Two hours later, Lucille wakes up from her beauty sleep, and she gets out of her bed as she runs off to the bathroom to take a shower. Twenty minutes later, the blonde-haired female steps out of the bathroom, wearing a white robe. The young female brightly smiled when she sees Natalie and Adrien in the room. 

"Adrien! Mama Natalie! I feel so much better after taking that nap," Lucille happily tells Natalie and Adrien. 

Natalie turns her gaze to Lucille as she fondly smiled at the blonde-haired female. 

"That's good. You should get dress since Madame Giry will be here soon to take us to the dining room where we will be having lunch with Papa and Monsieur Mercier," Natalie firmly tells Lucille. 

Lucille politely nods her head as she runs off to her luggage. The blonde-haired female stopped running as she opens it to see many different outfits and shoes for the young female to wear. 

'I need to wear something pretty for Erik's surprise birthday party,' Lucille excitedly tells herself. 

'Ah! I found the perfect clothes to wear,' Lucille brightly smiled as she takes the clothes that she is going to wear for the rest of the day, and she runs off to change into them. 

Ten minutes later, Madame Giry meets up with Lucille and her family after looking over the ballet rehearsal with her co-worker. The older female politely knocks on the door, and she warmly smiled when she sees Lucille opening the door and is wearing an adorable outfit. 

"Hello, Lucille. Did you sleep well?" Madame Giry politely asked Lucille. 

"Hello, Madame Giry! I did sleep well," Lucille happily tells Madame Giry. 

"That's good," Madame Giry warmly smiled at Lucille as she turns to Natalie and Adrien. "Your husband is waiting for you and the children at the dining room with Monsieur Mercier," The older female politely tells Natalie. 

Natalie politely nods her head as she and the children leave the guest room, and they follow Madame Giry to the dining room. 

Lucille walks beside Madame Giry as she takes the older female's hand in hers, which made Natalie warmly smiled because she is glad that her stepdaughter is becoming friendlier to the employees of the Opera House. 

At the dining room, Lucille sits between Madame Giry and a twelve-year-old blonde-haired and blue-eyed female named Meg Giry, who is the only daughter of Madame Giry. 

"Meg. I would like for you to meet Lucille Bernard. She is the daughter of Monsieur Bernard," Madame Giry politely introduced Lucille to Meg. 

"Hello!" Lucille brightly smiled at Meg. 

"Hello," Meg kindly smiled at Lucille. 

"Lucille. This young lady is my only daughter, Meg Giry. She is Palais Garnier best Ballet Dancer," Madame Giry proudly introduced her daughter to Lucille. 

"Mother," Meg blushes, feeling embarrassed by her Mother's praises. 

"That is amazing!" Lucille applauded as she stares at Meg with admiration. 

"Thank you," Meg kindly smiled at Lucille. 

The Head Chef and his cooks enter the dining room as they all served Lucille's favorite food to eat for lunch, which is Soupe à l'Oignon with a glass of fresh lemonade on the side.

" Wah! The food looks delicious! Thank you, Head Chef!" Lucille kindly smiled at the Head Chef. 

The adults and Meg amusedly chuckled or giggled, finding Lucille adorable. 

Lucille grabs her spoon, and she begins to eat her lunch. The blonde-haired female closed her eyes as she brightly smiled, feeling happy to be eating her favorite food. 

Twenty minutes later, Lucille and the rest of the adults finished eating their lunch. Meg excused herself since she has to continue her rehearsal since they have an upcoming Winter play to perform in December. Once the young female left, Raphael and Beaufort excused themselves since they still need to discuss plans on what kind of Chandelier, Raphael would be making. 

Madame Giry turns to Natalie, who finished feeding Adrien. 

" Madame Bernard. I was wondering if it is alright with you that I take Lucille to the markets in downtown. I need to get some groceries for the Head Chef," Madame Giry calmly explains to Natalie. 

Natalie turns to Lucille, and she blinks when she sees the blonde-haired female stare at her with a hopeful gaze. The black-haired female figured that the young female would get bored if she stayed in the guest room with her and Adrien the whole afternoon. 

" Of course!" Natalie politely nods her head. 

" Lucille. Be on your best behavior and stay close to Madame Giry, okay?" Natalie firmly asked Lucille. 

" Okay!" Lucille happily smiled, feeling excited to go to the city and get Erik's cake and gift for his fifteenth birthday. 

" Then. Lucille and I should get going. We shall be returning in an hour or two," Madame Giry informs Natalie as Madame Giry and Lucille stand up, and the two females walked away from the dining room. 

At downtown, Lucille stared at her surroundings with a curious yet exciting gaze. The blonde-haired female tightly holds Madame Giry's hand since there are a lot of people in the streets. 

" What kind of cake do you want to buy for Erik?" Madame Giry curiously asked Lucille as they entered a bakery. 

Lucille wears a thoughtful gaze, and she brightly smiled when she sees a delicious Strawberry Cake among the different pastries. The blonde-haired female runs up to the glass, and she gently points to the Strawberry Cake. 

