Her Beloved

Chapter 18

Elise. I was wondering when you would come back to me.

I shift uncomfortably on the bench. "I wonder why you would say such a thing after you screamed at me to leave." Erik walks over and sighs. "Elise. If I am the phantom, it is because man's hatred has made me so. If I am to be saved, it is because your love redeems me." I froze. 'No. Fucking. Way. I can't even explain how many times I had heard that quote. Now The Phantom of The Opera just said it to me in person. What a day.' I take a breath. "You don't have to be like this. You can go out and explore what wonders are up above us. People are just assholes, and don't understand stand... The beauty underneath." 'THE BEAUTY UNDERNEATH shut up Elise jeez.' I yelled at myself in thought. He is slightly taken back at my language, but smiles slightly. "Elise, I understand what you are saying. It would be a dream come true if I could stay in daylight... With you! But I am a monster. A creature damned to live here! My mother was horrified of me and people recoil in disgust when they see my face... I must stay down here. Even I may never know when I go insane for a moment. I don't want to hurt you." Tears sprung to my eyes. "Erik..." A few tears ran down my face. 'Sing to him. He'll feel better if I sing to him... Right?' An odd thought but it was worth a shot. My voice was a little shaky at first as I sang that song I dreaded.....

No more talk of darkness... Forget these wide eyed fears. Im here. Nothing can harm you...My words will warm and calm you...

His facial expression was priceless. Erik's eyes were wide and swirled with emotion. His unmasked cheek was red. 'He's blushing!' I smiled and kept singing. I personally hate this song, but now its kinda cute. But I still hate it so I skip to the end!

Say you'll share with me one love, one lifetime... Say the word and I will follow you... Say you want me with you here... Beside you... Anywhere you go let me go too!

I mumble the part where I should say "Christine."

Thats all I ask of you....!

Tears came to his eyes but he held them in. "I've heard that song before... A young woman and the Vicomte De Changy..." 'Christine and Raul!' I smile and nod. "Yea I've memorized it." Erik looks confused. "Even I can't remember it word by word after listening to it once. Twice maybe. How?" I begin to become nervous. "I uh.... It was such an amazing song it stuck with me!" I laugh nervously. 'Or maybe I've heard it so many times that it became an ear worm.' He nods slowly. "Interesting. You're very talented Elise." I bow my head. "Thank you. As are you, but you already know that!" He laughs and it sends chills up my spine. 'It sounds so smooth...' I blush and sigh happily. "Would you mind telling me how that fo-" He clears his throat. "How Pierre's estate was? Alice was with you I suppose." I nod and smile. "It was nice! Well the place was. Let me tell you EVERYTHING!" He sits down and I begin to tell him my experience.

"And then I ran out of the carriage, through crowds of people, into my dressing room, and then here! It was a crazy morning." After about 2 hours of me ranting about his estate, Erik's eyes are wide. 'He listened through the whole thing. I expected him to be impatient.' "Sounds like one hell of a time." He sighs and cracks his knuckles. I laugh and sigh. "Oh it was." I stretch and stand up. "Well, people are going to want to see me. I'll see you later?" Erik also stands and shrugs. "I will be back to my normal haunting schedule, so if you can find me perhaps so." He smirks and I roll my eyes. "Yea yea ok." I hop onto the side pathway and walk back. I skip back and think to myself, 'Burns twice the calories!' I roll my eyes at myself. Caesar neighs and I run to him. "Hello gorgeous! I missed you!" I pet his head and stroke his mane. "I'll bring you treats later." He snorts and I keep walking. It gets dark so I quickly hurry up, while my heels click and clack on the concrete. Scarlett is sitting in the chair petting Ayesha. 'Thank God Pierre's not there.' I take a sigh of relief and open the mirror. Scarlett and Ayesha have the same reaction. I laugh and step in, closing it. "Bonjour! Sorry I couldn't talk. I had to see Erik or I'd DIE. You wouldn't want that to happen would you?" I over exaggerate with a pout. She rolls her eyes. "Well I did have a very boring time here. Pierre came once and a while to check on me! I was really surprised." I raise my eyebrows up and down. "I ship you guys. He talks to you a lot." I smile and she stammers. "N-no! He's not my type! Besides he likes you." She glares at me. "But I don't like him." She scoffs and waves her hand. "Yea yea. Hey its not that late wanna go out for lunch?" I shrug and pat Ayehsha's head. "Sure." I kiss the kitten's head and grab my coat. Scarlett and I decide to walk instead of being lazy. We walked for about 10 minutes until we find a small restaurant with an outside patio. "That looks so cute! Lets go there." She nods and we go sit on the metal chairs under a dark green umbrella. A waiter comes over and speaks in fluent French. I look to Scarlett for help. She nods her head and looks at me like, "I got this." To my immediate surprise, she speaks in French! She orders herself and I food and I spend the next hour asking how in hell she learned French! "Well I asked other maids and they taught me. Of course I'm not fluent but I can have a conversation." Scarlett says bluntly. "Damn... Thats amazing!" I exhale.

What a day this turned out to be.

A/N: IM SO SORRY THIS TOOK FOREVER. Anyways I hope you like this story so far because I'm planning for a sequel soon! Also please follow @//elisebuere on Instagram because then if you'd like to have a literate writing with me DM me! Thank you!