Disclaimer: Same as the last chapters

Hello ^^ Finally the chapter that a lot of people have been waiting for. Erik and Echo`s date!

Erik: (rolls eyes) Joy.

Echo: Some one stab me now.

Me: Oh come on I have happened to put a lot of work and thinking into this chapter! So let me get over with my damn intro so the readers can read it!

Erik and Echo:... Very well continue.

Me: thank you, now this chapter still has humor in it, but it does get somewhat serious. Let`s just say Echo is going to finally going to let some of her walls down. So I hope you like it and enjoy reading it. Remember to Review, reviews are good and what make this story still continue ^^

"Echo wake up!"

"It`s 5 fucking am!"

"Language!"

"Screw you! I will cuss if I want to, again it is only 5 fucking am!"

"I`ll tell Erik you`re cussing! And he told me to get you up so get up! You have a date to get ready for!" Eve jumped up and down on Echo`s bed, dressed in again pink with fairy wings and sparkles. Echo groaned and shoved Eve off the bed as she tried to ignore her." Go away you disgusting little fairy! Are you trying to kill me. First you wake me up at 5 in the morning and now you have the audacity to wake me up wearing that?!"

"I`ll start singing if you don`t get up." Eve warned. Echo stared at her in horror and practically jumped out of her bed." Hell No! Are you trying to kill me?! Get the hell out of my room, ya obnoxious, pain in my ass pixie!"

"… I`ll pray for you. Jesus loves you Echo." Eve shook her head, but giggled as she danced out of the room. Echo grumbled and stomped about trying to find something to wear tiredly. When Erik had told her he was going to take her somewhere, she hadn`t thought it would be five in the moring. If she had ever questioned his insanity before, now she was sure he had to be a little more insane then her. That or he had no sense of time. The guy could give her a warning. She had been haunting all the way until midnight the other day and then had came back and tortured Eve with her music at least until two. So running on three hours of sleep equals a very pissed off Echo. As Echo picked out a dark green dress, actually the appropriate length and style for this time so grumbled to herself." Oh Erik will pay. He better watch his back. Fool doesn`t know I can throw a butterfly knife quite excellently. Stupid, impatient, dumb man. Why did I have to be attracted to a man with no sense of time?! He`s lucky I like his insanity and personality or I`d kick his ass."

After she finished her grumbling, she decided on pinning her bangs back and leaving her hair down, liking it better that way and went to face Erik still tired and put out." Warn a girl next time."

"What is it to early?" Erik asked as if being up at 5 am was ridiculous. Echo scoffed as she replied sarcastically." No of course not, because you know everyone wakes up and goes on dates at 5am in the fucking morning!"

"Language!" Erik snapped, but Echo gave him a third degree murderous glare, that he often had used on her when he first met her. Echo huffed impatiently." So where are we going?"

"Let us just say that it is away from the opera house." Erik simply said as he started to lead her from the lair but stopped, remembering he was leaving Eve alone with his precious things." Evelyn!"

"Present!" Eve appeared out of nowhere in front of them with a big smile still dressed as a fairy. Erik raised an eyebrow at her in question, but shook his head as he spoke." Do not touch anything, find something to occupy your mind."

"Like glitter and make up?" Eve squealed. Erik looked at her in disbelief." Glitter and makeup? Is that truly all that will keep your childish self in line?"

"Yep! Have fun on your date!" Eve giggled skipping away. Echo shook her head as she got into the gondola." Most of the time I don`t claim that girl."

"Considerably understandable." Erik replied in agreement. As they traveled down the lake, Echo frowned." Oh god, please don` tell me, this is one of those cheesy dates, where the guy serenades the girl and takes her away to a castle, and skip ahead a few minutes later and bam! They are declaring their love for eachother, a couple kisses are exchanged and before you know it they are married and have snotty nosed kids!"

"… all in one date?" Erik asked after a few minutes of thinking about it. The very idea seemed ridiculous. Did this actually happen? And if so how? Echo shrugged." Eh I`ve seen it done in movies and that`s the kind of love Eve wants."

"I see… well I can assure you, that you have no need to worry about that. I seem to have trouble being romantic. "Erik said with a small smirk. Echo nodded." Yeah that tends to happen when you kill people and you know almost burn down an Opera house."

"I suppose that is a very possible reason." Erik thought for a moment. Echo went out on." But me on the other hand, I like it. Not that I condone killing people and burning down opera houses, but I like you just how you are. Of course I must admit we have to work on some things, but hell I have some things too… okay a lot of things that need to be worked on."

