So here it is chappie 9. And you'll all be thrilled to here that they finally hook up. Yeah! Also I'd like to thank Bohemiancane04 for helping on the last verse for my song Saved. Yes its mine so lay off. I'll sue if I see anyone with it without my permission.

DISCLAIMER: I do not own POTO but I do own the song Saved so lay off. Maybe I'll give you the rights to it though if you give me the rights to POTO and let me sing it.

ERIK'S POV (for any one who doesnt know this is two weeks later. So shes been there for a month now)

"Okay so you put your hand like this… Okay, and then you place the other hand here… right, right, right… okay now strum."

At that moment in time Christina was teaching me how to play her guitar. It was a rather simple instrument to play since I already knew how. But at that moment she was teaching me the more complicated chords.

"Awesome, wow... you nailed that pretty quickly. Oh duh… forgot you're a genius for a second. Right." She was laughing at herself with her head in her hand.

"Why do you do that?" I asked

"Uh… do what exactly?"

"That, why do you cover your face like that when you laugh?"

"Um… I don't know… probably cause I'm not the hottest person in the world and look really ugly when I laugh, or I just do. Reflex." Was all she said.

How could she of all people think this? She was one of the most beautiful people I had ever met. Besides her many emotional… incidents.

I put my hand under her chin and lifted her face so she was looking me in the eyes.

"You my dear are not ugly. Take it from someone who knows." I said.

She looked at me with a crooked smile and said, " Thanks but trust me. Just cause I had a boyfriend doesn't mean I didn't get picked on a lot cause I looked different than everyone else. Not everyone thought I was the sexiest girl when I was growing up. I can tell you that."

I knew where she was coming from on that but didn't know what to say.

"So sexy and hot mean…?" I asked.

"Oh, in the future that is the equivalent of beautiful or handsome, or gorgeous. Your pick. Of course beauty in the future has somewhat diminished. So many guys seem to think girls are only hot if they have blond hair blue eyes and can kiss like there is no tomorrow... and if they take whatever is given to 'em. As in all the bullshit."

At this I just laughed.

"No offense to any blonds or anything it's just that. Well us brunettes now have a record for being the dark and hard to get types. And guys will only go so far for a girl in the future."

We just stood there laughing. When we were done we just stood there kind of awkwardly. Every once in a while I would sneak a glance at her and then look away hoping she hadn't caught me.

"Soo…" she said.

"Shall we practice some more?" I asked. Pointing to the organ.

"Sure" she said taking the guitar from me, and standing behind me as I sat at the organ.

She put the guitar strap around her shoulder so it would stay in place without her having to rest it on her knee.

"Okay so what do you wanna work on?" I asked

Just then she disappeared into her room and came back with a folder. When she handed it to me I noticed it was fool of music. All hand written and scrawled onto some blank sheets of paper. Staffs, notes, and lyrics all hand written.

"This is very nice. How many songs do you have here?" I said while flipping through the many pages of hand-composed music.

"Close to about 20 or so. A lot of 'em are music that myself and my band played. So we have the music for guitar piano and percussion there. That's why I have so many. You can pick from which ones you think sound the best."

I looked through the music with amazement. Each sheet had the instrument part written on it and then they even had a copyright at the bottom. Handwritten of course. There were really only 15 songs. But the songs were each about two pages front and back each. So she was off by 10 pages.

"There is another folder full of music along with that one. And all those songs areperformed live and some others not included areon my lappy."

While I was scanning through the songs Ifound one that had music but no lyrics. It had a slow and very sad melody though. Plus the harmony was soft and very charismatic.

I noticed that it said in the corner:

By: Darienne: for Chrissy, I love you my angel, one day your own angel of music will finish it for me.

He stared at the single page for a long time and noticed that it was somewhat charred, and not in the best of condition. It looked like it had been involved in some kind of accident and then had been folded up and hidden away.

Christina must have noticed me looking at it cause she came over and took it out of my hands in a very swift and fluid motion.

"Not, this one." She said in a whisper very sternly.

I shook my head in agreement then grabbed another very soft song. The title was Saved.

"How about this one?" I said handing her the part for guitar.

She laughed and shook her head.

"Sure lets do this one. What an… appropriate choice." She said with a hint of amusement and humor in her voice.

"Before we get started though. In your band who played what instruments?" I asked looking down at the paper. Noticing that Adrienne, Darienne, and Christina had written it.

"Oh… well I played guitar," she said lifting the guitar up to show me. "Adrienne played drums, and Darienne played piano." She said pointing to the organ. "He was the best pianist in the school too." She said

"Okay so from the top with the intro." I said.

At the count of three we both started to play. It was a very nice song.

