Authors note: If you read the last chapter before I put an author's note from me on it I added stuff so go back. You won't get this chapter at all if you don't. I hope you all have as much fun reading this chapter as I had making it. I'm trying to reveal more of Jolie's and Erik's character. Please review after you have read.

"A murderer and a rapist," Jolie hissed in-between her teeth.

Jolie looked around the room for something to grasp and seized my lantern off the floor. She grasped it firmly around the center and raised it above her head as if to get ready to throw it.

"Get your filthy hands off of her scoundrel!" She yelled. Her breath was harsh from anger. Her knuckles were white from grasping on the lantern so tightly.

I freed from Erik and ran over to Jolie. Jolie seized me and pulled me behind her, thinking she had saved me and was protecting me. I tried to free from her grip and forced her arm that was holding the candle to lower.

"Addie what in God's name are you doing?" She yelled.

We both tried to grab the lantern from eachother. As soon as I had my hands on it she took it from me and as soon as she was about to throw it I grabbed it from her. This happened countless numbers of times. Then during our tug-o-war, before we realized it, the Lantern slipped from both of our fingers. Jolie was glaring angrily behind me. I turned around to where Jolie was staring to see Erik holding the lantern. With his height all he had to do was pluck it from the two of us without any effort.

Jolie began to scream. Both Erik's and my eyes widened in terror of someone hearing. I clapped a hand over her mouth and calmly seated her on the bed. She was squirming and trying to free from my grip.

"Jolie calm down. It isn't what you think," I said softly. She cast a furious glare in my direction.

"I love him," I whispered in her ear.

Erik just stood their clueless. He didn't know what I had said.

Jolie opened her mouth in shock. She pointed a finger at Erik.

"That isn't a man! It's a monster!" she yelled.

"I saw him that night he dropped the lantern and caused the fire. I was dancing when he hanged that man. The man had dropped right at my feet." She said with her lip quivering.

"I saw what lay behind that mask. He's a monster!" She spat in anger.

I looked back to see Erik's pained face. He could barely hold back the tears.

"Jolie don't you understand how much he has been through?" I asked.

Jolie stared at his face realizing his reaction. Perhaps he wasn't so heartless. A monster wouldn't have feelings.

"How did this happen?" She asked. A look of confusion spread across her face.

"He tutored me and showed me the beauty in music. He's a musical genus Jolie." I said softly. I glimmer of hope clearly showed on my face.

Jolie looked back at Erik as if to see if he had changed over the past minutes.

Jolie stared into his eyes. No doubt she could see all the sadness they held.

"Addie can we talk... alone?" Jolie asked shooting a glance at Erik to signal his unwanted presence. Erik's eyes narrowed in distrust.

"I'll be right back," I assured Erik and guided Jolie out the door to talk.

"Addie Addie," Jolie began after the door closed. She shook her head while running her hands through her hair ruining her bun.

"Jolie you of all people should understand this." I said staring at her. I gave her an innocent pout face that I had stolen from Erik. I attempted to move my face the way he did but knew it couldn't nearly look as adorable as when He performed the act. I gave her a bird lip and opened my eyes large then fluttered my eyelashes.

"Jolie think of Joseph and how you felt when he kissed," I began and clapped a hand over my mouth realizing I wasn't supposed to know that.

"You spied on me?" Jolie asked shocked. Her open mouth slowly converted into a grin.

"I just was in the hallway and," I began. "You're not mad at me are you?" I asked. I winced in wait for her answer.

Jolie just rolled her eyes.

"Do you really love him?" she asked with a slight of disgust on her face.

"More then the world Jolie," I said softly. I lowered my shoulders and gave a tiny smile.

"Have you kissed?" she asked. I just smirked at her.

"Tell me now or else!" She said while shaking me violently.

"That's sort of what we were doing before you entered." I said biting my lip. She gave a sly smirk.

"Was there tongue?" She asked opening her mouth wide. She knew he was good looking but wouldn't admit it.

I raised my eyebrows to tell her yes and her opened mouth transformed to a grin once again.

Jolie seized me and Danced with me in triumph humming the tune I had sang when she had told me of her love for Joseph.

Jolie sang, "Addies in love Addies in love," quietly so only I and she could hear.

I guided her back into the room were Erik was now sitting. I wondered if he had spied on our conversation because I hinted something in his eyes. Erik stood up and Jolies eyes got wide at his height.

I looked from Jolie back to Erik and from Erik to Jolie. They both were too stubborn to come to truths. Erik was throwing one of his sexy scowls down at her. No doubt sending chills down her spine. Jolie still looked a bit disgusted. I simply sighed at their unspoken threats.

I grabbed Erik's right hand and Jolies left and forced then to shake hands. I even had to do the shaking for them. I felt like a kindergarten teacher. The both of them retrieved their hands as fast as they could.

"Jolie this is Erik, Erik this is Jolie," I said motioning towards Erik then Jolie.

Jolie glared at me and said while heading towards the door, "I never said I approved, but I will keep your tete a tete a secret." She raised one shoulder up, one down and then switched in a dance like motion while saying tete a tete. I just gave a quiet one breath laugh as she closed the door shut.

I turned back to face Erik and pulled him by his collar back to me. He sent a lust driven smirk in my direction.

"Now," I said while raising an eyebrow. "Where were we?"