A Kiss Can Cause Pain
The next morning the opera house was busy with laughter and rough housing. The occasional complaint about the singing or the dresses or the dancing. People that had worked there as dances and singers had come to help young girls and boys practice. Christine would catch them looking over there shoulders or up into the rafters and this confused her so. Finally she mustered up the courage to ask one of them what they were looking for. 'Oh dear lord you don't know why the Opera Ghost still resides here you know. A little fire wouldn't drive him away forever no, no, no.' They would reply then scurry off like a mouse trying to hide from the big bad cat sleeping in the corner.
Nancy would pop in and out of the room watching, mostly Christine was the one she came and talked to. 'Why do I have to be the special one all the damn time?' Christine sighed and continued dancing as instructed, to be totally truthful with you Christine was enjoying herself and eager to know the peace that was being written by Nancy and what part she would play in it.
She knew this was wrong but she still kinda hopped that she had the lead role in it again. She loved finally being seen in the one place where no one should see her at all. The night before was wonderful and calming to her, after she got over the complete and utter terror of stage fright and missing her lines.
Christine danced to her fullest that day, also hoping that Erik was watching as well. Every time she thought that he might be watching she would smile and dance even harder. Spinning and leaping, she was amazed at how fond she was of a man that she had only met once before and had sent her way from him. She could only hope that he would come for her that night and if not she would go to him.
As day turned to night the teachers sent us to bed and went on their way, thankful that there had been no disturbances in the many hours they had been there. After first saying goodnight too Katty, Jacob, and the so very talkative Mike, Christine slipped away to her room. Just as she reached the doors she heard footsteps coming from behind her, spinning around she saw Aaron walking up to her smiling. Her heart sunk a little because she had hopped it would be Erik but she smiled and gave him a hug. "You were amazing today, I didn't even know you could dance I knew I made the right choice coming here." "Get out; you're here by your own free will?" Christine poked him in the stomach smiling. "Yeah it was either this or stay with my grandmother for 6 months. So yeah I picked here." They both laughed.
From the railing above them Erik watched, unseen and unheard in the everlasting darkness that seemed to follow him everywhere.
Christine and Aaron said goodnight to each other, kissed gently on the lips and parted. Aaron walked down the stairs to the boys' dormitory and Christine slipped into her room closing the door quickly and quietly.
From above Erik again crying into his hands and ran away to his underground prison.
Minutes turned into hours as Christine laid on her bed waiting to hear Erik singing to her, calling her name to lead her down into his mysterious world of music and darkness. But he never came; she didn't even hear the hushing of the wind telling her to go to him. Sitting up and pulling on her blood red silky rode she slide off the bed and glided ever so gracefully over to the mirror. Staring at it for a moment then sliding it open and stepping through closing it behind her.
Grabbing a lantern to light her way her walked quickly down the hall then down, down, down the spiraling staircase until she reached the underground lake, thankfully there was a boat there along with a paddle. Hooking the lantern on the bow of the little boat and stepping in Christine grabbed the paddle and began rowing to the chamber and the mystery man that lived there.
Passing all the carvings on the wall made Christine shutter, it was like all the lions and dragons were staring at her waiting for the right moment to attack. Finally she came to the giant gate that hid the chamber, as she rowed up to it the curtain drew back and the gate began to rise up. Pulling up to the shore Christine saw Erik sitting at his piano humming along to the music as he played.
Jumping out of the boat she walked over smiling blushing a little as well. 'I haven't been this happy in years.' With a sigh she shakes her head and steps closer to him. "Good evening Erik. Hum, that's never came out of my mouth before."
Erik turns too her, his face reddened for he had just managed to stop crying. "Can I help you with something?" he spat at her. Jumping back in confusion she shook her head. "I just came to see you." "Well you saw me, now you can leave!" Turning from her Erik gathered up his papers and stood looking everywhere but at Christine and walked away. "Erik, what's wrong?" She concerned. "Don't play dumb with me child, I say you last night and to night." He turned to her holding back tears. "Saw me doing what? Having a good time and talking too people? Sorry I didn't know that was a crime." Christine replied shaking her head, her hair swaying back and forth her voice hard.
"You were kissing that boy, that Aaron boy last night then earlier I saw you kiss him good night! You can do that, kiss someone then hours later kiss someone else!" Throwing his papers on the floor he turned and stomped to his room. Swallowing she knelt down picking up the papers and wiping her eyes. Eriks' words had hurt her so, and it scared her because they should not have effected her at all. It wasn't like they were a couple or anything like that; people had never been able to upset her in anyway. And no one had ever made her cry as if the world was ending. The only time she had ever cried like this was…..
No sorry it's not time for that story yet.
