CHRISTINE

Slowly I began to opens my eyes and I laid there with the worst headache slowly rubbing my head, the back of my head where it hurt. I closed my eyes back.

"Damn my head hurt" I mumbled finally sitting up rubbing my head looking around. This was not my bedroom, maybe this was Chris's house I never seen his bedroom so maybe he came out and helped me. I sat there looking around the bedroom was big as hell, how did he have such a big bedroom. Mine wasn't this big, I wish it was. I got up out the bed and looked around the room, this is not Chris's apartment. I went to the window opening the current but I couldn't get the window open. I tried both windows in the room. But nothing neither one of them was opening, I walked slow to the bedroom door and opened it, I peeked out but I didn't see anyone it was just a hallway. I walked out of the room looking around going down the hallway towards a light, that lead me to the livingroom. I looked around and didn't see noo phones, I went to the window and these didn't open as well.

"Where the fuck am I?" I asked myself I looked around and I patted my pockets and felt my cell pulling it out I looked and saw I had no signal. "SHIT" I looked around the livingroom going to each window but they didn't open, til I saw the door, it had to be the front door. I ran to it and tried the nob it was locked so I felt around for the lock and I even looked but I didn't see any. "Where the hell am I?"

"Your in my home" a voice said and I looked around leaning up against the door. "Don't panic Christine" I turned around the voice was right in my ear. I moved from the door then I looked I saw someone standing there by another door way not the way I came.

"Who are you?" I asked I looked and saw the same 2 glowing eyes that was at my apartment. "You was outside my apartment"

"I was" the voice said

"You was, was in my picture I took" I stuttered

"I was, normally my box is left open, no one dares come in there but you did" the voice said all I could see was a pair of eyes staring at me.

"Who are you?" I asked and the eyes moved to the lamp turning it on, there stood a man very tall at least 6 feet or taller. I stepped back looking at him, watching him stand up straight and his eyes never left mine.

"I am Erik, but known as The Ghost of the opera" Erik said he had a mask on his face, a white mask that made me even more scared. I gently touched my pockets for my keys that held my mase but I felt my keys and not my mase. "I have removed that from you, just in cause you did something you regret."

"Opera Ghost? Your real?" I asked

"I am very much real" Erik said and bowed.

"Your windows don't open, you don't have a phone, no signal and your door doesn't have any locks" I said looking around then right back at him. His eyes didn't leave me, he just stared.

"No I don't, I don't have need for those things, useless talking on the phone" he said waving his hands as if the phone was the worst thing.

"Why am I here and why do m head hurt?" I asked moving back as he walked to a chair sitting down.

"You wasn't thinking and moved from me when I was trying to speak with you. You hit your and was knocked out so I couldn't leave you there. Who knows what would have happen if I did" he said

"You bring me here, here really why didn't you just leave me there" I said

"I thought it would be best for you come here" He said

"I wanna go home. You can see I'm fine; I don't need to be here I need to go home." I said

"Leave?" He questioned with a look of shock written across his face. "You wanna leave me, now?"

"Yes I need to go home, I need to call my friends who will worry about me," I explained. "If they don't hear from me they will know something is up? And if I don't dance or sing I will be kicked off the line and not get paid" He shook his head fiercely. Then he stood up, this made me back up.

"You don't understand," he groaned. "You can't leave. I won't let you leave."

"What do you mean you won't let me leave?" I asked, I looked around the room then at him. "I want to go home!"

"Christine please," he whispered, "I love you."

"How could you?" I asked. "You don't even know me. YOU DONT EVEN KNOW ME... WHAT ARE YOU UP TOO?" I moved to the window again I was going to open it and get out of here.

"Christine stop" he said I looked at him he was moving towards me and I moved running to the other window, now banging on the window.

"HELP HELP SOMEONE HELP ME" I screamed banging on the window.

"Christine stop, stop it" he said and I looked at him as he came towards me. I back up grabbing the lamp throwing it at him. I ran to the door again trying it but it was just the same locked with no locks. "Christine"

"NO YOU SHOULD HAVE LEFT ME THERE, YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO BRING ME HERE, I DON'T KNOW YOU BUT I HATE YOU" I screamed and ran out of the livingroom and down the hall right back to the room I came out of, slamming and closing the door, then locking it. I got in the bed and cried.

ERIK

I stood there watching her as she ran off to the room that I made up for her, it hit my heart hard that she screamed at me telling me she hate me. This is not what I wanted, I wanted her to be happy here. I want her to be happy with me she is finally in my home and I can't let her go, I can't let her go at all. I walked down the hallway right to her room where I could hear her crying.

"Christine" I said unsure on how I am to stop her from crying cause I've been alone all these years and not speaking to anyone has made my social skills off. "Christine"

"Leave me alone, don't talk to me unless your take me home." Christine sobbed. The next few hours I sat at my organ and played,played and played trying to sooth how we both was feeling. This afternoon I went into the kitchen and made us both some lunch walking to her room. I knocked on the door a few times.

"Christine I have made you lunch" I said waiting for her to reply but she never did. I placed the tray on the floor and thought about unlocking the door and walking in but she was already mad with me, so I wouldn't cross that line. "Christine your food is sitting outside your door"

I turned walking down the hallway once I got to the end of the hallway. I looked when I heard a lock and the door opened up, her hand pulled the tray into the room and closed locking the door back. The next 3 days went like this, I was eating breakfast,lunch and dinner alone with this beauty locked away in the room, never speaking to me. I was like a maid in my own home I had half a mind to go into that room and demand her to talk to me, to come out and eat at the table like an adult and not a spoiled little brat. But I didn't I was going to give her time, I was used to eating alone and playing alone and living alone I'm a solitary creature. So her silence to me did not bother me but me knowing she is here, is what won't let my heart stop skipping a beat when I think of her.

