|Love Bug| A Monster In Paris Fanfiction

Chapter 9: A False Agreement

|3rd Person P.O.V|

"I'll come back to perform at the cabaret, but I will still be performing occasionally at Todd's bar, to help him out." Francoeur stood up.

"Alright, if that's what you want, Francoeur." Lora shrugged her shoulders. "I see nothing wrong with it."

"I don't see why that wouldn't work." Raoul said, looking inside of the bar.

Just then, Lucille walked outside. "So, Francoeur, have you come to a decision about where you will be performing?" 

Francoeur nodded. "I'll be performing here, at Todd's bar occasionally, but I'm coming back to the cabaret, for sure."

"Glad to hear it Francoeur! Now, we have a show in a few hours, so be ready to perform by then." Lucille said as she stepped into Raoul's truck.

Francoeur jumped onto the rooftop of the bar,and began leaping, on his way back to the cabaret, everyone else hopped into the truck, and made there way to the Rare Bird. 

Francoeur walked in through the front door, and walked down the hallway in the direction of his dressing room. He walked inside of his room, looking at the vases full of flowers, roses of different red shades, and bright yellow sunflowers. He took off his red suit, setting it in his closet. He slipped into his regular white suit, and sat down on his bed. 

"What do I do.." Francoeur sighed. "I can't just walk up to them and say 'Hey guys, just to let you know your boyfriends cheating on you both, okay good talk'. At the same time, it's not my place to settle anything Raoul decides to stir up, so im tempted to let whatever Raoul thinks he's doing crumble from underneath him." He chuckled. "But I won't do that, I need to solve this matter as quickly as possible."

"Can I come in, Francoeur?" Lucille asked from the hallway.

"Oh, uh, sure Lucille." He put on a fake smile as she walked in. "What did you need?"

"Well, our show starts in half an hour and since you haven't been here in a while, I figured that maybe you would want to open up the show with a solo. I think the audience would like it,as a sort of 'Im Back' opening to the show." She fiddled with the ends of her hair, as she spoke.

She's nervous, or something happened. I'll ask her about it later. He thought

"Sure, sounds great, Lucille." He said, smiling his fake smile.

"Okay, just make sure to come on to the stage a few minutes before the show." She said as she closed the door softly behind her.

He let out a deep sigh as he stood up and grabbed his guitar by the window. Francoeur looked outside, and saw his brother, atop a nearby roof across the street, peering into his room. "Creep... It's like he has nothing better to do with his time." He stepped out of his room, closing the door behind him. He heard Raoul and Lora laughing in her room across the hall. He put his constantly lingering thoughts in the back of his mind, and walked onto the stage.

The curtain opened and he was welcomed with a roar of clapping and cheering. He walked towards the front of the stage, the audience silenced as he stood at the front, and he looked out upon the sea of guests, whom were eager to have him back on stage.

"I'm glad you've missed me during my.." He looked backstage, where Raoul and Lora were smiling as they watched. "My, brief absence during the last months. I've missed performing for you all, so I figured, why not give you guys a bit of a show, before the show,!" He smiled, and pulled a small drum from behind the curtain. 

He gestured for the others to join him,and he handed them small instruments. He began to beat the drum softly, Lora and Lucille playing the instruments in sync, and Raoul began to clap along.