Remember the contest that I had said in my note….. WELL THERE ARE SOME WINNERS! I want to give shout-outs to Chrissy24601, newbornphanatic, Vladlette! They guessed the right answer. The Phantom that will join my story is…*extra long drum roll* … Ben Lewis! Yes I know Ben is married or something. He's single in my story. BUT anyways… Congrats to the three winners! YAY! Now I'm continuing on with the story. :D

Chapter 7

Megan's POV

I got up and yelled, "It's a Saturday!" I went to the bathroom to change. When I got downstairs, I saw on my answering machine that I had a voicemail. I played the voicemail.

"Hello, Megan. This is Mrs. Connor. I calling to tell u that there is no practice for a while since Molly's in the hospital." YES!"I'm going to go see her." I said to no one. I laughed at myself. I grabbed my keys and drove to the hospital that Molly was at.

I parked my SUV van in the parking lot and went inside. I passed the hospital's cafeteria. I stopped, looking through the window. I saw Sierra talking with Skye. I tapped the glass repeatedly trying to get her attention.

She saw me after 10 minutes of me tapping on the glass and I mouthed to her, "What room is Molly in?" She motioned with her fingers, "Room E 109." I gave thumbs up as a thank you and went to find the room. I found the room and slowly and quietly opened the door. I gasped when I saw Molly.

Molly was hooked up with two IV's. One IV in each arm, and the wet blue rag that I gave Ramin yesterday was draped over her forehead. She looked still a bit pale. Then, I saw Ramin next to her, asleep, slouching in the chair. I noticed his hand over hers. Aw, how cute! "Excuse me, are you Megan Potter by any chance." A deep voice asked.

That voice sounded so vaguely familiar, so I turned around to find the person with the voice. I came face to face with… "Ben?!" I whispered staring at him. Ben Lewis was leaning against the doorway with his arms crossed. "Who else would it be, Megan?" he asked unfolding his arms.

"I-I-I can't believe… you're here! It's just been so long since I've seen you last which was when you were performing LND in Australia." I replied shocked. I went over giving him a hug. "Still short as ever I see. I missed talking to you." Ben said. "Oh shut up, you big lug. I missed chatting with you too." I said pulling away and playfully punching his arm.

Then, Ramin woke up a bit groggy. "Morning, Phantom!" I said cheery. "Morning, Megan." Ramin answered yawning. Ramin popped his neck. It did look like he had been in an uncomfortable position but gave in anyways. "Who is this? Ramin asked pointing at Ben. "Oh, this is Ben Lewis. He did the Australian version of Love Never Dies with Andrew Lloyd Webber just like you did Love Never Dies in London with him."

"Well, it's nice to meet you, Ben." Ramin said a little bit more awake, holding out his left hand toward Ben. Ben shook it and said, "Likewise, Ramin." "Um…Ramin, do you know that you have a hold of Molly's hand." I asked with a raised eyebrow toward Ramin.

"Yes… yes I do." Ramin replied running his thumb over Molly's knuckles. "You like her, don't you? Ben said looking between unconscious Molly and Ramin. "Y-yeah, I guess you can say that, but I love her actually." Ramin smirked, blushing a tiny bit when he looked at Molly's pretty face and continue to speak, "But please don't tell her whenever she wakes up. I want to tell her myself at the right time and see if she feels the same way about me." His eyes pleaded with Ben and me. "Okay, fine. I won't." I said. "I won't either." Ben answered. "Thanks." Ramin replied smiling.

"You still look tired as hell, Ramin. Go get some rest. We'll watch her for you." Ben said placing a hand on Ramin's shoulder. "I guess you're right." Ramin said getting up. "Here's her phone. It was in her pocket. My number's in there. So if anything happens, please call me." Ramin informed taking Molly's cell phone out of his pocket. I took it and replied, "No problema, Ramin." Ramin left.

"So, what do you want to do to pass the time while we watch Molly?" I asked Ben. "I brought a pack of playing cards with me." Ben answered taking a pack of cards out of his bag he brought with him. We played several card games. I won 5 times and Ben won about like 10 times. I keep joking that he was cheating but I know he wasn't. He's just super good at cards.

I stopped playing, and went over to the hospital's room window. I looked out watching the cars go by on the street below. I sighed, thinking if/when Molly would recover from her hot flash.

