It was a sunny day in Big City and two male teenagers were walking down the sidewalk on Elkins Street. One was slim and the other was slightly muscular. They appeared to be at the possible age of fourteen or fifteen but no older or younger than that. One of them was carrying a boombox radio that was a portable one. It was playing loud hip hop as they would dance to the music a bit.
"Yo Wade? You saw that hot chick at the beach yesterday? Boy, she was checking you out." said one of them.
"No way, Harlan, she was checking you out, big time." replied Wade giggling.
"If she was checking me out, she would've started flirting with one of us." argued Harlan.
As they were chuckling and talking about some typical topics kids their age would discuss. They were passing by the Green family's home and stopped.
"If she was going to be flirting with one of us. She'd be dancing to this." said Harlan.
Harlan was turning the radio to a different station and it played some obnoxious rap music and the two were dancing to the music. But as they danced to such loud music, that's when Gramma Alice walked out of the front door and she was looking at them with an annoyed expression.
"Teenagers." Gramma Alice growled under her breath.
Gramma Alice gave them a cold look as she didn't like what they were doing and with as much of her strength, she started to yell at them two male teenagers she disapproved of with extreme prejudice.
"Hey you teenage punks!" shouted Gramma Alice.
The two male teenagers could barely hear her but they kept dancing to the loud rap music. Gramma Alice saw her methods were not working which she pulled out an orange and tossed it in their direction so hard that it hit one of the buttons on their boombox radio, turning it off. The two teenagers stopped dancing and turned to face the now irate and scary looking old lady that wasn't fond of them.
"Hey you two teenage punks! You turn that loud noise off or I'll shave your heads balds and knock you flat on your hineys that by the time I'm done with the two of you, none of you will be able to sit for two weeks! Now get away from my property and take your loud music with ya. Unless you want to feel the fury and I got plenty of oranges!" ranted Gramma Alice.
This struck fear into the two male teenagers who saw the old lady ranting at them and they saw she was the one who tossed the orange that hit the off button on their radio with perfect aim like a marksman.
"Should we book it out of here?" said Wade shaking.
"She's packing heat, dude." said Harlan looking terrified.
The two male teenagers ran off and were out of sight and out of Gramma Alice's line of vision. Gramma Alice smiled at her actions and walked back inside the house.
"That'll learn them loud mouths." said Gramma Alice proudly.
"Ma, what are you doing?" asked Bill in the other room.
"Can't an old woman laugh in the sunshine once in a while?" replied Gramma Alice annoyed.
The Next Day
It was close to noon and both Cricket, Tilly, Bill, Gramma Alice and Nancy were headed towards Big City Community Center. They drove into a parking space in the parking lot. They got out of the truck and they were stretching their arms and legs for a bit.
"Ma, the other day, about those two kids?" said Bill.
"You mean them two loud mouths and their loud, obnoxious music? I took care of the problem." said Gramma Alice.
Bill and Nancy knew this wasn't sounding good from what the older woman had said.
"Ma, I'm serious. Why'd you scare those kids like that?" asked Bill looking concerned.
"Listen, son. Teenagers are nothing but a bunch of spoiled little brats. Teenagers and their loud, obnoxious music at pumping full volume on their boom-a-box, constantly being a bunch of sass mouthing, motor mouthing, loud mouths. Dressing up all inappropriately when there's more of their skin and body showing when they should be wearing more to cover themselves like a snowsuit. They think they know everything when they're dumb as a bucket of mud! They disrespect their parents, their teachers and their elders. They cause trouble everywhere they go and everytime you tell them what they can and can't do, they get all revenge obsessed because someone annoyed them. Teenagers are no good little imps and I don't like teenagers who are sassy, loud mouths!" ranted Gramma Alice.
She crossed her arms and looked like she was serious about this. This didn't look good with the rest of them as they couldn't believe that Gramma Alice was showing an extreme dislike of teenagers.
"Ma, you know not all teenagers are like that." said Bill looking a bit shocked.
"Gramma, me and Tilly know some teenagers and they're nice people, not like the way you described them." said Cricket trying to convince her otherwise.
"Some teenagers are nice. A lot of them tend to get what others say is a bad rap." said Tilly also trying to convince her.
