- CHAPTER TWO –

Throughout the journey Christine slept, resting her head on Erik's shoulder. At first, he didn't know what to do but soon relaxes enjoying her presence beside him. He was still quite baffled why she left Raoul for him. She chose him, a hideous beast. Her love was changing him. He wanted to make sure Christine would never regret her choice.

The next day they arrived at their destination, Provence. Erik paid for two nice rooms at the hotel for them to stay in. As much as he would have liked to share, he wanted Christine to have her space and privacy. Erik led her to her room and they exchanged 'goodnights'. Erik was restless thinking in his bed, "Tomorrow, I will get a home for Christine. She deserves that much."

The next day arrived. Erik met Christine in the Inn's café for breakfast. He told her of his plan to go looking for a living situation and Christine seemed quite ecstatic about it. They went on their way soon after to begin their journey. As they were house hunting, Erik came across one in particular; a beautiful 2 story home with an attic, a cellar and 5 bedrooms just outside of the city, Marseilles. Completely furnished with some of the most ravishing furniture of their time. Christine fell in love with it as well and it became the decided residence. They were able to move in right away, and as they didn't have much with them it only took a day and a half to settle in. Christine and Erik had taken their own rooms. One was decided to be the music room where Erik could freely write and compose music and where he could continue to teach Christine. As he could not take his own pianoforte with him he had to purchase another. He took a seat on his new pianoforte, looked at his music, thought of Christine and smiled. This was the beginning of something he thought he would never have; a lover and a home. A tear dropped down his cheek, "Is this real? This is real….really real." With that he picked up his writing utensil and began to compose from his heart.

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A/N: Sorry this took longer than expected, with 2 jobs and only 1 day off a week I've been slacking. I have a good amount I hand wrote months ago but I'm trying to fix things along the way as some of it is just skeletons. Thanks for the reviews, encouragement and patience! This is my second story, and the first I'm actually having chapters too! I hope it turns out well. :)