Chapter 6 The Play
After class, as everyone was gathering their things, D grabbed Lucy and basically ran out of the room.
"What's the rush?" Lucy asked. D ducked down a hallway and dragged Lucy into a janitor's closet before any of the other students had a chance to see them.
"I heard them talking about trying to get me to cook for them again," D whispered. "They want to let their friends to taste it since they weren't invited to lunch."
"And?" Lucy whispered. D shot her a glare. Lucy visible recoiled.
"Do you realize how many people that would be?" D hissed. "Do you realize all these people have popular stamped all over them? Do you want to call all this attention to us? Do you want to be found?" And for Lucy, that's when it hit her. At a school full of rich kids, the most popular students would be the famous ones…one's that call more attention…people who end up on T.V. and in magazines…meaning they get seen more often than anyone else in the school. Becoming friends with them meant joining their group. Joining their group meant that the probability of her being found and the possibility of putting them all in danger changes from maybe to definitely. Lucy didn't want that. "Get it now?" D asked, being able to tell what the girl was thinking by watching her face.
Seriously, this girl really can't hide anything. Everything she thinks or feels shows on her face. She really needs to fix that, D thought.
"But what about how you were acting with Laxus?" Lucy asked. D stared at her.
"You want me to cause another scene with him?" D asked incredulously. "You want me to call more attention to myself? Not to mention you since we'll always be together."
So she was thinking about that and decided to play nice? Lucy questioned in her mind.
"Besides, if he overhears his grandfather saying something about us it's easier if we're on his good side," D added.
That's the real reason, Lucy thought monotonously. Finally acting like a business woman, huh?
"Okay, we have just enough time to run to class without being late," D suddenly said and turned to Lucy with an evil grin, "and I mean run." Lucy paled and took a deep breath as D opened the door. D grabbed Lucy's hand and ran like hell down the hallways. Lucy couldn't keep up and was basically dragged while barely managing to stay on her feet. They made it into the theater a second before the bell rang. The theater has a black stage with 1000 or so red velvet seats. D sat in the closest row to the class as she could get without looking like she was sitting with the class. Lucy sat next to her (D sat in the aisle seat.) panting for breath.
"Why do you always sit in the back corner of a classroom?" Lucy managed to ask in a whisper.
"It's a preferable position to be in to observe the entire class," D answered. Lucy nodded in understanding.
"I'm sorry!" a voice called out from the stage. The entire class went quiet. Standing on the stage was a shy-looking woman with pink hair.
"Aries is so hot," a boy near D commented. (In case you were wondering, everyone who isn't a student dresses the same as they normally do unless described otherwise.)
"I'm sorry. Today will be the auditions for our upcoming play, The Phantom of the Opera," Aries continued. "As this is a musical, the casting will revolve heavily on if you can sing. This play will be based off of the movie version we just watched recently. As always, Laki and Lyra will be assisting us. I'm sorry." At this point, the two aforementioned women joined Aries on stage.
"Now then," Lyra started, "would all the females please come to the stage?"
"I've got a bad feeling about this…" D muttered as she and Lucy made their way to the stage. Aries was the first to spot them as they stood in the back of the group of girls huddled on the stage.
"I'm sorry," she called to them. "I'm afraid I don't know you two." She suddenly gasped in realization. "OH! I'm sorry! You must be the new students! I'm sorry!" Lucy giggled lightly. D felt a sense of dread come over her as the other two teachers turned their attention to her and Lucy.
"Yes, we are the new students," Lucy confirmed. "I'm Lucy and she's D."
"Welcome D, Lucy!" Aries greeted them with a kind smile. "I'm sorry!" Lucy gave D a confused look.
"Something bad is about to happen," D grumbled as the dread became heavier.
"Why do you keep saying that?" Lucy asked in a whisper. D saw a look of understanding and excitement pass between Lyra and Laki. D sighed and began pitying herself.
"Something tells me you'll figure it out," she whispered back before she looked down and glared at the floor in annoyance and began grumbling to herself. She didn't sound happy.
