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Maxniss Everide: Im sorry Maxniss but he doesnt listen that well so he might not listen to your advice...
BamYurrDead: Yep Re-Erik is not only an idiot but he will also be a dead man if he kidnaps Lotte :D
LadyCavalier: (this is for all your reviews) Awww..your favorite story? *gives a massive hug* Your awesome! I am glad you enjoy the romance and goofy-ness of it. *calls to backstage* Yo Jareth! *jareth walks on with his eyes shut and a cup of coffee in his hand and then leaves* Yep, that was Jareth. He hasn't been getting alot of sleep because of some stupid phangirls.. *cough* Erica and Rin *cough* Maybe when Jareth is more awake and happy, I'll send him over to you ;) Yeah, Rose is a wonderful person. I get a little dark and angsty sometimes (probably because I love Leroux's book...) so she helps it be more funny. To your question about if Me and my friends are crazy phangirls like Erica and Rin. Hmmm... Well, me and my bestie are rather funny... her name starts with 'E' so in a way she is like Erica... and I am half Lotte and half Rin. so in our own ways, I have put me and my best friend into our three main characters.
PhantomWaffles: I give you the 'best ranting to a character' award! I loved your note to Re-Erik! He will get it after the chapter... ;)
Axelion the Vampire Phantom: Your not the only one that wants some Re-Erik/Erica action... I want it too! But it can't happen... yet? Who knows? Not me!
JediGreenGirl: What? Even though I have never had a boyfriend, (dont you even think about what I think you are think!) I still can write romance. SO don't wriggle your eyebrows at me!
SarahSapphire90: *sips her tea* Thank you so much! I am feeling much better! Who knows what will happen with our really messed up love triangle? I am flattered that this story make FFnet addicting for you! *blushes*
xXRoseOfDarknessXx: Eriks are sometimes idiots (most of the time when they are in love) even though they are geniuses. Hehehe... I do love Shadow, she is based off of one of my cats.
Author note: Hello everyone! It's me, Luxa! I would just like to say that this is a favorite chapter of mine. Both my and Rose worked on it. Why it is, well, you'll see in a second. I hope you all keeping laughing and enjoying our story! Lest chapter we went over 250 reviews in total! WOW! It amazed me so much that Rose's and my little story have become so popular! We both thank you all so much! Enjoy the funny-ness, soon everthing will be going crazy in our story! *wink wink*
Lots of Love,
Luxa (co-author of the story)
Chapter 37 – Shopping Spree!
As dusk became evening, the Silverman house was still loaded with a crowd-full of the strangest characters anyone had ever met. Lotte, Rin, and Erica, as excited as they were, became nervous as daylight died into darkness. They couldn't keep the whole lot of characters in one person's house. Not to mention, everyone thought that they were normal citizens who already had homes!
"…you mean you have nowhere to go?"
Lotte turned to see Andy Gerald speaking privately with Antoinette Giry. He was genuinely surprised to find that the lovely elder woman had no home.
"Non," she replied in her native tongue. "We have just arrived from Paris, actually. I'm afraid my little Meg and our friends have no place to stay." She sighed, regally throwing her dark golden braid of hair over her shoulder. "I would hate to impose on Lotte, the dear girl, but I have no idea what to do. All this turned out to be so sudden, no one bothered to think of the details…"
"Well, what if you stayed with us?" Andy proposed. "You and your daughter could stay in the spare guest room we have…"
"Oh, we couldn't!" Madame Giry said, appearing flabbergasted. Lotte smirked at this. Giry was obviously not just a dance instructor…she was a damn good actress.
"Please, I insist Antoinette….!...er, may I call you that?" he stammered.
She laughed, a genuine laugh that made him blush. "Of course, monsieur! And thank you kindly. Meg!" she called her daughter, who was still chatting with Mick Gerald. "We'll be staying with the Geralds, alright?"
Meg's face brightened at this at once, Mick's lips turning up into a charming smile at the announcement. "Oh! That's wonderful, Maman!"
Lotte held back a giggle. Tilting her head, her eyes fell upon Raoul, Christine, Rin, and Richard, mentioning something about living accommodations.
