Chapter 3

Erik started off for his labyrinth. I know I'll make her mine he thought to himself. He was already thinking up a plan when he heard a violin start to play. He stopped and started to listen to whoever was playing it. He walked over to the nearest secret passage door and popped his head out to see who it was. Erik looked all around to find Paige in the orchestra pit holding a very old and very out-of-tune violin.

"Hey, Heather! Look at this!" Paige said holding the violin up.

"Yep…whatever," Heather replied.

"Whatever? Whatever my butt this, may I say, is a very violin. Maybe even once played by the infamous Opera Ghost," Paige added in. Paige saw Heather turn back around to face her.

"Do you really think so?" Heather asked.

"I don't know, but maybe," Paige said.

"That would be cool if he did," Heather dreamingly said.

"Daydreamer," Paige whispered.

"What?" Heather asked Paige, eyeing Paige suspiciously.

"Nothing, never mind," Paige said trying to act innocent.

"Ok whatever," Heather said. Heather kept turning her head to look at Paige and see what she was always doing.

"What are you doing?" Heather asked Paige. She actually felt afraid to ask that question and she didn't know why.

"I'm tuning this violin, moron," Paige replied plucking some strings.

"Sing a…a…umm…B flat," Paige demanded Heather.

"Why?" Heather whined.

" Just sing!" Paige demanded again.

"Ok," Heather said. Heather sang the B perfectly. Paige noticed that Heather had been very audible. Paige was impressed by her singing.

"Thank you very much," Paige said trying to tune the other strings.

"Your very welcome," Heather said. Heather felt like she was glowing for an unknown reason. Heather jumped down into the orchestra with Paige and found an old clarinet. Wow! Heather thought to herself.

"Paige, look!" Heather told Paige. Paige turned around to see Heather holding a clarinet.

"Wow, that has to be as old as this violin," Paige suggested.

"I wonder if it can still play," Heather thought out loud.

"Just make sure you use a NEW reed and not the reed that was on there," Paige said jokingly. Paige started to giggle at the thought and Heather joined her.

"I know, I'm not that stupid" Heather replied.

"Ah…you can be…sometimes," Paige remarked. Paige turned to look at Heather to see her reaction at the comment that Paige made and saw that Heather was sticking her tongue out at her.

"Whats that?" Paige asked Heather pointing at her shirt. Heather looked down to realize that it was a spider that was on her. Heather started screaming.

"It's a spider! It's a spider!" Heather started to scream. She started running around the stage trying to get it off. Heather flicked it off and stepped on it.

"Aww, that's mean," Paige said sarcastically. Paige looked at Heather again and saw Heather giving her a glare of a lifetime.

"It's a spider Paige, not some innocent animal," Heather replied. I hate it when she does that Heather thought to herself.

Paige picked the violin back up along with the bow. Paige placed the bow on the violin and was about to play something when she got interrupted by Heather.

"Whatcha going to play?" Heather asked.

"Why would you want to know?" Paige shot back. Heather looked offended, but Paige didn't care this time.

"Because I want to play with you, as long as it from Phantom of the Opera," Heather insisted.

"Ok I'm going to play Music of the Night," Paige said giving in to Heather's command. Paige started off and Heather jumped in. Both played wonderful and both of them didn't know it, but Erik was walking straight towards them.

Erik finally reached his destination, but quickly ran into the shadows. Why did I do that? he asked himself.

"That was close," he whispered to himself. He leaned against the wall and wiped the sweat from his forehead. He turned his head to look at the marvelous girls and saw that they were bickering now. Why must they always fight about stupid things Erik thought. He then heard the violin start to play again and then he heard a voice enter in. He turned to see the one called Heather singing instead of his beautiful bride. Bride? Erik thought. Then he started to battle some thoughts in his mind. Yes, bride you fool! You love her don't you? asked one voice. Yes replied another. Then she will be your bride replied the first voice.

"But if she doesn't love me or thinks that I'm a monster because of what I look like?" Erik asked himself.

He then turned his attention back to the beautiful playing of a violinist and horrible voice of her best friend.

"Paige, I think that you should sing a song and I'll play the clarinet," Heather offered Paige.

"I don't know about that," Paige replied hesitantly.

"Oh come on! I know you can sing," Heather coaxed Paige on.

"Oh…alright, but it better be a song that I know," Paige said jokingly. Both the girls started to giggle because they both knew all the songs from Phantom of the Opera.

Paige then started to daydream about a wonderful the guy in her life, who is her boyfriend. She was to much in thought that she missed her cue to enter in singing.

"Paige! You missed your cue!" Heather yelled.

"Oops…sorry," Paige replied.

"Start again, Heather" Paige said telling Heather to start the song over again. Heather then returned to getting situated with her clarinet. Before Heather could play, a voice interrupted.

"What are you two doing here?" yelled the unfamiliar voice.

xXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxX

A/N: ooooo cliffhanger! Lol and just to let you phantomphans know, the Phantom has the portrait of Gerard Butler Authoress sighs he's so dreamy! j/k

Please read and review! Thank you and have a nice day! lol