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Chapter 6
Christine quickly and nervously fumbled around in her pocketbook for her key. When she finally found it, she unlocked the door, turned around and grabbed Erik pushing him to her lips. He didn't hesitate for the passion that was inside of her was burning inside of him as well. He waited six long years to have her kiss him again. They continued to kiss that way until Erik's lips began to wander from her mouth to her neck down to where her dress came in contact with her body. Christine's skin was on fire from the feeling of his kisses. She wanted nothing more than for him to take off her dress and kiss the rest of her body that way.
Erik's cloak became untied and fell to the floor along with his hat. Christine pulled his mask off and Erik began to feel timid about it and put his hand over his face.
"Don't be worried, I want all of you right now." She said caressing his scarred cheek and diving back into his mouth for another kiss.
Christine began to pull his jacket from him and he easily slipped out of it. He began to undo his cravat and was released from it while she unbuttoned his shirt. When he was free of his shirt he continued to kiss her as he reached around her undoing her dress along with her corset. When finally her last scrap of clothing was removed, they headed to the bedroom where Erik pushed her down on the bed and quickly removed his trousers. He moved on top of her and they began to kiss wildly again. He moved his lips all over her body, tasting every inch of her when he couldn't contain himself any longer. Christine moaned at the feeling of him kissing in places she hadn't been touched in a long time.
"Erik, I want all of you." She moaned. Erik looked into her eyes and knew she was telling the truth. He quickly but carefully moved inside of her. He thrust into her giving her pleasure. Better pleasure than she ever had with Raoul. With Raoul he would climb on top of her do his business and be done with the whole thing. He wasn't really into lovemaking.
Christine pushed Erik to the side keeping him inside of her as she climbed on top of him. He thrust himself into her as she rode him enjoying every second until she reached her climax screaming his name over and over.
Quickly after Christine was on top of Erik did he reach his climax, the best feeling in the world to him. He closed his eyes and his breathing began to slow down as he felt the last of it. Christine climbed off of him and lay beside him. Erik began to think about how great and beautiful it had been with Christine Daae. This was something he longed for ever since he first saw her. But thoughts of Gabrielle began to crowd his mind over top of his thoughts with Christine.
"What are you thinking about?" Christine asked as she stroked his scarred cheek and hair. Erik thought for a moment about what he was going to tell her, should he tell her the truth or should he lie? He finally jumped out of the bed realizing that he was going to marry Gabrielle in three days and he had already done something wrong. He quickly walked over to where his pants lay and quickly threw them on.
"What are you doing!" Christine asked with a lot of worry in her mind. She thought that what they had shared had been the best thing in her life, but now as he acted so strangely, she felt like a whore.
"This shouldn't have happened. This was nothing but a big mistake." Erik said buckling his belt. He immediately walked into the front room where the rest of their clothes lay in a heap on the floor leaving Christine on the bed confused at what he was doing. He picked up all of the clothes separating his from Christine's and walked back into the bedroom where she was still laying on the bed confused.
"Here are your clothes." He said laying her dress and undergarments on the bed. He continued to dress himself as Christine stared at him in shock at what was going on. She thought that he now wanted her forever; she never thought that Erik would love her and then leave her. Christine got out of bed and put on a robe.
"What is going on?" She continued to ask. Erik at first didn't speak with his back turned to her as he adjusted his mask and wig. He turned around and looked at her in the eyes as the moonlight shined through the windows and on her face.
"Christine, I am sorry. I loved you and I will continue to love you. But as I said before, I have Gabrielle and she is the best thing in the world to me. You will always have a place in my heart, but tonight was a mistake. I am sorry." He said quietly as she began to sob somewhat loudly.
"I must be going now. Once again, I am sorry."
"You tricked me. You led me to believe that you wanted me tonight, and now you are going to walk away as if nothing happened."
Christine's words struck Erik. He felt so guilty about being unfaithful to Gabrielle and then leading Christine to believe that he was going to leave Gabrielle and be with her. His conscience was pulling at his mind.
"I can only apologize. I told you that you will always have a place in my heart, but it can't be like this. Please, after the wedding, let's not see each other anymore." Erik said. Christine fell to her knees sobbing like a young child. Erik couldn't take to see her in pain caused by him. He bent over and kissed her head and left the apartment.
Gabrielle sat up in her nightgown wondering what had happened to Erik, it had been merely an hour and a half since Erik and Christine left and she began to grow very worried. Finally the door opened and Erik appeared. Gabrielle jumped off the sofa and ran to his arms.
"Oh Erik, I was beginning to worry about you. What took you so long!" Gabrielle almost screamed.
"Darling, we waited for a cab for a long time and decided to walk to her flat. That's what took so long." Erik said putting his hand on her shoulder. He gently kissed her lips and caressed her blonde hair. Gabrielle smiled and said,
"I wanted you to sleep with me tonight. I don't want to wait until Saturday to sleep next to you." She led him into the bedroom where they made love and fell asleep in each other's arms.
Erik woke the next morning and quietly slipped out from beneath his sleeping fiancée. He looked at her while she slept and admired her beauty, but his guiltiness began to settle in his thoughts and he almost cried. He felt so horrible after last night with Christine. If it were any other woman, he wouldn't have felt so terrible. He glanced at the clock while he dressed and saw that it was nearly 7:00. He quickly dressed in his clothes from the day before and thought if Jean would wonder that he was wearing the same green vest under his jacket as the day before. It didn't matter; he had to hurry to the office. Erik scribbled a note to Gabrielle about how he had to go to work and laid it on the pillow next to her. He put on his hat and cloak and kissed her gently on her cheek before he left.
