A/N: sorry about the late update! But please review!
Chapter 15
(Masquerade!)
(Part I)
Thursday, the day before the Masquerade…
The girls woke up the next morning, all ready for shopping. They expected Erik to be up and ready and probably have breakfast made for them. When they hopped out of Paige's room, they didn't see him anywhere.
"Erik?" Paige asked when she entered the kitchen. There was no sign of Erik. Heather looked in the living room while Paige looked in the music room. They checked all the rooms twice or maybe even more times. But then Paige realized that they didn't check one room, which would be Erik's bedroom.
They quietly snuck up to Erik's door and carefully opened it. The girls peered in to see Erik still sleeping inside of his coffin.
"Aww, he looks so peaceful," Paige said quietly. Heather rolled her eyes. You are sappy; very sappy to be exact Heather thought. Heather started to walk towards Erik to wake him up, but Paige held her back.
"What? We have to wake him up," Heather complained.
"I think he should be woken up in a better way then being shaken," Paige replied.
"Then what shall we do to wake him?" Heather asked.
"You'll see," Paige said while walking towards Erik. Once they reached Erik Paige was having second thoughts about what she was going to do.
"So, what are you going to do?" Heather asked curiously.
"This," Paige replied kissing Erik on the cheek. Erik started to stir after Paige had kissed him. Heather stood there wide eyed at what her friend did for like the third time.
"You know you've kissed him at least 4 times," Heather coughed out.
"And each time will be a memory," Paige sappily said, smiling. Heather rolled her eyes again.
Erik sat up to see Heather and Paige in his room.
"What are you two doing in here?" Erik growled.
"We were waking you up," Paige stuttered. I must have frightened her Erik thought. Guilt rushing through him like a river.
"Come on or we're going to catch all the traffic," Heather whined. She better keep her trap shut before I lasso her Erik threatened.
"She is right Erik. We better hurry, especially if you don't want to be seen by anyone," Paige added. Erik knew that his Angel was right about the one thing; he didn't want to be seen by anyone. Erik threw the blanket off of him to reveal his chest. Paige's jaw dropped to the floor. Paige caught herself staring and adverted her eyes to something on the wall. Erik noticed her staring at him and started to smile, especially when he saw her blush. You can stare at me as long as you want because I always stare at you Erik thought.
"Alright, lets go!" Erik replied. The girls left Erik in his room to change.
Erik came out with a new, clean shirt on and of course, his pants. Man, I wish he'd just keep his shirt off Paige thought. Then Paige mentally slapped herself for thinking that. Why do I think these things?
"You girls ready?" Erik asked. They nodded. "Lets head off then."
One hour later, Erik, Paige, and Heather all arrived at the first store.
"You ladies go in and look around while I stay out here," Erik said smiling.
"Okay," they answered in unison. Erik handed them some money and the girls went into the store.
"I'm glad that he didn't come in," Paige whispered to Heather once they entered the store.
"Why?" Heather asked looking at some dresses.
"Because then my dress will be a surprise," Paige answered. Heather looked at her.
"You like him don't you?" Heather asked curiously. Paige looked down at the floor, not meeting Heather's eyes.
"Ah ha! You do!" Heather exclaimed.
"Shush! I don't want him to know, well at least not yet," Paige said.
"Okay. So when are you going to tell him?" Heather pushed on. Paige shrugged her shoulders.
"How should I know?" Paige asked back. Now it was Heather's turn to shrug her shoulders.
While the girls were in the store, they ran into some of their other friends. The first couple that they ran into was Melissa and Billy.
"Mel?" Paige asked. Mel turned around.
"Paige!" Mel exclaimed. The girls hugged.
"So, I see that you married Billy Zane," Paige said eyeing Mel's ring. Mel blushed and nodded.
"Yea, and what a wonderful husband he is," Mel said entwining her fingers with Billy's. Billy smiled at his wife.
"So have you two picked out your costume for the Masquerade?" Paige asked wanting to know. They both nodded.
"I guess that's why you two are here, too?" Mel wondered. Heather and Paige nodded. Mel looked past Paige and Heather and saw Erik sitting outside on a bench. He's probably waiting for Heather and Paige to get done Mel thought.
"So what are you guys going to wear?" Paige asked breaking all the thoughts of Erik from Mel's mind.
