Chapter 10
Karaoke Time!
(Get lyrics to LFO's six minutes.)
RECAP:
All of the guys nodded, cheering the idea. "All right guys. Get your songs together and let's make it happen," Speedy grinned.
All seven of the boys were excited. They all had something to sing about, and each was sure that they would win. After all, which of them could really sing and sing well? This was going to be... interesting to say the least.
Third Person POV:
"Karaoke? Seriously?" Hotspot demanded skeptically. It was no big secret that he could not sing to save his life. In fact, they'd probably kill him just to shut up the noise.
"Sounds cool," Speedy grinned. He on the other hand felt that his voice was amazing. In his mind, everything about him was amazing.
The others all agreed. They felt so... free now that the truth was out. And now they wanted to just relax and enjoy this guy's night to chill out and relax.
"Fine," Hotspot sighed, accepting the inevitable. They were going to have to do this. "I'll be the MC and Jericho can cover the music."
"Cool," Robin said. "Give everyone time to get ready and let's do it." The guys nodded and went about preparing the stage and music. About thirty minutes later, they were done and the show was finally ready to begin.
"Okay, we're ready," Cy announced. He pulled a remote from seemingly no where and pushed the large, center red coffee table reacted almost immediately. It grew larger and pulled up from the floor, forming a stage complete with microphone and instrumental equipment. "So, the windows behind the stage will change color and pattern depending on song choice and style."
"Sounds good," Kid Flash grinned. "Let's get started."
Jericho took up his position. He sat at the corner of the stage with his guitar and a computer full of instrumental tracks. And Hotspot climbed up unto the stage and assumed his position in the center of the stage.
"Oookay. S'up dudes. I'm Hotspot and it's time to start our karaoke contest," he announced. "Our first contestant is the awesome archer. The red-headed, wannabe heart-throb. Speedy!"
The guys clapped and hooted as Speedy took the stage. "Okay guys, I'm going to sing a song that I think we can all relate to. Besides it's a little friendly advice."
And with that he belted out Justin Timberlake's Why don't you kiss her?
We're the best of friends, And we share our secrets She knows everything that is on my mind. Lately something's changed. As I lie awake in my bed. A voice here inside my head softly says Why don't you kiss her? Why don't you tell her?
Why don't you let her see the feelings that you hide?
Cause she'll never know. If you never show the way you feel inside.
Oh, I'm so afraid To make that first move Just a touch and we could cross the line.
And every time she's near, I wanna never let go,
Confess to her what my heart knows. Hold her close
What would she say? I wonder would she just turn away? Or would she promise me that she's here to stay? It hurts me to wait, I keep asking myself
Why don't you kiss her?
Surprisingly, he was actually good. Not to mention that the lyrics were actually right. That song had all of the guys wondering... why didn't they kiss their girls? Was it worry or something more. Would they accept them or just turn away? It was deep and important, but they weren't sure if they could even accept it now.
Speedy finished his song, gave a little wayve, and walked off of the stage and back to his seat on the couch. "Whoo-hoo!" All of the guys clapped and cheered.
Hotspot resumed his position. "Wow, who else is surprised that he was actually good?" he asked in wonder. Even Speedy had to raise his hand in agreement. He was a pretty good singer, but he had never done it in public before. "Anyway contestant number two. The fastest, and well, weirdest kid in the world. The red and yellow marauder... Kid Flash."
"Yeah, I'm awesome," he smirked, suddenly onstage next to his friend.
"Showoff," the announcer muttered, sitting back in his seat. Besides, this was his show.
"Okay, so we've all met those girls. Y'know they love you then they hate you? Well here's an idea, let's get them all to wear mood rings." Not so surprisingly, his chosen song was 'Mood Rings' by Reliant K.
We all know the girls that I am talking about. Well they are time bombs and they are ticking
And the only question's when they'll blow up and they'll blow up
We know that without a doubt Cause they're those girls,
Yeah, you know those girls that let their emotions get the best of them
And i've contrived some sort of a plan to help my fellow man
Let's get emotional girls to all wear mood rings
So we'll be tipped off to when they're ticked off
Cause we'll know just what they're thinking, just what they're thinking
He sang it well. Almost as well as the original. Though obviously, he was thinking about his dear Jinxie. But Beast Boy was nodding along. Goodness knows that Raven was almost impossible to figure out. On a good day that is. On a bad day, she was just plain impossible.
It took him a moment to notice that hte song had ended. He shook himself out of his thoughts just as Kid Flash had stopped to lap up his attention. The speed demon bowed and blew tons of kisses before Hotspot kicked him off of the stage.
"Thank you, Kid Flash. We don't know what we'd do without your humor," he cheered, but rolled his eyes all the while. "Now, our next singer has two great selections. It's time for the spikey-headed leader with the mask. Bird Brain himself...Robin!"
