"No no no no no! That is not how you sing that part Jeff!" Devon yells in frustration. "It's F sharp to a B flat! Lets try it again from the top." Jeff begins to sing and finally gets it right, on the fourth try. "All right everyone, that's enough for today. In an hour we can all meet on the stage so we can head out to dinner together," Devon says with exhaustion. This directing thing is much harder than he imagined. Jeslyn approaches him and he immediately stands up straighter and tries to fix his hair which he has disheveled in his frustration. "Hello Jeslyn, you did amazing today. If only the other actors would work as diligently as you." Jeslyn rolls her eyes and sighs and then responses in a blatantly fake, polite voice,
"Why thank you Devon. It's so much easier when you have a great director." Devon doesn't take the hint and smiles.
"I hope that you're coming to dinner tonight." Devon hints on the fact that he would like Jeslyn to accompany him personally.
"Actually, that's what I was coming to talk to you about. I'm absolutely exhausted, so I was going to stay behind and read a bit. I'll order pizza or something." Devon is now forcing his smile,
"Of course, whatever my diva wishes. I will hope that you are still awake when we come back, I rarely get any time to...talk...to...(last part whispered) you." Jeslyn walks off in the middle of his sentence not wanting to hear another word from him. In a mocking voice,
"Oh you were so wonderful today, oh my how pretty you are, can I sleep with you? Blah blah blah. Can't that guy take a hint? Jeez."
"Jeez." An echo responds.
Jeslyn halts. The cast has already left. She takes advice that someone gave her before she left and sings,
"Angel of Music, speak I listen. Come and teach me your music." Erik has to wait to respond. He lost his breath when he heard her voice. It was clear and crystal. It made Christine look like Calotta. Erik then responds,
"Wandering child, don't be anxious. You will learn, in time." Jeslyn smiles and continues to her room. Once she is there, she turns down her bed, leaves a book by the bed stand, and goes to the backstage kitchen to find something to eat. When she comes back there is another rose on her pillow. She picks it up and smiles knowingly. She goes and places it in a vase where the other rose is. Jeslyn then walks toward the giant mirror at the end of the room and assumes that someone is on the other side. She places her hand on the mirror and begins to talk,
"Well Phantom, I'm going to change, so please don't be a peeping tom. I'm going to trust you. I really don't mind if you are there while I read or sleep, but please be courteous and turn away when I change." Ironically, Erik is standing on the other side of the mirror and places his hand even with hers. He then obeys her wishes and turns away as she changes. As she reads, he softly sings,
"Night time sharpens, heightens each sensation..." And finishes the song, letting it get softer and softer as she falls asleep. Once she is asleep, he opens the mirror and steps into the room. He goes over to her bed, picks up the book she dropped when she fell asleep, and places in on the nightstand. He pulls the blankets up around her and turns off the light. He then heads back to his lair to sleep.