"Hey, you Magnolia?" Ypu ask, power walking up to the red dress with legs.
"Yeah, honey, what do you need? Bear in mind, autographs are ten caps." She drawls back.
"Good, I've a proposition! But I need you to run levels first."
"Sure." She replies, complying with a slight smile, happy to show off.
She's deeper than you, "Brilliant! Here, the instrumental, the full and the sheet music to a duet I want us to perform together."
You hand her two holotapes and a booklet, with care which she replicates.
"Oh, my god! It's been over 200 years since I last sang with anyone!" You say to yourself, leaving the woman befuddled in your wake.
"Fuck, you're voice two!" You yell over your shoulder as you climb the stairs.
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You finish your business with Fred Allen, ten pounds lighter yet 250 caps heavier (and richer too!).
You make your way back to The Third Rail, once through the door you catch the doorman's attention.
"Miss Magnolias in the VIP section, quite excited to see your return, she will."
"Thank you..." You reply in question, reaching a hand for his attention.
"Ham." He replies with a slight smile.
"Thank you Ham!" You reply in passing, slipping a cap in his suit pocket.
"You're welcome!" He happily calls after you.
You find Magnolia with headphones donned, hips swaying and mouth forming tge words.
You walk up behind her, spin her round and mouth the words from memory to her as you sway together.
"Patrons of The Third Rail!" Charlies calls out, "We have for you a new song and guest performer joining us tonight! Miss Nora!" He 'yells' over the din of conversation.
You and Magnolia mount the modest stage.
The music starts up, you time your parts with a steadily tapping foot, at six seconds Magnolia starts.
"Listen baby... Ain't no mountain high, ain't no valley low, ain't no river wide enough baby!"
You join at sixteen seconds, "If you need me, call me! No matter where you are, no matter how far!"
"Dont worry baby!"
"Just call my name, I'll be there in a hurry, you don't have to worry!
Together you cry, "Cause baby, there, ain't no mountain high enough..."
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Later, after the performance, Magnolia and you are sharing a drink (Brahmin milk.).
"Thank you, you've no idea how much that mean't!"
You cry happy tears now, "You wanna talk?" She questions quietly, into your ear as you cling to her for comfort, which she supplies in full.
"It was our song, mine and Nates, we sang it together at our wedding." You whisper back, hding tighter.
"I was six months pregnant, he decided we'd spend the day in the park." You chuckle at the memory, "I wasn't comfortable, the prissies would give us looks, I wanted to deck them but couldn't."
She laughs, "Go, on." She encourages.
"I trusted him, so we went, there was a stereo hooked to the band stand's speaker systen, and our song started, we danced and sang along."
You smile brighly through your tears, "and when it ended his priest came out, all smiles, we married in that park, June the twelth, 2077."
You loose a sob. She speaks after a few minutes, "Thank you."
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End.
Small unrelated oneshot, thak you for reading!
Apologies for any mistakes, working off of mobile...
This style of using 'you' in place of 'I' for fpp is from 'Sometime Around Midnight' by 'pleasant-hell' which I whole heartedly recommend.
Also line breaks disappear on mobile, WTF?!
Magnolia isn't available for me on mobile, for characters... Why?