6pm

Erik returned home with his groceries and began to put them away. Boxes went into cabinets, milk and juice into the fridge. He took out some fruit and placed it in a bowl on the counter. "Fruit always looks nicer in a bowl on the counter," He thought. "Hmm.. I want ice cream."

After scooping some mint chocolate chip ice cream into a bowl, he sat down to watch Casablanca. "Oops, almost forgot the tissues," he thought as he got up to grab a box of Kleenex.

Erik was a sucker for a good love story and the always made him cry. If only he had someone to watch it with... That was a great idea. Erik paused the DVD player and set off into the tunnels.

615pm

Erik knocked softly on the door. "Adreanna? Adreanna, it's me, Erik. Please open the door."

After a slight pause, the door opened and there stood Mme Giry. "Erik, what is it you want? I'm rather busy."

"I was wondering if you'd like to watch a movie with me. I'll make some popcorn and I've got ice cream," he said hopefully. "Please? I've got a wide selection. I was going to watch Casablanca, and I know how much you like that one."

Adreanna sighed. "Erik, really. I don't…" She let the sentence trail off seeing Erik's crushed expression. "Fine. I can always finish what I was doing tomorrow night. I hope you have the movie theatre butter popcorn and some mint chocolate chip ice cream."

Erik nodded enthusiastically. "Yes, of course I have those. I know they are your favourites." Erik could hardly contain his excitement at having someone to watch the movie with.

630pm

"Erik, what were you planning to do if I couldn't come?" Adreanna asked her old friend.

"Umm… Well, I was going to watch it alone, but I thought you would like to watch with me. I can't watch this one alone. It's too sad." Erik put the tissues between them one the couch. "Hey, do you want to watch The Way We Were after this? Robert Redford and Babs Streisand?"

"'Your girl is lovely, Hubbell.' I don't know if we should watch two movies tonight." Adreanna put a handful of popcorn in her mouth. "What would we watch on the next movie night?"

Erik smiled. "I'm sure I could Netflix something. Oh, I like this part."

815pm

Erik watched as Adreanna set off into the upper levels of the opera house. He felt a twinge of disappointment that she did not want to stay and watch another movie. Oh well, he'd just have to convince her to do it another night. Turning back toward his lair, he began to clean up from watching the movie, picking up the used tissues to toss out. Next, Erik piled the ice cream bowls and spoons into the bowl from the popcorn.

Returning to the kitchen, he placed the bowls in the sink, deciding to wash them later. Erik went over to the desk that held his computer and booted it up. He remembered that he wanted to check Amazon for a book and he was running low on candles. He liked to order them from the Internet in bulk, he got a better deal that way.

As Erik waited for his computer to boot up and connect to the internet, he wandered over to the piano. He had a couple ideas for songs he wanted to get down on paper before he forgot. He could always flesh the ideas out later.

Erik turned back to his computer as he heard it finish booting up. He clicked open Firefox and typed in the url for Amazon.