"Okay, now…the most important role is Christine," Aries began oblivious to the other two teachers silent conversation. "Now, is there anyone who thinks they can play this part correctly?" None of the girls stepped forward. The theater was completely silent.
"You could do it," Lucy whispered gaining the attention of the people around them.
"Shut. Up," D hissed ramming her elbow into Lucy's side.
"Oof!" Lucy exclaimed grabbing her side. This grabbed even the teacher's attention. "Why don't you do it? It's not like it'd be hard for you. Besides, isn't it one of your favorite movies? I know you know all the words by heart anyway." D, her eyes wide in shock at Lucy's stupidity and inability to realize other people were listening, stomped on Lucy's foot in anger. Lucy froze and her mouth opened in a silent scream of pain. A strangled "Ow" was all that managed to come out.
"Really?!" Aries yelled in excitement. D slowly turned her head to the side and gave her cousin an I-Am-Going-To-Kill-You glare.
"Didn't I tell you to shut up?" she hissed. Lucy smiled sheepishly before shrinking away and mouthing: Sorry. D faced forward again to see Laki, Lyra, and Aries standing directly in front of her. She sighed.
"Do you really know them all by heart?" Laki asked. She was extremely excited.
"What version are you talking about?" D responded with a question of her own. Aries left the room and came back with a black and white movie. D took one look at it before immediately answering Laki's question with a "No." The trio visibly deflated. Lyra opened her mouth to say something, but D beat her to it. "No, I do not want to try and learn this version because I only like the one I have." Lyra sighed in temporary defeat.
"When you say the one you have, do you mean you have a different version of this movie?" Aries asked. D nodded.
"She bought the CD too," Lucy unnecessarily added gaining herself another glare from D. Aries smiled.
"Can you bring them to me?" she asked. Why she suddenly stopped apologizing was beyond even D to comprehend. D looked at her suspiciously.
"Why?" she asked her suspicion evident in her voice.
"This," Aries said holding up the movie, "is the only version I've seen. If you say you've seen it and prefer another over it, then your version might be a better choice." D raised an eyebrow.
"Would you like me to get them now?" she asked. Aries eyes lit up.
"Would you?" she asked. D looked at her hopeful expression and sighed.
"Let's go, Lucy," D consented walking towards the end of the stage. "We need to go get the movie and CD." Lucy followed her.
"Why does Lucy have to go with you?" Erza's voice suddenly rang out making Lucy jump.
"Erza? What? Who? When?" Lucy stammered. D chuckled while literally walking directly off the stage. A lot of people gasped when she did that, but when she landed on her feet and kept going like nothing happened they decided she was fine.
"You didn't see them when we came in?" D asked. Lucy blinked and jumped off the stage after her cousin.
"Them?" Lucy asked once she caught up. Both her and D grabbed their stuff.
"The entire group from our last two classes are here, just look around," D explained Lucy looked and saw she was right. "You really need to be more observant, and weren't you listening when I told you the dance/gym, music, and drama classes had the same students because they work together?" D then turned to Erza who was still standing on the stage. "To answer your question, Miss President, she's just making sure I come back instead of running away."
"Then I could-" Erza started but Lucy interrupted her.
"No, you couldn't," Lucy stated. "She'd probably ditch you and hide where you couldn't find her."
"How do you know she won't do the same to you?" Erza asked defensively.
"She has to live with me," Lucy answered, "and we're related so she has to deal with me for the rest of her life." Lucy then flashed an evil smile she undoubtedly got from being around D. You could see D's eye twitching under her sunglasses.
"She can be extremely annoying when she wants to be," D said. "She also knows everything I hate that she loves and could use against me when she gets mad at me. She could drive me crazy." You could hear the venom in D's voice as she said the words. Erza nodded.
"Understood. Now get going. You've wasted enough time talking already," she commanded.
