A/N:
RubyMoon2: WAHOOOO!
I know, it's been a while! I'm sorry! After writing my ending A/N, I'll go and work on typing up the next chapter. And then I have GOT to get to work. I mean, real work. ^_^
I apologize now-at the time of writing this story, it was late, as you well know by now. So Theresa thinks and talks rather modernly. I'm sorry.
Disclaimer: WE DON'T OWN PHANTOM! Okay? OKAY! ::cries:: I wanna own....no, wait, I don't. I mean, all that work! I must be the only phan who doesn't want the rights. But I do want the rights to the movie. I want to say what they do with it. I want to cast and be the one to approve the script. But as it is, it ain't gonna happen. They've already started filming (supposedly).
I do own Theresa and this version of Erik, and part of the plot. I also own Samantha (unfortunately), Heathyr, Amiee and Clara. Sort of. They're not fully-formed characters yet, but I'm planning on using them in another phanphic. I also own 'The Doctor' (who is due to appear later in the phic), as well as Elizabeth Lamb (maybe I should stop mentioning her since she doesn't enter it ever again). Erica owns Jean and Jacqueline.
// = italics and thoughts
** = italics within thoughts
Weelllll, I hope you enjoy this chapter!
Now off the Erica's AN!
Vampiress787:
Hiya.
Once again, RubyMoon2 doesn't leave me much to say. I guess that's your privilege when you're the one typing it up. I would like to help, but hey, my computers being stubborn ((RubyMoon2: Actually, she doesn't have Word. Just recently found that out.)).
Well, dark part should start Chapter 7. I know this is chapter 4 but, hey, you get some of the light part before you get the dark. It's kind of funny, really, the story goes light, then it goes dark, and then it goes a little bit light, then even darker, then you have a little bit of hope, and just when you think it can't get any darker, it does.
Okay, it has a great finish on a more...or less... lighter tone.
Please R/R, and please stay tuned for the rest of the story! Hope you enjoy it, and just remember that this story has an ending.
See ya later!
~~~~~~~~~~~~
CHAPTER FOUR: Present and Gossips
Five days later...
/I had to kiss him. Twice. I had to kiss him twice. He's a good kisser. Shut up!/ Theresa was beating herself up for such bad thoughts...but cheering herself up with the fact that she had not passed out once during the entire show.
/Well, I certainly didn't have anything against kissing her. Not a bad kisser herself. Perhaps I should be a little greedy and think that Mademoiselle Jacqueline be sick more often./ he had to struggle to fight back the evil grin.
The curtain opened for the final bow.
Theresa kept her eyes distinctively away from Jean and at Jacqueline, in one of the floor seats. She was standing, clapping the loudest, and smiling.
The curtain closed and Theresa breathed again. And again. She went to take the heavy costume off when she saw Jacqueline.
"Well, you did very well. I know I'm proud of you. Not many people can pull that off as beautifully as you did."
"Oh, thank you. I can't wait for you to be able to come back, though." Theresa said, blushing a little.
"Actually, I should be back in a few days."
"Fantastic! Oh, well, I have got to go get this costume off and get home...like, soon."
Jacqueline nodded. Theresa sped past...
...and bumped into Jean.
"There were 'oomph's'...but this time no one fell.
"Ah, Mademoiselle, I was looking for you."
"Oh, Hello. You did wonderfully."
"Ah, but you did much better then I."
"No, I didn't, but thank you anyway." Theresa said. For some reason panic was starting to gather in her eyes.
"Perhaps after you change out of your costume I could give you a ride home? After all, it is dark and I suspect it's a long way."
There was a short pause. Then a sudden, quick movement and Theresa had grabbed Jean's arms and in a desperately relieved tone said,
"Thank you!" and ran to change out of her costume.
*****
It had been about an hour and a half-almost there-when she said,
"Oh, please, stop here. I don't want to wake anyone up."
"Of course." He escorted her out.
"Mademoiselle?" he asked, stopping her. He reached into the carriage and took out a medium-sized rectangular box, and handed it to her.