"I'm going to wear a dress that is going to be black and silver. The whole dress is black and like the neck line, and other parts of the dress will be embroidered with the silver," Mel replied.
"My costume is going be a penguin suit," Billy joked. Everyone started to laugh.
"We better get our dresses done or whatever we need to do because its about time that everyone comes out to do their afternoon shopping," Paige said. Heather nodded.
"Yea, we need to get going too," Billy replied taking his wife's hand in his.
"I and Mel are going to be 'really' busy tonight," Billy added winking to Mel who turned a crimson red. Paige and Heather started giggling. With that, Mel and Billy left to get 'busy' and Paige and Heather walked towards the seamstress to get their orders taken.
"I betcha this is probably going to be like an hour wait," Paige said sighing. She hated to wait long because after awhile, she would get impatient and mad.
About a half-an-hour went by and it was Heather's and Paige's turn to get their orders taken. Heather went first. Heather at first asked to look at the book which holds designs that were made before. She glanced at the pages and nothing was like what she wanted.
"Um…do you think you could create this dress?" Heather asked taking and unfolding a drawing that she made out to the seamstress. The seamstress looked at it for a little while and then nodded.
"Sure I can create this design," the seamstress replied taking out a measuring tape. Heather lifted up her arms before the seamstress could ask her to. The seamstress took the measurements that she needed to create the dress. After the seamstress wrote down all the measurements that she needed, she turned her attention to Paige.
"Do you know what you want mademoiselle, or do you want to look at the books?" the seamstress asked Paige.
"I know what I want," Paige said. Paige reached into her pocket to reveal a drawing. The seamstress gasped at the beautiful dress that was drawn. Paige thought that the seamstress was about to cry.
"You want me to create this beautiful creation that you drew?" the seamstress asked like she thought that Paige was joking. Paige nodded.
"Unless you don't want to," Paige said hoping that the woman would make it for her.
"No, no I want to do this one!" the seamstress exclaimed. Paige grinned.
After the seamstress took the measurements of Paige, she practically ran to the back room to start on Paige's dress.
"When do you girls want these done?" the seamstress shouted.
"Tomorrow by noon or two o'clock," they shouted back in unison.
"Jinx," Paige quickly added. Heather stomped her foot.
"Darn you!" Heather exclaimed. Paige started to laugh and Heather jumped in.
"What number is that anyway?" Paige asked while walking towards the door. Heather shrugged her shoulders.
"How should I know? We haven't been keeping track like after 10th grade I think," Heather replied. Once Heather and Paige walked out the door, they didn't see Erik. Paige looked right while Heather looked left. Neither one of them saw him and they didn't remember seeing him leave or move anywhere.
"Now where could he be?" Paige asked out loud. Just then arms wrapped around Paige and turned her around to come face to face with Scot.
"Where did you come from?" Heather asked.
Anger boiled in Erik's veins as he watched from the alley way. How dare you touch my Angel Erik thought? Erik looked down at the ring that he had bought for Paige.
He was going to ask her to be his wife when the right time came, but which wouldn't be for another month or so. He replaced the ring back into his pocket and walked out of the alley way towards Paige.
Paige felt another pair of arms enclose around her and she knew who he was. It was Erik! Paige turned around to face Erik. Once she turned around, Erik wrapped his arms around her waist and kissed her forehead. Scot's mouth dropped to the ground. Scot walked over to Heather.
"Who is he?" Scot asked.
"That's Erik. She loves him and he loves her, but they haven't told one another yet," Heather whispered in Scot's ear.
"Oh," Scot popped out. Heather started to giggle.
"Why? Do you like her?" Heather asked nudging Scot in the side with her elbow.
"NO! Never! I still have a phobia of her," Scot said wide-eyed from Heather's question. Heather started to laugh even harder. Erik and Paige broke from their embrace and stared at Heather.
"Whats wrong with her?" Paige asked Scot. Scot shrugged his shoulders. Paige walked from Erik to Heather and pinched her arm.
"OW! Why did you do that?" Heather yelled.
"Because you were scaring us from your laughing," Paige replied. Heather rubbed the spot where Paige had pinched her and glared at Paige angrily. Erik then walked to Paige's side and wrapped his arms around her waist. Scot laughed at Heather.
"What are you laughing at?" Heather growled.
