Erik and Christine: Loves Secret (A Phantom of the Opera Story)

Chapter 3

"Christine. What's going on?" says Raoul as he walks into the room. Christine turns around and sits down on the bench. "Nothing. I'm just." Christine said as she looks at the piano. Raoul interrupts her and asks her, "I see that the piano has been fixed. Did you fix it by yourself? I'm impressed." He squats down in front of her as he asks the question. "No I didn't," she said. Raoul smiles and asks, "well who did?" She explains, "Someone earlier today came to fix it. I was out and around the town to get some more music sheets."

"Interesting," he says with a smile on his face. "Well, since it is fixed...why don't you play something." Christine blushes. "Oh Raoul. I don't know."

Outside on the balcony, behind a statue, Erik leans towards the window and whispers, "Please play for me Christine."

"Oh I know you can do it. I'm sure it's not too hard to play. You can sing, so why not play," says Raoul. Christine pauses and then looks at Raoul. "Well I do have one piece in mind that I can't stop thinking about," she replies. "Then play it," Raoul says with an insisting tone.

Erik looking at the corner of the window and sees Christine. "Please Christine. Play it. Play it for your Angel.

Christine agrees and then walks towards the piano to play. Erik moves a little closer but not too close to see her play on the piano. Christine begins to play. As she plays the piano, Raoul grins and looks down. Christine looks up and feels that the music that she is playing is coming alive. Erik closes his eyes as she is playing the music with so much passion.

"Oh...Christine. The music...it's...so beautiful," Erik sighs. "This is the most beautiful piece I have ever heard." Erik closes his eyes and is breathless. "Oh how it brings me memories of us Christine." Christine closes her eyes and says in her mind, "It brings me memories of us my Angel of Music."

Both Erik and Christine look back at when they saw each other after her first performance. Remembering how Erik's charm and voice lured Christine to go with him to his lair to make beautiful music with him. Then the memory of when Christine touches Erik's face before she pulled off his mask. Then the memory of when they looked at each other in the eyes at the Masquerade Ball on New Year's. Then the memory of when Erik took Piangi's place so he could sing with Christine in his opera. To prove that he loved her. The way he held Christine in his arms made her feel as if she was in a dream. For him, he stroked her neck and was breathless to how beautiful she looked. The last memory was when she decided to choose him but not to just save Raoul. But to show him that there is human compassion in the world. It was the memory of their first and last kiss.

"Oh Christine...I wish I could have you in my arms once more and be with you to play, because your music is capturing my heart and soul," Erik said as if he is running out of breath. "But I know I can't. It's too dangerous for me now. Plus, I know it will break both of us if we saw each other again." Erik begins to cry but stops because he doesn't want anyone to know that he is here. "I love you Christine. With all my heart. Goodbye my Angel," he whispers as he slips into the darkness. Christine finishes playing and looks up as if her music truly came alive but somehow felt as if there was a presence.

"Christine...that was truly...amazing," says Raoul with a hesitating tone. Christine looks confused. "Amazing? Is that all you have to say?" Raoul walks towards her and squats on the floor. "Well...I could say other words but I don't know what to say," he says. "Just spit it out. Whatever you have to say, say it," she says with a serious tone in her voice.

Raoul pauses for a moment and then says, "What you played...it reminds me of how you were with him. You said that his music was intoxicating and I feel as though it's too much. Maybe you shouldn't play anymore." Christine looks confused and is upset at Raoul for what he just implied, even though she knows what she did play as if it was meant to her Angel. "I'm sorry? Not play anymore?! What I play isn't for him. It's what I feel from the inside." Raoul looks down and smiles back at her. "Please, what I mean is...I feel as though the music will bring you back to him. And you might not love me." Christine is pissed at what Raoul was implying. "That's the most stupidest thing I have ever heard! How can you possibly think that..." she says? "Please, I'm really tired. I'm going to bed now. Good night Christine," he says as he interrupts her. Raoul stands up and leaves the room. "Goodnight Raoul," she says softly as she stands up to see him leave the room. After he closes the door she just stares at the door with a concerned look. Wondering what had just happened.

Later that night Erik and Christine began to have nightmares. "Don't run away from your memories, Erik. Because you can't stand having to think about her," said a mysterious woman in Erik's dream. Christine sees herself in a state of shock. "No! It can't be this is impossible!" Then it turns to another dream where Erik and Christine see each other at his lair. "Erik, I love you," she says as she walks towards him. "Christine I love you too," Erik replies as he closes his eyes to kiss Christine. In another dream, they take each other's clothes off and make love. Then another dream occurs. Christine is confronting Raoul and she says, "No Raoul! I love him no matter what you think. I will never go back to you. Our love will never be broken." Erik looks concerned when he is in complete darkness. "Christine! Where are you?! Where are you!" In another dream Christine is walking on a hill. Erik sees Christine on the ground crying. "Erik! Don't leave me!" Christine sees Raoul grabbing her forcefully. "Raoul, Don't touch me! ERIK! HELP ME!" Erik sees Christine in trouble and runs towards her. "Christine! Christine no!" Christine notices something behind Erik and yells, "Erik! No!"

Both wake up instantly.

Christine turns on the lamp next to her bedside. "What a terrible...horrible dream," says Christine with a look of concern on her face. She sits up and gets off the bed. Christine heads towards the balcony with her hand behind her head. "What was that?"

At the same time. The monkey music box begins to play. Erik looks at the music box with wide and watery eyes and breathing heavily. "What a horrible nightmare."

"What did I mean by "this is impossible?"" Christine asks herself.

"Why am I dreaming about her?" Erik asks himself.

"Why would I dream of him? Why did I say to Raoul that I didn't love him anymore?""

"Why was she in danger?"

"And why do I have a feeling that he's in danger? Will he be in danger?!"

"Why would she go missing to where I would have to go find her?" Erik puts down the music box and walks to a small window to where he can see the moon on the clear night sky. "I should be worried...but she has him," he implies.

"He is strong enough to handle anything. But...what if he gets hurt from something or...something that could kill him?" Christine's eyes widen and begins to fear for the worst. "? What if someone finds him and they decide to kill him?!"

Erik takes a deep breath and nods his head. "That's it. I'm leaving early tomorrow morning as soon as possible."