"And whose fault is that? I believe it's yours, Miss President," D growled before turning on her heel and heading out the theater. Erza watched Lucy follow her out in shock. No one had ever talked to her like that. Ever. Everyone watched Erza nervously, but the red-head was too shocked to move. She didn't know what had shocked her more, that D had spoken to her like that, or that she was right. Lucy had already explained that she had to be with D at all times or else the girl would not go to class and would avoid talking to other people. Erza was angry at herself for not being able to figure it out on her own. Thinking it over, Erza couldn't help but smile.
At least she didn't call me out on that in front of everyone, she thought. Or hit me…
"I'm impressed," Lucy commented as she and D walked down the hallway. D glanced at her.
"What's there to be impressed about?" she asked.
"You didn't hit her," Lucy stated. D couldn't argue with her and kept her mouth shut. Lucy snickered as they continued in silence.
"Well, look what we've got here," a cocky voice called out from behind them. "Hey blondie, are you and your boyfriend skippin' class? Why don't you ditch him and come with us?" D froze. "We've got to be better than him."
"They better not be talking to us," D hissed at a volume where Lucy almost didn't hear her. Lucy, trying not to laugh, turned around only to see a guy with spikey blond hair being followed by a guy with black hair coming towards them. (Yes, they're wearing the uniform too.) Lucy snorted trying not to let her laughter escape.
"Sorry D," Lucy said putting a sympathetic hand on the girl's shoulder. "Looks like they're talking to us." D sighed and turned around just as the boys reached them. The one with black hair stopped and stared at her for a moment.
"Actually," the blond-haired boy corrected-
Ah, so he's the one the cocky voice belonged to, Lucy thought-,
"I was talking to you, not him." He grabbed Lucy's chin with one hand and used the other to lean on the wall. "I have no interest in the guy," he added. "He can do whatever he wants." Lucy laughed.
"You're just digging yourself a bigger grave, dude," Lucy stated. The boy looked confused.
"What do you mean?" he asked releasing her chin. "Do you think he'll have a problem with it or something?" Sting gestured at D with his thumb. "I can handle him."
"Sting," the other boy called, "she's a girl." Sting turned around in annoyance.
"I know she's a girl, Rouge," he said. "That's why I'm talking to her."
"Not her," Rouge corrected pointing at Lucy, "her." He pointed at D who had calmly set her stuff down next to the wall and was now cracking her neck. Sting followed Rouge's finger and saw he was pointing at D who was now standing directly beside him. He looked back at Rouge.
Don't say it. Please, don't say it, Lucy begged in her mind.
"He's a girl?" Sting asked pointing at D. D's eye twitched and she kicked Sting directly in the face. He flew back, slammed into the lockers, and D kicked him in the head. Sting fell over and D kicked him in the gut. The boy grabbed his stomach and glared up at D.
"What the-," his question was cut off as D kicked him in-between the eyes. Sting cried out in pain and grabbed his face.
"Let's see," D began in an extremely annoyed voice, "you referred to me as a male- one, two, three, four, five…-ten times." Sting looked at her in disbelief. "So I have to kick you twenty times."
"You're a girl?" he asked. D's eyes widened in rage and she kicked him in the gut again.
"Yes I'm a girl, genius," she declared. D gave Sting a smile that froze the blood in his veins. Lucy and Rouge were currently behind them watching in indifference. (They didn't see D's smile.) "A girl who owes you fifteen more kicks." D lifted her foot and Sting brought his knees up to his chest and covered his head with his hands in an attempt to defend himself. D tilted her head to the side before kicking Sting in his side hard enough to flip him over. Sting grabbed the spot she kicked and gasped while lying on his back. D waited patiently for him to catch his breath and look up at her. When he did, a look of horror crossed his face at D's predatory smile. "One," she said and lifted her foot.
"What's taking them so long?" Natsu complained. The entire class was currently lounging around doing nothing as they waited for D. The teachers were preparing for the movie. Erza thought for a moment.
"Do you think D ditched Lucy?" she asked. "No, D wouldn't because Lucy would annoy her about it later." Erza answered her own question.