And in the other hand, six red roses and six white roses.
"These are for you."
"Oh, no, I couldn't-"
"Don't open the present until you get home. Please."
"Oh, no, really, I honestly couldn't..."
"Of course you could. Their my gifts to you, as a congratulations for a performance well done."
"Oh, well...thank you." She accepted them. She then curtsied as he bowed and then she turned and ran for home.
She got to the door, then went and ducked underneath the lighted windowsill outside.
/Why'd he have to do this? *WHY?*/ She sighed and opened the box. Inside was a little note.
'I saw these and I thought of you. I hope you like them.'
There was a small square-shaped necklace with blue stones in it. There were three little tear-drop shapes hanging from the square.
There was also a lovely charm bracelet for her to fill, with one charm on it so far- a little silver music note.
And late but not least the small figurine of a dolphin. It had such detail and color that it looked real.
"Oh, no. Why'd he have to do this? Why?" she sighed and stood up, and walked around her 'house', carrying the box with the treasures inside and the roses. She walked about five minutes until she got to a creek, and tossed the box with the roses. She sighed, and turned around, and snuck back into her house.
*****
Jacqueline left the wings after seeing Theresa leave, with a small smile on her face, knowing Theresa had an admirer. She went to her room and sung a song called 'Amen'.
When she was finished she went and started to clean the room, although it didn't need cleaning. She then heard someone outside the room.
"Did you hear about the Masquerade?" said one of the voices.
"Oh, yes! What are you going as?"
"I'd rather know who I'm going with!" a different voice said, laughing.
The ballet girls laughed.
"Perhaps you could ask that Jean now." Said the first voice, a girl named Amiee.
"Oh, really! He's only the most eligible man in France!" said the second voice, Heathyr, a 'sweet' ballet girl (if that was possible).
"Gee, thanks for reminding me!" Said the third voice. Jacqueline recognized it as Samantha, a girl who was known for dating as many men at the Opera as possible, as well as being snobbish.
"Oh, but you know what /I've/ seen?" asked a fourth voice, Clara, the Queen of Gossip, next to Meg, that was. "He seems to be stuck on the second sopranos, lucky girl! And she doesn't even know what she has!"
"She totally ignores him!" said Amiee.
"More like avoids him!" noted Samantha.
They laughed.
"Poor man. He finds someone he loves and she doesn't want anything to do with him!" said Heathyr.
"Ouch! To think of his poor little heart!" Amiee said.
"Well, I'll just have to give him something else to think about." Samantha said.
"Hah!" Amiee laughed.
"Oh, shhh, here that girl comes!" Clara warned.
Silence.
Footsteps.
"Good, she's gone." Said Amiee.
"So, anyway, what are you going as?" Heathyr asked.
"Oh, I was thinking, I don't know.../Aphrodite/, perhaps?" Samantha said.
They laughed.
"Well, that's accurate." Clara noted.
"Hey!"
They laughed again.
/I wish they would just leave./ came Jacqueline thought.
"SCRAM!" 'the voice' shouted.
"Aghh!"
"It's the Phantom!"
"RUN!"
"Well, that's interesting." A pause. "The Phantom? Jacqueline wondered.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~RubyMoon's Secret Place~
RubyMoon: WAHOOO! PLEEEASE REVIEW! Please, I beg of you!
Roselyn: You're slightly pathetic, do you know that?
RubyMoon: ::smiles:: I know. Hey! Guess what?
Roselyn: Nani. (Translation: What.)
RubyMoon: My friends have all of Pretear now! OH! And the rest of Wolf's Rain! I'm so happy. ::is very happy::
Roselyn: Yipee.
RubyMoon: Now, then. ::ahem:: I call this meeting to order!
::Everyone else looks up::
RubyMoon: ROLLCALL! Mannen.
Mannen: What?
RubyMoon: Goh.
Goh: What do you want?
RubyMoon: ::smiles:: Hayate.
Hayate: Yes.
RubyMoon: Nakaru. ::ducks underneath the table::
Nakaru: ::smiling:: I'm here, Namesake-san!
