Chapter Summary: The karaoke bar....
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Chapter 2: You Are the Star Tonight
Gohan drove without speaking.
"You're awfully quiet, Gohan," Videl said. "You're usually full of conversation."
"Why did you agree to go to the movies with him?" Gohan asked, looking straight ahead.
Videl gave Gohan a strange look. "Why wouldn't I?"
"Goten has a crush on you," Gohan said. "That's why he's been acting so strangely. He gets the impression that you like guys who study. He'll be really heartbroken when he finds out that you're just being friendly."
Videl folded her arms across her chest. "Are you saying that I'm trying to play with a young boy's emotions?"
"Videl, that's not what I'm saying at all," Gohan said. "Goten's my little brother. I know how sensitive he is. He takes everything personally."
"I'll straighten him out when the time comes. Don't worry about it," Videl said. She put her hand on the back of Gohan's head.
Gohan looked at her strangely.
Videl rubbed his head and smiled.
"What are you doing?!" Gohan asked.
Videl took her hand away and blushed slightly. "Nothing.... HEY! WATCH THE ROAD, GOHAN!!!!"
The car was going head on into another car's headlights. Gohan swerved back to his side of the road. "Sorry about that."
"It's my fault. Sorry," Videl said. She sighed and shook her head. I swear. Sometimes it's just hard to control myself, she thought.
Silence....
"Don't get me wrong, I love my little brother. And I know how he is. But it's a little strange because I've never seen him like this before," Gohan said. "There's something about you in particular that just makes him crazy."
There's something about YOU that makes ME crazy, Videl thought. "It's probably just a phase. It'll be over in a week or two," she said. "Kids tend to lose interest in things relatively quickly.
"I hope you're right...," Gohan said quietly.
"There's the karaoke bar," Videl said.
Gohan pulled into the lot. "Well, let's go inside before anything else strange happens."
The place had few other customers on a Monday night, so they were lucky.
"No one's singing. They're just playing music," Gohan said, giving Videl a look.
"Don't worry. I'll save everyone. You know I will," Videl said. She went over to the DJ and started whispering something to him. The DJ nodded. Videl took her place on stage. "Good evening, everybody!!"
Some people greeted her.
"Tonight I'm gonna sing for you a song about love!" Videl said.
Gohan blushed and started clapping, which caused the other customers to clap as well.
Videl smiled at Gohan, then started her song:
"Open up your mind and let me step inside
Rest your weary head and let your heart decide
It's so easy when you know the rules
It's so easy all you have to do
Is fall in love
Play the game
Ev'rybody play the game of love
When you're feelin' down and your resistance is low
Light another cigarette and let yourself go
This is your life
Don't play hard to get
It's a free world
All you have to do is fall in love
Play the game ev'ryone play the game of love
My game of love has just begun
Love runs from my head down to my toes
My love is pumping through my veins
Driving me insane
Come come come come play the game play the game play
the game play the game
Play the game everybody play the game of love
This is your life - don't play hard to get
It's a free free world all you have to do is fall in love
Play the game yeah play the game of love
Your life - don't play hard to get
It's a free free world all you have to do is fall in love
Play the game - ev'rybody play the game..."
"You were great, Videl," Gohan said. "You always put a smile on people's faces when you go up and sing."
"You should go up and sing, Gohan," Videl said as they sat at a table.
"But I thought we came here because YOU wanted to sing," Gohan said.
Videl put her hand on his. "Gohaaaaaaaan, please. I've never heard you sing. And we come here often enough. Come on."
Gohan raised an eyebrow. "Okay, Videl. I'll do it for you." He stepped up on stage and looked out at the crowd of nine people. "Oi. Alright, I'm gonna attempt a song. Here goes:
"Your eyes are burning holes through me.
I'm gasoline. I'm burnin' clean.
Twentieth century go and sleep.
You're Pleistocene. That is obscene. That is obscene.
