Title: Night On The Town
Disclaimer: own nothing, not characters or songs.
Chapter 1: Kerosene (Lulu)
I was lying on my bed going stir crazy in the Quartermain mansion and it was only six in the evening. Ever since my mom relapsed into her catatonic state, Monica feels I need to be carefully watched. Well to hell with that! Rolling across my bed, I grabbed my cell phone. 'beep, beep, beep,' the annoying little beeping continued on until I found the number I wanted. Pushing talk I listen to the phone ring.
"Hello?" said the voice on the other end.
"Liz! What are you doing tonight? Can you do something?" I quickly asked.
"Um, I can probably do something, why?"
"Because, I'm going stir crazy here and 'Jake's Bar' has Karaoke tonight!" I squeaked. Elizabeth could only laugh at me. "Please go!!!" I begged.
"Yea, sure, let me see if Grams will watch Cam tonight and I'll give you a call back then."
"Yay!" we said a quick good-bye and I hung up the cell phone. Bounding over to my closet to see what would be suitable for a good night of karaoke, I pulled out a pale blue and white long sleeve shirt, a mini skirt and calf-length boots. And to top off the outfit, in my closet I found a pale blue and white striped scarf. Perfect!
Just then my phone rang with Elizabeth ring tone. "Hello?"
"It's good. Do you want me to come get you in an hour?"
"Sounds perfect!" I squeaked. Okay I really need to stop the whole squeaking thing. "invite some people! The more the merrier!"
"Good point! Do you care who? As long as it isn't Maxie Jones…"
"Not at all!" I was smiling. It was going to be a good night. I could tell. "Okay, I'm going to invite Milo, and then get ready to go. I'll see ya in an hour!"
"See ya then!" and we both hung up.
Going back through my phone book hearing that aggravating beep made me want to throw my phone across the room. I finally found the number I was looking for and mashed the talk button. I listened to next annoying thing, the ringing of a phone. After the third ring it was finally answered. "hello?"
"Milo!" I almost shouted. "Tell me you're free tonight, please!" I was begging.
Chuckling at me, "Yea, why?"
"Then tell me you'll go to Jakes tonight. It's karaoke!"
"Um, hold on okay Lulu?" he put his hand over the mouth piece and there was muffled voices. Then I heard a laugh and got back on. "When would you like to be picked up?"
"I have that taken care of, just meet me at Jakes in an hour, deal?"
"Deal." He said, and I could tell that he was smiling. After I hung up the phone with Milo, I decided I would take a quick shower and start to get ready.
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An hour later we were finally at Jakes for the karaoke. Even before placing my drink order, which Elizabeth told me there was no drinking allowed for me, no matter who offered to by them, I went up and put in my tag for a song I was going to sing.
Then I went and got my drink, and there was Milo and Max both. "Do you Giambetti brothers ever separate?" I asked with a smile and earned a chuckle from both of them.
"No." the two said simultaneously. Which made the four of us laugh a little more.
"So, Liz, who did you invite." I asked curiously.
"Lucky…" she smiled. "And Jason."
Turning to look at Milo and Max I raised my eyebrows as if to ask them the same question. "Sonny." Max offered up.
"Cool! The more the merrier!" I repeated. I turned to look towards the door and see my brother coming through it. He came wandering over giving me a hug and giving Elizabeth an awkward hug. Just then something by the door caught my eye. I quickly turned to look and it was none other than Maxie Jones. "Lucky, tell me you didn't invite Maxie Jones." I growled.
"No, but I think she over heard my conversation." He too was really pissed at her because she lied to him about a phony pregnancy and miscarriage. But I'm the whore, or so she says.
"Whatever, we'll just ignore her." Elizabeth said smiling at Lucky. She seemed to be wanting to try over with Lucky, ever since he got addicted to pills. Hesitantly, she grabbed his hand and smiled up at him, he returned the smile and holding her hand as well. I couldn't be happier for my brother.
Sonny came in with Jason and Carly and they wandered over to our table as well. In the corner coming towards our table wasn't just Sonny and his gang, but it was Maxie, her sister, Georgie Jones and Dillon Quartermain. They were heading towards us, just after Sonny was.
