So, so, so, so, so sorry for not updating sooner! I had total writers block and with all my new stories and things!

Chap. 19

For most of the time Christine stuck by Erik's side to keep him comfortable. Every time someone would look at him funny she would give them a glare that she picked from Erik himself. Soon Erik released her from his side and let her wander around to have fun. "Are you sure?" she asked. He nodded and gave her a quick kiss. "I'll be fine." She smiled then hugged him then walked away. She wandered around, there were a lot of people there. She saw Jeanine in a corner talking to someone, she sent her a death glare behind her back then continued on walking. She saw Mattie by a table and walked over to her. "Hello." She greeted. Mattie looked up and smiled. "well hello Christine enjoying your self?" mattie pouring a glass of water. "Quite. Lovely party." Mattie smiled. "thank you." A young man came up to them. "Hello Mattie," he said. She looked over to him, "Hello Frederic." Frederic looked at christine and smiled at her, he took her hand up to his lips and kissed it gently. "and who is this lovely mademoiselle." Christine felt her cheeks go warm. And then felt an arm go around her shoulder and a familiar voice say, "engaged." She looked up and saw Erik. She smiled and leaned his head against him. Frederic looked from Erik to Christine then back to Erik. "Well Erik, I see you've found someone, I somehow recall you saying "no one could ever love me, my mother hates me, ill never get married, have a family be loved for who I am." Christine giggled but quickly caught her self and stopped. She was just laughing at the irony, because she is getting married to him, and believe it or not she had even thought about having a family with him. Erik glanced down and saw Christine covering her mouth trying to stop herself from laughing. "What is so funny my dear?" He asked, smirking. "Im sorry Erik…its just the irony of it, Although it took a while you still found love." Erik pulled her to him and laughed, "that I did." He whispered to her, then kissed her. Christine wrapped her arms around his neck and deepened the kiss.

Jeanine who was talking on the other side of the party saw this scene and again stared in total disbelief. She turned, huphed, snapped her fingers. "David!" She called out for her son.

David came running, "Yes?" he asked, arriving there panting. "What do you see over there?" she pointed behind her back. David looked to where his mother was pointing,

"Well, I see Auntie Mattie and Frederic."

Jeanine turned to face him, "You do not see that horrid display of affection."

He looked again and saw Erik and Christine, with their arms wrapped around each other involved in a kiss. "you mean Erik and Christine?" he asked.

Jeanine gave him a disbelieving look, "Yes Erik and Christine."

He crossed his arms, "I see it, but it's not horrid. What is, is that you never even told me that I had a brother."

She scoffed, "A brother? I could scarcely call him that. He is more like a monster that somehow was born out of the same mother."

David glared at his mother and shook his head, "Mother I have never seen you like this, so hateful to another person. A person that is your own flesh and blood!"

"Blood maybe, but flesh! Hell no! that boy is no person he is a monster!"

"Erik is kind hearted and can be a very nice man if you get to know him! He is not the monster here you are." And with that he walked away.

Jeanine dropped her jaw, "come back here David! David I command you as your mother…"

"mother! I was free two years ago, let's face it you no longer own me. The only reason that I was still living with you is because I loved you and you treated me nice! Well now that I know I have a brother, who was treated the exact opposite that I was I don't want to any longer!" David exploded. He was breathing heavily and his face was turning red. He felt an arm go around his shoulder. "'She giving you any trouble davey?"

David turned his head to see his big brother looking down at him, "Erik." Erik smiled at him but then it disappeared and he glared at Jeanine.

Jeanine looked at David then at erik the back at david, "oh so now you're taking his side! Turning against me, my only boy!" (1)

Erik was fuming with anger now, He removed his arm from around Davids neck, not wanting to strangle his brother. He was so angry that he started to shake. Christine watched from behind with Auntie mattie, once or twice she tried to go comfort erik but Mattie held her back. "You don't understand…" she whispered to Mattie. "He has a history of Murdering people."

Mattie patted her hand but continued to look at the fight before her, "I know my dear. I know."

"Only boy? What am I nothing then! Don't answer that I know the answer! Why can't you love me? Why can't you love me like you do David? OH I know because im a monster. A dirty monster who should rot in hell for all eternity! Well here's a news flash for you mother I am your son! Whether you like it or not!"

Jeanine started to talk but Erik continued on talking,

"And believe me; I don't like one part of being related to you! I never knew my dad, but I bet he was nice and that's where David gets it from because there is no way in hell that he gets it from you. You want a perfect son, with a perfect face and perfect everything! Well you can't have everything that you want; if you were any sort of mother you would love me for who I am not what I look like! And im not the one who should burn in hell! You should!" He let tears run down his cheeks, although he remained his strength and anger.

Jeanine started to talk but Erik continued on talking,

"And believe me; I don't like one part of being related to you! I never knew my dad, but I bet he was nice and that's where David gets it from because there is no way in hell that he gets it from you. You want a perfect son, with a perfect face and perfect everything! Well you can't have everything that you want; if you were any sort of mother you would love me for who I am not what I look like! And im not the one who should burn in hell! You should!" He let tears run down his cheeks, although he remained his strength and anger.

David looked up at Erik who was full of rage, he looked like he was about to attack Jeanine. He stood up straight, "I agree with erik"

Christine finally escaped from Mattie and took his and in hers. "I do too."

Mattie came up behind them, "so do i."

Then Frederic and a few other relatives came behind Erik.