RubyMoon: ::comes out:: Yue.
Yue: ::stares at RubyMoon, but nods his head forward slightly::
RubyMoon: Erik.
Erik: ::sighs:: Is this going to take long? I have better things to do.
RubyMoon: Okay, I think that's everyone. Welcome! I'm here to say three things. Number One: Nakaru.
Nakaru: Yes?
RubyMoon: STOP GLOUMPING ME! It hurts. I know you like me (a lot), and I like you too, but I really don't need you loving me to death. Ahkay?
Nakaru: Alright. ::sad eyes:: But only if you bring Touya and let me gloump him.
RubyMoon: Uh- you do know he already has a girl-erm, boyfriend, right? ::mumbles:: Yukito was supposed to be MINE! And on top of that, he's Yue, too...
Nakaru: I know. ::smiles::
RubyMoon: Okay, then. I'll do that after the meeting.
Nakaru: YAY!
RubyMoon: Everyone else, except Hayate since he already received his, and Yue because...well, because: I'M SORRY! SORRY, SORRY, SORRY! Okay?
Mannen, Goh and Erik: 0.0; .........
RubyMoon: ::smiles:: NEXT! Yue, I DID NOT send those letters! Roselyn!
Roselyn: Hold up. ::finishes strapping on her rocket skates:: Okay. ::ahem:: I did. ::takes off::
Yue: ::follows Roselyn, and catches her after about 15 mins::
RubyMoon: Okay, I guess we're done, then!
Hayate: Wait! Why am I here, then?
RubyMoon: Himeno wanted me to tell you to pick up a cake on your way back, it's Mawata's birthday. Oh, yeah, and tell Mawata happy birthday from me.
Hayate: ::rolls eyes:: leaves::
Everyone else: ::leaves::
RubyMoon: I suddenly feel so alone...::sniff:: Oh, well. I guess on to Vampiress's closing AN.
Vampiress787's AN:
I hope you enjoyed it. Review, please. Read the next chapter.
RubyMoon2: WAHOOOO!
I know, it's been a while! I'm sorry! After writing my ending A/N, I'll go and work on typing up the next chapter. And then I have GOT to get to work. I mean, real work. ^_^
I apologize now-at the time of writing this story, it was late, as you well know by now. So Theresa thinks and talks rather modernly. I'm sorry.
Disclaimer: WE DON'T OWN PHANTOM! Okay? OKAY! ::cries:: I wanna own....no, wait, I don't. I mean, all that work! I must be the only phan who doesn't want the rights. But I do want the rights to the movie. I want to say what they do with it. I want to cast and be the one to approve the script. But as it is, it ain't gonna happen. They've already started filming (supposedly).
I do own Theresa and this version of Erik, and part of the plot. I also own Samantha (unfortunately), Heathyr, Amiee and Clara. Sort of. They're not fully-formed characters yet, but I'm planning on using them in another phanphic. I also own 'The Doctor' (who is due to appear later in the phic), as well as Elizabeth Lamb (maybe I should stop mentioning her since she doesn't enter it ever again). Erica owns Jean and Jacqueline.
// = italics and thoughts
** = italics within thoughts
Weelllll, I hope you enjoy this chapter!
Now off the Erica's AN!
Vampiress787:
Hiya.
Once again, RubyMoon2 doesn't leave me much to say. I guess that's your privilege when you're the one typing it up. I would like to help, but hey, my computers being stubborn ((RubyMoon2: Actually, she doesn't have Word. Just recently found that out.)).
Well, dark part should start Chapter 7. I know this is chapter 4 but, hey, you get some of the light part before you get the dark. It's kind of funny, really, the story goes light, then it goes dark, and then it goes a little bit light, then even darker, then you have a little bit of hope, and just when you think it can't get any darker, it does.
Okay, it has a great finish on a more...or less... lighter tone.
Please R/R, and please stay tuned for the rest of the story! Hope you enjoy it, and just remember that this story has an ending.
See ya later!
