Erik collapsed to his knees about 100 yards away from his home. His exposed face was being attacked by the wind, and it stung his eyes. He fell to his back, and gazed up at the pre-dawn sky. A few stars remained, and tears began to flow from his eyes like waterfalls. He lay there, sobbing for what seemed like an eternity, and eventually cried himself to sleep there, on the ground. Erik began to dream about that night, as his Opera House burned above him and Christine...
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"Erik!" she gasped, when he gave her back her ring. "You know I love you! Don't play the self-pity card. I've loved you since I first time I met you. I will give my world to be your bride."
Erik looked at her with surprised eyes. "You would give up everything…For me?
She nodded he head. "I Love you, Erik. Never forget that."
"I never will, My Angel," he whispered, as he led her to his sleeping chambers, "I never will…"
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Erik awoke from his dream then, when he realized were he was. It was day, and he remembered his mask was back in his home. He dashed back to his cottage, flipping his hood up, so his deformed face could be hidden from the sun itself. He made it back home, and he found a strange sight. Christine was crouched awkwardly on the floor, holding his mask in her hands. She heard the door open, but didn't raise her eyes to him. She simply held out his mask to him. He bent down to her level, and gently took the mask from her, and adhered it to his face. She whispered, "I'm sorry."
He looked at her quizzically. "What for, Christine?"
"For causing you so much torment and pain. I should have just drowned myself in the ocean, for you would never have to know about this!" she gestured to her stomach. She began to become angry. "You hate it. You hate our child, but you don't know what it looks like. You are scared, Erik!"
There was an awkward pause. Christine was crying, and Erik sat there dumbstruck. He didn't hate the—it, but he was afraid. Not of it, but for it. "I don't want it to live like I must. That is what I am afraid of. I know it will have my face."
Christine looked up at him, with tears in her eyes. "I'm scared, too, Erik. Did you think about that?"
He hadn't.
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