I didn't get much feedback on the last chapter. Did I do a bad job or something? Or maybe you guys were just thirsting for another chapter. Well, if the second one is true, then here it is. I don't have much to do when it comes to my work so I figured that I might as well write another chapter just to keep you guys from rioting on me. Thank you to all my loyal readers. You guys are my inspiration. Thank you for everything.

Disclaimer: If I owned them…hmm…what would I do…Guess that will only happen in my dreams.

Summary: See Chapter One

From Chapter Eight:

"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."

Chapter Nine: Feelings

"Like him? What do you mean Chrissy? Do you mean like as in friends, or like as in you think that you may be in love with the guy?"

"The second one…I don't know Meg. This is all so sudden…I never expected all of this to happen."

Meg placed a reassuring hand on Christine's arm and smiled. "Things are going to be okay Chrissy…I promise. Everything will be alright."

"I know Meg, I know. But enough about that; you have to help me think of a plan to get back at Raoul."

"I don't know why he felt that he had to use you to get to me…I would have talked to him if he would have asked. Hell, if he would have asked me out I would have gone with him in a second!"

"Raoul de Chagny is a two timing creep and I hope that he rots in hell!" Christine exclaimed.

"Wow Chrissy! Now tell me how you really feel!"

Christine laughed as she pulled the car into her driveway. "That is how I really feel. Now I just have to figure out how to make him pay."

Turning off the car, she reached into the backseat and grabbed her bag. "Maybe I should tell him about Erik and I. That may get him."

"You know how much he doesn't like Erik already," Meg replied. "So that may work."

The two girls got out of the car and went inside, dropping their bags in the hallway on the way to the kitchen. Opening the refrigerator, Christine took out two cans of soda and handed one to Meg. "Yeah, I think that we can work that angle…Raoul hates Erik with a passion…this could just work…" she said aloud, opening her soda and taking a sip.

"So, what's going to happen with you and Erik? Not to totally change the subject, but I mean come on. You guys kissed last night. Are there any sparks there? From either of you?"

"I don't know. Afterwards, he told me that it shouldn't happen again, but only because he is my teacher and I am his student. It wouldn't be proper. But like I told you earlier, I haven't been able to stop thinking about him all day. I really haven't. I don't know what to do!"

"I don't know what to do!"

"Oh come now, she's a beautiful woman Erik. You must have some type of feelings for her," Nadir Khan told his longtime friend.

"I do…God help me but I do. When I kissed her last night…it was so beautiful…her lips were so soft, her eyes sparkled, it was perfect."

"So what's the problem?"

Erik turned to look at Nadir with a surprised look upon his face, shocked to think that his best friend would ask such a question. "The problem is that she is my student and I am her teacher. It would not be proper."

"Screw being proper Erik! From what you've told me, you are falling in love with this young woman! You have to go after her! Go after her and don't give up until you have what you want!"

"She's not a possession Nadir, Christine is a human being…a living, breathing, thinking…beautiful, sweet, caring, intelligent…" Erik trailed off as Christine entered his thoughts once more.

"And you're falling for her. Just admit it Erik. You're falling for her."

He was quiet, saying nothing for a few minutes. "Yes, I am. I'm falling in love with her."

"What about this one?" Christine asked, holding up a dress for Meg's inspection.

Meg looked up and shook her head. "No…too long. You've got great legs Chrissy. Use that to your advantage."

"Right." Hanging the dress back up, she pushed hangers to the side, searching for yet another dress. After a few minutes, she came up with another dress and held it up for Meg's inspection. "This one?"

Lying on Christine's bed, Meg looked up from the magazine that she was looking through. "Oooo! I like that one!"

"You do?"

Meg nodded eagerly. "I do! It's just the right length and I know for a fact that baby blue looks just beautiful on you!"

"Okay then," Christine replied, hanging the dress on the door to her bathroom. "Let me go shower real quick and then I'll come back and you can help me get ready."

Grabbing her towel from where it hung over her desk chair, Christine walked into the bathroom that adjoined her room and quickly showered. "Hey Meg! Why don't we do some smoky thing with my eyes? I've always wanted to try that."

She waited for a few minutes but received no answer. "Meg? You there?" she called out.

Slowly, she entered the room, looking around cautiously. Christine let out a sigh of relief when she saw that Meg was on the phone.

"Really? Yeah, but we have a plan…of course she knows! What, did you think that I wouldn't tell her?"

Waving to Meg, Christine caught her attention. "Hang on a sec," Meg said, pulling the phone away from her ear. "What's up Chrissy?"

"Who's on the phone?"

"Oh! It's Ashley. Sorry bout that. She called while you were in the shower. I didn't think that you would mind."

It was then that Christine noticed that Meg was talking on her cell phone. "So Ashley called me?"

Meg nodded. "Yeah, I ran into her on my way out of school earlier today and told her about what happened with Raoul. She was just calling to see what happened."

"You told Ashley?"

"Christine, she's one of our best friends. I didn't think that you would mind…You don't mind do you?"

"No…I guess not. It is Ashley after all."

"Great! Let me finish this call and then we will get started on getting you sexy!"

Turning around, Christine walked back into the bathroom and started brushing her teeth. Something's not right she thought to herself. Why would Ashley even care what's going on with Raoul and I? I never even talk to her. She's a friend with Meg more than she is a friend with me.

"Hello?"

"Raoul, it's me. I just got off the phone with her."

"And?"

"Our plan is working perfectly. She actually believed you. Shall we begin the next part of our plan?"

"No, not yet. I want to wait. I'll be in touch."

He closed his cell phone and sat back in his chair, staring out into the gardens of his mansion.

"This is going to be fun."

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