"I'll gladly let you in," Richard Chaney volunteered. "I had a roommate, but he unfortunately moved away. It'd be nice to have some sound and life again in the apartment! It might be snug but I think we can manage."
"Thank you, sir," Raoul grinned, shaking his clone's hand. Chaney grinned back, mirroring the Vicomte. Christine and Rin, relieved and excited, squealed in unison and actually hugged.
"Four down, one to go," Lotte muttered to herself. At this moment, she lifted her gaze to see her father, Erik, and Masque standing by the window, her beloved and his clone obviously having a secret showdown between themselves, her father completely oblivious.
"So, you all have nothing?" Jeff asked, sipping his glass of ice cold lemon water.
"Nothing except the clothes on our backs, I'm afraid," Erik replied honestly, feeling terrible that he wanted to marry Lotte but didn't have a job, home, or wealth.
"Pity," Masque sneered. "A perfectly competent man losses everything in the blink of an eye while his friends suddenly appear. How convenient…"
Just as Erik was about to snap something in return, Jeff said, "Hey, now, Erik-" (directing it towards Masque) "-you mean to tell me you never lost anything all at once? Me and Carla – that's Lotte's mom – we lost everything in a fire after the first two months of being married. It wasn't easy. We were totally dependent on strangers and friends for help."
Masque turned slightly red, while Erik coughed, trying to cover up his amusement and delight of the situation. Turning to Erik (le Fantome), Silverman offered, "Erik, if you'd like, you could take the basement. I know, it's not much, but the guest room is closed off, it's a total mess. Until things are sorted out, the basement is all we have. It's clean, warm, a little dark, but nothing a little candlelight can't fix…er, the lightbulbs blew out the other day…"
"I'd be honored, sir," Erik grinned, shaking his hand. A basement would be a perfect place him. "Thank you for your kindness and hospitality."
"Hey, I thought I told you to call me Jeff," Silverman laughed.
Lotte released a sigh of happy relief. Things were falling into place…she did note, however, that after her father had stuck up for Erik, Masque excused himself and said he had to get going. He was furious – his face was covered in the emotion, as he glared at Erik. Erik smirked evilly, holding one finger to his unmasked cheek.
"It's almost as though he's saying he earned one point just now…" Lotte mumbled to herself, confused.
Masque accusingly glared and pointed his index finger back at him, as though he said, 'It's not over…just you wait!'
Lotte shivered. She didn't like this one bit. A horrible feeling fell over her, as though foreshadowing some terrible event that she would have to face between the two of them. "Maybe I SHOULD run away with Erik…away from all this…" She quietly said to herself.
"Lil' Lotte!" Erica squeaked, bouncing up and down, grabbing her friend's attention. Lotte glared back at her grumpily, upset that she lost her train of thought. "Guess what? We're taking everyone on a shopping spree tomorrow!"
"What?" Lotte asked, panicking. Whenever Rin and Erica dragged her to the store, it could get ugly. They made her try on horrible clothings in shades pink and purple, forced to watch chick flicks at the malls theater, and refused to let her go to the music store. Imagine all the havoc they'd cause over the cast of Phantom...
"This is gonna be AWESOME!" Rin squealed, jumping up and down with her blonde friend.
This is gonna be hell, Lotte thought, moaning, fearing for everyone and their sanity.
POTO
The next morning, at 8am sharp, the entire entourage of Phantom characters met up at the Town-Center Mall of their city. They looked around at all the people strolling by in confusion and tiredness. The ride over had been hectic. Every POTO character had been scared and in awe at the moving machines (or as they called them, the horseless carriages) besides Erik. He had seemed totally at ease the hold time. Most likely because Lotte had been whispering in his ear the way over about somethings. No one knew what they were snickering and talking about, most likely they were talking about how Raoul's face was as white as paper. But knowing them, it could be anything.
"Ok, Rin! Time to divide and conquer!" Erica laughed maniacally, rubbing her hands together with glee. They all stood outside the main entrance.
