The next week was a busy one between work and getting ready for Erik, I had barely any down time. Not to mention the fact that the anticipation was killing me. Erik and I or the Phantom and I had had some pretty passionate moments and I wanted this one to top them all. I didn't know whether Erik would be ready for this or not but I didn't care I wasn't giving him a choice. With the plan I had there was no way he would be able to resist me.

The day before Erik got back was especially busy. I went and did some shopping buying a new dress and shoes as well as some very naughty lingerie. By the end of the night I would have Erik…or the Phantom eating out of the palm of my hand.

I had to force myself not to think of the danger that I could be putting myself in. I couldn't think about the different outcomes that my actions could have. But, even though I tried to keep them at bay those thoughts and worries were there in the back of my mind.

What if the Phantom came out and didn't stop this time, he had almost killed me because of jealousy last time what if he raped me out of lust this time. What if it was just Erik and he thought I was a slut and wanted nothing to do with me.

All of these thoughts were floating around in my head as I did my shopping and then headed to the grocery store to buy the things I would need to make dinner for Erik. I wanted this night to be reminiscent of the first night he had come back from the psych hospital but this time the sexiness would be amped up and nothing was going to stop us from going all the way.

I spent the entire following day down in the catacombs getting things ready. I was making a pot roast with lots of yummy veggies for dinner and had made chocolate covered strawberries for dessert. I also made sure to have lots of red wine (Erik's favorite) on hand. But I had to make sure that neither of us drank too much I didn't want us to be drunk for our first time.

I put the meat in the slow cooker with lots of broth and veggies and left it to cook while got the rest of the house ready. Erik had been gone so long that dust had accumulated everywhere. So I got to work cleaning, dusting, moping, and vacuuming. I especially made sure that there wasn't a speck of dust in the music room. I wanted Erik to see that I had taken extreme care of his most valuable possessions. Once the house no longer looked like it had been abandoned for months, I started a fire in the living room then headed to Erik's room to get myself ready.

I took a nice long hot bath making sure to use my all my best smelling body wash and shampoos. I made sure that I shaved in all of the appropriate places before getting out and applying more great smelling lotion. I then proceeded to do my long hair into curls. Erik had once told me that I looked incredibly sexy when my hair was curled.

After that was done I went to check on dinner before heading back into the room to apply my makeup. I put on as little as possible so that it would look natural except for my eyes where I used black eyeliner and my lips were put on red lipstick to match my heels… and lingerie.

Finally, I stood in front of the mirror in the bathroom examining my handwork. I knew that the tight white dress along with the red heals and make up made me look like a prostitute but it was ok because I knew that there was no way Erik would be able to keep his hands off me.

I stood at the stove finishing our food waiting for Erik to come through the door just like I had last time. The only difference was that this time I had outdone myself with the house. Everything was clean and there were candles lit everywhere along with fireplaces and the whole house smelled like the delicious dinner I had made us. I hoped to not only show Erik what a great lover I could be but also that someday I could make a great wife.

Finally, when I was really starting to get anxious I heard the front door open and knew that Erik was finally home.

I took a deep breath to steady myself and reminded myself that even if something bad happened at least this time it would be my own fault and on my own terms.

I heard Erik go into the bedroom where he must have put his things down before heading towards the kitchen. Instead letting my fear take over and standing at the stove with my back to him and stood at the counter facing the door way so that when he walked in I would be the first thing he saw.

He was talking as he came in to the kitchen. "Wow, something smells incred…"

I'll never forget the look on Erik's face as he came through the archway into the kitchen and saw me. The words instantly died on his lips and his face at first was one of shock but then the shock faded and in its place was a look of total and complete lust. N

In that moment it was like I could read Erik's mind and see all of the images ingrained there. It was like watching a silent movie of all the things that Erik instantly saw himself doing to me in that dress. That look instantly had my body covered in goose bumps and my knees went weak.

I waited for him to say something but it was like someone had taken away his ability to speak. I just stood there dumbstruck, staring at me. His beautiful mis-matched eyes wandered slowly up my body staring from my feet and working their way up.

Finally, after God only knows how long Erik walked over to me slowly the look of pure desire on his face showing me exactly what he wanted to do to me.

Even as he came around the counter towards me so that I had turn with my back to the counter he still said nothing. And when he was finally in front of me he put both of his hands on either side of my body blocking me in between the counter and his own beautiful body.

"I have to have you… NOW" was all he said before grabbed and pulled me flush against him so that he could press his lips to mine in a deep sensuous kiss.

