Chapter Twenty-Nine: Making a Choice
I feel like I'm going mad. I should've gone with Woody. His words have been playing over and over in my head and I know he was right. I'm not happy here. I'm only pretending to be because my head is telling me this is where I belong. It's now I realise I don't. I belong with the others at Bonnie's. But I don't want to hurt Christopher by leaving him all over again. And Woody's singing is really getting to me.
I want to hear him sing again so badly. And the video Adele found isn't satisfying this need. It's been two days since they all left and it's two days too long. And now that I know Woody does feel the same way, I feel even more guilty for yelling and telling him to leave. I've not been able to talk to anyone about this.
Just Cesar but he's a horse so he doesn't know what I'm talking about. I was trying to pass the time by playing random songs on my organ but I kept changing it to the song I heard Woody singing. Annoyed, I stood up and just slammed my hands on the keys, letting out a groan of annoyance. This is torture now!
'Ten long days living a mere facade of life. Ten long days wasting my time on smoke and noise! In my mind, I hear melodies pure and unearthly but I find I can't give them a voice without you... My Woody... my Woody... Lost and gone... lost and gone.'
I've made a big mistake. Calming down, I sat back down and calmed down.
'The day starts, the day ends, time crawls by. Night steals in pacing the floor. The moments creep, yet I can't bear to sleep til I hear you sing. And weeks pass and months pass,' I left my organ, 'Seasons fly. Still, you don't walk through the door, and in a haze, I count the silent days til I hear you sing once more. And sometimes, at nighttime, I dream that you are there but wake holding nothing but the cold night air.'
'And years come and years go. Time runs dry. Still, I ache down to the core. My broken soul can't be alive or whole 'til I hear you sing once more! And music, your music, it teases at my ear. I turn and it fades away and you're not here! Let hopes pass, let dreams pass, let them die! Without you, what are they for? I'll always feel no more than halfway real 'til I hear you sing once more!'
The room went quiet when I finished. I looked around to see that everyone was still keeping to themselves, not taking much notice of my plea to hear Woody again. Being with him would be even better. Christopher came down asking if I was alright and I lied saying that I was. I'm not. I'm sorry, Christopher. I'm not happy here and I'm not happy with you. I have to go home. My real home and family. And my new Angel of Music.
So, that night, I packed my costumes again, put on my cape and fedora, put them on the back of Cesar, and decided to take him with me. If Woody and Jessie can have Bullseye, I can have Cesar. Besides, he'll help me to get across town faster than walking. I lead him to the door where I was getting deja vu. Because someone told me to stop before I could start going out the open door. It was Josephine Valjean or Joe when she says her name in her story. I turned to the shelf she was on.
"Where are you going?" Josephine asked
"Sorry, Madame Valjean but I can't stay here," I said, "It's taken me over a week to realise I don't belong here. I belong with the toys who were here two days ago. They're my family. And in that family is my true Angel of Music. I must return to him before I regret it."
"But what about Christopher? You're just going to leave him without so much as a word?"
"I've done it once, I can do it again."
"So what do I tell him when he starts asking where you are?"
I gave it some thought, "Tell him that I love him but not as much as I love Woody. Woody has and always will be my true Angel of Music. And tell him that there are other Phantoms out there who are better than me. Just wait and be patient."
Without another word, I got myself and Cesar upstairs and out of the house using a vent. That's when I got on Cesar's back and we started making our way to Bonnie's. Of course, there was still the odd moment where I had to avoid the people who were still out and about at this hour. And I could practically see Cesar's amazement of the outside world. He must've been in that room for so long.
I did take my time going past some places for Cesar to look at the world around him. But, at other times, we would sneak or hurry to Bonnie's. I still remember the way from the first time I left. It took a while with all of the sneakings, running, and looking around, but I finally made it back. It was clear to me that Bonnie and her family had left for whatever reason and the bedroom light was on.
Taking my chances, I used my fingers to whistle loud enough to get everyone's attention. Hamm was at the window so he saw me and I can only assume called the others to come over. Everyone made their way to the window while Cesar reared and I took off my hat to greet everyone. They opened the window and celebrated while I did that. Even Woody came over and looked happy to see me. Cesar's front end returned to the ground and I put my hat on again.
"What are you doing back? I thought you wanted to stay!" Woody said shocked.
"Got bored. Now grab Bullseye and follow me. I wanna take you somewhere," I said re-directing Cesar to another direction.
Bullseye forced Woody onto his back and jumped out of the window to me and Cesar. I challenged Woody to a race, quickly leaving after I said 'go'. Woody started following. Now to take him to somewhere I saw on my way here.
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