"Your hair," Scot said laughing and pointing at Heather's head. Paige and Erik started laughing. Heather pulled at mirror out of her purse and looked in her mirror. Heather screamed in horror. Heather rushed to the nearest restaurant and went into their restroom and fixed her hair. Erik, Paige, and Scot all followed her and sat at a table to wait for Heather so they could get some lunch.
About ten minutes later, Heather came out with her 'tamed' hair.
"What made your hair do that?" Paige asked. Heather shrugged her shoulders.
"I have no clue to how my hair did that and why," Heather replied. Scot still giggled here and there. Heather would just glare at him and he'd shut up, which made Paige start to giggle which made Scot laugh.
"Would you ladies and gentlemen like to order something?" a waitress asked the group. Everyone nodded their heads and grabbed a menu and looked at it to see what they wanted. At first they ordered drinks and wanted more time to look at the menu.
Paige and Erik got a tea, Heather got a Coke, and Scot got lemonade. Just then they saw Melissa and Billy walk in. Paige waved her arms like a maniac to try to get their attention, which worked. Mel and Billy grabbed two more chairs and sat with them.
"So, I guess you guys haven't gone home yet?" Paige wondered. Mel and Billy shook their heads in unison. Heather then saw a bag in Mel's hand.
"Whats in the bag?" Heather asked curiously. Mel turned a crimson red.
"Is it…lingerie?" Paige asked turning red herself from saying it. Mel nodded.
"Did you guys buy lubricants, too?" Heather asked getting into this conversation. Paige slapped Heather for asking that.
"Ow! That hurt!" Heather exclaimed rubbing the spot where Paige had hit her. Erik and Scot started to look out the window trying to ignore what was going on. Paige turned her head to look out the window along with Erik and Scot and noticed that there was a woman that almost looked like Carlotta coming into the same restaurant that they were in.
"Oh my freaking gosh!" Paige exclaimed. Everybody looked over at her to see what the problem was.
"What?" everybody asked in unison.
"Look," Paige said pointing to the door to see the woman come in. Almost everybody gasped in horror. She looked over to their table and noticed Scot and started to walk towards them.
"Thanks a lot Scot," Paige coldly whispered. Scot gave her a confused look.
"Hey there Scot," the lady said grabbing a chair and sitting herself at their table.
"Hey," Scot replied softly.
"Whats your name?" Mel asked trying to make a conversation.
"My name is Carol," she replied looking at Erik. She noticed that his hands were on the table so she put her hands on the table and slowly moved them to touch his. Paige glared at her. Carol smiled a fake smile at Paige and kept touching Erik's hands. Erik could feel the anger rising in Paige. Paige finally couldn't take it any longer. She made sure no one was around to see her. Paige quickly got up and grabbed Carol by the hair and dragged her out side. Everybody sat there shocked at what Paige had done. Then Paige came back inside and sat back in her seat beside Erik. Paige caught everybody looking at her.
"What?" Paige asked.
"You…you…oh my gosh! I can't believe what you did," Heather said.
"She was touching Erik's hands and it was driving me nuts," Paige replied still hot from Carol.
"You know what, screw it! I'm leaving. I'm not hungry anyways," Paige said so cold to even make Erik shiver in fear. With that Paige abruptly left the table and walked into an alley way.
"Is it just me or does she have like random moods?" Mel questioned.
"She does have random mood changes, which is weird, but she gets it from her dad…I think," Heather replied.
"Where do you think she is going?" Scot asked. Heather shrugged her shoulders. Scot turned his gaze towards Erik.
"You love her, where do you think she is going to go?" Scot asked. Erik shrugged his shoulders.
"You know what? If you're not going to go after her and comfort her then I am," Scot added leaving the table and walking out of the restaurant and walking into the same alley way that Paige took. I hope I don't get lost Scot thought. Just then Heather saw Brandon walking past the restaurant.
"Oh my gosh!" Heather exclaimed. Heather reached for her napkin to try to hide her face, but it was too late…Brandon saw her.
"Great," Heather replied grimly. Brandon walked towards their table and sat down. Erik just glared at him.
"So, you must be Brandon?" Melissa asked. Brandon nodded. So he's the little bugger who my Paige doesn't love anymore, and thank goodness Erik thought. Heather looked over at Erik to see the wheels turning in his head about something.
"Ahem," Heather said to get Erik's attention, which did work.
"What?" Erik asked Heather. Heather rolled her eyes.
