Disclaimer: As much as I wish I owned Erik…alas, I don't.

Sorry for not putting any disclaimer at the beginning of the last chapter. This is the first of my stories I've put up and I wasn't sure how to do everything. Well, here's the next chapter!

'How I hate school…'

Christine Day stared out of a window in the English pod. It was another dreary day, when the clouds just couldn't make up their minds whether it was to rain or not. It had been a few weeks since the break-up. She was pretty much ok, except when memories came flooding back to her.

"I'm glad I could make you so happy…"

She had said that to Raoul when she saw him bouncing up and down in the Math pod the morning after. He was looking at Phantom of the Opera postcards. Stupid fck.

She sighed as she pushed the memory away in her mind. Instead, she thought about band.

'Another practice listening to him laughing with his damn trombone friends…'

Christine left her place at the window, her long black coat flowing behind her.

'How morbid I've become…'

She had become much darker since the 'event', but she actually liked herself better this way. A love for the darker things in life had always called to her. Now, she embraced those things. She had dyed her once blond locks black and cut it in an Ashlee Simpson style. She also carried a black rose with her, which had a black ribbon tied around the stem. It reminded her of Erik…

"Hey Christine!"

She spun around to see her friend Meg Gerry calling her. She had gotten to know Meg a lot more recently. They didn't really have a chance to talk much before.

Meg also sported a black coat, but her hair was brown with faint blue highlights. Faint because the school didn't allow "unnatural" hair coloring at school. Apparently, high school students couldn't handle it.

"Hey Meg! What's up?" Christine asked her friend.

Meg looked at her warily. "Ummm…"

Christine narrowed her dark blue eyes. "Meg…what is it…"

Meg sighed. "Okay…here it is…Raoul is going out with Carlotta…"

Christine was stunned. "What!"

"I know! She actually called herself your friend!" Meg yelled in frustration.

Christine was surprised, but not as upset as she should be. I mean, she was mad at how deceitful they turned out to be. Raoul was going out with Carlotta, the girl his best friend had a major crush on. She remembered how hard he had tried to get the two of them together. And the many hours they had all spent hanging out.

Christine grimaced.

"Well…I'm happy for them."

Meg looked at her surprised.

"What?"

Christine smiled at Meg.

"I am happy for them. They deserve each other. They are both hideously ugly, inside and out!" She said with a laugh.

Meg joined in with Christine's laughing.

"Yeah, I know, I always hated him mustache! I just didn't tell you cause I didn't want you to get mad at me!"

Christine gave a snort.

"Trust me, I hated his stupid mustache and his bowl-cut hair. And the way he dressed! What a fop!"

Meg and Christine continued to laugh as they walked to the Math pod. Christine smiled at her new friend. She was actually glad it was over with Raoul. She was finally her own person. Not someone's depressed girlfriend. She glanced at a Math pod windowas she walked by. It had started raining.

'Another beautiful day…'

Erik will make an appearance in the next chapter and the real story will start. These first two chapters were just necessary to set the story. Please review! Love and Peace!