Chapter 2
(Samantha's Point of View-Flashback)
I first met Erik when I was 12 years old. Those were so horrible years at school no doubt! No one liked me, in fact, I was picked on almost everyday. I hated my life and everyday I would come home crying because no one liked me. I was always a music geek as people would call me. When Phantom of the Opera came out to the movies, I was the first to see it. From that moment on, my heart forever belonged to Erik. I wished with all my heart that I could see him and he could take all my pain away. Then after 4 years, I came home and heard a voice inside my room while I was weeping after a long day at school. It said, "Why are you crying, child?" I looked up and gasped but I saw no one. Then the voice said again, "If you don't believe, then you can't see me. Close your eyes and believe in me."
I closed my eyes tight and suddenly I felt a hand graze my cheek. I opened my eyes quickly to see the most beautiful masked man I had ever seen in my entire life standing before me.
"Erik, is it really you?"
He smiled and held out his arms to me. As I ran to him, I felt his warmth and his love as the hot tears fell down my face.
"Oh Erik, I love you."
He smiled from under his mask and kissed my forehead. "My sweet child, I love you too."
From that day on, Erik always came to me to help protect me from the world's harshness. Once I turned 14, he gave me a ring to wear. He told me that I was forever his no matter what happened. Erik from then on became a part of my everyday life. A part of my life I vowed never would be erased from my memory as long as I lived.
