(A/N hope I didn't leave ya hangin to long! Well here it is, the last chapter. I can't believe I spelled Erik's name wrong. I'm so ashamed. Well thx 2 my reviewers.)
"Leave." What a simple word yet such a simple word could not be understood by Christine.
"W-What?" Christine asked thoroughly confused.
"Christine!"
Both Erik and Christine turned to see Raoul at the entrance to the lair.
"Raoul! What are you doing here?" Christine asked.
"Christine are you alright? What has he done to you?" Raoul growled.
"He has done nothing to me." She said as she reached him.
"Leave me now! Forget what you've seen! Never return!" Cried Erik
"Come Christine, the mob will be here in a moments time." said Raoul bringing her along with him as he got into the boat. Christine looked back at the lair slowly getting out of site. Could she really leave the one person she had known so long? Could she leave the person who was there for her when her father died? Could she leave her angel of music?
"Raoul wait." Said Christine pulling her arm out of his grasp. Raoul looked up at her, very confused. "I can't leave him." Christine said, tearing up. "He taught me to sing. He noticed me when I was just a chorus girl. I-I love him."
"I know Christine. And I understand. You must do what you think is right in your heart." With this he took Christine's hand in his and gently brought it to his lips. He tenderly kissed it then let it fall. "Go to him Christine. I know he loves you as much as you love him." With that he turned and left.
"Thank you Raoul."
Eric sat in his lair. This is it. He thought bitterly to himself. The end of the Phantom of the Opera.
"Erik!"
In the darkness of his lair he thought he heard Christine's voice. But that couldn't be true. He had told her to leave. She would not choose on her own to return to him.
"Erik!"
Christine suddenly appeared. She spotted him and walked up to him.
"Erik! Hurry we must leave before the mob gets here!" She cried stepping toward him.
"Why did you come back?" He snarled.
"Do you think I would leave you to be killed by a mob?" She asked.
"Yes" he replied without a moment's hesitation. Christine winced. Had she really caused him that much pain?
"I would never leave you Erik." She said as she put a hand on his arm. "You noticed me when I was just a chorus girl and you helped me through everything when my father died. I-I love you." Those words. Erik NEVER thought he would here those words used towards him. He must be dreaming. Or Christine was delusional.
"You do not love me Christine so do not say that you do."
"Yes I do Eric. And I will prove it." She said as she leaned closer to him. She gently kissed his lips. When he did not respond she tried to deepen the kiss. Please, please believe me. When he finally recovered from his state of shock he kissed her back with all the love he had for her. God he loved this women. As they pulled back for air he smiled. He hadn't smiled in so long. He lowered his head to kiss her again but she moved slightly.
"Not now Erik we must get out of here first." She took his hand and led him to the boat.
"Did you truly mean what you said Christine? About loving me?" Asked Eric.
"Yes. With all my heart." She said looking up at him while trying to sit down in the boat.
"I love you too, Christine." Eric said as he kissed her again.
(A/N tada! It's over! Woohoo! Well hope u liked it!)