"You have a very strange logic." Erik mumbled, but didn`t hide the smile on his lips. Echo shrugged with a smirk." I know."

Erik shook his head and looked forward as they went on in silence. Once they reached the edge of the lake, Erik led her up to the opera house. Curiosity was gnawing away on Echo as she tried to think of where they were going. Of course she knew where her ideal date would be, but she seriously doubted, no matter how insane Erik was, that he and her had the same ideal dating place. In fact anyone else would probably find it disrespect full and morbid. Alright maybe having a late night dinner, in the winter time, in a graveyard was out of the question, perhaps a simple walk there would do. Echo made a note to tell Erik that, if they did have a second or third date. Though she seriously doubted it. She had doubts that this date would even work for certain reasons. How could Erik even want to 'court' her? In her opinion, she wasn`t at all the ideal girl a normal guy would want to date, but then again Erik never had been normal.

Erik smirked as he saw her so lost in her thoughts; she had neglected to notice where they were. She touched her shoulder lightly pulling her out of her deep thinking. Echo jumped a little but frowned as she looked around." Why are we on top of the roof?"

"To watch he sunrise." Erik answered softly. Echo opened her mouth to talk, but Erik pressed his finger on her lips." No complaining, I know you surely think this is how you put it 'lame'. But humor me for a bit. I still have more planned."

Echo sighed, but nodded as she followed Erik to the edge of the roof sitting down and staring at the horizon. They sat in silence until Echo finally broke the silence." You know I`ve never watched the sunrise before. I mean I've never just sat down and watched it."

"Every day I come up here to watch the Sunrise… the beginning of another day. I use to watch it in bitterness, cursing it for bringing me yet another day of pain and agony, but now I look upon it with a certain eagerness. I am eager to see what the day will bring me, if it will bring me change." Erik explained as he too looked out at the horizon. The sky was lighter, and you could see just the peeks of colors appearing. Echo stared at him for a moment before she softly asked." And has it brought you that change you have wanted?"

"In ways I didn't think possible." Erik mumbled. Echo smiled a little before shrugging." Well I`m not that deep of a thinker, but I guess the sunrise is pretty. I mean it`s different every day signaling that, that day even if it is small, will be different. Which is cool and all I guess… but there are times where I hate the sunrise. Some days it just brings pain."

"Pain?" Erik asked drawing his eyes away from the horizon and on Echo. He was all to fimilar with pain, but he wondered what pain Echo had suffered. Echo turned her eyes away from him as she sighed." Okay I guess I`m going to be emotional or all deep for a minute… not that I want to be a Mary sue and have you save me, but maybe it will be good to tell someone other than Eve."

"Speak; I will listen with full attention." Erik nodded for her to continue. Echo sighed and tucked her hair behind her ear as she bit her lip. Erik thought she almost looked younger, childlike. With a glance at Erik she found strength to talk." I don`t come from an amazing home, like Eve. My mom died when I was 12. She uh died from lung cancer. It was her own damn fault for smoking so goddamn long… but she had loved me and I loved her. Her and all her messed up problems. When she died I locked myself away in my bedroom for a couple days.. before she had died I was normal, or at least better than I am now. After she died, I turned to the darkest moments of my life. At 12 years old, I had already gotten drunk, used drugs. I-I grew up to fast. I would hurt myself. I would continue to do so until- until a long time later… not the proudest moments of my life."

"And your Father?" Erik asked when she paused. Echo let out a shaky laugh as she shook her head and blinked back the tears." My father is a bastard. He never loved me. I think when mom was alive he just put up with me. He hated me especially after my mom died. He blamed me for everything and-and." Echo shook her head not wanting to say more, but she had to. She had to get it all out." And then-And then he started hurting me. It first was just verbally, but then it turned into physical abuse. My father isn`t a nice man. He would take advantage of me by making me believe just for a moment that he actually cared about me and then he`d turn around and hurt me. I hate him more than anyone else in the world! Because of him I too have secrets…You may think I'm joking when I say I suffer from insanity, but it isn`t a joke. It`s the truth. Do you remember that one day when-when I said something bitchy to you and you were angry? And then when you came back it seemed like someone had ripped apart my room?"

Erik nodded remembering that day perfectly. He also had remembered what Eve had told him and what Echo had told him." Eve told me you have a sickness that couldn't be cured and hat when the time seemed right you would tell me what it was."

