Chapter 3: Curiosity
Luna smiled as she leaned back in the chair. "Wow, you make a mean omelet," she said to her host.
Lewis chuckled. "Thank you," he said.
"Thank you," she said. "It was delicious."
She then noticed some of the Deadbeats come up to her and picked up the dishes and one of them lingered, singing the same song Luna had heard before. Moving her head in time to the beat of the song, she hummed a little before harmonizing with the small ghost, who gave her a happy smile and clapped its hands before nuzzling her cheek, making her chuckle.
She then stood up and went over to Lewis, who stood up as well. "Can you tell me a bit more about your mansion?" She asked him.
He could feel her curiosity and chuckled. "Well, it's my home I created," he said.
"How?"
"Ghost energy," he explained.
Luna looked amazed at that. "Really?" She asked in amazement and noticed how his hair seemed to be created from ghost energy. "Is your home linked to you, by chance?" She asked. "If you went invisible, would it do the same?"
"Yes," he said, deciding not to tell her what happened before. He instead led her through the mansion, giving her a tour. Some of the Deadbeats hung around, still singing.
Luna smiled at them and began harmonizing with them again as she followed Lewis down one of the hallways before she suddenly began dancing.
The tall, ghostly skeleton turned to see his guest dancing to the song the Deadbeats were singing and harmonizing with them. As she danced, he noticed how happy she looked. The Deadbeats noticed too and danced around her.
Luna was so into the music that when she did a spin, she overspun and lost her balance, falling into Lewis, who caught her with one arm wrapped around her waist and leaning down a bit in a dancer's dip. She looked up at him and giggled. "My two left feet," she said as she turned a bit red.
"Au contraire," he said. "You are a graceful dancer."
She blushed again and used his shoulder for support as she stood upright. "Thank you," she said.
Lewis suddenly remembered one of the the Deadbeats telling him how Luna had seemed brokenhearted when she had come in the night before. "Luna," he spoke as he watched her begin dancing again.
"Yes?" She asked, spinning carefully this time and doing a small, graceful leap.
Lewis smiled before looking serious. "Why were you brokenhearted when you arrived last night?" He asked.
Luna stopped dancing and seemed to draw into herself, hugging her arms around her stomach. She then looked up at him and noticed his heart on his lapel was a sad blue color and it was cracked a little. She realized his heart was broken too. He noticed that she was gazing at the heart and her face held a look of sympathy.
"Did a girl break your heart?" She asked gently.
He looked as sad as she felt. "No," he said. "My heart is broken because I lost the girl I loved."
Luna hung her head and let out a deep sigh. "My boyfriend broke up with me and said some very hurtful things to me," she said. "I was so upset that I just stormed off, but while I was walking, I found this place."
She then went up to him and surprised him by leaning her head on his shoulder and sighing again. "I instantly liked the mansion's appearance and the music made me feel better," she said. "I didn't want to think about the louse that hurt me and the music made me want to dance."
Lewis wrapped his arms around her in a comforting hug. "Most people who came by here were scared of the music and ran off," he explained. "But your curiosity got the better of you."
The girl smiled a little. "Yeah, I'm very curious," she said. "But in all honesty, I like the mansion and everything about it. Including the Deadbeats and…you."
She said the last word bashfully and he looked at her in surprise before he seemed to brighten up a bit and the Mansion began to look a bit brighter.
Luna didn't see this as she was clinging to Lewis, who held her and gently swayed with her in his arms. The soothing motions made the young girl close her eyes and relax, not minding that she was being held by a ghost because they both felt understood by each other.
Seems to be a bit of romance in the air, yes? :)
Also, yes, I included a bit of reference to the animated music video of the Mystery Skulls song "Ghost". :)
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