Chapter 11
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Erik POV
A few hours go by and we decided it would be okay to bypass a stop at the inn tonight and make up for the time lost. The sun had begun to set and the evening looked its best. Faye began to be herself again when she asked me:
"Erik, will you teach me now?"
"Now? Aren't you tired?" I asked.
" Nope." She coughed.
"Okay sing the notes for me." I said.
"Do Ra Mi Fa So La Ti Do!"
"Good say it backwards."
"Do Ti Fa So Fa Mi Ra Do"
"Good warm-up. What songs do you know?"
"Um, not too many. I heard this one song, though once. I sneaked into the opera one night and I heard this lovely soprano sing it. I don't know all the words though."
"Well why don't you sing some of it and if you don't know the next line, we'll figure it out together?"
"Okay" She blushed. She took a deep breath and began.
Think of me, think of me fondly,
when we've said goodbye.
Remember me once in a while -
please promise me you'll try.
When you find that, once again, you long
to take your heart back and be free -
if you ever find a moment, She looked at me pleading for help. I sing along with her for the next line.
spare a thought for me I stopped. Please not this song, please any song but this. Christine. What painful memories….
We never said our love was evergreen, she sang
or as unchanging as the sea -
but if you can still remember
stop and think of me . . .
Think of all the things
we've shared and seen -
don't think about the way things
might have been . . .
Think of me, think of me waking,
silent and resigned.
Imagine me, trying too hard
to put you from my mind.
Recall those days
look back on all those times,
think of the things we'll never do -
there will never be a day,
when I won't think of you . . .
Flowers fades,
The fruits of summer fade,
They have their seasons, so do we
but please promise me, that sometimes
you will think of me!
Tears filled my eyes.
"What's wrong Erik? Did I do something wrong?" she asked.
"My Christine. Her song. Her first debut. Her first performance when she stunned Paris. Faye, oh Faye any song but that one."
"Oh, Erik I'm so sorry! Could you ever forgive me?" she pleaded.
Nobody has asked me to forgive them before. Everyone just assumes they don't have to because I am not their equal. Now Faye asks for me to forgive her on this little subject of singing. I was making a big deal out of this. She told me to let her go. I will try. I promise. But you've been the center of my world Christine, how must it revolve without you? No, I can't, I can't. I've never felt so empty inside. Give her a chance, Erik I said to myself give her a chance.
"Erik, I'm sorry, remember I'm here. I can help you end your sorrow. I know your pain."
I couldn't do it anymore; I couldn't be the tough guy anymore. Tears began to fall before I could stop them, it was Christine all over again, how she kissed me in the lair nothing but pity, she never would love me but I would always, completely, love her until the day I die.
Faye put her arms around me and sang softly but sweetly.
When the evening shadows fall,
And you're wond'ring who to call
For a little company
There's always me
Or if your great romance should end,
And you're lonesome for a friend
Darling, you need never be
There's always me
I don't seem to mind somehow
Playing second fiddle now
Someday you'll want me, dear,
and when that day is here,
Within my arms you'll come to know
Other loves may come and go
But my love for you will be eternally
Look around and you will see
There's always me.
I was dumbfounded. Did she really mean that? Or was she just saying that she will always there to help take away the pain. She was nothing but a friend and nothing else to me. I learned I would never let another woman at least not in Christine's way in my life. Faye was an exception because she needed me. She had sung those striking words but remained silent now. What was going through her mind? She knew I would never love another.
All at once, she began to shake and grabbed a blanket and put it around her. I look at her questionably and she answers my confused look.
"Sorry Erik, I'm just got really cold. Chills, I suppose."
"No more singing tonight." I said. She opened her mouth to protest but I silenced her with this promise.
"We will continue tomorrow, now you need some rest. Now go to sleep."
She nodded and closed her eyes.
What did she mean by that song? She knew that I could never love another….
Well, what did you think? The song that Faye sang to Erik was "There's Always Me" from the musical All Shook Up. Thanks for reading! Please, please review. Please hang in there!