I'm back again! I was going to leave you hanging there, but that was too mean. And when I was taking a shower, ideas were coming to me.

When I saw Raoul standing at the door, my immediate reaction was slamming the door in his face. I couldn't believe his nerve, showing up at my door! He caught the door and managed to hold it open. Finally, I exploded. "You have a hell of a lot of nerve showing up here! Get your foppish ass off of my doorstep THIS INSTANT! What is your purpose here anyway? Are you here to kidnap me or are you here to rape my friend? Or, better yet, why don't you just take my children? That would be better, I suppose. At least they are too little to fight back." I used every ounce of restraint in my body to keep me from punching him in the face.

"I-um, only came to see if the rumors around Paris were true..."

I was ready to scream. "What rumors are you talking about? About Meg being pregnant. Yes, in fact, they are true. About twenty minutes ago, not even, she gave birth to a very premature baby boy. She only spent the past twenty hours or so in labor."

Raoul looked flustered. "Um...I'm going to assume that...it's...mine..."

"It is MEG we are talking about here. MEG! Innocent little Meg. What the fuck do you think?" I was screaming at this point. I was silently praying that the boys didn't hear me talking like this.

"Yeah...umm...about that...I was kind of...drunk...and later that night, I was mugged..."

I started laughing out of rage. "Mugged. Oh you poor little baby. What, did you break a nail. It would've been better if you were KILLED!"

"I had that coming I suppose. Look, I don't want to fight. I just...I want to see my child."

I started rubbing my face. "YOUR CHILD? YOUR CHILD? Whoa...slow down. First of all, I highly doubt that Meg wants to see you, and second of all, this child is not yours. You weren't there for her while she was going through a grueling labor or holding her hair back while she dealt with morning sickness. So you march your ass back to Paris and NEVER, I repeat, NEVER bother us again."

Raoul looked shocked. "Well, could you at least give this to her? Thank you." He thrust a note in my hands and turned to return to his carriage. I was half tempted to burn the note, but it wasn't my place. I slammed the door and turned to head up the stairs, only to see Madame Giry standing at the top of the stops.

"You...heard me, I suppose." I put my head down in shame. I realized that I was very harsh and used some rather extreme language. Madame Giry nodded.

"I heard it, yes. Christine, I've never heard you speak like that with anyone. And I'm proud of you for defending Meg like that." I smiled, slightly embarrassed.

"It's my job as her friend, I guess. Did I wake anyone up?" Madame Giry shook her head. I sighed with relief and started up the stairs. "I wouldn't want the boys to hear me talking like that. That would be atrocious! But anyway, I suppose that I should be getting to bed. Could you please give this to Meg. I wanted to burn it, but it's not my place." I handed her the note and she took it.

"I think that she will be waking up soon. I'm going to wait a day or so to give this to her, though. She had a hard day today. She doesn't need anymore stress." I nodded and headed down the hall to my room. I waved to Madame Giry and went into my room and flopped into bed next to Erik and the boys. In a half-awake-half-asleep state, Erik put his hand on my belly and I put mine on top of his and fell asleep.

No more than an hour later, I woke up to Erik jumping up and screaming like a girl. I sat up tiredly and groaned. "What's wrong, Erik."

He looked at my belly, then at me. "It...it moved!"

I laughed loudly. "That's because there is a BABY in there. It moves all the time."

He shuttered. "That was the weirdest thing ever! How can you stand that? I'd go insane!"

"I guess I've gotten used to it. This is nothing compared to when I was pregnant with the boys." Erik shuttered again.

"Creepy..." He was smiling and chuckling, and I pulled him back into bed.

"Keep my warm...it's cold in here." He wrapped his arms around me and I snuggled closer to him. Dante woke up a few minutes later and climbed up closer to me, and a few minutes later, Gustave followed. We were together asone big family...cramped in a bed...

I kind of like how this ends. But now, I'm seriously gone for the night. I need my sleep! R&R, honest input!