"You may have no problem with teenagers but I don't trust teenagers and their typical behavior. They act like a bunch of animals. If you encounter any of them that are causing nothing but trouble, you'd be thinking they're all no good like expired milk." said Gramma Alice being stubborn.
Bill tried to put his foot down before they walked inside the building.
"Ma, you know not all teenagers are like that. Being like that towards them is cruel and mean and you know it. If you interact with any teenagers and if you give them a chance to prove that they're not like you say they are, you can actually find out that all of what you think or say about them is nothing but a bunch of hooey." said Bill putting his foot down.
"Sure, I'll give them a chance." said Gramma Alice sarcastically.
"Really?" answered Bill.
"When I'm dead!" Gramma Alice finished sharply.
They walked inside the building of Big City Community Center but Cricket, Tilly, Bill and Nancy didn't like how Gramma Alice viewed teenagers with how she expressed her extreme disliking views about them.
"Dad, I don't like what Gramma said about teenagers. There are even teenagers here at the community center, what do we if she goes off on them?" said Cricket looking worried.
"We'll just have to keep an eye out." warned Bill.
As they walked down a hallway of the building inside. They walked inside the room that they remembered Bill doing a gymnastics competition he competed in. They were seeing a banner nearby that read "Big City Community Center: Music Day" the banner was green with the words being in blue lettering.
"Wow! I wonder what this music day is?" said Cricket.
"It's music day at the community center!" came a loud lady's voice.
They turned to see it was Community Sue. They recognized her loud mouth voice as she was stretching herself out lightly.
"Today's music day at the community center. This is where everyone shows their musical talents through singing or even by playing musical instruments." explained Community Sue. "Yet mostly those participating in the event are teenagers and those over the age of eighteen."
Hearing what the main director, Community Sue, had just said out loud had Gramma Alice looking around and seeing she wasn't lying. Most of those who were participating in the event were teenagers. Most of them were at least between the age range of thirteen to nineteen, there was very few of them that appeared to be in their early twenties. This made the older woman shudder in disgust.
"Uh oh!" said the Green family in unison.
Community Sue was confused by their reactions.
"What? What's wrong with them mostly being teenagers? A lot of them that come here behave themselves, if any of them cause trouble, I put them in the time out corner." stated Community Sue.
She pointed to a corner of the room where there was a bench with the sign above it that read "be quiet while sitting here" the bench was empty at the moment. They turned to see Gramma Alice was not looking amused by the situation or the fact that most of those participating in the event were teenagers.
"Community Sue, you best watch these hooligans. Teenagers are nothing but trouble, you let your guard down and they'll spray paint offensive words on the wall that not even a grandparent is allowed to say out loud." warned Gramma Alice.
"Wait a minute there, ma'am! If anyone is going to be in charge of disciplining anyone around here, it's going to be me. If any of the teenagers or anyone here causes trouble, I'll take care of it. So far, none of them have caused any ruckus around here. Also, the time out corner will even apply to adults." warned Community Sue.
"You're making a big mistake, Community Sue." said Gramma Alice walking away.
"We'll make sure to stay out of trouble, ma'am." said Bill kindly reassuring Community Sue.
Cricket and Tilly went to walk around in the room and they saw plenty of teenagers ether practicing on playing a musical instrument or practicing their singing before the event would start. Some of them were really good while others looked like they needed more practice.
"Wow! Community Sue was right. A lot of teenagers here. I really hope Gramma doesn't try to scare them. It'll be like that incident with everyone thinking she was a swamp witch." said Tilly looking worried.
"I may have been guilty of some of the mischief that day but if Gramma was put in the time out corner. She doesn't do well with authority." said Cricket also worried.
The two had their conversation cut short when they accidentally bumped into someone and they saw that the person they bumped into turned to face them.
"Sorry about that." said Cricket apologetically.
The person they bumped into that now faced them was a boy. He was a thirteen year old boy who looked to be at least tall as their mother but he had a skinny body. He had unmellow yellow skin with thick, full, voluminous looking curly hair that went down slightly below his shoulders, he had flawless skin while he wore a silver T-shirt with the head of a red dragon printed on the front, blue jean pants while he had on really good looking shoes that were black, white and silver all over.
"Hello children." said the teenager.
The teenage boy had a deep, raspy voice with what appeared to be a British accent which his voice sounded like he could get attractive girls going for him.
