SO sorry for the delay guys but I have been having family issues and what not.. sorry sorry sorry. AND OH MY F& GOD! 106 reviews! we have passed the 100 review line AAAAAAAAAAAH! I am soo syked. really really really syked. I am gonna huggle you all right now.. 106 REVIWS
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Charlie Quill: I especially oh homage to you because... -deep breath- YOU WERE THE HUNDREDTH REVIEWER! -hands you a very big cookie along with an Erik Plushie- you are sooo freaking awesome plus I love your reviews
sorry if I didnt update sooner and I have o regretfully say that I may not be updating as often as I used to cause I live away from home in a NO INTERNET town where I waitress almost 24/7. I really am sorry guys and I will try my best to try and update as much as possible. Oh and Katie I know you arent like... dont worry had to give Christina a reason to act like Erik. Dont worry you get married to a special someone -wink wink-. Laura... YOU WILL LOVE THIS CHAPPIE! and the next cause I have had wicked thought about a certain game!
DISCLAIMER: I do not own POTO but I do own Christina.. SHE IS THERE INSIDE MY HEAD.. because at the moment Erianna reigns supreme. Chris is just my name to all you pathetic humans.. LOL jk jk some of you are quite cool.
CHRIS' POV
"Ooh I feel like shit." I said as I got up and rubbed my head.
It was now late December… actually it was Christmas Eve to be honest. And I was 3 months along.
Just then I turned over and retched into the pot beside my bed and got up to clean my face and mouth.
When I came back I looked outside at the cold wet winter in Southern France. I loved it here.
After I was done with the now all too routine process of my mornings, I just rolled over in bed again to fall asleep until 2 in the afternoon. Of course I was then rudely interrupted by none other than my own husband walking into the room, playing violin. And of all the songs it had to be 'Music of the Night'. On normal circumstances I would have listened intently and loved it, but now I was aggravated, irritable, and frustrated about my repetitive morning sickness.
Not even caring, I hid my pounding head under my pillow while I picked up Erik's pillow and threw it at his feet. Not far enough to make him trip but just enough to show him I was particularly ill this morning.
I heard him stop playing as he set the violin on the edge of the bed where he slept and then sat next to me on my edge rubbing my back comfortingly.
I just mumbled incoherently into my pillow as I shook my head and sighed.
Erik smiled at this and grabbed my hand entwining his fingers with mine as he reassuringly squeezed my hand.
"Yes love it will be over soon enough… just a few more months." He chuckled. I stop moaning and sat up looking at him flabbergasted.
"You understood what I was saying into the pillow?" I asked since I had said it to myself purposefully making it incomprehensible.
"No, I just new what it was that you were saying. We are married I could look into your eyes and still know what you were trying to say without you wording it aloud." He said smiling at me and kissing me lovingly.
I just scoffed and raised an eyebrow at him like he had lost his marbles.
"I don't wish…. I don't need to because all of them have already been granted." He said.
"Hey… ah… uh…." I just started to stutter incoherently again since he had read my mind down to the very 'you wish pal'.
"Hey… ah… uh…" He said smirking and mocking me.
I just groaned outwardly and grabbed my pillowing hitting him upside the head with it as I slammed back into the bed when I was done.
He just smirked and left the room quietly. I didn't bother to ask him where he was going since my stomach hurt too much to care and I felt like shit.
I sat there in the hollow silence as I heard the wind blow and felt the cold stab of winter through the crack of the window across the room where Laura was sleeping after she had moved in with us.
She was having home problems and we offered her a chance to stay with us and she ecstatically obliged almost jumping through the roof. It had been four weeks ago today and she was now dating one of the young gentlemen from in town who owned the music shop. They had met when Erik and myself had gone shopping for a new piano and some guitar strings.
Lost in my thoughts and memories I never heard Riegal come bounding into the room almost a full-grown wolf. He jumped up on the bed and started to carelessly lap at my face.
I laughed at this feeling a little better when Erik came in and shoved him off of me gently, and then set a tray on the side of the bed.
I got up and looked at it and gave him a big grin as I kissed him passionately.
