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Chapter 24- The Phans have a hangover and Candy Mountain!
Rin woke up with a pounding headache to see Lotte looming above her. Her green eyes appeared frightened and tired.
"My gods! What the hell are you doing here?" Rin groggily shouted as she half-heartedly got out of her small bed in the dorm. Turning her head, she saw that Erica was still asleep. In Erica's hand was a half-empty wine bottle.
"Good morning to you too" Lotte murmured,amused with a sad smile on her face.
"Stop talking so loud! Your giving me a headache!" Rin grumbled.
"I'm not talking really loud, your just hungover. I told you not to drink all that wine but did you listen to me? No!"
" What happened to you? You look like you have been run over by a steamroller little Lotte."
Lotte did look as if she had been run over by a steamroller. Her dress was all crumpled and ripped and her mask was nowhere to be found. With ratty hair, smeared makeup and dark circles under her eyes, Lotte looked pretty ugly.
"Wake up Erica and I'll tell you everything."
Waking up Erica was no easy feat. Once Erica was asleep, she wouldn't get up unless it was school time or she was ready. One time, she slept the whole day because there was a blizzard and school was canceled.
After hitting her on the head with a pillow eight times, Erica finally woke up.
"candy mountain!" Erica gasped, waking up from her interesting dream, "Oh good morning Rin! where's Lotte?"
Erica peered over Rins head and screamed when she saw Lotte.
"Nice to see you too Erica" She said with her menacing scowl.
"What happened to you?" Both the phans asked at the same time.
"I got sung to,fainted,held against my will, and escaped. Oh, and I was also tied to a bed at one point."
"Omog!" Erica screeched, her eyes as wide as dinner plates.
"And this all happened with Erik?" Rin asked as her eyes darkened.
"Who else would it be? The fop?"
"He's not a fop Lotte!"
"Sorry Rin but he is!" Erica interjected "So tell us how it happened"
"It all started after we left the masquerade, Erik took me to my room and we went through the mirror." As soon as Lotte said that Erica started to hum 'The phantom of the opera theme'
"Quit it Erica!" Rin snapped, throwing a pillow at her face.
"Anyways..." Lotte glared at them "We went down to the lair and he started to sing some nonsensical crap about serving him and his music. By then I was kinda freaked out but then he sung the Music of the Night. When the song was almost done he led my to this curtain and underneath it was a-"
"A creepy mannequin that looked like you and wore a wedding dress" Erica interrupted. Lotte wore a baffled expression on her face.
"Yes, how did you-"
"It happens to Christine in the musical and the 2004 movie" Rin stated in a grumpy tone. She clearly was agitated and want to go back to back.
"Did she faint too?" Lotte timidly asked.
"Woah, Woah, WOAH! You fainted? The great Lotte Silvermen herself fainted when she saw a mannequin!" Erica crowed.
"Yes, I fainted. Now shut up or I'll strangle you." Lotte said through her gritted teeth, "Anyways, after I regained conciseness Erik kinda had a mental breakdown."
"Erik is already mental so how on earth did he have a mental breakdown?"
"He kept on talking in third-person and sorta sexually assaulted me. Then he refused to let me go back up to the party."
"Oh... I guess that is pretty much a mental breakdown" Erica said with a yawn as she closed her eyes again.
"He picked me up and tied me onto the swan bed claiming that he's doing this to protect me from the rest of the world. I think that's called a mental breakdown Erica!"
"Woah Lotte, take a chill pill! From the sound of it, Erik is just being Erik. You need to remember how much crap he has gone through."
"I know he has gone through a lot of crap Rin! He told me himself!" Lotte closed her eyes and rubbed her forehead, "You know what? Since none of this matters to you, go back to bed. I'll tell you this later."
"We are listening! Right Erica?" Rin turned to see that Erica was fast asleep, snoring her head off.
"...got to find candy mountain..." she mumbled into her pillow.
"Okay, Erica's not listening but I am!"
Lotte was already halfway out the door though.
"Look, we can talk about this later. You and Ms. candy mountain are hungover and tired. So go to sleep for gods sake!" With that Lotte left Rin and Erica to go up to the roof.
It seemed rather ironic that to get away from her love that she is going up to where they first kissed. Lotte sighed as she touched the cold stone of the statue of Apollo. The night of their first kiss was magical, perfect. So much had happened since though. Lotte pressed her forehead to the stone, the coldness keeping awake. She couldn't stop thinking about him. Where is he? What is he doing? Is he still angry at her?
"Oh Erik..." Her breath was a cloud
In the frigid air. She walked to the statue of Pegasus, the stone wings wide open. Lotte climbed up and nestled into the shape of the wings. It made her feel safe and protected. She looked up at the star studded sky. Lotte opened her mouth and softly began to sing.
"I follow the night
Can't stand the light
When will I begin
To live again?
One day I'll fly away
Leave all this to yesterday
What more could your Love do for me?
When will Love be through with me?
Why live life from dream to dream?
And dread the day when dreaming ends
One day I'll fly away
Leave all this to yesterday
Why live life from dream to dream?
And dread the day when dreaming ends
One day I'll fly away
Fly, fly away"
Lotte softly yawned, her eyes slowly closing. She quickly fell asleep, not even noticing the dark figure coming out of the shadows of one of the statues and walking towards her.
Luxa: ugh... *throws up again*
Jareth: Why are you online again? I though Erik put you to bed?
Luxa: He did but MY CRAZY BLACKMAILING FRIEND WANTED ME TO POST THE NEXT CHAPTER! *coughs*
Jareth: aww... *gives her a hug and puts her back in bed*
Luxa: thank you my glittery goblin king *goes back to sleep*
Jareth: *whispers* Thanks for reading! Breakfast food for reviewers! *gives the sleeping Luxa a kiss on the forehead*