Her Beloved

Chapter 4

I wake up to a striking pain in my foot. "Agh! Jesus Christ what happened?!" I cover my mouth once I realize where I am. 'Im in his lair. Oh. My. God. Elise calm down. Your foot hurts, so concentrate on that.' I groan. 'I should probably get up...' I swing my legs over to the side of the bed and squeaked in pain. 'Thats not happening. Oh wait... My foot is bandaged.'

'Erik did it... Hes so kind to me... Something going to go wrong.' He comes up to me and opens the thin black curtain. "You're awake." I nod and see he has a tray of food for me. My stomach rumbles as he puts it down beside me. "You must be hungry." I nod and smile. 'Woah he's hot.' We meet eye to eye. His piercing yellow eyes go right through me. I blink a few times and look away. "Why am I here? Why did you bring me here in the first place?" I tilt my head slightly. "You were running, fell down as a nail dug into your foot, I treated your foot, you were unconscious the entire time, and now you are awake." I get embarrassed for running away from him and can only say, "Thank you." He just nods and goes to his organ. "Holy shit." I whisper to myself and glance at the food. 'Wow he brought a lot.' The plate of food consisted of: A croissant, strawberry crepes, cut fruit, and..... Coffee? I smell the liquid in the cup. 'The fudge?' I take a sip of it and it tastes like hell in a cup. I spit it back in. 'What human being in their right mind would drink this?!' I eat the croissant and the crepes in like 2 minutes. 'Oh my Lord this is amazing.' In practically 10 minutes, I eat the whole thing except that hellish liquid. I crack my knuckles and try to stand up, ending up having to stand on my toes on my left foot(the one with the nail). Slowly and surely I limp out and see Erik writing on a piece of paper. 'Hes composing? Right now?' I sigh out my nose quietly, and his head perks up and he looks at me. "What are you doing out of bed?" He asks concerned. 'Oh yea Im a maid. Oh wait. OH MY GOD I HAVE A JOB TO DO ERIK.' It suddenly hit me I have to go back to work. "I have to go back to work." He looks back at the paper. "Im not letting you go. You are injured Elise." Oh my God. 'He aint letting you go.' "So? I have a job to do! Scarlett is probably freaking out right now wondering where I am, Pierre is probably too-" I ramble on and as Im doing so, my beloved comes up to me and ever so gently grabs my arms. "Work is not optional for you today or for the next 2-3 days. Until you can go back, I will be taking care of you." My face turns so red and I could have sworn my pupils were hearts. "Oh ok." I smile at him. 'Wait. Christine. What about her?' I look at him. "What is your name?" I obviously already knew the answer. He lets go of my arms and hesitates for a while. "Erik." 'Dont squeal.' I smile even bigger. "I like it. So are you still offering singing lessons?" His face lights up. 'DONT SQUEAL.' "Of course I am." He smiles very slightly and picks me up bridal style and carries me to the organ bench. 'HE CARRIED ME DONT SQUEAL DONT SQUEAL DONT SQUEAL' He plays a few notes on the organ. "Now to start." He puts his hands on my abdomen and gives me a high note to sing. "Sing this note." I sang it perfectly. "Good. Now keep going higher." 'Oh no.' I nod and the next few notes are good but at the second to highest note my voice gives out. I immediately get embarrassed and say nothing. Erik and I practice for hours and hours. I loved it.

-Time skip-

I yawn and as I'm practically falling asleep on the organ. Erik looks at me. "We have been practicing for a while now. You should get some rest." I nod and can't stand up because of my friggen foot. "Erik can you um... Carry me please? My foot hurts and I can't walk on it..." He says nothing and picks me up. 'This is heaven. DONT SQUEAL.' I let out a small squeal. 'Damn you feelings.' "Are you alright?" I nod and look over to what looks like a mannequin of Christine. "Christine looks so pretty..." My words slur a little and he puts me down in the bed. I snuggle into his chest before he puts me down. "I had fun today. Thank you for everything." I turn over and fall asleep in an instant. Erik closes the curtain and stands there with his hand on his cheek in utter shock. I toss and turn a little in my sleep, and have a pleasant dream about my Erik.

Dream.

'The roof is peaceful when its raining at night.' I thought to myself. Suddenly I feel hands on my shoulders and warmth. 'Erik.' I turn around to see my Erik, smiling. "Hello mon amour." He plants a kiss on my forehead. I giggle and give him a hug. "I missed you." He chuckles. "I missed you too." I wrap the cape around me tighter as he embraces me. 'So this is what heaven is like.' I sigh in happiness.

I wake up and sigh. "Just a dream." I sit up and look to see if Erik is at his organ. Not there. I get up and look around a little. The gondola is gone. 'He's probably doing his usual ghostly stuff.' I giggle at the thought and Ayesha out of no where comes up to me. "Where have you been little one?" I pick her up and put her on my shoulders. 'My foot feels kinda better actually, despite not having real medical treatment.' I walk over to the "Christine" mannequin and pull back the curtains hiding it. "Why did he pull th-"My heart drops through the floor. "Thats not Christine."

A/N: Most of this chapter is random so bear with me please. Keep reading lovelies!