I am SO sorry that I haven't been updating! I've just been really, really busy and haven't been able to work on my story a lot and whenever I went online I had to do other things. I hope you guys haven't given up on this story. Also I realize now that my character's name doesn't really fit into France but she's suppose to be from America so I'll try to work that out. However I was thinking about changing her last name so tell me if you agree. Anyway on with the story!

The next night Erik waited in his usual position but this time was surprised to see his pupil rush down the stairs. "I know who you are," She said. Erik froze.

"How?" He asked.

"When Madame Giry gave me your letter last night Meg saw the seal on it," The girl said. "She cornered me at the after party and told me that she only knew of one person who used that seal. The Phantom of the Opera. She told me that I had to stop taking lessons from you."

"So are you here to tell me you're stopping our lessons?" Erik asked. He was bitter but he knew that he should have expected this. He couldn't have a pupil without them leaving him. Such was his fate.

"No!" The girl said. "I want to stay your pupil if you'll let me. I just wanted you to know that I knew who you were."

"Of course I'll let you still be my pupil," Erik said. "But," He said, "didn't you say that you'd tell me who you were once you found out who I was?"

"Yes," The girl said. "I am Tessa Hunter."

"Well it's very nice to meet you Tessa," Erik said.

"It's very nice to meet you too," Tessa said. "Are we still doing lessons for tonight?"

"Of course," Erik said. "Don't think that you're off." Tessa smiled.

"I didn't think so," She said and began to sing the first warm up Erik told her to.

Meg was stunned at what her mother revealed to her. Her own mother had had known what the Phantom was doing the whole time! She was the one who had actually mentioned him although not by name to Tessa as a very good singing teacher she could ask for lessons from. Not only that but she had been protecting the Phantom from harm ever since they were both children! "Do not try to make Tessa stop her music lessons with him," Madame Giry said.

"But why not?" Meg asked. "I know how you feel towards him mother but think of what happened with Christine! What if that is to happen again?"

"It will not happen again," Madame Giry said.

"How can you be so sure?" Meg asked.

"Erik doesn't want the past to repeat itself as much as we don't," Madame Giry said. "He doesn't want to fall for someone only to have them break him all over again. He will be wary with Tessa but there is something about that child…she seems to naturally care for our Phantom."

When Tessa went up to the ballet dormitories one of the ballet girls told her that Madame Giry and Meg wanted to see her in Madame Giry's rooms. Tessa quickly made her way down there hoping that they weren't going to demand that she stop taking lessons from the Phantom. When she came in Madame Giry smiled at her. "Hello Tessa," She said. "Please have a seat." Tessa sat down in a chair next to Meg's which were both in front of the brown leather fainting couch that Madame Giry sat on facing them. "I've explained to Meg about your situation with the Phantom," Madame Giry said, "and she has agreed to keep it a secret." Relief filled Tessa.

"Thank you," Tessa said.

"But if he tries to get in the way of your love life or kidnaps you," Meg said, "then I will be made to interfere." Tessa nodded.

"Of course," She said.

"Although I'm quite sure that you have nothing to worry about," Madame Giry said. "Now," She said with a faint smile at Meg and Tessa, "you two should get to bed." Both girls stood up and hugged Madame Giry saying their goodnights and she returned both the hugs and the goodnights. Then the girls left and went up to ballet dormitories where they changed into their nightgowns and said their goodnights to each other before climbing into bed. As Tessa fell asleep she could have sworn that she heard the faint but beautiful music of an organ flittering up from bellow.