A/N Ugh…I went to the dentist today and now I can't feel the left side of my face-_- I hate the dentist sooo much…

Disclaimer:I don't own APH but I do own the plot, Madeline, The Shadow's Cafe, and The Foreign Exchange Pianist Project (:

"Elizabeta Héderváry."She said. "Elizabeta Héderváry." Roderich repeated. Elizabeta smiled to herself. She kind of liked the way he said it. No one has ever said her name so softly and sweetly before. "Where are you taking me?" She asked after sometime. "To The Shadow's Café. Have you been there before?" Roderich asked. Elizabeta shook her head. "I thought you wouldn't, not many people have." "So how do you find out about it?" "I'm going to be working there for the next 2 months as the night shift pianist. Because you see, I'm apart of a project that's taking place around Europe that's called The Foreign Exchange Pianist Project." He said walking into an alley.

Elizabeta stopped; she had just met him and didn't want to take any chances. She had 2 options: 1) Leave. Or 2) Listen to her stomach and keep following Roderich. Roderich turned around to see that she had stopped following. "This is the way to The Shadow's, actually it's right around that corner, trust me." He said to her. She didn't know why, but she…believed him. Elizabeta Héderváry actually believed a man was telling her the truth. She walked up to him a little quickly to catch up to him. "If you say so." Elizabeta said in a monotone voice. Roderich smiled and led the way once more with Elizabeta in tow.

Just like he said, the café was down the alley and to the left. Roderich opened the door and to Elizabeta's surprise, were a flight of stairs. They climbed up the stairs and opened another door that was the café. Elizabeta looked around. The lights were dimmed, there was a jazz band at the front of the café, and people were scattered around all around the shop. It was defiantly a change from the usual café's she went to, that were usually loud and crowded. However, this one was nice and so laid back.

"What do you think?" Roderich asked her. "I-I love it. It's so peaceful, and so relaxed." She said quietly afraid to break the peaceful flow of the whole café. He smiled and went over to an empty table. A waitress came over to their table with a smile on her face and a pen and paper in her hands. "Well Roderich, you've only been in Hungary for 3 days and you already have a girlfriend." The waitress said. Roderich looked up to see one of his new friends he made since he been in Hungary. "Very funny Madeline, she's not my girlfriend, in fact the only reason why we're here is because I ruined her blouse and I wanted to repay my debt to her." Roderich said simply.

"Anyway, now that that's over, how about some drinks?" Madeline asked. "I'll just have regular coffee." Roderich said. "And I'll have another cappuccino since my first one was spilled all over my shirt." Elizabeta narrowed her eyes at Roderich who slightly blushed. "I said I was sorry."

While waiting for the drinks, every time Elizabeta looked up from her menu, Roderich was already looking at her. She sighed. "You should take a picture, it'll last longer." Roderich blushed (again) "I'm sorry, it's just that I've never seen any lady as pretty as you before." Elizabeta laughed. "If I had a nickel for every time I heard that line, I would be freaking rich. Trust me; I don't need any compliments, especially from a man." She said coldly. However, it didn't affect Roderich at all, in fact he smiled.

"What are you smiling about?" Elizabeta asked harshly. "I'm smiling about how independent you are. I don't know why I didn't see it at first." "Maybe it was because you were too busy reading instead of watching where you were going." She said in a monotone voice but he ignored it. "Yes, I see it clearly now. You're one of the very few ladies in this world that believe that women shouldn't have to depend on men for everything. That they don't really need a man when times become hard because they can help and protect their own selves."

"So what's your point?" Elizabeta asked.

"I hold the utmost respect for them."

Elizabeta raised an eyebrow. "Why?" Roderich sighed softly. "I'm not really sure, maybe, because you don't really see many women that don't wish to be courted around anymore. But that's just my opinion." For the first time ever, Roderich had seen Elizabeta smile. It wasn't forced or a half smile, it was a real smile. "Well Roderich Edelstein, it seems that you just earned my respect."She said. Roderich chuckled. "You have no idea how honored I feel as a man to have respect from such an independent woman." Elizabeta smirked. "I'm glad you feel so honored."

'I don't think I've ever met such a gentleman before.' She thought.

After lunch, Roderich paid and Elizabeta tipped the waitress. Normally, Roderich would have refused for a woman to tip the waiter or waitress if he was paying for the meal, but Roderich knew that if he tried to do that, Elizabeta would have won that argument hands down. Besides, if someone was paying for a meal Elizabeta would always tip the waiter or waitress.

"Thank you for bringing me here Roderich, I now have a quieter café to go to." Elizabeta said walking down the stairs. "It was no problem." He said. "Since you're the night shift pianist, wouldn't that mean you're playing tonight?" She asked. "From 8 p.m to 12 a.m." He answered. "Well I would love to come and hear you play tonight." Elizabeta said opening the door and holding it for Roderich. "Well I would love for you to come and hear me play tonight." He said with a smile. "Well alright, I'll be here tonight." She said holding out a hand. Roderich took her hand and shook it. "See you then Elizabeta." He said and they went their separate ways.

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