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Erik

Watching her watching their story unfold on that small, aging television, brought a slight smile on Erik's face. Even though the story was not entirely accurate, seeing The Phantom and Christine and watching Christine during these parts made Erik actually happy. Christine turned to him during the Music of the Night segment and smiled at him. She smiled at him. Erik now had hope that she knew there was something connecting them. The bell then rang, and all the students started stretching and yawning.

"Alright class," Dr. Mulheim announced, "We will continue watching this next class. Have a good day everyone."

Erik heard Christine and Meg exchanging words as they were packing their bags for the day.

"Are you sure, Christine?" Meg seemed worried.

"Yes, I'm going to do it today. I thought about all through class, I think I just need to break it off."

"What's the problem? Roman is such a nice guy, and you can see he really likes you."

"I know, but I don't think he's what I need right now," Christine pulled her hair to one side, "he needs someone that actually appreciates him, and I don't think I can do that for him right now."

Erik had another one of his slight smiles on as he looked down and packed his computer bag. Christine was going to break up with that stupid boy. He hoped that this could help them become closer somehow. Erik knew that it was selfish, but he wanted to be the one to comfort Christine at her time of need. His thoughts were interrupted by Meg's voice.

"Thanks for a great class today, Dr. Mulheim," Meg smiled widely, "Phantom of the Opera is, like, mine and Christine's life!"

Erik nodded his head towards the girls, "Happy you enjoyed yourselves."

With that, the two girls left, leaving Erik to his thoughts.

Christine

Roman did not take the breakup well, at all. He couldn't understand why Christine would break up with him, but Christine couldn't live her lie anymore. She needed someone who understood her as an outcast. Even though she was the head cheerleader this year, no one really knew her. Meg had been her only friend in the school and she just got lucky for the spot. Roman followed her until she reached her block.

"Christine, don't be like this. I don't know what I did, but please let's work this out."

Christine turned with tears in her eyes. "I can't do this right now, Roman, my life…I don't have the strength for a boyfriend right now, maybe later."

Roman caught up to her and turned her around. "Christine, please."

Christine placed the palm of her hand on Roman's cheek. "Listen, give me until the Winter Formal to figure things out, we can still go together and have a good time, just right now, I need some space. Please understand."

Roman sighed, "Okay, Chris."

"This has nothing to do with you, you need to remember that. I just need some time to figure out what I want and to concentrate on my music…"

"Your music," Roman's eyes narrowed, "Is this about Dr. Mulheim?"

"What?" Christine was caught off guard by that question.

"This entire summer you and me…we were good. All of a sudden you start this music class and you completely shun me."

"Roman, it's not like that."

Roman backed off of Christine, "No, It's cool Christine. I get it. He gets your music, I don't. I saw the way he looked at you today. I just didn't think you would fall for something like that."

Christine was irritated at this point, "What are you talking about, Roman; you know I only have eyes for you! I just can't do this right now."

"I'll wait for you till Winter Formal, but if I see you or anything that seems somewhat weird with your Music teacher, you can count on this relationship over." With that, Roman left her standing alone at the end of her block.

Christine was so angry she could punch something. She admitted to herself that Mulheim was more understanding with the power of music and that he pretty handsome, if you could see past the deep scars on his face, but that didn't mean she would do anything with him. He was her teacher; there were so many things that would go wrong if she even tried to be friends with him. She had to also admit that she did feel a strange pull towards him whenever he was around her. It was like she wasn't whole without him around; same with the Man with no Face in her dreams. She thought this might have been a good time to put it to the test. Since she knew where Dr. Mulheim lived, it could be a good idea to at least get to know him and prove to herself that she wasn't interested.

Christine looked around to see if Roman was officially gone before she walked up to the dark wooden door that was the only separation from the two and knocked.

Erik

Erik had been reading on his large couch in front of the fire in his library when he heard a knock at the door. He lifted his eyes to look at the grandfather clock on the back corner of the room. It was 5:00pm. Erik stood up and walked out of the library only to see Christine through the stained glass window that was placed next to both sides of the main door. He didn't know what to do and he slightly panicked. Erik didn't know that she would come around so quickly, but he was happy she did. He reminded himself that he had to keep the demeanor of Dr. Mulheim up; there was no chance of broken character.

Christine

Christine had been waiting a minute or two before the door slowly creaked open. Dr. Mulheim was wearing a white V-Neck tee with black jeans and Chelsea boots. Christine stood there for a moment since she had never seen him without a blazer. He was of Medium- Thin stature and his arms were just as pale as his face. His eyes were wide when he saw her there.

"Mademoiselle, Day?"

"Hello, Dr. Mulheim, um," Christine hesitated. This was now the time she realized this was a horrible idea.

"May I help you with something?" Erik moved himself over to make room through the threshold, giving Christine the choice to come in.

Christine took this invitation and stepped inside his house. The wallpaper was a dark ash color with accents of mahogany and gold. All of his furniture was dark as well and the house looked a lot bigger in the inside than the outside.

"Would you like something to drink? Water maybe?" Dr. Mulheim asked her as he walked towards the kitchen.

"Why did you stare back at me when you walked to your car this morning?," Christine blurted out without thinking.

Dr. Mulheim stopped and stood with his back turned to her.

"You know," Christine said, quickly, "Never mind, I should be going. I am so sorry to bother you. Sometimes I get paranoid and I think these things." Christine turned on her heel and walked quickly towards the door and before Dr. Mulheim could say anything, she was gone.

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