Chapter 3

She woke up in her room. Meg was beside her.

"Meg, what happened?"

"Nothing my little girl. Everything is alright. How do you feel?"

"I don't know. Empty I guess. What happened Meg? Why Erik sent me that message?", she asked, ready to cry again.

"I don't know Christine but I will find out. I promise".

He hadn't slept all night. How could she do it to him? He thought that she was different. His thoughts interrupted by the bell. He opened the door and saw Christine's friend.

"What are you doing here? Please leave me alone.".

"I will not leave Erik. You will listen to me first. Why didn't you show up? Christine was waiting for you".

"Oh really? Because I came to the café and saw that she had a great company."

"What…?". And then Meg understood.

"No, no Erik it's not what you think. Please let me explain and then I will never show up again at your door".

Erik looked at her for a few moments. He didn't want to listen to anything but his instinct was telling him to listen to that young girl.

"Ok, come in. I give you five minutes".

Meg nodded and started talking. She told him everything. James was just a jerk. He liked Christine, yes, but when he found out that she loved to sing and she wasn't giving him all his attention, he forbade her to sing. He was jealous with all Christine's friends. Christine was trying to make him see that she loved him but he didn't listen. And one day he left her for a top model and broke her heart.

"She was alone for two years until you showed up" Meg finished. "But she was happy to sing again and she was happy with you. Can you understand now? It's not her fault".

Erik was thinking. The guy was an asshole indeed. Christine was an amazing woman and he was lucky to meet her.

"He kissed his hand and she smiled", Erik told her.

"Erik, that was a fake smile. If you had stayed a few more minutes, you would see that Christine screamed at him to let her alone and we kicked him out".

Erik hid his face in his hands.

"What can I do Meg? I love her".

"Come to our party tomorrow and ask her to forgive you".

"What if she doesn't want to see me?"

"She wants to see you Erik, and I am sure that she will forgive you. It's a misunderstanding actually. Everything will be alright. Trust me".

Erik nodded and felt calmer than ever.

Everything was ready for the party. The café was decorated with so many red and pink hearts and all the people talked with each other and laughed all the time. All, except one. Christine didn't want to be between these happy people. Most of them were their friends but she couldn't smile. She was sad and she hadn't a reason to celebrate. She was sure that Erik would never talk to her again. Meg had told her that she went to talk to him. Christine was really mad with her but after a while she thanked her. Erik knew the truth now, thanks to her friend. Meg and Raoul were talking to each other and were giving worrying glances to Christine. They didn't know if Erik would come either. After a few minutes, Meg asked Christine to sing. Christine, who forced a smile, went behind the microphone and started to sing. She was singing so low that no one could hear her. Meg tried to tell her something but suddenly Christine stopped singing. She was looking at the door. Everyone followed her gaze and saw a tall man who was holding a huge bouquet of flowers and smiled at the brunette. Christine walked between her audience and found herself near him. She tried to speak

"Erik. You came".

He didn't say anything so she continued.

"I am so sorry Erik. What you saw was….."

"I know everything Christine", he said raising his hand to make her stop talking. "Meg told me everything. I am sorry. I made you sad. If I had stayed more, I would see that you kicked him out. So, please, accept my apologies with these flowers. Can we start over"?

Christine could say a word. She rushed on him and hugged him tightly.

"YES ERIK, YES! I LOVE YOU".

"I love you too my little angel".

They kissed so passionately that everyone around them began to applaud. The couple was so happy that they were together again that they celebrate their love until the morning.