|DISCLAIMER: don't own them, wish I | | |did. The song lyrics are from | | |Blue's "like a friend". | | | | | |KARAOKE NIGHT | | |chapter 2 | | | | | |The rest of the week passed | | |uneventfully, neither Bosco nor | | |Faith mentioned the Karaoke contest| | |scheduled for Saturday night. They | | |had the usual domestic disputes, | | |burglaries, etc. It wasn't until | | |10o'clock on Friday night that | | |Faith mentioned the thing that was | | |on both their minds, the dreaded | | |............. Karaoke contest. | | |"So, what time are you gonna go | | |tomorrow night?" she asked Bosco, | | |who was humming along with the | | |radio. Bosco's face went from his | | |normal 'I know everything' smirk to| | |a look of horror and shame. | | |"I dunno, I might be ........ | | |'sick' tomorrow night" Bosco | | |replied, the frown fading and the | | |smirk returning as he thought of a | | |way to get out of the contest. | | |"Don't you dare, I need you to pick| | |me up" Faith said, once again | | |wiping the smirk of Bosco's face | | |"Fred's going out for a boys only | | |night and he's taking the truck, so| | |I've got no transport, and since | | |you put my name down, you have to | | |take me" she said, trying to hold | | |back her giggles about the way | | |Bosco was acting about a fun event.| | |Bosco hmphed and said "fine, I'll | | |pick you up around 5" the rode the | | |rest of the way back to the station| | |in science. | | | | | |Knock, knock, knock! Bosco thumped | | |on the door to the Yokas's | | |apartment, he waited five seconds | | |and lifted his fist to knock again | | |when Emily opened the door "jeeze | | |Bosco, don't look so violent!" she | | |said in mock horror at the fact | | |Bosco was standing in front of her | | |with his fist raised "haha" he | | |replied sarcastically and invited | | |himself in "hurry up Faith!" he | | |yelled, throwing himself down on | | |the couch, he wanted to get the | | |whole stupid thing over with. Faith| | |walked into the lounge in a | | |knee-length black skirt and 3/4 | | |length dark red blouse, he hear was| | |out pouring down her back in a | | |strawberry-blonde cascade. Bosco's | | |heart sped up and leapt into his | | |throat damn she's..... STOP it, | | |don't think like that, she's your | | |friend, she's married, get over | | |yourself! he thought, But he | | |couldn't change the way he felt | | |about her, he was in love with her,| | |and there's nothing he (or anyone | | |else) could do about it. | | | | | |When they arrived at the bar, Bosco| | |shoved his way to the front to | | |check out the lyrics of the songs | | |programmed into the machine. He | | |flicked through the songs, pausing | | |to read the lyrics of the ones | | |whose titles looked promising, he | | |had gone through 3/4 of the songs | | |before he found the perfect song | | |for him to sing. It was time to | | |show Faith how he felt about her. | | |Satisfied, he made his way back to | | |the table where Faith was sitting, | | |wine in hand, talking to Davis. He | | |joined them with a beer and waited | | |for something to happen. It was a | | |good 1/2 hour before Bill Walsh got| | |up on the stage, tapped the | | |microphone to get everyone's | | |attention and began to speak | | |"firefighters, cops, medics and | | |annoying tag-alongs from the 55, | | |welcome to the first ever event run| | |by the 55 social club. Those who | | |have entered will be called up, one| | |at a time to perform the song of | | |their choice (as long as its in the| | |machine), then the judges, (myself,| | |Sully, Lieutenant Johnson and | | |Lieutenant Swersky) will each give | | |the performance a mark out of 10, | | |marks will be totaled, and the | | |winners announced. In the event of | | |a draw, a sing off will be held to | | |determine the winner. Any | | |questions?" there was science as | | |Walsh waited "all right, our first | | |contestant............... JIMMY | | |DOHERTY!" the crowd applauded as | | |Jimmy walked onto the stage and | | |Walsh keyed in the song he wanted. | | |Jimmy's performance of Superman was| | |amazing and the crowd screamed | | |their lungs out. Jimmy was followed| | |by DK, Davis, Kim and Alex who all | | |did average to crap performances. | | |Sgt. Christopher was next. He sang | | |every bit as well as Jimmy and | | |finished off his performance of | | |"celebrate good times" by shouting | | |"eat that Boscorelli!" into the | | |mic. the crowd went ballistic his | | |performance. There was science | | |again as Walsh got back on stage to| | |announce the next contestant. Bosco| | |stood hoping they'd forgotten about| | |him but Walsh said the dreaded | | |words "Maurice Boscorelli, come | | |onto the stage please" Bosco told | | |Walsh his song and took the mic | | |from him, he looked at the screen | | |and waited for the words to pop up | | |"this song is dedicated to Faith, | | |ill let the words speak for | | |themselves" the crowd went silent | | |as Bosco opened his mouth to sing. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |***********************************| | |*********** | | | | | |Should I continue?? | |