Sorry for the wait…but here it is! What you see before you is written ENTIRELY at school, from study to drama class to random other classes. Very good expression of talent, writing at school is.

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Tori and Erik grew extremely close together for the next week. Their lessons continued, and soon Tori found herself getting frequent praise from Erik. He claimed that she would be finished soon.

Tori went from saying little to having long conversations about the most random topics with Erik. Many times they explored the Opera House together, and occasionally they just snuggled together in silence, simply enjoying each other's company.

They were boyfriend and girlfriend, and they were very happy together.

The same could not be said, however, for the surface.

"Has anyone seen Tori?" Meg asked, feeling nervous. She hadn't seen her for weeks and was now starting to worry.

Each of the managers shook their heads, worried as well. Tori was the main income of money for them, and missing prima donnas mean money lost.

Raoul, though, stood in thought. The last time he had seen her, she had been in the performance of Il Muto, and she had run off the stage in a hurry, seemingly frightened by something. The last time he had had a proper conversation with her, it had been during practice, and she had seemed distracted by something. Could this have anything to do with the Opera Ghost? After all, it had been when he had spoken during Il Muto that she had run out.

"Vicomte! What are your thoughts on Miss Tori?"

He turned to find everyone looking toward him hopefully. Raoul cleared his throat and said, "It's one month until the ball on New Year's. Let's wait until then."

There were many protests, but the managers eagerly agreed.

Madame Giry smiled to herself. She knew Tori was safe.

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A/N: It's pretty short, yeah. But this took up a page and a quarter since I was scribbling on a piece of looseleaf and I was using the back.

I wanted to go farther, but something told me that I couldn't push it any farther for this chapter.