Chapter Eight
Come What May
The next day, Harold insisted that they get to work on
rehearsals as soon as possible. The builders came before dawn to start on rebuilding the
theater. Jade was awaked that morning but the sound a wrecking ball. Startled, Jade fell
out of bed. "What's going on?" She cried, as Roxanne jumped off the top bunk to the floor.
"They're rebuilding the theater." Roxanne answered, helping Jade to her feet.
Jade sighed and brushed herself off. "You have told me." She frowned.
Roxanne just shrugged. "Let's get breakfast, no one's going to sleep
any time soon." Roxanne muttered.
Roxanne and Jade headed into the kitchen where the other girls -also
awakened by the builders- were all chatting and getting their food as well.
Jade yawned and looked around, it seemed like everyone in the entire
club was in the kitchen at the same time. Except Harold, Christian and Peter. "Hmm, it's
amazing how Christian and Peter aren't already awake too." Jade muttered as she put pancakes
and eggs onto her plate.
Roxanne shrugged. "Oh well." She began to pile her plate with
things. "Hey, have you met the Diamond Dogs yet? Since you're going to be staring the play
with them." She said.
Jade shook her head "no" and followed Roxanne to a table. Four girls
were seated around the table. Roxanne set her plate down. "Okay, Jade, these are the
Diamond Dogs. That's Arabia, China Doll, Nini and Mome Fromage." She said pointing to each
one. "This is Jade, she going to play the Hindi Goddess in Spectacular Spectacular."
Roxanne explained.
Jade looked at the Diamond Dogs; Arabia had tan skin, tanner then her
own Jade observed, and had her brown hair tied atop her head with golden bans. She wore a
green dress that fell down past her feet; China Doll had paler skin then Arabia but it was
tan nonetheless. Her hair was black and was also fixed atop her head; Nini was pale, not
like the other two. Her eyes were also different, hers seem to sparkle and they were black
instead of blue or green. Her jet-black hair was tied in a bun atop her head but her bangs
feel for on her head; Mome Fromage was chubby compared to the others. Her skin was also pale,
her hair was blonde, short and curly.
Jade smiled at them; Nini studied her. Roxanne picked up her plate and led
Jade to another table. "They're not very talkative are they?" Jade asked.
Roxanne glanced back at the Diamond Dogs. "Not really, I guess." She
muttered. Roxanne and Jade sat down at an empty table.
"So, did you find Christian last night?" Roxanne asked as she began to
eat one of her pancakes.
Jade nodded as she poked her food with her fork. She wanted to tell
Roxanne about Christian and Satine but didn't feel right about it.
"And what about Peter, why don't you like him?" Roxanne asked,
already finished with her first pancake.
Jade thought about the question for a moment. "I don't know him very well,
I guess. We were arranged to be married before I even met him and when I did I guess he
wasn't the right guy. He talks too much and believes that love is one of the least important
things in life. He's too prefect I think, too strong, too smart, too handsome, you get the
idea." Jade answered.
Roxanne nodded. "Rather have a guy like Alex?" She said and smiled up at
her friend. Jade blushed and stared down at her food.
"So, Roxanne, have you got your part in the show yet?" Jade asked,
changing the subject.
"Yeah, lead dancer." She answered. If Jade didn't want to talk about
her love life then they wouldn't.
Jade looked up to see Christian enter the kitchen. Roxanne looked up
as well and followed her gaze. Christian saw the two and came to sit at the table with them.
Roxanne acted surprised and concerned. "Oh good, it's you. We
thought you'd fallen into a hole somewhere." Roxanne said. She snickered; she was fond of
Christian but hadn't really gotten to know him.
Christian just shook his head and turned to Jade. "So, when does
rehearsal start?" Christian asked.
"Today, I think. Everyone's really excited." Jade answered and offered
her breakfast to Christian.
He accepted her plate and she stood up. "Where are you going?" He
asked her.
"To see Harold." Jade asked. She left the kitchen leaving her uncle and friend staring after
her.
"Has she always been like that? So stubborn with her mind set on things?"
Roxanne asked.
"Oh yes, always." Christian anwswered.
Jade entered the main part of the club; she was surprised to Alex
sitting at the table. "Alex, what are you doing here?" She asked and joined him at the table.
"Where were you last night?" Alex asked.
Jade blinked, surprised, he had been there when she had gone looking
for Christian. "I went looking for Christian, I thought-" Jade said.
"No, after, after you found him." Alex said, his eyes locked with hers.
"Why?" Jade asked; she frowned. "You don't think I was with Peter."
Alex averted his gaze. Jade sighed. "Don't be jealous, don't get jealous.
