The Phantom and Christine
Christine is in the phantom's lair and has to choose between Roual and Erik. She doesn't know which one to choose because when she is with one of them they make her feel different than when she is with the other. She has to choose Erik or he will hang Roual, but if she chooses Erik it will break Roual's heart. Her mind is racing with thoughts going in and out, in and out. She decides to go with the one that no matter what won't care about her appearance or have second thoughts and go with someone else. She has not made up her mind with whom to go with. She asked," I love you both, but why must I be forced to choose?"
Roual says," I know you love us both but it is for both sakes… that you must choose between me and…" Erik yanking the rope around his neck harder and harder cut him of. Now you could almost see blood coming from Roual's neck.
Erik said," The reason you must choose is because I want to know whom you truly love. Not because of my face or his money it is whom you truly care for and truly cares for you back and makes you feel good. That is why you must choose."
Christine didn't know what to say to words spoken so boldly by Erik. Roual had never said anything like this that had made so much sense and touched her heart. She knew she must hurry and make her decision. Now Erik had her heart more than before. She now understood why he had gone through all of this. She understood him now and had decided to give Roual a chance to touch her heart like Erik had done. She said," Roual, I have one question to ask you. Would you still love me if something had happened to me and everyone was petrified of me and made fun of me to make me hide away somewhere cold, lonesome, and dark with not a living thing and I be horrified to be seen by anyone? Would you still love me then?"
Roual did not know what to say. He new she had used Erik's life as an example. She knew that he had not believed in the phantom of the opera. He knew how she had trapped him in a small corner of a cage. She knew if he had not believed in the phantom then why would he have believe in her then.
Erik was happy to see that she had now understood his life from a child to an adult. He was overjoyed that she had used him as an example. Erik was now eager to hear Roual's response. He had lost his patience. While pulling on the rope even tighter he commanded," Answer her. She asked a question now answer it."
Roual short of breath said," I would treat you the same… as I had treated you before or as I had treated the Phantom… but that was wrong. I see what you are… saying now and how it can make you feel when you treat people different."
Christine had taken in Roual's words and Erik's from before, but she couldn't make up her mind she loved both of them. They had both taken a part of heart and she didn't know which one was more important. She had more and more thoughts running through her mind.
Finally Erik had had enough and said quite calmly yet rationally angry," Christine who do you choose?"
Christine said," I choose….
TO BE CONTINUED…
