Christine held on tightly to the horse as her and Erik rode through town. It was starting to snow again and Erik covered Christine as much as he could fore he still didn't forgive himself from the last time they were together. Christine was not even half awake because she was so tired but she soon began to wonder where they were going. The snow began to tumble down from the clouds and soon the black horse they were riding on had white freckles all over it.

"Erik where are we going?" Christine asked as her fingers began to become numb. " I'm really not sure, but I was thinking back under the opera." Erik said calmly. "Erik what happens if they are still looking for you?" Christine asked solicitous. Erik just chuckled to himself. " I would not worry Christine I don't think anyone will be near the opera house for a long while." Christine sighed and whispered "Hopefully"

When they had reached the Opera Populaire Christine's hands were numb and her thighs felt like lead. Erik carefully picked her up and placed her down on the ground. "Follow me." Erik said as he began to lead the horse into an ally way. Christine was confused but knew he knew more about the Opera than she did and followed. Erik had led her down this dark and eerie ally way where rats crawled all over in the garbage. Christine followed closely behind Erik making sure she wouldn't lose hi,. Erik would look behind his shoulder every couple of seconds to see if Christine was behind him. When Erik had finally stopped Christine found herself in the horse stable. The smell of manure filled her nostrils and she flinched in disgust. Erik led the Black horse into it's stable and patted it on the head and then turned to Christine and smiled. Christine smiled back and felt herself begin to blush. She looked down thankful that it was dark in the stable. Erik put out his hand and Christine reached out for it.When Christine had reached his hand she held on to it as he led her through a secret passage to his home.

After walking through the chapel and carefully dodging the obstacles of rotting objects they had finally reached Erik's home. It looked nothing like she remembered it. The once lit candles were now all out making it very difficult to see. The mirrors were all shattered and glass was all over the floor and the organ was now caved in by loose bricks and residue. Erik sighed as he saw his home in ruins and slowly led him and Christine towards the stairs. Erik knew that Christine couldn't see anything in the way she held on to his hand and gave her hand a squeeze to reassure her she was safe. Although Christine didn't notice the squeeze she felt safe holding Erik's hand. Erik let go of her hand and put it up to stop her from going any further. Christine didn't notice and she accidently ran into his hand which was now on her chest. Erik felt the impact his hand had just touched and quickly moved his hand saying "Sorry." Christine was blushing but took the hint that he was trying to conclude before and stopped at a halt. Erik then grabbed a match and slowly began to light the candles in the room. The room became dimmer and soon Christine was able to see. Now she could see all of the tiny objects and not so much the big ones anymore. When Erik was done lighting the candles he swung his cape off around his shoulders and began to pick up his objects that had fallen on the floor. "Sorry that it isn't that clean." Erik apologized. Christine shook her head lightly and said " Oh..no don't worry."

Christine began to look around his home and sadly felt responsible for this. She went over the organ and just stared at it. It really wasn't that bad, only a couple of bricks had shattered the keys and there were new scratches. Christine sighed out of distress and fatigued. Erik noticed how tired she must have been and look up from what he was doing. " Christine you can sleep in the swan bed, I will find another place to sleep tonight." Christine looked over her shoulder and frowned as she looked at Erik. " Its you bed, and you have the right to sleep in it. Besides I'm sure you have been a lot more busier then me in the last few weeks." Christine said this and put her hands on her hips. " Christine you were working as hard as me because you body was working it's hardest to heal you." Christine knew this was true and she also knew she was very tired but this was his home. She also thought that they should share the same bed together but she wasn't sure how that would go and didn't want to rush things. Christine nodded in defeat and slowly and timidly walked up to Erik and kissed him lightly. Erik kissed her back and looked into her glamorous eyes. " Night..." Christine whispered as she turned around and walked towards the black swan bedroom. She decided not to change since she thought she didn't have enough energy to do so any ways and slumped down on the bed and quickly began to sleep.

Erik watched as she left him and still couldn't believe things turned out the way he had hoped for. This truly was the most happiest time of his life.