"I know something is going on in there," Heather said poking Erik's forehead.
"Ow," Erik replied teasingly. Heather giggled. He's so not in the 21st Century yet Heather thought still giggling.
"Does anyone know where Paige is?" Brandon asked worryingly.
"She left all upset and went down an alley way," Mel replied. Brandon got even more worried.
"Why did she get upset for?" Brandon asked. Everyone shrugged their shoulders except Erik because he didn't know what the 'little bugger' asked. Brandon turned his full attention on Erik.
"YOU disturbed her didn't you?" Brandon yelled angrily. Erik shook his head.
"No, I didn't monsieur and I tell you the truth," Erik replied coolly. Brandon settled down somewhat, but was still mad.
Just then, Scot and Paige came back into the restaurant and took their seats. Paige then noticed Brandon and was about to make a dash for the ladies' room, but Brandon caught her arm before she could leave. Brandon then pulled her into his lap and kissed her on her forehead because he didn't want to kiss her on her lips until they got married. Anger was sky high for Erik. Erik eyed the fork that was right by his hand. I could grab the fork, dash over the table, push Paige out of the way, and jab the little bugger in the eyes and then throw him into my Torture Chamber to get crispy Erik thought.
Then the nightmare came, Raoul popped into the restaurant and joined them at the same exact table. Anger was also rising up in Raoul, but no body cared, especially at the Raoul Hater's. Paige could feel the anger rising up in Erik and didn't dare look at him. I wish Brandon would fall off the face of the earth so I can run freely to Erik and be in his embrace Paige thought. Heather then noticed a smirk riding on Erik's lips.
"Erik?" Heather whispered.
"What?" Erik asked.
"You're thinking about something and I think I know what you're thinking," Heather replied. Erik looked over at her.
"Then tell me what you think I'm thinking," Erik replied.
"Okay. I think your thinking on a way on how to get rid of or how to kill Brandon. Right?" Heather said. Erik nodded.
"I guess you're on the same wavelength as I'm on," Erik supposed.
"I could be," Heather said smiling. I feel sorry for Paige Heather thought. She knew that Paige was uneasy being in Brandon's lap around Erik. Brandon was stroking Paige's long, brown hair, which made more anger and some jealousy rise. Stop touching me Paige thought and wanted to say. Paige then got up from Brandon's lap and went to the bathroom. Brandon just sat there with his arms in the same position they were in before Paige left. Heather then got up to go to the bathroom to check on Paige.
Once Heather got there, she could hear someone crying and she knew that it was Paige. She found the stall that Paige was in and opened it to reveal Paige with tears streaming down her face.
"Heather I don't know what to do and I always know what to do," Paige said through sobs. Heather knelt beside Paige and didn't say anything, but handed her toilet paper to wipe her eyes and to blow her nose.
"I don't know to do either and I'm so sorry that I can't help you," Heather replied softly. Heather stood up and Paige did too. Before Heather had any reaction, Paige hugged her.
"I love having you as a friend," Paige said giving her friend a bear hug.
"I do too," Heather replied returning the hug. After a few minutes, Paige settled down and they went back out to their table. Paige went to go grab her own chair, but Brandon pulled her into his lap again.
"I've missed you baby," Brandon softly said in her ear. But I don't Paige thought.
"I've missed you too," Paige lied. He wrapped his arms around her to where she couldn't breathe.
"I…can't...br...breathe..," Paige gasped. Brandon loosened his hold, but didn't let her go.
"Brandon, I want to sit on my own," Paige said teasingly. Brandon smiled and gave her permission to go and get a chair. Paige pulled her chair up by him and then accidentally looked up at the other side of the table to see Erik burning in anger and jealousy. Paige watched Erik to see him grow even more in anger when Brandon reached over and grab a hold of her hand. Then Erik noticed Paige looking at him and focused his attention on her face and nothing else. Trying to cover everything up, he smiled at her while she gave him the look of help.
"I want to go to the bookstore," Heather said breaking the silence.
"Yea, that sounds like a good idea," Paige replied standing up. Brandon followed Paige's action along with the others. Once everyone got up, they headed towards the cashier to pay their bills. Brandon and Scot fought over who was going to pay Paige's bill, then out of nowhere Erik grabbed Paige's bill from Brandon's and Scot's grip and paid it himself.
