Muahahahahahahaahaha. Okay sorry for the cliffhanger. I hate those too. I made a one shot of Eli and Clare, but it's typical. They are bffs and they fall in love. The end. So this chapter will hopefully make up for everything ;)

Disclaimer:I of course don't own degrassi,phantom of the opera, etc….

~ Eli's P.o.v ~

She didn't say anything. Why wasn't she saying anything. Oh my God she knows. She remembers me. She hates me. I just ruined everything. She just keeps staring at me.

"Clare? Say something your freaking me out."

"Eli, your, your –"

"I'm what? Hideous? A freak? Someone you hate? A mons-"

"Your beautiful"

"I'm what?"

"Eli your beautiful"

I looked at her amazed. She doesn't hate me? She doesn't remember me?

"Clare you don't remember me?"

"Remember you from what?"

Oh crap this isn't what I wanted.

"Never mind"

"Eli, tell me"

I should tell her. But I can't.

"It's time for your lesson"

"No, not until you tell me" she then got up and off the bed.

"Clare, this isn't the first time you've met me. When we were younger like infants. My girlfriend was abused by her father. I was by her side, but I was a coward. I didn't stop him and I didn't go to get help. One day he hit her so bad she didn't wake up and she died and I watched her die until an older man came to see what was going on. He saw me and I instantly ran because I knew her father would blame it on me. And who was going to believe a six year old over a wealthy man? Nobody." I was starting to cry. " So I ran and ran and ran until I was about a block away from this theatre. And then a 'magician' found me and said he would take me in if I worked for him. I agreed. Later I found out my job was to be locked in a cage and let him abuse me with a whip when there were customers. And everybody just laughed. Nobody ever felt bad or tried to help. Until one day Madame came with a bunch of other girls in tutus. They all laughed at me except for her. Once they all left she stayed behind. She let me free from the cage and held my hand as we ran to a secret entrance into the theatre. She told me which way to go and then ran herself. She saved my life."

"Who's Madame?" "Cindy. She was best friends with my mom. Almost like sisters Cindy told me. My mom died after giving birth to me, and my dad was hung right in front of me. I was supposed to get hung too but I ran away. And after Julia died her father told everyone it was me who killed her. That's why I'm in here, that's why I wear a mask, and that's why nobody can know who I am."

"I'm sorry Eli." "Promise me you won't leave me. Please" "I swear I won't leave you Eli. But how did you know me?"

"The day Julia died, the man who saw me. Was your father Clare. He saw the whole thing, but couldn't do anything because you were there. He didn't want you to see any of it. So he took me to in for a few weeks."

" Then what about Cindy?"

"Cindy was Julia's older sister. She came with Randall too. He let us both stay for a few weeks and then we both went our separate ways. A year later was when she found me and brought me to live here. We didn't really remember each other at first. But Clare those few weeks your father let us stay I fell in love with you. I will never forget Julia, but I fell in love with you when he introduced us. And my last night he made me promise him one thing."

"which was?"

" If something ever happened to him Cindy would bring you here, and I would be your guardian angel. I never understood why he would always call me angel, but he insisted to have you call me your angel of music. The way he said it though, it was as if he knew something would happen to him and he would need someone to watch over you. I'm glad he chose me though."
"So am I. He always knew what was best for me. He always knew what to say and how to say it."

"He loved you a lot. He wouldn't have asked Cindy and I to do this if he didn't. But to be honest I would've done it whether he asked me to or not." I smirked at her and wiped the few tears that had crawled down her face.

"I love you Clare"

"I love you too" and she kissed me.

There you go. The mystery is solved with Eli. Or is it? Whats going to happen now. Wait and find out! Review please!