"Maybe she can't find it," Gajeel suggested. "I mean, dude," he nudged Laxus with a smile, "did you see how many movies and video games she had?" Laxus grinned at him.
"Yeah, dude, it was like a freakin' paradise," Laxus agreed. "And they were all action, racing and music games. None of the typical games you'd expect a girl to have."
"Seriously?" Gray joined in excitedly.
"Did she have any of the Dragon Slayer games?" Natsu suddenly asked with an over-excited grin. "I know they're rare, but still, did she?" Gajeel and Laxus shared a look before grinning at him.
"Dude, she had all of them," Gajeel answered.
"Not only that," Laxus added, "but she had four copies of each one. Four." Gray's eyes widened and Natsu grinned in excitement.
"No way man," Jellal said joining the conversation. "Four? It's hard enough to get one how'd this chick get four?"
"I don't know, but the strangest and coolest part is…she has Dragon Slayer IV, and it doesn't come out until next week," Gajeel told them.
"No way!" Gray and Natsu said at the same time.
"That's-" Jellal was cut off.
"Ahem!" Erza cleared her throat to stop the boy's fangirling over D's video games and asked, "What was your point Gajeel?"
"Point?" Gajeel repeated. Erza glared at him. "Oh yeah! I was going to say I noticed that D's games and videos aren't organized yet. They were alphabetically sorted about half-way through each and then the games and movies get mixed up. You said they just moved in yesterday right?" Erza nodded. "Well she probably didn't have time to finish sorting because they become mixed up around K."
"Maybe we should go help her?" Mira suggested.
"Yeah!" Natsu agreed. "I wanna see her collection!" Gray smacked him upside the head.
"We're going there to help not ogle moron," he stated.
"Thank you Gray," Erza said. "I agree. We should go help D and Lucy look for the movie." They started for the doors, the boys a decent distance behind the girls. (This would be everyone who was late for gym except Lisanna and Elfman who were helping the teachers set up for the movie.)
"We are going to look at her games right?" Natsu whispered.
"Yeah, but don't tell Erza that," Gray hissed. "We don't want her to make us stay behind right?" All the boys nodded.
"Hurry up guys or we'll leave you behind," Mira called. The boys ran to catch up.
Erza's eyes widened. Mira gasped. Levy covered her mouth in shock. Gray, Laxus, and Gajeel glared and Natsu began looking around for enemies. Jellal and Juvia simply stared in shocked silence. There, lying in the hallway covered in bruises, was none other than Sting Eucliffe. The cocky, self-proclaimed king of the school.
"What happened to him?" Juvia asked. Gray bent down and tried to wake him up.
"Oi! Wake up! What happened?" he shouted. He looked back to see Gajeel, Levy, Erza, Mirajane and Laxus all had questionable looks on their faces. "What's wrong with you guys?"
"I think we just discovered what was taking D so long," Mira answered. Gajeel, Levy, Erza, and Laxus nodded.
"Seriously?" Gray asked. Just then, Sting groaned. Gray turned his attention back to him. "Oi! What happened?" Sting opened his eyes and looked around.
"What do you want fairies?" he asked sitting up. He winced.
"What happened to you?" Natsu asked.
"Nothing that concerns you, Natsu-san," Sting answered.
"You were lying unconscious on the floor," Jellal interjected. "If something like that happens, it'll concern us."
"Just answer the question," Erza demanded. Sting sighed.
"I was trying to hit on this blond chick that was walking down the hallway with this dude," Sting explained. "At least, I thought it was a dude since he was wearing the male uniform, but it turns out it was a chick. She got pissed because I called her a dude and started kicking me. She said I referred to her as a male ten times and kicked me twenty times." Erza sighed.
"I figured as much," she said. Sting's eyebrow twitched.
"Then why'd you make me explain?!" he growled.
"Just in case I was wrong," she answered. "Also, I was pretty sure it was D who beat you up, but I didn't know why."
"How long were you unconscious?" Gajeel suddenly asked him.