Promise me you won't ever me jealous." Jade said.
Alex looked at her. "I love you, I can't help if I get jealous. I love
you." He said.
She leaned forward and kissed him. "Come what may." She muttered -off
handedly- when she broke the kiss.
"What?" Alex asked.
Jade was surprised that she had said that. "Come what may, it's a song my uncle
wrote." She answered.
Alex took a seat beside her instead of across from her. "What does it
mean?" He asked, wrapping his arm around her shoulder.
She laid her head on his shoulder. "It means that no matter how bad
things get or seem, it'll always remind you that you truly love the person you love. 'Come
what may, come what may; I will love you until my dying day." Jade sang.
Alex kissed her on the cheek. "It's romantic; who did your uncle write it for?" He asked.
"His 'girlfriend' Satine." Jade answered, not wanting to say anything
more.
Alex lifted her head off his shoulder. "Come what may." He said and kissed her. She wrapped
her arms around his shoulders and kissed back.
A few hours later, everyone had gathered in the second building of
the Moulin Rouge. Even inside the building sounds from the construction could be heard.
Jade was sitting with Roxanne and Peter, who had insisted on being there; in front of them
sat Christian and Alex. The Diamond Dogs sat in the front; there weren't really rows but
chairs lined up in groups. Harold stood, explaining the story of the new show. Jade leaned
forward to whisper in Christian's ear. "How long before the show if ready to be preformed?"
She asked.
Christian shrugged; Harold had asked him to write the show again,
surprisingly Christian accepted the offer and had already begun.
Jade leaned back in her seat. Peter brushed a stand of hair off her
face. "You have the leading roll, that's good." He said, whispering in her ear. He kissed
her on the cheek; Jade just sat there, staring in front of her.
She pulled her head away. "Yes, I am the Hindi Goddess." She answered,
sitting straight again. Peter wrapped his arm around her shoulder, pulling her close to him.
Jade slightly flinched, trying to stare straight ahead and ignore Peter, who was kissing her
cheek again.
Roxanne looked over and saw Jade's attempts to get away from Peter.
Roxanne grabbed Jade's arm and pulled her closer to her and away from Peter. "What's going
on? You're getting married to this guy and you can't stand him kissing you?" Roxanne
whispered.
Jade didn't answer but looked over to Alex, who was talking with
Christian. Roxanne's eyes went wide. "No, you don't mean?" She asked.
Jade "shushed" her and didn't answer. Harold was still explaining
about the show; the order it was going to go in and the songs that would be in it.
After everyone had cleared out of the room (after Harold's
talk), Jade and Roxanne were headed to the main part of the club when Peter caught up with
them. "Jade, what's the matter. You seemed anxious to get away from me." Peter said.
"I had to pay attention to what Harold was saying about the show,
very important." Jade said. She looked over at Roxanne.
"Yes, yes very important. Need to pay attention since it was so
important." Roxanne said, clearly not helping.
"You're repeating yourself." Jade whispered. She turned to Peter. "I'm
sorry Peter, maybe sometime later." Jade said, not realizing what she said. Peter smiled
and walked off, in front of the girls into the main part of the club.
Roxanne turned to face Jade. "Did you hear what you just said to
him? 'Maybe sometime later'; what about Alex?" Roxanne asked.
Jade sighed and turned slightly white. "You don't think he took it as
'sometime soon like tonight' do you?" Jade asked, surprised.
Roxanne shrugged. Before they could talk anymore, Alex and Christian
caught up with them as well. Alex kissed Jade lightly on the cheek.
Roxanne turned to face Christian. "So, how's the story coming? Ready to
rehearse yet?" Roxanne asked.
Christian shrugged. "It's coming along alright I guess." He said. Jade knew
what he really meant was "No, it's not coming along great, I'm out of ideas." The four of
them continued to the main part of the club, Jade was mentally trying to figure out how to
get out of spending the night with Peter.
Later that evening, Christian, Roxanne, Jade and Alex were sitting
at the table they usually sat at -at the head of the club- Christian was trying to write
more in the script for Spectacular Spectacular. Christian's head had stayed bowed over the
papers since they had sat down; Christian just couldn't seem to write. There was only an
hour until the club opened again, Jade was now beginning to dread the evenings at the club
-the song was getting old and she was getting used to the attention. Jade sighed and leaned
back in her chair.
"I'm bored." Jade muttered, not caring whether anyone cared or not.
Roxanne nodded. "Me too." She seconded.
Jade stood up. "Where are you going now?" Alex asked.
"To look around, I still haven't explored all of the Moulin Rouge and I've
been here almost," Jade paused, she couldn't remember how long she had been there.