I feel cold and old and dark inside

As people torture me with mean hearts and expressions

Then you came out of nowhere

And saved me from myself.

I let her sing alone, seeing the music called for a solo on this one. I noticed though that she was a bit tense and let her sing on her own while I got up from the organ.

Your eyes like the stars and moon that shine from above,

The heart that screams out for someone just to love.

Like me you were judged before you were met,

People misunderstood you and talked behind your back.

I walked behind her and spread her legs at shoulder length. Then I lifted her head so she was singing out and not to the floor.

You saw them do this to me,

And saw that you weren't the only one that no one could see.

You picked me off the ground and made my heart skip a beat

You showed me how to hide and protect myself from 'them'

But most of all you didn't pretend.

You didn't pretend or lie to me like 'them'

You just helped me off my feet,

Which to me was a lot from a stranger I had never met

When she started her final verse I took her diaphragm and held it up so that she new to sing from there and not her chest.

I no longer feel cold and old and dark.

And now your heart doesn't have to scream out for someone just to love.

Because we were both saved from the insanity of our minds.

When she finished I heard a definite improvement. And once again at the sound of those lyrics felt that same thing I felt the first time I heard her sing.

She had been right when she said that the song was appropriate. I laughed to myself until I realized I was still holding her. She had turned her head so that she could look at me.

"That was much better." I said trying to take on a stern voice. Noticing I just barely succeeded.

Oh god this can't be happening I can't be falling for her. It's to soon. To soon after Christine.' I said to myself

'How long are you going to keep saying that to yourself Erik.' My other self replied

'UNTIL IT SINKS IN THAT I CAN NOT EVER LOVE ANOTHER!' I yelled at my self. (A/N: Chris said that to herself too, about Dare.)

"oookay then." She said.

CHRIS' POV

I shivered as his hands left my diaphragm. Every time his hands brushed against my body I always shivered. Just then I noticed I was somewhat hungry and said so.

"You wanna take a break and eat something?" I asked.

He shook his head and walked over to the table pulling the chair out for me.

"You know we've been hanging out for like two weeks now. You don't have to still pull the char out for me every time we eat."

He just shook his head. Obviously thinking about something.

"Hello, Earth to Erik come in Erik, over." I said in a mock NASA way.

Suddenly he snapped out of his hypnosis.

"Oh sorry... here.' He said passing the food over to me.

I just shook my head in acknowledgement. Suddenly a thought dawned on me. I had never been out of the lair except when I went through the many passageways. And no one else had ever been down in the lair except Erik. So was it after or before Christine. It would seem so obvious if it weren't for the fact that I had only ever seen the movie and read the book. So for all I know this could be an alternate dimension that looked like the movie. You just never know with these things

"Um…I don't know how to ask this so I'll just do it. Is the Opera Populaire abandoned by know…or…well…has 'you know who' left?" I mumbled the last part.

I could tell he heard me cause he stood up in a sudden wave of anger. "So how much of me do you know exactly. Is my whole life just written away in this book for everyone to see? WELL!" he screamed in a fit of terror.

Equally as mad at his outburst I pushed my chair back and walked over to him so he could get the full force of my temper. Though I was small Icould tell Iprobably only reached his chest.

"YEAH, why you got a problem… good then deal with it after your dead, cause it wont be even written till than you big ninny. Yeah I'm talken to you. You wanna have a yelling contest, then let me fill you in…I WIN!" I yelled at him. Of course the affect was lost with the fact that even on my tippy-toes I only reached his chest.

"How dare you yell at me like that after all I have done for you. I have never once asked you about your history except for Darienne and Adrienne. But I think I will now. So what… did your parents abandon you to? Did they leave you to rot at the doorsteps of a circus!" He yelled at me.

He had said it now. I didn't know what I was doing next until it happened. I lifted my hands up to slap him to his ass, but he grabbed my wrist. The momentum of the 'almost' hit forced him to spin him and me around. As it happened he lifted me up and threw me against the wall.

I didn't know what I did next but I just wrapped my legs around his waist, pulled him towards me, and full on kissed him. All the passion that had been building up finally was unleashed, as we lighlty brushed lips over and over again.

I felt him kiss me back and rub his tounge against my lower lip. Begging me to let him in. I did so and both of us lost each other in the passion of the moment. Caressing each other. I could here him groan as I kissed him and finally I felt my back slam into a bed. His weight almost crushing me until he supported it.

The only thought that passed through my mind was how much I really loved Erik. I had always thought I could never love again.But at that moment in time I knew I always had, and would. Not a single thought of Dare passed through my mind except those of Erik.

There it is about time that that finally happened. So I hope you guys enjoyed and reviewd. But I am gonna tell you that the next chapter is... well maybe i wont and make you read it.

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