"How would I know?" Sting shot back. Gajeel glared at him.
"Okay then, how long did it take her to make you unconscious?" he tried again.
"Why does that matter?" Natsu asked. Gajeel looked at him.
"D's been gone pretty long. Just because she stopped to deal with this one doesn't mean she's not having trouble finding the movie," he explained like it was obvious.
"Oh," Natsu said. "How long did it take her?" he then asked Sting.
"Like 5 minutes," he grumbled, "and that's only because she kept waiting for me to recover before kicking me again." He suddenly froze and began looking around. "Where's Rouge?"
"Juvia doesn't know. Juvia did not see him when Juvia got here," Juvia answered.
"Was Rouge with you?" Levy asked. Sting gave her an annoyed look.
"No, I'm asking where he is because he wasn't with me," Sting answered sarcastically.
"Watch it," Gajeel warned him.
"Maybe he left with D," Laxus suggested.
"Why would he do that?" Sting asked clearly annoyed. Laxus looked at him.
"Do you understand why he does things?" he asked. Sting kept his mouth shut.
"Well, let's get to D's room to look at video games!" Natsu shouted. Gray and Gajeel punched him in the back of the head. "I mean to look for the movie and Rouge!"
"Idiot," Laxus muttered.
"Where in the hell is it?!" Lucy yelled looking through the glass cases in the rec-room. D was currently thinking while sitting in the living-room next to Rouge who was eating. "Would you at least look?" Rouge looked at the door in interest.
"Aren't you going to answer her?" he asked.
"I'm trying to remember if I have more than one copy of the movie," D explained.
"Is that important?" Rouge asked while eating the burger D had given him.
"If I have more than one, it's in the case in the rec-room," D explained. "If I don't, it's in my room."
"Oh," Rouge said and kept eating. When D had finished punishing (as she called it) Sting, she had asked Rouge to help her find the movie and in return she'd feed him. Rouge was both hungry and curious about D so he agreed. They just left Sting there. D said he shouldn't have passed out; otherwise she would have fed him too.
"I remember that I originally bought one," D thought aloud. "I don't think I bought another one."
"So it's in your room," Rouge concluded before stuffing the last of the food in his mouth. D nodded and went in her room to find it. When she came back out, she was grumbling about being stupid and how she found it on top of her DVD player because she had been planning on watching it. "You are one strange girl," Rouge commented.
"Thank you," D said with a grin. "Now go wash your hands before you get grease on my stuff." Rouge nodded before heading for the bathroom, and D took the dishes. A few minutes later she remembered Lucy and shouted. "Found it!"
"Where was it?" Lucy asked coming out of the rec-room as Rouge came out of the bathroom.
"In her room," Rouge answered her, "apparently she only has one copy so she keeps it in her room." D came out of the kitchen then. She picked up her bag and headed for the door. Lucy and Rouge followed.
"Hey, what class are you supposed to be in right now?" she asked Rouge as she opened the door.
"Drama," he answered. Lucy's jaw dropped. D smiled.
"So are we. Can you sing?" she asked. Rouge didn't answer as they kept walking leaving Lucy to lock the door and follow in silence as they headed for the stairs. "Okay, just go ah," D tried again singing the word 'ah'. Rouge blinked.
"You've got a pretty voice," he commented.
"Thank you. Now stop stalling and sing," D replied. Rouge sighed before taking a deep breath and singing:
"Ah~." Lucy's jaw dropped. D smirked.
"Oh, so the boy can sing," she commented. "I'm going to recommend they make you the phantom." Rouge's head snapped in her direction. D ignored it and kept walking.
"I don't want to," Rouge rejected. "I usually skip class anyway."
"I'll feed you every time you come to class," D stated.
"Deal," Rouge agreed. Lucy looked at them in disbelief.
"That easy?" she asked. Rouge and D ignored her.
"So, do you think D would even let us play her games?" Jellal asked. The boys had been talking non-stop about video games since they left Sting so he could go to the Nurses office to make sure there wasn't any serious damage. They were close to the exit of the building.
