A/N: Thanks to all the reviewers.

I hope you all like this chapter.

The waitress had refilled his scotch. As she walked away from him, he felt eyes on him. Erik looked up to a girl staring at him.

"Stupid girl, keep staring and watch what will happen." Erik thought to his self.

As if reading his mind the girl looked down at the table.

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"Christine you Okay?" Brad the guy Meg stuck her with asked.

She looked to him and he was looking down her tank top. "Nice." She thought sarcastically. "I'm fine." She answered.

Christine had been staring at a guy in a white mask a few tables from her. She noticed him when he first walked in. He wasn't from around here. At first she stared at him because of the Halloween mask he wore but as she stared at his face she noticed sadness. She bet if he smiled he would look ten years younger.

"Hey Christine lets sign up for karaoke." Meg said smiling at her.

"Uh I don't want to Meg. I'm not really in the mood tonight." Christine glanced back at the guy with the mask.

"Christine you should do it. I bet you sound wonderful." Brad urged.

Christine looked around her table Meg and the guys were all smiling at her. Feeling they wont let it go till she did, she agreed to sing but only one song.

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Erik watched from across the room as the girl that was staring at him looked as if she was being pressured into something.

"You got what was coming to you." Erik thought as he downed his second scotch.

He signal for another.

After his drink was bought and went back to studying the girl. The more he looked at her the more he started thinking she was pretty.

"She has pretty brunette hair."

Erik decided she looked nervous. "Maybe she know's I'm staring at her."

Finishing his third drink of the night, he decided that he would wait a few minutes before ordering another one.

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Christine heard the door open to the bar and looked up. It was the blonde guy that was with the senator. She smiled. He was handsome and he looked like he would be nice.

She took a sip of her beer and watched him walked over the bar and sit down on a stool. Along with her, every other girl in the bar noticed him.

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Erik couldn't believe this Raoul De Chagny was in bar let alone the same bar he was in. Getting ready to take out his wallet and pay, someone who worked at the bar got on the makeshift stage and announced that it was karaoke time.

"First up Christine." The person clapped, followed everyone else in t he bar.

He watched the girl that was staring at him early get up and walked towards the stage. Erik decided he had to stay and watch her make a fool of her self. Of course he didn't know if she could sing or not but he assumed she couldn't.

Erik sat back in his chair and watched as the girl now named Christine get setup.

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Christine could feel the guy in the mask eye's on her. Once she had her song pick out and the mic ready she turned to face the people sitting out in the bar. She knew most of them but the blonde and masked dude.

Taking a deep breathe, she hit the play button to the music and the introduction to Love Songby Sara Bareilles started.

At first she started out quiet and unsure but as the music picked up she got into it. She made eye contact with the guy in the mask but soon broke it.

She looked around the bar and the blonde guy caught her eye and they smiled at each other before she looked back a Meg and the guys.

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Erik sucked in his breath. He was wrong, she could sing. He found him self sitting forward and when they made eye contact he hoped she wouldn't break it. When she did, he followed her eyes to Raoul. And when they locked eyes, Raoul smiled and she back at him.

That was Erik's breaking point. He through enough money to cover his drinks on the table and walked towards the bar.

He paused when he got to the door and looked one last time at Christine. Her eyes were now focused back on her own table. Erik let out a snicker and walked out the door.

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Christine felt the air change and looked to the back of the bar. The guy she had stared at was leaving. For some reason she had hope to talk to him. That chance was now shot. She finished her song and jumped off the stage.

"Hey guys," She said as she reach the table she was sitting at, "I think I'm going to get something stronger." With that she picked up her empty glass and head for the bartender.

As she sat down at the bar, someone came up behind her. "You were wonderful." He said.

"Oh! Hi." Christine turned to look at him.

"Raoul." He stuck his hand out. "Christine right?"

"Yes." She said shaking his hand.

"Sorry about this morning. The secret service guys can be real bitches sometimes."

"It's okay. I just wish I could have gotten my story."

"Your not going to loose your job are you?" Raoul asked sitting beside her.

"No." She looked back at the bartender who asked what she wanted. "Uh. Vodka."

The man poor her a shot.

"Wow you drink strong stuff." Raoul commented watching her gulp it down.

"Yeah, it's just one of those nights." Christine said.

"I know what you mean. When I'm on the road with the senator it gets... well it gets tough."

"It must be fun though?" Christine wondered aloud.

"Yeah it can be."

"What is it that you do?"

"I help the senator with speeches or what he should wear or where he should make campaign stops. Nothing to big." Raoul smiled at her.

"That sounds interesting." Christine paused, "So the senator doesn't write his own speeches?"

"Oh no he does, but sometimes he needs help or stuff. He has to write a new speech almost every stop we make and in one week we can make 14 different stops."

"Wow. I could never do that, I would be tired all the time."

"At first you are, but then you get to a point that your just use to not sleeping."

"Oh okay. Well it was nice meeting you but I have to get back to my friends." Christine smiled starting to get up from the bar stool.

Raoul noticed she said friends not boyfriend. "Maybe I could take you out to lunch tomorrow?"

Christine was going to say no but then she thought what could it hurt, he was only going to be there for two days.

"Sure."

"Great! Where should I pick you up?" Raoul had a big smile on his face.

"At my work. The Falls Tribune. It's a big brick building on fourth street." Christine returned his smile and walked back to her table.

A/N: So this chapter was just to get things kinda going. I've started next chapter and alot more happens. It will probably be longer to.

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