Title: Night On The Town
Disclaimer: Still own nothing, even if it has been a long time since I've written.
Chapter 7: Mack The Knife (Max)
So it's six o'clock and my brother gets a phone call from Lulu Spencer. A girl he's been ogling ever since he met her. Poor girl. She wants anyone to come up to karaoke at Jake's. What the hell? Why not. So I smile and nod my head saying I'll go, and I can see the excitement all over his face.
"Invite the boss and his wife." Milo suggests.
"Yea, so she can invite Jax?" I can't help but laugh at the expression Mr. C. would have on his face if he seen Jax walk into Jake's. "That would be disaster in the making." Milo and I both share a laugh.
"Just invite Mr. and Mrs. C. You know you want to. You've had the hots for Mrs. C. for years Max." As if I didn't know this one at all.
"Fine, as long as you leave me alone about it." I laugh. I know him, he won't.
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It's seven in the evening and we're sitting at the bar waiting for everyone to show up. Milo and I were the first ones there obviously. Milo seemed to have checked his watch at least fifteen times since we got in and sat down. Just then we caught sight of Lulu Spencer and Elizabeth Spencer walking towards us.
"Do you Giambetti brothers ever separate?" Lulu asked with a seductive smile on her lips. Good thing Milo was hot for her, or else I may have said something that I shouldn't have.
Looking at Milo for a minute, then looking back at her, we both simultaneously said "No." and left it at that. We all got a chuckle out of it thought.
Deciding that we should probably get a table, we found a couple tables that would seat a good amount of people. Not to long after we sat down, Lucky Spencer joined us. Now, I've never been a big fan of this guy, he's pretty cocky and one of these days, someone's going to put him in his place.
A couple of seats over I heard Lulu snarl something about inviting Maxie Jones and then I realized that she had just come in the door. Well, this can never be good with Maxie Jones and Lulu in the same place; someone is bound to get hurt. With Elizabeth here, I'd put my money on Maxie being the one that gets hurt.
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I leaned over to take a good look at Lulu after she suggested moving the tables together. Maybe there wouldn't be anyone getting hurt. This, in my opinion was a good thing because I don't think half the people here wanted to jump in a fight.
Cruz Rodriguez, who is a good cop and an all around good guy, was suddenly making me edgy. He kept eyeing Lulu. And Lulu was obviously very interested in my brother and wasn't paying much attention to Cruz.
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Carly finished singing, with a tear falling down her cheek. And I wished so bad that I could be the one to wipe it away. But Mr. C. beat me to the punch. He walked over to the stage, and whispered something sweet to her, wiping her tears away and kissing her.
Sometimes, I really didn't like Mr. C. He always had what I wanted.
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"Max Giambetti? Your turn." The guy shouted through the system. "It's time to bring it down a notch, with Mack the Knife originally by Bobby Darrin."
The first bars of the music kicked in and I let it take me away.
"Oh the shark babe
Has such teeth dear
And it shows them
Pearly white
Just a jack-knife
Has old Mac-heath babe
And he keeps it outta sight
You know when that shark bites
With its teeth babe
Scarlet billows
Start to spread"
I started to realize with a small chuckle how this could be seen as my line of work. I looked out at my brother who was mumbling along with me, and swaying with Lulu. He too was smiling. He grabbed her up and pulled her a little further away from the table and started to swing dance with her. They were good together, and for each other.
"Fancy gloves though wears old Mac-heath babe
So there's never
Never a trace of red
On the sidewalk
Sunday morning
Lies a body just oozin life
Someone's sneakin
Round the corner
Could that someone be
Mack the Knife"
I looked at Mr. C., who had suddenly pulled up Mrs. C. and started to dance with her near Milo and Lulu. They too looked good for each other. Maybe I will fight to get over her. I don't think I could get Milo's happy ending.
"There's a tugboat
Down by the river dontcha know
With a cement bag
Just drooping on down
Oh that cement is just
It's there for the weight dear
Five'll getcha ten
Old Mackie's back in town
Did you hear about Louie Miller
He disappeared babe
After drawing out
All his hard-earned cash
And now mac-heath spends
Just like a sailor
Could it be our boys
Done something rash
Sukey Tawdry, Ms. Lotty Lynia
And Old Lucy Brown
Oh the line forms
On the right babe
Now that Mackies back in town"
I remember listening to this with my mom. We may have lived in Italy, but we still knew our Jazz. My mom always said 'earn your money right.' I guess this song is exactly the opposite of how she wanted her boys to turn out.
"I said Jenny Diver
Woah, Sukey Tawdry
Look out Ms. Lotty Lynia
And old Lucy Brown
Yes that Line forms
On the right Babe
Now that Mackies
Back in Town!"
I couldn't help but laugh. Yea, look out.
"Look out, Old Mackies Back!"
I sang the last bar of the song with a smile on my face. Yea, that's a good one.
Hey! I know it has been a long time for an update. Stupid computer bugs! I'll be sure to get Chappie 8 up. Please bear with me. I'm at my Advanced Individual Training for the National guard, So, I can only update so often! Not nearly as much as I would like, so Please bear with me! Thank you to all my reviewers! Keep 'em coming!
Riley