I couldn't help the shiver that overcame me as he wrapped his arms tightly around me, possessively. I fisted my hands in his shirt holding him to me, all thoughts of everything else forgotten,

After a while the feeling of Erik fumbling with the zipper of my dress brought me out of the lust induced coma that my brain seemed to be in and back to reality. I used the hands on Erik's chest to push him away from me.

He must not have been expecting it because he stumbled backwards a little bit before leaning back against the other counter, his breath coming out in short pants.

I gave him a seductive smile before shaking my finger at him. "No, No… I didn't spend all day making this delicious diner for us to skip it. That… can wait till later."

Erik gave me this incredulous look. "Darling, you give me too much credit. There is no way in hell that I will be able to sit through a meal while you're dressed like that. Besides, I wouldn't enjoy the meal because the entire time I would be imaging all of the things that that dress makes me want to do to you."

I smiled as I walked up to Erik getting close so that our faces were inches apart. "Well you better figure out a way to control yourself because if you don't eat the dinner I made you then you don't get any of this." I leaned forward kissed him one more time hard on the lips, sliding my tongue against his before turning back on him and going to the pother counter to finish putting the final touches on the strawberries.

Erik came up behind me wrapping his arms around my waist before blatantly rubbing his hardness against my behind. He moved the curls out of the way so that he could bite my neck rather roughly (which had my eyes rolling into the back of my head) before he whispered in my ear. "Fine my love have it your way. We'll have your dinner but afterwards YOU will be my dessert."

I couldn't help the shivers I got and the moan that escaped me.

I turned towards Erik, leaning on the tip of my toes and kiss him softly before pushing him away once more and grabbing the pot roast to take it to the table.

Erik follows grabs the rest of the food and follows me into the dining room.

Maybe I didn't really contemplate all the outcomes of my wearing this dress because instead of us eating and laughing and talking about how Erik was doing like I had imagined we spent the whole time in an awkward silence.

It was obvious what we were both thinking about and that we were both just waiting for dinner to be over so that we could get to the main event of the night.

Finally, we were both finished eating and I stood to take the dishes into the kitchen but before I could Erik stood grabbing my arm.

"O no, those dishes can wait till later. There are more important things for us to be doing." And with that he pulled me to him once more and kissed me.

As I kissed him back I tried to squirm out of Erik's arms but he wrapped his arms around me in this vice like grip. I couldn't move and the more I kissed Erik the more everything else slipped from my mind.

After a few minutes I couldn't take it anymore, I didn't want to put it off. I had done part of what I wanted. Erik wanted me so now it was time to put part two of my plan into action.

I brought my arms up and around Erik's neck pulling him to me so that our bodies were flush against each other's. It felt so good to finally just let loose with Erik and not have to worry about someone walking in or having to go back to work.

As I wrapped my arms around Erik he gave this growl sort of sound before bringing his arms down and lifting me up so that I could wrap my legs around his waist.

He held me to him tightly as he walked out of the dining room. I expected him to carry me into the bedroom but next thing I knew he had pushed me up against a wall and smashed his lips against mine in a searing kiss.

I moaned softly as I felt his tongue sliding against mine. Before I could even comprehend what I was doing I had started to unbutton his shirt and he was once again fumbling with the zipper on my dress. I had his shirt opened and off before he had the zipper undone even a little bit.

I chuckled softly pulling away from him so that I could look at him. "Are you having problems, my love?"

Erik gave me this stubborn frustrated look as he sat me down on my feet then turned me around so that I was facing the wall and my back was toward him.

I couldn't help but laugh as he still struggled with the zipper. Finally he managed to get it down and I heard the sharp intake of breath as he saw what I was wearing underneath

I turned around slowly letting Erik get the full view of the lingerie that I had bought for him.

He had that look on his face again, the same one he had had when he first came into the kitchen.

"You're gorgeous… what did I ever do to deserve such an amazing woman in my life?" At first I thought that he was playing around but then as I really got a good look at him I realized that he wasn't. It was a serious question.

Before I could answer him he turned and walked away and into the living room.

I stood composing myself for a couple of minutes. This was not how I had expected things going.

As I walked into the family room I saw Erik sitting on the couch in front of the fire. I stood there watching and couldn't help but ask myself the same question; what had I done to deserve such an amazing man? He was sweet and smart and had a great sense of humor. I smiled as I thought that he was also damn good looking especially right then. He had not put his shirt back on it was still thrown on the floor somewhere. So he was sitting in front of the fire shirtless and you could see the shadows of the flickering flames dancing on his skin. In that moment I realized how much I loved Erik but also how much I wanted him.

