It Was Always Her

Chapter 14

Yvette's POV

I feel Erik's arms wrap around my waist. I'm about to ask him what he's doing when I feel cold water surround my body. I swim up to the surface and gasp for air. Opening my eyes, I see Erik swimming about six feet away from me, dying of laughter.

"Erik this is not funny, I'm soaking wet now." I say and move my wet hair out of eyes. He swims over to me, grabs my hips and pulls me in for a kiss. I put my hands on his cheeks and kiss him back. Well, this isn't the worst situation ever. We break the kiss and Erik looks at me.

"I'm sorry my love, can you ever forgive me." He gives me big puppy dog eyes, I smirk and swim away from him, towards the shore. When it's shallow enough, I walk up to the dry shore and ring my hair out.

"Maybe I could eventually forgive you for soaking me to the skin." I turn to glare at him but my expression is quickly turned to confusion. I search the water to try and find Erik. Where is he?

"You should dry off before you catch a cold." I jump and turn around to see Erik looming over me. I punch him in the shoulder. I didn't even hear him get out of the lake.

"You should know better than to sneak up behind a lady!" I exclaim. Erik chuckles. I cross my arms and frown up at him. He wraps his large muscular arms around me. I melt into his embrace, his toned chest is pressed up against my body, and he still isn't wearing a shirt.

I lightly push away from his embrace and run my hands up his chest, to his shoulders. His frame is so muscular, I look up at his face, uncovered by the mask. His face is beautiful, the deformity on his face is just like mine. I move my hands up to his cheeks, his eyes are a soft brown. I've never noticed until now but his eyes how flecks of gold in them.

Erik runs a shaky hand from my shoulders, down to my hips. He hooks his hands together right above my butt. He gazes down into my eyes.

"Yvette, you look just like an angel. Every time I look at you, you look back at me like I'm an actual person. Not this hideous monster that I actually am." A tear runs down his cheek and I brush it away.

"Erik, you are nothing close to a monster." I look down at his body and look back up at his face. I gently rub his right cheek with my thumb. "You are so beautiful, you don't even know." I pull his face towards mine and he kisses me. I move my head and deepen this kiss. Erik moves one of his hands off my hip and tangles it in my hair. Erik breaks the kiss and I shiver.

"Perhaps you should change out of your wet clothes before you catch a cold." He moves away from me and walks towards his bedroom. I follow him, suddenly realizing how cold I am without Erik near me. He holds open the curtain, letting me walk in first.

I walk over to the bed and stand there as I watch Erik rummage around in his dresser, looking for something that I could wear. He pulls out a long black dress shirt and looks at me apologetically.

"I'm sorry Yvette, I don't have any dresses so this is the only thing I have for you to wear." I walk over to where he is standing and take the shirt from him, smiling. I stand on my tippy toes and plant a kiss on his cheek.

"Thank you Erik, this will work just fine." I say and look for a place to change. Erik reaches into the dresser and pulls out a black pair of pants for himself.

"I'll leave so you can change." Erik says and walks out of the room. I quickly unbutton the wet shirt I was wearing and discard it on the ground. My corset is sticking to my body, I try to untie it but the thing won't budge. I panic and try frantically to untie it but it still won't untie.

"Erik, can you come in here?" I ask still trying to untie the corset. Erik rushes into the room and freezes when he sees me.

"Y-yvette. Um, what did you need?" He averts his eyes anywhere but my figure.

"I realize that I'm wearing almost nothing but this thing is freezing and I need to get it off. I can't seem to untie it." I say and Erik walks over to face me and gingerly turns me around. I feel his hands move to the top of my corset and fiddles with the knot. I feel my corset loosen and I move my hands to hold the top of my corset up.

Once Erik finishes untying the corset, I turn around and face him.

"Thank you Erik." He nods and walks out of the room. When he exits the room, I quickly discard my corset on the ground and throw on the long black shirt. I quickly button it up and walk over to the curtain, moving it aside I see Erik pacing across the floor, running his hand through his hair. I walk over to where he is pacing and clear my throat.

He stops pacing and turns to look at me. I smile at him and walk over, putting my arms around his neck. He smiles down at me and kisses the top of my head.

"Yvette, I was um wondering if I could talk to you about something." His eyes shift nervously. I look up at him, curious as to what he has to say. I remove my arms around his neck. He takes a deep breath and looks into my eyes.

"I was wondering, um, if you.." He scratches the back of his neck. "I was wondering if you would allow me to court you." He rushes through his sentence and looks down at the ground. I feel a smile grow on my face and I giggle. He looks up at me with curiosity. I throw my arms around his neck and kiss him. He freezes at first but he moves and wraps his hands around my waist, kissing me back. I pull away from him and laugh with joy.

"Yes!" I exclaim and smile. Erik smiles back at me, a real, genuine smile. He picks me up and spins me around. I feel so happy, nothing could bring down my mood. Erik sets me down and hugs me. I could stay in his arms forever.

I yawn and Erik pulls away from me and moves a strand of my hair out of my face.

"I think that you should probably go to bed. It is almost three in the morning." I nod my head and yawn again. Erik picks me up bridal style and carries me over to the swan bed. I smile up at him and bring my hand up to his un-deformed cheek.

"My prince charming, carrying me off into the sunset." I say dreamily. Erik chuckles and gently sets me down on the bed. He almost walks away but I grab his hand and pull him down to the bed. "Stay, please." He kisses my cheek and lays down next to me. I pull the blankets up over us and move closer to Erik. He grabs my lower back and pulls me close to him.

I look up at him, his eyes are already closed. I sighed and closed my eyes, letting sleep take over me. Laying next to the man I...loved.

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