Answers to reviews for Chapter 44-

Phantom Angel- Yes, Jayden does need a hug, but don't get any ideas, he is MINE!
Death-Seduction-Thank you! I knew I liked you!
k.Fields- Thank you for getting a name. I like to hear from my readers!
Havah Kinny- Thank you, I will let you know. Angel of the Mask- Good, becuase we don't like twits to over heat because they had to think too hard! JK I love you, my twit!
Kadaj- Of course Jayden didn't do it, who do you think he is? Oh yeah... a sick demented stalker... shut up. Stomps foot and runs off crying sorry I am in a wierd mood right now.
Gerry ISU Chick04- He didn't do anything to Josh either! Isn't that cool! I had soooo much fun writting this! Smies
Demon-In-Me- Please email me, I want to know if you really do know. I hope I am not too predictable.
Little Dark One- Thank you. Hey that is my Josh, and I happen to like him... but then there is always Jayden. Ya know if Josh were to just KO... HEY! quit planting thoughts like that in my little brain!
erikslover5990- I think I will thank you! Here you are!
Emmanuelle Grey- Dumb, really... you think so?
pitiful-creature-of-darkness- I am trying to make them longer, but I just don't have time to write more than about a page and a half at a time! SORRY MUCH!
Kchan88- Nope, and yes it is curious. Thank you for telling me I am suppose to go on, because I was just going to let ya'll hang after this chapter... jk! I would never do that to my faithful readers, even if there were only two or three of ya!
ladysaw- I have it right here, go ahead and read on!
Norma Jean the Dancing Machine- I know... He is soo sweet. I love him, but then again I should, I made him up! Horror fanatic6990- You will find out. Next chapter! hehehehehe... I love makin ya'll twitch!
Crystal Sister- Thank you much!
Maska- If you email me then I will tell you weither it was Josh or not, but You will know by chapter 47.
Music Angel no.24601- I love suspense, and I love making you guys nervoius, so read on!
RoSeQuEeN- I know. We should all love Josh now. DO IT! LOVE JOSH! DAmNIT! I mean... Clears throat yeah... read on!

Reviews for Chapter 45-

Crystal Sister-Thank you, but accually I have today tommorow and friday off!
Emma-J-Riddle- Just read on, and you will see.
Emmanuelle Grey- Here you are, please enjoy!
Demon-In-Me- Thank you! If you get the urge please read 'The Return'. It didn't have as big a following as this one, but I think that you will enjoy it.
Horror Fanatic6990- Thank you, and here you are!
Kchan88- The closest thing to this I have ever felt was when my grandfather died. My father isn't in great health, but his only 36, so I am not too worried about it, but this made me think how it would feel to lose him.
Harem98- New Reader! Yea (Kuddos to you!) OMG I am so sorry. As was said earlier I don't know what that feels like, but I did think of how it would feel, so I thought of when my grandpa died and I timesed that by about a million and that was what I got.
Gerry ISUchick04- Yes... Shifty eyes interesting.
Future Christine- Thank you. I don't really think it is realistic that a high school could put on the play by themselves, so that is why I mentioned that a profesional opera company was helping them.
K.Fields- I am. I have to get it out of my brain before I explode!
Norma Jean the Dancing Machine- Thank you. Please read and review!

MUCH LOVE TO ALL OF MY READERS. PLEASE ENJOY THE NEXT CHAPTER, BECAUSE CHAPTER 47 MAY TAKE A WHILE TO WRITE. SORRY!

Chapter 46- Don Juan Triumphant

Annie stood just off stage, waiting for her cue to enter. She watched, trying unsuccessfully to breath normally in her tight corset. She decided it was unfair that Josh got to wear a black suit and she had to wear an uncomfortable top like the one adorning her bodice at the moment.

The scene began rather well, except for the fact that Michelle's sister apparently didn't have quite the range Michelle supposedly had. The lower notes weren't too bad, but the high notes were squeaky and irking, like nails on a chalkboard.

"Passarino, faithful friend, once again recite the plan!" And the boy playing 'Passarino' did just that. "Your young guest believes I'm you, I the master, you the man!"

