The Phantom After the Opera
Disclaimer: Well let's see. I do not own the Phantom, Christine, Raoul, Madame Giry, Meg, or the opera house. I do own Adele, Warrick, Airabella, and Damian. So I think it's fair to say that well I need to and another character in this so that it is even but…hey who could that be.
A/N: I think it's time to get Warrick and Airabella out of the picture for a little while. He's a nice brother and all but it's time for more Adele and Phantom action. So this chapter is a little weird but I think it's going to be interesting.
Dedication: I don't know who to dedicate this to so you can say you it should be to. Maybe your mom or your grandma, people like that.
Chapter 14
The Dream
By: Kristen K.
Edited by: Samantha T.
/ "Erik I think this is it?" Adele was sitting in the rocking chair reading by the fire gently rubbing her swollen belly. She suddenly felt her water break and a contacting pain flood to her back.
"Oh, are you sure?" Erik was at his organ composing as always. He turned around in anxiety and hopefulness.
"As sure as I'll ever be." Adele winced through a small chuckle.
"Right." Erik shot up from the bench and grabbed his over coat and hat. "I'll go and fetch the midwife. I'll be right back." He started out the door with calm feet but hurried back to his wife. "I love you." He kissed her.
"Hurry Erik, I don't know if this baby will wait long." She moaned and with that Erik was out the door.
"Push Adele! Push!" The midwife yelled while restraining her legs.
"I can't!" Adele yelled exhausted and out of breath.
"Come on darling. I believe in you." Erik urged her on.
"One more push Adele, I can see the head." The midwife told her. "Alright now, push!" Adele did as she was told and then the next sound where of Adele's heavy breathing and a baby's cry. The midwife began to clean off the baby as Erik studied her face for a reaction. "It's a baby boy." She started to hand the child to Adele when Erik walked away suddenly.
"Erik? Darling what is the matter?" Adele asked her husband.
"What if the baby looks like me? Then I know that my curse can carry on in my family." He said to the wall.
"Would it be so terrible if your child had a disfigurement? I haven't looked either. I want us to see together. But Erik, if our child does have a disfigurement, we will love and care for it and give it a life you never knew. No child deserves that, and I will always love you my dear." Adele reached out for her husbands hand. Erik looked over and took her hand and came to her side.
"I will love you forever as well my angel." He kissed her hot sweaty forehead as she smiled.
"The moment of truth." Adele's hand reached for the blanket covering the crying baby's face and pulled it back./
"NOOOOOOOO!" Erik woke screaming in his swan bed. His head hit the pillows again in frustration. A damp cloth was being rubbed against his temple. His eyes began to focus. "Adele?"
"Shh, yes I'm here. You have an awful fever. Just how long were you out there?" she asked him.
"Where?"
"You were up on the roof. Thinking I suppose in the middle of a rain storm. I could find you anywhere so I looked there and you were on the ground." Adele gently put the cloth in the cool water again.
"I don't remember a thing." He admitted.
"You gave me quite a scare." She sighed, "but you are safe now." Erik looked up at his nightingale of glory and saw his angel had saved him. It had only been five days since the wedding. Warrick and Airabella were to be gone for a month in Venice. Erik and Adele spent every day together so far, but Adele would always be at practices for the new opera with Damian. She did like Damian, but Adele noticed fonder feeling for this strange man who hides from the world. And never once did Adele ever inquire about his mask. But now she was very curious being so close to him. Why does he hide? Adele always thought of him as this crazy man but now her eyes grew softer.
They never got along, but something about him mare her blood boil and her stomach flutter. She was his nurse now. Instead of him saving her she saved him.
Erik suddenly realized being so vulnerable that she could have taken off his mask. His hands reached up but it was still there, as it should be.
"No I did not take it off. I respect other people's privacy, unlike you peeping-tom." Adele teased.
"Now I never actually meant to see…" Adele shushed him once again.
"Don't speak, you have been doing enough of that in your sleep." Erik gulped.
"What did I say?" His heart began to race faster than it already was from the fever.
"Not much, something about a baby is all." She said calmly. In fact Erik had said nothing about Adele being the mother, in his hysteria. He sighed with relief then thought again.
"Why did you not take of my mask? Haven't you ever wondered?"
"No, not really. Not until today. I never really care what people look like." She dabbed the cloth on his face again. Then Erik did something he thought he would never do in his whole life. As Adele's hand reached his face he grabbed it.
"I want you to see." He gently put her hand on his masked face, maybe because he trusted her, or maybe because of the fever? He didn't even know. Adele gently pulled the mask away from his face and dropped it on the floor. A gasp reached her lips as she stood and backed away slowly. Erik sat up and watched her face in terror of the mistake he had just made. "Do I look so ugly to you? Am I so much a monster to you?" He started to grow angry. Adele had tears rolling down her cheeks now. He could hear soft whispers of no escape her mouth. "Now you see!" He jumped out of the bed and walked over to her grabbing her by the shoulders. "you see why I hide?" He shook Adele as she sobbed in his arms. When he stopped her hand reached for his devils cheek then she fell to the ground sobbing hysterically. Confused Erik went to her level, "What? What is it?" Adele's dark green eyes looked up and stared into his.
"You are the one."
"What? Who?"
"You killed my mother." She cried again. Erik suddenly knew how awful of a mistake he had just made. He rose to his feet but nearly collapsed. "I recognize your face." Erik slowly sat on the bed again. Adele looked up at him. She suddenly was filled with rage and lunged at him pounding on his chest knocking him on the bed with her on top. "You are a monster! You killed my mother! You destroyed Warrick's leg! You ruined everything!" She cursed and screamed. Erik tried to protect himself and grabbed her hands finally and looked her straight in the eye. "Why? Why?"
"Because I loved Christine then! I thought that was the only way to get her!" He yelled back.
"No! Why did I have to fall…" She stopped herself. Erik knew what she was going to say. He quickly pulled her down and kissed her fiercely on the lips. Adele fought at first then she herself began kissing him back with passion and lust. Erik turned her over on her back so he was on top. He knew what he wanted but stopped himself and quickly got off. Adele looked to him.
"I can't do this to you. Not like this." He told her. Adele got up and off the bed. "I didn't mean to kill her."
"How long have you known?" She asked wiping her lips.
"I found out before the wedding." Adele went up and smacked him again, this tie across the face.
"You knew! You knew and you didn't say anything?"
"What was I supposed to say?"
"I don't know!" She yelled then started to cry again. "I don't know." She barely whispered. They did not speak for a long time, and then Adele gathered her things and started to leave.
"Where are you going?" Erik asked softly facing the wall.
"I think it would be best if I not see you anymore. If Warrick found out he would surely kill you." Adele took a moment to hold back her tears. "I never want to see you again, or hear your voice. Stay out of my life." Adele couldn't hold the tears anymore she ran away sobbing. Erik was left in his room with nothing and no one. He walked to his door way and watched her sail away in his gondola as tears began to fall across his red cheeks.
"Why did I have to fall in love with you?" He asked himself barely under a whisper. "That's all it will be, only a dream." Then he turned to his bed and wept until he fell asleep.
A/N: Don't freak out! This is not the end. There is more. Don't think so little of me. Have you forgotten there still is a Christine in this story? Ha ha. Get ready for more my dearies! Mauhahahahahahaha. Read and Review please? V