Hey everyone thanks again for the reviews. I understand that certain words that I use are not period correct but what can I say? It's my story and I shall do as I please. Once again I do not own any of the characters except the ones I make up. Read and enjoy!

The next morning, Erik awoke and noticed that Christine wasn't lying next to him.

"Christine?"

Erik sat up and looked around his lair to notice that he was the only one in it. Erik found himself confused on where she could have gone after the nights events so decided to get up and find out. After dressing himself mask and all he ventured out of his lair in search of his beloved Christine. The hallways were still full of confetti and streamers from the night before along with paper masked used for costumes.

Christine awoke wrapped in a sheet and rolled over to see a body lying next to her. Thinking it was Erik she lied back down and wrapped her arms back around him.

"Morning Erik."

When she got no response, Christine uncovered the body beside her and noticed that it was Colum. Seeing him lying naked next to her scared Christine and caused her to jump up in fright.

"Colum? What the hell are you doing here?"

"Who did you think it was?"

"What happened last night? How did we get like this?"

"We were dancing and then we came back here."

"What? I don't remember that?"

Colum couldn't tell her the truth about the Aphrodisiac Chardonnay so thought of a lie and thought it up quick.

"Well from what I remember we were drinking and dancing and then eventually made it back here."

"Oh no I cant be doing this, not with you….no."

"What? Why on earth not?"

"I just can't."

With that, Christine got up and grabbed her clothes before leaving the room. As she exited the room, she came face to face with Erik who was standing in the halls.

"Christine?"

"Erik?"

Erik looked at her as she stood there with her clothes in her hands and knew what she had been doing.

"You betrayed me, I wouldn't give it to you so you went and got it from Colum?"

"What are you talking about?"

Erik angrily turned away and walked off before anyone would see her. Erik stormed into the ball room and flipped over tables and chairs in his tempered rage. He spotted a half filled bottle on the floor, and picked it up. He had never seen the color before in a liquid nor had he ever seen something quiet like the bottle.

"What on earth is this?"

Erik immediately stormed down to the wine cellar and began to search out for replicas of the bottle. Once he saw a dusty box in the corner he approached it and found 4 more bottles just like the one he was holding with a label on the side of it.

"Aphrodisiac Chardonnay?"

In anger, Erik through the bottle down and walked off. To sooth his anger, he decided to take a walk through the park until he was calm enough to re enter the opera house. As he trudged through the snow he placed his hands under his arms to keep himself warm and eventually slipped and fell causing his mask to be knocked off his face. As he sat up, he saw a hand holding out the mask for him.

"Let me help you."

Erik looked up at the body the hands were attached to and noticed that it was Christine standing over him. Erik snatched the mask away from her and placed it over his disfigurement.

"Go away."

"Why?"

"Because I don't want to speak to you, that's why."

"Erik I swear that I had no idea what I was doing last night."

"but it's ok that you slept with that man though right? Just leave me be."

"Are you finished with your temper?"

"My temper? I have a right to be mad. This is the second…wait no third time I have been betrayed by you and this time I cannot forgive you."

"Ok Erik lets get one thing straight, One the second time was rape and second of all so was last night."

"No it wasn't, you were drinking a Sex Chardonnay what the hell were you expecting?"

"What?"

"You heard me Christine. You were drinking that Aphrodisiac Chardonnay. You came onto me first and I denied you and so you went with Colum."

"I'm sorry Erik, sorry that I did what I did. But most of all I'm sorry that I didn't ask you to the masked ball."

"It's too late now Christine, the damage is already done and as of tonight you will see me no more."

"But Erik…please understand…"

"I Have been understanding. I have listened to you for 25 years of my life and I'm not going to do it anymore. I was wrong when I thought that maybe a girl could be faithful to me and love me like any girl would. It's over Christine and I don't want to see you anymore."

"What about Clorinda?"

"What about her?"

"You're her father, she loves you Erik."

"Clorinda never happened so just keep it that way."

"You're abandoning us both?"

"You got it now just leave me be, I'm very heart broken Christine."

With that, Erik walked away and left Christine alone and cold in the snow. Later on that day, Clorinda walked down to Erik's lair and looked around for him.

"Monsieur Kire?"

She didn't see Erik, but Christine sitting there.

"Mother, have you seen Monsieur Kire?"

"Come and have a seat with me Clorinda."

Clorinda did as she was told and had a seat with her mother.

"What is it mother?"

"Monsieur Kire has left us."

"What? Stop kidding."

"I'm not he's gone."

"What have you done? What have you done to him?"

"Nothing Clorinda."

Clorinda got to her feet, and broke away from her mother.

"That's a lie! You always make him mad!"

With that Clorinda ran away from her mother and got away. She quickly ran through the park to try to find Erik before he would be gone for good.

"Monsieur Kire! Where are you!"

As she yelled in the park no one answered her. As Clorinda kept running through the snow the wind blew causing her to keep being pushed back. As she made it to the end of a hill to shout Erik's name once more, the ground beneath her feet crumpled causing her to fall through and hit her head at the bottom of the hole as the snow piled ontop of her. No one had seen her fall and no one was in the park. Clorinda was passed out and lying all alone in the cold snowy hole unable to make it out alone.

As the hours passed, Christine began to worry about Clorinda because she hadn't returned. Just as she was about to leave in search of her, the bronze gates of the lake opened and Erik floated in on his gondola. When he docked it, he looked at Christine and then kept walking towards his organ.

"Erik where is she?"

"Who?"

"Clorinda, is she with you?"

"No, why would she be? I haven't seen her since last night."

"Erik I haven't seen her in hours she went looking for you."

"What did you say to her to make her run from you?"

"I told you that you weren't going to see her ever again."

Erik got to his feet and grabbed her in anger.

"Do you know it's snowing outside? Do you know it's getting dark? Do you know what happens when it gets dark?…..The temperature goes down Christine?"

"Erik we have to find her! Please!"

"I'll help you find her but I'm not doing it for you! You should have been watching her! You know how she gets when she's upset!"

"I'm sorry Erik."

Erik put on his cloak and grabbed his lantern.

"Come on, we're loosing light and time."

With that Christine and Erik jumped in the gondola and floated away in search of Clorinda hoping that it wasn't too late……

More to come soon!