"Yeah… well I guess now is that time. Erik that day my actions triggered a voice… a voice that has been with me since my father started abusing me. A voice that pushes me more into literal insanity. It taunts me, mocks me… makes me think that one day I`ll snap and hurt someone badly or even kill someone. It drives my insane. It`s like my inner monster and I fear-I fear one day I will snap and be just like my father. Not much scares me, but… my father and my inner monster. That`s why I have never tried to get close to anyone, that`s why I try o chase people away, because I`m scared of what will happen if I suddenly snap. I`m in no way perfect. I have even more flaws. I wear a literal mask Erik."

"What do you mean?" Erik questioned struggling to understand her. He understood that she had been put through unimaginable pain. Almost the same kind of pain he had suffered, both of their pain seemed to be equal in his eyes. T that moment he was sincerely glad she wasn`t from this time, it was all that was stopping him, from going to find the scum that was her father and not end him and the worst way imagined. But he could not focus on being over raged, he had to be focused on Echo and Echo alone. Echo trusted him with this and he would not betray it. People had betrayed his trust before and he knew all to well how that felt. He would do this for Echo.

Echo finally looked at him straight in the eyes and whispered." I cover my eyes in my mask."

"Your eyes?" Erik asked as he looked intently at her eyes. Her eyes seemed perfectly fine. It had been the very first thing that had attracted him to her. Those beautiful light blue eyes. Echo sighed and shook her head." Yeah, only one of my eyes is actually this color of blue. It wouldn`t be such a big deal, people usually accept people with different eye colors even if they thing it is strange and some don`t. But mine…mine well i`ll let you see for yourself."

Echo turned from him and slowly took out her colored contacts as Erik waited for her to turn around with some confusion, but yet curiosity. She too had something she hid from the world. A flaw that made her too different for people to accept, just like him. As Echo turned back to him her eyes were closed. Erik spoke softly." Open your eyes. I will not judge you or look on you with pity, for pity is not what you need."

Echo nodded and slowly opened her eyes staring at Erik and waited with some nervousness. She watched surprise, amazement, and acceptance cross Erik`s face. As Erik took in her eyes he was amazed. One of her eyes were the light blue he loved and the other was an unearthly light green, so light that it was almost nearer to the color of white. Again she had taken him by surprised. He could understand how maybe that people would not accept her, but he did. He only found her eyes to be more beautiful than originally. He preferred her two different eyes more than the ones he originally liked. He could only speak of what was true." For people to judge you or think of you differently. I find your eyes to be even more breathtaking. They match you. What a strange, yet beautiful Echo you are."

Echo blushed and fought back a rather girly giggle. She frowned a little giggling wasn`t in her nature, but hell Erik had just called her breathtaking and beautiful, two words she had never been called before so forgive her if she was being a little giggly at the moment. She felt the need to say something, rather than stare at him smiling like an idiot and torn between wanting to cry. She hadn`t cried so far, so wasn`t going to begin now. So she randomly blurted out." Elizabeth!"

"What?" Erik asked her giving her a strange look. Echo shook her head as she tried to clear it." Elizabeth Angelina Dobrev is my real name or at least the name I use to go by, until I became who I am today."

Elizabeth, Erik played with the name as he tried to put the name with Echo. He found the name strange and almost foreign. It wasn`t that Elizabeth was an uncommon name. In fact it was quite popular in England, it was just strange to think of Echo`s name ever being Elizabeth. She didn`t look like the name Elizabeth would fit her, but perhaps that was only because he was use to Echo and the name was strange and original like her. Finally he decided he preferred the name Echo." I see, but I believe I find the name Echo to suit you better."

"Yeah me too."Echo smiled a bit, but turned to put her contacts back in. Erik stopped her quickly." No leave them out, you do not have to hid them from me."

"How about I`ll leave them out until you are willing to take off your mask" Echo suggested. Erik recoiled from the idea. She had trusted in him greatly, but he… he wasn`t ready just yet. He didn`t want to take any chances with her that he`d regret. Christine`s betrayal was still fresh in his mind. Echo figured that much and sighed putting her contacts back in." Look I know you still need time…and thanks for listening and all. I can wait for you, but just so you know deformities don`t bother me and yours defiantly won`t bother me. I`ll still think your sexy."

"Thank you for understanding." Erik let out a sigh in relief. Echo nodded before smiling a little as she laughed." Well some date this has turned out to be… not the typical first date."

"And it still isn`t over, come with me." Erik smiled as well standing and offering her his hand. Echo stood and took his hand before sending him a smile. They both shared a secret smile as the sunrise behind them. Again something had changed between them. Something passionate. Erik took her from the roof and towards, their next destination.

So how did you like it? Don`t worry their date isn`t over just yet. There is more to come, the next chapter will be filled with more humor and possibly even a little romance. But it can`t continue unless there is good feedback^^!

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