Old town, new life. (A Phantom of the Opera fan fiction)

Chapter 10

*Beth's POV*

Finally I woke up. I was laying against Erik on the bed. He was sleeping.

"Erik" I whispered.

"Erik??"

He immediatly woke up.

"Bethany, my angel, you're awake. How are you?" he said.

I tried to get up but my body hurt so much.

"Auw!"

"No Beth, lay down, you're gonna hurt yourself." He said and pulled me closer against him.

I looked at my body and saw I had a lot of bruises.

"What happened?" I asked

"I don't exactly know. I was looking for you but then I saw that someone was beating you up. I ran to him and hit him and ran away. You fainted." he explained.

Then I remembered. Logan.

"Did you know that guy?" Erik asked.

"No, I don't think so" I lied. I can't say I know him, Erik will go look for him and beat the crap out of him.

He looked at me like he knew I was lying.

"I didn't know him Erik" I said more convincing. 

He nodded slowly. "Aha"

It was silent for a moment.

"Wait, you went looking for me?" I asked surprisingly.

"I just wanted to apologise." he said while he closed his eyes like he wanted to go back to sleep.

"Me too." I said.

He opened his eyes and looked at me.

"I'm sorry I pulled off your mask" I said to him.

"It's okay."

"Just don't do it again." he said.

I nodded in agreement even though I really wanted to see the real him. Without mask.

I wanted to get up, I didn't care if it hurt.

I got up and started to walk to the door.

"Wow, where are you going" Erik asked.

"Uhm, nowhere. Just stretching my legs." I said.

I actually wanted to go have a walk in the park. Just have a moment alone, to think.

Of course Erik wouldn't let me go outside because of what happened last night.

"Okay." he said and he closed his eyes again.

When I was sure he was sleeping I went outside. I had a knife with me as protection if I see Logan again.

I loved being outside for a moment. It was cold so I was wearing a scarf. A red scarf. I walked for about an hour and then I would go back so Erik wouldn't know I was gone. When I was on my way to the Opera Populaire I had the feeling someone was following me. But everytime I looked back, there was nobody. When I was almost at the Opera House, I looked back and saw someone's shadow. I immediatly ran to the Opera House and went inside. Maybe this wasn't a very good idea.

When I was back I saw Erik was writing a letter again.

I walked in.

"Hi" I said and walked up to him.

I looked over at the letter but I could only see the first 2 letters of the name for who the letter was. "Me..."

"You scared me Beth." he said while he was folding the letter and put it away.

"Ehh.. I'm sorry" I said, still confused about all these letters.

"For who are all these letters you're writing?" I asked curious.

"That's non of your business."

"I also got a letter." I looked at my with big eyes and raised his eyebrows.

"From my parents." I said. He had a very curious look on his face but then also a bit scared.

"They live in Manhattan. They come to visit me... well us actually."

So, I said it. I had no idea how he would react. I haven't told him anything about my parents, maybe he thought I was an orphan or something.

"Us?" He asked. Again his back was facing me.

"Yes, us. Well, I actually haven't told them about you but-" I said while I turned him around so he was facing me again.

"They can't know about me." he said a bit concerned.

"But-"

"No Bethany, they can't!"