Antoinette jumped. First her face turned white as death, then her cheeks burned with blood, and then her eyes flooded with tears; tears sparkling with joy.

"You don't know how many years I waited for you to ask that, Erik!" she cried. "Yes, I will!" She threw herself into his arms and they kissed as passionately as they could.

"We'll raise Meg as our daughter like we always should have," whispered Erik. "Finally we can be a happy family."

"What about Tanya?" asked Antoinette. "She has no one."

"We'll adopt her," said Erik. "She'd make a wonderful sister for Meg."

Antoinette cried harder. "I love you, Erik," she whispered.

"I love you too, Annie," Erik whispered back.

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Meg and Tanya smiled at each other. When they left the room they secretly listened in on Erik and Antoinette's conversation. Meg's face turned beat red with excitement at the marriage proposal. And Tanya's face turned white at the mention of the adoption.

"He'd really do that for me?" she asked Meg.

"Of course he would!" said Meg. "Why wouldn't he?"

"I thought he wouldn't want that since Joseph Buquet was my uncle," Tanya said shyly.

Meg smiled. "Just because you have nasty relatives doesn't make you bad," she said. "I'd love to have you as my sister!" The girls hugged tightly hardly daring to let go.

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"How is your new opera coming, Erik?" Antoinette lay in Erik's arms while he stroked her hair.

The Phantom smiled. "It's coming well," he said. "I think I want to add Tanya into the story," he said.

"She would be a wonderful character," said Antoinette. "But that means you would have to teach both her and Meg to sing."

"That's alright," said Erik. "Since they're both my daughters that would make it all the more fun."

"What character shall Tanya be?" asked Antoinette.

"She'll be the runaway daughter of an elf lord," said Erik. "Her name will be Lady Shirina."

"That sounds like a wonderful story," said Antoinette.

"Except for one problem that you still insist on working for," said Erik.

"What's that?" asked Antoinette.

The Phantom answered with one name. "Carlotta."

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"Can't we just off the old frog!" Tanya grumbled as she and Meg came down to the lair.

Erik and Antoinette turned. "Carlotta?"

"How you people can deal with a beast such as her is a wonder to me" Tanya grumbled.

"She does take some getting use to" Antoinette said.

Erik leaned over to Antoinette, "What about taking her out of the picture?"

"ERIK!" Antoinette said, giving him a sharp tap on the shoulder.

"OW...Just as suggestion" he said, rubbing his shoulder.

"Do make suggestion of that sort" Antoinette snapped. "You've killed plenty of people already. No need to add Carlotta to the list."

"Why not send her to be with her piangi?" Meg asked.

"MEG!"

"Sorry Mama"