A/N: Okay, so I totally just realized that I did not tell you who the next couple was going to be in the last chapter D: Anyway, as you can see below, it is Johnny and Operetta :) This one surprisingly was very easy for me to write. And since I know this question will come up...I moved Cupid's radio show to the catacombs because I felt like it :P It serves the story.
Anyway, enjoy!
Operetta and Johnny
Operetta's heels clicked on the stairs going down the catacombs. Next to her, Johnny floated. She wasn't used to the company of others when she ventured off into the catacombs, but she knew she would have to, because Johnny just wasn't going away. As annoying as Johnny could be, Operetta found he was growing on her like a weed and that thought startled her. Operetta never dated anyone because she found it a bother and it interrupted her music. She only went on that date with Holt to get Cupid off of her back and it worked, for awhile. She remembered that conversation like it was just yesterday.
"But Operetta, love is magical!"
"I do just fine on my own. Besides I have to focus on my music."
"Someday, someone is going to come along and sweep you off of your feet."
Operetta shrugged and said, "Maybe, but I don't want to be infected with one of your arrows."
Cupid chuckled and stated, "Don't worry. My love arrows are put away for good."
They came to Operetta's rehearsal space that she now shared with Johnny, split right down the middle.
Johnny asked her, "Why do you spend so much time down here?"
"Because this is where I can be away from people and I can sing without hurting anybody. Besides, the catacombs remind me of home."
Johnny raised his eyebrow at her and she chuckled, replying, "I was raised in an Opera house. The whole building was full of secret passages, just like the catacombs."
Johnny nodded and floated around the rehearsal space, looking at everything. All the posters that were strung up on Operetta's side showed her taste in opera singers and rock 'n' roll singers. There was one poster of Graveyard Smash, but unlike the other ghouls Operetta loathed Justin Biter and the Jaundice Brothers. He was glad that she did, since he couldn't stand their sound either. Johnny found himself liking her more and more everyday, as weird as it was. He considered himself a rebel and nothing more. He never thought he would be falling for someone. His gaze came across a picture of Operetta with a ghoul with curly pink hair.
"'Retta, who's this?"
"Oh that's Cupid."
"Isn't he supposed to wear a diaper and fly around shooting people with love arrows?"
Operetta smiled and said, "No, silly. That's C.A. Cupid, Eros' daughter. Everyone called her Cupid because her full name is quite the mouthful."
"I gather you and her were close?"
"Pretty close, especially since her recording studio where she did her radio show is in the catacombs."
Johnny nodded and kept looking at the pictures. Some were taken with her dad, others with the other monsters at school.
Operetta stood up and joined Johnny where he was looking at pictures of her and her friends that were taped to the walls on her side.
"Come on, Johnny. Let's keep walking."
Operetta headed towards Cupid's studio. She didn't know why, but she wanted to show it to Johnny. Maybe some of Cupid's magic was still there and just maybe… No. She was being ridiculous. Johnny followed Operetta up the stairs, the way they came down and instead of going straight when they came to the landing, she made a left and at the end of the hall was a door with a big pink heart on it. Operetta could smell the must around this area. No one had been down this hallway since Cupid left for Ever After High and that was a year ago. She placed her hand on the door knob which was covered in dust and turned it. The door squeaked and she turned the light on. Besides being dusty, the room looked the same. Obnoxiously pink.
"Is this Cupid's studio?"
"Sure is. Cupid and I used to sit on that couch and just talk. It was nice to be able to talk to someone, even if she did pressure me into dating."
"You miss her."
"Of course I do. Cupid was the only one who really listened."
At Ever After High…
Cupid sat and listened to the conversation Operetta and Johnny were having in her old studio. Ghoulia suggested Cupid put a camera in there in case one of them needed her advice on something, and Cupid realized she would have to thank Ghoulia. When she remembered that is. Right now, Cupid was watching love blossom in front of her and it was a beautiful thing.
Cupid wasn't really listening to Operetta talk at the moment, but more paying attention to what Johnny was doing. He was inching closer to her and Cupid knew what he was going to do.
Johnny was going to kiss Operetta. It was right there plain as day on his facial expression and she couldn't believe Operetta wasn't paying attention to that.
Cupid looked away for just a moment at her phone and noticed Operetta suddenly stopped talking. Cupid jerked her head up to the screen again and sure enough, Johnny's lips were on Operetta's. Cupid smiled and shut the screen off to give them some privacy.
Back at Monster High…
The kiss was something else… Operetta's mind completely shut down and it felt amazing. The way Johnny's lips moved across her's. It was…magical. Cupid was right. Love was pure magic.
Operetta decided to call Cupid…later. For now, she was going to enjoy this for as long as she could.
A/N: Sooo? Leave me a review and while you're on fanfiction doing absolutly nothing productive, like I always am, check out my friend, vampchick13. She's good. I swear.
And the next chapter will star... Clawdeen and Thad!
With Love,
PAN
