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A/N: I'm so glade that my story is liked, even though I only have one true fan! Jk jk. I hope you like this chapter!

Charter Mage Z – hehehe!

DANash561 – thanks so much. I'm glade there's another poto fan in the world. I know the homepage is funny, all my friends tell me that all the time. I will write more, and puffin will help.

Emma- I'm glad you like how I spell Aric.

Emma- I guess that you'll have to see how things turn out. Hehe! I like french a lot.

CH5. One broken love, two broken hearts

Aric sat where Emma had left him. How did he mess up? What did he say that could have upset her so much? He didn't understand. He began to feel pity for her.

"NO! I have to control this, I will win!" he ordered himself.

He could not show any pity if he was to succeed in his plan. He would make her do what the Phantom almost made Christine Daae do. He would. He would leave her alone for a few days, and then go to her again.

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Emma was so upset. Once she got back to her room, she threw her vase from her desk at the wall. The glass shattered everywhere. There was a knock at her door and Christian came in.

"Emma! What in the hell happened to you!" He questioned her.

"That monster tried to trick me! The only reason he wanted me to come with him is because he wanted to do what the phantom of the opera could not!" Emma had become hysterical.

"Emma calm down! What are you talking about!" Christian took her and sat her down on her bed.

"You know how that phantom of the opera wanted to marry my mom, that whole thing? He let her go in the end. But he told me that he would show me no mercy, he would do what the phantom could not!" Emma said, sobbing all the harder.

"He won't do anything of the sort. He will have to kill me before he can get to you!" Christian took Emma in his arms and hugged her.

That night Christian stayed in Emma's room watching her. He would not let him come after her. All night Christian thought about what to do. First would be to block off the mirror, so he couldn't get in that way. Anything else they'd just have to watch out for.

The next morning Emma and Christian told Madame Giry what had happened. After Emma finished, Madame Giry sat with a thoughtful look upon her face.

"First, you can no longer spend nights here; second, you must change dressing room." Madame Giry concluded.

"I do not want to change dressing rooms, it was my mothers, can't we just block off the mirror? Please Madame Giry! Don't make me leave!" Emma pleaded.

"I guess that there could be a way, we would have to block the back of the as well, so he cannot see in. Christian, I would like to talk to Emma alone for a few minutes, I will take her home." Madame Giry said.

Christian bowed his head, said goodbye and took his leave.

"Emma," Madame Giry began as soon as the door was shut. "I think that there is more reason behind why you want to keep your dressing room than just because it was your mothers, we both know that you don't like your mother as much as a daughter should."

Emma said nothing, what was there to say?

"I know that you don't want to believe what happened last night, but it did." Madame Giry told Emma.

Emma bit her lip. "I want to see him again."

"Emma you can not be serious! He could hurt you!" Madame Giry shrieked.

"I don't think that he would. He set out to do what the phantom could not, maybe if, I could break him, make him show me pity…"

"Emma you can not love him. He obviously has no heart. I won't let you do what your mother did." Madame Giry said coldly.

"You're wrong Madame. I may be crazy. But I think that he has a heart." Emma declared.

Emma stormed out of the office and ran to her dressing room. Once Emma entered her room, and on the bed lay a piece of parchment with a rose attached. Emma opened the note. It read:

My Dearest Emma,

I am eternally sorry for what I said to you last night. I would be greatly honored if you would meet me in your room tomorrow night; I want to make it up to you. I know that you hate me, but I want to show you who I am. Please be here tomorrow.

Love forever,

Aric

Emma did not know what to do. She wanted to accept, but she knew that she shouldn't. The power to accept was too great. She would be here, no matter what.

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It was time to meet Aric, Emma was very nervous. She put her best dress on. It was a long, blue one. Emma was so wrapped up in her thoughts that she didn't notice Aric come through the mirror.

"Hello." He said.

Emma turned around. "Oh! Hello! Look, I'm not supposed to see you anymore."

"Is that like a clue to get lost?" He questioned.

"No! Everyone else wants you to get lost, but me." Emma said.

"Look, Emma, I thought about the other night, I realized why the Phantom let your mother go, why he showed pity. I realized that the same thing happened to me, it is impossible not to." He said.

