A/N: Ok you might notice that there are a few lines changed around from the notebook and a song from Moulin Rouge again. Also what is going to happen later in this chapter is going to kind of follow the plot line of Moulin Rouge also. You'll see what I mean.

It had been two days since the night they first made love. Neither of them would get out of bed unless they had to. They were content in their own little world, forgetting the real world and what kind of responsibilities they had. Meg forgot about her fiancée and her mother, her only focus was on Erik and Erik forgot about Christine and what had taken place in this very lair, his only focus was on Meg.

But on the third after a wonderful love-making Meg began to remember the world that lay outside of that very opera house. They had both been laughing about the memories of Carlotta croaking like a frog, when she suddenly stopped laughing. "Meg? What's wrong?" She smiled sadly at him and turned away. He tried to turn her head, but she refused.

"We can't do this anymore, Erik." Erik knew what she meant, but he refused to speak. She continued, "Do not think for one minute I regret this, for I don't. I love you Erik, but we have to end this." She stood up, put on one of Erik's robes and walked out of the room, looking out at the water. He followed her.

"So you make love to me and then you go back to your fiancée?"

"Yes, I have a fiancée waiting for me and when he finds out he'll be crushed. And aren't you the one who followed me. This would have never happened in the first place if you hadn't come." She whispered, tears streaming down her face.

"Why? Why must we hide this?" He asked.

"Because life is unfair, Erik, life is cruel yet somehow sweet." She answered.

They were both silent for a moment, until Erik came up with a crazy idea. He ran up to her taking her hands and kissing them. "We'll run away together. You and me we'll run to America or where ever you want to go. I'll follow you, just say the word." Meg smiled sadly at Erik. She knew Erik deserved so much more, she knew that love had always been cruel to him.

She sighed. "Things don't work that way Erik. We have to end it." She pulled away and gazed out at the water, unable to look at him.

He walked up to her and whispered in her ear, "I will love you till my dying day." She turned around and gazed into his eyes. Erik began to sing:

Never knew I could feel like this
Like I've never seen the sky before
Want to vanish inside your kiss
Every day I love you more and more

He took Meg's hands and put it to his heart. He continued:


Listen to my heart, can you hear it sings
Telling me to give you everything
Seasons may change, winter to spring
But I love you until the end of time

He slowly turned around and wrapped his arms around her waist. His chin rested on her shoulder. He sang:


Come what may
Come what may
I will love you until my dying day

Meg couldn't look at him, she was crying. Her heart was in pain, weeping because she knew they could never be, but she surprisingly smiled. Erik made her feel like the world was wonderful and there were no worries. She sang:

Suddenly the world seems such a perfect place
suddenly it moves with such a perfect grace

Both:

Suddenly my life doesn't seem such a waste

Meg:

It all revolves around you

Meg turned around and took his hands into hers':


And there's no mountain too high
No river too wide
Sing out this song and I'll be there by your side
Storm clouds may gather
And stars may collide

Erik caressed her face:

But I love you

Meg:

I love you

Both:

Until the end of time
Come what may, come what may
I will love you,

Until my dying day

Come what may,

Come what may
I will love you,

Meg:

Suddenly the world seems such a perfect place

Both:

Come what may, come what may

I will love you,

Until my dying day

When they had returned to the Giry residence they had found a very angry Madame Giry. With one look she knew what had taken place in Paris and that was why she had not sent for Damien. The rest of the day had been uncomfortable for both Erik and Meg, they were both given long, cold stares, but they still didn't regret a minute of it.

Finally when Meg felt it was time to retire for the evening, she was stopped by cold voice, "Meg. I wish to speak with you, now, alone." Meg turned around to look at her mother. Her face was expressionless, which scared her half to death. She looked at Erik, helplessly, but all he did was stood up, nodded to the two women, and left. "Sit down, Meg, this may take a while."

Meg sat down in the chair she had just sat on, warily. "Mother, I…" She closed her mouth when she saw her mother raised an eyebrow.

Madame Giry stood up and began to pace around the room. "Meg I have taught you all I've known. I have taught you how to act and what is right and wrong. And one of those things I have taught was to always be faithful to your husband. I know what happened there, I don't even have to ask. It hurts me Meg knowing that you have a fiancée who is deeply in love with you, while you go and sleep with another man!"

"I love him, mother. I love Erik." She whispered. Madame Giry's eyes softened a bit, but she wasn't quite finished.

"I know you love him, Meg. And I know he loves you too, but this can't go any longer. I want you to never see him again after the wedding." She said simply.

Meg's eyes widen. She stood up and began to yell, "You can't do that! I love him. Mama please, it isn't fair. Erik loves me and that is worth everything." Meg began to storm away.

"Where are you going, Marguerite Giry?" Madame Giry followed Meg.

"I'm going away, from you! From Damien! All my life you told me to follow my heart and finally when I am going to, you tell me no! Goodbye Mother, for when you wake up tomorrow Erik and I will be gone."

She started to storm up the stairs, but what stopped by what her mother would say next. "I'm dying Meg." Meg turned around in disbelief.

"A trick of yours' to make me stay, Mother?" Meg whispered.

"No love, the doctor told me." For the first time in Meg's life she saw her mother begin to cry. Meg felt like her entire world was falling apart.

"Mama, why didn't you tell me?" She could hardly breathe now, her mother dying?

"I was going to tell you a month after the wedding, but when you said you were going to run away I knew I had to tell you. Don't you see Meg I pushed you into marriage so I could see you get married? I know I am a selfish woman." Madame Giry began to sob.

"Oh no, Mama, I know you were only doing what was best for me." Meg climbed down the stairs to hold and to comfort her dying mother. She knew that she had to be the strong one now and to support her mother.

Later on that night, the tears finally spilled out like a dam breaking. "She's dying." Meg said trying to believe the words she spoke. Meg walked over to the window looking out at the distant lights of Paris. Meg sang sadly:

Today's the day

When dreaming ends…