Her Beloved

Chapter 6

"Elise?" Failed. I turned around and smiled widely. "Sorry to wake you up. I came because Im going go be a Prima Donna? WHEN DID THAT HAPPEN?!" I exclaim and he stands up, fixing his mask. "You are a very talented singer Elise. You don't need much teachings from me. I sent the managers a letter to put you as the Prima Donna."

My mouth drops. 'No. Way. The Opera Ghost himself thinks Im talented. But still, he couldn't tell me before hand?' I run my hand through my hair. "Wow..." I notice he's only wearing a white shirt and black pants. Out of the corner of my eye, I admire his figure... "Well thank you for making me a Prima Donna Erik! Its really very kind. There has to be a way I can repay you." He chuckles softly and comes up close to me, then strokes his thumb on my cheek. "When you sing, sing for me." I blush beyond reason and nod. "O-ok." I say quietly. 'Kiss him. Elise do it.' I contemplate it for a moment. 'Yeah, lets not do that!' I yell at myself mentally. I turn around and start walking and around to him. "Oh and Erik." I point to my eye. 'I.' I make a heart with my hands. 'Love.' Then point to him. 'You.' He looks at me like I just said "Christine is tortoise named Richard." I smile and wave good bye and skip away. 'He doesn't get it at all.' I giggle and make my way up to the dressing room.

The next 2 weeks are a blur. My voice sounds pretty good now because I begged Erik for more lessons and I am the Prima Donna! Its very odd. Carlotta was really angry, but everyone else was happy they didn't have to listen to her screeching and whining all day. Pierre asked me to the masquerade, which I was prepared for, even though I wished he asked Scarlett. They would look so cute together. Erik still has no friggen idea what I did when I did the 'I love you' thing. He asked me why I did that and I said, "I don't recall doing that." I hate lying to Erik but I cant tell him yet. I just cant... Anyways.

Scarlett and I hang out in my dressing room eating chocolate that so many people gave us. "We should do this all the time." She laughs. "Yea right. Hows Erik? Did you make a move yet?" I hush her up. "Be quiet! He hears everything in his Opera House Scarlett! You should know that by now." I say in a slightly sarcastic tone. "Yea whatever Elise." We hear Alice knock on the door. "Salut Elise, how are you?" She asks. "Im good, you?" I smile at her. "Im very well thank you. Scarlett Im sorry but we need you to clean Box 5." Scarlett tenses up and obviously gets nervous. "I'll do it!" I exclaim. "Elise please, you're a Prima Donna. You have better things to be doing than getting yourself dirty, my dear." I shake my head. "By eating chocolate? I don't think so. I have my uniform, and I genuinely would like to clean it. I miss being an everyday maid. Besides... the Phantom would prefer a clean place to enjoy a show, don't you agree?"

Alice is left speechless. "If you insist... Scarlett come work in the kitchen with us." Alice finishes and walks out. "Im saving your ass Scar." She gives me a hug and giggles. "I know thanks." She lets go. "Hey no problem. I might see Erik." I wink and Scarlett walks out, while I quickly put on my uniform to scurry to Box 5. As I look around, I see that the seas are covered in dust and so is about everything else in there. 'Wow its really dirty.' I think to myself as I stand inside. "No one should have to sit or even stand in such a dirty mess like this..." I whip out cleaning supplies and get to work cleaning all the dust and muck out of everything. It took a good hour to get it the way I wanted it to look. "Perfect." I brush off the seats and pat the curtains. I smile at my work and turn around only to bump into a large dark mass. 'Dammit.' I back up and wipe my hands on my outfit. "Don't sneak up on me like that Erik!" I look up at him with his burning hazel eyes. "I apologize, I was wondering why you were up here. I gave you a much higher position than this, and you want to clean this?" He raises an eyebrow in confusion. "I cleaned it for you. No one should sit in a box this dirty." He nods. "It looks perfect. Thank you." I start to head back down. "My pleasure." I am stopped by Pierre coming to... look for me? Who knows. "Elise! Who were you talking to up there?" I blush a little. "Myself. I do it often." I smile and look into his deep blue eyes. It goes well with his blonde hair. "Also, I just wanted to thank you for everything, Pierre. I really don't deserve all you do for me." 'Don't kiss me Pierre, Erik will not hesitate to kill you.' He chuckles. "It is I who does not deserve you." He rubs my cheek with his thumb. I blush more and give him a quick friendly peck on the cheek, before booking it down the stairs to my dressing room. "Hes cute but I have my sights set on another." I say to myself as I sigh and call for Ayesha. "Where are you kitty?" I slightly open the mirror and calm for her. "Ayesha! Come here sweet pea!" Sure enough, a cute lil cat comes prancing to me. She lets out a small meow. "Hello beautiful." I scoop her up and kiss her head. Ayesha purrs and I sit down. 'Erik is probably burning with jealously. I feel bad...' I run a hand through my hair nervously, and pet Ayesha to try to brush off some of my stress. I pet her sides and realize shes slightly skinny to where I can feel her ribs. "Are you hungry kitten?" I look down at her. 'Christ, I'd rather talk to her than humans...' "We'll have to wait. People are in the kitchen." So, Ayesha and I sat there and waited. I talked to her because shes one of the few civilized things I can talk to right now.She just purrs and licks in response.

Scarlett comes in, says goodnight and they go to bed. "Ready Ayesha?" I hold her close to me in my arms. I look both ways and see no one. 'Ok. The coast is clear.' I quietly walk to the kitchen and pull out some raw meat, carrots, celery, basil, and rosemary. I grab a knife and chop everything up into home made cat food. I put it in a small dish and put Ayesha on my shoulders. "I hope you like this lovey." I go back to the dressing room and put her down with the food. She sniffs it, licks it, then starts ravenously eating. "You were hungry weren't you." I scratch her back side and her butt goes up. 'I love it when they do that.' Ayesha satisfied with her meal, lays down on the table and I cross my arms then lay my head down. "Night kitty..." I didn't realize how tired I was until I fell asleep in a mere minute. Until tomorrow...