Chapter 5

Sierra's POV

A girl yelled near the bulletin board, "AHHH! Oh my god! You got the lead role." I looked over that way. She had blonde hair. I think that was Megan Potter who was going to play Meg Giry. I walked over and saw Molly Johnson, the girl Ramin wanted to be Christine because of her voice (sounds almost like the Phantom with his Christine obsession), seemed unaware that Megan was jumping up and down in happiness.

She was looking at the cast sheet dumbstruck. I searched her name. The role she got was… Christine. "Congratulations, Molly! You're playing our leading lady." I said. "Um… than-thanks, Sier-Sierra." Molly stuttered in shock. Then, Angel Bradbury came by and scanned the sheet. Her eyes narrowed and she turned on Molly. "How DARE you STEAL the lead from ME? I'm supposed casted as Christine. I'm an excellent singer. I'm SO way better than you, Smolly." Angel fumed with fighting words.

"Truthfully, Angel, you SING like a dying baby walrus! Besides, Molly deserves the lead way more then you. You didn't see the movie when it premiered in 2004 or the Broadway play when they were here in the US. Molly has seen the 2004 film of POTO with Gerard Butler, who is by the way the SEXIEST man alive, and she has been to the 25th Anniversary of Phantom of The Opera and Lover Never Dies both with Ramin Karimloo as the Phantom. After seeing both, she has dreamed of performing the role as Christine. Sorry, little Ms. Piss, but you're casted as CARLOTTA." Megan said smirking and pointing to Angel's role. She had stood up for Molly.

I thought how Megan's personality reminded me of Meg. Angel stormed off in the opposite direction toward a tall, lanky boy who gave her a hug in trying to comfort her. I turned to Meg and Molly. "That was very kind and brave of you to do, Megan." I said smiling.

"Thanks. No one goes after my friends screaming their heads off unless they want to get though to them by dealing with me. Besides, Molly would have done the same thing for me if I was in her position." Megan replied pulling Molly to her and giving her a noogie. "Hey!" Molly yelled swatting Megan's hand away. "Yeah, I would. We're close friends. Almost like Christine and Meg." Molly then said smiling.

"Why don't you come with me and meet the Phantom I worked and also meet the Phantom you'll be working with, Molly?" I asked. "Sure." Molly answered still smiling. I led her over to where Ramin was talking to Skye, the new Phantom. They were laughing at something.

"Hi, you two." I said waving when I got to them. They waved back. Molly was very quiet behind me. I brought her forward in front of me. "Taadaa! We have our new Christine. Molly Johnson." I said smiling. "Hiya, Molly. I'm Skye. I think we had 5th hour Biology together this year." Skye said shaking Molly's hand. "Hey, Molly." Ramin said smiling at Molly. Molly blushed a little and replied shyly, "H-hey, Ramin." "Seems you two have already met before." I chimed in questioning with a raised eyebrow.

"I gave her a ride home yesterday because it had started to rain, Sierra." Ramin explained chuckling. "Oh." I replied. I turned back to Molly and asked, "So how do you like being casted as Christine?" "It's fantastic so far. I've always dreamed of one day to be playing the role of Christine. Some people say that I sound like Emmy Rossum from the 2004 film." Molly replied smiling. I smiled back.

Then, Mrs. Connor came in with a large stack of scripts in her hands from her office. I ran to help her. She thanked me. "Here are the scripts for you all. Take one, everyone." Mrs. Connor said placing them on her piano. I set the stack the scripts I had next to her pile.

Everyone came up and took a copy. "We shall begin on page 3, Act 1 Scene 1, to run through as practice. Everyone in this scene get on stage to practice." Mrs. Connor said taking a seat at her piano. They came up onto the stage. They went through the lot scene and started where Carlotta would sing. Angel started singing.

I had to hold myself from cringing and covering my ears. The girls were right. She was horrible and Angel did, in fact, sounded like a dying baby walrus. She faked falling down and storming off with a fake Italian accent. I mentally laughed to myself at that part.

Then, Sarah Goodwin, who played Madame Giry, said that Christine, Molly, could sing the role. I saw Mrs. Connor wink at Molly. Molly started to sing. I looked around at everyone. They were all staring at Molly. They looked enchanted by her voice. I glanced over at Ramin. He was watching Molly intently. A smile slowly etched onto his face. Ramin must have seen something in Molly to make him smile.

I kept looking between Ramin and Molly and something in me said that they both maybe had developed a crush on each other.