~~~~~~~~~~~~
CHAPTER FOUR: Present and Gossips
Five days later...
/I had to kiss him. Twice. I had to kiss him twice. He's a good kisser. Shut up!/ Theresa was beating herself up for such bad thoughts...but cheering herself up with the fact that she had not passed out once during the entire show.
/Well, I certainly didn't have anything against kissing her. Not a bad kisser herself. Perhaps I should be a little greedy and think that Mademoiselle Jacqueline be sick more often./ he had to struggle to fight back the evil grin.
The curtain opened for the final bow.
Theresa kept her eyes distinctively away from Jean and at Jacqueline, in one of the floor seats. She was standing, clapping the loudest, and smiling.
The curtain closed and Theresa breathed again. And again. She went to take the heavy costume off when she saw Jacqueline.
"Well, you did very well. I know I'm proud of you. Not many people can pull that off as beautifully as you did."
"Oh, thank you. I can't wait for you to be able to come back, though." Theresa said, blushing a little.
"Actually, I should be back in a few days."
"Fantastic! Oh, well, I have got to go get this costume off and get home...like, soon."
Jacqueline nodded. Theresa sped past...
...and bumped into Jean.
"There were 'oomph's'...but this time no one fell.
"Ah, Mademoiselle, I was looking for you."
"Oh, Hello. You did wonderfully."
"Ah, but you did much better then I."
"No, I didn't, but thank you anyway." Theresa said. For some reason panic was starting to gather in her eyes.
"Perhaps after you change out of your costume I could give you a ride home? After all, it is dark and I suspect it's a long way."
There was a short pause. Then a sudden, quick movement and Theresa had grabbed Jean's arms and in a desperately relieved tone said,
"Thank you!" and ran to change out of her costume.
*****
It had been about an hour and a half-almost there-when she said,
"Oh, please, stop here. I don't want to wake anyone up."
"Of course." He escorted her out.
"Mademoiselle?" he asked, stopping her. He reached into the carriage and took out a medium-sized rectangular box, and handed it to her.
And in the other hand, six red roses and six white roses.
"These are for you."
"Oh, no, I couldn't-"
"Don't open the present until you get home. Please."
"Oh, no, really, I honestly couldn't..."
"Of course you could. Their my gifts to you, as a congratulations for a performance well done."
"Oh, well...thank you." She accepted them. She then curtsied as he bowed and then she turned and ran for home.
She got to the door, then went and ducked underneath the lighted windowsill outside.
/Why'd he have to do this? *WHY?*/ She sighed and opened the box. Inside was a little note.
'I saw these and I thought of you. I hope you like them.'
There was a small square-shaped necklace with blue stones in it. There were three little tear-drop shapes hanging from the square.
There was also a lovely charm bracelet for her to fill, with one charm on it so far- a little silver music note.
And late but not least the small figurine of a dolphin. It had such detail and color that it looked real.
"Oh, no. Why'd he have to do this? Why?" she sighed and stood up, and walked around her 'house', carrying the box with the treasures inside and the roses. She walked about five minutes until she got to a creek, and tossed the box with the roses. She sighed, and turned around, and snuck back into her house.
*****
Jacqueline left the wings after seeing Theresa leave, with a small smile on her face, knowing Theresa had an admirer. She went to her room and sung a song called 'Amen'.
When she was finished she went and started to clean the room, although it didn't need cleaning. She then heard someone outside the room.
"Did you hear about the Masquerade?" said one of the voices.
"Oh, yes! What are you going as?"
"I'd rather know who I'm going with!" a different voice said, laughing.
The ballet girls laughed.
"Perhaps you could ask that Jean now." Said the first voice, a girl named Amiee.
"Oh, really! He's only the most eligible man in France!" said the second voice, Heathyr, a 'sweet' ballet girl (if that was possible).
"Gee, thanks for reminding me!" Said the third voice. Jacqueline recognized it as Samantha, a girl who was known for dating as many men at the Opera as possible, as well as being snobbish.
