A Little Karaoke Doesn't Hurt
"So that's a yes to game night?" Kara said, a grin spreading across her face.
Barry spluttered a little, "Now, I didn't say for sure anything—I mean, I need to get back home."
The Kryptonian put her hands on her hips, pouting a little dramatically, tilting her head at the speedster. "Oh, come on," she said, not wanting to take no for an answer.
A few moments of silence, followed by a sheepish smile from Barry. "I don't actually have a choice, do I?" He said eventually, a little huff of a chuckle following his question.
She shook her head, and he hit his hands against his pant legs. His shoulders gave a little shrug, proving he had nothing to counter with. Kara grinned gleefully, grabbing a scrap of paper and scribbling down an address, shoving it into his hands. "We start at six," she said, "bring queso, Winn's got chips."
Could he really say much of anything else? And...it did sound fun, anyways. He chuckled again, closing his hand around the scrap. "Will do," he said, "And then afterwards?"
"We'll race," Kara said with a smug smirk.
-.-.-
"So, the rest of us are still gonna eat, right?" Winn asked as he opened a third bag of tortilla chips, dumping them into the large bowl already half full with the salty snack.
Kara laughed, "I'm not going to eat all the chips, Winn, if that's what you're worrying about," she said, grinning as she poured salsa into a smaller bowl.
He nodded, rubbing his hands together with a slight grimace, though it quickly turned into an earnest smile. "I'm choosing what we play first," he added, and Kara rolled her eyes.
"Good thing, too, because last time Kara here chose, we ended up with about ten crushed Monopoly hotels," Alex said, putting her hands on her sister's shoulders, smirking at the pair. "Remember that, Kara?" She said with a teasing glare towards her.
"What?" Kara said in her own defense, though she couldn't help but smile, "You two were plotting against me."
"Hey, at least we managed to still win," James said as he entered the kitchen area, slapping a pack of licorice on the counter, along with a jumbo bag of M&Ms. Setting a few two liters near them, he leaned on the counter, giving Kara a knowing smile. "There's that, isn't there?"
She smiled, her eyes brightening. "Yeah, I guess that's true," she said with a faint laugh. "Thank goodness, I was worried we were gonna go the whole night without Mountain Dew," she added, nodding to the electric-colored drinks.
"I think I'll stick to coffee, thank you very much. No devil's pee for me," Alex said, raising her brow a little as she raised her mug, then bringing it to her lips.
"You have a weird sense of taste," Kara said, shoving her sister in the shoulder once, wrinkling her nose at her with a teasing smile.
"No, no, on the contrary, I think mine's the only normal one," she countered with a little chuckle.
The chips crackled a little as Winn emptied the fourth and final bag into the bowl, giving another little laugh at the banter between the sisters. "Alright, alright, how about we just all agree that without caffeine we'd be walking zombies, okay?" He said.
A little nod from both siblings, and the subject was dropped. Mostly. "I still think it's devil's pee," Alex whispered to her sister with a pat to her shoulder, to which Kara simply scoffed, looking at her with disappointment.
The door sounded, and Kara was right on it, giving her sister one last playful glare. She opened the door, grinning brightly once she saw who it was. "Barry!" She exclaimed, letting him in.
Winn and James looked at each other again, exchanging knowing glances. Mainly, though, Winn just had that look of triumph and smugness as he saw James' reaction. He folded his arms over his chest, exhaling a little as he turned back to the two supers exchanging smiles and greetings.
"Good, that should be enough dip for all of us," Kara said with a pleased sigh, taking the bowl of queso from him, heading over to the counter and setting it down by the chips.
Barry held up a finger, "Oh, you'll uh, you'll need to heat it up," he said, gesturing to the bowl.
"Got it," Kara responded with a little grin, and she lowered her glasses, eyes glowing a blue hue as she heated up the bowl, only enough for the cheese to steam.
The speedster let out a little breath as she did so, grinning at the heat vision. "Okay, does that ever stop being cool? Because, I mean, I don't think it would," he said, looking to the rest of the group.
"I mean, it's pretty cool," Winn said, feigning a nonchalant attitude as he took a chip, dipping it into the steaming cheese dip, blowing on it a little before taking a bite. "Ow, ow, Kara," he said, nearly dropping the chip, "Jeez, could you—could you not make it so hot? You know?"
Kara grimaced, "Sorry?" She tried, giving an elongated shrug.
Barry clapped his hands together lightly, unsure what else he could really say. It wasn't like back home, being one of the group. He was basically the odd one out, but at least Kara was trying.
She was really trying.