"Jeesh," Erik replied after grabbing it. Brandon and Scot just looked at him, stunned. After that, Brandon walked up towards Paige and wrapped his arm around her waist. Erik was right behind them to watch it. Heather was right beside Erik and could feel his anger rising every moment Brandon touched her.
"You could just break his neck," Heather offered. Erik shook his head.
"I can't, I want her to tell him that she doesn't love him anymore, then that's when I come in," Erik replied.
"You love her that much to wait?" Heather questioned. Erik nodded.
"Do you think she loves me?" Erik asked looking at Heather.
"I don't know, she could, but you'd have to wait to find out I guess," Heather replied.
Then Scot walked up towards Paige, but on the opposite side of Brandon. Scot got jealous from Brandon touching her and Brandon got angry because of Scot getting close to his girl.
"I love you sweetheart," Brandon said wrapping both of his arms around Paige. Paige tensed at his touch, but Brandon didn't notice. Erik did though.
"I love you too," Paige squeaked out making it sound like a curse. Erik started to smirk at the boy behind his back. Ha! She loves me and not you! Erik thought. On the way to the bookstore, they past a music store. Paige abruptly stopped which made Brandon almost trip over her.
"Whats wrong?" Brandon asked.
"The music store," Paige replied, pointing. Brandon looked up.
"It looks dingy and dirty. You don't want to go in there. Hey look! Theres a better one up ahead," Brandon said grabbing her hand. Paige refused to go along with him.
"No I want to go into this one," Paige said, starting to walk towards it.
"Whats in there that you want to get?" Brandon asked curiously.
"I've just heard things about this music store and I want to check it out," Paige said reaching out to grasp the handle to the door. Heather marched up right beside her friend.
"I want to go in there with you too," Heather proclaimed.
"Ok," Paige replied opening the door. The girls gasped at the sight of it.
"Wow," Heather said. Paige was in awe at the sight of it. There were pianos, organs, violins, and any other kind of instruments that you could think of. A sales person then came up.
"May I help you people with something?" the guy asked. Erik was the first to speak up.
"Do you have any music paper?" Erik wondered because he needed more. The sales man nodded and left. He came back with a bundle of it.
"Is this the good kind?" Erik asked. The sales man nodded.
"That's the best we have," he replied. Erik was satisfied with that. Paige walked over to the violins.
"These are so beautiful," Paige exclaimed. Heather nodded. Heather then turned her attention to the clarinets. She picked the electric clarinet up very carefully. Paige picked up the electric violin and began playing a song.
"That song is from….is from..um..," Heather began to say.
"That song is from Star Wars," Brandon finished. Brandon stood there, stunned at how beautifully Paige played. I'm in love with an Angel of Music Brandon thought. Once Paige was finished playing, Brandon ran up and hugged her and spun her around in a couple of circles. Paige started to giggle before she realized that it was Brandon who had a hold of her. Once she realized who had her, she stopped giggling. Brandon placed her back on her feet and glanced at his watch. He gasped.
"I'll see you either tonight or tomorrow," Brandon said giving her a kiss on her forehead. Brandon rushed out the door and called for a cab. Paige let out a sigh of relief.
"I want to tell him so bad that I don't love him anymore, but…I just can't," Paige whispered in Heather's ear. Erik walked over to Paige.
"You played that song so magnificently, my dear," Erik said softly. Paige blushed.
"Wow! Paige just got a compliment from the Opera Ghost which is very rare," Heather exclaimed. Everyone who was in the store who heard her say "Opera Ghost" turned and looked at her, and then at Erik.
"How many times do I have to repeat myself?" Paige questioned Heather. Heather had a flabbergasted look on her face. Paige sighed.
"I mean, how many times do I have to tell you to shut up?" Paige asked. Heather shrugged her shoulders.
"I don't know," Heather replied. Paige rolled her eyes. Paige then returned her attention on the violins.
"I've always wanted a violin," Paige said with a sigh. Erik and Heather looked at her confused.
"But then how do you know how to play?" Heather asked, shocked. Paige smiled a sly smile.
"I'm gifted," Paige replied still smiling. Heather rolled her eyes.
"So you mean to tell me that you've never had any lessons?" Heather asked curiously. Paige nodded with a straight face. Erik walked over to Paige in a trance like way. Paige got a little creeped out.
