Well, here is the second half of my update, I hope you guys like this one because I had a lot of fun writing this chapter. This should be able to make up for the last chapter. Enjoy!

Disclaimer: Me no own POTO. (hehe, I'm starting to remember these.)

12. One Final Question

Erik had been unusually jumpy today, whipping around every time I touched him, muttering to himself under his breath. It was starting to worry me. He certainly hadn't been acting like himself.

I watched as he sat at his desk, saying something under his breath. I couldn't watch this any longer and I walked over and put my arm around him, just to let him know that I was here for him and ready to take care of whatever was bothering him so much. Immediately he flinched at my touch. I sighed inwardly; I hated to see him like this.

'Erik, are you alright? You've been worrying me lately."

"No, no, I'm fine, just fine, I..." I looked at him seriously, knowing that what he had said wasn't true and Erikknew that I saw right through that lie. He took my hand and sat me down on his lap, turning my head to look into his eyes. "Meg, are you... happy here with me?"

"Of course Erik. I couldn't be happier."

He sat silent for a moment, his gaze almost cold and distant. "Listen, go get the warmest cloak you can find and hurry back here."

Well, I had to admit, this was certainly odd but I figured I might as well go with it since Erik looked like he might shatter if I said no. I grabbed a thick, midnight blue cloak and hurried tomeet Erik. I was really starting to worry about him; he looked so pale that I thought he might faint.

"Erik are you sure you're feeling well?"

"Yes," he said haistily before tying a blindfold over my eyes.

"What are you doing?"

"Do you trust me?"

"Yes, but-."

"Just relax, there is something I want to show you." I felt Erik put a protective arm around me and he took my hand. It surprised me that it was not as warm as usual but instead cold and clammy.

Erik led me through his underground kingdom, helping me up uneven ramps and thousands of steps. It was certainly taking a long time to get wherever he was taking me. I noticed that the longer we walked, the colder Erik's hands got and he even began to shake a little.

"Are we there yet?" I asked for the twentieth time.

I heard Erik chuckle nevously. "Actually, we are." He stopped to open a door and immediately an icy cold blast of wind rushed through me. I pulled my cloak around me tighted and I wondered exactly how long I had lived with Erik in his seperate underworld.

He led me up another flight of stairs and I knew that at last we had reached our destination. He untied the blindfold, running his hands through my hair, coming to rest on my shoulders.Erik pulled me closer, so close tht I could feel his entire body trembling.

"Erik?"

"Look," he replied and for the first time I looked around. I had never seen a sight like it in all my life. The lights of Paris provided a gentle glow to the charred rooftop and a light snow had begun to fall, dancing around us like fairy dust. It was strane that while in the middle of this busy city, it was perfectly silent up here. Everything was incredibly beautiful and incredibly... romantic.

I felt Erik pulling me closer and he rested his head in my blonde loks. His grip on my arms was almost painful and his breath had become shaky.

"Erik?" He turned me to face him, taking my hands in his and I noticed that his eyes were carrying so much fear. "Erik?" He simply gave me a nervous smile before taking in a deep and shaky breath.

"Night time sharpens, heightens each sensation;
darkness stirs and wakes imagination.
Silently the senses
abandon their defences..."

The cold that I had felt before melted away as Erik's sweet and gentle voice warmed every bit of me. With the first verse, Erik gained more confidence and a smile appeared on his face as he put his arm around me gently rocking me back and forth.

"Slowly, gently, night unfurls its splendour;
grasp it, sense it, tremulous and tender.
Turn your face away from the garish light of day,
turn your thoughts away from cold, unfeeling light
and listen to the music of the night.

"Close your eyes and surrender to your darkest dreams!
Purge your thoughts of the life you knew before!
Close your eyes let your spirit start to soar..."

Erik's voice had reached a pitch so pure, so unearthly that I felt my breath catch in my throat. I looked at him and he smiled.

"And you'll live as you've never lived before.

"Softly, deftly, music shall caress you.
Hear it, feel it secretly posses you.
Open up your mind
let your fantasies unwind
in this darkness that you know you cannot fight,
the darkness of the music of the night."

I looked up to the sky, feeling myself entering Erik's surreal world of music and darkness, giving in completely to his song.

"Let your mind start a journey to a strange, new world;
leave all thoughts of thelife you knew before.
Let your soul take you where you long to be!"

Erik's voice echoed into the night and I closed my eyes before he seductively whispered,

"Only then can you belong to me."

Erik protectively wrapped his arms around me, drawing me close tohim. I rested my head against his chest, listening to the glorious sound reverbrate within him.

"Floating, falling, sweet intoxication.
Touch me, trust me, savour each sensation.
Let the dream begin,
let your darker side give in
to the power of themusic that I write,
the power of the music of the night."

I found that I couldn't just stand here any longer. Being so close to such and incredible and enticing man like Erik was too much and I needed him now. I turned around, looped my arms around his neck and pulled him intoa deep, soulful kiss. Immediately he wrapped his arms around me, letting his hands rest on my hips and pulled my body flush against his own. Suddenly, Erik pulled away. My heart fluttered violently as Erik took my hand and got downon one knee with pleading, ever adoring eyes.

"You alone can make my song take flight,"

He reached inside his cloak, taking out a red rose and tied to it with a black ribbon was one of the most beautiful rings I had ever seen in my life.

"Oh my God, Erik," I whispered in awe.

"Help me make the music of the night..."

Erik's voice drifted away as I looked at him, feeling every inch of me become entirely numb. There was no way this could be happening!

"Well Meg, will you have me?"

I couldn't speak. The words were caught in my throat, so I responded the only way that I could. I pounced on him, kissing Erik as passionately as I could. I knocked him onto the ground, but we didn't stop, instead kissing me with just as much vigorace.

He pulled back breathessly. "So I guess that's a yes?"

"Yes," I whispered.

"You said yes," Erik said, trying to get reality to sink in. "You said yes. You said yes!" He chanted those words over and over, picking me up and twirling me around. I laughed, enjoying the mind-numbing happiness that overtook me. I just couldn't belive it. I was going to be married to the Phantom of the Opera. I was Erik's fiancee.

Erik stopped for a moment, pausing to wipe some snowflakes out of my hair.

"So, um, what do you think we should do for the wedding. I was thinking about lots of flowers and a whole orchestra, something big."

To be honest I didn't really want anything big and elaborate. I couldn't even think of anyone to invite. My parents were dead, Erik didn't know anyone else as far as I knew, and I had lost touch with Christine, who was the only person I would have ever thought of inviting from the opera house.

"How about we just have something simple with just the two of us."

"Anything for my angel," he replied with a smile.

Yes, I know that Music of the Night is incredibly overused in phics, but I had this whole idea about using the last verse as like words to propose to someone with so that is why I used the song. Sorry if it got annoying, songphic chapters are a little difficult for me.

Also I forgot to do this in the last chapter, but I would like to give a big thankyou to my hundreth reviewer Nameless Waif! And also thankyou very much all of you who have been reviewing! Sorry I can't do the review replies but I will as soon as we can again.

I'll try to have the next chapter up soon as possible. Please review!