Okay, I'm really sorry for the delay but here is the next chapter! It's short and you may not like it, but please send me a review anyways! Thanks again for all the wonderful feedback on the last chapter!

Summary: See Chapter One

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From Chapter Seven:

There was a moment of silence. Christine looked into his eyes and blushed slightly. She had never noticed what beautiful eyes he had. He never realized how beautiful she was until now. Slowly, he leaned down towards her and his lips met hers in a tender, sweet kiss.

Chapter Eight: Betrayal

The kiss lasted for a moment, and then Erik pulled away. "I'm so sorry Christine…I shouldn't have done that…please…forgive me."

She looked up at him, confused. "It's alright Erik. I understand."

Standing up, she walked over to the window and looked out upon the small garden that was planted in the front yard.

"Christine, I didn't have anything to do with her disappearance if that is what you are wondering."

"No, that's not what I'm wondering Erik. I'm wondering how you can be kissing me one minute and then be saying that you shouldn't have done it the next."

He sighed. "You're a student of mine Christine…it wouldn't be proper…"

She turned and faced him. "Alright, I understand. Maybe it would be best if you left. I'll see you tomorrow?"

"Of course. Tomorrow it is. Have a wonderful night Christine."

"So, Christine, I thought that maybe we could go to dinner and a movie tonight," Raoul said the next morning, coming up to her at her locker.

Turning to him, she looked at him and smiled slightly. "Sure, that sounds wonderful."

"Great! I'll pick you up at seven."

Christine nodded and shut her locker. "Alright, that sounds fine. I'm sorry but I have to get to class. I promised Meg that I would help her with her homework before class."

"Alright, I'll see you later then. Have a good day."

She pushed past him and quickly walked to her next class where she slid into her seat next to Meg, who looked at her gratefully. "I almost thought that you had forgotten about me Chrissy."

"I would never do that. Besides, I got caught in the hallway. Raoul wanted to talk to me."

"What about?"

"Our date," Christine replied. "We're going to dinner and a movie tonight."

"You are? Wow! I'm so happy for you Christine."

Christine nodded and looked down, unable to get him out of her head. She had been thinking about him ever since they had kissed last night.

"Chrissy? Is there something wrong? Chrissy?"

She snapped out of her trance. "I'm sorry Meg. I just got carried away with my thoughts. Let's get to work on the homework here."

The rest of the day went on with little incident. Once the end of the day bell rang, Christine got her books out of her locker and went to meet Meg at her car. The two girls were supposed to go to Christine's house to study and then Meg was going to help Christine get ready for her date with Raoul that night.

When she got to her car, Meg wasn't there yet. 'She probably got held up,' Christine thought to herself. Tossing her books in the backseat, she got into the drivers seat and began to wait.

A few moments later, Meg came running out of the front door to the school. "I'm sorry Chrissy. Mr. Webber wanted to talk to me about our project."

"It's alright Meg. Let's get going."

Meg tossed her stuff in the back seat along with Christine's and then slid into the passenger seat. Christine started the car and a few minutes later, they were off to the Daae house.

"So where exactly are you and Raoul going tonight?" Meg asked on the way.

Christine shrugged. "I don't know. He wouldn't tell me. All I know is that we're going to dinner and a movie. He wouldn't tell me where."

"Oh," was Meg's quiet reply.

"Meg, is something wrong? You're really quiet."

"No, I'm alright."

"Meg, I know that voice. What's wrong? There is something wrong."

Meg sighed. "I lied to you Chrissy. I wasn't talking to Mr. Webber."

"You lied to me? Why?"

"Because Raoul asked me to."

Christine glanced over at her. "Meg, what happened?"

"I was coming out of my history class and was at my locker getting my books when he came up to me…"

Thirty minutes prior

Meg dropped her bag to the floor and worked on the combination to her locker. She was supposed to meet Christine at her car in a couple minutes and she didn't want to be late. Pulling her math and English books out of her locker, she kneeled down to put the books in her bag.

"Well hello Miss Giry."

Looking up, Meg found the owner to the voice, Raoul. "Hi Raoul. I hear that you and Christine are going out tonight," she replied, standing up to retrieve the rest of her things.

He nodded. "That's right. I'm taking her out for dinner and a movie. I want her to get her mind off that Destler character. He's bad news."

"Mr. Destler sounds like a wonderful man. You shouldn't talk bad about him."

"Is that so?" He glanced up and down the hall. "Is that what you really think?"

She nodded and zipped her bag shut. "Yes, I really think that. Christine has been talking about singing for a while now… This is a big opportunity for her."

Raoul pressed her up against the locker and pressed his body to hers. "Well, I have an opportunity for you Meg."

"Wha…What's that?"

He leaned in close and kissed her deeply. "It's not Christine I'm interested in Meg. It's you. I'm just using her."

"So why did you ask her out?"

"Because, I want her to forget about this Destler guy. He's bad news. She's my friend Meg. Weather you want to believe it or not. She's my friend. But I'm not interested in her. I'm interested in you," he replied, pressing his body close to hers again.

"I want to take you out Meg. Tomorrow night. You and me. I'll call you later on tonight."

"But you're going out with Christine tonight!"

"I'll call you after I get back." He kissed her again. "Have a good day beautiful."

He walked away, glancing back at her over his shoulder.

Meg just stood there for a moment, stunned. Then she looked at her watch and noticed that she was late to meet up with Christine. But what would she tell her?

Grabbing her bag, she shut her locker and raced towards the front door of the school.

Present Time

Christine listened to Meg's story, and Meg finished the story just as Christine pulled into the driveway of the Daae home.

"I can't believe that asshole!"

Meg looked down at her hands. "I'm sorry Chrissy. I really am."

Unbuckling her seatbelt, Christine turned to Meg. "Don't worry about it. I have something to tell you as well. Erik kissed me last night."

"What?"

"He kissed me…and I kissed him back. I haven't stopped thinking about him all day Meg. I think that I may like him."

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