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Ok anyone reading I'm making a personal time limit on anything I put up online so please review for each chapter so I have confidence to continue working. Instead of a usual flashback at the beginning I'm going to do a little something else then go to the main characters.
Editor's note- I AM SOOOO SORRY! I've been like super busy and when I haven't been busy I've been brain-dead. Me sorry for no updating. Me try update 2 chappies. Heehee.
Disclaimer- I don't own POTO so deal with it.
Chapter 11- Ice Skating and A Dilemma
Groaning, Eric rolled over in his plush dark blue sheets and hit his digital alarm clock, falling out of bed with a thud. He had another nightmare like past nights, one of the similar nightmares that seem to haunt his very thoughts and being.
This nightmare had Crescent De Chagny in it.
"Damn." He cursed, running his hands through his dark hair, blinking against the sun starting to stream through the window of his penthouse. Getting up, he shut the black curtains and went over to the bathroom, turning on the hot water and splashing his face before looking into the mirror.
He looked like a normal person with his dark almost black hair, dark blue eyes, pale skin, well-toned body, but the memory of his great grandfather Erik, who he was named after, also known as the famous phantom, haunted him night and day.
He had a twin brother named Rick, who inherited the rights of being a Vicomte somehow. They never got along and had different views on everything. Mainly because Rick was the one without the memory of the nightmare-like past of their grandfather they never new.
Walking out of the bathroom and slipping on a black robe, he walked downstairs and into the living room to glare at Matt, his hired assassin on the couch.
Matt was originally hired by his brother when they had a run in with the Russian mafia and needed protection. He was now Eric's full time assassin, so anyone he didn't like would die within an amount of chosen time. His latest job was to kill the newest singer at the opera house and then each of her friends, if needed.
Because of his grandfather's past with the opera, his greatest achievement in life was to bring down the Opera Populaire, and promote other Parisian music styles, and et cetera.
"What the hell are you doing here?" Erick asks, crossing his arms with one eyebrow cocked up.
"I didn't kill her. The mission was a failure." Matt says, rolling his eyes at the glare.
"What? And why is that?"
"That girl is running around and never in one place! She is the hardest assignment yet! Her friends are even worse!" He exclaims, throwing out his arms.
"Are you saying I need to get someone else to kill them?"
"No! Are you absolutely insane? I have killed over a thousand people throughout the world and never was caught. I don't need any help."
((Matt, Liz's brother, is a different Matt by the way, this one is an annoying one modeled after a dude in my math class.))
"Alright, you know my number, and if you need anything, don't call. So get out." He says standing up, going over to the door and opening it, annoyed.
"Gotcha," he says, leaving immediately without a second glance.
Eric sighed as soon as he was gone and fell down onto the couch, annoyed. The Paris opera had to be destroyed so the memories of so long ago would stop haunting him. Or at least that was how he saw it.
His last chance was to call the music 'protection' biz and see if they could get on the problem.
Paris Opera house
The day was long and almost stressful. Amber practiced singing, dancing, and got her costumes fit. Liz talked to Rick, getting along with him well and feeling comfortable with him. Jennifer and Tiffiny also got to know him and found he was really nice.
Jeron talked to a certain ballet girl who shops at Abercrombie, while Nathan talked to the moose. Which is sad but hey it's Nathan.
Matt, Liz's older brother's presence had gone unnoticed and they went on with the day slowly.
Then, at exactly five o'clock, the dancers went out to do whatever and tours of the opera stopped, making the opera empty, except for Chase, Rick, Liz, Amber, Nathan, Jennifer, Jeron, Tiffiny, and Alex, who returned later with some information.
"Ok! Everyone I have big news!" He said exactly as he walked into the opera auditorium.
"Really now." Tiffiny says, pulling her headphones off and sitting up.
"Yes. His Friday the queen is going to make an appearance with her grandson, Prince William!" He exclaims with a smile.
"Prince William? Oh heck yeah!" Amber says punching her fist in the air happily. Everyone looked at her surprised, making her blush and avert her eyes. Chase glared, but tried to hide it.
"Wonderful I know, but that's not everything, I scheduled a special dinner celebration for the upcoming opera on Thursday with the Majesty herself. And tonight, the ice skating rink nearby will be closed and only open to all of us."
Jeron declined, saying he wanted to go shopping again, but mainly to stay as far away from Prince William as humanly possible. Nathan said no to the ice skating but yes to the dinner.