Robin smirked as he flipped gracefully unto the stage, just glad that Hotspot had not made fun of his uniform again. After all, it couldn't be that funny. Could it? "My first song is pretty much a classic by one of my favorite bands," the leader said. "It describes how I feel for a certain girl." Surprisingly, the song was actually kind of cool. LFO's song '6 Minutes'.
LFO, you're on.
Was at a party with my mind in the gutter. She walked in with her friend and her brother
Beast Boy and Cy glanced at each other. Both were remembering the first time that they had met and became a team. It had taken even less than six minutes for those two to fall for each other. It was more like two minutes and a kiss. Of course, neither would ever admit that.
The song ended on a strong name and was greeted with the expected applause. "And for my second song... well, it's about what you'd do for that special girl." And he launched into Bruno Mars' 'Grenade'.
I'd catch a grenade for my hand on a blade for ya
I'd jump in front of a train for ya. You know I'd do anything for ya
Oh, I would go through all this pain, take a bullet straight through my brain.
Yes, I would die for you baby,but you won't do the same
No, no, no, no
Black, black, black and blue, beat me 'til I'm numb
Tell the devil I said hey when you get back to where you're from
Mad woman, bad woman, that's just what you are
Yeah, you'll smile in my face then rip the brakes out my car
Once again, Robin had taken a great song and rocked out the house. He had blown it out of the water, much to the surprise of everyone present. After all, he was a leader. He had to be bad at something, right?
"Spikey's got talent!" Cyborg cheered. "Who knew?"
"Yeah. I'm in shock," Beast Boy pouted. "I've known this guy forever and he never even told us. Some friend."
Robin hopped off of the stage and landed next to his friend. "It never came up," he shrugged causing every eye to roll. With Robin, nothing ever 'came up'. It could be very annoying when you wanted to get to know the guy.
"That was great!" Hotspot applauded. "But on to the next singer, he's a mechanical madman, our technological wizard and inventor extraordinaire... Cyborg!"
Cyborg took no time in bouncing up onto the stage. "All right guys, I'm dedicating this song to a certain little lady."
Her lips her lips, I could kiss them all day if she'd let me
Her laugh her laugh, she hates but I think it's so sexy
She's so beautiful, and I tell her every day
Oh you know you know you know,I'd never ask you to change
If perfect's what you're searching for then just stay the same
So don't even bother asking If you look ok,
You know I'll say...
When I see your face,there's not a thing that I would change
'Cause you're amazing. Just the way you are
And when you smile, the whole world stops and stares for a while
'Cause girl you're amazing just the way you are
It was another Bruno Mars song that was sang almost perfectly. His emotion wa palpable in the words and you could tell that he really cared for the girl that he was singing about. Cy sat down amidst the cheers and shouts of his friends. The big guy was blushing from thoughts of the Bumble Bee that he knew. The one that was perfect just the way that she was.
"Give it up for Cyborg." And he paused for a large amount of clapping. "We have a song by the aquatic avenger... the mermanic maniac... Aqualad!"
Aqualad's eyes widened in surprise. He had not planned on singing at all. "What? I'm not singing."
"Yeah you are," Speedy ordered. "I've heard you in the shower. Your pretty good. Sing that song that you love."
"You listen to me in the shower?" AQ demanded, his mouth curling in disgust.
"Not like that, but you sing kinda loud."
"C'mon. C'mon. Sing!" Everyone chanted loudly. They were curious and wanted to hear what he could do.
"Fine," he sighed and climbed onto the stage.
Hey there Delilah, I've got so much left to say
If every simple song I wrote to you
Would take your breath away, I'd write it all.
Even more in love with me you'd fall.
We'd have it all
Oh, it's what you do to me
Oh, it's what you do to me
Oh, it's what you do to me
Oh, it's what you do to me
A thousand miles seems pretty far, but they've got planes and trains and cars
I'd walk to you if I had no other way.
Our friends would all make fun of us, and we'll just laugh along because
We know that none of them have felt this way.
And as Speedy said, he was good. Really good. His voice was almost equal to the ones of the band. It was always the quiet ones. Now, he just needed a girl to sing it to. Or at least that's what the guys thought.
"Whoo! For someone who didn't want to sing; he did a good job," Hotspot smirked. Afterall, everyone knew that he was the only Titan guy that couldn't sing. "Our final singer with two selections, the super lean, green machine... Beast Boy!"
Beast Boy was feeling very nervous. Sure , he sang in his room or in the shower, but this was different. Now, he was standing on a stage in front of his friends, and all of them had sounded great. It would be awful if he did not sound good. Not just awful, but embarrassing.
Still, he stood up with shaky legs and got up unto the stage, feeling like a thousand butterflies were having a war in his stomach. He was trying to calm himself down and start, but found that he really couldn't.
He closed his eyes and saw Raven standing in front of him. She looked mad, like she might attack him or something. Then he heard her angry voice. "Come on, Beast Boy. Sing the songs." Her voice softened slighly in the faint semblance of a smile. "I know that you can do it."
The changeling smiled at the implied 'do it or else'. Just the thought of Raven gave him the courage that he needed. "Okay dudes, my first song is about Raven, because you know that she's the girl that all the good and bad guys want."
