A/N: It's short. I'm sorry. Thanks for reviewing. Muah!

It seemed a shower was in order. Erik persuaded her to conserve water, and share one with him. She was more than willing to oblige. After he'd made her something for breakfast…er…brunch, he casually mentioned resigning on Monday.

"What do you mean?"

"I'm not allowed to be your teacher and have a…a relationship with you of this sort." His hand flapped about, uselessly.

"You don't have to resign, I'll just drop your class. By the way, are you the only one who teaches that class?" Not having her there every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday would be hard.

"No, I think there is another. Perhaps it will just be simpler if I resign."

"No! I don't want our school to lose you. Everything will be fine."

"But-"

"Tomorrow I'll take care of it. You can still teach, and I'll just avoid taking your classes."

"Are you certain?"

"Yes, don't be silly." Silly? No one had ever called him silly.

That had been the end of the discussion; she was unmovable on the subject.

She'd found some of his sketchbooks. The talents of this man seemed to be never-ending. He answered all of her questions about the house he had designed for himself.

Next she came across the sketches of scenery and such of his beloved Don Juan. He explained the story to her, and then brought out some of the numbers corresponding to the scenes depicted in the book.

"Are you going to get it published?" Christine asked when he had said it was finished.

"Well, I hadn't really thought on that. I think I wrote it more to get it out of my system, than for any other purpose."

"Play some of it for me."

"Only if you'll sing Aminta." She grinned and nodded.

It was quite possible that she'd never heard anything so emotional. The music didn't even need words.

Finally she got to sing the whole of The Point of No Return. This man truly was a genius. She sat next to him on the piano bench, while he explained the scene, pointing at the sketch with the burning fire and towers. He seemed to speak excitedly about the show. She could tell he was proud of his opera, and it would be such a waste to let his talent go unknown.

"Publish it. People would be fighting over it." Erik eyed the music in front of him skeptically. Then shook his head.

"I don't think so."

"Well, you could try. You haven't got anything to lose." He looked thoughtful for a moment.

"Perhaps you're right."

"Maybe one day I really will get to sing Aminta then." As if he would let anyone else sing it.

Meanwhile, across town, the cast party was underway.

Ryan was fuming. How could she not come? She was, after all, the damn star. He'd had plans to warn her against that dangerous looking masked man.

That was another sore point. To think that she, this beautiful young woman, would rather spend time in the presence of this masked…freak…was unbelievable. He'd offered to take her out every day, and she refused. It was quite a blow to the ego. Ryan had seen her leave with the weirdo in the mask.

He was baffled.

He wanted her, and he always got what he wanted. And he would have her.

Meg Giry was flitting around, always the social butterfly. Ryan approached her.

"Ms. Giry?"

"Ah, yes, hello Mr. Chagny."

"Where is your friend Ms. Daae tonight?"

"Oh, well, I don't really know. There was no answer at her house. I can't believe she didn't come." Ryan felt his hands clench. What had that mad man done with her?

"Meg…do you know this man, he wears a mask…?" Ryan asked solemnly.

"Oh, you mean Erik?" His eyes narrowed into slits.

"Yes. I saw them leave together. I'm quite certain he's done something with her. Kidnapped her. She would've been here."

"Erik? No. He's harmless. He teaches at the university."

"Ah. Well, that doesn't really make my worries go away."

"Well I saw them before they left. Everything looked fine. I'm sure she went willingly. They've become rather close."

"Yes, I see. Well, I'm sure everything is fine then." Ryan flashed Meg a bright smile.

Obviously, the man, Erik, would have to be destroyed if he thought he would stand between Ryan having her.

A/N: I have done a bit of research on this. When dealing with student-teacher relationship, the party with the 'power' over the other, namely Erik, should be removed from this 'power'. Also...did you really think a happy ending would come so easily?