DISCALIMER: Remember only 3 of the characters are mine…and that doesn't include Erik, Raoul, Christine, or any of the other characters in POTO.
Chapter 7: New clothes
From the distance, Annie could hear the music for Faust starting up.
"I must go, my brother must be worried" Raoul said as he kissed Annie's hand and left.
"Farewell good monsieur" Annie said quietly.
Meanwhile Ryan and Christine had been back a while ago but during that time, the leading soprano Carlotta Gudicelli had fallen ill, and Madame Giry the box keeper had suggested Christine sing the part of Margarita. Though Christine felt she couldn't, Ryan had urged her to, and she then agreed to sing the part of Margarita.
As the opera began though Ryan would have loved to watch Christine sing, he had to look for his cousins and make sure they didn't get into any trouble.
"Annie? Abbie?" Ryan asked quietly so he wouldn't disturb anybody watching the opera.
"Ryan is that you?" Annie's voice came.
"Yes it is where are you?" Ryan asked
"Right in front of you" Annie said.
Ryan looked up to see Annie standing there looking at him.
"Let's get back to Erik's lair" Ryan said taking Annie by the wrist.
Annie nodded quietly though her mind was telling her to go back over to Raoul.
Back at the lair, Abbie walked around a little bit, she was alone and though she had been alone before, this was a different kind of alone, a kind of alone that was unexplainable. A moment later, footsteps were heard coming towards the house.
"Annie, Ryan is that you guys?" Abbie asked.
"Yeah it's us, we met Christine and Raoul." Ryan said as he explained to Abbie what happened to him and as Annie explained what happened to her.
"Abbie we need to get appropriate clothing for this time period, I stick out like a sore thumb!" Annie cried.
"No problem Annie, while I was exploring the house, I found a bunch of old clothes in a huge box." Abbie said as she led Ryan and Annie to another room of the house.
"Ta Da!" Abbie exclaimed as Annie opened the box.
"These clothes are so elegant and beautiful whoever wore these before must have been a millionaire." Annie almost shouted.
"Or it could just be Opera house costumes" Ryan said.
"Either way they are beautiful!" Annie said as she picked up an elegant silver dress, a matching corset and a matching slip.
"There isn't much here for men…actually this is all women's clothing." Ryan said.
"I'm sure Erik has some clothes you can borrow" Abbie said as she picked up a maroon dress.
About 30 minutes later, Ryan had picked out a suit and had put it on but the girls still hadn't come out yet.
"Are you girls finished yet?" Ryan yelled
"Hold on a minute!" Annie yelled.
Ryan felt as if he had been standing there for years and when the door finally opened his jaw dropped in awe.
Annie's silver gown followed her figure perfectly, the silver corset wasn't on her; it didn't need to be there. A small silver handbag was barely visible but Ryan saw it. Her short red hair was curled and styled into a small bun.
Abbie followed Annie out and the second Ryan looked at her he felt as if he was seeing an angel. She was wearing a long maroon gown that made Annie's look like a piece of junk. It didn't follow her figure as much as Annie's did but it did make Abbie look thinner than Ryan expected. It puffed out at the bottom and the collar and sleeves were right above her cleavage with rhinestones going all around. Her hair was just as lovely, it wasn't curled like Annie's it was wavy and it flowed down her back, it was longer than he thought it was.
"Wow…" was all Ryan could say. He tried to remind himself that Abbie and Annie were his cousins not his girlfriends.
"Let's go see the rest of the opera," Annie suggested.
"Yeah Act 1 is probably just ending so we will have plenty of time to see the rest of the Opera and get up there." Abbie said as she walked up to the Opera house with Annie and Ryan following her.