Beast Boy started singing. He rocked out from one end of the stage to the other. He danced around, all of the time seeing Raven in front of him and wanting to impress her more than anything.
8 o'clock, Monday night and I'm waitin' To finally talk to a girl a little cooler than me.
Her name is Lola, she's a rocker with a nose ring,
She wears a two way, but I'm not quite sure what that means.
And when she walks, All the wind blows and the angels sing.
She doesn't notice me!
Cause she is watchin' wrestling, creamin' over tough guys
Listenin' to rap metal, turntables in her eyes.
It's like a bad movie.
She is lookin' through me
If you were me, then you'd be, screamin' "Someone shoot me!"
As I fail miserably, tryin' to get the girl all the bad guys want.
She's the girl all the bad guys want!
He finished his song with a big bang, sliding to the front of the stage on his knees.
"Okay. Time for my last song. It's also about that special girl and dedicated to her," the Changeling smiled. His second song was 'Someone Like You'. In his mind there was no one quite like Rae. She was... one of a kind and proud of it. Which was just one of the features that he loved about her.
You roll the windows down when its starting to rain
Yeah, everybody else might think youre insane
But no one sees you like I do
Cause the little things dont mean much to me
Girl, Id cross the whole world for someone like you
Woah oh, no matter where I go
Oh oh, my unpredictable girl,
youre impossible girl
You know that its true
Woah oh, no matter what you do
Id cross the world for someone like you
Once again, he did wonderfully well. You would think that he had written the songs himself. At last he hit the final note and took a bow. All of his friends went wild as they applauded him. Not one of those guys had expected him to be any good. He was too silly and when he was singing for fun, sometimes he sounded well...awful. This was a very charming surpirse.
"That was cool," Beast Boy grinned. He had done it and done well. He definitely owed some thanks to Rae. And his imagination.
"Yeah, but I guess we know who won," Hotspot said. "The champion is... BB!" Which led to yet another round of clapping and applause. No one was upset, because he honestly deserved to win.
Needless to say, the changeling was happy. Very happy and he had Raven to thank. "Thank you, my adoring public," he bowed again.
"That was fun," Speedy grinned. "Now, what are we supposed to do?"
"Why don't we watch the playbacks so that everyone can see themselves?" Robin suggested. He was feeling a bit vain. He just really wanted to hear what he sounded like. Was he really as good as everyone thought?
"Duude," the champ grinned. He was loving this idea.
"Good idea," Cyborg said. He went and sat at one of the computer consoles. Then he started typing in the large number of passwords and codes needed to access the video footage.
"Weird," he muttered looking at the screen.
"What's weird?" Beast Boy asked. "Super hearing," he reminded his mechanic friend when he saw that puzzled look that he was being seen.
"Oh. Well, apparently there's been video streaming from Titan's tower since right after we left," Cy said confusedly, still scanning what was going on in front of him.
"English please?" Kid Flash requested. He understood computers, but was no where near as good as Cyborg. Of course no one was as good as Cyborg at computers.
"To put it in simple terms, the girls have been recording everything that's been happening since we left."
"Everything?" Robin wondered. "Was it on purpose?"
"Well,we can watch the beginning and see." Cy keyed in another code and a large video feed appeared on the computer and on the windows of the tower.
Bee filled the screen. She was pacing back and forth in front of the console. Finally, she settled with her butt right on the edge of the console. She said something with a bunch of feeling and banged down on the keyboard. Then Cyborg paused it. "And that's where it started recording," he concluded. "Mystery solved."
"So... is there sound now?" Speedy asked sneakily. If so, he had an idea. If not... awww man.
"Yes, there would be..." Cy trialed off, trying to figure out what was going on in the archer's mind.
"And this would go through the whole party?" Kid Flash asked, catching on to Speedy's train of thought.
"Yeah, unless they realized it and turned it off. But I seriously doubt that."
"It would be wrong to watch it," Robin chastised.
"Very," Beast Boy agreed.
"Yeah, wrong but informational," Aqualad added. "Just watch it and avoid the hour long debate." The guys all knew that their debate would be long and boring. So, they cut out the middleman, sat on the couch, and got ready to watch the girl's little movie.
"I'll make popcorn!" Hotspot announced. He went into the kitchen and came back a few minutes later with three huge bowls of popcorn. Extra butter. He distributed the bowls and sat down to enjoy the show. Even though his favorite part probably wouldn't come till the end.
"Start it, man!" Speedy yelled. "Let's see what's going on." Cyborg sighed, but started it anyway. He hated to admit it, but he was curious too.
All of the guys had one question in their minds: What do girls do at slumber parties? Well, they were about to find out...
A/n:
Whoo-hoo! Chapter 10! I hope that it was good, and I hope that you guys enjoyed it. I plan to update it as regularly as I canAnyway, be sure to tell me what you think and if I should continue it. Note that it will go back and forth between the girls and the boys POV.
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