Hi guys! Ok so I really hope you all enjoyed chapter 12, it took a while to write and I hope you all liked it! Thanks for the very sweet reviews I always enjoy seeing what everybody has to say it makes me so happy(: I hope you all like this chapter, it should be an exciting one so yay for that haha! So please read and review and I hope you enjoy chapter 13! Thanks!

"Who knew such a marvelous dancer could sing like that!" Monsieur Reyer whispered to Monsieur Andre and Monsieur Firmin who sat beside him in the audience of the almost empty opera auditorium.

May stood center stage in a lovely light green dress that had a touch of pale pink to it. The beautiful gown hugged her womanly curves perfectly and revealed her collar down. Her long golden locks danced in a waterfall of curls down her back. She had just sang for her audition and was rather please with her performance.

Entering into the audition, her mind was lost in a twist of a maze as she recalled the argument of the night prior. May felt horrible about the ordeal that went on with Erik the night before but she was furious at his sudden outburst and rash decisions. After returning to her dorm that evening she practically cried herself to sleep just thinking about him and the audition; now that the audition was over, a huge weight had been lifted from her chest and she felt as though she could properly breathe again.

Now as she stood watching the three men in the audience talk, her hands shook uncontrollably and her heart was about to beat out of her chest. For some odd reason she felt bizarrely alone upon the stage now. After meeting Erik she could always sense his presence around her even if he was standing at the back of the auditorium or even up in the cat walks, Erik was always there and she could always feel his presence.

"Wonderful job Mademoiselle Daily, the cast list should be posted by midafternoon. Thank you very much for auditioning." Monsieur Reyer smiled at her brightly as he spoke.

"Thank you Monsieur's" With that the proud May turned on her heels and confidently exited stage left into the dark wings. Letting out a breath she had no idea she was holding, May began to quickly make her way to her room when suddenly she was stopped.

Someone stopped May abruptly with a light hold on her arm. Quickly turning around May was greeted with a familiar smiling face. It was Christine. She was dressed in a lovely pale pink gown and had her hair pulled back in a loose bun. Upon seeing Christine, May felt a strange emotion towards her. She didn't know whether to be happy to see her, sad to see her, or just jealous. She chose all three.

"May I am so happy I caught you, how was your audition?" Watching her as she spoke May let jealousy take the lead of all her emotions. It was no wonder why Erik would be in love with her. She was beyond beautiful, her voice was spectacular, and she was always beaming with nonstop confidence.

"Oh, it went very well, how was yours?" she politely asked.

"I haven't gone yet, I am actually up soon though." She responded.

"Good. Well I really must be going; best of luck Christine."

"Thank you May and same to you." With a smile both girls turned and fled the scene.

May quickly scampered up to her dorm and shut the door behind her. She could not get her mind off of her audition and the possible outcome of it. The entire time she thought about it she was preparing herself for the worst but praying for the best. Trying to distract herself she decided to do something she hadn't done in a while. Grabbing some blank paper from a shelf and a sharped pencil she decided to sit down and draw; but what.

Minutes ticked by and not a dent was put into the page. There was nothing to draw. Her mind was a complete jumble at the moment and she needed to stop it. Acting quickly she grabbed a light cloak and ran made her way out of the opera house and down through the streets of Paris for a nice mind clearing walk.

It was a beautiful day, the sun was shining but there was a nice cold breeze casting a chill through the air. The streets were rather busy with people enjoying the beauty of the day. As May walked she would stop here and there and peer into shop window's and look at everything all the different stores had to offer.

One window in particular caught May's eye. It was a jewelry store with extravagantly beautiful necklaces and rings and all sorts of bracelets, all of them with the most wonderful jewels and diamonds. One necklace kept catching her eye. It was a gorgeous diamond necklace with large sapphire's laid upon it. The necklace sparkled majestically in the sunshine.

"Beautiful." May whispered to herself,

Little did she know a young gentleman was watching her as she gazed while he was leaning up against an old wooden door that was just locked.

"Almost as beautiful as you," He chimed in. May whirled around frightened until she saw who it was. He gave a beautiful bright smile. "Hello stranger!"

"Jack!" She responded, with a huge grin upon her lips. She ran up to him hurriedly. "What are you doing here?"

"Well I was just leaving for the library." He lightly tapped on the door next to him. May looked at it than up at the building. It was a beautiful old building made of brick with large windows and vines going up the front.

Jack noted May's sudden change of expression. "What?" he laughed. May motioned to the building. "Oh it's my apartment."

"I thought you said you lived in an estate a little bit away," she stated.

"Well I used too. That's where I grew up. I moved out a few years ago and now live here." He smiled at her again as she looked up at the building again. "Would you like a tour?"

"Oh no it's fine…" she was cut out.

"Come on I insist." With that Jack turned and unlocked the door, holding it open for May.

Walking in there was a large staircase in front of them and an oil lamp on the wall beside them. Jack led the way until they came to another door which he led May into again. The apartment was very nice. There was a small sitting room with large widows and an extravagant fireplace right in the front. There were many books scattered around randomly and different papers as well. Jack turned to May and watched her as she looked around.