"Do you two know where your folks are? It's a bit of habit of mine that I make sure little kids stick with their parents so they don't end up in hot water with some bloody stranger who would turn out to be not right upstairs. I know I'm not anyone's father but it's just a habit of mine, got it from my mom." explained the teenager politely. "I'm Jason Bishop. Just like the chess piece. Bishop go forwards and take down the rook."
Jason made a joke out of his own last name and it got the two kids to laugh.
"That's funny, named after a chess piece." joked Cricket.
"I created this chess piece and call it the bishop. Name after our family name." joked Jason as he was making them laugh.
The three were laughing about the innocent joke about his last name being the same name as a chess piece to a board game. A couple of older teenagers passed by and they were looking like they were rapping out to a song they liked.
"Playing basketball on the court, got cut off and my shot got blocked, my opponent was stocked, rocked, everyone shocked. Playing on the court, got my shot blocked and screamed the word blort, blort." the two male teenagers nearby rapped out.
They heard them using the said word that was a swear word and Jason turned to the two teenagers as he looked serious.
"You two, right there! Do not use that type of language, we got children here." warned Jason.
The two male teenagers turned to him and saw he wasn't joking with the stern expression he gave them.
"We were only joking around, dude." said one of them.
"Maybe we should have a talk with Community Sue about this and see what she thinks about it? I don't like ratting people out anymore than you two don't like being told what to do, I get it. But since we got two little kids here, I suggest you don't use that language around here." Jason politely warned them again.
The two male teenagers saw that Jason wasn't kidding when he gave them a stern warning and a stern expression. They also knew that Community Sue knowing about their swearing in front of younger children would earn them an earful of lectures from her. The relented.
"Yes sir." said the two teenagers in unison.
"Alright, but if you want a suggestion to what music or song you can use in the music day event." Jason began.
Jason whispered a suggestion to them when they lent him their ears as he whispered a song he suggested to them which they smiled at the suggestion.
"Okay, that song you've suggested, we can dig it." said one of them.
"And the little thing of the swearing won't be said to anyone as long as you don't use those words around the little children." Jason advised.
"You got it!" said the two teenagers in unison as they walked off.
Jason turned to the two kids and they were impressed by how Jason was able to handle the situation both fairly but without having to get tough like a tough action hero they see in films.
"I should also advise you two not to use that sort of language ether." Jason kindly advised.
"No problem. Our dad already had a talk with us about it." said Cricket showing good he understood.
"Hey kiddos, whose your new friend here?" came Nancy's voice.
They turned to face Nancy and Jason saw that this lady had to be with the kids. Bill had joined them as they were appearing.
"Are these kids with you?" asked Jason curiously.
"I'm their mom." answered Nancy.
"I'm their dad." said Bill.
"You two got good kids." said Jason kindly. "I'm Jason Bishop."
"That's kind of you to tell us." said Bill with a grin.
Before ether one of them could speak. That's when Gramma Alice shown up at a fast pace as she ran over towards them. She looked really irate as she stood in front of them like she was nearly trying to get in Jason's face.
"What are you doing with my grand kids, hoodlum?" said Gramma Alice sharply.
They were stunned to see this but the Greens knew that Gramma Alice was at it again with her rant about how she dislikes or doesn't trust teenagers. Jason on the other hand was caught off guard.
"The grandmother?" Jason guessed.
"You're lucky I'm not your grandmother, you punk! If you start hip-hopping and rapping out to such loud music or sass me. I'll give you a reason to run from me!" said Gramma Alice with clenched fists.
"Ma'am, there's nothing wrong going on here. Just having a chat with the lovely family that's here." said Jason trying to keep his cool.
"You teenagers are all the same. Listening to your loud, obnoxious music on your boomy-a-box, sass mouthing your elders. And don't you sass me boy or I'll use my wooden leg on you!" warned Gramma Alice strictly.
The little older lady pulled her wooden leg off from her right and she shown him the prosthetic leg, shaking it a little bit but seeing that got Jason filled with fear and fright of the little old lady.
"Did she just take off her leg?" said Jason alarmed.
"You sass me or any of my grand kids and I'll use my leg on you. Now beat it, you hippie!" threatened Gramma Alice.