"Only talented people can play an instrument without lessons or even learning anything," Erik replied still walking towards Paige. Paige started backing away from him.
"Ah, Erik?" Paige questioned.
"Oui, mon ange de musique?" Erik asked back in French.
"Nothing, its just…your kind of creeping me out," Paige quickly said. Erik snapped out of his little trance and looked apologetic at Paige. Heather thought that it was weird how Erik would go into some kind of trance thing sometimes. Weirdo Heather thought teasingly.
"Are we ever going to go to the bookstore or are we going to stay here?" Heather whined. Then Heather got a shock of her life.
"Don't make me make you and Raoul get married because right now you two seem right for each other," Paige shot back. Heather stood there, her mouth at the floor and her eyes wide. Did my friend just now actually say that Heather thought.
"Whats up with you right now?" Heather asked.
"YOU! That's whats up with me right now. You keep whining and its driving me nuts!" Paige exclaimed.
"I'm sorry, its just we were supposed to go to the bookstore not the music store," Heather said. Paige's expression on her face softened when her friend was right, they were supposed to go to the bookstore instead of here. Paige walked up towards her friend and wrapped her arms around her.
"I'm sorry," Paige said almost in tears again. Erik walked up behind Paige. Heather and Erik both knew that their friend/love was going through things right now.
"I'm sorry too," Heather said.
"Come on, lets go to the bookstore now," Paige said.
"Ok," Heather replied. Before they left, Paige wanted to do one thing.
Paige walked up to the sales man. He turned around and faced her. Wow! He reminds me of the flight attendant person Paige thought.
"May I help you?" he asked. Paige nodded.
"How much is that violin?" Paige said pointing to a violin on the wall.
"That one Mademoiselle is15,000 francs or in your case $1,000 dollars," the sales man replied. Paige felt as if she was about to faint. Both Erik and the sales man could tell she that she was probably going to faint. Erik rushed up behind her just incase she did.
"Are you okay Mademoiselle?" the sales man asked. Paige slowly nodded.
"Come on Paige before you have a fit," Heather said taking a hold of Paige's sleeve and pulling her out of the store. Paige still was in shock at the price of the violin.
"How can an instrument be that much?" Paige wondered.
"Well it depends on what kind of wood that they use and also when it was made for instance like around the 1870's," Erik replied.
"Oh," Paige whispered. Erik smiled at her. Heather, Paige, and Erik all headed towards the bookstore. After what felt like an hour walk, they reached the bookstore.
"Look! There it is!" Heather exclaimed, pointing in the direction. Paige and Erik started to laugh at her eagerness. Heather grabbed Paige's sleeve and pulled her with her. Erik followed them and reached up with them with his long strides. Erik reached towards the door and opened it for the girls.
"After you mademoiselles," Erik offered. Paige blushed while Heather giggled.
"Thank you Erik," Paige replied after Heather went in first. Erik shivered at the way she said his name. If you could only say my name like that all the time my Angel Erik thought. Erik walked in after them. Heather practically ran to the action while Paige took her time walking over to the romance novels. Heather turned around to see Paige walking towards the "sappy" crap. Heather rolled her eyes. Doesn't she get enough of those crappy books Heather thought.
They spent almost two and a half hours at the bookstore before they wanted to leave. Paige had about 5 romance, 5 horror, and 4 mystery. Heather had about 2-3 of action, adventure, and mystery. Heather was the first one to pay. Then Paige walked up to the cash register to pay, but Erik stopped her.
"Angel, I'll pay it for you," Erik said placing some books that he wanted to buy with Paige's. While the cashier was ringing up their books, Erik felt eyes looking upon him. He looked down just in time to see Paige staring at him. Once Paige saw him look at her, she quickly grew red and quickly turned her head away. I hope he just didn't see me staring straight at him Paige thought. Erik started to smirk. Heather also noticed and started to giggle. Paige heard Heather giggling and quickly turned her head to glare at Heather. Heather shutted up once Paige gave her "the look".
Once all the books were bought and paid for, they were leaving the bookstore right when the mysterious man came walking in(FYI: the flight attendant and the salesman from the music store are the same person). The mysterious man tipped his hat to all the people that were leaving. Once the mysterious man saw Paige, Heather, and Erik, he quickly walked up towards them.
"Hello, my dear friends," said the man gleefully. What they didn't know was that the mysterious man was Gerard Butler himself!