"This invitation goes to you too Vicomte." He says looking over to him.
Rick shrugs, looks at Liz and asks, "Would you like to accompany me?"
"Sure." She says with a nod.
"Amber, would you go with me?" Chase asks, tilting his head to the side with a smile.
Amber raised her eyebrows and said, "Umm… sure."
"The dinner is at seven and the ice skating is set up for tonight at seven, which is in an hour away." Alex comments, looking down at his watch.
"Well, can you guys get Smee to drive us to our hotel so we can change and from there we can go to the rink," says Liz.
Having Smee drop the girls off at the hotel, they rushed to their room and changed.
Inside of the hotel room they shared, the girls immediately started tearing through clothes, except Amber, who sat on the bed glaring at the door with Chase behind it.
"What am I going to wear?" Liz said, putting her head in her hands. Tiffiny and Jennifer turned to her shocked and pleased. Amber sat up suddenly with a smile, and then they tackled her with different outfits.
After putting Liz in tight black workout-style pants, black converses until she changed into her skates, a tight violet turtle neck, white scarf, and a white artist hat, they grinned at each other happily.
She smiled; looking at her outfit, then was tackled again so they could put on light purple eye shadow, mascara, and cotton candy lip-gloss. She glared at them for this but didn't take it off, screaming about how it burned.
Tiffiny put on black cargo pants, a tight black green long sleeve v-neck top with a black sweater over it and a dark green scarf.
Jennifer walked over to Amber wearing her black nylons, black skirt with white lace over it, tight black turtleneck covered with a white lace poncho over it.
"Why aren't you dressed?" She asks raising her eyebrows at her friend.
"Well for one, I'm going with Chase, so what's the point? And well-erm- I can't find something to wear." She says ending with a sigh.
"Wow, first it was Liz, now it's you. I mean, Liz worried about what to wear and now you!"
"I'm not worried! It's Chase we are talking about!" Amber snaps, annoyed.
"Yeah, and he likes you." Jennifer says simply.
"No, he doesn't."
"You keep telling yourself that."
"I will."
Jennifer rolled her eyes and then shoved clothes at her. "Put them on." So she did.
Amber came out of the bathroom in black nylons, a dark green skirt with matching green sleeveless sweater, a black scarf, and black lace arm warmers. She pulled at her skirt, annoyed with the extreme shortness, but wore it anyways.
Chase took one look at her, swung an arm around her and walked her to the limo while Alex put his arm around Jennifer's waist. Liz and Rick walked next to each other and smiled. Tiff just walked.
On arrival to the outdoor rink, Chase got skates for everyone and brought Amber out onto the ice. Amber laughed as Jennifer, almost falling over, held onto Alex, who had to help her skate around.
Chase offered Amber his arm and she took it, slowly moving across the ice he spun her around a few times and she laughed.
Tiffiny skated around randomly with her mini digital camera taking pictures whenever someone wasn't looking.
Liz, blushing, skated with Rick slowly across the ice.
"So, do you like it here in France?" He asks her casually.
"Yeah, it's really cool here. I love the scenery and everything."
"Ah yes, France does have the best known scenery. I do believe the hall of mirrors is one of the most magnificent things I have seen… besides one."
"Oh? What?" Liz asks, purely curious.
"You," he says with a large smile before skating away.
"WHAT?" Liz yells, turning red and skating after him. He chuckled and kept going away from her, making her try and catch up but fall accidentally on her butt. Rick saw and helped her up, still chuckling at her. She turned red and hit him on the shoulder.
Jennifer looked up at the setting sun and stopped moving.
The blue sky was covered with light golden clouds and violet clouds further away from the setting sun.
"Isn't it beautiful?" Alex asks putting his arm around her waist and bringing her closer to him.
"Yeah."
"I have seen better."
Alex set his head on her shoulder, being behind her slightly, and kissed her cheek softly. Jennifer stiffened, surprised and blushed slightly. She turned towards him to ask a question and he moved in to kiss her quickly, yet romantically on the lips. Her eyes widened, but she realized what was happening slowly and kissed him back, wrapping her arms around his neck. He put his arms around her waist and they kissed under the setting sun.
Tiffiny saw them and took three pictures, snickering, and then skated to find Chase and Amber.
"You pedophile!" Amber shrieked, skating after a red Chase.
"I was not being a pedophile!" He yelled turning to look at her as she threw a snowball at him, and he dodged it shocked.
