Dance With Me (James March x Reader)

Chapter 3

  (Reader's POV)
  "Alright what about this one?" I come out of my bathroom in a simple blue dress. Lily was sitting on my bed looking at me with a bored expression.
  "(Y/N), it's just a meeting not a date." She tells me.
  "I know but there's nothing wrong with trying to dress to impress." I says as I go through my closet once more and then found another dress and went into the bathroom.
"Plus I need to make a good first impression if I'm meeting the boss."I say.
"But what if this place doesn't work out?" She then asks.
  "Don't worry Lily, it'll work out and if it doesn't we'll find someplace else." I tell her as I come out of the bathroom and go over to my full length mirror. It was a simple black cocktail dress that I had put on I then go to my closet and pulled out a dark red blazer jacket.
  "And where else would that be? We've tried many venues and most if not all have turned us down."
  "Well I have a feeling that this one will work out." I say to her as I put on my jacket.
  "Look I'm just being cautious. With a psycho killer on the loose, I just don't want to see you on the news in the morning." She crosses her arms.
  "Oh..." I say as I remember what I saw on the news the other day. They even already gave the guy a name. The Ten Commandments Killer. Although the police have been investigating and such they still haven't caught him yet.
  "Don't worry Lily. I'll be fine." I reassure her with a smile as I put a hand on her shoulder.
  "I'll even call you when I get home tonight just so you know that I'm safe." I add in. My friend smiles a little bit, but she still held the look of worry.
  "Ok. Just don't forget to call me then." She tells me.
  "I won't." I then gave her a hug.
After our talk and me getting ready, I was heading out the door of our small apartment and heading towards the elevator. I look at my phone to check the time and it was 5 pm. I then look up the hotel's address and saw that it was in walking distance from the apartment building which was very convenient in my case.
   I put my phone away in my bag and then headed out of the apartment building. My mind began to wonder about what will happen during this meeting. I also wondered what the owner of the hotel would be like when I meet them. I just hope that they will allow my students to perform and hopefully the hotel could be a regular place to perform at. But all I can do now is hope that this meeting would go well and hope that I make a good impression to this owner.

(3rd person POV)
  "Hmmm what do you think of this one Ms. Evers?" James stood in front of a mirror in one of his suits. He wanted everything to be perfect for his guest that is coming that night. His maid, was looking towards him as she was setting up the table for him and his guest.
  "All your suits are perfect on you Mr. March. I just don't understand why you're going through all this trouble for a business meeting." She answers as she looked over at him. She has been wondering why all of a sudden James have a another woman come to meet or dine with him. It was out of character of him and she thought that it was quite strange.
  James sighs and turns to look over at his maid and then walks over to the table. He stood across from her and pulls out the picture once more from his pocket.
  "This isn't just some business meeting Miss Evers. This is more like a second chance for myself in a way." He says as he tries to find the words to explain to her why he wanted to meet this girl. Although she wouldn't really understand what his mind was going through. He could be meeting the girl that is related to his Rosie. Or he could be meeting a girl that couldn't be related to her at all.
  "A second chance Mr. March?" Miss Evers asks.
  "Yes." He answers,"A second chance with my Rosie." He pulls out a chair and sits down his eyes never leaving the picture.
  "Rosie? You've never spoke about a Rosie before."
  "Rosie was before this hotel was built. Before I married Elizabeth." He sighs and puts the picture away in his pocket once again.
  "You mean you were married to another woman before...her." Miss Evers never liked saying The Countess's real name.
  "No we weren't married. Although, I did plan on marrying her once the hotel was finished at the time. But that didn't end up happening." James says with a bit of melancholy.
  Miss Evers seemed a bit surprised seeing her boss like this. She had never seen him sad or have any other emotion besides his usual glee for killing and being his usual cheerful and sadistic self. No what she was seeing was more human. Despite their situation of being ghosts trapped forever in the hotel, they still had emotions within them. She knew this all too well.
  "So this girl, could she be related to this Rosie?" She then asks.
  "She could be. But that is what tonight is for." James says as he stood up going over to the mirror again and straightened out his suit.
  "Does The Countess know about this?"
  "No she doesn't. I do not want nor do I wish for her to know. Is that understood Miss Evers?" James says as he looks over at his maid.
  "Yes Mr. March." Miss Evers nods her head. 
  "Good." He smiles and then looks at the clock, it was almost 6 pm.
  "She should be arriving very soon by now."

(Reader's POV)
  I see the glowing sign of the Hotel Cortez as I walk down the sidewalk. I go over to the doors and go inside. I look around the lobby as I remeber the building's beautiful interior decor from the last time I was here.
  Going over to the check in counter, I see a different woman sitting there and was looking through a magazine. She was bald and had stunning makeup on.
  "Hi, are you Liz Taylor?"I ask her making her look up from the magazine she had and making my presence known to her.
   "Yes and you must be Ms. (L/N)?" She then asks me.
  "Yes and please just call me (Y/N)." I smile at her.
  "Well you're right on time (Y/N) and you've dressed to impress." She smiles back as she looks at my outfit as she steps out from behind the counter. 
   "Alright, I'll be taking you up to the Blue Parrot Lounge where you'll meet Mr. March." She says as she walks with me up the elevator.
  "Is that who I'm meeting?" I ask her.
  "Oh yes, I'm sorry did I forget to mention his name over the phone?"
  "Yeah, but that's ok. At least I know his last name now." I chuckle a bit.
  "Well honey, you'll find out much more about him tonight." Liz says to me with a bit of smirk.
  "What do you mean by that?" I then ask.
   "You'll see." She says as we step into the elevator. The doors close infront of us and all of sudden I feel nervous.
  'Well, this is it.' I thought to myself as I feel the elevator go up. Time to meet this Mr. March.