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Chap 5
" what are you doing here? an unmarried woman can't be in the same room with an unmarried man in the middle of night…"
" not yet, Erik, we are not married yet…"
" that doesn't mean you can come in my room in the middle of night like this…"
" Erik, stop being such an old man."
" what? I am not an old man."
" yes, you are, Vicomte De Chagny wanted me to come in his room all the time, but I didn't want to, his room wasn't as nice as your anyway."
" Vicomte De Chagny? Was he your ex-fiancée? Why did you break your engagement? He is a nice, young and rich man." Erik blinked.
" he is a fop I say. Even when he was engaged to me, he had been sleeping with who know how many woman in Paris."
" I know his reputation when I was still living in France, he is a noble man, you can't expect him too… err… be a virgin until your wedding night…" Erik was having a hard time to find a way to say something like this to Christine. " they have to get some … practive with other women before their wedding …"
Christine felt her blood boil at the though of some random women touch her Erik. But she pushed it down, the past was the past, the most important thing would be who he belonged to in the end.
" I am not saying that I want him to be as pure as me in our wedding night, I want him to at least be fainthful to me, he wanted me to sleep with him even when we weren't married yet but I am a lady, I can't do that …so he took another woman in his bed every night… even when he was engaged to me…"
" …" Erik couldn't believe that there was a sane man that would cheat on such a wonderful and beautiful woman like Christine Daae. He wouldn't but he knew that he couldn't keep her here with him, she had a family, father and mother in France, and her future would be better if she lived there. " what would your parents say when they found out that you came here to married a masked man you had never met before, leaving behind an acceptable fiancée like Raoul De Chagny."
" I am an orphan, there is no angry father-in-law to give you a lesson about how to treat his daughter, I am sorry." She looked down, uncomfortable and sad, he needed to know that sooner or later anyway.
"oh … I am sorry…"
" no need to be, it is fine… you know, your brother Nadir was like my family, and marrying you will make him my true brother-in-law."
" Christine… we can't…"
" why not? You asked Nadir to find you a wife, right? Here I am… ready to be your wife…"
" you don't belong here. I am sorry, but you don't … there are many traditions that you would never understand, so many completely different things…"
" then, help me learn. I want to stay with you, Erik, I can see that you want me to stay, too … I… I think…" Christine took a deep breath, now or never. "… I think I like you… I love you, Erik." 'Yes, love. I love Erik, I see it, it was like love at the first sign. He was so mysterious, he made me feel like I wanted to try so many new things that I had never done with anyone before.' Chrisitne blushed. 'I can see myself grown old and have a lot of grandchildren with him.'
" Christine, I couldn't …" Erik looked away. " there are a lot of things that you may not understand…" 'like my mask…'
" Erik, tell me what keep us apart? I want to be with you, you want to be with me, it is simple…"
" you are still so young, Christine, so young and beautiful…" Erik didn't mean to put the last part on, but what done was done.
" Erik, don't tell me that it is all about your mask?"
He looked away.
" Erik, show me."
" no, please don't make me do this." 'having you run away in fear and disgust will break me.'
" why not? If you show me, then you will no longer have anything against the idea of us being together."
" Christine, no." Erik moved to sit on his bed. " why can't you just go back to France…? It is where you belong. A world of noble and young men."
" Erik, I thought we were getting along just fine, why do you want to send me back? I love you, Erik."
" you can love someone you haven't seen his face yet?"
" then show me. show me your face, so that I can be with you."
" no, I told you, no, I can't. please, do as I say and go back. I would rather be in your mind like a rude man than a monster."
" Erik, I am staying here. I don't want to go back, there is no one for me in France, but here, I got you, and Maka, and Stephen."
" a new fiancé, perhapt."
" no, no new fiancée, just you."
" we can't …"
" stop saying that." Christine slapped his face.
And she knocked his mask away by accident.
" Erik… I am sorry… I didn't mean to…"
He turned away so that she didn't see his face.
"no, stay where you are…"
" Erik… turn around, I promise I will not …"
" you want to see it?" he asked solfly. Then he turned around, slowly. " then see for yourself, you curious woman. Damn you."
Christine gaspered in shock. His left face was beautiful, but his right, it looked like there was nothing else but bone and flesh there anymore. The skin was angry red.
It wasn't a pretty sight.
" Erik…."
" no, please don't say anything… just go back to your room, and I will get you on the first boat.. please… don't leave just yet. It is dangerous."
" … yes…"
" go back to your room and pack."
" …"
Christine left the room without another words, but in her heart, she felt like crying.
(TBC)
Note : I am sorry, Fan girl, but ' Jungle Fever ' was a very old movie so I don't think you can find also, thank you Partypenguina3 for helping me.