Epilogue

It's done! Oh it really and truely is! I'm so happy and I finished it the first story I've ever actually finished hurray! Oh plz review and tell me if you liked it or not. And thanks so much to everyone who reviewed I never would have finsihed this if you hadn't. Oh its finally over...I think I might cry :'(

Buffy saw the light fade and could then see the faces of all her friends around her.

"Buffy your back!" she heard Dawn cry out happily. Angel placed her on the floor just in time for Dawn to run into her arms. "I was so scared, don't ever do that again!"

"I'll try my best not to." She said placing a kiss on to her sister's head.

"Good job Will I'm guessing this was your portal."

"Yeah well Tara helped and the others to." Willow said moving to give her best friend a hug. "I'm glad your back Buffy, we need you to keep Xander in line."

"Hey!" Xander called out quickly hugging Buffy before Anya clung back onto him.

"We'll this is excellent Buffy. Where exactly did you go? Were their demons? Was their people?"

"Giles relax I know your overwhelmed with the fact that I'm safe and home but please lets just forget my tiring day and go straight into questions."

"Buffy" Riley finally spoke up. Still upset by the fact that she'd appeared with Angel carrying her and she wasn't injured or anything.

"Riley hey" she said. 'Okay Buffy you can do this. You have to do this.'

"Buffy can we talk alone?"

"Yeah of course." She looked quickly to Angel who gave her an encouraging smile. The look wasn't lost on Riley as he led her away.

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"So how'd he take it?" Willow asked as the small group of them minus Riley sat inside the Magick shop. They had just finished hearing all about Buffy's little vacation.

"Not well of course. He was angry. Asked me how I could be with someone like him? How I could suddenly just leave him like that. All the sort of stuff you'd expect someone to say when you leave them."

"Poor Riley I almost feel sorry for him." Dawn said which earned her a glare from her sister.

"I do." Xander said, having not been the biggest fan of Angel, he defiantly wasn't happy with this new little change.

"So wait what's going to happen?" Cordilia asked. "I need Angel, he's my job! He's my source of money. Money that I need to survive."

"Cordy relax" Angel told her. "Me and Buffy worked things out. I'll continue to live in L.A we'll see each other weekends and holidays and any other time we have free. I'll still be fighting so I can achieve my redemption until then your jobs fine."

"Ok good. Just making sure."

"Right and that reminds me of my next little favor I need from you Will. Do you think you could find a way to alter the curse, or just away to make Angel's soul permanent so we don't risk letting Angelus out again."

"Reminds you? How did what he said remind you of that?" Xander asked not liking where this conversation was going. "You want a way for Angel not to go evil, we'll here it is don't let him get happy. Plain and simple people."

"Xander that's enough." Buffy told him.

"We'll I'm sorry if I'm the only one here that sees a problem with this. This is dangerous ground, and your risking all are lives here Buffy."

"Were going to be careful Xander. This wont be like before, and if Willow can find a way to fix this then all the better. It'd be safer for everyone whether I'm with Angel or not."

"It shouldn't be to hard." Tara spoke up. "Every spell is made up off components if we can break down the original curse and find which part causes the happiness part we should be able to find a spell to counter act it."

"You can really do this? How long?"

"A few weeks a most. I mean we'd have to double check just to be sure but it's possible."

"Good thanks guys. Okay see everything works out. We'll get your curse, we both continue saving the world in our own towns and we'll meet up on break. Not exactly the most normal of relationships but it'll do."

"Yeah I'd say." Angel kissed her deeply. "I wont let you go this time. Your mine now."

"Always" she promised as they kissed again, and Xander coughed in the background.

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Christine sat in her dressing room combing through her thick hair. She'd just gotten out of rehearsal for Erik's play Don Juan Triumphant. She hadn't spoken toRaoul since the day she'd told him her decision. That was a day she wished she could forget. He hadn't taken it well but that was to be expected. He had raved on for the longest time claiming that the Phantom had her under his spell. That he was making her do this. She had denied it but he wouldn't believe her. Then he had wanted to go after Erik.

'What good will it do Raoul? It wont change how I feel.'

'But this is madness Christine. We were going to be married and now suddenly it's him you want. He's done something to you.'

'No, Raoul I love him. I do. I know it's not what you want to hear, but it's the truth. I wish I could love you the way you deserve to be loved but I can't. Raoul can't you see that. You deserve someone who truly loves you, what we had wasn't real, it was built on my fears and a childish crush. It wouldn't have lasted. But if ever you cared about me then please let me go.'

'Christine of course I care but what kind of a man would I be to just let you throw away your life with this, this monster?'

'The kind of man who's my friend and cares about me. I'm not going to disappear into his world of darkness I'm going to continue to sing. Though if you want me to do it else where I understand.'

'That's foolishness your place is here. I could not take that from you. Just swear to me that this is what you want, truly that it is'

'It is Raoul. I'm sorry.' Raoul took a deep breath.

'If you ever change your mind, or come to your senses. I'll be waiting. I'll always be there for you.'

'I know'

'Goodbye little lotte.'

She had barely seen him since that day. He avoided the opera as much as possible but still was forced to come when business required it. On those days when he saw her he would give a hopeful look in her direction but it would soon fade and he would quickly move along. She missed the closeness they once use to have, and she prayed that someday things would be okay between them. But for now she only had time to worry over her performance, which was talking up much of her day.

She sat now still combing her hair lost deeply in her thoughts as her mirror slid aside to reveal Erik.

"Christine are you ready to go home for the night?" he would ask every time he came to get her.

"Of course I am" she would reply as she followed him back into the darkness of his world below.

Take a bow and A deep breath cause now it's done! Yes it's rather sad in a way and a relief. I'll miss everyone who reviewed my stories but hey now I have more time to go read and review yours so yes good thing! and maybe now I'll get some homework done before I really start to fail. Fairwell everyone for now this story it finaly done:)