Right now I was in the kitchen finishing making lunch, when I looked at the door seeing 2 beautiful blue eyes staring at me. I stopped what I was doing, and looked at her.

"Hi, ummm sorry I didn't mean to stop you from what you was doing I'll go back to the room" she said she started to move but I stopped her.

"No don't leave I was getting our lunch ready and well if you would like to join me at the table it will be wonderful to have some company." I said she gave me a small smile. I finished with our lunch and had her follow me to the dinning room and I smiled a little when I heard her gasp at it. I sat our food down, pulling out her chair.

We didn't speak while we ate our food but I did get back up and turned on some light music. I caught her swaying a little in her chair to the music but she wasn't really eatting. I finally had to ask her why she wasn't eating.

"Is the food not to your liking?" I asked looking at her.

"No it's fine just wondering if it's tainted" she said

"Tainted? As in have I put anything in your food... Christine I wouldn't harm you" I said she nodded and ate some more and I watched her as she drank her juice. "And besides if I was to do that I wouldn't put it in your food. I would put in your cup so it would mask that the taste" I spit her drink a little grabbing her napkin wiping her mouth those blue eyes turned towards me and I tried to hide my smirk but it was no use she still saw it.

"That's not funny" she fussed

"I'm sorry" I said she just rolled her eyes after eating lunch I was shocked that she helped me clean the table and even offered to do the dishes which I denyed her of doing.

"If I'm going to be here, I need to get a few thing from my apartment" she said as she stood at the door of the livingroom watching me taking a seat in my chair with a book.

"Write a list of stuff you need and I'll be more than happy to get the things you need" I said

"No I don't want you going through my things. I need to get it myself so I need to go back home to get what I need" she said and I looked at her and nodded.

"Okay if it's your wish we will go to your home tonight so you can get the things you need... Or" I agreed as she turned to walk away she turned and looked at me. " You can give me a list of things you need and I'll go get them myself from any store in the city"

"No I want my own things" she said and walked away I nodded and sat thinking to myself.

CHRISTINE

I was in the room so long that I had gotten tired, I laid down and went right to sleep. After sleeping for what seem a few hours I slowly was waking up, I opened my eyes and noticed where I was. I sat up and looked around I was in my apartment on the couch. It was dark but I know my place.

"It was all a dream" I said rubbing my head.

"No Christine" he said I turned and looked I saw him standing there eyes glowing. "You wanted to come here to get what you need please hurry" I got up and went to my room pushing the door up but stopped when I heard his voice in my ear. "Don't close the door"

"I have to close it, I need to shower and change and I don't do this in front of strange men" I said looking at him, he nodded. I closed my door locking it. I wet right to my house phone picking it up but there was no dial tone or anything. He did something to the phone.I went grabbing me some clothes and getting a duffle bag putting things in it, I was packing like crazy. Trying to make sure I didn't forget anything. Cause I didn't know when I was going to be coming back here, grab the picture of my parents kissing it, pushing it in my bag zipping it up and changing my shoes and I walked to my window and opened it, it was dark and cod out the New York air I normally loved but I couldn't think about it now. I went putting on a hoodie and putting my duffle bag over my neck and I went right to my window climbing out of it, so glad I was only on the second floor so the drop wasn't going to be that bad.. I THINK... I dropped my bag and climbed all the way out and jumped to the ground below.

"OOWW SHIT" I whined grabbing my ankle I didn't break it but it hurt like shit. I looked up to my window but I didn't see him. I grabbed my bag and hopped away. "Taxi" I waved my hands looking back at my window hoping he didnnt noticed I was gone. After I got in a cab.

"Where to?" Cabbie asked

"23 lear street please" I said laying down in the backseat. After a 30 maybe 35 minute ride.

"$15.00 ma'am" cabbie said and I gave him $20 and got out I went hopping in to a different apartment building. Going to the 4th floor I started banging on the door.

"What the hell" Judi said opening the door when she saw me she hugged me. "Christine where the hell you been?"

"Let me in" I said hopping in as she closed the door I went and sat down on the couch. Meg came out from the other room.

"Where have you been you dont know know how to answer your phone?" Meg fussed and that when I lost it and I started to cry.

"Wait what happen why are you crying?" Judi said coming to me hugging me and I told them everything that had happen, I thought they was going to laugh at me or make fun of me but they didn't. They hugged me tight and now we needed to get out of here.

"Where can we go?" Judi asked

"I have no clue" Meg said

"We can call Raoul he can help us right?" I asked

"Yes I'll call him" Judi said leaving getting her phone calling him.

"I should have listen to you Meg" I said

"It's okay, let's just hope he don't know where we stay" Meg said After a hour has pass Raoul was here and I told him what happen.

"I don't know what to say but we can't stay in the city pack yall things and let's go to my house in the Hamptons" Raoul said as they went to go pack he ame sitting next to me. "How does you ankle feel?"

"It hurts" I said looking at it.

"I'm sorry it does" Raoul said smiling at me and I smiled back.

"It's okay it's not your fault" I said he moved closer to me and put his arm around my shoulder and I laid my head on it.

"Rest while they get their things I won't let nothing happen to any of you." Raoul said I nodded and closed my eyes I felt Raoul kiss my forehead. Unknown to us we had a visitor on the patio listening and getting angry with every minute.