"God save us," Lotte uttered, only to end up getting yanked along by her crazy friends inside. Lotte, Erica, Rin, Erik, Raoul, Christine, Meg, Antoinette, Mick, and Richard wandered from store to store, dressing up and advising which outfits looked better. Christine had already scouted out a shoe store with Meg and her mother. They both taken a strong taken to ballet flats, although that didn't surprise the two Phangirls that had joined them in the shoe store, where they all gushed over shoes of all colors. Lotte and all the men had stood outside of the shoe store uncomfortably in a silence. Andy and Jeff, though not present in body, had handed over their credit cards to Lotte and Antoinette, the two responsible women of the group. While Antoinette had shopped with the girls, Lotte stayed with the men, knowing that they would drag her to places like Victoria Secret and Bath and Body Works. Mick, Richard, and even Rin's parents pitched in by lending their pockets and checkbooks to help buy decent attire for the gang. Lotte thought to herself that Erica and the other girls would probably use most of it though, not the two guys.
"Erik, please put on the jeans and come out." Lotte now was standing outside the dressing room Erik was in. She had put him in there with a shirt and a pair of jeans, ordering him to put them on.
"I am not coming out! I despise these trousers!" Lotte rolled her eyes at Erik being very melodramatic. She wore jeans all the time...
"If you don't come out with them on, I will leave you in here alone." She threatened, knowing it would work. Erik remained silent. Finally, the door of the dressing room opened. Lotte giggled when she saw him.
"Erik?"
"What?" Erik grumpily asked, frowning. She sniggered at him once more.
"You have them on backwards..." His face turned bright red at her words.
"DAMMIT!" He yelled. Erik rushed inside the dressing room so fast that he was a blur. Lotte couldn't stop laughing until Erik came out again with them on properly. When put on right, they looked quite good on him.
By noon, when they met at the food court for lunch, everyone had at least 2 bags from a different store. The men were forced to carry all the bags and shoe boxes all the way to the food court so they happily sat down with out an argument. Everyone had pizza and ice cream which all characters soon fell in love with, saying that if all food her tasted so good, thats all they might ever eat. Everyone besides Lotte and Erik, how weren't hungry and instead opted for smoothies from Jamba Juice Erik told her that is was pleasantly tasty even though he enjoyed the PB&J ice cream from yesterday more. The thought of that made Lotte blush, making her remember their peanut buttery kiss.
"We certainly got a lot done in just a few hours," Christine commented as she looking at a shirt that she got that was black and pink.
Rin laughed, utterly amused. "We're not even halfway done!"
"We're not?" Lotte and all the males of the group asked, looks of horror taking over their expressions. The last few hours were horrible and they all would rather be far far far away from the horrible place called the mall.
"Nope," Erica grinned evilly. "There's still so much ground to cover! Maybe we could also watch a Chick Flick later. Or get pedicures!"
Meg and Christine didn't know what Chick Flicks or pedicures were but they nodded their heads, excited to learn more new things about this strange world.
For once, Raoul and Erik looked at one another, both deep in despair, and hugged one another, crying, "WE'RE GOING TO DIEEEEEEEE!"
This chapter was by RoseLoveHeartBeating and Little Luxa
Luxa: *sighs* what am I going to do?
Re-Erik: *runs in waving Phantom Waffles letter* I AM NOT A 3 YEAR OLD! HOW DARE SHE SAY THOSE THING! AND HOW THE HELL DID SHE KNOW MY MIDDLE NAME? WHY DO THEY ALL HATE ME WHHHHHHHHHHHHHY?
Luxa: Ohh... shut it Re-Erik...
Re-Erik: whats wrong you?
Luxa: I don't know what funny thing I should do to end this chapter
Re-Erik: someone should rant about something...
Luxa: Ahhh... *looks thoughtfully* But what? And who?
Meg and Erica: *skips in, singing* Bathing beauty on the beach... Bathing beauty say 'Hello!' What a cutie! What a peach!
