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"Henry, what was the purpose of bringing me here?" Asked Christina as she brought her sky blue linen shawl closer to her shoulders. She wore a beautiful rose pink rayon dress embroidered with little patterns of white roses dotting it with a sheer lining, bell sleeves and an ankle-length skirt. on her feet were a pair of petal pink shoes with a square toe, decorated with a single magnolia flower with a rose colored pearl in the center.
She was told to come to Primrose Hill by Kate since Kate said to her that Henry had something to tell her. Not that she was complaining.. She always wanted to come to Primrose Hill since she heard the view was stunning from the highest point. Christina was confused about what Jekyll wanted to say to her..
"Christina, my beautiful songbird.. i know you must be confused about why i have asked you to come here. So, i decided to tell you." Christina was confused but nonetheless, let him continue with his explaination about why he asked her to come to Primrose Hill.
"Christina Nightingale, you have been with me for many months and stuck by me during Hyde's.. inappropiate moments when he wants to come out.. You were the one who knew our secret and in return, you let us learn the secret of your other self, Roseanne.. No-one else has ever done this for us but you two.. So, i am sure you're wondering where we are going with this?" Jekyll then got down on one knee and took out a white velvet ring box.
"Christina Josephine Nightingale, would you do me the honor of becoming.. my wife?" he then opened the box, revealing a beautiful engagement ring.
"Oh Henry.. Yes! Yes, of course i will marry you!" Christina cried out, her cobalt blues matching the jewel on the ring as they were filled with tears. She extended all her fingers out as Jekyll placed the ring onto her middle finger as the jewels on the ring sparkled underneath the sunlight.
She looked at the ring and went into his arms, kissing him deeply. She could hear Roseanne bawling in her head as they kissed. This sweet, kind and selfless woman was now his for all of time..
Christina pulled away from the kiss as she looked up at him. "I love you, Henry Jekyll.." she whispered, her voice soft as she said those words. "I love you too, Christina.." he whispered back as he kissed her hand. "Come, let's head back."
They both began walking as they were talking about their wedding plans. "Should we tell everyone that we are engaged and to be wed or should we keep it a secret, like what Christine and Raoul did during their secret engagement?" she asked, referring to her relative's secret engagement during the whole 'Phantom' thing in Paris long ago. "You know about that?" asked Henry as she nodded.
"mhm. Mother knew about it due to my grandmother telling her when she was a little girl and told me when i was six years old. I loved hearing about the love story of Christine and Raoul before Christine's death by a single gunshot wound.."
That actually made a lot of sense.. since it did not help that his fiance looked a lot like Christine Daae herself and acted like her. Once they got back, he looked at her. "Let's not tell them until the time is right, ok?" She smiled sweetly at him and nodded, showing she agreed with that. Besides, Jekyll could never deny her anything.
"I am very glad that i am not singing, so i am yours tonight, My love~" She smiled, knowing she would often get a day off so her voice could rest up. Jekyll held her close to him as she let her shawl fall down from her shoulders and she embraced him.
"Your my personal canary.. my little songbird..~" Christina giggled as she blushed like a delicate tulip. she was so pretty when she was flustered.. but there was some truth to it. "And your my scientist and my beloved doctor~" She chirped those words out as she smiled softly. He kissed her cheek as she blushed even more.
Later that night, Christina was on the phone with her sister, Juliana explaining what happened that day, leaving the moment when Jekyll proposed to her out of the conversation. She knew Jekyll would like that she was keeping the secret until the time was right. But, she could be quite protective over the people she deeply cared about.. Juliana could vouch for her being overprotective when they were little girls.
After she hung up the phone, a loud noise was heard as she was a little silent. "...What in the world was that?" She asked, lighting a candle as she went to the source of the loud noise, her light white nightgown swaying behind her. What she saw, made her see red as she blew the candle out, taking the same knife she used to end the lives of the board of governors out.
Hyde was out but he had three bullet holes in his arm, and there was the man who Juliana warned her about, Gabriel Van Helsing. "what in-?!" Hyde was not prepared for the honey-blonde haired woman to start fighting him, avoiding all the gunshots and landing a stab in his shoulder. "And you are?" She frowned before looking at van Helsing dead in the eyes as she did not care that she had blood on the tip of her knife that stained the white fabric of her nightgown.
"I am Christina Josephine Jekyll, the fiance of Dr. Henry Jekyll. My other self is Roseanne Grace Hyde, Edward's fiance." She said, her eyes slowly turning from cobalt blue into diamond gray as she grew livid that someone attacked her beloved. She let herself be lifted into Edward's arms as they ran away from London, knowing they couldn't live in the city anymore.
Unbeknownst to them, new lives were going to grow inside of Christina, from love and light, love and passion.
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