Akito and Estelle at the Plaza

chapter 4

"There you are, folks," Eloise smiled to the various guests. "Thank you for your patience."

"Hopefully we'll be invited to the ball." Teddiursa smiled.

Eloise came to the front desk with her cousins and their Pokemon. "Any messages, Miss Thompson?"

"Let me check," the woman replied as she did a quick check for the little girl. "Oh, the owner of the Yankees called. He wants you to throw out the first pitch at tomorrow's game."

'Tell him I'm sorry, but I have to repaint the Sistine Chapel next week, and I can't risk an injury to my wrist." Eloise replied.

"Yeah, and besides, there's still so much to do for the Debutante Ball." Estelle smiled.

"So there is." Miss Thompson smiled back.

Eloise then went with the others over to the hotel manager. "Good morning, Mr. Salamone."

"Good morning, Eloise..." Mr. Salamone forced himself to greet her back.

"Have our invitations for the Debutante Ball arrived yet?" Eloise asked.

"No, no, and I don't expect they will." Mr. Salamone replied bitterly.

"What?" Estelle asked. "Why?"

"We expect it'll be awfully fun!" Akito added.

"Please don't cause any trouble, Eloise, the same to your little friends." Mr. Salamone replied.

"Moi?" Eloise gawked. "When do I ever do that?" she then smiled and skipped away.

Miss Thompson handed papers to the hotel manager.

"Complaints about Eloise?" Mr. Salamone took them with a low groan.

The Pokemon decided to stay behind and hide so they could hear what he

meant by that. Mr. Salamone groaned as he saw the papers were mostly complaints about the little girl who lived around the hotel unsupervised.

"After my morning rounds, I always make sure to exercise." Eloise said as they waited for the elevator and she stretched her leg back, balancing it.

"What kind of exercise?" Felicity asked.

"The kind that I stay healthy." Eloise replied like it was obvious.

The door opened up.

"Eighth floor, please." Eloise requested as she walked in with her cousins and started to do jumping jacks.

The Pokemon rushed into the elevator before the doors closed. They made it just in time. Eloise started to touch her toes and her cousins followed suit as they thought they should exercise too.

"Lobby, please." a woman requested as she came in with a younger woman.

"Six, please!" Eloise said then.

"Why the lobby, Miss?" Akito asked the woman.

"Please mind your own business..." the woman glanced down at him while talking with the younger woman, speaking about a man who went to Yale college with a good family to be an escort.

That got Eloise's attention instantly. "Escort to what?"

Suddenly, the elevator dinged.

"Oops, that's us." Eloise left the elevator with her cousins and the Pokemon, preforming a somersault.

"Please enjoy the rest of your day, ma'am." Akito said politely.

The woman snorted as a man came into the elevator with her and the other young woman.