𝐇𝐓 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐬

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Since the day Dracula told her about his deceased wife, it kept bothering her for how his wife looked. How beautiful Martha was for the Count to fall in love with her. So Ericka got more curious, now that she is here at the hotel.

"Hey Mavis." Ericka greeted as she jogged to Mavis on the other side of the lobby.

"Oh, hi!" Mavis greeted back.

"Um... i know i'm not suppose to ask this... but... do you have any picture of your mother?" Ericka hesitantly asked.

Mavis' eyes widened as she heard that, "W-why?"

"I'm sorry... i just wanted to know how she looked like..." Ericka told her with a soft voice.

Mavis looked at the ground for a moment, then she said, "Well, there's this one last picture of her... it was a portrait of the three of us... i think it's in the attic..."

"Oh, thank you." Ericka said as she turned to leave then she added, "And sorry..."

Mavis just smiled at her as she watched her leave.

Ericka finally reached the attic. She opened the door as the dust flew in the air, it somehow looked like it exploded. So she covered her nose and mouth with her sleeve as she coughed, waving her hands in the air as if shooing a fly. She found the switch and turned the lights on. There were a lot of boxes and stuff around, it was all dusty and filled with webs. But it didn't took long before she found a big blanket, covering something. She grasped the blanket and pulled it down and onto the other side. Before her, was the canvas. She gasped as her eyes widened.

She's so beautiful... no wonder Drac loved her so much...

That was what came into her mind. She stood there which almost felt like forever. Then, she said,

"You're Martha... you probably have a good heart... just like your daughter." She rubbed her arm, "And i can tell, you are really beautiful... that's another reason for Drac to love you, right?" Jealousy suddenly came flooding in her, she bit her lip, she was starting to tear up, "I-i'm sorry... for trying to kill him... and so as the other monsters... but because of him, i realized this monster killing thing is awful. I didn't know that they also have a heart and a family... and he showed me that..." she reached for Martha's stroked hands, "... but don't worry, i'll make it up to you... i'll make him happy, for you and for me... but i won't take him from you... he is still your husband, you know?" She then looked at Martha's blue eyes, "Anyways... good night."

Ericka gave her a smile before covering the canvas with the blanket again. Before turning around, she heard something, like a small thud. She spun around and shouted, "Who's there?!" But no one answered. So she decided to leave as she shut the door.

-An hour ago-

"Mavis have you seen Ericka?" Dracula asked his daughter, whilst scanning his surroundings.

"Oh she went to the attic." Mavis told him.

Drac didn't have any time to ask Mavis why as he sprinted to the attic. He saw that the door was open slightly. He peeked in and saw that Ericka removed the cover of the painting. He hid behind an old closet and he heard all of it, all what Ericka said. He peeked and saw that Ericka had just placed the cover back, but when he backed up, he accidentally slipped on his cape and slipped, but thanks to his powers he kinda managed to control his fall. Then, he turned into a bat to be more sure she wont see him. After Ericka left the attic, Drac stood there thinking of Ericka's words. He then ran to their room and saw as he open the door  that she was already there, seated on the edge of the bed removing her boots.

"Oh, hi Ericka." Dracula greeted, he did nervous laugh as he closed the door behind him.

Ericka sniffled as she wiped her eyes and said in a soft voice, "Hi Drac..."

"Hey, you alright?" Dracula asked as he walked towards her, "What's wrong?" He sat beside her, rubbing her back.

"No, it's nothing... i just caught a dirt in my eye..." Ericka lied, wiping her eyes again.

But what Ericka didn't knew was that he already know, he heard every word that escaped her mouth, and he said, "You caught a dirt in the attic?"

Ericka was utterly surprised as she looked at him with wide eyes, she saw that Drac had a worried expression on his face. "W-what do you mean?" She asked.

"Ericka... there is no need to hide this from me... i kind of... followed you there and heard everything..." Drac stifled a laugh as he saw Ericka blush redder than rose as she covered her face with both of her hands. "I'm sorry for eavesdropping, i didn't mean to..."

He understood her so he just wrapped his other arm around her to at least comfort her when he heard her little sobs.

"I-i'm sorry too... i can't compare to-" but Ericka was cut off Drac kissed the tip of her nose.

"No, don't say that! Ericka, you have your own unique beauty, okay? And just be yourself..." he smiled, "... that's what makes you perfect... for me..."

And once again, Ericka blushed. She playfully pushed Drac away saying, "Stop it you!" But it didn't stopped him, in fact, he just hugged her and saying how beautiful she was.

~the end~

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