A/N: My first ever Moonlight ficcy. Blame Showndra Ridge for this one. She's the one who let me borrow
Moonlight and got me hooked! I apologize for any OCCness. I've only watched Season One once. Listening to
the oldies station was this one's inspiration. Takes place where Season One left off. If I've made anyone feel old -
then I've done my job.
Special Thanks to Matt Garvey who betaed this!
Hey
Mickey!
By: LOSTrocker
Beth was in the middle of the
moving process when "Hey Mickey" came on
the radio. She
smiled, she loved that song. Beth couldn't help but blast it.
It
was one of her favorite songs growing up. Back then, she didn't
know why. She
didn't really like this type of music. Maybe
because it bugged the hell out
of her parents or maybe it was just
the universe trying to tell her something.
When she caught it on
the radio these days it did help her remind her of a
certain fine
vampire that she knew.
"Oh Mickey your so fine you blow my
mind! Hey Mickey! Hey Mickey!" Toni
Basil sang out.
Beth laughed. "You have no idea Toni," she said to the radio.
It
wasn't too long before Beth was nodding her head and clapping along
with
the song. She went to spin but a small box caught her feet
and down she went.
"Call me Gracie," she said to herself.
Beth went to move the box that was in her way. When she went
to reach for it
she found that it contained her PJs, some more
revealing then others. Then she
spotted a pair of bright pink PJs
that had a "band" on them that she
almost forgot about. "Oh
my God," she said with a laugh. "New Kids on
the Block," she
laughed again. "I thought I'd burned you."
If she
remembered correctly these were a gift from one of her girl
friends
back in the day who was obsessed with New Kids on the
Block. Since the girl
was her friend she couldn't really throw
away the gift. She did make a
mental note to toss them later. Now,
here they were in her hands. She suddenly
felt old. Beth got up to
try to trash them again but something told her if
they were going
to go tonight they would go out with a bang. Besides, she
could
use a break. She was tired. Mick was never around to help her with
the
packing. He always had some excuse: vamp or detective work. It
was all the
same, even as a vampire he was still a male, and guys
were guys after all.
Beth took the NKotB PJs with her into
the bed room so she could change. She
removed her sweats for her
New Kids on the Block sleep wear. Beth couldn't
believe she
could still squeeze into them. She was about to rejoin Toni
Basil
when her reflection caught her eye. Why just stop at the
bottoms? It wasn't
long before Beth gave herself a retro
make-over side pony tail and all. She
laughed at herself in the
mirror. Beth could hear her mother's
voice fussing in
her head. She over did it with the make-up,
but hey, its what they did back
then.
She was allowed. No one could stop her now.
Beth pulled a Tom
Cruise and skidded back in to finish her duet with Toni
Basil. She
tried to remember the cheer/dance moves she saw in the video but
she
was no cheerleader that was for sure. When another box almost cost
her a
leg and an arm she made sure
the living room was cleared out before dancing
again.
Elizabeth
Shue had nothing on Beth in the long run. Beth was worn out when
the
song was over. She flopped herself down on the sofa. Beth jumped to
her
feet when an applause reached her ear. At first she thought it
was Mick, if it
was she'd never be able to live this down. Then
her audience revealed
himself from the shadows. It was someone
much worse then Mick.
"Oh **," Beth cursed. "Josef."
Josef chuckled to himself. "Does Mick know you can dance like that?"
"What the hell are you doing here?" she
demanded quickly turning off her
radio.
"I'm fine, thanks for asking." He replied sarcastically.
Beth rolled her eyes. "Haven't you heard of knocking?"
"Vampires really don't need to knock," he reminded her with a smirk.
"Speaking of which," she said as she put her hands on her
hips.
"Whatever happened to that whole vampires can't enter
without an invite
thing?"
Josef just laughed at her for
even suggesting that one. Was she serious?
"It's as useless as
knocking." He shook his head. "Besides, even if
there was one
you'd have a lost cause. Mick and I go way back. That barrier would
be down. Mi casa es su casa."
Beth shook her head. There was
no winning when it came to Josef. "Well,
would you
mind and at least try to knock for
me?"
"Sorry," Josef apologized for his welcoming himself
in bit. "Can you
cut me some slack though?" he pleaded with
her. "I mean honestly this
whole thing about you and Mick living
together is just freaking me out!"
Beth smiled at that. At least she had something on him for a change.
"How long has it been now anyway?"
"Six months." She answered without
hesitation. "Then again, who's
counting?"
She was,
Josef knew that. He was sure that Beth could give him the
exact
month, hour, minutes and even seconds. Beth was just
restraining herself.
"Where is Mick anyway?"
Beth
shrugged. "Got me," she answered. "Somewhere playing
detective,"
then she remembered that Josef had gone to New York.
She figured that he just
came back and wanted to talk to Mick
about Sara. "How is Sara?"
Josef smiled thankful that
Beth was giving him some consideration. "Still
the same,"
"Oh, I'm sorry," Beth apologized. She knew how much
Sara meant to him.
She preferred the nice, romantic (according to
Sara's diary) side of Josef
then the smartass one like he was
showing off earlier.
"It's all right," he made known
with a small smile. "When Mick comes
home would you mind asking
him if he could stop by? I have an idea that
involves him but it's
for Sara."
"No problem," she assured him. "Mind if I
come along? Maybe I could
help." Beth was curious, it was in her
nature to be.
"Sure, the more the merrier," Josef
answered her. "Just not like
that." He laughed. "Remind me
to invite you to one of my parties."
Beth gave him a nervous laugh. "Not funny."
"I thought it was," he returned.
Before Josef left he turned back on Beth's radio
when Benny and the Jets
came on by Elton John. Josef rolled his
eyes. "God this song is annoying as
hell,"
Beth couldn't help agree with that one.
"You know," Josef
said. "Not only does Mick get the girl, but there's
a freaking
song out there with is name."
"If you tell me he was the
one who inspired Toni I'm going to stake
you." Beth warned him
with a pointed finger.
"I'm just saying you don't see
any cool songs out there about guys
named Josef."
"Hey,
what about that play?" Beth asked him. "You know the one with
the
coat of many colors?"
Josef rolled his eyes. "Cool, I said cool ones."
"Well, maybe there is a reason for that." Beth teased.
"Ouch, that hurt," Josef put a hand
over where his heard use to be. "I
guess I'll let you get back
to work," he said motioning his hands around
him.
Beth
would later go to find her Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream
Coat
CD just in time for Mick to come home. He was surprised that
she was listening
to Broadway music. He didn't know she liked
it. In fact, he didn't think
she would own this kind of CD.
"I thought you didn't like Broadway."
"I do now." She
declared, but only because it annoys the hell out of
Josef. She
made that remark to herself with a smile.
Beth would end up keeping the NotB PJs.
FIN
