Your Teacher (Phantom of the Opera Fanfiction)

Chapter 14

Chapter 14

I can't keep doing this! I just can't! Christine was panicking and even sweating a bit as she drove to school the following morning. Things will only get worse and worse if I don't end it right now. She knew she was right. If she continued to lead Robert on, he was going to continue to follow.

It was obvious that he liked her, as he'd made clear on their date two nights before. He'd even tried to kiss her! Christine felt horrible for somehow making him believe it was ok to try something like that, especially on their first date. I deserve punishment for what I've done…

Five minutes later, she was parked in the high school parking lot and getting out of her car. Christine tried to plan the 'break-up' –if she could even call it that- in her head.It's not even like we're in a relationship. I've hung out with him once. Sure, I learned that he's liked me since freshman year, but still… that doesn't mean we're a couple.

Attempting to pull off a confident attitude, she decided, He's just going to have to get over it. I don't like him like that, so he'll have to accept it and move on.

About fifteen seconds after Christine got out of her car, Meg came speeding into the parking lot. The girl had a lead foot and always had her music blasting. Usually, Christine would immediately notice her car coming –as did everyone else- but not today. She was in her own anxiety-laden world and didn't even notice Meg staring at her close-by as she walked towards the school building.

Whoa, was Meg's immediate thought to what she was seeing. Christine was displaying her emotions as if they had a life of their own. She was going from nervous to sad to angry to confident and then back to sad in the length of a few seconds. The blonde had to blink to keep from getting dizzy. "Hey," she called cheerfully while tentatively approaching her best friend on the sidewalk.

Christine didn't notice Meg until she felt a hand knock on her head.

"Earth to Christine.." Meg found that she really wasn't too surprised by what she was seeing. Her friend was under a lot of unneeded stress, as of late. What with the big date with Robert that the whole school was gossiping about and then the whole crush on her voice teacher… She couldn't blame her for acting this way.

Christine blinked. Meg was standing right in front of her. "Hey," she said in surprise. "Um, how long have we been standing like this?" She briefly looked around hoping no one was watching.. or laughing. At least the two of them were still outside. People seemed to be minding their own business.

"Oh, only about half a minute," Meg replied nonchalantly and with a reassuring smile.

Christine sighed wearily. "Sorry," she mumbled. "Rough morning, I guess."

"It does look like it," Meg said before looking down at her watch. "Look, we have a few minutes before we need to go in. How about we move over here.." She led her by the elbow towards a bench. "And you explain to me what's going on."

She sighed again at the look of patience on her friend's face. They sat on the bench, and all was silent. "Well," Christine eventually began. "I'm going to talk to Robert today."

Meg nodded slowly, encouragingly. "Ok.. what are you going to talk to him about?" As everyone knew, Meg was good at reading people, especially if that person was her best friend. She had a feeling she knew what was going on.

Not knowing how else to put it, Christine simply said, "I'm going to end it, whatever 'it' is."

"Ohh," Meg said while feeling slightly proud of herself for being right about the situation. "Well, when are you going to talk to him?"