Some things seem like a dream and you believe that the next time you open your eyes everything from the last day will be nothing but a memory. Unfortunately it did happen though. I opened my eyes thinking that I would wake up in my room at the Liveria house not in my room at the Populaire. All of the dancers and stagehands were still petrified of the littlest disturbance due to the events of the night before. I didn't want to leave my room, I honestly didn't even want to leave my bed but I managed to force myself up and into an outfit for the meeting on the next performance. If the managers knew what was good for them it would be Erik's 'Don Juan'. I left my room but before I went to the stage I thought it best that I went to check on Erik first. Gerard and Giry stood outside the door of the office it confused me that Giry wouldn't enter her own office. She just stood there with a worried look on her face.

"Giry, is everything alright?" I asked startling her.

She was half asleep you could see it in her eyes. "Daae, y-yes e-everything is fine." She replied with a stutter

"You know, you're not a very good liar Giry."

She looked to me with a light smile and said "No I suppose I'm not."

"What's going on Jessica?" She looked back to the spot on the floor she had been starring at only a minute ago before I came. Then she glanced at Gerard, then looked to the door I was the last one she set her eyes on, but even when she began to speak she didn't look me in the eyes and that was unusual for her.

"I found the doctor he's been in there for maybe twenty minutes and we haven't heard a sound." With that said I began to worry myself but I never let it surface. I knew which doctor she had found he had taken care of Erik's really nasty injuries since he was maybe thirteen, because that's the age he started getting into trouble and the rumors began. The door opened and Doctor Shaun Albertson exited he turned then smiled when he saw me.

An elderly gentleman with salt and pepper hair, and a kind, unforgettable face with green eyes. "I was starting to wonder when you'd show up little miss." He said.

"Hello Shaun. How is he?"

"He will be fine. It's safe to say that the worst has past, and you did everything right last night Christine. If it weren't for you we would possibly be cleaning up a corpse right now. He's been asking about you. I told him you would be the first to go in." I don't know why but I was surprised that he would want to see me. I knew the briefing for the next opera would begin at any moment.

Giry placed her hand on my shoulder. "Go, I'll cover for you." I nodded my head in thanks to her and entered the office.

Erik still laid on the couch. He slightly turned his head and smiled as the door shut "Thank God you are here I thought I would officially lose my mind I was getting so bored." I smiled and we both laughed. I sat on the stool right next to the couch and asked him how he was feeling. "I thought we went over this last night, or was that this morning, either way we have still been over this." It was a relief to hear that his sense of humor was back to normal maybe a disappointment to some but a relief to me. I told him about the unexpected meeting between Ladue and I, then he told me about his run in with Raoul in the tunnels. It was one of the most surprising things of that night that I had heard of so far. I think it was very safe to say that the only good that came from that night was Erik's confection to me. I held my tongue to make sure I wouldn't say anything I would regret. Erik had a look in his eye as if he was almost expecting me to say something but I kept quiet and urged him silently to go on. He told me what exactly went wrong with his plan. "But if Gerard would have just kept him out there a little longer I wouldn't be in this mess right now." I laughed at him.

"And what is it that you find so funny?" he asked

"Erik, you can't blame him. The way I understand it you had no more business being there, you were just staying there for the feeling of finally being in control after all these months. So what I'm saying is that in the end it was all your fault."

"All my fault?" he protested. His body language screamed he disagreed with me.

"Yes, that's right, all your fault. If you would have just gotten out of there right after you gave them the instructions for your 'Don Juan' you wouldn't be in this mess." I said motherly but ended with a smile and a chuckle out of him. I looked up to him and our eyes met. I looked away from his eyes and studied his face and hair that was messed up, strands had fallen in his face yet again. I smiled and brushed them away leaning closer to his face. Then our eyes met again. "There, perfecto." I said softly.

"Only with you my angel." I smiled and giggled as he leaned in and so did I. We studied each other's eyes for a moment I leaned in closer offering my lips to him as he reached up and stroked my hair back and took them. His kiss was soft and his touch was gentle. He broke the kiss only for a moment to pull me over next to him on the couch. I couldn't help but let out a laugh.

He let out a sigh as I cuddled in the crook of his arm I smiled at him "I've missed that laugh." He said with a smile. I blushed at the comment and this time I was thankful that the mask wasn't there to hide it. He lightly kissed my forehead. I looked up at him then placed my hand on his mask and he took a deep breath then closed his eyes. I lifted it up and off his face then placed it on the table at the head of the couch. I looked upon my beautiful Erik as he opened his eyes, those crystal blue eyes that I ever so adored; I slid the back of my hand down the side of his face from his forehead to his chin.

"I've missed this face." I said. My thumb landed on his soft lips that looked so inviting. I traced them with my finger and he smiled at me. It was rare anyone, even me, saw this side of Erik. An Erik that was in a state of pure happiness you could see it in his eyes. For once in what seemed like an eternity this one moment we were at peace and as I kissed him again I didn't want it to end. It was as if the whole world had come to a halt just to give us this moment. Almost to say this was the start to a new beginning and I couldn't help but think to myself maybe it was alright if some parts of history repeat.

But as we all know nearly perfect moments like this never last. Time resumed with a creek of the door it caught both of us off guard. We broke our kiss and looked to the door, it was Joshua and Meg spying on us. They both had a childish smirk on their faces so we didn't even need to ask if they were spying on us, we all knew the answer. Joshua was trying his best not to laugh at the sight that Erik and I swore would never be again. Meg just stood there with the 'I told you so' look in her eyes. Erik and I looked to each other and started to laugh which made Joshua start to chuckle. Erik looked up at them and said one phrase that made me burst out laughing.

"Can we help you?" Meg opened her mouth to speak but then Joshua silenced her with a flick of his hand. I raised a brow to Joshua and played off Erik's playful question. "Well?"

"Well I'm so sorry to interrupt," Joshua began with a little too much sarcasm "but I'm looking for these two people. One boy and one girl. I can't seem to find him anywhere; you see that certain little miss is late for rehearsal."

"Well how do you know that those two people aren't right in front of you?" Erik asked.

"And I do believe that certain 'little miss' is older than you." I added.

"Alright true the girl is older than me, and I know you two can't be them because they're both too stubborn to see that they're perfect for each other." He said making everyone in the room laugh like I said everything seemed peaceful for once.

"Alright Joshua you win this time." Joshua smiled and nodded then left with Meg close behind. Of course Meg seemed to think she needed the last word.

"You've got ten minutes Daee. Make it quick." She laughed and shut the door behind her. We laughed a moment more then turned our attention back to each other.

"So, ten minutes." He said.

"Ten minutes," I confirmed "so where were we?"

He smiled and I giggled then he gave me a quick kiss and said "Go, if you don't go now someone's going to come in and tear us apart." I laughed at him then climbed off the couch and left. I looked around at everyone and it was nothing but absolute bliss I felt in the air, it seemed forever since I felt like this actually since anyone one of us felt like that. Meg and I walked on stage just in time to hear the reading of the lead rolls and just as Erik promised I got the lead. They announced the time for rehearsal tomorrow and then Meg and I started chatting with the other dancers as I thought to myself. Maybe it's alright for some parts of the past to repeat. If we avoid the mistakes we can let everything return to normal and keep this calm. Unfortunately there was one flaw in my plan and it walked into the theater. As I looked out on the rows upon rows of chairs and walking down the center was Raoul and I knew it wasn't good. He was looking for me, he didn't bring Sophia with him so I knew he had a bone to pick with me and I was about to find out just exactly what all he found out last night in the tunnels.