A/N: Sorry this one's kinda short guys, but I think it kinda has to be separate from the next one. I know it doesn't really have much plot in but the mic night is a kinda important plot point for Blaine, hopefully you'll see why when the next couple go up :) Tell me what you think guys? and Charmedmich, yeah I kinda thought so too but it just didn't fit and I don't think Blaine has those feelings for Kurt yet. they're still a little too distant for Blaine to see that (though Kurt on the other hand...)
Chapter 21 Open Mic Night
"If you're not gonna sing with us can you at least record it?" Santana asked Dwight as they walked through the snowy streets of Los Angeles.
"Record what? Blaine asked.
"Don't you know where we're going?" Santana asked.
"No," shrugged Blaine. "I've learnt it's best to just go with it with this lot,"
"Is that really a good idea?" Santana asked. Blaine just shrugged again and laughed and Santana rolled her eyes at him.
"So where are we going?"
"There's this cute little place nearby that's having an open mic night tonight, it's like my favourite place and they do really good food too. So I told them we'd go sing for them tonight," Trent beamed excitedly as he appeared at Blaine's elbow.
"Really?" Blaine asked, trying not to groan.
"Aww, c'mon B. You know you love to perform even if you won't admit it." Trent said, elbowing Blaine in the side as they walked.
"He's just conflicted. Too shy to take centre stage when really that's all he wants," Arthur said, earning himself a playful shove form Blaine.
"Hey, you do realise that without 'Bas here you're our lead warbler." Trent reminded.
"Are you serious? I'm not even a Warbler anymore," Blaine said.
"C'mon. Once a Warbler, always a Warbler." Arthur said, holding out his first for a brofist. Blaine sighed and bumped knuckles.
"Yeah, true," he laughed.
"So, what songs d'you wanna sing guys!" Trent asked excitedly.
"Ladies and Gentlemen and children and otherwise," Evan beamed into the microphone from the stage, earning a couple of chuckles from the audience of families seated around the restaurant. "We're just some nutters from Ohio but we're generally known as the Dalton Academy Warblers. Tonight we're hopefully going to entertain you, so we'll start off this open mic night without further ado!"
Evan slipped back into the ranks of the Warblers who'd formed a fairly organized group on the stage, standing between his grinning twin and Dean. Dwight gave them a thumbs up from his seat at the back of the room, video camera in hand telling them it was recording and they started up the beat. Blaine, who had been persuaded into standing in the centre for his lead, stepped forwards slightly as he began the first verse.
"Your lipstick stains on the front lobe of my left side brains
I knew I wouldn't forget you
And so I went and let you blow my mind
Your sweet moonbeam
The smell of you in every single dream I dream
I knew when we collided you're the one I have decided
Who's one of my kind
Hey soul sister, ain't that mister, mister on the radio, stereo
The way you move ain't fair you know
Hey soul sister, I don't wanna miss a single thing you do tonight"
For the chorus the boys started up their traditional Warbler two-step, snaping their fingers with the beat as they sung, the families at their tables all smiling and nodding along to the beat too.
"Just in time, I'm so glad you have a one track mind like me
You gave my life direction
A game show love connection, we can't deny
I'm so obsessed
My heart is bound to beat right out my untrimmed chest
I believe in you, like a virgin, you're Madonna
And I'm always gonna wanna blow your mind
Hey soul sister, ain't that mister, mister on the radio, stereo
The way you move ain't fair you know
Hey soul sister, I don't wanna miss a single thing you do tonight
The way you can cut a rug
Watching you is the only drug I need
So gangster, I'm so thug
You're the only one I'm dreaming of
You see I can be myself now finally
In fact there's nothing I can't be
I want the world to see you being with me
Hey soul sister, ain't that mister, mister on the radio, stereo
The way you move ain't fair you know
Hey soul sister, I don't wanna miss a single thing you do tonight
Hey soul sister, I don't wanna miss a single thing you do tonight
Heeey heeeey heeeeey, tonight
Heeey heeeey heeeeey, tonight"
The room applauded happily, some of the smaller kids cheering and whooping and the twins sent them happy waves in thank you.
"Thank you," Blaine smiled, stepping forwards again. "Next, we'd like to sing a little Snow Patrol for you,"
The boys started up a soft beat that grew gently, so that after a moment, Blaine started the first verse.
