Phantom of the Opera Fanfiction

"Change of Heart"

by Andrea Kay

On that bridge as they held each other it seemed nothing else mattered, It felt right. Erik began singing to Christine in such a beautiful yet familiar melody

"say you'll share with me

one love, one lifetime

lead me, save me

from my solitude…"

She turned to face him as he held her hands in his and passionately continued,

"…anywhere you go,

let me go too!

Christine, that's all I ask of you!"

And as he finished his plea, Christine slipped off his mask to look into the eyes of the man who loved her so. She did not know what came over her, but pity and love when she gazed in into those pleading, loving blue eyes. Never had they seemed so soft, kind, and loving. It was then she decided that she was falling for Erik. Months of trying to escape him for fear of harm. But this moment made all the past fade as she began to realize it was all for her, just because he only wished to be loved. For he never felt it…until he met her. She was overcome with passion and kissed him right then and there. The crowd was still in shock from seeing his horrid face but they were not heard, as the world seemed to fade around them. Nothing mattered at that moment except their love and passion for each other. Raoul looked on and couldn't believe his eyes. "Was this part of the plan? The play?" he thought to himself. His heart broke of jealousy. "How could she kiss that hideous monster? She didn't even flinch at the sight of his face." He knew he was losing her.

When the kiss broke, Christine looked into his eyes and softly sang in return,

"Yes, I'll go anywhere

you ask me to.

Have me,

that's all I ask of you!"

Erik could not believe his ears. She loved him! She kissed him. He had never been kissed before or loved. Tears ran down his face, the emotions were overwhelming. Right at that moment, the police began to close in. After this, Erik could not let it end.

The trap he had planned to use to kidnap Christine before, now was for their escape together. He quickly unties the rope, grabs Christine, "Hold on." They went down his trap to the labyrinth once again. They ran together, Erik holding on to Christine as she followed and willingly ran with him. He was smiling. "Was she really going to go with me? Leave everything…. for ME?" He thought to himself. Christine looked back, without regrets. She knew deep inside Raoul would probably find another with his fortune, handsome looks and sweet nature. Erik wouldn't have been so fortunate. Besides, he picked her. He chose her out of everyone else: to teach, to love. He wasn't so ugly to her as once before. She had seen him with new eyes now. She saw all the good in him. She believed all he needed, wanted was someone to love him for him and not his looks. Christine had finally seen that. When she did, she began to love him.

They got to his house on the lake and Erik suddenly stopped. He seemed to be thinking, and then he turned around, and grabbed Christine in his arms and kissed her passionately, like he longed to do for some time. When they broke apart, he looked at her and asked, "Are you sure? Do you really want to be with me?" Tears streaming down his face. She wiped them away, touched the deformed side of his face and replied, "Yes, with all my heart. My eyes and my heart have been opening and I see the good and love in you. You just wanted someone to love you. I see that now. I love you, Erik. I realize that now. You are the one I want." Erik could not believe his ears! She loved him! He has never felt such a way before. To love was one thing, but to be loved in return was something else. He enjoyed that feeling. That night he changed. He wanted to show his love for her forever. Especially since she loved him.

He snapped back into reality when hearing voices shouting, "kill him!" He then told her to grab things quickly for a trip. While she did, he grabbed a candlestick and began smashing all his mirrors until he smashed the one with a secret passageway. With all of them broken, the officers wouldn't know where to look. He then ran and helped grab supplies. A few clothes, his music he was working on, and his money. Erik got Christine and right before entering he stopped turned around and asked one last time, "Are you sure?" She then leaned in and kissed him, replying with a simple "Yes". With that they ran off into the night onto a train that would take them elsewhere in France, away from Paris, together.