"Right this way." Ralph said with a huge grin as he led them inside the resturant through the back door entrance that Zak had knocked on earlier.
"I'm not going to regret this am I?" Zak felt obligated to ask as he still had a bad feeling about what it was Tony and Ralph wanted he and Kia to do instead of paying for their meal.
"That depends. Do you have any stage fright?" Tony asked him with a huge grin like Ralph's though his looked much more sly and devious to Zak.
"Stage fright? What the hell is that supposed to mean?" Zak demanded to know though he was sure he already knew the answer and that he wasn't going to like it.
"Well you see, buddy, our act for the show tonight skipped out on us and left us without any entertainment for the dinner guests here at the resturant so we figured-" Tony started to explain it to Zak placing his arm over his shoulder like they were best friends until Zak cut him off.
"Oh no! Nu-uh! Not happening! You're out of your mind if you honestly think I am gonna get on that stage and preform to pay off my bill!"
Kia didn't speak it openly but she wasn't at all shocked like Zak was about the idea of preforming to pay off the bill since back where she was from it was very common for someone who had no money to work it off by whatever task they had been asked to do. This time instead of the usual cleaning or manual labor it was singing which actually sounded a lot more fun and easier.
"Oh? And what does your lady friend have to say?" Tony asked turning to face Kia for her answer.
Zak and Ralph turned to face her awaiting for her answer as well. From the looks on Tony and Ralph's face Zak was sure they were hoping she would agree to it and make him do it too but he was hoping for the exact opposite.
"I think it might be fun." She replied much to Zak's dissapointment.
'So much for saving what little was left of my dignity today...' Zak thought bitterly to himself as he sighed and shook his head.
"There you see! Now we'd better hurry I'm sure the customers are getting impatient." Ralph said as walked down the long corridor leading the way to the back of the stage in the center of the resturant.
As they stood in the back of the large red curtain that hid them from the audience waiting for Tony and Ralph to introduce them Zak leaned over and whispered to Kia "We don't have to do this you know. We could back out now and save ourselves from this embarrassment."
"You're making it sound worse than it is. You should think better about it and get it over with. Who knows, you just might enjoy it." Kia whispered to him with a smile.
Who knows? You just might enjoy it. Kia's words echoed in his mind causing him to roll his eyes as he sarcastically thought back Yeah right!
From behind the curtain Zak and Kia could hear Tony and Ralph introduce them onto the stage giving them their cue as the curtain pulled back revealing them.
Instead of applause everyone in the crowd only stood and stared at them causing a small feeling of embarrassment to begin to form in Kia. She blushed a little as she felt her heart start to pound within in her chest. It seemed so loud that she wondered how it was possible no one else could hear it. Slowly the feeling of stage fright starting to come over her causing her to stand completely still and her eyes open wide unblinking.
Zak looked over at her noticing her starting to suffer from stage fright and sighed. You can't be serious! You talk me into this and now you've got stage fright? Looks like it's time for Zak to save the day... He thought to himself as he place a hand on her shoulder and whispered "You okay?"
"I-I think so..." Kia mumbled trying to shake away a little of her fear as Zak led her over to the two standing microphones waiting for them to use at the front of the stage.
"Okay listen there's a very simple and easy trick to get over stage fright?" He whispered to her.
"What's that?" she asks unable to take her eyes away from the crowd.
"Imagine the audience in their underwear." He told her trying not to smile as the thought gave him the urge to laugh.
"Ew. No. There has to be another one." Kia whispered back disgusted by the very thought.
"Okay then. Just look at me until you feel confident enough to look at the audience then." Zak told her instead as he pulled his microphone off the stand.
She nodded doing the same wishing her heart would stop racing within her chest. You agreed to do this so you must go through with it. One song and then you'll be done. She thought to herself trying to boost up her courage.
Knowing she was still much too nervous to start them off Zak decided to wing it with the very first thing he thought of hoping maybe she could wing it too and go along with it since it wasn't like they had time to prepare for this kind of thing anyway.
"There's a fever inside me. It's taken hold somehow
I couldn't hide it if I tried.
Oh. Ohh."
