Her Beloved

Chapter 10

That night I couldn't sleep. I sat awake for the whole night. Ayesha stayed with me the whole time, but I just doodle for hours. "Jesus Christ I can't sleep at all!" I groan and pick up Ayesha. "Lets go to the roof. Its nice up there." I put on a cloak and wrap Ayesha in a small blanket. "Its cold up there love." She meows, I open the door, and tip toe up to the roof. I very quietly open the door and see a tall figure, leaning over the rim of the roof. 'Erik? What the fuck is he doing up here?' I bolt for one of the statues and his yellow eyes look into mine for a spilt second. He disappears. I creep out from behind the statue, and look all around for him. "Wow he really is a ghost, isn't he Ayesha?" She meows and I giggle. "So cute." I pull out my sketch book, a quill, and some ink. "I really want a pencil." I groan and doodle more. Ayesha jumps out of the blanket on to the cold ground. "Hold on girl." I put down the blanket, and she lays down on it. 'Such a good kitty.' I smile to myself and start quietly singing.

Hold me close and hold me fast, the magic spell you cast, this is la vie en rose. When you kiss me, heaven sighs and though I close my eyes,
I see la vie en rose. When you press me to your heart Im in a world apart, a world where roses bloom.
Everyday words seem to turn into love song.
Give your heart and soul to me, and life will always be la vie en rose. And when you speak angels sing from above. Every day words seem to turn into love songs...
Give your heart and soul to me and life will always be... La vie en.... Rose.

I sigh and look out to the dark city ahead. My head turns to look at a sleeping Ayesha. "Aw... Poor kitty." I yawn and pick up the sleeping kitten then head inside. I tip toe down the stairs, down the hall, and into my room. I gently set Ayesha down, and lay down myself. "I've worn myself out by doodling and singing..." I giggle a little and pass out.

-Time skip-

"Elise.... Wake up." I hear some one call my name but I just turn over, being half asleep. "ELISE!" I shoot up. "WHAT?!" Its Scarlett. She starts laughing and I move the hair out of my face. "I was sleeping what do you want..." She stands up and brushes off her dress. "We need to go dress shopping for the masquerade! Pierre has invited me as well, so we need dresses. You need impress Erik." She does a very over exaggerated wink. I laugh a little. "Oh please. I don't need to impress him. When is the masquerade anyway?" I rub my eyes. "3 weeks." I gasp. "3 WEEKS?! Why are you still talking to me let's go get dresses!" At this point I was getting excited but in a rush. I quickly get ready, leaving my curly red hair down and stepping into a cute yellow dress. "How do I look?" I ask Scarlett. "Well, if I was Erik I would say, 'You look exquisite my songbird.'" She whispers knowing Erik or Pierre were probably listening

"Scarlett hush. He hears everything in his Opera House. I thought you would know that by now." I smile and she laughs. "Yea, yea, whatever... come on!" We walk out together and it turns out Pierre being the gentleman he is, already ordered us a carriage. 'Still a lil preppy kid...' We go into the carriage, and go downtown to many adorable small shops. "Oh Scarlett, this is wonderful!" It was so cute! Truly was France.

She smiles. "I know right! Come on lets go!" She grabs my hand, and leads me into a dressmaker shop. "Scarlett this is so cute!" I squeal and look at all of the beautiful dresses. The shopkeeper was a little old woman and her granddaughter. As we look at all of the magnificent dresses, this cute little girly comes up to me and tugs on my dress. "Excuse me miss, are you the Prima Donna at the Opera House?" Her brown eyes flickered into mine. I smile and squat down. "Why, yes I am missy! Whats your name love?" She was a little shy, but got excited. "M-my name is Amelia! Its a pleasure to meet you!" 'Aw! Shes so adorable!' "Its very nice to meet you Amelia."

I give her a hug, and she runs back to her grandmother excited as can be. Scarlett puts a hand on my shoulder. "Cute lil girl. Elise I think I found my dress!" I smile and turn around to look at her. I gasp. Her dress was dark blue at the top with crystals, and then it flared out with traces of light blue streaking down the folds. "Scarlett its... GORGEOUS!" I squeal and we fangirl for a moment. "I found one for you too." I tilt my head and she hands me a dress. I head to a dressing room and put it on. "Oh. My. Lord." I look in the mirror and the dress is the most beautiful thing I have ever seen. It has slightly thin silk straps and flared out from the waist down. It was a pretty gold color that looked very flattering on me. 'I look amazing! Damn!' I twirled in it. 'Pierre and Erik are gonna be all over me.' I chuckled at the thought. Moments later, I was buying the dresses, saying farewell to Amelia, and heading back to the Opera House.

When we got to the Opera House, I told Scarlett I would put them in my dressing room. She came with me and we hung out, talking about the masquerade. "I'm going to ask Erik if he wants to 'accompany' me to the masquerade." Scarlett looks slightly confused. "Isn't he going to announce his opera as The Red Death?" I smile at the thought. 'He looks SUPER hot in that costume.' "Yea, but he'll leave when it's time. He's wearing a mask anyway, he wouldn't be seen as The Phantom." Scarlett nods slowly. "Well alright. Whatever you want to do is your choice. I'm going to tend to my work I'll be back later." I give her a quick hug and she leaves. I look to the mirror. "Well. Theres no time like the present to ask." I take a deep breath.

"Please say yes."