Christine went back to the bed chamber and picked out a book that she thought had the best title. She went to sit by the lake and opened the book. Erik was sitting at the organ composing. Christine watched him for a couple seconds then turned back to her book.
Erik was writing a song for Christine. If he played a happy tune, perhaps she would think better of him. But this challenge was proving very difficult. He didn't know how to write happy songs. All Erik ever wrote were songs full of pain and suffering. He had to be very careful of the notes he was scribbling on the paper. He wrote a note only about once per minute. He couldn't test them until Christine was asleep, because he wanted to surprise her.
Christine was curious about what Erik was writing. She went up behind him and looked over his shoulder. Her long curly hair fell around his shoulders. He put his head up so quickly that he almost hit his head on Christine's chin. He seized her arm roughly and pulled her away from the organ. This time he was careful not to grab Christine's hurt wrist.
"You can't see this yet my child." Erik said gently when he saw the terror in Christine's eyes. "This is a surprise. You can't know what it is yet. Please don't be afraid of me." Erik pulled Christine into his embrace. Erik felt Christine shaking. He felt so bad about her feeling so afraid, but it was his fault.
Christine was absolutely terrified of Erik. She felt that she had good reason to be; after all he had broken her wrist. Though he did apologize for it, many times actually. Christine wondered why no one had come to rescue her yet. She vaguely remembered the noise of a mob as she was working out a descision while Erik was threatening to kill Raoul. Erik let her go and went back to his work. Christine went back to her perch over the lake and opened the book again.
Now it was Erik's turn to be curious. He wondered what Christine was up to. He kept looking over his shoulder, and seeing Christine staring out at the lake, but there was a book in her hand. Erik got up and went over to her. Christine didn't hear Erik come up behind her, so when he reached over to grab the book on her lap Christine was startled. In fact she was so startled that she jumped and fell into the lake. Erik didn't hesitate, he jumped in after her.
Christine was very frightened. She didn't know what happened, she only knew that she was in very cold water. She struggled to get to the surface but couldn't because her dress was weighing her down. She kept trying to swim up, but to no avail. Pretty soon Christine passed out.
Erik was frantically searching for Christine. Finally he saw her hair floathing on the surface. Erik prayed that it wasn't too late. He quickly gathered Christine in his arms and carried her to the shore. She was passed out, Erik felt for a pulse; it was there but it was very weak. Erik quickly began to help Christine by performing CPR. (A/N: He doesn't know what it's called but he does it.) Soon Christine was coughing up all the water she had swallowed. Erik let out a sigh of relief. He picked up Christine and carried her to the bed chamber and sat with her curled up on his lap. He had been so scared for her, he thought he had lost her. Erik waited for Christine to wake up.
As he waited Erik began to see that Christine was shivering. She was still passed out, so she must be cold. Erik wrapped his cloak around her and held her closer. But Christine was still shivering, as Erik was wondering why Christine began to cough. Erik then understood; Christine had gotten sick. He quickly put her under the blankets of the bed. Christine let out another cough. Erik put his cool hand to Christine's forehead. She had a high fever. Erik didn't know what to do. He couldn't do anything until Christine woke up; but what if she didn't?
Erik shook Christine awake. Christine opened her eyes and saw Erik staring anxiously at her. Christine wondered why, then she began to feel sick.
"Christine, tell me exactly how you feel. I need to know." Erik said looking at Christine.
"My stomach hurts and I'm very cold. Also I feel as though I'm going to be sick." Christine said weakly. Erik nodded, clearly relieved.
"It's just a cold. Here I'll get you some medicine." Erik said. He walked out of the room and Christine looked to the far wall. Erik came back a couple minutes later carrying a glass bottle of medicine and a glass of water. "Here, this will taste foul, so I brought you some water." Erik loaded up a spoon with medicine, and made Christine sit up. Erik put the spoon to Christine's lips and poured the medicine down her throat. Christine nearly gagged at the taste of the medicine, and quickly gulped down the glass of water Erik handed her.
"What happened anyway?" Christine asked when she had finished drinking her water.
"You fell into the lake. It was my fault, I startled you and you fell in." Erik said.
"It's alright." Christine said and flopped back on to the pillows. She was so bored! There was nothing to do and now she had to stay in bed until she got better.
"Do you want me to go out and get you a book to read?" Erik asked knowing that Christine absolutely loved to read. Christine eargerly nodded her head. "Alright, I'll be back soon. But while I'm gone you have to stay in bed, alright?" Christine once again nodded. Erik left careful to blow out a couple candles in case Christine wanted to take a nap.
Christine turned on her side and stared at the bookshelves. There were so many books! Christine hoped she had enough time to read them all. She knew she would, she had to stay here for the rest of her life; or for the rest of Erik's life. He would die before she did. She was beggining to like Erik; she wasn't as afraid of him anyway. Perhaps living with Erik wasn't so bad. Erik really cared about her and wanted to keep her safe. For now that was all Christine wanted.
A/N: I have three things to apologize for; I'm sorry it took so long to update, I'm sorry that I put an author's note in the middle of the chapter, and last but not least, I'm sorry if the chapter is too short for your liking. There you go I apologized. Anyway I want to tell you guys to go read Mon Aime Eros by Lux Leroux. It's an awesome story that I've been keeping up with since chapter one. It really is a great story. Go read it, but don't forget to read this one too! See you all later!
