Dueling Pianos. Crazy in Love.
I took my seat on the other side of the piano, knowing who I would go up against. I laughed. Little Kate Kavanagh the Portland powerhouse, the one who has a mouth on her like a sailor and the fingers of a skilled pianist. I Christian Grey can put her to shame no problem, hell Jack Hyde last week Little Kate Kavanagh this week, this should be easy. Or so I thought I looked up and there was no blonde at the end of me, but a knock out burette, with large Blue eyes and small thin lips. I don't know who she was but she was not Ms. Kavanagh.
"I'm sorry that seat is reserved for Ms. Kavanagh," I announced over the mike. Hoping Jason Tayler the owner of Dueling Pianos and a longtime friend would kick this girl off my bandstand and I would show this bar who was the boss. She cleared her throat, a wonderful sound. "Sorry this is a short notice thing, she got strep throat and she can't sing tonight. So she asked me to fill in." She smiled, her hair was pulled back from her face, and had Chinese chop sticks pinning her hair back. I had to do something to get her off my stage. I am the star here. I looked at her and with as much sarcasm I had in my voice, I said. "Well, that's what you get if you can't get off the guy's lap." I heard a lot of ooh's from the men and boo's from the women only she was quick with a comeback. "Really, because what she said was you liked the men more than the ladies Grey!" My face turned to stone, how dare she embarrass like this!
"Enough of this! Let's play!" I started us in a C minor, she was quick to follow, I looked out over the audience and asked, "And what would you like to hear tonight Seattle? Seeing as I am being challenged in my OWN bar!" I heard the normal people should from the back Billy Joel I got tired of playing him but she jumped on a tune, I looked over and she was started into a tune. One I would recognize but I didn't until she went right into it. Beyonce – Crazy In Love. She got me good,
"You Ready?" She sang, I didn't know this one too well but she went right to work. She smile sweetly as she played, then a silky voice came from within her, "I look and stare so deep in your eyes, I touch on you more and more every time. When you leave I'm begging you not to go, call your name two or three times in a row." I loosed my neck tie and tried to keep with the sexy beat, watching her mouth carve out every word like Beyonce would. The voice of her sent blood rushing to my cock. I would love to take her over this piano, now. "Got me looking, got me looking so Crazy in love" I had to join in with her, I joined her for the "Uh oh," parts.
I looked over "I can take this part. "When I talk to my friends so quietly, who you think she is?" She jumped in,
"Look at what you did to me. Tennis shoes, don't need to buy a new dress,"
I cut her off, "If you ain't there,"
She shot back "ain't nobody else to impress." She giggled but never stopped singing. "It's the way that you know what I thought I knew. It's the beat my heart skips when I'm with you."
I shot in "but I still don't understand" her voice cooed "Just how your love can do what no one else can." I matched her beat for beat, word for word. We just sang together for this part, "Got me looking so crazy right now, Your love's got me lookin so crazy right now, Got me looking so crazy right now, got me looking so crazy tight now, your touch's got me so looking so crazy right now." Her and I sang together normally it was just one on one to outdo each other but really I wanted her to sing her heart out, she wasn't bad either. I wanted to finger her on the high notes just to hear her scream my name. I let her take some of the last part of the song.
"Got me hoping you save me right now your kiss, got me hoping you save me right now, lookin' so crazy your love got me lookin' got me looking so crazy in love!" Her voice that high note I literally stood up hit the keys so she won't come undone on that note. As the song came to a close. Dear God not only was I rock hard for her, I didn't want her to end, I wanted her to keep singing. She was breathless. Oh my god, I had to have her over my personal piano at home, I didn't sleep, mostly from the night terrors from when I was a small boy and the piano brought me comfort but now I wanted her over my piano singing that high note over and over. She looked over at me, "is it your turn?" She asked with a coy smile.
"Honey if it was my turn you would be singing longer and higher notes." She turned a beautiful shade of red, she was blushing,
"Oh Mr. Grey, I don't think we could that kind of show with this many people here."
"Oh, we don't mind!" I heard from the back. It was Billy Joel guy, God I hated that guy. I chucked.
"Yeah, Billy Joel I mind!" The audience laughed along with me, I got a paper note from a Leila the waitress, and I looked at the note. "'Could I please play that song again?' Sorry folk's only one song performance a night, but I will play one of my favorites" I looked over and said, "Do you know Elvis Presley – Can't Help Falling In Love with You?" A slow smile crept across her face,
"Is that a suggestion, Mr. Grey?" She asked.
"It is, what is your name I never got it, we just started playing."
"Ana, Ana Steele."
"Well Ana, Wise men say 'Only fools rush in,' But I can't help, Falling in love with you."
