Jungle fever

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Chap 3

Christine woke up with a light headache. Everything happened so fast, one minute they had been getting along well, Christine even thought that she had a little crush on her new fiancée, and the next, Erik tried to send her back to France, she couldn't blame him for that, it was her fault saying something like that.

" good morning, Stephen, where is Erik?" Christine said awkwardly, even when she did say sorry to him yesterday, she had no doubt that Stephen was still upset with her, but…

" he likes to sleep in and has his breakfast in bed, Christine." Stephen smiled. Although he still looked a little sad but that was a good start.

" oh, that can't be good, Erik should wake up early and have breakfast with us before he goes to work."

" I am sorry, but you can't get him out of his bed before eleven o'clock."

" oh, do you want to bet?"

" bet?"

" you know, if I can get that lazy man up?"

" yes, I believe I would like to see you try, Christine." Stephen chuckled.

" what will I get?" Christine smiled.

" well, I will ask if Erik will play something for you tonight, you know, he still owes me one favor."

" that will be my prize then, show me where his room is, please?" Christine asked sweetly, made Stephen wondered what she would do to get Erik up.

oOo

Stephen showed Christine Erik's room, which wasn't very far from her own.

" thank you, Stephen, I will take it from here." a very scary aura was all over the little woman.

' did I just sell Erik to a demon?" he thought. ' nah, she is harmless. Beside, what can she do to Erik anyway?'

And Stephen left to go to work.

" Erik?" Christine knocked. No answear. He was still asleep.

' good, then.' She though and walked in his room liked she owned the place.

Erik was indeed asleep when she walked in. he was a heavy sleeper. She could see clearly his naked chest in the sunlight. It was beautiful sigh, the most handsome man she've ever seen in her light, asleep, his bed sheets were dark red, the colour of passion, and the sheets were barely covered the part that she wanted to see.

Christine Daae was glad to know that Erik Khan was the kind of man that would go to bed naked. Now she knew why her ex fiancée liked 'it' so much that he couldn't wait after they got married to get that from her. Because she would be more than happy to put a good use to the bed he was sleeping on.

" Erik…" Christine smirked as she moved to lay next to him. The man in question only groaned and turned around to face her. She moved her hand to his cheek and stroked him lovingly. He was cuter this way, without much stress on his handsome face. She frowned to find that he still had that mystery and terrified white haft mask on. " he couldn't be comfortable with this thing." She said to herself when she tried to remove the offending item.

That was when his eyes shot open and he grabbed her hand, roughly . " what do you think you are doing?" Erik snapped.

" Erik…? I though you was asleep…" Christine tried to get her hand back but couldn't.

"yes, only two minutes ago I still was… that is not the case here, what do you think you are doing? In a room, on a bed with a man that isn't your husband…"

" yet."

" anyway. And what do you think about? Don't you dare touch my mask, it stay where it is." Erik pushed Christine's hand back.

" you can't be comfortable with it on when you are asleep."

" I am used to it. I have been wearing this thing since I was old enough and I have never taken it off ever since."

" you can't be serious. What did Nadir…"

" he was more than happy to not to have to bear with this devil's face."

Christine gasped . " you can't say that, Nadir Khan is a nice man and your brother. He wouldn't say something like that."

" he is a nice man, I will not deny that, but it will not stop him to think about it. He would prefer a nice and acceptable brother to a comte like himself, a Vicomte perhaps."

" Erik, you believe that your own brother would want another brother? That is nonsense."

" you only say that because you haven't seen what is under this." He pointed at his mask.

" then let me…"

" not in million years, and you will not be here, I told you I would get you on the earliest boat that left here for France, didn't i?"

" you did, but I never said that I would go, if you make me go like that, I will jump into the water and swim back here." Christine said, stubborn as ever. She was famous for her strong spirit after all. " and if i die trying to get back, you will have no one to blame but yourself."

Erik, having to live in Africa for thirteen years, knew that there were a lot dangerous things underwater.

" fine, you can stay." He laid back and so did Christine. " hey, get out of my bed, it is not right for a woman to share another man' s bed that isn't her husband…"

" yet. And I am staying right here. it feel nice."

" you have your own bed, mademoiselle. And I want you to make a good use of it."

" well, Maka can use my bed. I am happy where I am right now…. Hey … Erik, where are you going?" Christime sat up.

" I am leaving here." he said, taking the bed sheet with him.

'too bad he didn't forget he was naked. I should have take the bed sheet away while I could.' Christine thought. ' well, at least I got him up earlier than he normal did.' And she also walked out of the bed. No poin of staying there without the man of her dreams anyway.

oOo

" wow. Erik, you are out of the bed before eleven, what happened? Did I miss something?" Stephen asked as he walked around to give him some papers.

"no, the evil woman walked in and took over my bed. I don't even know why my brother Nadir thought she was a good match for me."

" well, she can wake you up before eleven. That is a start."

" no, that is not a start, that is an end. I will send her back France even if I have to put her in a box and send her via mail."

" Erik, you do relieze that she is too big for a box, right?"

" yes, I am not stupid, it makes me feel better anyway."

" you can't send her back, she is not something that you could…" then it became clear in Stephen's mind. " wait a minute…"

" what?"

" I knew she was the one."

" what?"

" you like her, don't you?"

" what? No, I do not. You can't like anyone after just one meeting…"

" oh, so you love her then, it makes more sense now…"

" no, I don't love her, she is annoying, she took away my bed this morning, she insulted you and me even through she didn't know things that has happened…"

" Erik, lazing around all day can't be good for your health, I know you have to work late but that is not the point, and you know it was rather confuse, seeing a defenseless man was killed by those men…"

" Stephen…"

"it is fine, I forgave her, I like Christine, she is nice, she will be good for you, too."

" I am not going to let her stay. I will do whatever I have to do to make her go back France."

" Erik… you think she will be a nice and behave lady and go back France without doing anything?"

Anime sweat dropped.

Silent.

" I can try."

(TBC)

Note : what do you think? I haven't decide what will be this story's end yet, I am in the middle of ' Christine goes back France and marry the fop and live a quiet life' or ' Christine fights to stay with Erik'.