Chapter Ten: Surprising News
"Alors classe (So class)," Mr. LaFortain said that afternoon, "J'ai un petit projet à vous proposer (I have a small project to propose)."
"Non!!! (No!!!)" the class cried out.
"Écoute à ce que j'ai à dire avant de répondre, (Listen at what I have to say before answering)" he said with a little bit of annoyance. "Comme vous savez tous, la fin de la semestre va bientôt arriver. Au lieu d'un examen, qu'est-ce que vous dites de faire une pièce do théâtre (As you all know, the end of the marking period is arriving soon, but instead of a major test, what do you think about doing a play)?"
The class was silent. Hitomi didn't know if they were considering about this proposal or if they just simply didn't understand a single word the teacher said.
"Um, Monsieur LaFortain (um, Mr. LaFortain)?" she asked raising her hand.
"Oui mademoiselle Kanzaki, avez vous une question (Yes, miss Kanzaki, do you have a question)?"
"I think it's a great idea, but what play are we going to do?" she asked forgetting that she was supposed to be speaking in French.
"We're doing a play?!?!" a girl cried out.
"Yes Megan. May I remind you that we are to speak Français in this class. If you do not understand something, then you may ask for me to repeat it in English," the teacher answered while taking about a book from his desk. "And now to answer Miss Kanzaki's question, the story is going to be Cyrano de Bergerac. Now does anyone know what that story is about?"
Hitomi saw the person beside her raise up his hand.
"Yes, Van"
"Cyrano de Bergerac is about this Frenchman Cyrano who is deeply in love with a beautiful women name Roxane." Van started to explain. "Since he has a unusually large nose, he does not tell her because he thinks he is ugly. Cyrano is very smart and a great swordsman. He soon finds out that Roxane is in love with a handsome man named Christian. Not thinking about his own feelings he helps the two get together. Christian is very handsome but he knows nothing about how love works, so Cyrano write love letters to Roxane and Christian signs them. Cyrano and Christian are soon sent of to war. Roxane makes him promise her that he will take care of Christian. Before Christian leaves for battle Roxane tells him that she is so deeply touched by his love letters and that she now loves him for who he is and not on his looks. Little did she know that she has fallen for Cyrano because he is the one who has been writing all the letters. Christian dies in battle and Roxane is heartbroken. She becomes a nun but is still visited by Cyrano every weekend. Years later, Cyrano is badly hurt in a fire. (A/N: if I'm not mistaken…he got hit on the head by this wood thingy…) Deeply wounded, he still goes to visit Roxane at their usual time. Knowing that he isn't going to live any longer, he tells her that he was the one writing all the love letters and that he has always loved her. Roxane asks him why he didn't tell her sooner and he replies by saying that he thought she would never love him and didn't want to ruin her happiness with Christian. Roxane reassures him that she loves him for who he is and Cyrano draws his last breath…"
"Man that is so deep!!!" a guy named Will said as Van finished the story.
"Very well said, very well said indeed." Mr. LaFortain nodded with a smile. "Alors est-ce qu'on le fait ou non (So are we doing it or not)?"
"OUI!!!" the whole classed yelled together.
"Fantastique (Fantastic)!" he said with an even larger smile. "I was hoping that you would say yes. Now everyone, get in line up in and you each will be picking a piece of paper out of this hat." He showed a class a hat. "On each piece of paper, will be the name of a character and the character you pick will be the one you play. Understand?"
The class nodded and he continued. "So please line up in-" His words were cut of by a knock on the door. "Excusez-moi pour un moment (excuse me for a moment)."
The class started to chat about the up coming play. Hitomi however, was wondering about who was at the door. Her question was answered as the teacher returned with a new student.
"Well class, it seems like we have another new student. Please welcome Allen Shezar."
'*Gasp* I didn't know that Allen took French too!' Hitomi thought as she saw her boyfriend. 'Great, now I'm going to have to deal with Van and Allen in the same class, why doesn't anything ever go the way I want it?'
It was clear to her that he was looking in her direction but the cold look on his face told her that he wasn't looking at her. She turned around to see that Van wasn't too happy seeing him neither. 'If looks could kill, both of them would be dead by now.'
"Allen, Bienvenue (Welcome)! Now where should we put you?" the teacher said while looking across the room. Once again, many hands flew up. "Oui, à coté de Guillaume S.V.P. (Yes, next to Guillaume please.)"
Allen slowly walked to the other side of the room but he never took his eyes of Van.