"Don't ask that!" Gray demanded. "We've been avoiding that subject because we don't want to think about what it would be like if she said 'no'!"
"From what I've gained from being around D, I think her saying no is a high possibility," Laxus stated.
"Don't say it! Don't say it! I don't wanna hear it!" Natsu shouted covering his ears.
"And what's it you don't want to hear me say no to?" a voice suddenly rang out in front of them. D, Rouge, and Lucy were walking towards them. D raised an eyebrow. "Why are you guys in the hall anyway?"
"We thought you might have been having trouble trying to find the movie and that was why you were taking so long, so we came to help you look," Erza answered matter-of-factly.
"It takes this many people to find a movie?" Lucy asked.
"By the way, we ran into Sting on our way here," Gajeel said. "Rouge, why'd you leave him like that? Isn't he your friend?" Rouge pointed at D.
"She said she'd feed me if I helped her find the movie," Rouge explained. "That seemed more important to me at the time. Besides, I'm sure he's fine." Everyone (except D) stared in shock as D and Rouge kept walking towards the theater.
Everyone was currently making their way back to the theater. D and Rouge were leading the group as they talked about the movie. Apparently, it was one of Rouge's favorites as well.
"Hey!" a voice suddenly called. D looked and saw Sting approaching them.
"Yo!" D greeted him. Sting froze. D didn't sound even remotely hostile towards him. She even sounded friendly. "What class are you supposed to be in right now?" she suddenly asked. Sting watched her suspiciously.
"Drama, why?" he answered. D grinned.
"Great. You can come with us!" she decided.
"No way!" Sting refused. "I don't even need that class to graduate!" D gave him a sadistic smile.
"I don't even need to be in school because I already graduated and yet I'm still going. So you're going too," she declared.
Ah, so it's an 'If I have to suffer so do you' thing, Lucy thought. Sting sighed in defeat and they all headed to the theater together.
"Oh my," Aries exclaimed. "I'm sorry. It seems Sting and Rouge have decided to come to class today, how splendid." D chuckled and handed Aries the CD and movie. "Okay then. Everyone take a seat." D, surprisingly, went to sit in middle of the front row. As she lifted the left arm rest, Rouge sat down in the seat to her right. D raised an eyebrow at him. Lucy sat on Rouge's other side.
"If you sit there, I'm going to use your shoulder as a pillow," D stated.
"I don't mind," Rouge answered. D lifted the arm rest separating them and took out a blanket. Just as she was about to put her foot on the chair to her left, Sting sat in it.
"Why did you sit there?" D asked. "That's my foot rest." Sting smirked.
"Too bad," he said. D stared at him. "What?"
"I'm using that spot as my foot rest whether you're sitting there or not," D decided putting her feet on Sting's lap and covering herself with the blanket. Sting, being stubborn and refusing to give in and just move, stayed where he was in defiance and simply pulled the blanket so it covered him too. D rested her head on Rouge's shoulder as the lights dimmed. Rouge looked at her.
"Do you-" D cut him off answering his question before he even finished asking it.
"There's another blanket in my bag and put the lunch bag on your lap so I can eat. I'll share with you since it'd be in your lap, but don't eat it all," she commanded. Rouge nodded, grabbed the second blanket out of her bag (D had to lift her head), wrapped it around himself and put the lunch bag on his lap. D snuggled her head on Rouge's shoulder as the projector turned on. Rouge opened the bag and saw that D had put four sodas and a bunch of candy inside. D grabbed one of the sodas and held it out to Lucy who gladly took it. She gave one to Sting before taking her own. Rouge didn't need to ask to know the last one was for him and he took it.
"Do you wanna make a bet?" he suddenly asked D as the screen showed that the disc was loading.
"What kind of bet?" D asked.
"I bet you I know all of the Phantom's lines," he said. D laughed.
"I know everyone's lines, but I'll go with Christine," she said. "What are we betting?"