Jason nearly fainted at the sight of seeing her prosthetic leg but he nearly broke down but he ran off in fear of Gramma Alice's wrath. Gramma Alice placed her leg back on and smiled smugly. The rest of the family looked at her in disbelief.
"Ma! You know that was uncalled for." said Bill shocked.
"Some teenagers may act all nice but they might not be as nice as they appear to be." argued Gramma Alice.
"Gramma, Jason was making sure that we knew where mom and dad were so we wouldn't end up in a crime situation." said Cricket in Jason's defense.
"He was even making sure that we didn't use cuss words and told other teenagers not to use those words around us. He even suggested a more family friendly oriented music when they were going to participate in the musical event." said Tilly also defending Jason.
"Sometimes it's all an act to gain your trust and they take advantage of your trust. Besides, all teenagers are monsters, you can't trust them. Nothing can convince me otherwise." said Gramma Alice said being stubborn.
"Ma'am?" came a girls voice.
They turned to see two female teenagers that were at least in their late teen years. They too were in shock and disbelief at what they saw.
"Ma'am, not to be rude or anything but that was not cool at how you treated little Jason. He's actually the sweetest gentleman anyone ever met." said one of the teenage girls.
"If he's the sweetest boy ever. Than I'd like for someone to prove it to me." Gramma Alice scolded.
"Jason sometimes babysits younger kids and he makes sure he guards the kids with his life. Even when he's anywhere that kids are at when their unattended and their parents are not with them, he always makes sure that they know where their parents are or at least helps them find their parents. He guards the kids with his life till he finds their parents or at least finds a member of security to help out." one of the female teenagers informed.
This barely had an affect on her when she heard this but she crossed her arms.
"I could do that." grumbled Gramma Alice.
"He has a great amount of respect for women. He's a total gentleman. It's like he said: A gentleman does not strike a lady." the other female teenager informed.
This was starting to have more of an affect on the old lady but she was trying to not appear affected or tried not to look or feel guilt.
"A lot of boys are like that." said Gramma Alice not looking at them.
"He even helps the elderly and kindly teaches the younger kids never to use cuss words, if some ruffian got physical with a woman or any younger kids, he manages to knock the ruffian out but he makes sure he doesn't cause too much harm. It's like he said, he'd rather put them in the sleeper hold since it doesn't cause any extreme harm to the ruffian. So he's shown that he can stick up for those who need it." said one of the other female teenagers.
Gramma Alice tried to appear as though this wasn't affecting her but on the inside, she was feeling something she rarely feels, guilt over her actions when she was thinking something was bad news.
"I go with my gut and my gut is telling me that that teenagers are bad news." said Gramma Alice stubbornly. "I know my gut is right. All teenagers bring nothing but trouble."
"Gramma not all teenager's are bad. Jason was actually very nice." said Tilly trying to convince her.
"Hey, I started to date Bill when we were teenagers and we turned out alright." said Nancy also attempting to convince her.
"The only reason that turned out alright was because when Bill was a teenager, his teen years I was able to handle, I may have eventually let the two of you date with my supervision for a while but that was different." argued Gramma Alice.
Suddenly, they knew something that could convince Gramma Alice to see that not all teenagers are as bad as she says.
"Ma, you remember when you made everyone think you were the swamp witch of Big City? Well, this is similar to that event. Even when you and Cricket thought the man who owned that van that was parked out in front of the house? You ended up thinking the owner of the van was a jerk but he turned out to be a soft hearted, married man who is raising his first child with his wife and you and Cricket found out he wasn't a jerk. You remember how you and Cricket thought he was a jerk but he turned out to be a nice guy? Well, this is similar to the event." said Bill trying to put his foot down. "And yes, I know about that situation."
Gramma Alice had remembered that event when both her and Cricket thought Rick was a jerk for parking his van in front of the house but found out he was a soft hearted man who just parked his van in the only place he could find since his van was temporarily out of commission. Her guilt was rising.
"Even if I was to talk to him, I don't even know where he is." said Gramma Alice subtly relenting.
"Ma'am, Jason's over there in the time out corner. When ever someone yells at him or if someone he tries to be respectful towards is the one who yells at him, he tends to, well, grows silent and his sunny disposition tends to shift to depression or heartache." one of the female teenagers sadly pointed out.