"So back to business, everyone come line up in front of me and take a piece of paper out of this hat." Showing the class once more the big old black hat. "I must warn you that there aren't that many characters in the play so many of you might end up being stage crew. Alors qu'est-ce que vous attendez? Venez! (So what are you waiting for? Come!)"
Many people raced to the front, hoping to get a good part. Seeing that Allen was moving towards their desk, Van slowly walked away.
"Hey baby, what a surprise. Didn't know you took French." Allen said as he reached her desk.
"*Laughing nervously* me neither" she responded, 'why am I so nervous, it's not like I did anything wrong.'
"So why didn't you tell me that you sat next to that loser?" Allen asked pointing towards Van.
Hitomi struggled then answered quietly, "It never came up but please Allen, don't start anything. He's not a loser, he's my friend."
Looking offended, Allen was just about to reply when the teacher said, "Les amoureux! Que faites-vous là-bas? Vite, venez prendre un nom. (Hey love birds, what are you doing there. Come pick a name fast!)"
Somehow the whole class seemed to understand and broke into laughter (A/N: Not Van though). Hitomi blushed fiercely and said to Allen, "Come on lets go get a character."
By the time Hitomi went to get her role, it seemed like she was the only one left. Everyone else was talking about who they were going to be.
"Hey Hitomi who did you get?" asked a girl.
"I don't know yet, I didn't open the paper."
"Well hurry up. Van got Cyrano and Allen got Christian. Who ever got Roxane is going to be sssoooo lucky. She'll be the girl that they fight over. God this is going to be so interesting!!!" giggled the girl as she walked away.
'It better not be me. It can't be me. I'm the last one to pick. Roxane's character was probably picked a long time ago, so I have nothing to worry about. No biggie.' Hitomi reassured herself. "Okay…" she let out a deep breath and opened her paper…
***Hahaha, I'm so evil. I'm leaving you here. I like keeping my readers in suspense. I can't believe that Empress actually knew what play I was going to use. Damn, ruined the surprised…^_^ Ne ways. I didn't do a good job on describing the play. I don't even remember it that well…For those of you who know it, great! And those who don't, well…go read about it or something. I'll try to write the next chapter fast so I can put it up. Hope you liked it!!! R&R***
"Alors classe (So class)," Mr. LaFortain said that afternoon, "J'ai un petit projet à vous proposer (I have a small project to propose)."
"Non!!! (No!!!)" the class cried out.
"Écoute à ce que j'ai à dire avant de répondre, (Listen at what I have to say before answering)" he said with a little bit of annoyance. "Comme vous savez tous, la fin de la semestre va bientôt arriver. Au lieu d'un examen, qu'est-ce que vous dites de faire une pièce do théâtre (As you all know, the end of the marking period is arriving soon, but instead of a major test, what do you think about doing a play)?"
The class was silent. Hitomi didn't know if they were considering about this proposal or if they just simply didn't understand a single word the teacher said.
"Um, Monsieur LaFortain (um, Mr. LaFortain)?" she asked raising her hand.
"Oui mademoiselle Kanzaki, avez vous une question (Yes, miss Kanzaki, do you have a question)?"
"I think it's a great idea, but what play are we going to do?" she asked forgetting that she was supposed to be speaking in French.
"We're doing a play?!?!" a girl cried out.
"Yes Megan. May I remind you that we are to speak Français in this class. If you do not understand something, then you may ask for me to repeat it in English," the teacher answered while taking about a book from his desk. "And now to answer Miss Kanzaki's question, the story is going to be Cyrano de Bergerac. Now does anyone know what that story is about?"
Hitomi saw the person beside her raise up his hand.
"Yes, Van"
"Cyrano de Bergerac is about this Frenchman Cyrano who is deeply in love with a beautiful women name Roxane." Van started to explain. "Since he has a unusually large nose, he does not tell her because he thinks he is ugly. Cyrano is very smart and a great swordsman. He soon finds out that Roxane is in love with a handsome man named Christian. Not thinking about his own feelings he helps the two get together. Christian is very handsome but he knows nothing about how love works, so Cyrano write love letters to Roxane and Christian signs them. Cyrano and Christian are soon sent of to war. Roxane makes him promise her that he will take care of Christian. Before Christian leaves for battle Roxane tells him that she is so deeply touched by his love letters and that she now loves him for who he is and not on his looks. Little did she know that she has fallen for Cyrano because he is the one who has been writing all the letters. Christian dies in battle and Roxane is heartbroken. She becomes a nun but is still visited by Cyrano every weekend. Years later, Cyrano is badly hurt in a fire. (A/N: if I'm not mistaken…he got hit on the head by this wood thingy…) Deeply wounded, he still goes to visit Roxane at their usual time. Knowing that he isn't going to live any longer, he tells her that he was the one writing all the love letters and that he has always loved her. Roxane asks him why he didn't tell her sooner and he replies by saying that he thought she would never love him and didn't want to ruin her happiness with Christian. Roxane reassures him that she loves him for who he is and Cyrano draws his last breath…"
"Man that is so deep!!!" a guy named Will said as Van finished the story.