"All this feels strange and untrue
And I won't waste a minute without you
My bones ache, my skin feels cold
And I'm getting so tired and so old
The anger swells in my guts
And I won't feel these slices and cuts
I want so much to open your eyes
'Cause I need you to look into mine
Tell me that you'll open your eyes,
Tell me that you'll open your eyes,
Tell me that you'll open your eyes,
Tell me that you'll open your eyes,
Get up, get out, get away from these liars
'Cause they don't get your soul or your fire
Take my hand, knot your fingers through mine
And we'll walk from this dark room for the last time
Every minute from this minute now
We can do what we like anywhere
I want so much to open your eyes
'Cause I need you to look into mine
Tell me that you'll open your eyes,
Tell me that you'll open your eyes,
Tell me that you'll open your eyes,
Tell me that you'll open your eyes,
Tell me that you'll open your eyes,
Tell me that you'll open your eyes,
Tell me that you'll open your eyes,
Tell me that you'll open your eyes,"
The Warblers skipped the majority of the extra long instrumental part of the song, slipping quickly into the last part so that Blaine could sing the final lines.
"All this feels strange and untrue
And I won't waste a minute without you..."
The room burst into applause again and the boys all bowed and thanked them for the praise. When the noise quietened down again, Ethan stepped up to the main mic.
"And now we'd like to introduce someone who to us, is a very special guest; Miss Santana Lopez." He smiled as he held a hand out to one side and Santana stepped forwards through the Warblers, bowing towards the clapping crowd. Blaine slipped to one side of the stage and onto the stool before an upright piano as Santana took the mic Ethan passed to her and leaned against the side of it.
"Hit it Blainers," she smiled to him as he laughed and began to play.
"He left no time to regret
Kept his lips wet
With his same old safe bet
Me and my head high
And my tears dry
Get on without my guy
You went back to what you knew
So far removed from all that we went through
And I tread a troubled track
My odds are stacked
I'll go back to black"
Blaine smiled up at Santana as she hit every note perfectly, and she smiled back when she caught his eye.
"We only said good-bye with words
I died a hundred times
You go back to her
And I go back to
I go back to us
I love you much
It's not enough
You love blow and I love puff
And life is like a pipe
And I'm a tiny penny rolling up the walls inside
We only said good-bye with words
I died a hundred times
You go back to her
And I go back to
We only said good-bye with words
I died a hundred times
You go back to her
And I go back to
Black, black, black, black,
black, black, black,
I go back to
I go back to
We only said good-bye with words
I died a hundred times
You go back to her
And I go back to
We only said good-bye with words
I died a hundred times
You go back to her
And I go back to black"
The crowd erupted into applause again and Santana beamed and laughed and bowed, passing the mic to Blaine before slipping to the side where the rest of the Warblers stood.
"Unfortunately, that's nearly it from us tonight," Blaine said into the mic that he'd clipped to a stand on the piano. The audience groaned theatrically and Blaine laughed. "I know. But to lead us out I'd like to sing one more song for you guys. This is Katy Perry's Teenage Dream,"
He played the piano softly, playing a stripped down version of the song.
"You think I'm pretty
Without any makeup on
You think I'm funny
When I tell the punch line wrong
I know you get me
So I let my walls come down, down
Before you met me
I was a right but things
Were kinda heavy
You brought me to life
Now every February
You'll be my Valentine, Valentine
Let's go all the way tonight
No regrets, just love
We can dance, until we die
You and I, will be young forever"
The warblers hummed gently in the background, just finishing and perfecting the performance as Blaine hit the chorus.
"You make me feel
Like I'm livin' a
Teenage dream
The way you turn me on
I can't sleep
Let's run away and
Don't ever look back,
Don't ever look back
My heart stops
When you look at me
Just one touch
Now baby I believe
This is real
So take a chance and
Don't ever look back,
Don't ever look back
I'm a get your heart racing
In my skin tights jeans
Be your teenage dream tonight
Let you put your hands on me
In my skin tight jeans
Be your teenage dream tonight
Yoooouuu!
... Make me,
Feel like I'm livin' a
Teenage dream
The way you turn me on
I can't sleep
Let's run away and
Don't ever look back,
Don't ever look back. No
My heart stops
When you look at me
Just one touch
Now baby I believe
This is real
So take a chance and
Don't ever look back,
Don't ever look back
I'm a get your heart racing
In my skin tights jeans
Be your teenage dream tonight
Let you put your hands on me
In my skin tight jeans
Be your teenage dream tonight."