"Very nice," she stated.

"Thank you," he scurried forward and closed some open books piling them up on a small coffee table. "It's kind of a mess in here sorry."

"No-no its fine," she walked in a bit more, she then saw a large book shelf filled with books and a large desk. It oddly reminded her of Erik's study; she quickly pushed that image out of her mind. Walking over to the desk she picked up an open book and flipped through the pages. The text was in English but she did not recognize the stories, until Jack chimed in.

"Shakespeare!" May looked up at him questionably. "William Shakespeare, he was a brilliant play write."

"What did he write?" She asked.

"Oh you know A Midsummers Night's Dream, Macbeth, Othello, and Hamlet"

"Oh, I know who he is now."

"I thought you would." They both laughed a little. "Would you like to see the rest?" He asked. May nodded in response.

Jack led the way down a dim lighted hallway. They walked into the kitchen area that had normal kitchen appliances and a small table with two chairs. "As you can see this is the kitchen." May laughed at him. Smiling brightly he turned and led her into the hallway again. Pointing to an open door May peeked in as Jack spoke. "The bathroom," it was an adorable quaint bathroom with a lovely bath tub.

Stopping with his back against a closed door Jack looked at May seriously. "Here is the most exciting part of our tour, are you ready?" she nodded. "It's….." he dramatically swung the door open "a closet." He was right it was simply a dark closet with hardly anything inside. May couldn't help but burst out in laughter because of how funny and ridiculous it was. Jack joined in with her laughing.

When there laughter finally died down jack spoke up again. "Come on there's one more room."

May followed him down the hall again and then into a large room. It was his bedroom. His large bed with a lovely comforter and pillows sat in between two grand windows with lavish curtains. There was a large wardrobe against one wall and a mirror against another. Of course there were still more books in his room. One book caught her eye; she moved across the room to his bedside table and picked up the book reading the cover aloud.

"Romeo and Juliet," This was one of May's favorite books. She loved how beautifully tragic it was and read it over and over again.

"You've heard of it?" Jack questioned.

"It's only my favorite." She stated.

"Really, and why is that."

"Well I find it beautifully romantic but yet dreadfully tragic at the same time. The way they fall under the spell of love at first sight is so romantic; but how they are kept apart from each other is so horrid. The ending had me in tears, how inevitably it was almost as if there love was never to be, but yet it was if it meant so much as to kill themselves for it." May could to hear Jack approaching her from behind. Jack lightly grasped her shoulders.

"For never was a story of more woe than this of Juliet and her Romeo." He recited. May peered at him and smiled. She turned around to face him, and just glanced over him. Jack was as usual dressed to the T in his usual light pants and shirt with a dark vest and colored cravat. His hair was messy but lovely at the same time and his bright blue eyes shone beautifully.

"You have a lovely home, monsieur." May stated quietly.

"Why thank you mademoiselle, and just know that you are always welcome here." with a smile he turned and began walking out of the room as May followed closely behind. "Now then, if you have no place else to attend to, would you care to accompany me to the library, unless you would rather return to your window gazing, I certainly don't mind."

With a blush May laughed at him humorously. "I would be delighted to join you, thank you." She said with a grin. Jack gave a smile back. Picking up his coat from a coat rack beside the door, he swung the door open and returned his attention back to May.

"Well then, shall we?" he questioned. And with that together they strolled down the stairs of the building and out onto the Parisian streets once more.

They were about to begin walking to the library when Jack pulled May over to the jewelry store she was looking in earlier and questioned her. "Which one were you looking at earlier?"

May looked at him curiously then gazed into the window pointing out the sapphire and diamond necklace. "That one,"

"Well isn't that lovely! May that would look stunning on you." He replied.

May gave a light thank you then they both turned to walk down the street. Jack gave one last look at the necklace trying to etch it into his mind.

Along the way May told Jack all about her audition, and what she is hoping for. Jack was very interested in everything she had to say and had almost the same amount of anticipation and anxiety that May had.

After a short walk they reached the library. May had never been there so upon walking through the grand doors she was completely dumbfounded by the amount of books there were. Apparently she had a rather humorous expression upon her face because Jack laughed at her.

"What?" May asked.

"You look shocked, haven't you been here before?" he asked.

"No; I never even knew there could be so many books in one place."

Jack laughed at her again then took hold of her hand and pulled her towards the towering shelves filled with every book imaginable. In the short amount of time they spent at the library May was learning so much. Jack was a brilliant teacher, and was teaching May about a wide variety of different things. May was so transfixed on his amazing knowledge of everything; every question she asked Jack seemed to know the answer to.

Skimming through book after book May finally found one that interested her. It was a book on art. Flipping through the pages she was so drawn into every picture and word within the book. The paintings were brilliant and the drawings where magnificent, May wished that she was able to do what these artists did. Opening to a random page May saw a drawing of a women in an empty field all alone. The picture reminded her of the ones Erik drew of Christine. Suddenly she felt sad about everything and wished for things to get better. Pulling herself from her thoughts she flipped to a new page and studied a portrait of two people dancing, rapped in each other's arms. It was beautiful.

