1The Return of the Phantom 4: More Notes
The next morning Chelle wakes up remembering all the events of the night before. She remembers the letter and rose. She looks on the floor and see the letter and rose lying there from the night before. But then she notices that on her desk there is yet an other note and single red rose with a black ribbon tied around it. She stares blankly at them for minutes, then she slowly get up and walk over to her desk. She picks of the letter with both hands and slowly open it. The first thing she notices is the same red ink that the other letter was written in.
"Dear Mademoiselle,
I have enjoyed your company
so much last night that I would like to invite you to be my guest in
box five every night of the opera. You are my only reason to go see
the opera. I cannot bare to listen to Mademoiselle Ellisa, her voice,
if it is possible to believe is worse then Carlotta. I will be
waiting for you every night in box five. I remand your obedient
friend and angel.
Og"
Chelle drops the note out of pure shock, and as fast as she could, she runs down to the stage for the rehearsal of tonight's show. While running down the grand stair case she happens to run into Derrick. "Why, Chelle it is a pleasure seeing you here I was just looking for you." Chelle stops at hearing this.
"Why were you looking for me?". He gives her a small smile and replies, "I was hoping that you would like to be my guest at the opera tonight?"
"I would love to", she says with a light smile.
"Good I will be at your room at 5:30."
Chelle finally arrive at the rehearsal just when Ellisa was sing the part of Carmen. Suddenly she remember the rose and note. "Oh, no the note I told Derrick I would be his guest but I can't refuse the invite in the note." After the rehearsal she walks back to the room. She sees the rose and the note and start to cry. "What can I do? I told Derrick I would be his guest, but I cant ignore the note."
It is now 4:30, Chelle finally decided that she would go with Derrick to the opera for the first half, then at intermission she would go to box five. At 5:30 she hears knocks at her bedroom door. It is Derrick he is wearing a all white tailed tux. He looks even handsomer then ever. "Are you ready Mademoiselle Rachelle?" She shakes her head yes. Derrick takes her hand and kisses it as he says, "You do look lovely tonight", and leads her to the box.
He leads her to Box Seven. As they enter Chelle notices the box next to hers is Box Five. "Derrick is there no other box we can sit in?""Why? This is the best box of the house other then Box Five, and they haven't rented that out since the Opera Ghost", he says laughing.
"Why is that so funny? Box five belongs to the Opera Ghost!"
"Chelle, surely you don't believe that is real."
"Of course it is haven't you read the book by Gaston Leroux?"
"But it is not."
Chelle storms out of the box. She cannot believe that Derrick thinks that the Phantom is just a story. She heads over to Box Five. She sits there all alone noticing Derrick in the box next to her just staring at her. Finally the show is over. Chelle gets up to leave, but she notices that on the seat next to hers is a note and a rose. She smiles at seeing the note and open it as fast as she can.
"My dear Mademoiselle,
Thank you for being
my guest tonight. When I saw you in box seven with that fool of a
boy, I was afraid you werent going to come. However, you did. You are
wiser than you used to be. The charm of a boy cannot turn you away
from your angel of music any more.
Your angel,
Og"
"Ha, now I have proof, once I show this to Derrick he will have to believe me."