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Molly's POV

We got done running through the scene where Christine was talking with Raoul about her Angel of Music. Next, we were going to practice the three scenes with just the Phantom and Christine. So, it was just Skye and I left on the stage. Mrs. Connor started playing the Mirror intro. (I found a better way to do song lyrics in my story)

Skye/Phantom: "Insolent boy, this slave of fashion, basking in your glory! Ignorant fool, this brave young suitor, sharing in my triumph."

Me/Christine: "Angel, I hear you. Speak, I listen. Stay by my side, guide me. Angel, my soul was weak, forgive me. Enter at last, Master."

Skye/Phantom: "Flattering child, you shall know me. See why in shadow I hide. Look at your face in the mirror. I am there, inside!"

Me/Christine: "Angel of Music, guide and guardian, Grant to me your glory. Angel of Music, hide no longer. Come to me, strange Angel."

Skye/Phantom: "I am your Angel of to me, Angel of Music."
Chad/Raoul(spoken): "Whose is that voice?Who is that in there?"
Skye/Phantom: "I am your Angel of Music."
Chad/Raoul(spoken): "Christine! Christine!"
Skye/Phantom: "Come to me, Angel of Music!"

I took Skye's hand when Mrs. Connor then started playing Phantom of the Opera. I sang first in this one.

Me/Christine: "In sleep he sang to me, in dreams he came, that voice which calls to me, and speaks my name. And do I dream again? For now I find the phantom of the opera is there inside my mind."

Skye/Phantom: "Sing once again with me our strange duet; my power over you grows stronger yet. And though you turn from me to glance behind, the phantom of the opera is there inside your mind."

Me/Christine: "Those who have seen your facedraw back in fear.
I am the mask you wear,"

Skye/Phantom: "It's me they hear."

Me/Christine &Skye/Phantom: "Your/my spirit and my/your voice in one combined; the phantom of the opera is there inside my/your mind."

Extras/Everyone: "He's there the phantom of the opera. Beware the phantom of the opera."

Skye/Phantom: "In all your fantasies, you always knew
that man and mystery,"

Me/Christine: "were both in you."

Me/Christine &Skye/Phantom: "And in this labyrinth where night is blind, the Phantom of the opera is here inside my/your mind."

Skye/Phantom: "Sing, my angel of music!"

I was about to sing my longest note ever when Mrs. Connor stopped playing for a minute and looked at us. "Let's take a break for about an hour and then we will start right back up but this time Molly & Ramin are paired up and Sierra & Skye are paired up. So, you two, rookies, can be with a professional to practice with for 'Music of the Night' scene." Mrs. Connor said.

"Okay, Mrs. Connor!" Skye and I replied. We hopped off the stage. I glanced over at Ramin. He saw me and winked. My face grew a bright shade of red. "Oh boy. Calm down." I thought trying to make the blush go away. I went over to Megan, who was reading her script.

"Hey, Megan." I said. "Heymm." She replied slightly waving. She was way too focused to look up. I left her there and went to the bulletin board. I couldn't believe that I was picked to be casted as Christine. "I still can't believe this." I thought following my finger to my name and across to the role. "Christine." I murmured somewhat smirking.

"Christine." A voice sang quietly off to my left. I jumped back and turned to see Ramin standing next to me. "Holy shit, Ramin! You scared me there for a minute." I said grasping my beating chest. My heart was pounding a mile a minute. Ramin chuckled. Butterflies started forming in my stomach.

My mouth went dry. "Oh man, he's hot." I thought as I was fan-girling in my mind. I smiled weakly. "Hey, Molly. Sorry about that." Ramin apologized. His Iranian-Canadian accent showed again. My stomach dropped to my knees. "It's… It's okay." I replied stuttering a bit. Then, a question popped into my mind.

"Why did you say yesterday that I should be casted as Christine?" I asked him. "I could see that you had potential in your voice and it seemed you wanted to actress/singer. Your voice has an innocent tone to it, as described for the role, when you sang at your audition." Ramin explained smiling. I blushed bright and looked at my feet. "Plus you remind of a goodfriend I had, who later died of leukemia. You have the same personality as her. Her name was Chrissie, short for Christine. You look like her except eye color. " I blushed even more and glanced up with my hair in my eyes. I could see barely through my hair that Ramin was still smiling.

I tried blowing my hair out of my face to see well with my eyes closed. Then, I felt a firm, but gentle hand brush the hair out of my eyes. I slowly opened them to see Ramin tuck the last small curl behind my ear. "Thanks." I muttered quietly. "You shouldn't have your hair in your face because then no one can see your beautiful emerald eyes." Ramin commented with a sweet smile.

"Oh my God! Was THE Ramin Karimloo flirting with me saying a compliment when he barely knows me?!" I thought shockingly.