Author's Note- I know Red Beaumont is a little old for karaoke, but trust me on this one. Also, thank you to a good friend of mine for recommending the song "Destroyer" by The Kinks!
-Sophia
As Kelly walked off stage, a limo pulled up to the party.
"Who could that be?" Susannah wondered.
Tad Beaumont stepped out, grinning. He walked over to Susannah and Jesse. "Hi Sue, long time no see."
"Hi Tad," Susannah said. Jesse looked at Tad with annoyance. Tad looked at Jesse with confusion. Then, on a whim, Red Beaumont stepped out of the limo and got up on stage.
"Oh no," Tad groaned.
Red- "Met a girl called Lola and I took her back to my place, feeling guilty feeling scared, hidden cameras everywhere!"
"He's still…?" Susannah looked at Tad.
"Yep," Tad looked embarrassed.
Red- "Stop! Hold on, stay in control. Girl, I want you here with me, but I'm really not as cool as I'd like to be."
"Is your father still a vampire?" Jesse asked. "Because I don't want him near Susannah, if he is."
"No, thank god, but he's still…"
Red- "Because there's a red under my bed, and there's a little yellow man in my head, and there's a true blue inside of me!"
"Crazy," Tad finished.
"I see," Susannah said. "L.A. didn't cure him yet?"
Red-"That keeps stopping me touching you, wanting you, loving you!"
"He doesn't think he's a vampire," Tad offered. "Most of the time, anyway."
Red- "Paranoia, thee destroyer! Paranoia thee destroyer! Well, I fell asleep, then I woke, feeling kind of queer, Lola looked at me and said 'You look so weird.' And she said 'Man, there's really something wrong with you. One day you're going to self-destruct.'"
"Who is Lola, anyway?" Susannah asked.
"I do not know," Tad said with faux-cheerfulness.
Red- "'You're up, you're down, I can't work you out! You get a good thing going, then you blow yourself out! Silly boy, you self-destroyer!' Silly boy, you self-destroyer!"
"Susannah, do not talk to that man," Jesse muttered.
Red- "Silly boy, you got so much to live for, so much to aim for, so much to try for! You blow it all with your paranoia!"
"Alright," Susannah agreed.
Red-"You're so insecure, you self-destroyer! And it goes like this, here it goes: Paranoia, thee destroyer! Here it goes again! Paranoia, thee destroyer!"
The crowd began cheering. "You know, he's actually pretty good," Cee Cee said as she walked over to Susannah.
Red- "Doctor, doctor, help me please, I know you'll understand, there's a time device inside of me, I'm a self-destructing man! There's a red under my bed, and there's a little green man in my head! He said 'You're not going crazy, you're just a bit sad, 'cause there's a man in you, knowing you, tearing you into two!'"
"Is that really what the doctor said?" Susannah asked.
"No, he said, 'You have been given hallucinogens, take these pills to help get them out of your system," Tad clarified.
Red- "Silly boy, you self-destroyer! Paranoia, thee destroyer! Self-destroyer, wreck your health, destroy your friends, destroy yourself! The time device of self-destruction!"
"No doctor would ever say that," Cee Cee told Susannah.
Red- "Light the fuse and start eruption! Yeah, and it goes like this, here it goes, paranoia, thee destroyer! Here's to paranoia! Paranoia, thee destroyer! Hey hey, here it goes! Paranoia, thee destroyer! And it goes like this!"
"Your father is a decent singer, for a madman," Jesse commented. "Although I still don't like you."
"I don't know why not," Tad said. "You've never met me before."
Red- "Paranoia, thee destroyer! And it goes like this!"
The song abruptly ended. Red bowed, and was escorted back into his limo by two security guards.
"I'll see you around," Tad said, and went off to talk to some other jocks.
"You know, you're kind of a hypocrite about why you don't like him," Susannah said. "You kiss me to say goodnight every single night."
"It's ok when I do it," Jesse told her. "I refuse to share you."
And as if to prove it, he did.