Picking up the last few pages and sitting them on the piano Christine walked back to the boat. Stopping only when she heard hushed cries coming from Erik's room, turning slowly Christine walked back to the room and looked around for him. Erik was sitting on a stool weeping as he looked at the music box with the monkey on it, it was playing the song the monkey chiming along to the music.
Looking up Erik wiped his eyes and cleared his throat. "You're still hear, why? Go back to your little Aaron." "Erik…" Standing up Erik stepped toward her. "No, I don't want to hear…" Christine face reddened and she clinched her fists and she spoke. "Well to bad you're going to listen and not speak until you know my reasons for what I did!!" Erik stunned by her outburst and the tears now running down her face stepped over to the bed quietly and sat down. 'No you has ever dared speak too me like this, so why don't I do something about it?' Erik opened his mouth to speak but then looked at Christine. He closed his mouth. 'Now may not be the best time for an out burst.'
Christine sighed and walked over sitting next to him looking at the ground, but when she found her voice again she looked back at him not caring if he saw the tears she could feel running from her overflowing eyes.
"About five years ago when I was living in New York I met Aaron; he was one of the toughest guys I knew. We hit it off immediately; we were so right for each other liked all the same things and everything. Two years went by and one day he gave me a ring, promising me that when I turned eighteen we would get married. But two years ago his mother got a letter from her father saying that he was dieing and he needed someone too take care of his wife. His mother moved immediately and took Aaron with him, they settled down here and when his grandfather pasted they never came back. His grandmother was dieing as well and his mother wanted to spend as much time with her as possible.
"One day he got a package in the mail, it was the ring he gave me." The tears had stopped running down Christines' face now and it confused Erik to the point were he had to shake his head a little too make sure he was seeing straight. "With that ring there was a note that explained that I was not going to wait for a man that may never come back to me. But that he would always have a place in my heart.
"Until yesterday I had forgotten who he was, I'd moved that far forward. Yes I kissed him but no were close to how I kissed you last night, the kiss I gave him was just to say hello the one you got was something special. I don't really know what his expectations are now but I know what mine is." Erik looked at the floor not wanting her to see him cry. "You're going to try getting him back and you're going to leave me alone." Christine places her and under his chin and turns his head back to her. "No, no I'm not. Erik you make me feel so alive, I've never felt that with Aaron. And it scares me because I've only met you once before.
"What you said back there hurt me, and if I didn't have strong feelings for you it wouldn't have. It takes a lot to hurt me Erik, I've only ever cried once before in my life." Tears started falling down again and she turned her back too him this time.
"You do things to me that only one person in the world has done before and she ripped my heart out, that's why I said what I did I wanted you away from me and out of my mind so I wouldn't lose my heart again." Erik wrapped his arms around Christines' waist and pulled her close to him crying into her back. "But it's too late you have my heart now and when I saw you kiss him it almost killed me." Erik sobbed holding her tightly. Christine was crying to, she placed one hand on the hands that held her and placed the other hand on the back of his head fiddling with his hair.
"I love you Christine! I love you with everything I have!" he whimpers his face still buried into her night gown and rode. Through tears and muffled sobs she whispers too him. "I love you too Erik." As those words left Christines' lips his heart jumped and he kissed her shoulder and neck all the way up to her ear. Christine turned in his arm and captured his lips with hers'; sliding his hand up to her neck Erik pulled her head closer to his. 'This moment can't ever end; it should stay like this forever.'
Both Erik and Christine were still crying as they kissed each other for what felt like hours but were truly only a few short minutes. 'Maybe this time it will be different, maybe this time the love is real.' Erik thought laying down with Christine in his arms. Christine cuddled close to him and sighed. 'Love has me by the neck and I hope it never lets me go.'
Erik wiped the last few tears from his eyes and pulled Christine as close to him as he possibly could. "Good night my love." He kissed the sleeping Christine on the forehead and closes his eyes pondering over his new feelings for this new Christine.
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"This is just delicious, two nights in a row they must really be attracted to each other." Nancy smiles when Danny comes with the news. Crawling into bed after shucking off his clothes he sighs. "I don't know that Giry woman is beginning to realize what we're doing here, what if she muddles it all up for us?" "Well we just have to make sure that doesn't happen, as for Aaron, make sure he knows his place when it comes to Christine. If she doesn't take care of it when she comes back, this is highly doubtful though." Danny looks up at her curiously. "What do you mean?" "Why I mean cameras tell every ones secrets, even the Opera Ghost." Both start laughing, then suddenly Danny kisses Nancy hard on the lips slipping his tongue into her mouth. Nancy smiles and turns off the lights, while Danny throws the covers over them for a rumble in the sack.
Do those two ever stop just for one night?? I as I said I just write what comes to me and this is what popped up. Review me!! LOL