"I know Aric, but you said it already, almost everyone knows." Emma pulled away from his outstretching hand.

"What can I do?" Aric asked.

"I have no idea." She said. "Come with me, I just got an idea."

Emma grabbed his hand and pulled him to the door; she stopped before she opened it and looked at Aric.

"What?" He asked.

"Please take off that silly mask, you look positively ridiculous!" Emma laughed. Aric shrugged, And Emma reached up and pulled it off. She just let it drop to the floor.

"There… much… better." She breathed.

Emma quickly turned away, and opened the door.

"Where are we going?" Aric asked.

"To Christian's house!" Emma called back.

Emma and Aric jumped into her carriage.

"To Christians please." She said.

The driver look questioningly at her but said nothing and drove them to there destination.

Emma knocked on Christian's door. But Michael answered.

"Oh! Michael! I didn't know that you would be here." Emma said in surprise.

"Christian hadn't any plans with you tonight. Why are you here at this hour?" Michael asked.

"Can I come in? Get Christian I need to talk to you both." She said.

"Who is your friend?" Michael questioned.

"That's what I want to talk to you about."

Michael gave Aric a skeptical look, and let them inside, he told them to sit in the living room until Christian came into the room.

"Hello Emma, I wasn't expecting you- Emma you know who your sitting next to right!" Christian asked.

"Yes, I do. That's why I came by." She confessed.

"Are you insane? Is that not the same boy you told me tried to trick you!" He was convinced Emma had lost her mind.

"I know, but for some reason that doesn't matter to me anymore. I may as well be insane, but can you trust me?" She asked. "I know this is insane to ask you, but please?"

"No Emma! I won't! I don't trust him and neither should you!" Christian yelled.

"Can you please not talk to me like I'm not ever here!" Aric exclaimed. "I know what I did was wrong, but I love Emma!"

Nobody moved. Emma blushed; Aric realized what he had said.

"You love her?" Christian whispered.

"Yes. I do, Very much. After she stormed out the other night, I realized that nobody could succeed at what the phantom tried to do, what I didn't get far on either. The only difference is, I won't loose her, if she'll have me." Aric looked to Emma.

"I have no idea what's going on." Michael finally said.

"Emma, you go and tell Michael what is going on, I, want to talk to Aric." Christian whispered.

Emma and Michael left Aric and Christian alone.

"You can not love her." Christian said after the door closed.

"Why?"

"Because, her parents won't accept it. Emma's marriage is already arranged.

She doesn't know, I found out yesterday. I hate it. I don't want to see it happened but I can't do anything." Christina confessed.

"They can't do that! That's not fair! Who is this man?" Aric demanded to know.

"I'll only tell you if you swear you won't hurt him."

"I won't touch him. And I won't loose her." Aric snarled.

"His name is Jonathan hawker."

Aric didn't say anything; the look on his face was deathlike, dark, and dangerous. Emma and Michael just came back into the room, Emma saw Aric.

"Aric, what's wrong!" Emma asked, she looked from Aric to Christina and back. "What do you say to him!"

"Nothing. I have to go!" Aric shouted and ran out of the house.

"Aric wait! How could you Christian!" Emma yelled and ran after Aric.

Emma finally caught up with Aric.

"Aric what happened?"

"Nothing! Nothing happened." He said

"Something had to of happened for you to leave that way. Why won't you tell me?" Emma demanded.

"Because I can't Emma! I can't." tears welled up in Aric's eyes.

Emma took Aric into her arms.

"Whatever happened, it doesn't matter. Nothing will ever change the fact that I love you." She hoped that would calm him down, knowing she returned his love.

"You can't love me." He pulled away. "I can't love you."

Aric pulled her close and kissed her with so much passion. When he pulled away Emma asked "Why did you do that?"

"I had to kiss you before I said goodbye." He whispered.

"Aric, I don't understand. Why do you have to go?" Emma began to sob.

"You will. Goodbye, Emma. I won't see you ever again." Aric said and turned away.

"ARIC! No! No! Aric comeback!" Emma fell to the ground. Aric was gone, she had no idea why. All she knew was that Christian had something to do with it.

A/N: A longer chapter, I think, but I hope that you enjoy! I hope Arics letter was ledgiable.

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