"Three days, almost three days." Roxanne answered, offhanded.
Alex shrugged. "Hurry back, you're on in an hour." He said, though he didn't care about her
song.
Jade nodded and left the main part of the club; she headed down another hall where Christian
and Peter were staying. She passed Peter's room -which the door was shut- and came upon
Christian's room. Both the door and the window were upon; Jade peered into his room to see
the wind blowing about a bunch of papers like the ones Christian had been writing on in the
club. Jade leapt into the room and grabbed at the papers; some escaped her grasp and
managed to be blown out the window. Growling in degust, Jade slammed the stack of papers
she had collected and ran to the window; some of the papers managed to get away before she
slammed the window shut. Sighing, Jade looked at the mess that the wind had created;
getting on her hands and knees she began to collect the papers. Picking some up, Jade read
a few sentences; these were not the workings of the script for Spectacular Spectacular,
these were something else. Jade read one of the papers; her eyes halted on one of the
sentences. "Come What May." It read and below were the lyrics to the song. Jade began to
read them.
Never knew I could feel like this; like I've never seen the sky before. Want to vanish inside
your kiss; every day I love you more and more. Listen to my heart can't you hear it sing
telling me to give you everything. Seasons may change; winter to spring. But I'll love you
until the end of time. Come what may; come what may, I will love you until my dying day.
Suddenly the world seems such a prefect place; suddenly it moves with such a prefect grace.
Suddenly my life doesn't seem such a waste, it only revolves around you. And there's no
mountain to high; no river to wide. Sing out this song and I'll be there by your side!
Storm clouds may gather and stars may collide but I'll love you until the end of time.
Come what may! Come what may, I will love you until my dying day. Oh, come what may; come
what may! I will love you -oh I will love you.. Suddenly the world seems such a prefect
place. Come what may! Come what may! I will love you until my dying day!
Jade put the paper down; she stood up to leave. On second thought, Jade stooped and picked
up the paper which had the words written on it; she put it in her pocket. As she left
Christian's room -shutting the door behind her- she bumped into Peter. "Darling, good, I
was just looking for you." He said, moving closer to kiss her. Jade drew back slightly but
-thinking that it would seem too strange- let Peter kiss her on the lips. In her head she
was thinking Come what may, I will love you until my dying day.
Come What May
The next day, Harold insisted that they get to work on
rehearsals as soon as possible. The builders came before dawn to start on rebuilding the
theater. Jade was awaked that morning but the sound a wrecking ball. Startled, Jade fell
out of bed. "What's going on?" She cried, as Roxanne jumped off the top bunk to the floor.
"They're rebuilding the theater." Roxanne answered, helping Jade to her feet.
Jade sighed and brushed herself off. "You have told me." She frowned.
Roxanne just shrugged. "Let's get breakfast, no one's going to sleep
any time soon." Roxanne muttered.
Roxanne and Jade headed into the kitchen where the other girls -also
awakened by the builders- were all chatting and getting their food as well.
Jade yawned and looked around, it seemed like everyone in the entire
club was in the kitchen at the same time. Except Harold, Christian and Peter. "Hmm, it's
amazing how Christian and Peter aren't already awake too." Jade muttered as she put pancakes
and eggs onto her plate.
Roxanne shrugged. "Oh well." She began to pile her plate with
things. "Hey, have you met the Diamond Dogs yet? Since you're going to be staring the play
with them." She said.
Jade shook her head "no" and followed Roxanne to a table. Four girls
were seated around the table. Roxanne set her plate down. "Okay, Jade, these are the
Diamond Dogs. That's Arabia, China Doll, Nini and Mome Fromage." She said pointing to each
one. "This is Jade, she going to play the Hindi Goddess in Spectacular Spectacular."
Roxanne explained.
Jade looked at the Diamond Dogs; Arabia had tan skin, tanner then her
own Jade observed, and had her brown hair tied atop her head with golden bans. She wore a
green dress that fell down past her feet; China Doll had paler skin then Arabia but it was
tan nonetheless. Her hair was black and was also fixed atop her head; Nini was pale, not
like the other two. Her eyes were also different, hers seem to sparkle and they were black
instead of blue or green. Her jet-black hair was tied in a bun atop her head but her bangs
feel for on her head; Mome Fromage was chubby compared to the others. Her skin was also pale,
her hair was blonde, short and curly.
Jade smiled at them; Nini studied her. Roxanne picked up her plate and led
Jade to another table. "They're not very talkative are they?" Jade asked.
Roxanne glanced back at the Diamond Dogs. "Not really, I guess." She
muttered. Roxanne and Jade sat down at an empty table.
