Okay I would like to say I am sorry that it has been a long time since I have updated, life has been handing me a ton of lemons and I finally found the sugar so I can make some lemonade. Anywho I am going to be updating more often now I swear!
I also can't find my poto cds T.T
Thank you for the reviews and here is the long awaited chapter 9! I hope that you still want to read it!
Chapter 9
It had been two months since her apparent "kidnapping" and things had clamed down in time for their Christmas premier of The Phantom of the Opera. Rebecca sat in a dressing room filled with the other chorus girls and finished the final touches on her make-up. The first half had gone through without a hitch; finishing her make-up she got up and gave her mirror image a quick nod.
She had not heard from Dante in all that time and began to wonder if she had been dreaming the whole time, but if that had been the case where had she gone for those two days? Her head hurt for a moment but she pushed it aside, the more she thought about those two days the more she forgot and the more her head started to hurt, she felt she was going mad.
"Rebecca one minuet till curtain" said the top chorus girl Lily, she had short brown hair; but it had been hidden under a longer wig. They were all dressed in various costumes, she had been given a cute dress covered in a checkerboard pattern, it was knee length so she also had black stockings on as well.
Walking to the back stage area she peeked out a bit to look at all the people coming back into the theatre. A man came up and tapped her on the shoulder, she turned to the tall thin frame of Matt, and lifting his skull mask he smiled at her. "Good luck, though I am sure you will be fine, unless you have another klutz attack like in our last rehearsal" he said smiling. She gave him a mock glare and then smiled. At the final rehearsal she had tripped over her dance partners feet and knocked over a couple of other dancers, before reaching the ground herself.
"I will have you know sir that I am really a good dancer!" He laughed lightly at the comment and grabbed her hand; something fell into it. Looking down she saw a beautiful necklace; it was in the shape of a silver rose, "Matt! I-it's beautiful!" She exclaimed happily, he took it from her and then put it around her neck.
"It looks great on you, though now you have two necklaces on, maybe you should take it off for now…" he said pointing out that she also had a locket on.
"Oh yes, I had almost forgotten about it…" she paused looking at the locket, the one with the engraving of leaves and a picture of a woman in it. She thought of the brief image she had left of Dante, pale yellow eyes through a mask filled with longing. Something inside told her to keep it on, but she disregarded the inner voice and unclasped the chain that held the locket. "That's okay, I want to wear your necklace tonight" she said smiling at him, he smiled back.
"Curtain is about to go up, to your places everyone," whispered Mr. Ronald, Matt gave her a quick hug and then left. Rebecca blushed at the action, they had not officially told each other their feelings but they had begun to act like boyfriend and girlfriend recently.
She quickly snapped herself back to reality and got into her dance position. Her partner, Louis, came up and took her hand and waist, he seemed less nervous than he usually was. The curtains rose and the music began, 123, 123 she counted out the steps but Louis led quite well and made her life easier. This was the first time that she really felt like water moving too and fro smoothly, "Louis you have really improved, even with a silly dance partner like me" she said smiling at him through her mask. His dark mask faced hers but she couldn't read his reaction. They paused in their dancing to sing the verses they were apart of.
"Masquerade!
Paper faces on parade Masquerade!
Hide your face so the world will never find you Masquerade!
Every face a different shade Masquerade!
Look around, there's another mask behind you.
Flash of mauve, splash of puce, fool and king, ghoul and goose,
Green and black, queen and priest, trace of rouge, face of beast, faces!
Take your turn, take a ride, on the merry-go-round in an inhuman race,
Eye of gold true is false who is who?
Curl of lip swirl of gown ace of hearts, face of clown, faces!
Drink it in; drink it up, till you've drowned, in the light, in the sound,
But who can name the face"
Once their part ended her group went back to dancing while the second half of the chorus took up the next part. She focused her thoughts on the dancing now she didn't care for the rest of the music only Matt's part coming up. She looked up at Louis and saw him looking above her, he glanced down at her and she froze. Yellow eyes met hers for a brief moment; she blinked but then found a pair of brown eyes staring back with a question in them. She breathed a sigh of relief; it had been her imagination after all.
She listened to Sarah's part, though playing a part that she didn't want she seemed to be having fun. The chorus came back in this time sung by the third group, she smiled happily, and once this was done Matt came in!
The music suddenly changed and she and Louis stopped dancing to look up. Matt walked down the stairs in his red outfit; he had put on Erik's mantle and sang out his lines. She suddenly felt hands on her shoulder; it was exactly like the time she had sung on this stage months ago. Louis whispered the phantom's lines into her ear, she turned her head to tell him off when she saw the yellow eyes again, and this time no amount of blinking made them leave.
"Dante" she whispered in surprise, he looked back at her, his eyes held a sort of madness in them that frightened her to the core.
"Why so silent" he said in a mocking tone, he pulled her behind the curtain and through a door she had never seen.
Okay there is the latest chapter! Please review and I will have another chapter up and going really soon I promise! ;)