"Damn snow." He cursed under his breath.
"You were flirting with a girl who was like fifteen! You're almost twenty!" She yelled, getting more snow.
"No I was not! I found the mitten she lost and gave it to her! She was flirting with me!"
"As if, you pervert!"
Tiffiny snickered, hiding in the side bushes, getting several pictures of Amber's angry side being inflicted on Chase.
"Hey, it's not my fault you are jealous of a little girl flirting with me!" He yells, stopping with a look of triumph.
Amber stopped and stared at him shocked, her mouth hanging open and her eyes wide.
"Exactly as I thought. I know you have a crush on me but don't get jealous so much."
Amber's right eye twitched twice before she slowly skated over to him with big puppy dog eyes.
"How did you know?" She asks leaning towards him, her chest pressing against him.
Chase looked shocked then wrapped his arms around her waist, making a shocked Tiffiny gasp.
"I always have known."
"Well, for being so smart, close your eyes and you'll get a big surprise." She says, leaning closer and he immediately closed his eyes.
"Screw you!" She yelled hitting the side of his head, hard, and skating away, red faced. Chase watched her with a stupefied look, then glared and went after her.
Tiffiny cracked up laughing taking several photos then stopped when she heard a crash. Racing over, she found Amber on the ice, her back against a log, one leg propped up and her skirt lifted a little, with Chase on top of her, his arms at the side of her head and his face in her hair.
Amber screamed and pushed Chase away from her catching some attention.
Jennifer and Alex broke their kiss and skated over, Rick and Liz followed. Tiffiny saw them coming and moved out of the way in time, when everyone ended up in a pile with Chase and Amber on bottom.
Tiffiny took four pictures, and then skated as fast as she could before her mob of friends could try and kill her.
"Damn it." Liz says on the ground, rubbing her butt, glaring at the rest of her friends. Rick turned and offered a hand, helping her up.
She smiled, getting up and said, "Thank you."
"Your welcome." He said, kissing her fingers lightly. Liz turned a light pink and looked away.
Liz stopped and then squeaked. Her brother Matt skated by with Crescent holding onto his arm. She shook her head, confused and then skated over to Rick.
Jennifer noticed Tiff's camera and asked, before going back to Alex, "What pictures have you taken so far?"
"Oh, just some scenery, here and there," she says with a smile, waving her hand airily.
Breaking the silence between Chase and herself, Amber muttered, "You are a moron."
"And you, my dear, take thing to seriously." Chase said, rolling his eyes.
"Me? Serious? How much wine have you been drinking lately, party boy?" Amber asked amused.
"I don't drink unless on occasion."
"An occasion, that means every single day, right?"
"Ha-ha. You are hilarious."
"I try."
"Well, maybe you should stop."
"Then I wouldn't be the Amber everyone loves."
"True."
"Wow, we agree on something. Amazing."
"I know, isn't it?" Chase asked, turning to face her seriously. They both began laughing hard.
"Let's sit." Both say at once, giving each other grins, they sit down on the nearest bench.
Both sit in silence, watching their friends move across the ice, acting like couples in love. And that counts Tiffiny with her camera.
"Like, Oh my gosh! Did you see how, like, hot he was!" A voice startled the two, making them turn and jump.
Two girls where standing a little bit across the ice, leaning against the railing.
"Yeah! Chase is, like, the, like, hottest guy I have ever seen!" The short blonde said, her head bobbing up and down.
"Like totally! But did you see that girl he was with? She was so not his type!" The brunette said, nodding back vigorously.
"Oh god, I don't think we should be listening." Amber murmured, hitting her head on Chase's shoulder.
"Hmm, but they're talking about me."
"Just what you need, a bigger ego," Amber said, glaring at him.
"I know."
"Like, I bet she's another one of his pathetic girlfriends he dumps in two days."
"Like duh, he can't keep a girl to save his life."
"Like, I know, but he's so hot."
"Yeah."
"For sure."
"Wow, they actually went two sentences without saying 'like' or 'totally'." Amber said preppily, flinging her hair back.
"Like, you think so!" Chase says nodding his head, mimicking the brunette.
"Like, I bet!"
"Oh-my-god!"
"I, like, know!"
They both started cracking up again, making the two girls turn and stare at them in shock. This only got more laughter spill from them.
Skating a little longer, they finally got into the limo and split up at hotel.