They discussed how they were going to trick 'Christine' as 'Aminta', and then The boy playing Piangi left, and did not return.

Annie entered, singing with all her heart, for Josh was watching in 'box five'. "No thoughts within her head, but thoughts of joy. No dreams within her heart, but dreams of love!"

The Phantom/Piangi switch went exactly as it had been planned. Jayden entered, fully cloaked and looking rather intimidating. "Passarino… Go away for the trap is set, and waits for its prey…" The words came out more passionate and far deeper than ever before. The anger and affection in Jayden's voice startle Annie so much that she almost looked up before her cue.

"You have come here, in pursuit of your deepest urge…" Annie looked up at the cloaked figure that was Jayden. "In pursuit of that wish, which till now, has been silent, silent…"

He took a step toward her, his back hand reaching for her, as if to coax her in to coming to him. She watched him, but didn't let him touch her, unless it was scripted. "I have brought you, that our passions may fuse and merge. In your mind you've already succumb to me, dropped your defenses, completely succumb to me…" The hungry look in Jayden's eyes told Annie that he meant every word. Something in the back of her mind told her that she really did want to succumb to him, but she pushed it away.

"Now you are here with me. No second thoughts, you've decided… decided…" Jayden circled her, and ran his hand down her spine. "Past the point of no return. No backward glances. The games we've played 'till now are at an end…" The shivers on Annie's arms and neck left her. She didn't want him to have control over her, but somehow he always did.

"Past all thought of 'if' or 'when', no use resisting. Abandon thought and let the dream discern." He grabbed her by the arm, and gently twirled her into him, holding her closely to his chest. "What raging fire shall flood the soul? What rich desire unlocks it's door? What sweet seduction lies before us…?"

Annie pulled away a little, knowing that Josh was watching, looking completely mortified by the sight of Jayden holding his fiancé in such a suggestive manor. "Past the point of no return, the final threshold. What warm, unspoken secret will we learn? Beyond the point of no return…"

Annie searched for Josh in the fake box five, but between the stage lights and her half bleared vision from the heat, she couldn't see him. She sang, not daring to look at Jayden at first, for fear that he would take hold of her. "You have brought me, to that moment when words run dry, to that moment when speech disappears into silence, silence."

"I have come here, hardly know the reason why. In my mind I've already imagined our bodies entwining, defenseless and silent." She finally dared a look at Jayden, who gave her a sly smile that only she could see under his hooded cloak. "Now I am here with you, no second thoughts… I've decided, decided…"

Annie kept her face to the audience, as she was trained to do, but she and Jayden played a sort of game of 'cat and mouse' where Jayden was the cat. "Past the point of no return. No going back now! Our passion play has now at last begun." She rounded a piece of the set and Jayden followed. "Past all thought of right or wrong, one final question. How long should we two wait before we're one?"

He caught up to her, as was scripted and they sat together on a bench. He looked deeply into his eyes, like she was suppose to and sang, trying not to think of the true meaning of the words. "When will the blood begin to race? The sleeping bud burst into bloom? When will the flames at last consume us?"

Jayden spun her around on the chair, and wrapped his back arm around her waist, while his other hand found its way to Annie's and intertwined their fingers. "Past the point of no return, the final threshold! The bridge is crossed, so stand and watch it burn." As was scripted, Jayden moved both of their hands to Annie's chest, and Annie jumped up, turning to him, to finish. "We've past the point of no return…"

Annie backed up a little, and Jayden stood. Annie took a few steps to him, and threw the cloak off of his face, revealing the mask. Annie took a few steps back, but for everyone she took Jayden took a step toward her. "Say you'll share with me one love, one lifetime. Lead me, save me from my solitude. Say you want me with you here, beside you." He placed the fake engagement ring in her hand. "Anywhere you go, let me go too!" Annie reached for the mask. "Christine, that's all I ask of-"

Before Annie could pull of the mask something happened, and Annie was suddenly falling into a dark and unfamiliar place. She screamed briefly, but she was soon silenced by the ground knocking the wind out of her. She hit cold cement at the bottom, and saw only black after that.