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 Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2005 10:37 am
Christine surveyed the outside again. Now it looked a little bit better, the biggest portions of desctruction taken care of. She wiped her hands off on her dress, and then looked back up at the house. She walked in, ready to start dusting and straightening up in here as well, when she noticed Erik running about.
Hurrying up the steps, she went over to him. "What are you doing, Erik? You should be resting. I was... I was outside, straightening up."
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Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2005 10:45 am
Erik nearly crumpled to the ground in relief when Christine came toward him, and he smiled, taking her hands and holding them as he went to the door and looked out at his home.
"Oh Christine, it looks wonderful... thank you.." he breathed, turning to bring her hands to his lips.
"Are you hungry, perhaps? I cound fix you something to eat.. we won't have to go on a picnic, of course..." his eyes twinkled and he smiled, leaning down to kiss her cheek and wishing he was brave enough to put his lips against her own.
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Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2005 11:46 am
Christine smiled. "I wasn't strong enough to move some of the pillars... Oh, well. It'll do."
"Something to eat would be lovely, yes. No picnic though. The last one was disasterous." She gave a shy smile and laughed quietly. "Can I help in any way?"
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Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 11:27 pm
Erik's shoulders went slightly rigid at her words, and he remembered the night he'd been foolish enough to show Christine his face.
"Some help would be wonderful, my dear."
Taking her hand in his own, he slowly moved from the room, wondering if she would ever be able to look at his face as she had the night that she thought it was her last chance.
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Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2005 5:49 pm
[[ D: PHEW. My cousin finally went home. <3 Now for some posting. n__n ]]
Christine was thinking of the picnic, as well. She felt ashamed and angry at herself for reacting so greatly. It hadn't been that bad. She supposed that she just hadn't imagined his face looking quite like that.
She followed him across the room in silence, reflecting, wondering what he was thinking. After a moment's reflection, she spoke.
"I... I'm sorry. About... well... you know. I just... never really had a chance at apologizing. So I am asking for your forgiveness now."
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Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2005 6:38 pm
Faltering, Erik turned and looked at Christine with wide eyes.
"No, do not appologize. I was wrong to show you."
Squeezing her fingers, Erik leaned down to brush his lips to her forhead, eyes fluttering shut.
"Oh, Christine..."
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Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2005 6:55 pm
Christine blushed lightly. "No, no, it was my fault. You insisted over and over no, and I just wouldn't listen to you. And then I went to pieces. It... it is purely my fault."
Hesitating for a moment, she came to a decision, and leaned forward, shutting her eyes and kissing Erik's lips.
"I... I suppose we should probably start making something to eat, right?" She said, her face turning a bit redder. "If we want to eat soon."
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Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2005 7:01 pm
[[Erik... is not thinking about food right now. sweatdrop ]]
Erik's eyes flew wide open when he felt Christine's lips come against his own, and gasping sharply, he pulled back and looked down at her.
"You... you kissed me..." he breathed. Christine had kissed him. He'd never... and she'd...
Well, only one thing to do, then...
Lunging forward, he pressed his lips eagerly to hers.
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Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2005 7:18 pm
[[ xd Hoshit. I just read the little OOC part, and a bunch of extremely strange adjectives popped into my head that could trigger such a comment. o_o' And then I read the post. ...and my bizzare vocabulary words vanished from mind. e.e Yeah. Didn't think Erik would care for a sandwich at this point. ...anyway...]]
Christine was a bit startled when he had gasped. She looked up in time to hear him say, "You... you kissed me..." and then recieve his kiss.
She was a little startled herself, blinking once or twice before the situation sunk in. Still hesitating a little, she slowly wrapped her arms around Erik's neck, pulling him closer, and, shutting her eyes once more, kissed back passionately. She suprised herself with her sudden actions. Then, she thought, but slightly horrified and amused at the same time, if she could suprise herself, how was Erik feeling?
When she broke off, she looked at him shly, her face, if possible, even redder. "Erik, I..." she found herself lost for words.
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Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2005 7:30 pm
Trembling just slightly, Erik looked down at Christine with wide, darkened eyes.
"Well..." Clearing his throat, he tried again. "Well, that was... lovely." he murmured, at a complete loss for words.
"What now? Not that I'm suggesting we lie together-not that I don't want to, you see, but..."
Trailing off, his face beneath his mask was quite pink, and he looked away, completely embarrassed.
"About that food..." he said tightly, starting for the door.
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Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2005 7:27 am
Christine stared at the ground, her face burning. She sort of half-shuffled behind him, trying to think of what to say. Both a million things were bouncing about in her head for her to vocalize, and at the same time, she had nothing.
"Erm... I..." She started slowly, trying to think of a way to put it without messing what she was trying to say up, "You see... After... after you... you know... 'died,' and Phillipe and I got married... I... I wasn't... I wasn't happy. At all. You see, I kept wondering... 'how is Gerard coping?' and 'I wonder if Erik's' you know... 'in a better place?' And... I..." She stopped again, at a loss for words. Thinking for a moment, she plowed on, "I... I couldn't be happy, not with your apparent death hanging over my head, as... as I had believed you had died. I kept brooding about what I might have done differently to stop that... no-one ever understood why I would not often stop to talk with them, and why I would just..." She stopped again, fustrated at herself, for her lack of ability to make any sense whatsoever.
"I once told Phillipe that... that the sort of love that I had for him and you weren't the same kind... he was against me coming back here on that night... and... I was thinking about it..." She wrung her hands nervously, "And... I was right. It's not him that I love that... that could make me happy. My love for him... it was... it was sort of sprung upon me, and... I mean, I did really love him once, but I was only ten... I couldn't say no to a Count... I did value my life just a bit... you see... you... you're the one I really love Erik." She broke off, fidgiting worse.
She looked up at him. "Oh, I apologize! Right now is already awkward enough as it is without me adding to it... I burst into your life two years ago, nearly killed you, came back, harrassed you, and... and... I'm sorry." She wringed her hands again.
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Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2005 1:09 pm
Erik stared at Christine for many moments, eyes wide.
"You love me?" he whispered, reaching out to touch her cheek. "You loved me then, and.." breathing heavily, he pulled Christine against him and kissed her forehead.
"Please, do not appologize. There is no need. Good God, Christine, I love you too..."
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Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2005 4:22 pm
[[Gods, my last post was huge. O_o;; *promises to not write speeches* ... *is gripped by writer''s block* gonk ]]
Christine smiled gently at him. "Y-yes..." She said, still stammering a little bit. "Erik, I do love you."
She leaned against him a bit and kissed his cheek lightly, smiling. "So what now, do you propose we do?" She glanced at him curiously.
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Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2005 7:44 pm
Erik pulled Christine close against him, daringly trailing his lips over her face and down her neck.
"I don't know... is there anything in particular you would like to do?" he murmured, lifting his head and smiling softly. "We could go for a walk through the woods, or perhaps you might like a lesson.."
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Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2005 8:14 pm
Christine shivered slightly and looked at him, smiling happily. "Erm... whatever you feel up to. I'm not sure how your health is... I haven't been around long enough, but... if you feel you're up to maybe taking a walk... I was trying to repair the music box that played in the woods. I think you might need a new record, though." She laughed softly.
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