's coat to him. David put on his coat and walked out the back door with Mattie behind him, holding a gas lamp. Mattie turned on the gas lamp and held it up lighting the area around them. "Alright, I think I saw them go off…" David looked around trying to remember which way they went. "That way." He pointed to the right, where a bunch of trees were.
"for their sake I hope your right David." Mattie said, and then they started off that way. Even with the gas lamp it was still very dark and all the trees surrounding them didn't help them any. David tried his best to see loose branches hanging from trees, or roots on the ground. But unfortunately he missed one and he went down. Mattie gasped and bent down beside him. "Dear lord Davey, are you alright?" To her surprise he started laughing, he got up and brushed him self off, "im fine." He said still laughing. Mattie shook her head and grabbed her nephew by the sleeve and continued walking. Soon enough they reached the field that Erik and Christine were laying in, Now that the trees were out of their way, the moon provided much light for them. They scanned the open plain and stopped when their eyes caught something laying on the ground. David squinted and saw the light reflecting off of Erik's white porcelain mask. He gasped and ran over to them, He bent down and started to shake Erik.
"Erik!" He called out, hoping that he wasn't unconscious. "Erik answer me!"
Erik did not movie, apparently not having slept in years made him a deep sleeper. "ERIK!" David called into his ear.
Erik screamed and sat up, "what? What?" he asked looking around. He turned his head and saw David beside him, he groaned. "Dear god man what is your problem?" He asked laying back down pulling the cloak over his head.
"Erik, you're alright." David said smiling.
Erik turned over and looked at David, "If you call being screamed at while you're sleeping alright, then yes im alright." He turned back over.
"We thought you were hurt or something, you and Christine disappeared and we didn't know where you were."
"Well I can assure that everything is fine, I can take care of myself thank you very much." Erik mumbled from under the cloak.
David rolled his eyes and tore the cloak off of erik.
"Hey!" Erik exclaimed sitting up. David laughed and threw the cloak at his brother. "Baby." David got up and walked over to Mattie. Erik threw the cloak off him and walked over to David.
"Hey listen, just because you're my brother doesn't give you the right to insult me." Erik said poking a finger in David's chest.
"Well, as I've heard. Honesty is the best policy." He said smirking.
Erik scowled, "You are a dead man."
David laughed as Erik started chasing him around, He ran behind Mattie and erik was in front of her. They went back and forth David laughing and Erik trying to catch him.
"Boys." Mattie started calmly, but they still were going at it. "Boys!" she said a little louder. "BOYS!" David and Erik stopped for a moment and stared at Mattie then began again. Mattie sighed and grabbed Erik by the shirt collar. "Erik Allen Destler! David has always been a child at heart but I expected better than you."
David sniggered in the background, Mattie turned to him, "and you David Michael Beaufort! Don't expect me to give all the blame to Erik! You're 20 years old for goodness sake! You're not five!"
David bowed his head, pretending to be ashamed of himself, but it really was to hide his laughter. Erik did the same, except smirking instead of laughing.
Christine stirred from the ground; she sat up rubbing her eyes and looking around. She was at first worries when she didn't see Erik beside her but then turned her head and saw David, Mattie and Erik. Mattie was holding Erik by the shirt collar and David was behind them. "Did i….miss something?" she asked.
Mattie let go of Erik and they all looked at Christine on the ground. "No, nothing much." Erik said coming over to her, helping her up then kissing her briefly. She looked into his eyes and saw that he wasn't telling the truth, "Somehow I don't believe that."
"you kind of had to see it, to you know understand and all." David said.
Christine looked at Erik like 'please tell me'. He shook his head, and she pouted, sticking out her lower lip. Erik tried to be strong, but she just kept giving him that look. "Fine." Christine squealed and waited for Erik to tell her,
"Well. David woke me up, I was still tired so I laid back down and David took the cloak of me calling me a baby so I went to attack him and Mattie stopped me and that's what you saw." Christine was satisfied.
"Thank you Erik." She gave him a quick peck on the lips. She grabbed his hand and they started walking over to Mattie and David as Erik passed David, David gave him a punch on the arm said, "You big softy!" This made Christine giggle. He glared at David and punched him back, a little harder than David punched him. David rubbed his arm and erik laughed, "I'm no softy." David laughed. (David likes to laugh a lot doesn't he?) Christine took Erik's hand and they started back toward the house with Mattie and David behind them.
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