Happy Easter everyone! I hope you had a good day and I also hope you liked the last chapter! Yay engagement! And of course I had to make the ring yellow. Yellow is just going to be a reoccurring theme throughout this whole thing! So, this chapter is a little fun, emotional, and dramatic. I hope you like it. Anyway, read, review, follow, and favorite. Thanks.
~Lauren
Chapter 12
The Cousin
"Thank you, Erik." Eva says to Erik. He takes her hand and kisses it softly. "I will see you tomorrow. Good night, Eva." He slips back through the mirror, leaving Eva alone. She smiles to herself and looks down at her ring. She starts to tear up out of happiness. I can't believe this is happening. Then she hears a knock at the door and Meg creeps into the room. Eva turns around and smiles at Meg. "Hello, Meg! How are you today?" Meg smirks. "You are very happy today." She comes closer to Eva. "What happened…?" Her eyes peer down and she grabs Eva's hand. She gasps loudly and hold her hand up. "Eva! You're engaged! Who is it?" Eva and Meg both have big smiles on their faces. "It's Erik. He proposed to me just a few hours ago."
"That's so wonderful, Eva. We need to go celebrate! Right now! We are going to dinner! I am paying!" She starts to pull Eva out the door, but Eva is dragging her feet behind. "Oh, Meg, you don't…" "No! I insist!" Eva giggles and gives in. Meg keeps dragging Eva throughout the halls and all over the opera house.
As she walks down one hall, she sees the patron, Arthur. But he doesn't smile or anything, he just glares. He follows her every move, glaring. Eva furrows her brow as he watches. What did I ever do to him? Then when they get to the point where they can't look at each other anymore, she just shrugs and focuses on the fun time she is going to have with Meg.
When they get to the little café, they are given a nice table next to a window. The waiter gives them menus and the girls thank him. He walks away and Meg instantly looks at Eva with a huge smile. Eva chuckles. "When are you guys getting married?" Eva smirks. "Meg, he just proposed a few hours ago. We didn't talk about that much! The only major stuff we talked about was baby names. Then we just talked about silly little things throughout the afternoon." Meg squeals. "What are the baby's names?" Eva smiles. "If it's a boy, Angel. If it's a girl, Rose." "Those are beautiful, Eva. Your baby is going to be beautiful." Eva's smiles fades.
"That's what I'm worried about."
"What do you mean?" Eva sighs and stares at the floor. "Well, Erik has his deformity, and I have…" Her voice trails off, realizing she didn't tell Meg about her hair. Meg grabs her hand. "You can tell me anything, Eva. What do you have?" She sighs once more, knowing that her friend must know. Then she tells Meg her tragic story about her black hair, her scars, and all her wigs. "And I am just worried our child with have his deformity or my inability to grow hair. I don't even know if Erik knows that it's possible. I just want beautiful children." Meg has a few tears falling down her cheeks. "I don't know, Eva. But all we can do is hope for the best." Eva looks up at her and half smiles.
Then they have a wonderful little lunch, which Meg paid for. Then when they return to the Opera Populaire, Eva is scared to see the patron standing in her dressing, facing the mirror. "What do you want?" she yells slamming the door. "You aren't safe." He faces her. He has an evil glare on her face. Eva creeps a little closer to him, but not too close. "Arthur, what do you want? You have been glaring at me a lot lately and it's scaring me." Arthur sighs and looks at the floor. "I am here to tell you that you need to stay away from him." Eva furrows her brow. "Stay away from who?" He looks up and rolls his eyes as if she were stupid. "The Phantom!" She clenches her jaw. "His name is Erik! You don't even know anything about him!" He stifles a laugh. "Oh, but I do." Eva shakes her head, angrily.
"You don't know a thing about Erik or his actions!"
"My cousin and I are very close. She knows a lot about 'Erik' and I think she is a very reliable source."
"And who is your cousin?"
"Christine Daae."