I moved further into the room so that I was standing in front of him but he wouldn't look at me he just stared down at the floor. I couldn't let him do this, I couldn't let his guilt catch up with him now and ruin our night.

I went up to him putting my finger under his chin and turning his face up so that he was looking at me. He made me feel incredibly beautiful as his breathe hitched as he saw me in the light of the fire.

I waited for him to say something but he didn't so I pushed his arms apart and climbed onto his lap on the couch. I had to force him to wrap his arms around me. I knew from past experiences with Erik that if I just stayed quiet and let him gather his thoughts that he would eventually tell me what was wrong. But this time he didn't, I stayed quiet waiting but he didn't say anything he just sat looking past me into the fire, his fingers rubbing small circles into my lower back.

Finally, I couldn't take it anymore. "Erik what is it, what's wrong? Don't… Don't you want me? I thought that dressed like this you wouldn't be able to resist me."

He shook his head as he chuckled softly. But it wasn't a happy sort of chuckle it was more of a sarcastic chuckle. " Believe me darling I am having a very hard time resisting you and of course I want you. You're beautiful and the sexiest woman I've ever seen but.. I can't do this. I don't deserve you at all but I certainly don't deserve your body or for you to show me your love in such a way."

I couldn't help but roll my eyes. "Ugh, Erik don't do this! Don't start this whole pity thing again; I thought we were past this. You're a great man, you do deserve me and you have me I'm right here. Ok, this is my choice I choose who I give myself to and I choose you. I love you and you love me, that's all that matters. Everything else that happened before is in the past, none of that matters anymore. I'm tired of living in the past it's time to live in the present, to live in the moment and right now the only thing that matters is this moment."

I took his face in my hands forcing him to look at me. He tried to look away but I held tight forcing him. I looked him dead in the eyes as I spoke. "Erik, stop fighting this. I want you so make love to me…NOW"

With those words his resolve finally broke. That look of total lust came over him once more and he wrapped his arms around me once more before pulling me into a kiss like no other.

Erik picked me up but instead of carrying me into the bedroom he laid me down on the floor right there in the living room in front of the fireplace.

I couldn't help the sounds that I made as I ran my hands over Erik's body and felt his running slowly over mine touching places that he hadn't before.

As I let out one particularly loud moan Erik starting laughing as he pulled his face pulled away from me long enough to whisper. "If you keep making noises like that I won't be able to control myself for very much longer and I'll just take you."

I gave him a seductive look, raising one eyebrow slowly "Maybe that's what I want.

Erik smiled before nibbling on my bottom lip softly. "You little tease. That sounds great…for later. Right now I want to take things slow, I want this to last."

And with that Erik began to softly kiss my neck and then run his tongue along the sensitive spots.

Of course Erik wanted to take things slow when the thought of that was driving me crazy, I felt like I needed to have him now.

So in an attempt to get him to take things faster I sandwiched my hands between us so that I could get his pants undone and off. He laughed but lifted the bottom half of his body off of me so that it would be easier for me to get them off.

As Erik stood up to be able to completely remove his pants I quickly pulled off the top part of the lingerie leaving me in nothing but the tiny boy shorts underneath.

Erik's breath caught as he turned and saw me naked from the waist up. He smiled as he lay back down on top of me and whispered in my ear before kissing me once more. "You look good enough to eat."

I couldn't help but laughing before I forgot everything as Erik brought his hot mouth and tongue down to my breast taking one hard peak into his mouth while caressing the other with his hand.

He made the mistake of grinding his hardness into me; that was my undoing. That was it I couldn't take it anymore.

I pushed on his shoulders so that he was now lying on the floor and I was once again straddling him. I sat up so that I could look down at him. I playfully ran a hand slowly over his erection before standing up in front of him and slowly pulling the boy shorts off as he watched.

When I FINALLY stood before Erik with nothing on I had an instant where I was almost positive that the Phantom had taken over. He had the exact same look of…hunger in his eyes that the Phantom had but as he opened his mouth and spoke I knew that this was Erik talking.

"You're really making this Hard on me Ange." I smiled as I got back down on the floor beside Erik and proceeded to pull his boxers off. Once they were off I looked up at Erik smiling, "I see that."

Erik most have anticipated my next move because before I could straddle him once more, he had pushed me underneath him and had his body pressed flush to mine.