" This cake, Madame Giry," Lucille excitedly tells Madame Giry. 

" Okay," Madame Giry warmly smiled as she takes out her money, and she buys the Strawberry Cake. 

Lucille's eyes sparkle in excitement when she sees the Baker give Madame Giry the Strawberry Cake. 

" Thank you, Monsieur!" Lucille politely curtseyed as she waves goodbye to the Baker, and she walks out of the bakery with Madame Giry. 

" Now, I need to buy a gift for Erik," Lucille excitedly tells Madame Giry as she looked at her surroundings. 

" Sweetheart. What about that? Do you want to have that for your birthday?" A female voice asked politely. 

Lucille blinked, and she turns to see a brown-haired female and a young brown-haired male standing outside of an antique store. 

" No! It's ugly. I want a robot instead," The young brown-haired male firmly tells his Mother. 

The brown-haired female sadly sighed as she and her son walk away from the antique store. 

" Can we go there?" Lucille politely asked Madame Giry as she points to the antique store. 

" Of course," Madame Giry politely nods her head as she follows Lucille to the antique store. 

Inside the antique store, Lucille stared at her surroundings with an awed gaze since there are lots of unique-looking stuff. The blonde-haired female stopped walking when she sees the item that the little boy from earlier called ugly. 

" Madame Giry! I want that for Erik's gift," Lucille excitedly tells Madame Giry. 

Madame Giry opened her mouth to say something, but she stops when a male voice calls out to her and Lucille. 

" Hello, young lady and Madame," The older male walks up to Lucille and Madame Giry. 

" Hello, Monsieur," Lucille politely greets the antique store's owner. " May I know what this is?" The blonde-haired female curiously asked the older male. 

" That, my dear, is a strange-looking music box that a Romanian gave to me to sell," The older male. 

" It's a music box!" Lucille brightly smiled as she jumps up and down in excitement. " Can I listen to it?" The blonde-haired female politely asked the two adults. 

" You may," The older male chuckles. 

Lucille delicately moves the metal stick for a few seconds as she removes her hand. The blonde-haired female closed her eyes as she softly smiles when she hears a beautiful melody coming from the music box. Once the music finished playing, the young female opens her eyes as she turns to the two adults. 

" May I have this, please?" Lucille politely asked Madame Giry and the older male. 

The older male turns to Madame Giry since the older female is Lucille's guardian at the time being. 

" Of course," Madame Giry warmly smiled at Lucille as she turns to the older male. " How much for this music box?" The older female firmly asked the antique store's owner. 

" 4.55 Euros," The older male tells Madame Giry. 

Madame Giry politely nods her head as she buys the music box for Lucille, who happily takes it into her arms. 

' I hope Erik loves his gift,' Lucille excitedly yet nervously tells herself as she and Madame Giry walked out of the antique store. 

At the Palais Garnier, Madame Giry helped Lucille carefully wrapped the music box with wrapping paper. Once they are ready, the older female guides the blonde-haired female to Erik's Lair. 

Inside the lair, Erik finally finished working on the music sheets for the upcoming Christmas Play. The black-haired male stands up as he stretches, feeling relaxed when he hears his bones popping due to sitting in front of the piano for hours trying to finish creating a music list for the performers to sing and musicians to play. 

The sound of the grand doors getting knocked grabbed Erik's attention. 

" Erik!" Lucille loudly calls out to Erik from outside the lair, which made the black-haired male smile. 

" Coming!" Erik shouts as he gently puts his white mask on his disfigured face, knowing that Madame Giry is with Lucille. 

A few minutes later, Erik reached to the other side of his lair as he opens the grand doors. The black-haired male's gaze softens when he sees Lucille holding something in her hands. 

" Happy fifteenth birthday, Erik!" Lucille happily smiled at Erik. 

Erik stood there when he hears Lucille say happy birthday to him. Before, it would have annoyed the black-haired male if someone else said happy birthday to him. But since it is Lucille, the young male accepts the blonde-haired female's gift. 

" You did not have to get me anything, Lucille. My birthday isn't that important," Erik softly tells Lucille as he lets her and Madame Giry in his lair. 

" Your birthday is important since today is the day you were born," Lucille kindly smiled at Erik. 

Erik's gaze softens as he looks down at the wrapped gift in his hands. 

" And what is this?" Erik curiously asked Lucille. 

" Open it! Open it!" Lucille excitedly tells Erik. 

Erik amusedly chuckles as he opens the wrapped gift, and he blinks when he sees a monkey dressed in royal clothing with two cymbals in its hands sitting on top of a music box.

Lucille tiptoes as she gently moves the metal stick, and pulls her hand away when the sweet melody begins to play.

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Erik's gaze softens as he listens to the sweet melody coming from the unique-looking music box. Once the music finished playing, the black-haired male turns to Lucille, who is staring at him with an innocent, curious gaze. 

" Do you like your gift?" Lucille curiously asked Erik. 

" I do," Erik fondly smiled at Lucille. 

" I shall treasure this gift for the rest of my life," Erik affectionately ruffles Lucille's blonde hair, which made the young female smile.