"So, did you find Christian last night?" Roxanne asked as she began to
eat one of her pancakes.
Jade nodded as she poked her food with her fork. She wanted to tell
Roxanne about Christian and Satine but didn't feel right about it.
"And what about Peter, why don't you like him?" Roxanne asked,
already finished with her first pancake.
Jade thought about the question for a moment. "I don't know him very well,
I guess. We were arranged to be married before I even met him and when I did I guess he
wasn't the right guy. He talks too much and believes that love is one of the least important
things in life. He's too prefect I think, too strong, too smart, too handsome, you get the
idea." Jade answered.
Roxanne nodded. "Rather have a guy like Alex?" She said and smiled up at
her friend. Jade blushed and stared down at her food.
"So, Roxanne, have you got your part in the show yet?" Jade asked,
changing the subject.
"Yeah, lead dancer." She answered. If Jade didn't want to talk about
her love life then they wouldn't.
Jade looked up to see Christian enter the kitchen. Roxanne looked up
as well and followed her gaze. Christian saw the two and came to sit at the table with them.
Roxanne acted surprised and concerned. "Oh good, it's you. We
thought you'd fallen into a hole somewhere." Roxanne said. She snickered; she was fond of
Christian but hadn't really gotten to know him.
Christian just shook his head and turned to Jade. "So, when does
rehearsal start?" Christian asked.
"Today, I think. Everyone's really excited." Jade answered and offered
her breakfast to Christian.
He accepted her plate and she stood up. "Where are you going?" He
asked her.
"To see Harold." Jade asked. She left the kitchen leaving her uncle and friend staring after
her.
"Has she always been like that? So stubborn with her mind set on things?"
Roxanne asked.
"Oh yes, always." Christian anwswered.
Jade entered the main part of the club; she was surprised to Alex
sitting at the table. "Alex, what are you doing here?" She asked and joined him at the table.
"Where were you last night?" Alex asked.
Jade blinked, surprised, he had been there when she had gone looking
for Christian. "I went looking for Christian, I thought-" Jade said.
"No, after, after you found him." Alex said, his eyes locked with hers.
"Why?" Jade asked; she frowned. "You don't think I was with Peter."
Alex averted his gaze. Jade sighed. "Don't be jealous, don't get jealous.
Promise me you won't ever me jealous." Jade said.
Alex looked at her. "I love you, I can't help if I get jealous. I love
you." He said.
She leaned forward and kissed him. "Come what may." She muttered -off
handedly- when she broke the kiss.
"What?" Alex asked.
Jade was surprised that she had said that. "Come what may, it's a song my uncle
wrote." She answered.
Alex took a seat beside her instead of across from her. "What does it
mean?" He asked, wrapping his arm around her shoulder.
She laid her head on his shoulder. "It means that no matter how bad
things get or seem, it'll always remind you that you truly love the person you love. 'Come
what may, come what may; I will love you until my dying day." Jade sang.
Alex kissed her on the cheek. "It's romantic; who did your uncle write it for?" He asked.
"His 'girlfriend' Satine." Jade answered, not wanting to say anything
more.
Alex lifted her head off his shoulder. "Come what may." He said and kissed her. She wrapped
her arms around his shoulders and kissed back.
A few hours later, everyone had gathered in the second building of
the Moulin Rouge. Even inside the building sounds from the construction could be heard.
Jade was sitting with Roxanne and Peter, who had insisted on being there; in front of them
sat Christian and Alex. The Diamond Dogs sat in the front; there weren't really rows but
chairs lined up in groups. Harold stood, explaining the story of the new show. Jade leaned
forward to whisper in Christian's ear. "How long before the show if ready to be preformed?"
She asked.
Christian shrugged; Harold had asked him to write the show again,
surprisingly Christian accepted the offer and had already begun.
Jade leaned back in her seat. Peter brushed a stand of hair off her
face. "You have the leading roll, that's good." He said, whispering in her ear. He kissed
her on the cheek; Jade just sat there, staring in front of her.
She pulled her head away. "Yes, I am the Hindi Goddess." She answered,
sitting straight again. Peter wrapped his arm around her shoulder, pulling her close to him.
Jade slightly flinched, trying to stare straight ahead and ignore Peter, who was kissing her
cheek again.
Roxanne looked over and saw Jade's attempts to get away from Peter.
Roxanne grabbed Jade's arm and pulled her closer to her and away from Peter. "What's going
on? You're getting married to this guy and you can't stand him kissing you?" Roxanne
whispered.
