(Sound of crowd booing) I am SO sorry for not updating again. I was doing so good, and now I completely blew it. Sorry, but hey, this is a long chapter, so ENJOY!
Christine walked down the hallway, rubbing her neck. She had just finished a long day of training with Madame Giry, and now her whole body was sore.
As Christine rounded a corner, she found Raoul waiting for her in front of her door.
Raoul looked over at her. "Ah, good evening Christine. I was hoping that I would find you before you retired for the evening."
Christine gave him a small smile. "Good evening Raoul."
Raoul returned her smile. "I was wondering, since you could not come to dinner with me and my father to night, if you would care to come with me to dinner at Le Buen La."
Christine's eyes widened. Le Buen La restaurant was one of the most expensive restaurants in Paris. Raoul must really be wanting to court if he would want to take her there.
Christine swallowed then said. "Raoul, there is something that I need to discuss with you."
"What is that?"
"I appreciate you invitations and gifts, I really do, but I just don't think that I should be accepting them if you are trying to court me, are you?"
"Well, I was hoping that you might consider that as an option someday."
Christine nodded. "I suspected as much. But Raoul, I just want to be friends, nothing more." Up above, Christine heard the sound of some footsteps, sounding as if they were purposely trying to get her attention.
Christine cleared her throat. "I don't think that I will courting anyone in the near future. I have so much to do as the Prima Donna, and it is my passion. I just don't think that I will have time for courting anyone."
Raoul thought for a second, then nodded. "I understand. I am sorry that you did not want those gifts. I will make certain to stop sending them to you, if it makes you uncomfortable."
Christine smiled. "Thank you Raoul, I knew you would understand. Well, good night."
"Good night." Raoul turned and walked away.
Christine gave a huge sigh of relief as she opened her door. Now Raoul and she could just be friends.
Over the next couple of days, Christine went back to her normal life, although she did not see Erik very often. Madame Giry was pushing everyone very hard to get the dance perfect, so by the time Christine went to her bedroom, she was so exhausted that she immediately changed and went to sleep.
Finally, the weekend came, and Madame Giry let everyone have two days off.
Christine was very excited, she could hardly wait to see Erik.
As she thought about this, she got so distracted that she almost fell while spinning.
After a brief reprind from Madame Giry, she went back to work.
Erik was also very excited: Tonight was their 6 month anniversary of being married. He had transformed the lair to make it more romantic, with dozens of roses and candles, and a gourmet dinner for them.
When evening finally arrived, Christine happily almost skipped to her bedroom.
As she neared it, Raoul stood up from his spot sitting next to her door.
Christine stopped suddenly and smiled at him.
"Oh, hello Raoul. I didn't expect to see you this evening."
"Yes, sorry I didn't talk to you earlier, but I was wondering if you would like to do something with me."
Christine nodded. "What is it?"
"Well, my father thought that it would be a good idea if you would come with us to dinner tonight, to celebrate the new opera that is coming up."
"Oh," was all Christine could say. It didn't sound as though Raoul was still trying to court her, but she knew that Erik was waiting for her down in the lair.
Before Christine could give him an answer, Raoul took her arm and began to lead her towards the front of the opera house. "Come, I already have a carriage waiting for us. And don't worry about you clothes, you look beautiful."
Christine tried to protest, but Raoul seemed to not hear her, so she just allowed him to take her to dinner, hoping that Erik would not be too angry.
Oooooooh, what will Erik do when he finds out what happened? I know. I have the idea already in my head. Don't worry, I hope to update sooner then this time. (maybe). (hopefully) Yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, um, just review and tell me if you liked this chapter. I am actually nearing the end of this story (i think) and only 2 maybe 3 chapters until it is done. SOB :( :( Oh well, a ll good things must come to an end. Until next chapter, good bye. Li Li
P.S. Go to my profile, find the poll I have there, and tell me which kind of story I should write about after I finish this story. I will bump the deadline to Dec 15, but I want you all to PLEASE tell me what story to write about. I only have the options on there that I have because I have ideas for each of those stories. BYE!