Taking a deep breath and turning to face him, her blue eyes locking with his brown ones Kia joined in and sang
"I hear a song I never heard til now. I think I'm gonna take a chance tonight."
Grateful she indeed knew how to wing it Zak saw his cue and joined in with her.
All that I've been wait'n for, to turn the key and unlock the door.
Now singing together they added
"It's all so clear
So clear
Just stand'n here
I've finally found my way
So here's an invitation
Invitation
To my own celebration
On the wings of a dream In your eyes I can fly so high, on the wings of a dream, See me now as I touch the sky
Tonight's the night
My dreams come true
Yeah
You always said they would
Oooo
Watch me fly away
On the wings of a dream
On the wings of a dream
On the wings of a dream
On the wings of a dream
There's one burning ember
Ember
That's turn'n to a flame, Yeah, Now we got a shining light to guide us ohh yeah
Even live'n from day to day
Day to day
I hang onto my faith
Oh oh ohh
I never thought of letting go or giving in
The game is on and I wanna play I'll take my step cause' I'm here to say
From way up here the moons so clear the stars are in my sight.
Well I'm never looking down, and never touch'n ground
On the wings of a dream
Yeah
In your eyes I can fly so high, On the wings of a dream, See me now as I touch the sky
Tonight's the night my dreams come true
Tomorrow I hear skies are blue
Watch me sail away,
On the wings of a dream
On the wings of a dream
On the wings of a dream
On the wings of a dream
On the wings of a dream
On the wings of a dream
If you only believe
On the wings of a dream
On the wings of a dream
On the wings of a dream
On the wings of a dream
On the wings of a dream
Life is all that it seems
On the wings of a dream
On the wings of a dream
On the wings of a dream
On the wings of a dream
On The wings of a dream, dream, dream
Dream, dream, dream
Dream, dream, dream
On The Wings of a dream"
By the end of the song Kia and Zak had felt much more confident and had turned to face the audience really getting into the music and, though he would never admit it, Zak was actually enjoying himself.
The audience seemed to be blown away by their preformance as they clapped and cheered shouting for an encour.
"What do you say shall we give them what they want?" Zak asked her.
Kia nodded. "Just one more." She replied back with a smile. This time I'll start us off She told herself as she waited for the all noise to wind down to start again.
"Sometimes it's hard to see what's been there all along."
Following her cue Zak added
"Sometimes we're sure of everything until we find out we were wrong."
Joining together they sang
"Now we're standing here, face to face
Nothing feels the same
For the first time I realize something I didn't see before
For the first time, looking in your eyes
Suddenly there's so much more
Something we both feel inside for the first time"
Thinking about how she had met Zak and the day that they had had together so far Kia smiled as she added
"How did we ever end up here?
I don't know but it feels so right"
Not sure what to say next and trying to match the flow of the words Kia had just sung Zak added
"The last thing I ever expected is happening.
It's you and I."
Joining together once more they sang
"There's something real I can't explain
And nothing feels the same
For the first time I realize something I didn't see before
For the first time, looking in your eyes
Suddenly there's so much more
Something we both feel inside for the first time
I can't find the words
For how I feel about you
Just want to be around you now
I never imagined that someone could make me feel
The way you do
For the first time I realize something I didn't see before
For the first time, looking in your eyes
Suddenly there's so much more
Something we both feel inside for the first time
For the first time "
After their preformance they smiled at each other taking their bows as the audience clapped and cheered for them and left the resturant ignoring what Tony and Ralph said to them on the way out.
Kia's mind was buzzing from the events of the day her heart racing once more but in a much nicer way.
As they walked towards Zak's apartment she thought about the lyrics they had made up and realized she had meant every word. Was it possible to fall in love that fast? She wondered. And did Zak feel the same way too? She was almost afraid to ask worrying that he might not because they had only just met a few hours ago.
But that didn't mean there wasn't hope right? Thanks mom. If you never made me go through with this I never would've met Zak. Kia thought to herself as Zak opened the door to the apartment using a key to unlock it and they went inside.
OOC: On the Wings of A Dream and For the First time are lyrics from Spectacular which I do not claim to own of course ;3