"You must be Erik," the stranger said, sticking out his hand to shake hands with Erik. Erik looked down at the gent's hand. The man started to smirk to himself.
"Don't worry, I don't bite…….hard," the stranger humorously said. Erik hesitantly shook the young chap's hand. Then the man turned to Paige and Heater.
"You two must be Heather and Paige," the man said. His accent sounds somewhat…Scottish Paige thought. Paige then quickly pushed it out of her mind when she could feel his eyes upon her. Paige stretched out her hand to shake his, but instead he gently took her hand and raised it up to his lips. Paige started to feel as if she was turning red because she could feel herself get hot from embarrassment. The man then smiled a cute smile and had let go of her hand. Then he turned around to go to the back of the store to get some Sherlock Holmes books, but Paige quickly stopped him.
"Monsieur, what!" Paige quickly said. The stranger stopped and turned to look back at her.
"Yes Mademoiselle?" the man asked so politely that you could've mistaken him to be in a royal family.
"What is your name since you know ours?" Paige asked. The man grew a smile on his lips.
"You'll find out soon mademoiselle," he said before turning back around and walking away. Paige and Heather were curious on who this man was, but Erik despised the man.
"I wonder when we'll find out," Heather said. Paige shrugged her shoulders.
"Ladies?" Erik asked standing at the door. Heather and Paige turned around and started to walk out the door. Before Paige was completely stepped out the door, she looked at Erik. She looked up at him and gave him a sweet smile just to remind him that she was his Angel and no one else's. Then Paige walked out the door and stood by Heather, waiting for Erik.
Erik just stood there, trying to calm his heart. Right when she looked at him, Erik could see a sparkle in her eyes that told him that she cared for him. Just because of that smile and the thought, Erik's heart leaped into his throat and was beating so incredibly fast. Calm down Erik thought. He closed his eyes and took a big breath to try to calm himself down.
"Ahem," Heather and Paige did in unison. Erik opened his eyes quickly. Just then he heard one of the girls' stomachs start to growl. He figured it was Heather's because once it growled she quickly covered her stomach with her hands and grew somewhat red. Paige started to giggle at Heather's embarrassment. Heather glared at her, but Paige didn't stop laughing. Then Heather wondered why Paige's stomach wasn't growling.
"Paige, why isn't your stomach growling?" Heather asked curiously. Once Heather asked that, Erik began to wonder too.
"Because I'm not hungry," Paige stated while Heather's stomach growled again. Paige started to giggle again. Now Erik started to laugh. Heather glared at both of them, but especially at Erik. Once he saw Heather glaring at him, he stopped laughing and contained n his composure.
"Paige, Heather, before we go home, we have to stop by the dress shop and pick up your girls' dresses," Erik said. While he said it, he stared Paige down, wondering what kind of dress she picked and what she'd look like in a dress.
"Erik?" Paige asked pulling Erik from his thought.
"Oui, mon angle de musique?" Erik replied in a seductive voice that used to lure Christine to him.
"Your staring at me with a strange look on your face and I don't want you to into a trance thing like you did before," Paige said sheepishly.
"O! fâché, mon ange," Erik replied with his deep rich accent and his seductive voice. Paige now had to control her heart. Erik smirked when he saw Paige's facial expressions when he said those sentences. The he felt a slap on his arm. He looked around and saw Heather staring at him.
"I'm keeping my eye on you!" Heather said making an "eye" and pointing her finger at him while walking towards Paige. Erik smiled again. Wow! I think I'm starting to like this century Erik thought. After that thought, Erik started to walk towards Paige and Heather. With his long strides, he was able to reach them in about a couple of feet. Erik walked right behind them. His heart fluttered when he saw Paige turn around and give him a smile. I guess this is what REAL love feels like Erik thought. But then he wondered if Paige felt the same way about him.
In about a 15 minute walk, they reached the dress shop. Erik stood outside and waited for the girls to come back out. I can't wait for tomorrow Erik thought. Then something caught Erik's eyes. He looked again and thought he saw Christine. But then he took a closer look and saw that it wasn't. Erik was amazed that when he thought of it, his heart didn't flutter like it did when Paige smiled at him. Hey! I must be over Christine now Erik thought.
"Daydreamer," said a female voice. Erik looked down and saw Paige laughing at him and smiling. Erik winked. Paige rolled her eyes and smiled even more.
