A/N: Hey guys I'm sry I kinda like disappeared for a long time, but I'm back cause its summer and its much less crazy now thank goodness. So I hope you like this chapter!(sry it's short)

"Erik----" Christine knew she was on unstable ground and that she had to tread lightly.

"What?" Erik rebuked, not realizing the unintended sharpness to his voice, "Christine, I don't know if I can do this."

Christine stared deeply at the man she knew she was meant to spend her life with.

"Erik, I have known Raoul a long time---long before I ever met you---before my father passed away---and although I'm in love with you, Raoul is still my dear childhood friend, I was just---saying goodbye."

"You cannot stay here and continue to see him, even under terms of being his friend." Erik replied calmly, he knew he would not be able to allow it. He hated Raoul with every cell in his body, he had almost stolen Christine from him, and that action alone was unforgivable.

Christine didn't even hesitate, "I understand Erik,"

The silence that followed was indescribable, two people saying so much yet not saying anything at all.

"Oh Christine---" tears started to well up in his eyes, as sobs began to shake his body, she really did love him, she was his, and would be that way until the end of time.

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Anna had known Raoul since he had been a small child, and had never seen him so distraught before. He refused to eat, and sleep, and kept saying his life was worth nothing without Christine in it. Anna knew how much Raoul had loved the women; every night after spending time with her he was completely on cloud nine, the happiest man in the world. But even so, she found his behavior to be very child like and immature.

"Anna! Bring me some more vodka immediately." She heard Raoul's voice coming from his study.

"I'm sorry sir I cannot allow you anymore liquor."

Raoul's tone became icy, "I said, bring me some more vodka immediately!"

"Raoul de Chagney, look at what you've become!" Anna could not help but raise her voice, "You haven't bathed, ate or slept in days! Imagine if Christine could see you now! This is not the Raoul she knows," she paused, "I can see why she choose the phantom!" Raoul stared back at her for what seemed like hours. She was right, he himself was no better then the phantom; yet…Christine meant the world to him and how was one suppose to cope with a loss like that?

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Nadir sat in his rocking chair staring into the last sparks of the fire. It made him feel good that Erik had found happiness no one deserved it more. Especially after all Erik had been through.

However, it also made Nadir feel empty at the same time. He himself had not found anyone in many years…. ever since the death of his wife, and then the death of his son…Nadir sighed he would not let himself live in the past…he knew all too well what happened to people who did. However, it also made Nadir feel empty at the same time. He himself had not found anyone in many years…. ever since the death of his wife, and then the death of his son…Nadir sighed he would not let himself live in the past…he knew all too well what happened to people who did.

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