Chapter 2-The Meeting
Jeremy continued down the hallway looking around the beautiful place. He reached the end of the hall and saw the door. He looked up and saw about the door said "Manager's Office." 'That girl's directions were right.' He smiled to himself. He knocked on the door and waited for an answer.
Monsieur Andre was busy writing down numbers at his desk and Monsieur Firmin was across the room, reading articles about the Opera's progress, when they both heard the knock at the door. M. Firmin stood and opened the door to see the man he saw a few weeks ago. "Bonjour Monsieur!" He said happily and gestured for the man to come inside.
"Bonjour, monsieur." Jeremy said as he walked inside to see another man. Andre stood and walked over to shake hands. "Bonjour, I'm Andre." Jeremy smiled and shook hands. There was a moment of silence and just as Jeremy was about to speak M. Firmin cut him off. "Well I am glad to see that you decided to come."
Jeremy smiled "Well, this is a great honor to be here." Firmin gestured for him to take a seat and stood beside the desk. "So, monsieur, what is your name?" Andre asked. During Firmin and Jeremy's talk with each other, they never really got to know any information.
"Jeremy."
Andre took some notes and he continued to ask questions. "How many years have you been singing?"
"All my life." Jeremy said. Andre and Firmin nodded happily. The questions continued for another 10 minutes and Andre asked the last question. "..And would you like to live here at the Opera during your stay?"
Jeremy smiled. He thought he was going t o have to pay for a place to stay. "Yes, that would be nice."
Andre smiled once again. "M. Firmin here will show you your place. Spend the rest of the day unpacking and rest. Tomorrow we have rehearsal."
"Thank you, monsieur's."
Jeremy stood and went into the hallway, waiting for Firmin. He appeared out of the room after a minute or so. He walked down the hallway towards the ballet girls again. Jeremy smiled as he walked past the girls again. Jeremy smiled as he walked past the girls and nodded as saying "hello, again." And continued to follow Firmin.
The ballet girls all smiled when the man walked by again and once he was far away not to be heard by the girls. They continued talking about their new stranger. Once Christine saw he was heading to the room in the Opera, she began to follow them. She stayed a great distance back and saw what room he was given and ran back to the other girls, smiling.
Jeremy picked up his belongings and opened the door. Firmin pointed out to him. "This will be your new room. Enjoy monsieur. If you need anything, you know where to find me." He smiled and walked back to his office. Noticing the girls laughing about something. 'Probably chorus stuff.' He said to himself.
Jeremy surveyed the room and began to unpack his belonging. He continued singing his soft tune. When he was finally finished unpacking he laid down on his bed. "I'm going to sing at the Paris Opera!" He thought out loud. "What a dream come true!" He continued to law there for quite some time when he was thinking "Oh, no! Where do I go for rehearsal tomorrow? This place is so huge, I will get lost and be late!" He quickly got up and headed for the managers office again. He saw the girls from before, still there. Since they were the ones he first spoke to 'what could be the harm of asking again?' he thought to himself.