Jade didn't answer but looked over to Alex, who was talking with
Christian. Roxanne's eyes went wide. "No, you don't mean?" She asked.
Jade "shushed" her and didn't answer. Harold was still explaining
about the show; the order it was going to go in and the songs that would be in it.
After everyone had cleared out of the room (after Harold's
talk), Jade and Roxanne were headed to the main part of the club when Peter caught up with
them. "Jade, what's the matter. You seemed anxious to get away from me." Peter said.
"I had to pay attention to what Harold was saying about the show,
very important." Jade said. She looked over at Roxanne.
"Yes, yes very important. Need to pay attention since it was so
important." Roxanne said, clearly not helping.
"You're repeating yourself." Jade whispered. She turned to Peter. "I'm
sorry Peter, maybe sometime later." Jade said, not realizing what she said. Peter smiled
and walked off, in front of the girls into the main part of the club.
Roxanne turned to face Jade. "Did you hear what you just said to
him? 'Maybe sometime later'; what about Alex?" Roxanne asked.
Jade sighed and turned slightly white. "You don't think he took it as
'sometime soon like tonight' do you?" Jade asked, surprised.
Roxanne shrugged. Before they could talk anymore, Alex and Christian
caught up with them as well. Alex kissed Jade lightly on the cheek.
Roxanne turned to face Christian. "So, how's the story coming? Ready to
rehearse yet?" Roxanne asked.
Christian shrugged. "It's coming along alright I guess." He said. Jade knew
what he really meant was "No, it's not coming along great, I'm out of ideas." The four of
them continued to the main part of the club, Jade was mentally trying to figure out how to
get out of spending the night with Peter.
Later that evening, Christian, Roxanne, Jade and Alex were sitting
at the table they usually sat at -at the head of the club- Christian was trying to write
more in the script for Spectacular Spectacular. Christian's head had stayed bowed over the
papers since they had sat down; Christian just couldn't seem to write. There was only an
hour until the club opened again, Jade was now beginning to dread the evenings at the club
-the song was getting old and she was getting used to the attention. Jade sighed and leaned
back in her chair.
"I'm bored." Jade muttered, not caring whether anyone cared or not.
Roxanne nodded. "Me too." She seconded.
Jade stood up. "Where are you going now?" Alex asked.
"To look around, I still haven't explored all of the Moulin Rouge and I've
been here almost," Jade paused, she couldn't remember how long she had been there.
"Three days, almost three days." Roxanne answered, offhanded.
Alex shrugged. "Hurry back, you're on in an hour." He said, though he didn't care about her
song.
Jade nodded and left the main part of the club; she headed down another hall where Christian
and Peter were staying. She passed Peter's room -which the door was shut- and came upon
Christian's room. Both the door and the window were upon; Jade peered into his room to see
the wind blowing about a bunch of papers like the ones Christian had been writing on in the
club. Jade leapt into the room and grabbed at the papers; some escaped her grasp and
managed to be blown out the window. Growling in degust, Jade slammed the stack of papers
she had collected and ran to the window; some of the papers managed to get away before she
slammed the window shut. Sighing, Jade looked at the mess that the wind had created;
getting on her hands and knees she began to collect the papers. Picking some up, Jade read
a few sentences; these were not the workings of the script for Spectacular Spectacular,
these were something else. Jade read one of the papers; her eyes halted on one of the
sentences. "Come What May." It read and below were the lyrics to the song. Jade began to
read them.
Never knew I could feel like this; like I've never seen the sky before. Want to vanish inside
your kiss; every day I love you more and more. Listen to my heart can't you hear it sing
telling me to give you everything. Seasons may change; winter to spring. But I'll love you
until the end of time. Come what may; come what may, I will love you until my dying day.
Suddenly the world seems such a prefect place; suddenly it moves with such a prefect grace.
Suddenly my life doesn't seem such a waste, it only revolves around you. And there's no
mountain to high; no river to wide. Sing out this song and I'll be there by your side!
Storm clouds may gather and stars may collide but I'll love you until the end of time.
Come what may! Come what may, I will love you until my dying day. Oh, come what may; come
what may! I will love you -oh I will love you.. Suddenly the world seems such a prefect
place. Come what may! Come what may! I will love you until my dying day!
Jade put the paper down; she stood up to leave. On second thought, Jade stooped and picked
up the paper which had the words written on it; she put it in her pocket. As she left
Christian's room -shutting the door behind her- she bumped into Peter. "Darling, good, I
was just looking for you." He said, moving closer to kiss her. Jade drew back slightly but
-thinking that it would seem too strange- let Peter kiss her on the lips. In her head she
was thinking Come what may, I will love you until my dying day.