Rin: *appears out of nowhere* HOW DARE YOU SING THAT SONG NEAR ME! *pauses and looks at a confused Re-Erik, Luxa, Erica, and Meg* Now I, am going to rant. AND YOU ALL SHALL LISTEN
*reveals a empty stage and a single spot light. Rin walks on and stands in the stoplight. 'Music of the Night' quietly plays in the background*
Rin: Good evening. I am here to talk about a musical that has shaken up all phans. Some love it. Some hate it. Some couldn't care less. But we all know it. I myself haven't seen it but I know all the music and the plotline very very very well... It is,
Love. Never. Dies.
I know that talking about this is risky to do in Luxa's story (since I am a mere character in it) but I want to tell you all my opinion. If you don't know what LND is, it is the musical sequel to POTO. When I first heard about it, I was excited. Was this the happy E/C ending we always have dreamed of? It is in a way but also isn't. LND, isn't terrible but is sorta like an okay E/C fanfiction; it has good parts, bad parts, OCCness and PARTS THAT DON'T MAKE SENSE WHAT SO EVER! *coughs* With the music, it was mostly good but it didn't have the same vibe to me as the first one. Though I do love some songs (I LOVE TILL I HEAR YOU SING!) there are a few I utterly loath.. *cough* Bathing Beauty *cough*. I do understand why some people like it and I respect their ideas but...
*Spoilers start here for all of you that don't know*
REALLY MEG? REALLY? NOT ONLY ARE YOU CRAZY AND 'IN LOVE' WITH OUR ERIK BUT YOU HAD TO TRY TO KILL THEIR SON AND KILL THEN YOUR BEST FRIEND INSTEAD? AND COME ON ERIK! YOU SHOULD HAVE PUNJABED HER, NOT ASKED HER TO PUT THE GUN DOWN. WHAT THE HELL MADAM GIRY? WHAT. THE. HELL.? DID YOU PEOPLE HAVE TO MAKE RAOUL A ASS? GIVE THE GUY A BREAK! WHY IS EVERYONE SAYING BEAUTIFUL FOR GODS SAKE? WHHHHHHHHHHHHHHY? THE ROBO CHRISTINE FREAKS ME OUT, ERIKS 3 HELPERS FREAK ME OUT, THE ENDING MAKES ME FREAK OUT. NOT CHRISTINE...! KILL ANYONE EXCEPT CHRISTINE...! HOW OLD IS ERIK NOW ANYWAY? SHOULDN'T HE HAVE KICKED THE BUCKET ALREADY? WEBBER ALSO KICKED UP THE DATE, SO THIS IS UNREALISTIC! WHHHHHHHHHHHHY...? WHHHHYYYYYYYYYYY...?
*pauses* I do like Ramin Karimloo though... he is a sexy sexy sexy phantom... yummy...
Now, I know I might have made some phans and readers of this story mad but these are only my (Rina Crossgroves) thoughts. I do like some parts of it a lot but some of this musical just does not go with the stuff we already knew about them in the First one. I will always love POTO because Webber wrote it out of love for Sarah B. but this was not the case for LND. The music in POTO showed his love and passion for Sarah as he pictured her as Christine. Think about it. There is a difference in the music...
Whether you love, hate, or don't care, these were my thoughts on Love Never Dies. Thank you for your time. This is Rin Crossgrove, signing off.
*bows and leaves the stage humming 'Till I hear you sing'*
Erica: Hmph...! I Like LND! Gastave is soooo cute! I love the music too! It's so... Beautiful!
Luxa: Dear god... My character are soooo weird *facepalm* I honestly never thought I would see a day when my own characters fight over a musical that none of us have seen it... NONE OF US HAVE SEEN IT! *pauses* And I myself will not judge that show until I see it... which probably won't ever happen cause I don't have the money for it.
Re-Erik: Uh... Whats LND?
Erica: A wonderful masterpiece that AWL made! I LOVE IT SOOOO MUCH! SQUEE!
Rin: *Pops out* IT IS HORRIBLE! DON'T LISTEN TO THAT CRAZY CHICK! *leaves*
Luxa: Oh wow... *rolls her eyes*
Re-Erik: I am really confused...
Luxa: So am I, Erik... So am I... *turns to readers* Sorry about all of them... They are insane. Reviews Please?