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Christine trembled as she watched Raoul drop to the ground. Had she really just knocked out her fiancé with a book that had to have weigh at least 5 pounds (A/N: you know, like those "awesome" school books now-a-days). Taking a deep breath, Christine tried unsuccessfully to calm her nerves.
"Oh Erik!" she burst out, "What have I done? And the fire! And the mob! And you're, you're bleeding!" Christine was now in hysterics as she fully realized how chaotic the situation was.
Erik abruptly stood up and walked over to Christine, ready to wrap his arms around her, but he decided against it. In a clipped tone Erik commanded, "Christine, you're still soaking wet from your little escapade. Go change into your Don Juan dress now."
As Christine hurried away to change, Erik saw with dismay that the fire had spread to another curtain. Running over to a rope which hung from the ceiling, Erik pulled it down, releasing the burning curtains from their hangings.
Picking up Raoul's sword (it wasn't like Raoul could object), Erik stretched out his good arm to pick up the end of one curtain with the tip of the sword. It was in this fashion that Erik dragged both scorching curtains across the floor and into the water, very close to burning himself on several occasions.
As he turned away from the mess of now soaking wet curtains, Erik saw Christine emerge from the room where she had left her Don Juan dress.
How exquisite she is, Erik thought to himself. But he shook his head to clear away these thoughts as Christine approached him, appearing to be more in control of her emotions now.
"Thank God you've put out the fire! But it seems the mob has found their way through the maze of tunnels- their voices are growing stronger and louder. We don't have a lot of time, but I have come up with a plan."
"We can put Raoul in the boat and you can row him to one of the tunnels that lead out of here. I'll write him a brief note explaining why I can no longer marry him." Erik startled as this information. Christine ignored this, and continued.
"By the time you have come back here, I'll have the mob gone. I shall tell them you're dead and Raoul left me. I will go back and work things out with Madame Giry before coming back here."
"You want to come back h-here?" Erik asked, hardly daring to hope.
Shyly, Christine nodded. "I want to very much."
The smile on Erik's face was priceless as Christine told him she wanted to come back to him. It was close to heartbreaking how cute his reaction was. Christine put her hand against Erik's right cheek, and he leaned into the touch which he had been longing to feel for so long.
It was as the happiest man alive that Erik dragged Raoul into the boat while Christine scribbled a hasty note to Raoul. Christine happily realized that now that her plan was in action, this really was her point of no return.
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