Karaoke Night 10: Duets Chapter 1, a x-men: evolution fanfic

Disclaimer: I don't own X-Men Evolution or anything else I mention in this fic. That includes the songs, of course.

Chapter One

I still hear your voice, when you sleep next to me.
I still feel your touch in my dreams.
Forgive me my weakness, but I don't know why
Without you it's hard to survive.

"You gave a girly song on purpose, didn't you?" Lance asked Beast.

Beast smiled and shrugged.

"You can sing the chorus." Kitty backed away after she sang the first verse.

"Oh, yay." Lance started singing the chorus.

'Cause everytime we touch, I get this feeling.
And everytime we kiss I swear I could fly.
Can't you feel my heart beat fast, I want this to last.
Need you by my side.
'Cause everytime we touch, I feel this static.
And everytime we kiss, I reach for the sky.
Can't you hear my heart beat so...
I can't let you go.
Want you in my life.

"I refuse to sing a duet. I sang a solo. Isn't that enough?" Logan talked to himself.

"Will you calm down and shut up?" Jean asked.

"I'm sorry that I'm disturbing you," Logan apologized sarcastically. "But unlike you, I really don't want to do this."

"You don't have to." Scott added.

"We don't?" Rogue butted into the conversation.

"I don't think so, at least..." Scott scratched his head.

Your arms are my castle, your heart is my sky.
They wipe away tears that I cry.
The good and the bad times, we've been through them all.
You make me rise when I fall.

'Cause everytime we touch, I get this feeling.
And everytime we kiss I swear I could fly.
Can't you feel my heart beat fast, I want this to last.
Need you by my side.

"Beast, you can sit down now. Kitty and I are going to choose who we want to go next. I choose Bobby." Lance went back over to the karaoke machine.

Kitty sat back down in her seat. "Jubilee can go, too."

Jubilee rolled her eyes and stood on the stage next to Bobby.

"Are you two ready?" Lance smiled.

"I guess. No offense to Jubilee, but I'd rather be singing another solo." Bobby admitted.

"Just start singing." Lance hit the play button.

Seems like just yesterday
You were a part of me
I used to stand so tall
I used to be so strong
Your arms around me tight
Everything, it felt so right
Unbreakable, like nothin' could go wrong
Now I can't breathe
No, I can't sleep
I'm barely hanging on

Bobby took a deep breath."If anyone of my friends found out that I am singing Kelly Clarkson songs..."

"Suck it up." Jubilee was actually hoping to sing a duet with Tabitha.

Here I am, once again
I'm torn into pieces
Can't deny it, can't pretend
Just thought you were the one
Broken up, deep inside
But you won't get to see the tears I cry
Behind these hazel eyes

"These are all girly songs..." Logan continued to complain. "I can tell right now that I'm not going to like the song that Lance has planned out for me..."

I told you everything
Opened up and let you in
You made me feel alright
For once in my life
Now all that's left of me
Is what I pretend to be
So together, but so broken up inside
'Cause I can't breathe
No, I can't sleep
I'm barely hangin' on

Here I am, once again
I'm torn into pieces
Can't deny it, can't pretend
Just thought you were the one
Broken up, deep inside
But you won't get to see the tears I cry
Behind these hazel eyes

Kurt looked around the room. "Who am I going to be paired up with?" he asked Kitty.

"I don't know." Kitty replied.

"When am I going to get to go?"

"It all depends who picks you and when they go."

"Do you think Jubilee or Bobby will pick me to go next?" Kurt asked.

"Your going to have to find out until after they finish the song." Kitty started to get annoied.

"How long is this song? I want to find out now." Kurt said.

Kitty glared at him.

"...I think I can wait." Kurt looked away from Kitty's burning eyes.

Swallow me then spit me out
For hating you, I blame myself
Seeing you it kills me now
No, I don't cry on the outside
Anymore...

Here I am, once again
I'm torn into pieces
Can't deny it, can't pretend
Just thought you were the one
Broken up, deep inside
But you won't get to see the tears I cry
Behind these hazel eyes

"Jubilee and Bobby, who are you going to pick next?" Lance asked.

Jubilee heard every word of what Kurt was saying to Kitty. "Kurt can go next." she sat down.

"Yes!" Kurt ran up to the stage.

Bobby laughed and sat back down in his seat. He deicided to be mean. "Mystique can go with Kurt."

"No!" Kurt yelled.

Mystique rolled her eyes. "If you think I'm going to sing in the first place, then your nuts. But if you think that I'm going to sing with an X-Mn, then you'd better lie down."

"You don't even have to sing. You don't even have to stand next to each other, just go up on the stage and read the words out loud." Lance convinced.

"Go get it over with." Magneto ordered.

"No." Mystique glared at him.

"If you don't sing then we are never getting out of here. The longer you argue,the longer we stay." Magneto explained.

Mystique wanted to say something back but decided it would be better to keep her mouth shut. "Fine. I'll stand next to the stage and I'll read the words out loud, but I'm not going to sing." Mystique stood next to the stage.

Kurt shook his head. He thought he would be partnered with someone who would be happy to sing with him. He also thought he would be partnered with someone that he would want to sing with.

"Ready?" Lance asked.

"Just go already!" Mystique yelled.

These words are my own

Threw some chords together
The combination D-E-F
It's who I am, it's what I do
And I was gonna lay it down for you
Try to focus my attention
But I feel so A-D-D
I need some help, some inspiration
(But it's not coming easily)
Whoah oh!

"Oh, great!" Mystique banged her head on the stage.

Trying to find the magic
Trying to write a classic
Don't you know, don't you know, don't you know?
Waste-bin full of paper
Clever rhymes, see you later

These words are my own
From my heart flow
I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you
There's no other way
To better say
I love you, I love you...

Kurt's jaw dropped. "I have to sing this song with Mystique?"

"Hey, I chose the song before Jubilee and Bobby picked you guys." Lance shrugged.

"Why did you do that?" Kurt was frantic.

"Well, you finally got to sing, Kurt." Kitty laughed.

Read some Byron, Shelly and Keats
Recited it over a Hip-Hop beat
I'm having trouble saying what I mean
With dead poets and drum machines
I know I had some studio time booked
But I couldn't find a killer hook
Now you've gone & raised the bar right up
Nothing I write is ever good enough

"I hope I get to sing with Jean." Scott whispered to Logan.

"You are so full of it." Logan remarked.

These words are my own
From my heart flow
I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you
There's no other way
To better say
I love you, I love you!

I'm getting off my stage
The curtains pull away
No hyperbole to hide behind
My naked soul exposes
Whoah.. oh.. oh.. oh.. Whoah.. oh..

"I really really could be doing better things than this." Beast chanted over and over again.

"We all could be doing better things than this." Storm replied.

Trying to find the magic
Trying to write a classic
Waste-bin full of paper
Clever rhymes, see you later

These words are my own
From my heart flow
I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you

That's all I got to say,
Can't think of a better way,
And that's all I've got to say,
I love you, is that okay?

"No, it is not okay!" Kurt finished.

"No kidding!" Mystique sat back down in her chair.

Sabertooth was laughing at Mystique.

"Who do you guys want to go next?" Lance asked.

"Beast." Kurt didn't hesitate to answer. He just randomly picked out and X-Men.

"Sabertooth, since you feel like singing so much. Go ahead and sing with an X-men." Mystique glared at Sabertooth.

"I have to sing with an X-Men?" Sabertooth repeated.

"I had to sing with one and you thought it was funny," Mystique was angry. "So, go ahead and see for yourself if it's really funny or not."