Gramma Alice turned to see Jason was sitting on the bench that Community Sue made into the time out corner. There, she saw Jason sitting there, appearing as if he did something wrong and the heartache of it broke him, he was stoic but shown sadness. This had the older lady give into her guilt. She saw that not only her family looked saddened about this but also the two female teenagers that were nearby felt the same emotion. She let out a sigh and knew what she had to do, even though she rarely does this, just like the previous times when she had others under the impression she was a swamp witch and when they found out why a van was parked near her home, she knew this was another lesson she must learn like before.
"Maybe I should talk to him and explain to him about the situation." Nancy suggested.
"No need!" Gramma Alice chimed in. "If anyone is going to smooth things over in this situation, it's better if I do this."
The rest of them were surprised to see or let alone hear this from the older woman. They knew she was rarely the type to apologize to anyone but they were nervous and hesitant about this.
"Ma, are you sure about this? No offense but you're not always the type to be softer when it comes to this." said Bill feeling skeptic.
"I may be tough as nails and hardened like rock but I can be soft when I feel like it. Besides, it's better if I do this since I'm the one who snapped at him. So no one mess with me and I don't want to hear another word about this! That goes for the two teenage girls here." said Gramma Alice instructing them not to interfere.
Gramma Alice walked over towards Jason and where he sat as she felt her guilt getting to her but she managed to swallow down most of the intensity of it as she knew what she had to do. She was now standing in front of Jason whom she saw wiping a tear away from his right eye.
"Jason, we need to talk." said Gramma Alice.
Jason looked up and his eyed widened by the sight of the little, old woman out of fear but the old woman raised her hand up to signal him to be silent as she spoke which he was silent.
"Jason, I've come to say I'm sorry for how I reacted towards you. But there's also a reason for such." said Gramma Alice starting off.
"What reason?" asked Jason letting out a breath.
"For years, I was thinking all teenagers were bad news when I've seen or heard of some of their actions. Some of them I've seen or heard about were ether sassy, loud mouths who misbehave and had respect for nothing and no one. I would think they're all just looking for a reason to annoy someone or to cause trouble for others. I rarely admit this but seeing how you were kind, nice and showing respect for your elders and looking out for younger kids and with what I've been told about you from those who know you, I see that I was wrong about all teenagers being bad news." Gramma Alice explained apologetically. "I shouldn't have behaved like I did towards you."
As she got up on the bench and sat next to Jason, this left the young male teenager surprised but oddly feeling relieved emotionally.
"You're telling me the truth when you say so? No tricks, no lies, no traps?" asked Jason appearing skeptical out of fear.
"If I was tricking you, I would've been using my wooden leg on you." Gramma Alice reassured.
"Good point." said Jason.
"Also, I see that my behavior, my reaction and what I've said and done has hurt you. I shouldn't have done that as I at first was thinking you were one of them teenagers that I found to be bad news but I see not all teenagers are bad people, and that your living proof of that or as someone said that teenagers get a bad rap." Gramma Alice finished off.
This not only left Jason silent but he felt an uplifting amount of emotional comfort and relief from hearing this from Gramma Alice. His heart would race from how good it felt but he also knew that he probably shouldn't make a scene about it since he did quickly learn that Gramma Alice didn't want to make a big deal out of it.
"That has to be the most reassuring thing that anyone I just met has ever told me." said Jason his fear disappearing. "But can I be honest about something?"
"As long as you don't use any swear words while I'm around, I'm all ears." answered Gramma Alice.
"The way you behaved earlier was only half the reason why I ran from fear." said Jason blushing.
This now got Gramma Alice's attention as much as it left her curious. Her behavior and reaction earlier wasn't completely the reason why he ran from her out of fear? What was the other half of the reason she wanted to know.
"That prosthetic limb of yours when you removed it from you leg kind of freaked me out a little bit." Jason admitted while blushing deeply.
Gramma Alice let out a brief laugh about it.
"Your not the first to react to that. The first time I shown my wooden leg to person I just met, he nearly saw his lunch again." laughed Gramma Alice.
"He was alright, afterwards?" Jason asked hopefully.
"He was alright. The worst that happened was him almost fainting, good thing he didn't." answered Gramma Alice. "But I also don't want to discourage you from doing anything you planned to do here just because of how I acted towards you."
