Five months later….

Christiania sat on the bed with Erik in his home under the opera talking about baby names. "It's going to be a girl." He stated

"And what if it's not, what will you do then?" Erik just laughed more. Then she felt a kick "Erik! Quick give me your hand." He did as requested and she placed it on her stomach "Alright, start talking."

He gave her a curious look but did as told. "Anyway, if it's a boy I would-" He stopped mid sentence as he felt it kick. He began to laugh and then looked back at Christiania.

"He likes your voice." He smiled wide and kissed where his hand had been.

"Not much longer my little one." He crawled up to her on the bed and kissed her. Then she laughed as it began to kick again.

"Just think not much longer till we have a real family of our own." She said as he put his arms around her cuddling close.

"And not long after the baby's here we will leave. Go to a quite little village, raise this little one, or maybe little ones. Later on in the future of course."

They both laughed and she replied "Of course."

Raoul stood in his office looking out the window. "Where are you?" He asked thinking of Christiania. "Oh Christiania, I'm sorry for it all. If you come back I'll change for you, I'll try to understand I promise."

"Do you really think promises to a wall will make her come back?" Christine asked entering the office.

"One can always hope." He said turning to her. "I miss her Christine. I know I've been distant and not at all understanding with her since Philippe passed but now," He sighed "I don't know. When we saw Erik for the first time in years and I couldn't help but remember what happened the last time. And I didn't have Philippe to help me, but was I right to do what I did?"

She looked at him. "Try to kill him no, he shouldn't have to meet his death because he thinks fell in love. But telling him to stay away from Christiania, yes, you were right in doing so. Even if Erik had changed our daughter still should not be with."

Raoul sighed again and they walk out of the office together into the foyer "It's been five months now Christine, and we haven't heard a word from her. I can't help but worry about where she is, what he might have done to her."

She chuckled a little and wrapped her arms around him "The worst he could have done is marry her, and I highly doubt that he would go any further. This is Erik we're talking about here." But then just as Raoul opened his mouth to talk more on the matter Andrea burst through the front door in a panic with a talk dark figure following him in with a pale girl in his arms who was obviously in pain. Raoul couldn't believe it Erik and Christiania were standing in the foyer. But the most shocking of all was that Christiania was pregnant and was ready to give birth. He barely heard her pleas through her cringes and cries of pain.

"No please Erik, not here, please not here." She pleaded.

"We haven't the time to go anywhere else my love. Andrea quickly her room."

He stepped forward "Here give her to me, I'll take her. Mother, father please the house doctor and some of the maids." Andrea quickly went up the stairs followed closely by Erik Christine ran down the hall to do just what Andrea demanded, but Raoul stayed trying to find understanding, but it was lost to him. She's been gone five months and she's having a baby now, that means she was at least three or four months along when I last saw her Raoul thought to himself. Every reason to hate Erik came back to him and he vowed he wouldn't let that hate fade away this time.

The small family stood outside Christiania's room listening to her cries and screams. Erik was waiting outside not able to listen to it. Andrea explained that they were taking a walk near there when she had gone into labor, and the manor was the closest place they could get. Raoul noticed that Christine didn't react as shocked as he did. "So you knew? You both knew!"

Christine nodded and Andrea replied. "Yes, I was there with her when she went to the doctor and confirmed it."

"And you helped them!"

"What did you want me to do father! Cast her to the side like you have! I promised Philippe that I would look after her and I'm going to do just that damn it! I promised I would make her happy again and being with Erik does that. When I see her with him it's the happiest I've seen her since Philippe died. I'm not going to take that away from her. And if I any of us had told you that she was pregnant with Erik's child what would you have done father? You would have forced her to get rid of it, I wasn't going to that to her. Like it or not she loves him and she's thought of nothing but this baby for months now." Just then a sound of a new born child pierced through the air after Christiania's final scream.

Andrea glanced at the door and smiled at the sweet sound. One of the maids came out "Viscount Andrea, she's asking to see you and Erik."

"He's out front if you please go fetch him." She nodded and went down the stairs. Andrea came in followed by their parents and he slowly approached the bed. She looked up and smiled at him and then looked to the little bundle she held in her arms. Andrea smiled down at her and the little one. Raoul stood next to the door keeping his thought to himself and Christine went white with both horror and awe at the sight of the child.

Erik came rushing up the stairs and stopped in the doorway as Christiania looked up at him and smiled. "Would you like to come and meet your son Erik?" He smiled and walked into the room and sat next to her on the bed but was afraid at what he saw. His son bared his face Christiania snuggled closer to Erik and simply said. "He's beautiful, absolutely beautiful just like his father." Erik smiled and kissed her forehead.

Andrea then piped up "Well you going to stare at the kid all day or are you going to give him a name?"

They laughed and Christiania said "I have the perfect name for him." Everyone looked to her. "Philippe, Philippe Orson Destler." Erik smiled at her. "Philippe after my uncle of course, because if it wasn't for him you and I wouldn't be together and we wouldn't have this little one right now. Then Orson after his father so he can always have a part of you with him."

She looked to him and he kissed her soft lips "It's perfect." He said to her running a finger down Philippe's scared little face, and to Erik's surprise the boy leaned into his cold touch. "The perfect name for the perfect little boy."

Raoul grew angry at the use of his brother's name on a Destler. "No." He said coldly Christiania looked up at him. "The name of my brother will not be wasted on a Destler." Christiania put a hand on Erik's leg pleading with her eyes not to do anything. He obeyed and kept his arms securely around his little family.

"This is her child father she will give him whatever name she deems worthy." Andrea said.

"We'll if you think I'm actually going to support any of this you've got another thing coming. I will not have a Destler living under my roof."

"That can be fixed," Erik said. "When Christiania is strong enough we will leave."

"If Uncle Philippe were here this wouldn't happen." Christiania said quietly looking at her son petting his dark blonde hair. She looked to her father who just stared at her "Yes Philippe probably wouldn't have liked the thought of the baby when I was unwed at first, but at least he would have grown to accept it. He would have loved this little Destler as his own and supported him, Erik, and I. But what would you know, I'm sure you have realized by now that you never truly knew your brother, let alone your own daughter." Raoul's blood began to boil and before he said another word he would regret he turned out of the room slamming the door behind him waking little Philippe. Christiania shushed him and rocked him in her arms, but when Erik placed a hand on his little deformed face he quieted and leaned into his father's cold touch.