I ran my hands over his back loving the feeling of his hard muscles under my fingertips.

I was so focused on the feeling of Erik's b body on top of me that I didn't even notice when he slid his hand down between us. That is until he slowly slid one of his long fingers inside of me. It's was so unexpected and the immediate feel of pleasure that ran through me caused my body to sort of jump and a moan to escape me.

I looked up at Erik and could see the desire blatantly displayed on his beautiful face.

"O screw it I can't take it anymore!" I just barely caught his whispered words before he was kissing me once more.

I must have finally gotten through to him because he slid he his hands down to my thighs before he placed them so that I had my legs wrapped around his waist and he was situated perfectly between my legs.

He groaned as he felt the heat and wetness radiating out of me. I expected him to just slide eight in but he didn't. He pushed my hair out of my face so that he could look into my eyes.

"This may hurt my love." He said as he kissed my lips softly.

I nodded, reaching down and smiling at the hissing sound he made as I took him into my small hand. I guided him to my entrance showing him that I knew it would hurt but I didn't care.

He pulled me once more into a deep searing kiss as a way to distract me as he plunged into me in one hard, fast thrust.

Our reactions were the exact opposite of each other's. Erik let out this growl like sound and I watched his eyes seems to roll back into his head. While I felt this horrible ripping sort of pain inside of me. There was no way for me to stop the sounds I made as the pain shot through me.

After a couple of seconds I opened my eyes to see Erik watching me intently, I could tell from the look on his face and the way his eyes all of sudden looked teary that he was sorry and I knew deep down that this was Erik and the Phantom was gone. I moved my body slowly trying to adjust to his size and to this new sensation but apparently that was the wrong thing to do because Erik closed his eyes once more and he was clenching his teeth.

"Erik. What, what is it, did I hurt you?"

He laughed at my words as he ran one hand slowly over my body. "No darling you didn't hurt me, quite the opposite actually. You feel amazing and I am trying very hard not to lose control of myself and ravish you." I couldn't help the smile the came at his words. He kissed my forehead softly watching me seriously. "Are you alright?" I nibbled his bottom lip playfully before answering. "Yes I'm ok. The pain was…terrible. But, it's fading now. I think it'll be alright now."

Erik gave me one last searching look before he began moving within me, pulling himself out a bit before pushing back in. At first the pain flared back up but after a few minutes of Erik kissing me and feeling his body against mine as well as his hands caressing me all over the pleasure returned and the pain faded.

Faster than I thought possible the pleasure had built and it was like there had never been any pain at all. I had never felt anything like this before, a culmination of so many emotions; feelings of pleasure and desire and love. Immediately I loved the feeling of hsaving Erik inside of me, it was just anothing thing that brought us closer, it literally made us one, one body and one soul.

I knew that Erik was feeling the same rollercoaster of emotins that I was. When he was kissing me or any part of my body that he could reach he was looking into my eyes and although the desire was still clearly there it had faded to the backround and had been replaced by pure love and adoration.

I had always known that Erik loved me but nothing had proved it as much as the look on his face during those precious moments.

After a while the pressure within us both built and the ppleaure was once more at the forefront of our minds. We were bnoth making all kinds of indescernable sounds as well as moaning and whispering each others name. Then with one final thrust we both seem to hit some sort of peak and after that there was no coherent thought just pure pleasure.

Afterwards we lay there catching our breath for what seemed like hours. Erik was still on top of me, inside of me but he had his head resting on my chest and I had my arms around him stroking his back.

Erik must havbe regained his senses faster then I because he stood up and quickly went into the bedrrom before coming back out with pillows and a blanket. I smiled as he put one of pillows under my head and then laying down besiode me before covering us both with the blanket.

I don't think I have ever felt happier than in that moment with my head on Erik's chest and with his arms around me holding me tight to him.

As I my head cleared and my thoughts returned to me I realized that there were so many things that Erik and I needed to talk about and suddenly I didn't think I could wait. We needed to talk now.

I turned my head so that I was looking up at him. "Erik?"

I felt his chest vibrate as he made a humming sort of sound in response.

"There are a lot of things that we need to talk about."

I couldn't help the butterflies that were awoken in my stomach as the blue and green eyes met mine.

"Yes I suppose your right we do. What would you like to discuss first?"

I pulled away from him slight and motioned for him to turn so that we were fascinfg each other. He did as I asked bit immediately put his arm back around me and drew me to him so that our faces were only inches away.

I smiled at the feeling of his fingertips lazy drawing circles on my back.