Later that night, I sat up at the bar and waited for my Tips to be counted out as they did Mr. Taylor came and patted me on the shoulder, "Hey sorry for the last minute change up but I thought the little blonde would show, it's ok it was Ana's first time, you handled her like a pro. Thanks again." I shook my head, and sucked back on my bottle of bud, watching the young one get her lipstick on, her ruby red lips. I wanted that stain all over my body, or at least the parts she could touch, "Don't go there Grey, you worked too hard in this life to think of that bitch and her monsters, I shook my head knocking the demons out again, I took a long pull of my beer and watched Ana in her black, purple and gold dress, stand it was of Dragons, something you would find a in a vintage store. With her black come fuck me pumps. God damn this girl was better than any groupie I had. I looked at the time just after two am, normal Friday night would mean me going home to an alone apartment one I shared with my horn dog brother and hearing his bed squeak for two hours on end longer if it was yoga teacher. I shook my head with that thought. I looked at Ana, I didn't notice but now Seattle winter now came with snow, she looked out and her eyes looked down and away, how I wanted to walk her home. "Walk her home Grey? That sounds so corny even for you!" My inner demon mocked at me, I downed my beer and waved Leila off at the bar who just passed me my envelope for the night, in it where my tips, I hoped Ana got hers,
"wait if you are going to blue eyes pass this to her." Leila handed me another envelope. "Lucky her, she did good one her first night."
"How much did she make?" I asked. Leila shrugged,
"Ball park, just little over a hundred, but I heard she was in publishing, so for her, it might be a night to make some extra cash." She turned back to cleaning back the bar. I looked for Ana who had made it outside. She was about to get into a car when I called out.
"Hey wait!" I called in the snow, she pulled back and looked at me her red lips glowing as the snow fell around her face, I held her envelope up, Ana smiled and looked inside the car, "just wait for me." She came to me watching her body almost skip as the snow brushed beside her body. I can't wait anymore, we don't work now, I can't wait a minute longer.
"Yes Christian?" Her voice breathless.
"Thank fuck." I grabbed her in my arms and pulled her close, she didn't pull back and didn't resist. She melted. Her arms were almost frozen to her sides then a horn pulled me back from what I was doing to this young woman, "Got me hoping you save me right now your kiss, got me hoping you save me right now, lookin' so crazy your love got me lookin' got me looking so crazy in love." I sang to her. She smiled then took her envelope. "Thank you for the song Mr. Grey I hope our paths cross again."
"I hope so," I called out as she got in the car and drove off into the night, I was stuck there with the hard on and a horn dog to go home to. Great my night was shaping up to be awesome.
Anastasia's p.o.v.
I sat there in Kate's Mercedes as she drove us home in the snow the truth was she got a bad sore throat and she couldn't do it, her runny nose and cough were something not to be desired as I looked at the snow flowing down around us. "So you were kissing the star of the show huh?" Her raspy voice came out. "He's not bad but really I want to think about just going home and going to bed and not telling anybody about this."
"Why not?" Her cough came up as we sat at a red light, it flicked to green, I sat there and thought about how a few weeks ago, my heart was shattered from my long time love Jose left me at the altar, we were saving ourselves then the night before our wedding he ran off with a stripper, and well Kate and I waited all day for him. I just broke down, so Kate told me, I never knew I just slept. I never felt that way with Jose as Christian stole my breath away, and the way we played, I hadn't played with that much fire in my belly, not in the years I learned and not in the years in college. I don't know what Christian did, but I was for sure, going to be Crazy, Crazy in Love with him. "Just hoping He might come back I don't want to ruin anything." Kate scoffed,
"If anything he ruined any chance he would have you, I think you should after Christian, at least pop your cherry, get it out of the way. Actually, I think I know where he lives let's go stalk the bastard!" Kate was about to do a U-turn,
"Kate no!" I begged, "if it is meant to happen with him it will okay?" Pleading with her. She put her hands up and back to the wheel. We were quiet for most of the ride home, I looked in the envelope to see what it was, and there was over 100.00 in there.
"Your tips?" Kate asked. I nodded.
"I should give this to you," I said as we pulled into our apartment underground parking. I looked at my old Wanda as I got out. My old girl who I loved but didn't have the money for snow tires this year. I closed the door on the car and walked up with Kate, "Nonsense you keep it, you earned it." We came up to our apartment. Jose and I didn't live together in fear of doing the unholy deed. Kate and I had lived together for five almost six years from our time in Portland, to Seattle. I would go anywhere with her. I wish I had the guts to move out, but I couldn't, not now.
I brushed my teeth, and climbed into bed, I thought of us singing tonight, I loved Crazy in love it was my go to song in College, Jose said it was whores song of how she would pine over a man, I didn't say I was pining over Christian I think if anything I was letting him know I was available. My mind was racing and thinking if grey eyes, a cooing voice of can't help falling in love. Oh God, I was in Crazy, question would he save me?
Okay, this is a story I have thought long and hard on, and I wanted to make it so your song made it, I added Crazy in love because it was a big part of the original story as well as the movie. I had to listen to it a lot and look up lyrics but listen to it with Crazy in love by Sofia Karlberg. you will feel it in your body more than just reading it, I had to pause it a few time because of how intense it got. I hope you like it.