Christine's POV

Clara got off work and took me to her car.

"Here we go. So where do you need to go?" She asks.

"Coney Island." I tell her. She looks at me in awe.

"You're Christine Daaé........." She whispers. I just nod. She starts the car. I stare out the window for the longest time.

"Can you sing something for me?" Clara asks. I look at her and nod.

"What do you want to hear?"

"Love Never Dies."

"Who know when love begins
Who knows what makes it start
One day it's simply there
Alive inside your heart
It slips into your thoughts
It infiltrates your soul
And takes you by surprise
Then s.....s....." I sings until I starts crying. Clara starts apologizing profusely. I wave her away.

"It's ok...it's not your fault Clara. My angel of music composed that song. I sing it to my children when they want it." I says wiping tears away.

"I will get you back to the Christine." Clara says grabbing my hand. I nod and stare back out the window. Soon I see a sign saying we're heading into Maryland.

"Thank you for driving me back home Clara." I tell her. She nods and continues to look at the road.

"I'm going to have to stop soon. I can't keep my eyes open..." She tells me and I nod.

"I can drive if you want." I tell her. She starts pulling into a gas station.

"I'm going to let you drive.....just don't wreck my car....I need to fill it up first." Clara says getting out. I get out so I can stretch my legs. Clara keeps yawning, I watch what she's doing so I can put gas in it the next time. It clicks and I jump a little. Clara shakes her head and takes it out of the car. She pops the door for the gas tank and heads to the passenger side. I get in the driver's side and adjust the seat.

"Clara..... you realize it's been at least a year since I've driven a car right?" I ask her looking towards her. She nods, half asleep.
I sigh and start the car. I pull out of the gas station.

"Guess it never goes away..." I mumble to myself.

     Soon, we've passed over into Pennsylvania. I know where I am now. I start to head to Coney. Clara has been asleep for a good 5 hours and I have to stop. My legs are cramping really bad, and I must go to the bathroom. I pull up to another gas station and gently shake Clara awake.

"Yea?" She mumbles.

"I need you to get up and pump gas." I tell her and she starts rubbing her eyes.

"Where are we?" She asks

"Somewhere in Pennsylvania." I tell her. She nods and gets out. She starts to pump gas.

"I have to go to the bathroom." I tell her.

"Hang on. I'll come with. Just give me 2 minutes." She says and I stop and wait. She finishes pumping gas and locks the car up and we head inside. I head straight to the bathroom while Clara gets us coffee and tea. Probably some food too. When I get out of the bathroom I find Clara waiting.

"All good?" I ask her. She nods and starts heading for the register. She had a bag of something, 2 drinks and what looked like a stuffed animal. I smile at her as the clerk rings the stuff up. I keep my head down, not wanting anybody to recognize me.

"Thank you, have a nice day." Clara says to the woman behind the counter. We head back to the car and there's a person waiting behind them. We get into the car quickly and drive off. I noticed the guy looked familiar.

"Can you drive a little faster Clara? I think that was Phillipe....." I ask her when we get on the road. Clara goes faster and takes the back roads. I sigh after losing sight of the gas station and that car.

"Thank you Clara....."

"You're welcome Christine." She replies

She drives for another couple hours before we start to see Coney's lights. I start smiling.

"My family....." I whisper. Clara smiles and drives a little faster. We reach the gates and Gangle is sitting there.

"Gangle!! Let me in!" I call and he jumps seeing me he opens the door. Clara drives in. 

She stops the car and I jump out.

"ERIK!!!!!" I scream as I start running. Clara calls after me and I hear her footfalls. I don't care right now. I just want to see my angels.
I reach the spot where he can hear and see me.

"ERIK!!! ERIK DESTLER!! YOU COME OUT HERE!!" I scream. I see his head shoot up from his office and look out the window. He jumps and throws the door open.

"Christine!!!" He yells. I start running faster and I jump into his arms. I kiss him a million times.

"Oh my Erik......my angel of music......Erik..." I cry. He wipes my tears away and I wipe his away.

"Where are the children?" I ask looking at him.

"Inside.....come..." He says walking back to his office still holding me. Gustave looks up from his school work. I see the tears.

"Erik...put me down...."

He does and I wrap my arms around Gustave. We sink to the floor and Aiden and Everleigh crawl around the corner and look at me.

"Oh my angels.......my beautiful children..." I cry looking at Gustave and picking the twins up. Aiden starts playing with my hair and Everleigh is sitting in my lap. Gustave is under my free arm, with Erik holding us all. There's a knock on the door. Erik gets up and opens it to show Clara.

"Don't Erik....she helped me get home..."

Erik stops and let's her in.

"Clara...this is my family....Erik, Gustave, Aiden and Everleigh Destler." I tell her pointing to each of them. She nods.

"Thank you for bringing my wife back." Erik says.

"It's not a problem. She came in during my shift. What was I supposed to do, let the bastard get her again?" She says. Erik nods and goes back to hugging me and the kids.

"My family....." I mumble before falling asleep.

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Ha!!! I love it!! And I think this might be the longest chapter yet. 1083 words. That's a lot.