"You made me scrambled eggs with ketchup, cinnamon toast and bacon in bed." I cooed out cheerfully as I kissed him in between every two words. "Plus the bacon is lightly cooked."
"Yes I did, now you need to eat whether you want to or not love." He said kissing my cheek as he sat me up and started to feed me. When he brought the fork up to my face I groaned at him and pushed his hand away.
"Yes you do now eat." He said before I even got the chance to say, 'do I look like a sick child'.
"You nee-"
"I will not, now eat something before I really do feed you myself." He said mischievously to me as I rolled my eyes and ate what was fed to me.
"Are you ever gonna let me speak or are you always going to answer my questions before I even ask them… and when did it start that you could read my mind Mister?" I said poking his chest when we were done eating.
"Of course I will let you speak or else I would never get to hear that lovely voice of yours. And to answer you second question… I would have to say when we first made love but only now can I hear it as audible words." He said to me looking very thoughtful.
"Damn I wish I could do that. At least then I would know what goes through that mind of yours." I said putting my finger up to his temple making a circular motion as if to imply some form of insanity.
"Don't swear love it's not becoming of a lady. And I think I like this form of leverage Mademoiselle Destler." He said to me, giving me that impish smirk as he raised an eyebrow at me.
"Right." I said rolling my eyes as I got up and started to get dressed. I took care to get dressed behind the screen since I still was uncomfortable with being entirely naked in front of Erik.
I could here him shift as I changed into a pair of breeches and a poet shirt since I hated the dresses and had finally convinced Mother Giry and Erik to allow me to dress as I pleased.
When I was done I stepped out from behind the screen and smiled at him while he rolled his eyes and smirked.
He was dressed already in his usual three-piece evening suit with the long overcoat. The way the pants fit his legs and the overcoat had tails that fell to his knees made him look like a very skinny person instead of the muscular man I knew him to be.
Suddenly I thought about the skin that I knew lay under the expensive fine attire and I saw him blush and flash me a seductive look. My jaw gaped open at this and I closed my eyes and mind off shaking my head.
Feeling embarrassed and knowing only one way to stop my now beet red face I walked up to him and slapped his arm very hard and glared at him while he laughed and wrapped his arms around my waist hugging me to his chest.
"You are… you are… no more reading minds!" I yelled trying to stutter out an insult and finding myself unable to as I laughed and pulled away. "Last one down stairs and to the stables has to read the last chapter in Utopia." I yelled to him as I raced out the door and down the stairs. I had only gained about 10 pounds or more so I was still on the safely active side.
When I reached the stable I was laughing with my hands on my knees while I caught my breath.
When I stood again I felt a pair of arms wrap their way around my waist and I smiled wrapping my arms around his neck while I leaned back into his broad chest.
"Looks like I won the race love." I said to him, as I laughed some more.
ERIK'S POV
I shook my head and laughed as I saw Christina go bounding out the door racing to the stables. I just smiled and took the kitchen door to the garden and then out and around to the back entrance of the stable.
I silently waited for her until I saw her come running in panting and laughing. I was about to go up to her and scare her from behind until I saw a character emerge from the shadows.
The boy wasn't but 2 years older than Christina… and not even a few inches taller, standing at probably 5'5''. His skin was deathly pale though, and his eyes were an eerie black with a long nose and a thin mouth. He was skin and bones looking at him.
I stayed still for a second wanting to see his next move when I saw him step up behind Christina and wrap his arms around her. My heart broke and I felt like my insides were being torn to pieces as I saw her accept his embrace with one of her own.
I had felt betrayal before but none like this. Nothing like the pain that Christina caused me when I saw what happened. Until I heard her say, "Looks like I won the race love."
I also could hear her thoughts and I saw that look in her closed eyes and I knew she had no idea that it wasn't me. Anger surged and coursed through my veins as I saw this mere stable boy touching my wife in such a fashion without her knowledge. I instinctively reached for my Punjab lasso when I saw the most breathtaking thing.
