Chapter Five - Breakfast and the Day Plan
When Christine opened her eyes she had her head laid upon Erik's chest. For a few minutes she didn't move, quietly listening to his heartbeat. Then she slowly sat up, rubbed her eyes and looked at her clock which said nine thirty. She gently eased herself out of bed so she didn't wake Erik up. After stretching she walked over to her mirror on the wall and stared at her reflection ignoring the state of her hair. She then remembered that she had slept through the rest of the night with no more nightmares. It seemed that Erik's idea of sleeping close together to keep the devil away had worked. She turned her head and smiled at Erik who was still sleeping peacefully. Turning back to the mirror she thought about what Erik had said to her after she'd woken up from the nightmare.
"I think I know what he's trying to do. He's trying reawaken your fear of me and destroy our love. But I believe that the stronger our love will grow the weaker he'll become. So try not to think about him and be strong. If you see any more visions of him or any scary flashback memories, just say to yourself that it's not real."
If what Erik believed could happen and after having a peaceful night sleep, then it could possibly be true. But then it all depended on Christine and if could return that love to him. Romance hadn't really been something on her list of priorities at the moment. Mostly because she didn't think any man would look and want at her that quickly. Then again the love that Erik had for her was so strong, so strong in fact that he would commit murder for her. Richard of course wouldn't have done that.
"Good morning love" Christine turned to see Erik starting to sit up, his shoulder length golden blonde hair was in just as bad a state as hers was in. "Good morning" she replied. "You ok?" he asked. Christine nodded and turned back to her reflection. Erik came to join her, wrapping his arms round her waist and kissing the side of her head. "No more nightmares?" he whispered into her ear. Christine shook her head "No" then leaned back to lay her head on his shoulder. "Your theory of us sleeping close together worked like a charm." She said. Erik kissed her cheek and held her close. "Did you make any plans for us today?" Christine asked looking at Erik in the mirror. "I was wondering if you had made any." He replied. Christine shook her head "No not really, I had originally planned to just stay in just like I do every Sunday. Was there something you wanted to do?" Erik seemed to think it over then turned her round to face him. He cupped her face in his warm hands "I think we should get some breakfast first then we'll discuss plans." Christine nodded and turned to take her black dressing gown off the back of her door.
A few minutes later Erik was sat down in the kitchen and Christine placed a bowl of Muesli in front of him. "Coffee?" she asked stepping over to the machine. "Yes please" said Erik as he poured milk into his bowl of muesli. Christine put her bowl of muesli on the table then went to get the two cups of coffee. She handed Erik his coffee and took her seat opposite him. "I wasn't expecting company Erik, so..." But he shook his head "Oh no, this is nice Christine" he assured her. She poured milk on her muesli and took a sip of her warm coffee. For a few minutes they ate in silence occasionally glancing at each other and smiling. Erik finished his bowl first and sat back in his chair sipping his coffee. "Nice breakfast Christine, thank you." Christine smiled and swallowed her last mouthful. "So what did you want to do today?" she asked picking up her cup. Erik put his down. "Well I was thinking that we stay here for the morning, then we'll go round to my place later on and I'll help you rehearse the part. I mean we have a lot of work ahead of us and best to make a start. Don't you think my dear?" Christine nodded "Yes we certainly do" She got up from her seat "You can go and get freshened up and I'll just clear these things up. I'll be up there in a sec." Erik too got to his feet and kissed her cheek. After he left the room she gathered up the dishes, washed them up in the sink and placed then on the draining board. As she was putting the rest of the breakfast things away she could hear the shower upstairs. She then went to put the laundry into the dryer.
When she got to the top of the stairs she couldn't hear the shower anymore, and the bathroom was open empty when she peeped in. She went into the bathroom, locked the door. Then she had a nice refreshing shower herself. When she stepped out of the shower there was a knock on the door. "Yes?" she said as she wrapped a towel round her naked body. "I'll just be downstairs, alright!" Erik called from the other side of the door. "Ok!" She called back and heard him descending the stairs. After drying herself off with the towel she went into her room and sat at her dressing table to dry her hair with her hairdryer. She then pulled on a clean pair of jeans and a top. "Well here we go then" she said as she stared at her reflection in her mirror "Erik's first day of courting me"