A/N: Hey guys, sorry for the long wait and the short chapter! I promise longer chapter in the future! Anyways, there is bad language in this chpt so if you are offended, I'm so sorry! Remember to r+r

Out of sight, out of mind
Out of time to decide
Do we run? Should I hide
For the rest of my life

30 minutes the blink of an eye
30 minutes to alter our lives
30 minutes to make up my mind
30 minutes to finally decide

Christine

Christine saw the look of disappointment in Meg's eyes.

"Meg, let me explain." Christine walked towards her, but Erik stopped her.

"Stop, Christine, it's useless. She was the one who told Jonathan…"

"Whose Jonathan?" Meg said, cocking her head to one side. She started walking towards the couple, but looking at Christine.

"What's going on Christine? I thought you said you were kidding about the whole "Liking a guy with a backstory" thing."

Christine took Meg's hand. "Can I take you somewhere, Meg? There's something I have to show you."

Meg sighed. "Christine, just why didn't you tell me? You know I would have kept my mouth shut. I mean I would totally be against it," she turned to Erik, "no offense Dr. Mulheim," she turned back to Christine.

Christine's eyes looked down at her shoes, "Meg, it's actually more complicated than you think, honestly."

"I'm listening," Meg think dark blonde eyebrows furrowed.

Christine looked up to Erik, "Erik, I need to tell her, she's my best friend, she might not believe me, but if we show her the picture and the diary, she has to."

Meg thought for a moment, and then answered. "Okay, but you only have 30 minutes. I can't leave Michael and Roman for too long. They will get suspicious. I'm just going to get my coat."

"Go with her," Erik told Christine, "I'll bring the car around." Erik left through the double doors and walked quickly enough to the double doors, still wearing his gold mask.

Meg turned to Christine as Christine motioned to walk inside.

"Are you fucking kidding me right now?"

"Can you just wait to judge until I show you why this is happening?" Christine rolled her eyes.

"Oh, hell no," Meg answered, "You do not get to roll your eyes at me, young lady."

"Meg," Christine whispered to her, as they walked back into the gym, "He's the man with no face."

Before Meg could answer her, the boys came running up.

"Finally you guys are back," Michael said, putting his arm around Meg.

"Babe, I need to go with Christine for a bit, I'll be back in a bit. Is that okay?" Meg was twirling her hair in nervousness.

Michael's brow furrowed. "Is everything okay, Meg?"

Meg smiled and kissed him. "Of course, there's just something she needs to show me. You know girl stuff."

Michael shrugged. "Sure, Roman and I will go stag for a bit. No harm done."

Meg turned to Christine. "Alright, this better be good."

The three arrived at Erik's place about 10 minutes later. Christine could see that Meg was hesitant to go inside, but Christine assured her that everything would be fine. Christine led Meg into Erik's library and sat down with her as Erik went to go grab the diary and the picture.

"So, what's going on here?" Meg got right down to it.

"Well, you know I have been having these dreams about the Man with no Face? Well, Erik is that Man. He's bringing something that will prove this."

"Okay, fine, so if this guy is that man, how do you know he isn't just joshing you?"

Before Christine could answer, Erik came into the room with both items in hand. He warned Meg not to scream and not to run. She agreed and then Erik and Christine told Meg of their story. Throughout the story, Christine saw Meg's eyebrows furrow then relax, a tear falling from her eyes, and her wiping them away. She could see Meg was having a hard time believing them but at the same time she was trying.

After Erik and Christine finished explaining, Meg just sat there, eyes staring at the blazing.

"I know you think I'm nuts, but all the evidence is right in front of you." Christine took Meg's hand.

"No, it makes sense," Meg turned to face Christine, "You are always somewhere else, it's like you don't belong here. You have a think for guys with backstories, you get so angry, like overly angry, when we watch Phantom, and you want so much more than what you have."

Meg sighed, "I won't say anything, but Christine, what are you going to do?"

Erik and Christine stared at each other. "Well, we are waiting for Winter break and Erik wants to take me to the places we spent together in our past lives, so maybe I can start remembering more. After we have to go to somewhere else to finally bound ourselves to each other."

"Bound? As in get married?" Megs brown eyes were wide.

"Yes," Erik answered for Christine, "We have to be married and happy until the end of our lives so we can finally live out our last life."

"What do you want me to do?" Meg started standing up, the couple followed.

"Well, I think it's best if we keep it between us," Christine said, as she walked to the door and put her jacket on, "we might need your help to pull this off."

Meg sighed, "I'll cover for you when you go with him, wherever you are going, but anything else. I don't know."

Christine hugged Meg, "That's all I need, thank you for understanding."

"Yea, yea, yea…" Meg smiled back.

A/N: I know nothing really exciting happened in this chapter, but there are bound to be chapters like this one in stories, its inevitable! Wanted to get everything worked into eachother so the story could keep going! New chapter up shortly