Jeanine looked at the group, the giant group. She looked to Erik and said, "Can I speak to Erik alone. Please." The group reluctantly left except for Christine who was beside him stilling holding his hand. Jeanine looked at Christine, "I said alone."

Erik gave her hand a gentle squeeze and whispered, "It'll be alright. I can handle her."

Christine nodded and walked away standing next to Mattie.

"Let's go inside."

They went inside; Erik closed the door and faced her. "What do you want?" He crossed his arms.

"I see you've got a lot of supporters behind you. You're turning my family against me."

"I'm turning the family against you! You made them loathe me and fear me just like you did, and you were afraid of the distortion not me! You have no idea what I've been through!"

"Oh I'm sure you've been a lot." She replied sarcastically.

"You have no damn idea! When you sold me off the circus, I had enough and killed the man! One of the audience members, who was a little older than me, she rescued me and took me to the Opera Populaire! She gave me a place to live, she took care of me when I was sick, she fed me, and she helped me live. For a while she was the only person who ever cared about me and loved me for me, and who I ever cared about also. Soon though, she got married and had a child, so she had to support myself. Since I was in no condition to get a job I became the phantom…"

Jeanine interrupted Erik, "The phantom?"

"Yes, I am…was the phantom of the Opera."

Jeanine looked down and waited for Erik to continue his story, "So, I became the phantom, ordering the manager of the Opera House to give me 20,000 francs a month and threatening that if he didn't a disaster behind their imagination will occur. Scared they obeyed. For a long while that's how I earned my money. Then Christine showed up. This little orphan girl of seven, coming to the opera Populaire lonely and afraid, Although I talked to Madame Giry before then and agreed to be her tutor one night I heard her crying in her room, kneeling by her bed and her hands folded…"

His mind wondered off into a memory,

Erik promised Antoinette he would watch over Christine, Be her tutor. OF course he wouldn't be seen by her, what would that come to? Being tutored by a monster, Christine would surely be afraid. He found himself wondering around the Opera House, And was now near the bedrooms. Suddenly he heard soft crying. He walked slowly trying to decipher where exactly the noise was coming from. He finally stopped when the noise what at it's loudest, he peered through a tiny crack in the ceiling, and it was Christine. 'Poor little thing. Probably mourning over her father.' Then he heard her speak, he never heard her speak. It sounded exactly like a little seven year old girl would sound,

"Papa." She started in a shaking voice, "You promised me an angel. An angel to watch over me, and Angel of Music. The Angel is not here yet. When are you going to send my angel? Are you even going to? You promised papa, you promised."

Erik frowned, an angel. She needed an angel. He needed to help this young girl but…how? Then it came to him.

"Hush, Child why are you crying?" His soft voice rang out through the room.

Christine looked up alarmed, and looked around the room searching for where the voice was coming from.

"Do not be afraid, I will not harm you. I have been sent to you from heaven above." 'Heaven? Yeah right.'

"You're my angel aren't you? My angel of music?" Christine stood up smiling.

"I am your angel. And I will always protect you."

"You?" Jeanine stated, taking him back to reality. She scoffed, "an angel? Erik what the hell were you thinking, telling that poor innocent girl that you were an angel?"

"I am telling you about my horrid past that you caused in the first place, and saying that does not help the situation!"

"Well maybe I don't want to know." She stated matter of factly.

"Well maybe I want you to know, I want you to see what you have done to me!"

"Well then tell me and stop running your big mouth that you have and always had and tell me."

Erik felt the phantom stirring up inside of him again. He clenched his fist and pressed them to his sides in order to relieve the feeling of attacking the woman in front of him.

"So for about 10 years I was just her angel, and her music tutor. Then i was sick of seeing Carlotta singing, so I dropped a back drop on her thus making Christine sing." He closed his eyes and took a deep breath then continued with his story. He told her the whole story of the phantom of the opera.

"And that's what you've done to me! Made my life a living hell! You must be very proud of your self."

Jeanine looked down, not loving, but pitying Erik. Although she hated to admit it, she was staring to feel sorry for him. For what she did to him, she gulped and whispered, "I'm sorry."

Erik laughed, "After causing me a life time of pain, you expect me to forgive you? Never. I'll let you know what it feels like to be betrayed and hated. Because there is no one else on the earth who I hate more than you right now." Not even that de Chagney.

"I have nothing more to say to you. Adieu." He walked toward the door, opened it walked out then slammed it.

Christine ran up to him and wrapped her arms around him, "oh erik, what happened? Are you alright?" She asked, when she saw tears in is eyes. He didn't say anything, or even hug her back. He pulled away from her and walked down the steps of the stoop. Christine followed him. "Erik?"

Christine felt a hand on her shoulder, she turned around and saw David. "I think he needs to be alone." David said, watching Erik walk away. Christine turned her head back, and also watched Erik walk away. She sighed and nodded, walking back with David to the party.

Hey. That long chapter made up for it or what? I hope it did. The endings not really a cliffie, but I know you want to know what happens. And the way you will is if you review! So please, will you review? I promise I'll update sooner. No more monthly updates lol. REVIEW!

(1) me and my friend (tHe OnE aNd OnLy MeLiSsA) were making a joke about it. When she says, "My only boy?" I said, "My only boy? What the hell is Erik then a girl?" and my friend was like, "That's rude! She has two sons, and one is nice and can sing good.") lol Review!