Chapter 16

(6 Months Later)

Raoul and I had gotten very close in the past 6 months. He actually became my best friend. Erik didn't really mind our friendship, but he just didn't trust Raoul. I found it funny as well that Raoul found me out of no where one day. He must have been searching for a while. But fans sometimes do that, don't they?

"Come on Almonzo! Let's go for a walk!"

By this time, my little baby puppy had grown up into a beautiful Doberman. Erik and I walked her down the street on our house, just taking in the crisp autumn air.

"I can't believe you are going to be 15 in 6 months."

"I know! It's so wonderful!" I replied with a laugh.

Suddenly, Almonzo saw a bird and began to run fast after it, dragging me away with him.

"Almonzo!" I screamed as he pulled me down the sidewalk.

Suddenly, right before I hit a tree, Raoul seemed to come out of no where and stopped Almonzo.

"Whoa there buddy, it's alright." he said, trying to calm the dog.

"Oh Raoul, thank goodness!"

Erik was still catching up and once he saw Raoul, he thanked him kindly, but not entirely.

Raoul looked away and then towards me.

"Until tomorrow." he said with a kiss on my hand.

I smiled as he walked away.

"Christine, I don't want to seem jealous, but I don't trust that man. I don't want you to see him anymore."

"Erik, but he is my friend. I can't possibly just tell him to leave!"

"But Christine, he is so strange! Everything about him! He is always around us! How many times have we spotted him in the distance watching us?"

I stood still and silent. He was right.

"Erik, how can I tell him? We have spent so much time together."

"We can think about it later, as for now, let's go back home."

Once we got home, we took Almonzo into the backyard to stay for a while, then Erik chased me up the steps to his room. Wrestling me to his bed, I laughed hard as he tickled me.

"Erik! Stop it!" I cried out laughing hard.

He laughed as he began to take my clothes off. As we started to make love, I closed my eyes to the wonderment of the feeling Erik left inside me, but little did I know, Erik wasn't the only one watching me right then...