A\N: Eh. Not one of my favorite ones, but I'm posting it nonetheless. Christine's reaction upon first seeing Erik in the flesh (dun dun dun...) and of course, her fainting. Because let's face it, Christine is a woman who falls into unconsciousness...quite often. Slightly SLIGHTLY E\C...sorta...or maybe she's just confused. R and R, pwease.

Losing Control

Breathe.

It's not that hard to breathe, is it?

Inhale, exhale, inhale, exhale

We do it more times a day

Then can be counted

It's never been so hard before

So why am I struggling now?

Why does your mere presence reduce me

To a poor fool who needs strength to simply breathe?

You're not like other people.

I know.

I see people every day.

I can breathe around them…

I can talk with them, laugh with them, be alive with them.

I could talk with you once

But now….

Everything's different.

Now, I can see you, touch you….

Now I can sense the aura of darkness and mystery

That you have cloaked around yourself

You're the same person

So why is this so different?

What is this feeling

That has taken hold of my heart

Clenching it in an iron fist?

What is this sensation that makes my soul ache?

What is this emotion that has clouded my brain

In a delusion...?

I can't see clearly anymore….

I'm loosing track of who I am, what I'm doing….

I can't breathe….

I sense myself slipping into darkness

But before I am completely gone to the world

I feel someone catching me

The added shock of you holding me

Is too much

And I am gone…