"You alone can make my song take flight…
Help me make the music of the night…."
I sat with my headphones in, my knees up to my chest and my eyes fixated on the screen in front of me. I was watching the 25th Anniversary of The Phantom of the Opera for what might have been the 50th time in a month. I adored seeing the Cast and the Crew, especially the leading roles Phantom and Christine be played astonishingly by Ramin and Sierra (Or as I call the pairing 'Rierra'). I liked Hadley Fraser too, just not as much as Ramin.
"Christina!" I heard my mum shout and I took out my headphones, I didn't realise how late it had gotten, I was obviously too engrossed in watching the production that I lost track of time.
She walked into my room and sighed at me, I was still watching the production, although paused on a blurred, imperfect screen shot of Ramin, "Christina, come on, it's late, it's time for you to sleep, No discussion, school is more important than watching this." She said, and closed down my laptop, before giving the top of my head a kiss and walking out, switching my light off as she did.
I picked up my phone and plugged it in to charge before placing it on the side with my headphones plugged in ready to listen to music before I slept. It always helped me when I couldn't sleep. I changed into my pyjamas and placed on my dressing gown. I wasn't going to sleep JUST yet. My dressing gown reminded me a little like Christine's – that's why I liked it even more. Once I used to stand in my room and 'sing' to my mirror, as if a masked man would take me down to his lair and sing to me…
I sat back on my bed and pulled back the covers, slipped under and turned on my music. I specially downloaded the Original London Cast performing the album of the 25th anniversary because I loved the ensemble and Ramin of course… I shuffled the songs in the album and it landed on the Overture, naturally it scared the living daylights out of me, but I soon got over it and shut my eyes to go to sleep. Before I knew it The Music of the Night was playing again, and I felt myself drift off into sweet serenity, Ramin's voice flooding my ears.
'Close your eyes and surrender to your darkest dreams,
Purge all thoughts of the life you knew before…
Close your eyes and let your spirit start to soar. . . . . . . . '