HaHa yeah sorry this one is so short, but I have to take my dog to the vet for a checkup... But yeah, I'll try to update as soon as I can... Oh, and I know the title is totally lame, but it's all I can think of right now...

Disclaimer: I don't own PotO. I really wish I did, but then again I also really wish I had coffee...


"Nighttime sharpens

Heightens each sensation

Darkness stirs, and wakes imagination...

Silently the senses abandon their defenses...

Slowly, gently, night unfurls its splendor...

Grasp it, sense it, tremulous and tender...

Turn your face away from the garish light of day.

Turn your thoughts away from cold, unfeeling light...

And listen to the Music of the Night..." Erik sang, feeling more peaceful then than he could have imagined possible. He went through the song, and Anna just stood there, her eyes shut lazily as she let the music flow through her.

"Floating, falling

Sweet intoxication...

Touch me, trust me...

Savor each sensation..." Anna reached out a hand and stroked Erik's uncovered left cheek gently. Her hands traveled along his face until her fingers tripped over the edge of his white mask (Ok, so it was actually hers, but whatever).

"Let the dream begin

Let your darker side give in

To the power of the music that I write...

The power of the Music of the Night," Erik finished splendidly. Anna was debating on whether or not to remove his mask when he pressed his hand up against hers so that she couldn't move it.

"Please, don't," Erik pleaded.

"Oh, Erik! I already know what you look like, and to tell you the truth, it's not that bad!" Ana exclaimed, "I really don't think that you're that hideous. On the contrary, I think that you are the most handsome person I have ever met. So, you're deformed, but so what? I mean, you're kind, and gentle, and that's all that really matters! That makes you a wonderful and divine person!"

Erik blinked and stared at Anna blankly. How could this girl give her mind and soul and... heart to him so freely? No one had ever done that to him before. It was... nice, and comforting.

"Can you sing?" he asked her, to keep his mind off confusing thoughts.

"Well, yes. I mean, I think I'm a mezzo-soprano... But I can't sing as high as I used to. For example, I used to be able to hit those last few high notes Christine vocalizes in the last part of Phantom of the Opera, but now I can't! Totally wish I could, but can't!" Ana suddenly realized that she was babbling, and shut her mouth, but not before apologizing.

"For what?" Erik wanted to know.

"For, you know, rambling on. It's probably so boring, having to sit there, listening to me go on and on about everything."

Erik smiled softly and slowly reached out his hand and set it on Anna's shoulder, "You couldn't bore me if you tried." he suddenly realized that he had said too much and changed the subject, asking Anna what time it was.

"3:30 in the afternoon," she replied after checking the clock in her kitchen. Just thinking of the kitchen reminded Erik of how hungry he was.

"Do you by any chance have anything to eat? I just, uh, "woke up" last night, and I haven't had anything to eat in about... 200 years or so."

"Oh, of course! Forgive me, I didn't know, though I should have guessed. Stupid of me, very stupid." Anna got out some leftover Chinese food and heated it up in the microwave (which fascinated Erik). She gave it to him and just sat and watched him eat.

He was so wonderful, absolutely amazing in every way. Anna looked deeply into his eyes, to see if they were truly full of sadness and hurt, as she had so often heard. She saw that they were, though happiness was there also, for the moment. Ana also caught a hint of the longing glint in his eyes, but didn't realize that the same one resided in hers.

A sudden dull, mechanical sound made Ana straighten up sharply, "Oh my god! 4:00 already!" She grabbed Erik's arm, "You have to go! Just for today! If my father finds you here, he'll go mad! Come on!" she pulled Erik out of the chair and steered him toward the sliding glass doors and into the back yard.

"Will I see you again?" Erik asked Anna. (A/N: So typical, I know.)

"Yeah, sure, if you want... I'm on summer vacation right now, so I don't have school or anything just yet, so if you would like, come tomorrow. My parents will go to work early, as usual," Anna was a bit shocked that Erik actually wanted to see her again. Things like this had never happened to her before...

The sound of a rattling doorknob brought Anna back to the present, "Go! Quick!" she shoved Erik out the door and watched him run and jump over her back fence in a rather cat-like manner. She then dashed back to her table and sat in front of the food Erik had been eating, just as her father came in.

"Hey sweetie, how've you been? Anything exciting happen today?"

"Oh, not really..." Ana lied with a grin.


Yeah so this is it for now, gotta go to the vet... Oh, and I'll probably update about every day (maybe even 2 or 3 times a day if I'm bored) because I'm on Spring Break and this is fun! Thank you to all my wonderful reviewers! HaHa I want a cookie!