"Come on you two! We need to go home so we can be ready for tomorrow!" Heather yelled. Heather was walking while she yelled that.
Erik carefully and quickly slipped his arms underneath Paige's legs and back and picked her up bridal style. Erik tightened his grip around her and started to run towards Heather. Paige laughed and giggled while Erik did that.
"Last one there is a rotten egg!" Erik yelled as he and Paige dashed past Heather. Heather stopped walking and stood there in stock. Then it dawned on her.
"Hey! No fair!" Heather laughed and started running herself.
Once Heather got back, she saw that she got beaten. Paige giggled and stuck her tongue out at Heather.
"Loser," Paige said while making the "loser" sign on her forehead. Heather stuck her tongue back out at Paige. Then Heather heard a noise and saw Erik coming out of the bathroom, with a towel wrapped around him and his hair dripping wet.
"Ewwww!" Heather said running into hers and Paige's room. Paige turned around to see Erik practically in his birthday suit.
"Oh.My.Gosh.! Erik go get some clothes on!" Paige said quickly getting up from the couch and running towards her room. Heather on the other hand locked the door and when Paige went to go run into the room, she instead ran into the door.
"Ow!" Paige yelled while pounding on the door. Heather opened it to a crack and saw Paige. She then quickly opened, let Paige in, and quickly closed it and locked it again.
Erik quietly snuck over to the door, still in his towel. He carefully put his ear to the door to try to listen to their conversation.
"You moron! You knew I would run to the room once I saw!" Paige shouted, followed be a slap.
"Ow! Whats that for?" Heather asked.
"For being stupid," Paige replied. Erik could hear Paige start to giggle.
"Whats so funny?" Heather asked.
"You! You should've seen your facial expression when you saw Erik in just a towel! It looked as if you saw a ghost!" Paige said laughing now.
"I did see a ghost and he just happened to be in a towel!" Heather said starting to laugh herself. Both of the girls then broke and started to laugh hysterical. Erik started to smile by Heather's remark. He then also heard a yawn come out of one of them.
"Well Paige. I think I'm going to go to bed. Nighty night!" Heather said, sifting under the covers, trying to get comfortable.
"Goodnight," Paige replied. Erik heard the click of the light and figured that both of them were asleep. He then headed off towards his room to get some sleep that he can now get without nightmares. Erik read some of a book and clicked off his light and went to sleep with dreams of him and Paige together.
A/N: I'm sooooo sorry that it took soooo long to write this chap, well actually PART of a chap. I've had marching band, writer's block, and then school starting! sigh I hate writer's block! It drives me nuts! starts pulling hair out and then sees a poof of smoke and sees a figure emerge from it
Me: who are you?
Mysterious man: sigh you should know puts hands on hips
Me: a gay guy?
Mysterious man: in a high sqeaky voice No! Why would you think that?
Me: starts laughing
Mysterious man: does a mechanical laugh
Me: stops laughing and stands there in awe Oh.My.Gosh. starts hyperventilating
Mysterious man: rushes over to authoress Stop that! starts shaking authoress
Me: OK! I'm fine! stands there, just staring at the man
Mysterious man: Speak woman!
Me: glares at man I'm not a woman..i'm a teenager! That's if you know what a teenager is!
Mysterious man: smirks yes I do! It's a child coming out of childhood and going into adulthood
Me: I knew there was a reason that I was attracted to you….you wanna know why?
Mysterious man: nodds
Me: B/c you're a smart cookie!
Mysterious man: did you say cookie? starts licking his lips
Me: Uh oh! advises all the reviewers to bring cookies with them when they review so Erik will be happy
Mysterious man: you haven't even guessed who I am!
Me: smirks I know who you are
Mysterious man: who then? is afraid of the smile that is playing across the authoress' face
Me: you are the infamous Opera Ghost, O.G., Erik, or other wise known as the Phantom of the Opera hears three dings and sees confetti start to fall from the ceiling
Announcer: You have just won people reviewing your story!
Me: jumps with joy
Erik(Mysterious man): where's the cookies? starts snooping around the house looking for cookies
Me: Please review and bring cookies or I'll have to turn in Erik to the police!
Erik: stops looking and stares at authoress
Me: winks just kidding! BUT PLEASE DO REVIEW AND whispers bring cookies for Erik!