Part 6

True to his word, Erik appeared the next morning, just ask Willow walked out. She opened the door, getting in, and sliding her sound track home. Overture booming, they made their way silently towards the school, with the occasional hum and singing from Willow.

Getting out of the car, and making their way to their class, halfway towards it, they head the shrill singing of Carlotta. "Think of meeee!"

"Oh dear lord." Erik rubbed his brow. One lifetime with that voice was enough….

"Oh… he lahhve me… he lahhve me…" Willow giggled, throwing an accent onto the words.

When they walked into the room, Carlotta instantly came over to Erik. She threw herself onto him. "He lahhve me…" She said, a laugh spilling out of her lips.

"A little straightforward, aren't you?" One of the boys in the room said, his longish brown hair and a bit too long nose giving him a rather Raoulish look.

Erik was trying unsuccessfully to pry the swooning Carlotta off of him, and Willow, in a flash of jealousy, knocked her off of him. "Step away from the Phantom."

Carlotta flashed her a rather disgusted look, her grown eyes flashing. "You haff a jealouzz streeakee little toad." Erik's eyes narrowed. What was it with Carlotta's and calling people toads? He was just going to have to make sure that she knew exactly whom the toad was.

Willow, on the other hand, just laughed at her. "Well, if you wouldn't hang all over my co star, we wouldn't have such problems." At that, the Raoulish looking boy stepped forward.

"Will you get angry if she hangs all over me." Totally invading her personal space, he walked right up to her. "I am Rafe, great great grandson to the Vicomte de Changy." At that, she looked disgustedly at him.

"If you are truly related to that great fop, then I think you need to take a step back from me. I don't want to catch fopperia… (I think that was how she spelled it… you know, in the review… I really had a laugh at that one…)"

"Fop-eh-wahh?" Carlotta stepped forward.

"It happens when a fop gets around you too much. I think it's what happened to poor Christine's mind." At that, James walked into the room, and they all settled down, Carlotta and Raoul both throwing Willow and Erik rather dirty looks.

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While Willow and Erik were running over some lines, Carlotta and Rafe got together.

"I want 'im." She whined to him, while Rafe looked intently at the masked beauty.

"And I want her." They looked at each other. "I think we both have a common problem. Though they wont admit it to each other, I think those two are rather taken with each other."

"Little toad." Carlotta said scathingly as Rafe continued.

"Obviously, we have to eliminate that problem." He said, a scheming look coming into his eyes. Carlotta looked up at him, a smile crossing her lips.

"Zhat is a goood idde'." She laughed, getting a few glances, as the two shook on it. They were going to make sure that Erik and Willow didn't get to live happily ever after.

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