As May was caught up in her book Jack was watching her closely with a light grin on his face. He truly adored this girl and loved every second he spent with her. He loved the way she blushed whenever he would complement her, he loved the way she would push her curls out of her eyes, he loved her laugh, and her beautiful blue green eyes, and he absolutely loved the way she spoke his name. Watching her Jack felt something unusual; he felt a strange emotion overcome him that he could not define. Deciding to ignore it he pushed it aside and spoke.

"It's getting rather late, and I imagine by know the cast list for the opera must be out so shall I walk you back." Jack watched as May pulled herself away from her book with great struggle. He laughed at her.

"Oh- oh yes that would be nice thank you." Together they left the large library and started on their way back to the opera populaire.

Walking in silence for a moment Jack finally spoke up.

"So I have been meaning to ask you…" he hesitated, "Well you know Thanksgiving is approaching soon, and I was wondering if you would like to spend it with me and well my family, but if you have other places to attend to I understand."

May was flattered. She had given no thought to the approaching holiday. To her it was just another holiday alone, this invitation sounded wonderful and May was thrilled to meet Jack's family.

"Jack I would love to thank you so much!" she responded quickly.

"That's wonderful." He replied happily.

The rest of the way back they talked through their plans for the upcoming holiday, and other trivial topics. Finally when they reached the Opera Populaire, May was shaking with fear and excitement. Walking swiftly through the grand entrance they made their way into the actual auditorium and backstage. With the list in sight now May ran up to it and skimmed through to find her name.

She froze.

"May, are you alright?" he questioned cautiously

In a matter was seconds May flung herself onto Jack giggling and squealing in excitement. Confused by her reaction Jack pulled the frantic girl off of him and held her at arm length.

"May, haha calm down, did you get a part?"

May just looked at him and smiled ear to ear. Jack pushed her on with his eyes.

"I am the Servant girl, and the shepherdess!" She nearly screamed with delight.

Excited and relived Jack wrapped May in his arms spinning her around in the air. Both were laughing with joy and excitement.

"May this is fantastic, Congratulations!" he exclaimed.

"Thank you so much Jack! Oh I am too excited now!" she giggled.

"Now this mean I get to hear you sing." He joked.

"Well I guess so!" May was beaming with happiness and delight. There was a moment of hesitation between the two.

"Well this is wonderful news but sadly I must be on my way. I will be seeing you soon mademoiselle." He stated. May couldn't suppress a giggle that was itching to escape.

"Yes you will. Thank you for a great day Jack."

"It was my pleasure." Jack smiled brightly. Suddenly May lunged forward and wrapped him in another hug. Jack adored having May so close to him and never wanted it to end but sadly she pulled away.

"Goodbye May." He placed a feather light kiss to her cheek that left it burning a crimson red.

"Goodbye Jack." She responded back with her hand against her cheek. As Jack disappeared from her sight May turned and sprinted up to her room. The entire Opera House was practically empty now and night was beginning to fall.

Finally reaching her door, May untied her cape and draped it over her arm before unlocking the door and entering the dark room. The door shut with a thud and suddenly a deep dark, ominous yet familiar voice rang out frightening her.

"Well wasn't that just the cutest thing." It was Erik's voice. He was in the room but May was not able to see him because of the darkness. May was shaking now from fear; she had no idea where he could be standing and didn't want to make any sudden movements.

"What are you doing in here, you scared me half to death." She whispered loudly into the darkness. Suddenly a white dark figure emerged from the shadows and a white mask was now exposed in the little bit of light that was cast through a small window.

"My apologies Miss. Daily." he was speaking sarcastically.

"Erik how did you get in here?" She questioned urgently. He began to walk closer to her but she backed away so her back was against the door.

"A phantom has his ways my dear."

May froze; she was scared.

"What do you want?" She asked bravely. Erik turned and walked towards her bed.

"I came to say congratulations on your roles in the opera, and also to…" he hesitated "to apologies for the way things turned out last night. I didn't mean to react like that and I am truly sorry." He turned and looked May right in the eye.

May was at a loss of words. "T-thank you, um I forgive you." Erik nodded then looked away from her. He began to speak again but this time in the normal Erik voice that May knew so well.

"I was hoping that you would maybe like to join me this evening in the lair, not for a lesson but just, just to talk maybe?" he was speaking cautiously.

May took her time responding as she watched him. He was so tall and thin, always dressed for the best in the most pristine attire. His hair seemed almost to perfect, and his eyes, oh those golden eyes, where absolutely mesmerizing, May could get lost in them for hours.

"y-yes I would like that thank you." She replied. Erik nodded lightly then led the way into the empty halls of the opera house clinging to the shadows like the mysterious phantom he was.

Yay Chapter 13! I hope you all enjoyed it! Please read and review, thanks so much!(:

P.s. I don't know if I ever said this but I imagine Jack to be around 18 or 19, Erik to be around 23 or 24 and obviously May is 15!