"If I don't mess up, you have to let me come to your dorm room whenever I want and feed me when I do," he said. D looked at him.
"Not whenever you want, but when I'm there and if it's before 10:30 pm," D amended. Rouge nodded. "And if I don't mess up you have to play the Phantom," she added. Sting smiled.
"Can I join?" he asked. D raised an eyebrow. (She tends to do that a lot doesn't she?) "If I don't mess up on Raoul's part, you have to let me come over, like Rouge, and feed me too."
"And you have to play Raoul," D stated. Sting nodded.
"Hey!" Lucy whispered. "If I get Meg's part right you have to play Christine." D glared.
"I don't wanna play Christine," D hissed at her through clenched teeth.
"Then you better hope I mess up," Lucy said with a smile.
"You'll have to play Meg, you know," D said. Lucy nodded. "Okay, you three know this involves the singing, right?" Sting, Rouge, and Lucy nodded. "So it's a bet?"
"It's a bet," Lucy, Sting and Rouge agreed.
"I wish you luck," D said.
"You've got the hardest part. I think I should wish you luck," Rouge commented.
"You know you've got to hit that really high note right?" Sting added. D rolled her eyes.
"One, I never said you had to hit the notes, I said you had to know the words. Two, I'll be fine, worry about yourself," she said.
"Oh and D," Lucy suddenly cut in waiting for D to look at her, "don't be stupid and just sing it right."
"Aw, but that's no fun," D complained.
"Too bad," Lucy said. Sting snickered. D shot a glare at him.
"That goes for you two too you know," she hissed. Sting stopped and looked disappointed. Rouge also looked a little upset. Finally, the main menu came up.
"Okay class, when the bell rings, those of you with another class exit quietly, everyone else stay seated and watch. Once your class is over, come back. We're going to watch the movie twice," Laki suddenly yelled.
"Let the games begin," D said as one of the teachers selected play movie. "If you mess up, I'll point at you." They grew quiet as the movie started. D, Rouge, and Lucy looked at Sting as his first line came up.
"A collector's piece indeed, every detail exactly as she said. Will you still play when all the rest of us are dead?" he sang.
"Well, look at that. The boy can sing," D stated. "That's good…I was a little worried about you playing Raoul." Sting stuck his tongue out at her. D ignored it and they all turned back to the movie. D, Lucy and Sting made no mistakes during their dialog. Soon enough, Christine's first song came up.
"Think of me. Think of me fondly, when we've said goodbye. Remember me, once in a while. Please, promise me you'll try," D sang. She didn't make any mistakes. Soon enough, the phantom and Meg's first song came up. Not that the phantom really sang that much.
"Brava, Brava, Bravissima," Rouge sang.
"Christine. Christine," Lucy sang.
"Christine," Rouge sang in a creepy voice ending the Phantom's part and effectively, for lack of a better term, creeping Lucy and Sting out. D almost laughed.
"Where in the world have you been hiding? Really, you were perfect." Lucy sang continuing her part. The song continued, the dialog was added and neither D nor Lucy made any mistakes. However, when they got to the line where they sang together, Lucy sang the wrong note and D cursed herself for saying the notes didn't count.
"Who is this angel? This angel of music, hide no longer. Secret and strange angel," Lucy sang. When she sang 'This angel of music' she sang the wrong note again and D nearly slapped herself in the forehead because that could have gotten her out of playing Christine.
Shoot! Why didn't I make the notes count?! She thought as she kept singing.
"Here comes one of my favorite parts," she said.
"Insolent boy, this slave of fashion, basking in your glory! Ignorant fool, this brave young suitor, sharing in my triumph!" Rouge sang.
"Angel I hear you, speak I listen. Stay by my side, guide me," D sang. They continued with the song and D's favorite part came up. "In sleep, he sang to me. In dreams, he came. That voice which calls to me, and speaks my name. And though I dream again, for now I find the Phantom of the Opera is there, inside my mind." The song continued and finally the part Sting had mentioned came up. "He's there, the Phantom of the Opera. Ah~." D hit the note and caught the attention of some people around them.
