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Christine's POV
I quietly took the Phantom's hand and followed him to a wall in my father's grave. I was surprised when he pulled out one of the bricks in the wall and a set of stairs opened up on the floor. The phantom turned to me and said Angel, don't let go of my hand its dark down there and I wouldn't want you to get lost. We began to ascend the spiral stairwell till we reached the bottom. It was so dark down there I couldn't see my hand right in front of my face. We began moving and thank goodness I never accidentally let go of the phantom because I'd never find my way out. We twisted and turned so many times I was dizzy until we stopped at a dead end. I heard a small click and the brick wall slid to the side, I covered my eyes to the blinding light after being in the dark and it took me a minute to realize we were back in Erik lair.
"How on earth did we get back here?" I asked.
"There was an old shed once built where your father's grave is now, it lead down to these underground pipes. As a child when I was exploring down here I found the passage and followed it all the way to the cemetery." the Phantom replied.
I looked around and saw that not much had changed since I had been gone. I had not been back down here since the night on the roof with Raoul, and that was almost 3 months ago. The only difference was the small dollhouse sized stage that my angel kept to show the plays going on; it was completely empty except for some red fabric and stairs leading up to a stand.
"I'm working on the stage for Don Juan Triumphant," he said as I stood there staring at the design. "It's not really done yet."
There was a small awkward silence that Erik broke after a few minutes.
"So you haven't been around for you lessons in quite some time Christine, are you too busy playing house with that ridiculous Viscount?" The Phantom asked caustically.
I gave him an angry look, "no we have not, ever since I agreed to our engagement he has been distant, it's like he hardly wants to be around me at all."
Seeing that his comment had hurt me the phantom came over and placed his hand upon my cheek. "I'm sorry Christine."
"Thank you Phantom." I replied."
"Erik." he suddenly said aloud.
"Huh"
"My name is Erik." He said again.
"Erik," I replied trying it out, I liked it. In that moment Erik looked up into my eyes and I stared back into his. I began to realize that Raoul might have been the wrong choice after all. The next thing I knew I was kissing Erik. When our warm lips crashed together I never wanted it to end, but then I thought of Raoul and decided that I should end it with him before I went any farther with Erik, he was my childhood sweet heart after all. At that moment I pushed away from Erik and saw his surprised face when I did.
"Christine is there something wrong?" he asked.
"Well its Raoul," I said and before I could continue to explain Erik cut me off
"OH I SEE, YOU LITTLE VIXEN!" he cried with pain and anger. "You could never love a horrible monster as much as your imbecile Raoul. It doesn't matter whether he shows you any affection or not as long as you don't have to stare at this hideous face any more!" Erik screamed while ripping off his mask and wig.
"No, Erik it's not that." I said trying to approach him, but he just shoved me away.
"GET OUT OF HERE!" Erik screamed in his most threatening voice. "Get out before I personally drag you back up there myself!"
Hurt at his words and angry at not being able to finish what I was saying I turned on my heel and headed for the door back to my dressing room. "I'll come back and explain later once you've calmed down." I muttered under my breath.
I had only been back in my dressing room for 2 minutes when the door swung open and in stepped an Angry Raoul.
"Where have you been," he slurred." I've have been looking for you all day!"
"Raoul are you drunk?" I asked
"So what if I am? That's no excuse for where you have been. Probably with some lover of yours!" he angrily cried out.
"How dare you accuse me of that I have no idea where this idea came from or why you're so drunk in the middle of the day, but this needs to stop or this engagement is over." I said back.
"This Engagement is over when I say it is and if I find out who this lover of yours is that you are denying you are both going to be in trouble!" he yelled as he slammed the door closed and left.
I sat down in the closest chair and sighed wondering why everything was becoming so mixed up.
Hoped you enjoyed this chapter! please keep reviewing, once again i'd love to hear any comments, suggestions, or constructive critism. I'll try to have Chapter 3 up as soon as possible, depending on how much homework i have, haha. thanks again!