Now we all know what Gustave was doing while Mom and Dad were getting busy on the train. LOL I think we need a little break from the drama and see what our super couple are up to this evening. It's short but needed.

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Erik was right. They got caught in a very heavy rainstorm before they were able to get to Erik's house. Christine had thought they would be going to his office, which he told her had a small compartment where he would often retire for the evening. Instead he led her somewhere entirely different, causing their route to be longer than she expected. Needless to say, she didn't want to be caught in the rain, especially when she was so sure it wouldn't rain at all. He tried to hide his smirk when she fumbled with her long hair.

"I can see and hear you, Erik!"

"Do you give up?"

"Where are we going?"

He took her hand. "This way. We are almost there."

He led her to a charming house not very far from Phantasm's entrance. He saw her look of surprise or rather confusion, as he quickly took out the key to open the door. They ran inside and Erik bolted the door behind him.

"Welcome to my humble abode."

"But I thought you said you slept in your office? You told me there was a small room with a day bed." She was dripping wet and Erik moved to the nearby closet and handed her a towel.

"I find it makes sense to keep a few towels here, for this very reason." He then stared at her.

She took the towel and began drying her hair. "What?"

"You look beautiful."

She laughed. "I look like a complete mess. This hair will be the death of me. I need to change…. We both do."

"We could go to bed." He took off his mask and made his eyebrows go up and down.

Christine laughed. "If we go to bed like this we will catch Pneumonia, silly man."

"True, but what a way to go." He grinned and then proceeded to swing her around and lift her up in the air.

"Erik?! What has come over you?"

He gently brought her down and kissed her. "I'm happy, Christine. You make me very so happy."

She felt completely touched by his words and couldn't control the tears that fell down her cheeks.

"Angel?" He looked concerned.

"Oh, love… I'm just so happy too." She kissed him long and deeply but not before telling him she loved him.

He then lifted her in his arms and carried her upstairs.

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Christine was just about to protest about being taken to bed in their condition, when Erik opened up the bathroom and carefully placed her on the bathtub ledge.

"How about a warm bath with some lathering soap for bubbles?"

He proceed to fill the tub with water and as if by magic, produced the soap from midair and dropped it inside the tub.

"They are from Persia. I admit that I do indulge in a good soak every once in a while. I always have. As soon as I was able to afford it, I found a trader who carried such luxuries."

"My magician." She looked at him with awe. "Will you ever cease to surprise me?"

He looked at her in between his tasks. "I hope not. Think how boring life would be."

"You couldn't be boring if you tried. So you bought this house?" She rested her chin on her hand to look intently at him.

"I'll give you a tour later. Please be honest with me about whether or not you like it."

"What do you mean?"

"I mean I have it temporarily. I told the man that I needed my family to see it first before we made any permeant arrangements." He then swallowed hard and looked back at her. "I hope that you and Gustave can see yourselves here, Christine….With me. I don't want you to think that I was making any assumptions. I just hoped that…..I thought if you knew you had a home of your own here, then you would want to come back as often as possible. That was when I thought you were going to work for Hammerstein. You and Gustave are my whole world and I….."

Erik's words were interrupted by Christine's lips.

A/N: Embrace the good times, for you never know when they may vanish.