Christian's room was the first on Gabrielle's left. She paused in the doorway, holding her breath, trying to listen, but she couldn't hear a thing from his room. This didn't worry her. She knocked lightly on the door. There was nothing. She knocked louder. There came a muffled shout from within that she couldn’t make out.

"Christian…" she said lightly, slowly opening the door.

"Go away." She heard a strained voice say within. This worried her.

"Are you alright?" Gabrielle asked, pausing in the doorway. The room was dark and she couldn’t see Christian.

"No. And go away." A voice replied brokenly from somewhere.

"If you're not alright, I'm not leaving. Where are you?" she walked further into the room to see him curled up on the bed, knees drawn up to his chest, hair completely obstructing a view of his face. She moved closer and knelt beside him, pushing his hair aside. His eyes were red and his cheeks were wet, telltale signs that he had been crying.

"What’s wrong?" his eyes were glazed over, focused on nothing. He was silent, then he shook his head violently, sending his hair falling back over the tear streaked face.

"He's never coming back, he's left for good. I'm without him…." Christian said softly before his body was wracked with sobs. Oh god, what do I do?, Gabrielle thought. Christian was obviously talking about Gangrel. She took his hands in hers, and pressed them to her lips. She waited patiently until he stopped crying. He looked at her and sighed.

"You didn't know him like I did. You didn’t know him at all. Neither did Edge. He was so much to me. He kept me sane…" Christian sat up, resting his head against the head board of the bed. Gabrielle still knelt on the floor. He looked straight ahead. "He called me his little one. Now I'll never hear that again." There was an edge of fear in his voice. Gabrielle climbed onto the bed and sat across from him.

"Maybe…Maybe he'll come back." She tried her best to sound optimistic. It didn’t work. He looked at her blankly.

"Don’t fool yourself. Did you see his eyes? We've lost him…" Christian continued bitterly, "For all eternity. And Eternity is forever." He laughed quietly. "Those were the first words he spoke to Edge after he took me….eternity is forever…." He trailed off, and for the first time, really looked at Gabrielle. She leaned in.

"We can make a new eternity. Me, you and Edge. Ours. And it will last forever. I would never leave you, no matter what comes. This eternity IS forever." Christian just sighed.

"But I can't forget him…."

"I don't expect you to. How could you forget him? But we'll start over together. A new eternity." She repeated. His eyes softened as he mouthed the words. He smiled at her, and she threw her arms around him. Christian held Gabrielle close, then lowered so they lay on the bed.

"What the hell would I have done without you.." he whispered softly in her ear. She sighed and placed her head on his chest, throwing her arms around his neck.

"You'd still be crying." He laughed and closed his eyes. She looked up at him and smiled. His breath deepened as he fell into sleep. She didn’t want to move, fearful of him waking, so she buried her head in his chest, and slept too, dreaming of their eternity.