Erik opened the doors to the architect office and saw a light from Jean's office meaning he was already at work and wasn't late like he usually was. Erik wondered if Jean knew he was late and walked as quietly as possible tip-toeing past Jean's office. As he walked past the door thinking he wasn't caught Jean said,
"Erik, I know you're late." Erik stopped, turned around and walked into his office.
"Yes, I am late today, unlike you I see." Jean looked at him up and down and said,
"Isn't that the same vest as yesterday?" Erik looked down, embarrassed and slowly nodded his head. Jean smiled and then began to laugh,
"Couldn't wait until Saturday, could you?" Erik began to laugh also and Jean continued,
"See, I told you a month ago that you would soon be late for the same reasons I am. What do you think we push back our hours after you get married, after all we own the company."
"I agree," started Erik, "after all lately my evenings have become more busy and later."
"Let's start at 9, instead of 7." Jean said. Erik agreed and Jean was very happy that Erik agreed for lately his wife had been demanding every night with him.
Christine rose late due to lack of sleep the night before from crying. How could Erik do this to her? She wondered. Last night she thought that he loved her, even though he told her that he always would, it would never be the same because that only meant that there was a place in his heart for her. She then realized that she is getting everything that she deserved, looking down upon him because of his disfigurement, screaming at the sight of his face, stealing his mask and then the worst of all, leaving him that night. She knew that she never led him on the way he did last night to her, but she thought that she was getting what she deserved and more for the way she treated him in the past.
Now she was stuck with going to his wedding. She told Gabrielle that she would be there and now she wished to be anywhere near there on Saturday. She hated Gabrielle so much, especially now. Gabrielle really had nothing to do with the matter, but Christine hated Gabrielle only out of sheer envy. Gabrielle was now getting everything and Christine was getting nothing, this wasn't the way it was supposed to be.
Christine was always a firm believer in never giving up on her dreams; obviously her last plan didn't work, so she had to develop something else. Be civil with Erik and then suddenly show up where he was going to be, in restaurants, across the street from his latest development, etc. Christine was never a manipulative person, but this called for desperate measures and Erik had manipulated her in the past, so when her conscience came into her mind, which was what she told herself.
Erik looked over his new estate developing. The house was completely finished and had pipes for the newest invention, running water. Erik was happy that he would be able to present a large house with modern things to his upcoming bride. He looked over every room in the house and said to Jean,
"You will have them have all the new furniture moved in by the time we get back from Italy, right?"
"I told you I would, and I will even bring Sophie so she can help position all the furniture."
"Good, your wife was always good at things like that."
Erik smiled to himself on his way home that night. Tomorrow at this time he was going to be a married man to the most beautiful girl. But his mind began to think negative thoughts about his infidelity to Christine. I don't deserve to get married. He thought to himself. He debated whether he should tell Gabrielle or not and decided against it, thinking that eventually the thought of him and Christine would be non-existent.
He took Gabrielle out to a quiet dinner to celebrate their upcoming wedding. As they talked about the next day and their trip to Italy, Gabrielle suddenly mentioned that Christine stopped by her flat that day to tell her that she was for sure coming to the wedding. Gabrielle then asked,
"How do you know Christine?" Erik was shocked at this question, but always knew that he would never tell Gabrielle of his horrid past at the opera house.
"When I was going through my music phase, I taught Christine how to sing so she would develop into a singer at the opera house, but as soon as she was getting popular, she ran off and got married."
"You seem a lot closer than just teacher and student."
"We became really good friends and then I never saw her again after she got married, until now." Erik knew that this last statement was a partial lie, but he didn't care for as long as he could he would never tell Gabrielle the truth about him and Christine, why spoil something good?
On the day of the wedding, Erik spent the whole day with Jean, receiving advice and helping keep his nerves calm. Jean became someone Erik confided in over the years and soon became his best friend. The advice that Jean gave was not advice about marriage and Erik was not nervous about getting married. It was all about the decent sized crowd that was supposed to be at the wedding.
Gabrielle spent the entire day with her mother and three sisters. She was radiant and as excited as ever. She was in love with Erik and was in love with him because of the way he was as a person which was something she had to explain all day while her sisters and mothers had their own opinions on Erik. He was well mannered and polite every time they met him, but they thought Gabrielle deserved someone more handsome than Erik.
Erik stood waiting for his wedding in the back hallway of the church by himself. He then saw Christine down the hall coming toward him. She walked up to him and said,
"I just wanted to say good luck to you. I just saw Gabrielle and she looks so beautiful, she really is lucky."
"Thank you." Erik replied relieved to know that Gabrielle was surely going to marry him and that she wasn't going to back out, which worried him a tiny bit.
"About the other night, I will never forget it and I will always love you. Hopefully one day you'll realize that we were meant to be together." Christine said which angered Erik, he didn't want to be reminded of that night and he surely didn't want to give up his life with Gabrielle, even though he still loved Christine.
"If you wouldn't mind, I would now like to be alone." Erik said coldly, making Christine's stomach drop.
"All right Erik." She responded quietly wishing that he would run away with her now instead of pushing her away. She began to walk away until he called her back. With every hope in her heart, he couldn't have said anything worse.
"I would also appreciate it if after our wedding you would disappear." Tears stung Christine's eyes and she instantly turned around and walked away from her beloved stating under her breath,
"We'll have to see about that."