A/N: I am very sorry for another short chapter. I really what'd to write more, but it just kinda ended there. I'll try to make the next chapter longer. But at least it's a chapter right? Enjoy!

Oh, and special thanks to my friend for rereading and correcting this. So any mistakes are all his fault! ;P

Hello and Goodbye

The doorbell rang and voices could be heard just outside. Regina stopped singing and dashed to the door to open it. 'Saved!' She thought. The door opened before she reached it. Entering the house were her brother and sister back from school. Her brother had rang the doorbell even though he knew his sister had a key to the house. "Hey guys." Regina said cheerfully, trying hard not to look tired from Erik's lessons. Russell said a quick hello and headed to the room with the TV.

"Did you run around the house or something?" Her sister asked, closing the door behind her. "You look exhausted."

"I ran to open the door for you guys." She explained, soon realizing this would only raise her suspicion of her.

"I have a key you know." Dawn waved her key in front of Regina's face to see it and left for her room.

Regina sighed and headed back to her own room where Erik was waiting for her, and probably ask her why she left in such a hurry. Since their last conversation, Erik was working Regina harder than before. He had found a pen which he could pick up and would often poke her with it when ever she started to slouch. 'Revenge.' She thought. 'I better not tease him anymore now.'

What she didn't know that Erik had become exhausted as well. Holding the pen for so long seemed to have drained him of what energy he had left. He couldn't remember a time when he had felt so weak. He hated it, but he couldn't stop himself from dropping the pen and falling to his knees. "Erik!" Regina had come just in time to see him fall and attempted to catch him, only to watch her arms go through him.

Erik laughed weakly at her. "Heh, pour une jeune femme telle que vous montrer l'inquiétude pour moi bien que je suis mort. Vous amusant tout à fait."

"I have no idea what you said." Regina gave him a small smile. "But I bet it was insulting, so you must be OK." As Regina got up, Erik fell to the floor. "Erik!" She yelled as the phantom lost consciousness and fell to the floor. He cursed his weakness even as he fell. There was nothing the girl could do but watch. A part of her knew she shouldn't worry since he is already dead but she couldn't help gazing at his unmoving and now transparent body. She turned away from him once she noticed that his clothes were also transparent. Though it was only for a moment, her cheeks turned a bright red from seeing Erik's skeletal body. She glanced back at him, making sure to look only at his upper half, to see if there was any change. Erik was still transparent and unmoving. "Are you leaving me, so soon?" She asked and sat down next to him and waited for him to disappear or wake up. "Please be OK."

While Regina waited worryingly, Erik was in a place he had grown all too familiar with. 'This is...' All around him was black. He could not see anything or do anything. 'Hmh. Looks like I've returned.' He wasn't sure if he was standing or laying down or floating. It didn't really matter to him but the thought refused to leave. 'Shall I wait here for all eternity then?'

"Erik." A soft and kind voice called. He had heard this voice many times before and knew it very well, and he should, since he trained it.

"Christine." His eyes darted around the darkness trying to find some sign of his angel. "Are you truly here this time, or is this another trick?"

"No, I'm really here Erik." Though he couldn't see her, he knew she was smiling. "Monsieur Nadir said you would come here soon."

"So the Daroga is with you... Christine why have you returned to me?"

There was a silence before she answered. "You've been in purgatory for so long Erik, I thought that someone could help you."

'Help me?' Erik had almost said this aloud but caught himself. " I am beyond help Christine-"

"But you have a second chance now." Christine exclaimed. "I wish I could have helped you when we were alive but..." There was another silence which somehow seemed deafening to Erik.

"Is this girl supposed to help me? Ha! How is she going to help me?!"

"I don't want to see you suffer anymore Erik." Christine's voice had gotten louder and he thought he could see her silhouette in the darkness. "Please, you must let go and move on. Goodbye Erik."

"Christine..." As he spoke her name, he could feel himself drifting from the dark world and back to his ghostly form. The phantom open his eyes and gazed at the ceiling. He had meet with his beloved Christine once more, only to say goodbye. Erik sat up, realizing he felt refreshed and full of energy and a little more solid than before. Turning his head he saw Regina was laying against her bed, asleep. Worry still apparent in her face as she dreamed. He glanced at the digital clock to see 2 hours have passed since he fell. 'Has she been waiting for me?' Erik wondered. He almost laughed at the thought but turned his gaze back to the sleeping girl. When she slept, she seemed more like a young adult than an energetic teenager. 'That's right, she is a young woman.' He reminded himself. 'Old enough to be married and have children in my time.' A small smile creased his face as he watched her sleep. He sat down next to her and whispered. "You need not worry for me mademoiselle, I am dead and do not need it. Rest now, and dream of better things, than of my well-being."

A half hour passed before Regina finally woke up. She looked at the floor where Erik was when she fell asleep. He was no longer there. "He's gone."

"Unfortunately I am not." Erik said from behind. Regina turned around to find Erik sitting on the bed watching her. "So you need not-"

"You're Ok!" Regina jumped up and leapt to hug him to once again fall through the ghost and onto the bed. Erik was surprised at her reaction and wasn't sure what to say. This was what, the third time she forgot he had no physical body? What he couldn't understand even more was her concern for him. He was dead, he had been unkind to her, and he had done nothing to earn her affection. Yet she cared for him. Regina laughed as she adjusted herself to sit next to Erik. "I did it again." She smiled at him sweetly. "So, what shall we do now?"

Erik gazed at her, thinking of what Christine said. 'This girl... this young woman, is going to help me?' Turning his eyes away from her he spoke. "I would like to see this movie about me that you spoke of."

"Really? You'll probably not like it."

"There are very few things in this world that I like."

"OK, then." Going through her closet she pulled out the DVD. "They really didn't do the story justice, just to warn you." She placed the DVD in the slot and made herself comfy on the floor in front of the TV. As the Menu appeared, Erik started to wonder if watching this was a smart thing to do.