This story will be an AU starting with Christine practicing for Don Juan. I have not personally read all the Phantom of the opera fanficition so if my story is like anyone else I apologize and will take it down it was an idea I had last night before bed. Thank you to everyone for their reviews.

I don't own any of these characters they are owned by others like Gaston Leroux and Andrew Lloyd Webber

Chapter 2

Christine had been able to stay at the Opera Popular for the remainder of the days prior to Don Juan. She awoke early that day thinking about what her angel Erik had told her. Did she want to marry him and let him teach her everything? Did she still want to marry Raoul she was not sure? She knew that she could not trust Raoul to have her best interests are heart since he would not listen to her about how her angel wanted her to sing. Soon she found herself being prepared for the opera tonight she had thought that she might see her angel or Raoul and it would help to make her decision easier.

Madam Giry walked into Christine's room to find her surrogate daughter staring off into space. "So Christine would you like to talk about what is on your mind?" Christine looked up at the ballet mistress and sighed and said "Erik has told me he wishes to marry and of course as you know I am engaged to Raoul. Raoul seems to not really listen to me when it is something that is important to me. I know he means to hurt Erik tonight should he make an appearance. I know that I care for Erik and that I enjoying singing with him and Raoul I know he reminds me of my past and happy summer with my father. But I am not sure who I love and who I should be with?!"

Madam Giry thought about what Christine said she had to admit she was partial to Erik winning Christine's heart but it had to be what her daughter felt not what others thought was best for her. So choosing her words carefully she said "Christine who do you think about before bed and who is on your mind when you wake in the morning. Who do you feel like you can talk to about anything? And last but not least me dear. Who makes you feel safe and loved?" Madam Giry hugged her daughter and whispered in her ear "I know you will follow your heart and make the best choice for yourself." She then kissed Christine's head and then left her room for she did not trust herself to not try and persuade Christine to take Erik as her man to make him happy since his life had been so unhappy.

Christine sat on her bed and thought over what Madam Giry had said to her she also thought about the kiss that she and Erik had shared and also the many kisses that she had had from Raoul. Erik's kiss had awakened in her a wanting to be close to him where Raoul's kisses although pleasant they did not make her feel like she wanted more and she knew that in time whichever man she agreed to marry and became his wife she would be expected to make love to.

She finished getting ready to go on stage and she prayed that Raoul did not hurt her angel Erik. When she reached the stage she saw how serious Raoul was about hurting her Erik and she knew that she would be the key to his showing up or not. Christine quickly found Madam Giry and said "Madam I trust you to tell Erik where to find me I can't be a part of this plot to hurt or kill him. I know he probably has a plan to get out of it alive but I don't want to risk it. I only hope he will not be too angry. Can you ask him to come and see me I'd like to talk to him? Also if Raoul is looking for me would you be so kind to say I went to your home to rest that I did not feel up to this opera when you came to help me dress. I want the time with Erik first then I will set things right with Raoul." Madam Giry nodded her head and smiled at Christine once Christine walked away Madam Giry glanced up and saw that Erik had heard what Christine said first hand and his eyes showed how much he loved Christine and that he was not mad at her.

Christine was in her dressing room and she could not decide if she wanted to change clothes or meet her angel with her costume from his opera on. She knew that she had a lot of things that she wanted to tell Erik and she hoped he would listen and maybe understand why she did not go on stage tonight she thought that the costume he had designed for her might make him pause enough to listen to what she had to say. Taking a deep breath she flipped the switch by the mirror and stepped inside she then slid the mirror closed and started her journey to Erik.

She was coming up on the river crossing and she knew that he had poled a boat the last time she was here, she did not know is she would have the strength to pole the boat on her own but she knew that she had to try she needed to see Erik needed to explain to him and hope that she was not too late to maybe keep the love that she knew that he felt for her.

********************************************************************************************************************Erik watched Christine as she had walked away from Madam Giry and he had heard her words to his oldest friend but he was not sure if he should hope that she loved him too since he knew of the Vicomte's plan to try and have him arrested or shot if he was to show up on the stage with Christine. Erik looked for Christine in her dressing room but she was not there when he arrived and then he remembered what she had said to Madam Giry and he figured out that she might be at his home under the opera house waiting for her. Well he would not make her any longer he would go to Christine and if he was right and she did have feelings for him he would propose marriage as he had promised.

Raoul was up in box 5 and when he saw the curtain rise on act 2 and it was not Christine he knew that he had just been made a fool of he stormed out of his box and went in search of Meg or Madam Giry to see what on earth Christine was and if she needed him to rescue her from that monster that she had called an angel. He soon founf Madam Giry and when he asked after Christine Madam Giry said " I went to help Christine dress for the opera and she was not feeling well Vicomte so I sent her home to the flat that Meg and I and Christine at times between operas have shared. I am sorry but I fear this opera has stressed her greatly." Raoul nodded he had known that Christine was not comfortable with trying to entrap that monster so Raoul said to Madam Giry "I will arrive at your flat tomorrow around noon I expect to see my fiancé." He turned on his heel and walked out of the opera house.

NEXT CHAPTER Erik and Christine talk and then Christine has to beat the clock to make it to Madam Giry's to talk with Raoul.