I Belong to You (Phantom of the Opera Fanfiction)

Chapter 19

Chapter 19

"Let him go!"

The words seemed to echo in the sudden silence. No one was moving, not even the men restraining Erik.

Christine froze, the reality of the moment setting in. Her heart seemed to be hammering in her ear drums. What did I just do? She blinked and looked at Erik, who was looking at her in apparent shock.

I tried to save him. I told those men to stop. What was I thinking?

Everyone began talking, yelling, and moving again. Christine felt her still body being led away from the scene. She didn't try resisting. Nothing was making sense, so she couldn't help but let other people take control.

As the cops brought Erik off the floor to a standing restraint, Christine felt herself being turned away, as if it was too terrible or traumatizing to watch.

Then, she was practically pushed into a chair surrounded by people, all of whom were speaking to her at once.

She blinked, trying to regain hearing. Something one person said caught her attention. "Your parents are on their way."

Christine just nodded.

"Are you hurting anywhere?" another person asked.

She shook her head.

Another asked, "Are you thirsty?"

"I- I- I don't... know." Christine was just so confused. This didn't seem real.

Everyone seemed to back off after hearing the tone of her voice. "Your parents will be here soon," someone said. No one asked her another question after that.

Maybe they think I'm crazy.. I tried to help Erik and I'm acting so out of it. Maybe I am crazy.

Christine kept to herself until, about ten minutes later, her parents were rushing towards her.

They threw their arms around her, both of them crying and kissing her head. They were both talking at once, making it hard to understand what either of them were saying.

All Christine knew was that she was extremely glad to see them again, to smell them, to hear them. She was crying too.

They backed away a little after a few minutes. "Are you ok?" John asked urgently, his voice shaky.

"Yeah, I'm ok," she replied softly. Am I really, though? Her actions were beginning to make her doubt it was true.

"I- I can't believe this," Norah said, shaking her head with tears in her eyes. "Christine, baby, my God... how do you feel?"

Christine could be honest with them. They were her parents, after all. She rubbed some tears away. "C- confused mostly..." One thing she knew she couldn't say, though, was that she'd tried to save her kidnapper. They were undoubtedly going to find out, of course. Then, she'd probably be sent to a mental institution or something.

"Of course you feel confused," her mom said, hugging her again.

Her father squeezed her hand once before turning and whispering with one of the people who had witnessed Christine's actions. He was soon to find out what she'd done.

Christine tried to mainly focus on her mom who was still staring at her.

"I- I don't even know where to begin," Norah said. "I'm just-.. so glad you're back." She couldn't help but hug her again.

"It's really good to see you," Christine whispered.

"Do you want me to call Robert? Meg?" She started scurrying for her purse, which had fallen off.