"I've got to admit, that might be a bit of a problem. When I saw your prosthetic limb, it's left a bit of aftershocks on me and might take me a while to calm myself. Just like how it takes me a while to calm myself when I'm laugh from watching Friday Night Laughs." said Jason feeling hesitant.
"You actually watch that sketch comedy show too, huh?" said Gramma Alice appearing surprised. "I don't know too many people who watch that but that show is funny."
"Just like that skit parody they did of a scene from that old film The Beaks." said Jason with a grin.
Both Jason and Gramma Alice shared a laugh about the mentioned skit from the sketch comedy show that was spoofed and both of them seemed to remember that skit fondly.
"Jason, I know something I can do to get you psyched and let go of your fear when you participate in music day at the community center. But what I'm about to do, don't tell anyone I did this, unless my family asks, than you can tell them but no one else." instructed Gramma Alice.
The young boy was curious to what Gramma Alice had meant when she told him this but he got his answer when the older woman placed her hands on his shoulders, pulled him gently in and planted her soft lips to his in a deep and passionate kiss to his lips. This not only got him surprised and was feeling like what she was doing to get him to let go of his fear and get him excited about performing was working, but he felt his heart race faster about how this was considered his first kiss. Gramma Alice eventually pulled her soft lips off him in a loud pop. This left the teenager blushing but also excited about wanting to perform while Gramma Alice smiled.
"But my advice is if you're performing, I'd advise against any songs that have swearing in it. We got kids here." Gramma Alice advised.
"You got it." said Jason with a hiccup.
"Alright, the event of music day is about to begin. Anyone participating head for the designated line and your number will be called to let you know that your next. Move it along!" came Community Sue's voice loudly announcing.
"Time to give it my best." said Jason confidently.
Without warning, Gramma Alice pulled Jason in to plant her soft lips to his in another huge kiss which again spiked up his confidence levels beyond what he felt before. Oddly, he was growing comfortable and accepting that Gramma Alice, an older woman, was kissing him on the lips. She pulled her lips off him once again and smiled as the two got up from the bench.
"Show them what you got out there." said Gramma Alice walking towards her family.
As Jason went to the line of kids that were performing to join in on the event. Gramma Alice was joining her family and plenty of others to sit on the seats from the bleachers.
"Gramma, what did you tell Jason?" asked Cricket curiously.
"It's called a pep talk, boy." answered Gramma Alice. "I wonder what sort of music some of these teenagers are going to perform."
There was a line up of kids on one side of the room and there looked like the amount of kids whom all were teenagers was appearing to be a handful of them. There wasn't a big amount of the teenage participants but there wasn't a small amount of them ether. Time would go by and some of the teenagers were good with their performances, some were good, some looked like they put on a cute performance while some of them were doing an annoying rap or hip hop which Gramma Alice doesn't like rap or hip hop.
"What's with some of them doing the rap and hippity hopping music. I'd like to see some of them do some old school music." groaned Gramma Alice.
"Ma, just don't start booing anyone, they're only kids." warned Bill.
"I won't, as long as they behave themselves, I got no problem with them." said Gramma Alice showing restraint.
"Next up. Number seven, Jason Bishop." said Community Sue over a microphone.
Jason walked over towards where the spot was that any of the teenagers would perform as the center of the room had a large and wide rub beneath him, there was a microphone nearby that would make the singers voice sound loud enough for anyone in the room to hear and Jason pulled out a pair of SIPLION men's polarized sunglasses with polarized, red mirrored lenses as they looked like really cool looking tactical sunglasses. This had the Green family looking interested in what music he was about to perform but Gramma Alice was half expecting the music to be something she wasn't into.
"DJ Markie Markus, hit it!" called Jason.
The DJ nearby began to turn out the music player as it started to play rock and roll music that sounded like it was from back in the 1950s. Not only did this get everyone's attention along with any of the girls there but Gramma Alice was caught by surprise. Was he performing with 1950s rock and roll?
They started to hear what sounded like back up singers singing words that sounded like "Tweedle-lee-deedle-lee-dee" less than several times and followed by a few "Tweet" as it sounded like someone was playing a piccolo as Jason began to sing and he had a powerfully beautiful singing voice.
