Delivery, for Christine Daae!
"Right, you bunch of lazy slackers!" Carlotta screamed at her workforce. She didn't notice the looks on their faces. "We have a VERY IMPORTANT person coming today.." she paused to examine a nail., "And Mr Andre wants the place to be SPOTLESS. For the unintelligent among you," she shot a look at Christine, "That means clean. Right, now get to work!" she grabbed a magazine off the shelves and went off into the staff-room.
"I wonder who it is?" asked an excited Christine.
"Maybe its to with Andre's money problems…" she wanted to go n, but a sharp voice interrupted.
"Meg! I did not bring you up to gossip! No more of this!" It was Mrs Giry, who was a cleaner.
"Oh mother!"
And they resumed their work.
An hour later, Carlotta rushed out, her mind refreshed and she was now fully informed about mascara.
"Right!" she screeched "He's here!"
Mr Andre rushed out of the store. "Raoul…so nice you can come..yes.." everyone quietened down so as they could here him.
"Everybody, this is the Vicomte de Chagny. He will be financially supporting this store. And Raoul, may I introduce our assistant manager, Carlotta?"
"Hello, Miss…?"
"Oh, Miss…."
But Raoul stopped listing "Christine!" he called out, seeing his childhood friend "How are you!"
Erik observed the man from his space in the vent. He must stop pigging out on chocolate éclairs at night, he decided, it was getting hard to fit in the air duct.
Anyway, back to the fop. He knew Christine. Maybe he was her…No. Defiantly not!
He must watch. As the crowd parted, he saw Christine and this boy hug and chat and giggle together, like old friends. He could not watch and took his fat self to his broom cupboard to indulge in another éclair.
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Hope you like! More to come, but I have school exams so not until Saturday or Friday evening
Toodles
Oh, just a quick thatnk you to my reviewers:
Madelyn Rae
MagickAilanne
And Baby vixen