"Well, first off and I think most importantly, How are you? How did things go at the hospital, and with your family? We never got to talk abnout it, I hope your not mad at me for bringing them to you."

He began to rub the back of my nbeck as he spoke. "Honestly at first, once the shock wore off I was angry. I told the doctor that I didn't see how that part of myt life was any of your business or why it was even relevant now? The doctor looked at me and said Erik do you love her and I sat there staring at him with what I'm sure was a look of awe on my face. I said are you stupid man, of course I love her. I love her more than I have ever loved anyone in my entire life. I plan on spending the rest of my life with that crazy woman."

I smiled at his words and kissed him softly then looked at him expectantly so that he would continue.

"Then the doctor said: Ok, if that's true and you do indeed plan on spending the rest of your life with Sara then the words "it's none of her business" need to disappear from your vocabulary right this second. I am one hundred percent positive that there is nothing in the world that would make her say those words about you. As for why is it relevant, Erik your past, your parents, your family they are what made you who you are today. Do you think that had that ACCIDENT never happened that you would have still ended up a masked man living under a burnt down opera house? No, I've heard you play; you probably would have ended up as a famous musician in an orchestra somewhere. I am one hundred percent positive that had you kids never have gone to that opera house that day you would have not developed a split personality and you Phantom would never have come into existence. Ok let me make a few key points to you. First of all, had those things never happened you never would have met Sarah. Second of all, and let me make this clear if you don't accept your past and move past it and get rid of the Phantom one of two things is going to happen either she'll leave you or you'll kill her, literally. In that moment I realized that he was right, my mind instantly flashed back to seeing you in that living room. You tried to hide it but I saw and sensed how physically hurt you were. If I didn't talk to my family and let go of the past then there was a very real chance that the next time something triggered that other side of me I could very well kill you. So I talked to my parents, allowed them to explain themselves and eventually although it was hard I forgave them. So to answer that question, yes initially I was angry with you but I no longer am. Thanks to you I have re-connected with the two people who I never thought I would."

I pulled black slightly to be able to look into Erik's eyes. "So… he's really gone?"

Erik smiled brushing the hair out of my face. "Baby, if I wasn't totally sure I wouldn't be here. When I saw you in that living room I swore that I wouldn't come back here again until I was one thousand percent sure that that monster was gone. There was no way that I would put you in danger again."

I was so happy to hear those words. Erik wiped away the tears that began to fall as he looked at me questioningly.

"It's just that… I feel like this is really it, this is the beginning of our life together. We can finally be together and not have to worry about things going so completely wrong."

Erik pulled me to him kissing me deeply for a few minutes before pulling away slightly. "You're right; this is a new beginning for us. And because I know that our life now is going to be perfect I want to make it official." And with that he turned and grabbed something that he had hidden near the fireplace where I couldn't see it, as he turned I saw that in his hand was a little black box and when he opened it inside was the most beautiful engagement ring I had ever seen.

I gasped with this look of complete shock on my face as I looked up at Erik to see if he was serious. He looked completely serious and had tears in his eyes.

"Love, before you moved here I was positive that I would spend the rest of my life down here a crazed murderous monster. But that day that you wondered down here was a blessing and the best thing that could have ever happened to me. You have stuck by me and endured more things than any other person ever would. You love me despite all of the crazy things that you have seen, heard and experienced. I love you so much and would love nothing more than for you to be my wife and to have the honor and pleasure of getting to spend every day of the rest of my life making you happy. Will you make me the happiest man in the world and marry me?"

I didn't say anything for the longest time. I couldn't I was in completer shock, this was the last thing I had expected. Finally, after what probably seemed like hours to Erik I snapped out of it and realized that he was staring at me waiting for me to answer him.

My muscles reacted before my brain did and I was nodding my head before I could even fully comprehend what was happening but my brain finally caught up and I was able to string a few words together through the shock.

"I love you Erik. There is nothing that I want more then to be your wife and spend the rest of my life with you."

Erik gave me the most beautiful smile and in that smile for the first time in the entire time that I had known Erik the only thing I saw displayed on those beautiful features was pure and uninhibited happiness.

He slid the gorgeous ring on my finger before pulling me into another passionate love filled kiss.

Erik made love to me over and over again that night and in the morning we spoke to both of our families telling them the news. They were both extremely happy for us. One year later I married the love of my life and for the next 55 years Erik kept his promise that he made me that night. He spent every day of the rest of his life making me the happiest woman in the world.

We were never bothered by the Phantom again.