Hey guys, this is all the chapters of The New Year Tapes in one big one. The chapter where Mike sings will be kept separate because it's not a tape.
Lucas froze as everyone else, including Mike, laughed. On the screen, Lucas was doing what could've been considered a mix of belly-dancing and... lap-dancing. He was dancing to it to in front of Max, while We Built This City by Starship was playing on the radio. Both Max's; the one on the screen and the one watching the tape, had their heads in the hands. Lucas looked terrified as he watched himself shake his butt at the camera while singing in a bit of a raspy voice, 'We built this city on rock an' rollllllll.' He then proceeded to do the air guitar. Dustin laughed so hard, a bubble came out of his nose. The tape flickered before stopping, it was a while before Jonathan picked himself up from the floor and put the next tape in, 'Ok, I think this is Dustin and Steve's one.' Dustin abruptly stopped laughing and turned to Steve. Steve forgot about this, he'll never hear the end of it now.
The second tape flickered a little before coming on. Everyone stifled a gasp before bursting out into laughter at Steve and Dustin ballroom dancing. Lucas fell off his chair at Dustin's expression, which resembled the face of a man who has seen something horrible. On the screen Steve actually looked rather good at it, before he tripped over his own feet and fell over pulling Dustin along with him. The camera began to shake, making it clear that whoever was filming was shaking with laughter.
On the film, Dustin fell on Steve's stomach, winding the poor boy. Whoever was filming began to wheeze and dropped the camera, revealing the cameraman to be Hopper. On the tape and in real life, both Steve's groaned in pain from embarrassment. Mike spoke up, 'You did know you were sleeping on top of Steve when I woke up, Dustin?' Everyone laughed at that, while Dustin spluttered and Steve shook his head denying that happened. The tape flickered off before stopping. Jonathan stood up and placed the third one in. 'I managed to film Will and Mom and Hopper in this one.' He announced to the group. Will looked devastated as did Joyce and Hopper.
The tape turned on rather quickly and a voice filled the room, 'Once I had a love and it was a gas, soon tuned out had a heart of glass.'
El stared in shock at the screen as the camera turned to show her father belting out in a falsetto voice, 'SEEMS LIKE THE REAL THING, ONLY TO F-I-I-I-IND'. Mike turned to El as her face went redder than he thought possible. Mike was conflicted whether to feel sorry for El or just burst out laughing. El groaned and buried her head into Mike's shoulder.
Hopper wasn't much better as he stared at the screen with a sickened look on his face; watching his drunk self sing and sway to the tune of Heart Of Glass by Blondie. Other than El, Mike, Hopper and Joyce, everyone else was laughing; the Byers' boys were rolling on the floor and Dustin and Steve were holding each other, howling with laughter. The Byers' boys laughter was short lived when their mother came into view; Joyce groaned, she remembered this part. Joyce came into the view of the camera, dancing rather provocatively for a mother of two.
Will started to retch at the sight of his mother's dancing while Jonathan pretty much flew across the room to eject the tape. The room was silent before Will spoke up, 'Let's just agree; we never speak of this again.' Everyone nodded, Joyce's dancing was not something anybody would ever want to remember. Jonathan cleared his throat before placing the fourth tape in, 'I think this is either Will's or mine and Nancy's.'
The tape burst into life with Joyce and Hopper again but this time, it looked like they were trying to pull something. On the tape; Hopper was yelling, 'Stay still kid.' While Joyce was fussing, 'How did you even do this, Will?' Joyce and Hopper moved away and everyone laughed at the sight. Will was stuck in one of the dining room chairs; his legs were through the back and he somehow got a turkey stuck on his head. His muffled voice came through the turkey, 'It stinks in here, let me out.' The party was watching the situation unfold, both on the tape and in real life. Mike turned to Will, 'What happened?' Will cleared his throat before answering, 'I was sitting in that chair with my legs crossed under me, but then it fell back. I stretched and my legs went through the chair.' Will's voice was getting higher so he cleared his throat again before continuing, 'I tried to stand up but I fell forward and my head went into the turkey.' Lucas burst out laughing at the screen, 'Dustin, you're disgusting.' He said watching Dustin grab some meat from the turkey on Will's head. 'I was hungry.'
Jonathan moved forward and took out that tape. 'Ok, next one is the singing group. Jane, you're going to want sit closer for this, Mike's voice is... well, you'll see.' El moved closer to the TV as Mike stared at the back of her head. He gasped quietly, as he remembered what he had promised to El. He didn't have time to think as the next tape came on. His face along with; Lucas, Dustin, Will, Max and Steve's turned a deep red.
Mike gaped as the music started on the tape. He closed his eyes in despair as he began singing into a flower, 'When I had you to myself, I didn't want you around', with Dustin following up with, 'Those pretty faces always made you stand out in a crowd. As if it wasn't enough, 'But someone picked you from the bunch, one glance was all it took,' and 'Now its much too late for me to take a second look.' Came from Lucas and Will both sharing and singing into a hairbrush.
Suddenly Steve and Max stepped out from behind them and began singing as well. Max went first with, 'Oh, baby give me one more chance. Won't you please let me back in your heart.' Everyone noticed she was looking straight at Lucas while saying this. On the couch, Lucas and Max awkwardly shuffled away from each other. Their attention was brought back to the TV when Steve started where Max finished. 'Oh, darlin' I was blind to let you go. But now since I see you in his arms. I want you back.' Somehow nobody noticed Steve staring directly at Nancy when he was singing and if they did, they didn't bring it up.
Nancy spoke up, 'By the way guys, where is my hairbrush?' Lucas and Will glanced at each other, then back at Nancy; 'Um, with your other hair stuff?' Nancy glared at the boys, 'Are you asking me or telling me?' Will shuffled before answering, 'Telling you?' Nancy continued to death glare at the pair of them, while Jonathan put the final tape in. Mike did a double take at Jonathan hunched form; he thought he was imagining it, but he saw it again. He clearly wasn't the only one because his mom leaned forward and squinted her eyes. Dustin was the one who said what everyone was thinking, 'Jonathan? Are you wearing pink underwear?'
Jonathan jumped up banging his head on the table that the TV was situated on while pulling his trousers up, 'No, they're not pink. They're um...' Everyone looked at him amused, 'They were white but they got washed with my red shirt.' He thought he got away with it before his mother piped up, 'You don't own anything red.' Jonathan stared at his mother; his own mother just sold him out. It got worse for him when the tape started playing; everyone's face turned towards the screen as Jonathan danced into view with someone's underwear on his head. Jonathan deflated as he watched his embarrassing self dance with - 'WHY IS MY UNDERWEAR ON YOUR HEAD?' Mike screamed; he knew that pattern looked familiar, he was wearing it right now.
Nancy ejected the tape and turned off the TV, 'I think that's enough for the morning.' Everyone made to get up but El stopped them, 'What about the thing Mike promised?' Mike was hoping to get away before she remembered but it was too late for that as Hopper and Steve pushed him forward, egging him to go on. 'Go on Wheeler, show us .' Mike sighed and moved forward...
Ok, that's all the tapes.