"Right," Kara said, rushing back over to him, and grabbing him by the arm. She pulled him towards the couch, seating him down and giving a happy little sigh, smiling at him. "Okay, so...we usually just sort of go ahead and do...whatever. I don't know, we don't really usually...explain game night, I guess," she said a tad awkwardly.
Barry chuckled, "It's fine, really," he assured her, "So, what first?"
"That would be Winn's decision," Alex said as she brought over the chips, James following behind with the salsa, Winn with the queso, still frowning at it a little. "Winn?" She said after a few moments, head turning to the guy.
"Right," he said, pointing at her to confirm he'd heard her, "We are going to do...uh...what about karaoke?"
It was silent a few moments, and Winn pursed his lips awkwardly, rocking forward in his seat a few times. "So, is that a..."
"No, no, sounds good," and other comments came from the rest of the group. Winn arched a brow at them. It's just that no one had been expecting it.
"Who's going first, then?" Winn asked, "Because I'm—I don't really...I mean, unless no one..."
"Kara will do it," Barry said, volunteering her with a smug little grin.
She gave a laugh of disbelief at him, and her eyes widened, "Oh no," she said, standing up. "No, no, no, I'm not singing karaoke." Alex was about to protest, "Unless—" Kara started, "Unless he does it with me."
Barry was surprisingly silent a few moments, before he said simply, "I don't—"
"Sure you do," Kara challenged, shoving him in the arm, "Because apparently, so do I."
James arched a brow at Winn, who gave a shrug. 'Who knows?' he mouthed, almost looking interested and amused by what was about to happen.
"Then I'm choosing," Alex said, reaching for the remote as she turned on the karaoke, searching through the list. As Kara tried to protest, Alex held up a hand, before selecting a song. "Nope, no excuses," she said, smirking smugly.
Both supers looked to the screen, and Barry nearly groaned. This song? Again? So apparently Grease happened in this world, too. "You know what, if Kara doesn't want to do it, then..."
"Oh, no no no, you can't back out of it now, Mister 'Fastest Man Alive,'" Kara said, waving the microphone at his face with a knowing little grin, "We're singing."
The opening riff started, and Barry blew a breath through his lips, unsure what he was about to hear. Well, last time he'd sung this song, the other singer had been more than just a little bit drunk, so what was he to worry?
"Summer lovin', had me a blast—"
Wait, what? Barry almost forgot to sing at first. Sure, he hadn't expected her to sing as bad as a drunken Caitlyn, but...huh.
"Summer lovin', had me so fast—"
The couch of listeners all had wide eyes, both Winn and James with mouths slightly agape. Alex sat between the two, and with a smug grin, simply brought her hands to their chins, pushing them up just slightly, still watching the two in front of her sing along.
"But oh, those summer nights—"
By the middle of the song, everyone had gotten in on it, belting about as loud as they could to the accompanying parts, and both Kara and Barry had rather wide grins on their faces.
As the song came to an end, the two set down the mics, plopping down on the couch, a little breathless.
"So—" they both started, then laughing a little afterwards.
"Sing much, Barry?" Kara questioned with a grin, tilting her head as she spoke.
"Could say the same to you, Kara. Did they have glee clubs back on Krypton?" Barry responded, arching a brow at her.
She merely gave a slightly awkward scoff, pushing the breath through her lips as she shook her head. "No, of course not, I just—"
"Kara doesn't want to admit how much she loved singing back in high school," Alex smirked, nudging her sister in the shoulder. The Kryptonian whipped her head back around, her look simply saying 'shut up,' as her sister merely chuckled. "No, no, of course I shouldn't mention all those times in the bathroom, you belting along to High School Musical, being so surprised your time in high school wasn't just like the movies."
Again, Kara scoffed, words all flowing together as she tried to string together some sort of excuse.
"Oh, really?" Barry said, grinning playfully as Kara turned around, almost red in the cheeks. "So, there's High School Musical in this world, too," he said jokingly.
Kara picked up the microphone again and hit him lightly, though he still rubbed his arm for effect. "I think it's about time we get some payback, though, what do you think?" She said, glancing at her sister, before looking back to Barry.
He grinned, "Oh, yeah, big time," he said, taking a mic and tossing it to Winn, who caught it, after a few juggles in the air.
Kara shoved the mic into her sister's hands, "Time for some High School Musical," she said, grinning brightly as she high-fived Barry.
"You were pretty good, though, you know," Barry whispered as Kara pulled up "Start of Something New," just to spite them.
She waved a hand dismissively, "Oh, come on, you carried that song," she said, her smile a little sheepish as she smiled at him. "I just want to hear you sing Michael Jackson," she added, "maybe do a little dancing, too?"
"Oh good, he sang in this world too," Barry said with a little laugh, leaning back into the couch as he turned back to watch the awkward duo being the song.