Chapter 3
Christine looks around the opera house as if this place was all new to her. With the rose still in her hand, she goes to her old bedroom. She sits down on her bed and smells the rose. She hears a opening and a closing of a sliding door. She turns around to see the phantom standing about seven feet away from her. They both start to sing "All I Ask of You." When the song was finished they kiss. He embraces her softly and kisses her forehead. Christine asks him, "Do you love me just because of my voice?" Without skipping a beat the phantom said, "I love everything about you, Christine."
All of a sudden they hear a horse galloping closer. They hear a crash and then an opening and slamming of a door. It was obvious that Raoul fell off his horse.
With a crack in his voice, Raoul screams out Christine's name in a girlish pitch. "CHRISTINE! CHRISTINE! CHRISTINE!"
Christine explains to the phantom what she had done. He holds out his hand for her to take. She puts her hand in his, as the phantom leads her up a passage that she had never gone up before. The both ended up on the balcony which overlooks the theater. The phantom said, "Knowing how dumb Raoul is, he will never figure out we are up here." Christine looks in his eyes and silently agrees with him with a smile. The phantom smiles back at her. They both sit down on the floor. Christine was sitting next to him with her head on his chest and arms around him. He had one arm around her. Christine knew she had made the right decision in coming back to the phantom.
She had to roll her eyes when Raoul called her name again. She thought, "He is so stupid. What if I wasn't here with the phantom, the phantom might have just killed him without a second thought. Raoul is practically saying: 'Hey, phantom! I'm here! Come and get me!'
If the phantom asks me to marry him, she thought on, I will say yes. At least he's smarter than Raoul.
The phantom stirred a bit. He said out load to himself, "I want him out of here. Just leave, you fool. Just leave." His muscles tightened. He took a deep breath and said in an annoyed voice, "I'm going to force him out now." He made an attempt to stand up, but Christine was holding his arm down. The phantom looked at her in surprise and then into anger.
He said angrily, "You still love him. You still care for him."
Christine replied, "I do not love him or care for him. I just want to tell you not to kill him." The phantom still looked angry, but less angry now. Christine said, "I pity him. A child could beat him." The phantom let out a soft deep, unintelligible, rumble that seemed to have come somewhere in his chest area. Christine said, "I also wanted to kiss you for good luck, not that you need any." The phantom pulls her into his arms and kisses her. She combs his hair with her fingers. When the kiss was over Christine felt week, as if she was going to faint, yet she felt like she had been left full of energy at the same time.
The phantom reaches for the door knob and says, "Stay here."
Christine replies, "No, I'm coming with you,"
The phantom shook his head and said, "I love you! I love you so much…and I'm not willing to risk loosing you again." He gave her a quick kiss on her cheek and left. Christine just stood there dazed, she then took a breath and sighed. Quietly she said, "I love you too."