A/N I was very sad that no one reviewed my chapter. It took me a while to update but here you go, I hope you enjoy it and please someone review.

Ch. 13♪

Anna's mind quickly went as far back to when her last period had been. It had been before she had been intimate with Erik, she knew that much. But that had been about two and a half months ago. Why had she not noticed anything? But Anna knew that she had not noticed anything unrelated to her work and Erik.

"About two months ago, it was about two months ago almost three." Anna cried, tears spilling at the realization of her situation.

Madam Burbon pulled Anna into a warm hug, trying to console her. "I believe that you are with child Anna."

"I am so sorry maman, I did not mean for this to happen. I did not mean for any of this to happen." Anna cried into her mother's shoulder. "What am I going to do?"

Madam Burbon looked into Anna's big tear filled eyes and her heart broke for her. Not even she knew what Anna should do.

"I am going to go fetch a midwife and if it is confirmed that you are indeed pregnant then, we will decide what to do." Madam Burbon said running to the door.

"Okay I will wait here." Anna said sitting up on her bed.

"Anna, does this child belong to the man whom you truly love?" Madam Burbon asked Anna as she turned to face her.

"Yes." Anna cried. "But I have ended things with him, oh maman what am I to do?"

"We will hide your pregnancy for as long as possible okay." She told Anna. "But as for Andrew only you can decide what to do."

"Go get the midwife maman." Anna replied.

When the midwife finished examining Anna, she confirmed Anna's pregnancy. The news and the shock of it all were too much for Anna to take it. She was going to be a mother. But that also meant that Erik was to be a father. How would she tell him? Would she tell him? Of course she would tell him, he did have every right to know that she and he had created at baby.

Anna was unsure of when she would tell him, but she knew she had to. Anna wanted to see him, she needed to see him. But right now she was feeling more lost than she had ever felt in her entire life.

"Maman I want to go visit my mother's grave." Anna told her softly.

"I will go get the horses." Madam Burbon replied as she shut the door, leaving Anna to dress.

"Thank you maman." Anna whispered as more tears fell from her eyes.

Anna quickly dressed and was heading to the stables when she bumped into Christine.

"Christine, what are you doing here? Rehearsals resume tomorrow." Anna said.

"I know I was just on my way to talk to you." Christine told her smiling.

"Well I was actually on my way out." Anna said thankfully, she did not want to hear what Christine had to say at the moment.

"Where are you going?" Christine questioned her.

"To visit my mother's grave." Anna responded.

"May I join you?" Christine asked, her eyes hoping she would say yes. "Please."

Anna could find no reason to say no, so she had to say yes.

"Okay lets go then." Anna told her as she walked past her.

But as soon as the carriage began to move Christine began to speak.

"I never knew that visited your mother's grave." Christine told her softly.

"I only go to visit her in my times of despair." Anna answered flatly as she gazed out the window.

"Anna you and I are practically the same person." Christine's words struck a nerve and soon she had Anna's complete attention.

Anna was so confused at the statement. "How so?"

"Like I said you and I are in many ways the exact same but…I never loved Erik the way you do. Well at least back then I did not. Do you not see it Anna, you need him just as much as he needs you." Christine cried.

"You are right, I do need Erik. But something is still wrong. I can feel it and the thing is I do not know what it is. I want to go back to him so much but something is holding me back." Anna said as her tears began to fall.

She had already cried so much that day, that she was amazed that she could produce more tears.

"Put all you fears and doubts aside and go back to him. When you do then you will be happy." Christine told her hoping this would be the answer to Anna's problems.

"It is just not that simple." Anna said showing an end to the discussion. "But I wish it was."

OOOO

As soon as the two women reached the cemetery they went off to visit their deceased parents' graves. It was the fact that she was pregnant that now more than ever, Anna wished so much that she could have met her mother. If only to ask her what it felt like knowing that your entire life was to change with the birth of this new person.

But most of all she just wanted to know what her mother was feeling when she realized she was pregnant.

"Please give me strength to tell him mother. Give me strength to be able to handle this chaotic situation. Please mother, help me through it." Anna asked as she laid a rose on her mother's grave.

Anna walked over to where Christine was sitting, looking up at her father's grave. Christine was crying.

"Erik was my Angel of Music, Anna." Christine cried out. "My guide, my guardian, and my protector. He was ready and willing to do anything for me and what did I do. I took it all for granted. Now here he is again putting his heart out on the line once more and you are being just as selfish as I was. Tell me Anna why are you doing this?"

Anna did not know how to respond to that. So she figured she would go with the truth.

Anna took in a deep breath. "Christine I am pregnant."

Christine looked up at Anna in disbelief. This was all much more complicated that she had anticipated.

"Anna how… what?" Christine tried to speak but could not find the words.

The tears Anna wished she could have held in began to fall. "It was the day you got the job at the theater. I was just so scared of losing him, so I came here. Little did I know he had followed me."

"That night was so beautiful, and he had once told me that when we committed our relationship in such a way, I would forever belong to him. He tried to use it against me when I left, but in the end he still let me go. Oh Christine I do love him and I do want this baby with him. It just seems that I have already messed things up so much."

Erik's heart froze at Anna's words. She was carrying a child, his child.

'Why are you taunting me?' Erik thought to himself. 'Have you not cursed me enough?'

"It just seems I have already messed things up so much." He heard Anna say to Christine.

No, she had not messed everything up. They could fix this and move on from it. They would have to fix it and when they did, Anna would be his wife and they would have a child together and all would be right.

Erik looked back at Anna and saw that Christine had noticed him there. He put his finger to his lips asking her to remain silent when he had seen her about to say something. He did not want Anna to know quite yet that he knew of their baby. Erik saw that she remained silent, but he wondered for how long.