Present Day
I'll admit, the whole idea was a lot for me to take in. Erik was trying to tell me that he was a descendant of the Opera Ghost. It was hard to comprehend. But he's always been so honest, and I had no reason to doubt him, so I patiently listened to everything he had to say.
"Ok," I said once he took a break from his story, "I trust you Erik, really, I do. But this is a lot to process," I paused to think of the nicest way to put what I was about to say. "But, Erik…do you really believe that, I mean…how could you be sure that this is true?"
"To be honest, I've had my doubts about it before too. And I can never know for certain if it's true or not, but the story has been passed down for generations, and my family owns the diary of the Vicomtesse de Chagny, and in it she tells this story. And it's possible that it was all just some fantasy of hers, but I believe it."
I was about to respond to this when Erik's cell phone started ringing. "Excuse me, mon ange, but it is Tony, and I feel that I must answer it. Bonjour," Erik said while answering the phone.
My mind immediately started to float back to the story Erik had been telling me, but my reverie was quickly cut short by Erik's voice.
"What do you mean she's in the hospital? What happened?" He half shouted into the phone. "Another one?...No, I'll be right there. We'll get a cab."
"What happened?" I asked once he had hung up.
"Rochelle is in the hospital. It seems she has had a rather severe seizure."
"Oh no!" I exclaimed, honestly horrified, "Is she ok? What happened? Does this happen often?"
"She should be fine. The doctors have taken care of her. She has epilepsy, so this does occur more often than I like. Now, I need to go to the hospital, but if you would like to accompany me, I would be much obliged."
"Of course!" I said without a moment's hesitation, "I want to see Rochelle."
"All right, let's go on our way then. Oh, and, if you don't mind, mon ange, I think we shall stop the story for tonight. I am not much up for telling it."
"No, I don't mind at all. Rochelle is much more important."
"Merci," Erik replied while gently grasping my hand and heading outside.
AN: Ok. I apologize for the super short update. But it had been a while, and I needed to update, and...I have no real excuse. But I do feel bad. So from here on in the story will be switching in between present day and the 1800s. Usually I'll do this without mentioning that Erik and Christine have returned to the Opera House, but that is what they'll do. If things go according to plan (which doesn't always happen), the two stories will be switching often. I've recently discovered the "reply" button on reviews, so I will be trying to reply to all of your reviews from now on.