Meg followed behind her mother and sister as they climbed the stairs to Mr. Y's tower.

"Tell me did you watch? Tell me that you saw!" Morgan said in an irritating, perky voice. A few moments later Madame Giry interrupted.

"Meg!" She yelled. Morgan grew silent. "Can't you see that the master's at work? Can't you see that his mind's somewhere else? Can't you see that obviously he's thinking of things more important than you?"

"Careful, Madame…you're forgetting yourself." The Phantom said quickly.

"Don't you see he forgot what this is? Opening day, big deal, what's the fuss? Our success means naught, I guess, compared to the things that the master must do."

"That's quite enough!" He yelled.

"Christine! Christine!" Madame Giry spat. Morgan's face fell.

"Christine…" She said softly.

"Meg, leave, now." Madame Giry ordered. Morgan obeyed and disappeared. Meg, however, remained in the shadows.

"Meg, leave. Now. In Paris, when the mob surrounded you, who was there? We were there! Where was she, when the lawmen hounded you?

Gone, long gone. We stayed on!"

Meg rolled her eyes and she listened to her mother hound the Phantom.

"She chose Raoul, chose his beauty and youth!" Madame Giry was saying, talking about Christine. "It's long past time you faced up to –"

"ENOUGH!" The Phantom yelled. " You'll be repaid as I promised you would…now if you've anything else left to say…"

Madame Giry gave the Phantom one final look and left.

Meg lingered behind and listened to him.

"Oh Christine!

My Christine!

Yes you fled from my face once before, but Christine, what we shared

even you can't ignore," He sang. Meg smiled. He did have a wonderful voice.

"My Christine!

I'll be no longer denied!

I'll have you back by my side,

My sweet Christine!

And come what may,

I swear somehow, someway,

I will hear you sing once more!"

When he finished Meg emerged from the shadows.

"Mr. Y?" The Phantom whirled around. When he saw who it was he sighed.

"Morgan, I thought you were your sister."

"Actually, I am."

"What?" The Phantom shot her a confused look.

"When we came to Coney Island, mother switched our names. I'm Meg. I was Christine's best friend." The Phantom winced when she said 'Christine'.

"Thank you, Mor-Meg." He gave her a small smile. Meg started to leave, but she turned back around.

"Are you really going to bring Christine here?"

"Yes."

What do you think? Please R&R! Thanks! (3

~Kate