I felt Ben's hand on my arm. "You okay, MP?" he asked. I smiled a little at the nickname he gave me. "Yeah I guess, Ben, but also no. I'm just so worried about Molly. She has had hot flashes before, but they weren't as severe as this one where she passed out." I answered with small tears.

"It's alright. I'm here, Megan. She'll get through this." Ben said soothingly, pulling me into a comforting hug. I sobbed into his blue polo shirt. Ben's hands rubbed my back in small circles, trying to calm me down and he whispered comforting words. It helped a bit. I looked up at Ben. His brown eyes showed concern, worry, and something else I couldn't recognize.

He wiped my tears away with a gentle swipe of his thumb. I smiled weakly, gave him a peck on the cheek, and whispered, "Thank you." I turned around to walk away and go sit back down, but I was pulled back. Next thing I knew was feeling his lips on mine. It was unexpected and caught me off guard. I stared at him while Ben had his eyes closed.

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Ben's POV

I finally did it. I had the courage to kiss my best friend. I had pulled her back when she started to walk away. I wanted to show Megan how I really felt about her. I crashed my lips to hers and closed my eyes. I cupped her jaw with one of my hands. I gently kissed her. I want to be more than best friends, but to start out one step at a time. I want to know what you feel. I ran my thumb softly along her cheek. I like you but I also love u more. I placed my other arm around her waist. Will you give me a chance? I parted from her lips, but I kept my eye closed. I breathed waiting.

She didn't respond back. My heart sank. Then, I felt her warm, soft lips kiss mine. I smiled in the kiss. I felt Megan's hands wrap around the nape of my neck and playing with my short, black hair.

I gripped her waist tighter pressing her closer to me. I took my hand off Megan's cheek and placed it on her waist with my other arm. Now I realize how excellent Megan was at kissing. Our lips moved in sync with each other. We both smirked in the kiss. We parted for a breath.

"I like you more than a friend." Megan whispered. I stared into her sparkling blue eyes. "I don't like you more than a friend, Megan... I" Suddenly Megan's eyes narrowed to a squint and she hissed "What?!" I paused. I never had seen Megan go upset so quickly before. She never had done that.

Megan started to slip from my grasp saying regretful, "Why did I even kiss back? I know you didn't feel the way I felt about you." I brought her back, lifted her chin up, and made her look at me in the eyes.

Then, I leaned forward close to Megan's ear and whispered, "I love you even more than that than I do as a friend." I leaned back to look at her. I watched as Megan's eyes go from beady to shock then finally to happiness.

She kissed me, catching me off guard this time. I smiled again. "I've waited to hear you say that since we become friends and since I fell for you. " Megan murmured breaking the kiss. I was happy. No overjoyed. I caught her lips again. Megan's lips were sweet like honey and soft as rose petals. I wrapped her into an even tighter embrace. I never wanted to let her go.

Out of nowhere, a voice said "Whoa! Whoa! What the hell did I just wake up seeing?!" We pulled apart from the passionate kiss and looked over at the bed. Molly was awake and staring at us bug-eyed. "Molly, you're awake!" Megan jumped taking my arm and walked over to her best friend. She let go and hugged Molly. "What did I just see go on between you two?" Molly asked darting her eyes between us.

"Um…..well….." Megan started saying. "I had confessed my love for Megan by kissing her. She felt the same. Then we kissed again." I explained chuckling. I kissed the side of Megan's forehead. She smiled. "Oh, okay." Molly answered. When she realized who I was, Molly asked, "You're Ben Lewis, aren't you?" "Yes." I replied. "He's a keeper." Molly said winking at Megan. "Molly!" Megan yelled.

"So, how long was I out for?" Molly questioned Megan. "You were out for about a day. You had another hot flash. It was more severe than the previous ones, Molly. I think you had passed out." Megan explained taking Molly's hand. "So what happened yesterday because I don't remember anything?" she asked looking at Megan. "Ok. This is what happened yesterday, Molly." Megan said.

Then, Megan started explaining what happened yesterday to Molly.

Yeah Molly's awake! Please comment of how you like this story so far.

P.S. DISCLAIMER = I do not own anything of the work of POTO. That is credit to Andrew Lloyd Webber.

Man where would we be today if He hadn't thought of the Phantom of the Opera Broadway play or the 2004 movie starring Gerard Butler (sexiest Phantom ever alive!), Emmy Rossum (best Christine ever!), and Patrick Wilson (coolest Raoul ever!)?