Lovers Fall But Sometimes Others Do Not

by Creaturess of the Night

The title has been re-worded...it used to be Lovers Fall Sometimes and Others Do Not. Anyway, so what would happen in Love Never Dies if Christine lived? What would happen if Meg accidentally shot someone else? What would happen if Christine and Gustave went with Erik? Read to find out and to follow them on their journey ahead. Story better than bad summary. Please Read and Review!

6. Chapter 6

Another chapter updated. ALL MY READERS DID NOT HAVE TO WAIT A YEAR FOR IT! Thankfully I got to use the laptop at a Wi-Fi location and could actually update another chapter. I hope you all have enjoyed the story so far and keep reading for more surprises and sweet Erik/Gustave/Christine family moments. I hope you all enjoy this next chapter and I will update as soon as I can. Please read and review. Disclaimer: I do not own Love Never Dies or the Phantom of the Opera (Although I would love to own Erik). The only thing I own is whatever in here is not POTO Or LND.

Erik came out of the bathroom to see Gustave standing in front of the grand piano and Christine looking at the shelves of sheet music. He walked over to the grand piano and Gustave silently. He said "You know Gustave you can play it if you want to." Erik felt a little bit guilty when his son jumped at his sudden arrival. He made a mental note to start walking normally instead of silently. Gustave looked up at Erik and asked "Really?" Erik smiled and replied "Yes, you can play it Gustave." Gustave asked "Will you play something first?" Erik tried to hide his shock but replied "Sure, what do you want to hear?" Christine pulled a folder off the shelf and asked "How about this one?" Erik took the folder from her and saw Don Juan written in gold letters in the middle of it.

He looked at Christine and asked unsure "This one?" She replied "Yes, I thought it was lost." He shook his head and replied "I always keep two copies of things." She nodded and he opened the folder and pulled out the last song and put it on the music tray of the piano. He stroked the ivory keys of his piano. It had been 10 years or so since he played. His fingers started gliding smoothly across the ivory keys. He started playing Point of No Return and he felt someone sit next to him and he looked to see Gustave sitting next to him. He got to Christine's part of the song and closed his eyes as she started singing. He continued to play without faltering. He got to the duet and he could not help but join his angel. The duet part of the song finished and that is where Erik ended the song knowing that the next part would cause Christine tears.

He looked up to that tears were filling his angel's eyes. He stood up from the piano bench quickly and hugged her. He asked "What's wrong my angel?" She replied "I… It's…Uhm." He could guess what she was thinking and asked "It's Raoul isn't it?" Christine nodded and replied "I was so worried about you that I did not give him a thought and now his death just hit me." Erik wiped away the tears that ran down her cheeks and said "I am sorry Christine. How can I help you?" She replied "I do not know. I mean his family does not know, I have not even thought about a funeral or other things a normal wife should." Erik pulled her close to him and said "I will handle the funeral things. I give you my word that I will not do anything to disrespect him."

Christine sniffled and Erik whispered in her ear "You are not a normal wife. You fell in love with a deformed monster which makes you special for being capable of loving a beast. You are a special Angel of Music do not forget that." He kissed her cheek and turned and saw that Gustave was staring at the music sheet in curiosity. He whispered to Christine "If you need a moment go, I am capable of watching another person. After all I kept track of Meg and You all those years." She smiled and left the room.

He walked over to the piano bench and sat down next to Gustave who jumped again at his silent approach. Erik asked "What are you curious about?" Gustave replied "I am looking for the name of who wrote this." Erik suppressed the urge look away from Gustave as he replied "I wrote it." Gustave asked "You wrote a whole opera?" Erik replied "Yes, I did." Gustave replied "It looks amazing." Erik asked "You do not know how to read music notes do you?" Gustave blushed and replied "Only the basics." Erik asked "Do you want me to teach you the complicated ones?" Gustave replied "If you have time, but I do not want to bother you." Erik said "Music is my life. I always have time and you are my son so it is not a bother to teach you something you enjoy." Gustave nodded and asked "Can we start with something simpler than?"

Erik put the sheet music back in the Don Juan folder and then put that on the shelf. He looked through the many folders of sheet music looking for a simple piece that he could teach Gustave on. He found one and pulled it off the shelf and looked at it. He sat down at the piano bench next to Gustave and said "This is a simple piece." Gustave looked at it and asked "Did you write this?" Erik replied "No, a composer named Beethoven did." Gustave said "I heard of him before." Erik nodded and replied "Is pretty well-known. Did you know he was deaf?" Gustave asked "Really? How does he hear is music?" Erik shrugged and replied "I do not know maybe he has just been playing so long that when he reads his finished work he can hear the music in his head." Gustave said "I wish I could do that." Erik replied "Perhaps in time you will."

Gustave asked "Can you hear music in your head?" Erik nodded and replied "Always." Gustave asked "Really? Even at this moment?" Erik nodded and replied "Always. Yes even now but I can push it to the back of my mind to concentrate on other things." Gustave said "That is so amazing." Erik smiled and replied "Sometimes it can be annoying like for example if I am trying to sleep and cannot because all I hear is music gets kind of annoying." Gustave said "I see now." Erik nodded and asked "So what basic notes do you know?" Gustave replied "EGBDF, FACE, AGBDF, and those kinds of notes." Erik said "Well if you know those basics it should not be that hard to help you be able to read music." Gustave smiled excitedly and replied "I cannot wait until I can play like you." Erik smiled at his excitement and said "I cannot wait to hear it." Erik spent the next hour and a half teaching Gustave the next step above knowing the basic notes. After they finished their lesson Erik and Gustave sat there silently for a few minutes. Gustave looked at Erik and asked "Can I ask you something?" Erik replied "Sure." Gustave asked "Why didn't you ever come looking for me?"