"Oh, but you know what /I've/ seen?" asked a fourth voice, Clara, the Queen of Gossip, next to Meg, that was. "He seems to be stuck on the second sopranos, lucky girl! And she doesn't even know what she has!"
"She totally ignores him!" said Amiee.
"More like avoids him!" noted Samantha.
They laughed.
"Poor man. He finds someone he loves and she doesn't want anything to do with him!" said Heathyr.
"Ouch! To think of his poor little heart!" Amiee said.
"Well, I'll just have to give him something else to think about." Samantha said.
"Hah!" Amiee laughed.
"Oh, shhh, here that girl comes!" Clara warned.
Silence.
Footsteps.
"Good, she's gone." Said Amiee.
"So, anyway, what are you going as?" Heathyr asked.
"Oh, I was thinking, I don't know.../Aphrodite/, perhaps?" Samantha said.
They laughed.
"Well, that's accurate." Clara noted.
"Hey!"
They laughed again.
/I wish they would just leave./ came Jacqueline thought.
"SCRAM!" 'the voice' shouted.
"Aghh!"
"It's the Phantom!"
"RUN!"
"Well, that's interesting." A pause. "The Phantom? Jacqueline wondered.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~RubyMoon's Secret Place~
RubyMoon: WAHOOO! PLEEEASE REVIEW! Please, I beg of you!
Roselyn: You're slightly pathetic, do you know that?
RubyMoon: ::smiles:: I know. Hey! Guess what?
Roselyn: Nani. (Translation: What.)
RubyMoon: My friends have all of Pretear now! OH! And the rest of Wolf's Rain! I'm so happy. ::is very happy::
Roselyn: Yipee.
RubyMoon: Now, then. ::ahem:: I call this meeting to order!
::Everyone else looks up::
RubyMoon: ROLLCALL! Mannen.
Mannen: What?
RubyMoon: Goh.
Goh: What do you want?
RubyMoon: ::smiles:: Hayate.
Hayate: Yes.
RubyMoon: Nakaru. ::ducks underneath the table::
Nakaru: ::smiling:: I'm here, Namesake-san!
RubyMoon: ::comes out:: Yue.
Yue: ::stares at RubyMoon, but nods his head forward slightly::
RubyMoon: Erik.
Erik: ::sighs:: Is this going to take long? I have better things to do.
RubyMoon: Okay, I think that's everyone. Welcome! I'm here to say three things. Number One: Nakaru.
Nakaru: Yes?
RubyMoon: STOP GLOUMPING ME! It hurts. I know you like me (a lot), and I like you too, but I really don't need you loving me to death. Ahkay?
Nakaru: Alright. ::sad eyes:: But only if you bring Touya and let me gloump him.
RubyMoon: Uh- you do know he already has a girl-erm, boyfriend, right? ::mumbles:: Yukito was supposed to be MINE! And on top of that, he's Yue, too...
Nakaru: I know. ::smiles::
RubyMoon: Okay, then. I'll do that after the meeting.
Nakaru: YAY!
RubyMoon: Everyone else, except Hayate since he already received his, and Yue because...well, because: I'M SORRY! SORRY, SORRY, SORRY! Okay?
Mannen, Goh and Erik: 0.0; .........
RubyMoon: ::smiles:: NEXT! Yue, I DID NOT send those letters! Roselyn!
Roselyn: Hold up. ::finishes strapping on her rocket skates:: Okay. ::ahem:: I did. ::takes off::
Yue: ::follows Roselyn, and catches her after about 15 mins::
RubyMoon: Okay, I guess we're done, then!
Hayate: Wait! Why am I here, then?
RubyMoon: Himeno wanted me to tell you to pick up a cake on your way back, it's Mawata's birthday. Oh, yeah, and tell Mawata happy birthday from me.
Hayate: ::rolls eyes:: leaves::
Everyone else: ::leaves::
RubyMoon: I suddenly feel so alone...::sniff:: Oh, well. I guess on to Vampiress's closing AN.
Vampiress787's AN:
I hope you enjoyed it. Review, please. Read the next chapter.