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Born Ugly: book Two	By : KassandraRamsey Category: M through R > The Phantom of the Opera > AU/AR Views: 1616 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Chapter Five: A Proposal

My brilliant idea had got me to thinking. What was Erik to me anyway? He wasn’t a father—that’s for sure. I used to think he was like a brother, but that’s the way he acted with Margo. With me, it was different. He seemed to care more about what I thought about his projects and things than he did with Margo.

No matter what he was doing, whenever I came to him, he’d stop and give me his undivided attention. He went out of his way to make sure I was happy, leaving me flowers in my bedroom, and notes of encouragement and affection in places where only I would find them.

I thought back over everything I’d been through, and how Erik had always been there to help me through most of it. Finally, I decided that I was like Cinderella, and he was my Prince Charming. They got married, why wouldn’t we? It’s not like Erik had any girlfriends that I knew of.

That thought scared me a little. Erik was twenty-one now, and it was perfectly reasonable that he should have a girlfriend and think about marrying. What if he didn’t want to wait for me?

The more I thought about it, the more I liked the idea of being engaged to Erik. He had promised never to leave me, isn’t that what you promise when you marry someone?

I decided to talk to him about it. He’d probably just think I was being silly, I was only ten after all.

“Erik? Do you think we’ll get married one day?” I asked that afternoon when we finished a study session.

He dropped the book he’d been holding and looked at me in shock.

“What do you mean?” he asked, finally.

I blushed, but didn’t want to stop now.

“It’s just, you promised to stay with me forever. Did you mean as my husband? It’s okay if you did. I want to marry you,” I said in a rush.

He blinked a couple of times and let out a breath.

I braced myself for rejection as he took my hands in his, and looked into my eyes, as if he was searching for something.

Suddenly he smiled, brilliantly.

“I’d be honored to marry you, Angel. But you’re not quite old enough yet,” he pointed out.

“I know. But will you wait for me?” I pleaded.

He lifted a hand and caressed my cheek.

“I’d wait an eternity for you,” he said.

I breathed a sigh of relief, and hugged him.

“I love you, Erik.”

“And I love you, Christine.”

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The next day I came home from school upset again.

“The other kids don’t believe that we’re engaged, Erik. David wants to see proof,” I said, flopping down on his bed.

He looked up from his book with a frown.

“You’re telling people that we’re engaged?” he asked.

I nodded and gave him a reassuring smile.

“I’m just telling the kids who pick on me. I told Margo that we were pretending to be engaged so that David will leave me alone. Don’t worry, no one will suspect it’s true until we’re ready for them to,” I said confidently.

Erik didn’t look convinced, but he stood up and opened a drawer in his dresser. He pulled out a small velvet box and stared at it for a moment. Then he looked up at me.

“I bought this for you a long time ago. I didn’t think I’d be giving it to you this soon, but if you need proof…” he trailed off, then knelt in front of me.

“Will you marry me, Christine?” he asked, opening the box and holding it up for my inspection.

It was a beautiful diamond ring, and I gasped in pleasure at the sight of it.

“Oh, Erik! Of course I’ll marry you. But this looks too expensive to take to school,” I protested, unable to stop looking at the shinning gem.

I took it out of the box and frowned, it was much too big.

He lifted my hair and unhooked my necklace. I watched as he slipped off the butterfly pendant I’d been wearing on a silver chain, and slid the ring onto it.

“There, just keep it hidden under your shirt until you want to show someone. I wouldn’t wear it everyday, but Christine, please remember that it’s just a ring. If something happens to it, I’ll buy you another,” he said seriously.

I looked at my small fingers and sighed.

“It’ll never fit, Erik,” I said.

He smiled at me.

“Yes it will. And when it does, it will be time to marry, okay?” he asked.

I nodded.

It was only after I’d crawled into bed that night that I realized he’d taken to calling me Christine all of the time now. Surprisingly, it didn’t bother me in the least.

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