"He rocks in the tree-top all the day long. Hoppin' and a-boppin' and a-singin' his song. All the little birds on Jay Bird Street. Love to hear the robin go tweet tweet tweet"
"Rockin' robin, tweet tweet tweet. Rock, rock, rockin' robin. Tweet, tweedle-lee-dee. Hello, rockin' robin 'cause we're really gonna rock tonight. Tweet, tweedle-lee-dee"
"Every little swallow, every chickadee. Every little bird in the tall oak tree. The wise old owl, the big black crow. Flap-a their wings singin' "go bird go"
"Rockin' robin, tweet tweet tweet. Rock, rock, rockin' robin. Tweet, tweedle-lee-dee. Hello, rockin' robin 'cause we're really gonna rock tonight. Hello!"
The words "Tweet, tweedle-lee-dee" were heard through out parts of the song while a piccolo was heard but what got everyone surprised or shocked was that Jason was whistling like a bird in a musical form like he was singing like an actual bird. Gramma Alice was tapping her feet to the musical beat as she seems to recognize this song and it's musical beat and tune.
"I had on idea he liked the oldies." said Gramma Alice looking surprised by what she's witnessing.
Jason resumed singing to the song and it's music as he had his voice sounding like he was a rock and roll singer from the 1950s. His singing only sounded that much more powerful as the musical tune was only getting better.
"A pretty little raven at the bird bandstand. Taught him how to do the bop and it was grand. They started goin' steady and bless my soul. He out-bopped the buzzard and the oriole. He rocks in the tree-top all the day long. Hoppin' and a-boppin' and a-singin' his song. All the little birds on Jay Bird Street. Love to hear the robin go tweet tweet tweet"
"Rockin' robin, tweet tweet tweet. Rock, rock, rockin' robin. Tweet, tweedle-lee-dee. Hello, rockin' robin 'cause we're really gonna rock tonight. Tweet, tweedle-lee-dee"
The song's tune started to get softer and was slowly dying down as they could hear him and back up singers singing out the words "Tweedle-lee-deedle-lee-dee" several times while hearing "Tweet" a few times. The sound of a piccolo was heard a few times and the song's tune stopped as it sounded like Jason did the most realistic wolf whistling anyone could hear.
Everyone there had applauded for him and even Gramma Alice as everyone loved his performance. Any of the previous participants that performed ether went back to where they stood or went back to their families to sit with them and watch the performance. Jason, he actually went to sit next to the Green family which he sat next to Gramma Alice.
"I had no idea you preferred the oldies like I do." said Gramma Alice surprised.
"Old school rock and roll was something all ages could get into. Before some music started to sound like it was inappropriate for younger viewers. Sure, I like to listen to some new music but I only go for the music that's rock and roll or anything similar to it. That sort of music sounds more appropriate. That and my grandparents love that good old fashioned music as much as I do." explained Jason. "That, and a lot of today's modern music is too loud and not my cup of tea."
Again, without warning, Gramma Alice had pulled Jason in to kiss him on his lips with her soft lips which sent fireworks going off in Jason's head. Ether Gramma Alice was showing him affection because she now knows not all teenagers are bad or possibly because she started to like him in more ways than anyone could know. She eventually pulled her lips off him in a loud pop, leaving him blushing deeply with a surprised smile and hiccup.
"Ewwww, Gramma's kissing people." groaned Cricket in disgust to the sigh of it.
"One, don't sass my boy. And two, I can open up to people if I want to, no one can tell me that I can't." said Gramma Alice.
"I know you're right, but still, ewwwww." said Cricket sounding annoyed.
"Do I have to tickle you, boy!" warned Gramma Alice.
Cricket became submissive and stopped showing disgust.
"No ma'am, I'll behave." said Cricket with a wide eyed expression.
As the music day at the community center continued. They would watch and be entertained, even after everyone was done performing, everyone was socializing. Jason would be hanging out with the Greens as he was getting to know them and they got to know him. Gramma Alice learned a lesson that day. She learned not all teenagers are bad news, some of them are nice people and that many teenagers get a bad reputation which is why a majority of teenagers are often misunderstood or misjudged. She began to become friends with some teenagers but she has shown to take a liking to Jason as she sees that Jason really does show respect to his elders.