Christina's eyes went as wide as melons and she turned around to see the stable boy sheepishly smiling down at her. Her eyes then turned to slits and before I could have done a thing the Stable boy had fallen on his ass after Christina had sucker punched him in the face and then kneed him in the groin. The boy was doubled over in pain and sputtering for breath, curled up in a small ball. And it took all my will power to hold back from laughing and feeling only a sliver of sympathy for him… but not even that much.
"Don't you ever assume to touch me or even look at me like that again you cocky, arrogant, selfish… unemployed… egotistical… ignorant………. Fucking jack ass!" she swore out at him after I grabbed her from behind and had to pick her up to refrain her from kicking the poor lad into a pulp.
After a few minutes I carried Christina back to the house, pressing her back against my chest as her head rested on my shoulder and my arms were wrapped around her waist.
When we reached the kitchen I set her down and could tell she was hungry again while I started to prepare pancakes.
"Erik I am sooo sorry about that I had no idea I-" Before she could finish I silently cut her off chuckling to myself as I made the batter and watched her try to plea to me.
"Don't worry love, I already know that you didn't know it was me. Though I do have to say the show you put on was the best I have seen in years." I said to her, still laughing as I recalled her expression when she saw who it was and beat him to a pulp.
She sighed in relief and then laughed with me until I found I had a question for her.
"How did you know that it was not me but the stable boy?" I asked her.
"Well first of all you aren't that small, second you don't smell that disgusting, and thirdly… well… I don't know how but I could feel your… anger and hurt and I knew that you weren't… well… with me." She said while thinking carefully on how to describe the last part to me. She was now looking off into space as she tried to explain what she felt and I smiled at her.
"I think you were reading my mind Madame Destler." I said to her in a husky seductive tone while chuckling.
I heard her groan and laugh at me and I returned the laugh as Madam Giry and Laura walked in on us.
CHRIS' POV
Erik and I were laughing merrily as Laura and Mother Giry walked in and I smiled at them and hugged Laura.
Merry Christmas… well Christmas Eve I mean." I said to them after I hugged them both and sat down at the table with Laura as she pulled out her deck of cards and Mother Giry joined us.
Erik groaned as I smiked and pulled some money out of my pocket along with Mother Giry and Laura. I had taught the two how to play poker and now we woud regularly play with real money while laughing.
Three games of Poker, 10 pancakes, and 50 francs won later it was now 5 in the afternoon and we were cheerfully laughing away still seated at the table while Erik cleaned up the mess.
Laura had been discussing how she was now engaged to MonsieurAntonio DuBois and when he would arrive at the Manor since Erik and I had invited him over for the Holiday weekend. Well technically I had and had begged Erik. After much deliberation he had finally agreed.
"I still can not believe that you allowed for him to come here and spend the weekend." She said laughing and thankful.
"Don't worry about it. I know Erik could use the company since he is surrounded by women all day." I said laughing as he came up behind me a rested a hand on my shoulder. I could feel him inwardlygrowlingand I liked that.
Suddenly I heard a knock on the door as Riegal jumped up from his spot next to me, barking at the door and pawing it.
Erik walked away to answer it and when he came back it was with a tall scrawny dark eyed man with long scruffy black hair. He reminded me of a younger version of a mix betweenSiriusBlack and Snape!I laughed recognizing the young man who was in his early 20's to be Antonio
Laura immediately squealed in delight and jumped up to hug the man who in turn picked her up and swung her round hugging her close to him. I smiled looking at Erik as he looked at me andwe laughed inwardly as weclasped hand and raised eyebrows.
"Come on lets retire to the parlor where the fireplace is running." I said trying my best to sound refined and sophisticated.
Once we were inside the parlor we were calmly talking about the success of Antonio's music shop until an awkward silence fell. That was until it was broken by Laura.
"Who wants to play a game that Christina taught me called Truth or Dare?" She said mischievously as I choked on my drink.
"Laura I d-" Before I could finish everyone was shaking there heads in agreement liking the sound of the game. Including Mother Giry.
"Okay then lets begin." Laura said clapping her hands, the look of mischievousness still in her eyes.
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