A/N: Sorry it's been so long since I last posted. I've just been so busy and haven't had much time for posting chapters in my stories. Hang in there. I promise I'll try to post a little more frequently. Anyways, once again, I tried to get ALW to sell Erik to me, but he just won't budge! R&R.

Chapter 3

"No, I don't want to press charges against her, monsieur."

"May I ask why, Madame?"

"I know she didn't mean to."

Erik was happy that Christine hadn't wanted to press charges against Meg. He had been able to tell that Meg was actually going to give him the gun, but when he had said Christine's name, she had squeezed the trigger and shot Christine. At that point, he had actually thought she had meant to kill Christine. However, when he had seen the look on her face when she saw what had happened, he could tell that she had been in a trance-like state before and had only just come out of it when she heard the gun go off.

He hadn't been so sure that Christine would feel the same way. Even though he knew that she was normally a forgiving person, for some reason, he felt that she wouldn't be so forgiving this time. This thought made him laugh. Here he was, believing that Meg didn't mean to shoot Christine, when any other time, he probably would have wanted to press charges against her. At least something like this didn't happen 10 years ago. Then, he probably would have killed Meg.

He had changed so much since then. And it was all because of those two kisses. It was like he had been asleep and then suddenly woke up. He realized that if he truly loved Christine, he would have to let her go and be with the one she loved, even if it wasn't him. He had realized at that moment that he had done some horrible things because he thought that he was doing it for her. He knew that he had not been in his right mind at the time.

Erik was relieved when Christine had told him that she did not want to press charges. He just didn't feel like it would be right to do so.

"Well, if you don't want to." The inspector said.

"I do not, monsieur."

"Alright, Madame. Thank you for your time."

The inspector then left.

~o~

After the inspector left, Christine asked Erik if he knew where Meg was exactly. He told her that he wasn't exactly sure, but he had a feeling that she might be somewhere in Manhattan. Actually, he knew exactly where Meg and Madame Giry were. They weren't in Manhattan, but they were actually here, in Phantasma. He just didn't want to take a chance with Christine. Sure, she had said that she didn't want to press charges against Meg, but for some reason he had a feeling that she wasn't going to leave her alone. He didn't know why he had a feeling, but he just did.

"Well, I want to find her."

~o~

All Christine wanted to do was talk to Meg. The look on Erik's face told her that he wasn't sure if she wanted to talk to Meg or do something worse to her. She couldn't help but giggle a little bit. Years ago, Erik would have probably killed Meg, without thinking about it. Now, he thought she was going to be the one to want to kill Meg. She couldn't blame him either. After all, Meg had shot her. Why shouldn't she be mad? She didn't know, but she wasn't. Somehow, she knew that Meg hadn't meant to shoot her.

"What's so funny?"

"Oh, nothing."

Erik then came over to her and placed a kiss on her forehead. "I love you." He said, smiling.

"I love you too."

A/N: Don't forget to tell me what you thought of this chapter.