"Very well said, very well said indeed." Mr. LaFortain nodded with a smile. "Alors est-ce qu'on le fait ou non (So are we doing it or not)?"
"OUI!!!" the whole classed yelled together.
"Fantastique (Fantastic)!" he said with an even larger smile. "I was hoping that you would say yes. Now everyone, get in line up in and you each will be picking a piece of paper out of this hat." He showed a class a hat. "On each piece of paper, will be the name of a character and the character you pick will be the one you play. Understand?"
The class nodded and he continued. "So please line up in-" His words were cut of by a knock on the door. "Excusez-moi pour un moment (excuse me for a moment)."
The class started to chat about the up coming play. Hitomi however, was wondering about who was at the door. Her question was answered as the teacher returned with a new student.
"Well class, it seems like we have another new student. Please welcome Allen Shezar."
'*Gasp* I didn't know that Allen took French too!' Hitomi thought as she saw her boyfriend. 'Great, now I'm going to have to deal with Van and Allen in the same class, why doesn't anything ever go the way I want it?'
It was clear to her that he was looking in her direction but the cold look on his face told her that he wasn't looking at her. She turned around to see that Van wasn't too happy seeing him neither. 'If looks could kill, both of them would be dead by now.'
"Allen, Bienvenue (Welcome)! Now where should we put you?" the teacher said while looking across the room. Once again, many hands flew up. "Oui, à coté de Guillaume S.V.P. (Yes, next to Guillaume please.)"
Allen slowly walked to the other side of the room but he never took his eyes of Van.
"So back to business, everyone come line up in front of me and take a piece of paper out of this hat." Showing the class once more the big old black hat. "I must warn you that there aren't that many characters in the play so many of you might end up being stage crew. Alors qu'est-ce que vous attendez? Venez! (So what are you waiting for? Come!)"
Many people raced to the front, hoping to get a good part. Seeing that Allen was moving towards their desk, Van slowly walked away.
"Hey baby, what a surprise. Didn't know you took French." Allen said as he reached her desk.
"*Laughing nervously* me neither" she responded, 'why am I so nervous, it's not like I did anything wrong.'
"So why didn't you tell me that you sat next to that loser?" Allen asked pointing towards Van.
Hitomi struggled then answered quietly, "It never came up but please Allen, don't start anything. He's not a loser, he's my friend."
Looking offended, Allen was just about to reply when the teacher said, "Les amoureux! Que faites-vous là-bas? Vite, venez prendre un nom. (Hey love birds, what are you doing there. Come pick a name fast!)"
Somehow the whole class seemed to understand and broke into laughter (A/N: Not Van though). Hitomi blushed fiercely and said to Allen, "Come on lets go get a character."
By the time Hitomi went to get her role, it seemed like she was the only one left. Everyone else was talking about who they were going to be.
"Hey Hitomi who did you get?" asked a girl.
"I don't know yet, I didn't open the paper."
"Well hurry up. Van got Cyrano and Allen got Christian. Who ever got Roxane is going to be sssoooo lucky. She'll be the girl that they fight over. God this is going to be so interesting!!!" giggled the girl as she walked away.
'It better not be me. It can't be me. I'm the last one to pick. Roxane's character was probably picked a long time ago, so I have nothing to worry about. No biggie.' Hitomi reassured herself. "Okay…" she let out a deep breath and opened her paper…
***Hahaha, I'm so evil. I'm leaving you here. I like keeping my readers in suspense. I can't believe that Empress actually knew what play I was going to use. Damn, ruined the surprised…^_^ Ne ways. I didn't do a good job on describing the play. I don't even remember it that well…For those of you who know it, great! And those who don't, well…go read about it or something. I'll try to write the next chapter fast so I can put it up. Hope you liked it!!! R&R***