Title: Christine's Diary

Author: LittleLottexoxEriksTrueAngel

Chapter Two: The Bal Masque

Disclaimer: I do not own 'The Phantom Of The Opera'.

I sent Raoul another letter today. I asked him to meet me at the masked ball and I asked him to meet me at twelve o'clock. We met at the ball as planned but I didn't get to tell Raoul what I wanted to. He was determined to catch Erik, Red Death, as he was tonight. . "I shall know whom you love and who loves you!" I wanted to scream, "It is you I love!" but I stopped myself. I wanted to tell him, I needed to tell him. He burst into a mad laugh making his way towards the door of the box. I flung out my arms

"In the name of our love, Raoul, you shall not pass!"

He stopped, obviously debating whether or not he should believe me. He didn't. "You lie, madam, for you do not love me and you have never loved me! What a poor fellow I must be to let you mock and flout me as you have done! Why did you give me every reason for hope, at Perros... for honest hope, madam, for I am an honest man and I believed you to be an honest woman, when your only intention was to deceive me! Alas, you have deceived us all! You have taken a shameful advantage of the candid affection of your benefactress herself, who continues to believe in your sincerity while you go about the Opera ball with Red Death! I despise you!" He burst into tears. I just stood there. The only thing on my mind was the keep him from leaving the box.

"You will beg my pardon, one day, for all those ugly words, Raoul, and when you do I shall forgive you!" I said finally.

He shook his head. "No, no, you have driven me mad! When I think that I had only one object in life: to give my name to an opera wench!"

"Raoul...How can you?"

"I shall die of shame!"

"No, dear, live! And...Good-by. Good-by, Raoul..."

I left the room and Raoul followed, shouting some sarcastic remarks at me. I told him that I was never going to sing again and that he would never see me again.

He asked, "May one ask at least to what darkness you are returning? For what hell are you leaving, mysterious lady...or for what paradise?"

I would not tell him for he has lost faith in me.

"But look here!" he cried out to me. "Can't you tell me what all this means! You are free; there is no one to interfere with you. ... You go about Paris...You put on a domino to come to the ball... Why do you not go home? What have you been doing this past fortnight? What is this tale about the Angel of Music, which you have been telling Mamma Valerius? Some one may have taken you in, played upon your innocence. I was a witness of it myself, at Perros...but you know what to believe now! You seem to me quite sensible, Christine. You know what you are doing...And meanwhile Mamma Valerius lies waiting for you at home and appealing to your good genius!'...Explain yourself, Christine, I beg of you! Any one might have been deceived as I was. What is this farce?"

I told him it is a tragedy and with that I put on my mask and started to leave. "My dearest! My dearest! You promised to forgive me..." he cried out.

"Perhaps! Some day, perhaps!" I replied and I left, forbidding Raoul to follow me.

I went to my dressing room and muttered to myself poor Erik, and then I began to write. I quickly hid the sheets in my bodice. It was then that I heard the music begin to play. Erik. A smile filled my face. He was singing the wedding night song from Romeo and Juliet. I stretched out my arms towards the voice as he sang "Fate links thee to me forever and a day". I walked towards my image in the mirror. I felt like I was spinning and then Erik was beside me.

Christine

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