"Hey Mr. C., Mrs. C., Jason. How are you all?" Max asked, standing quickly.
"Relax would you? You're not working!" Sonny said with a smile. Who knew? Mob bosses do know how to have fun and let their bodyguards have fun as well! Apparently tonight would turn out to be really kind of interesting.
"Hi Lucky!" Maxie said sweetly. "Thank you for inviting me." She just had to add that smile that made me want to jump up and punch her in the face. I would of too, had I not been in a skirt! Damn it for wanting to look pretty!
"You look beautiful." Milo whispered in my ear, and I could feel the heat in my cheeks and a smile came unwillingly to my lips.
"Thank you, you're looking pretty good yourself." I murmured back. He too blushed.
"Cruz, over here!" Lucky hollered. His partner and longtime friend came drifting over to our table and pulled up a chair.
"Hey everyone!" Cruz smiled at everyone, including me, but it seemed that his smiled lingered on me for a few seconds longer. He may be good looking but, my brother would have his head if anything were to ever happen between Cruz and me.
Georgie and Dillon came and sat with Maxie at the table by ours. It wasn't too much longer and professor Marquez joined them, along with his friends, Patrick Drake and Robin Scorpio, who was constantly moving between the two tables.
"Hey, how about we save Robin some trouble, and move the two tables together?" I said. I looked at Elizabeth apologetically, hoping she understood. Robin was a good person but she kept trying to hold two conversations at once by jumping up and running between tables, her legs would be killing her half way through the night. Liz smiled at me showing that she understood why I had suggested it.
"Are you sure you won't kill her?" Milo hissed to me.
"Only if you don't hold me back I will." I smiled back at him. I knew he wouldn't let me hurt anyone or anyone hurt me. Milo was a total sweetheart, and I just loved that about him. I gave his hand a gentle squeeze to show some sign of affection towards him and squeezed my hand back.
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It only took us about a half hour to get settled with the tables to where we could all deal with who we were sitting next to. To my left was Milo and to my right was Liz. I was good.
"Lulu Spencer, you're up with Kerosene, by Miranda Lambert."
I ran up to the stage, adrenaline pumping through me. This one was for Dillon, I couldn't help but think while I stood up there waiting for the first lines of the song.
I'm waitin' on the sun to set cause yesterday aint over yet.
I started smoking cigarettes there's nothing else to do I guess
Dusty roads aint made for walking, spinning tires aint made for stoppin'.
I'm giving up on love cause love's given up on me.
I gave it everything I had and everything I got was bad
Life aint hard but it's too long to live it like some country song
Trade the truth for a lie, cheating really aint a crime
I'm giving up on love cause love's given up on me
The look on Dillon's face at the line about cheating not being a crime was priceless. Maxie just stared at me with her smug look, no doubt I'd get some nasty comment when I sat down, but I could deal with her, I had Milo by my side.
Forget your high society, I'm soakin' it in kerosene
Light 'em up and watch them burn, teach them what they need to learn ha!
Dirty hands aint made for shaken, aint a rule that aint worth breaking
Well I'm giving up on love cause love's given up on me.
That's right, the Quartermain high society can burn. One of these days I'll be lighting the torch. Us Spencer's and the Quartermain's are like dynamite and a match!
Now I don't hate the one who left
You can't hate someone who's dead
He's out there holding on to someone, I'm holding up my smoking gun.
I'll find somewhere to lay my blame the day she changes her last name.
Well, I'm giving up on love cause love's given up on me
Well I'm giving up on love HEY love's given up on me!"
I couldn't help but smile as I walked off the stage, it was entirely too funny to see some random girl pull off a country song.
"Good thinking, Lulu, too bad it was your fault Dillon cheated." Maxie started
"Who's fault was it that Lucky cheated then?" Liz snapped. That shut Maxie Jones up real quick. She looked at me, knowing that I had made a mistake too, but I had tried to fix mine. Maxie didn't care either way.
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