Damn, Sting and Rouge thought. The people who caught the sound of D singing turned and told the people around them and soon the entire class was listening to the small group as Rouge sang the Phantom's part.
"Can you hit the Phantom's high note?" D whispered in his ear temporarily moving her head from its position on his shoulder.
"Here it comes," D warned him as he kept singing.
"Close your eyes, let your spirit start to soar." he sang not only hitting the note but holing it for the appropriate amount of time.
"Good job," D commented before taking a sip of her soda and placed a piece of candy in her mouth. (They were eating between the parts where they weren't singing/reciting dialog.) When it got to the point where Christine fainted at the site of the mannequin doll that looked just like her wearing a wedding dress, D couldn't stop herself from saying, "Man, that's freaky." When Rouge held the last note in the song for the same amount of time as the Phantom, it shocked Sting and Lucy. The movie continued. The bell rang and the students with another class left complaining about missing the miracle of Sting and Rouge singing. The movie was nearing its end. Finally, it reached the Phantom's opera. D loves that part. "One final question, how long are we to wait before we're one? When will the blood begin to rise? The sleeping bud burst into bloom? When will the flames, at last, consume us?" D sang with a giant grin on her face. She and Rouge kept singing the duet. There was a pause and D couldn't help but say, "Raoul looks like he's about to cry." She turned to Sting. "Can't wait to see you look like you're gonna cry." He glared at her but D put her head back on Rouges shoulder and kept watching. It was true anyway. Finally, the movie reached the song split between Christine, the Phantom, and Raoul. Sting, Rouge, and D all sang there parts perfectly, never once tripping on their lines or missing a word. As confusing and hard as it is to follow for anyone listening, it was apparent that they could find their individual parts and sing them with little difficulty if their tired and bored expressions were anything to go by, that is. At last the movie was over. The class suddenly started clapping. The lights came back on and Laki, Aries, and Lyra ran up to D, Sting, Rouge, and Lucy. D sat up and put her shoes back on. She began packing her stuff while looking abnormally angry.
"You guys were wonderful!" Lyra yelled. D glanced at her before continuing packing her stuff. (Rouge complained a little when she took the lunch bag away from him.)
"Please tell me you're going to do these parts," Aries asked. D began grumbling in irritation.
"You bet we are!" Lucy cheered.
"I hate you so much right now," D stated. Lucy shot her a smug look.
"You still have to do it," she said sticking her tongue out at her.
"Ugh, I don't want to do this," Sting complained.
"But you're going to," D stated then hissed something into his ear.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah," he agreed, "I lost fair and square. We all did."
"Lost?" Laki repeated.
"We made a bet that we could do a certain characters lines," Lucy explained. "We all won." She thought for a moment. "Then again, that also means we all lost."
"What did you bet?" Lyra asked.
"If D won, Rouge would play the Phantom, Sting would play Raoul, and I would play Meg," Lucy told them. "Sting and Rouge wanted something else, but I bet that D had to be Christine." Lucy grinned. "So now she has no choice but to do it, and you will do it correctly," she added with a glare at her cousin. D's grumbling got louder and more heated. Sting snickered. D's head turned like a wind-up doll and she gave him a glare that promised death.
"YOU WILL DO YOUR PART CORRECTLY AS WELL, OR I WILL MAKE IT SO YOU NEVER SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY EVER AGAIN," she hissed at him moving closer until her nose was a mere centimeter away from his. Sting shrank back as she got closer and nodded when she stopped speaking. He was too afraid to speak though he would never admit it. Everyone was shocked at this. "You too Rouge," she added in a much calmer voice though she already knew he would.
"Okay," he said watching Sting in amusement.
"Well then, I'm tired and haven't really slept in days so I'm going to take a nap. Let's go, Lucy," D said standing up with all her stuff and dragging Lucy out of the room too fast for anyone to stop her. Everyone watched in shock. To them it seemed that one moment D was in front of the teachers and the next she was out the door.