"Jeez, you scared me!" Jeslyn said as she quickly closed the door. "Sorry, I didn't mean to, it just seems to happen for some strange reason." Erik said as he smiled. Jeslyn couldn't help but smile at his wit. "I thought that when you left, I would never see you again. You left so, so, so...what's the word I'm looking for?" "Upset?" Erik piped in. "That's it. Now what are you doing sitting her in the middle of the day with the door open! What if someone saw you!" Jeslyn began to say to Erik but he only shook his head, "Don't worry, people have a tendency not to notice me, and I waited to come out of the mirror until I knew you were almost to the room." Jeslyn thought over what he said while Erik got up and grabbed a chair for her and himself. They both sat down across from each other. Jeslyn finally spoke what was on her mind, "But how did you know who I was earlier, and how did you know which room is mine, and how did you know I was almost to my room?" Again, Erik smiled and shook his head, "Jeslyn, Jeslyn, Jeslyn, you claim to know so much about 'The Phantom of the Opera', yet you can't put two and two together?" Jeslyn still looked puzzled. "I've lived here the majority of my life, which is over 200 years, so I know all the secret passage ways and have added a few myself. I know absolutely ever nook and cranny of this Opera House, and I know all of it's secrets. Therefore I can be anywhere with out being seen, and know almost anything." "Oooooohhhhh" Jeslyn responded. "That's a little creepy," she said while giving a rather funny face. Erik laughed. "It's nice being able to talk to someone again, it's been so long." An awkward silence fell over both of them and neither knew what to say. Jeslyn spoke after this long pause, "Is it lonely? I mean, do you ever miss the outside world?" "I never knew the outside world that well, and what I did know of it wasn't very pleasent. I would go so far as to call it cruel, so I don't miss it that much. It's actually not that bad under the Opera House, maybe I'll show you sometime. But I think the worst thing is being removed from everyone. Madam Giry died quite a while ago, so I've had no one to really talk to until now." The Phantom grew silent after this. Jeslyn reached out and squeezed his hand, "But now you have someone to talk to. And I don't plan on leaving for quite a while." Erik looked up and saw that he wasn't the only one who was teary eyed, Jeslyn had tears coming down her face also. She reached forward and gave him a hug. He embraced her in return and they stayed that way for a while. When they finally pulled away from each other, "Would you let me see under the Opera House?" Jeslyn asked timidly. Erik seemed surprised at her request, "If you really want to, it's not exactly as pretty as the rest of the Opera house." Jeslyn nodded her head eagerly. "All right then, come with me." They both stood up and Erik took Jeslyn's hand. She was shaking a bit, so he gave her a comforting smile and they moved toward the mirror.