"Ugh! Do I really have to come? Can't I just stay here? Please?" Raoul wasn't happy hearing Christine saying that she was bringing him on a trip to a rodeo camp. Raoul was an okay horse rider, but didn't know much about horses, and didn't like them much. (fop) He never admitted it though.
"Yes, you have to come. It wouldn't be much fun for the rest of us if you didn't go now would it?" Christine said as she was dragging Raoul upstairs for him pack his things, giving him rug burns all the way up.
Once at the top of the stairs, Raoul stood up, rubbing his arms from a rug burn. He stared at Christine. "Wait, who else is coming?" He was afraid to ask.
"Oh, only Madame Giry, Meg, Andre, Firmin, and…" Christine paused, not knowing if she should tell Raoul that Erik was coming too. "…and another friend of mine." She smiled.
"Okay. As long as that 'other' guy doesn't come along, I guess I will go." Raoul sighed, thankful that Erik's name wasn't mentioned. (little does he know…hehe)
Christine crossed her arms in front of her chest. She blocked Raoul from going into his room by standing there. Her eyes were glaring at him. "This so called 'other' guy that you call…his name is Erik." She said coldly. "Now pack." She then left downstairs, leaving Raoul in the doorway confused.
"Whatever…" Raoul sighed and went into the process of packing his things that he would need for a rodeo camp.
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Raoul was rummaging through his clothes and things wondering what do you bring to a rodeo place. He knew the basic things like boots, but what else? He ended up grabbing what clothes he thought were good. Some long pants, shirts, boots, and of course, his cowboy hat. (I can just see him now…lol)
Raoul shoved everything in his suitcase, and thumped it all the way downstairs. Christine was sitting on the couch. She turned around and looked at Raoul with his suitcase. "Got everything you need?" She asked.
Raoul plopped the suitcase full of clothes on the chair next to him. "I'm sure I do." He looked at her like he knew everything about going to a rodeo camp. Even though he knew little what he was in for.
"Are you positive? This is going to bee a week long trip."
"Christine, do you think I wouldn't bring anything less then for a week long trip? I've got everything." Well, he hopped he packed enough for a week. "Now, where is your stuff?" He laughed. "I bet you haven't even…"
"It's in the van." She said, cutting Raoul off in his sentence.
"Wh- what? When did you pack? I never saw you?" Raoul was confused. He never saw her come up to pack her things while he was packing.
"I packed last night." She said, just sitting there on the couch so innocently with a smile that would make you say awww as if a puppy was sitting there. Christine jumped up from her spot on the couch and took Raoul but the arm, catching him off guard, causing him to fall. "Would you get up off the ground and grab your things. We need to go pick up the others. Come on."
Raoul huffed and got his things. He followed Christine out to the van and went around to the back to put his suitcase away. He opened the back door, and sure enough, there was Christine's suitcase already there. He looked up to the front of the van where Christine was sitting in the drivers place. "Told you I packed before."
Raoul placed his suitcase down, and shut the door. Then he walked around to the passenger seat and hopped in. "Ok, where first?" he asked looking out the window like a little kid that didn't want to leave the house.
"To the Giry's place!" Christine said with glee. She turned the car keys, and off they went to pick up Madame Giry and Meg.
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They arrived at the Giry household only a few minutes after they left their own house. Christine parked the van in front of the house, and then got out.
"Aren't you coming?" Christine asked Raoul, who was still sitting in the front seat with his arms crossed.
"No." he said plainly.
"Fine." She ran up the steps to the front door, and knocked on it. She heard someone coming to the door. The door handle saw turned and Meg was standing before Christine now.
"Hello Christine." She sweetly said. "Where is Raoul? I thought you said he was coming?" She looked at Christine confused.
Christine sighed. "Oh he's in the van still." She then lowered her voice so only Meg could hear. "He's not very happy about going on this trip." She and Meg giggled. Then Madame Giry interrupted.
"And just what are you two laughing at?" She put a hand on Meg's shoulder which caused Meg to startle a bit.
"Oh nothing mother." Meg turned around to face her mother.
"Well, go get your things." Madame Giry pushed Meg off to go get her things. "Come on in, Christine." She invited Christine in.
After a moment of silence, Meg came around the corner with her suitcase. Well, two suitcases.
"Why in the world do you have two suitcases?" Christine shook her head. "It's only a week trip. I'm sure you'll have enough room in one suitcase."
"Oh no I won't. Just wait till we get there, then you'll see why I have two suitcases." The two giggled again.
"Alright you two. Meg, go put your stuff in the van. I'll be right out." Madame Giry turned and Christine and Meg left out to the van.
Christine took one of Meg's suitcases and helped her put them away in the back of the van. They left the back door open for Meg's mother to put her suitcase in. Christine got back into the drivers seat, while Meg sat in the seat behind her.
"So Raoul," Meg began. "This is going to be a fun trip, hun?"
"Oh, yeah." He said sarcastically.
Madame Giry had put her suitcase in the back of the van without any of the others even notice. She got into the seat next to Meg. (A/n you know how those vans are, how they have the two seats in the front, three can sit in the middle, three in the next, and I think four in the back. They have like four or so rows in those things. I've been in one.)
"And off we go to pick up Andre and Firmin!" Christine said once again in glee.
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They went and picked up Andre and Firmin, and basically it was the same thing when they picked up the Giry's. Raoul thought they were done picking people up, when Christine said, "Ok, now Carlotta…" She heard everyone in the back groan. "Well, she wanted to come." They drove off and picked her up. She was in a little bit of a bad mood, so no one asked what was wrong. Seeing that she was literally about to explode.
"Ok, now to the Opera Populair." This time, Christine said it a little calmer.
Raoul sat up in his seat. "What do you meant 'to the Opera Populair'? What could you possibly need to bring to a rodeo camp that would be there?"
"Ummm…you'll see." Was all she said, and before they knew it, they were there. "I'll be right back." Christine left and ran inside.
Only a few minutes later, she came back. But she came back with someone Raoul would not be happy to see. Raoul heard the side door open, and then close. He then felt the presence of someone sitting behind him, but he ignored it. He thought it was just one of the others they had picked up, that had moved or something.
Three seconds after Christine started the van, someone spoke Raoul's name. "Hello Raoul." He froze. He knew that voice. He turned and peeked behind the seat at the top. There he saw his worst nightmare. Erik. "Well this is going to be a fun trip wont it?" Erik asked. But Raoul just turned back around and sat back down in the seat thinking to himself, 'I'll be ok, its all going to be fine, nothing is going to happen…"