You are the star tonight.
Your sun electric, outasight.
Your light eclipsed the moon tonight.
Electrolite.
You're outasight.
If I ever want to fly.
Mulholland Drive.
I am alive.
Hollywood is under me.
I'm Martin Sheen
I'm Steve McQueen
I'm Jimmy Dean
You are the star tonight.
Your sun electric, outasight.
Your light eclipsed the moon tonight.
Electrolite.
You're outasight.
If you ever want to fly.
Mulholland Drive.
Up in the sky.
Stand on a cliff and look down there.
Don't be scared
you are alive.
You are alive.
You are the star tonight.
Your sun electric outasight.
Your light eclipsed the moon tonight.
Electrolite.
You're outasight.
Twentieth century go and sleep.
Really deep. We won't blink
Your eyes are burning holes through me.
I'm not scared I'm outta here.
I'm not scared. I'm outta here."
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~At the end of the night~
Videl giggled the whole way to her house.
"It wasn't THAT bad, was it?" Gohan asked.
"I'm sorry," Videl said. "It's not that. It's just that I never imagined YOU'D sound like that singing."
Gohan frowned. "Well, sorry, I'm not as experienced as you are in the singing department."
"No, no. It wasn't bad," Videl said.
"Yeah, right." He parked at the Satan mansion. "Well, looks like you enjoyed your night."
Videl nodded. "Did you have a good time?"
"I always have a good time when I'm with you," Gohan said. He put his hand on hers and smiled. "Well..., goodnight."
"G'night, Gohan," Videl said.
They sat there looking at each other.
"Oh, bye," Videl said. She got out of the car and went into the house.
Gohan watched her go in, then drove off.
~End Chapter 2~
--Pretty ridiculous, wouldn't you say? Maybe later chapters will be better. To me this one sucked. Let me know what you think. Reviews of any kind are greatly appreciated.
--Lyrics to Queen's song "Play the Game" courtesy of The Complete Queen Lyrics Archive. Similarly, lyrics to R.E.M.'s song "Electrolite" courtesy of The Complete R.E.M. Lyrics Archive. (No, I didn't get permission to steal the lyrics from those sites, so I hope they don't sue me.)
--Which brings me to my next point. I stole the characters in this particular story from Akira Toriyama, so I hope he and the others affiliated with Dragon Ball Z don't sue me either. (Just in case you didn't know, that was a disclaimer.)
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Chapter 2: You Are the Star Tonight
Gohan drove without speaking.
"You're awfully quiet, Gohan," Videl said. "You're usually full of conversation."
"Why did you agree to go to the movies with him?" Gohan asked, looking straight ahead.
Videl gave Gohan a strange look. "Why wouldn't I?"
"Goten has a crush on you," Gohan said. "That's why he's been acting so strangely. He gets the impression that you like guys who study. He'll be really heartbroken when he finds out that you're just being friendly."
Videl folded her arms across her chest. "Are you saying that I'm trying to play with a young boy's emotions?"
"Videl, that's not what I'm saying at all," Gohan said. "Goten's my little brother. I know how sensitive he is. He takes everything personally."
"I'll straighten him out when the time comes. Don't worry about it," Videl said. She put her hand on the back of Gohan's head.
Gohan looked at her strangely.
Videl rubbed his head and smiled.
"What are you doing?!" Gohan asked.
Videl took her hand away and blushed slightly. "Nothing.... HEY! WATCH THE ROAD, GOHAN!!!!"
The car was going head on into another car's headlights. Gohan swerved back to his side of the road. "Sorry about that."
"It's my fault. Sorry," Videl said. She sighed and shook her head. I swear. Sometimes it's just hard to control myself, she thought.
Silence....
"Don't get me wrong, I love my little brother. And I know how he is. But it's a little strange because I've never seen him like this before," Gohan said. "There's something about you in particular that just makes him crazy."
There's something about YOU that makes ME crazy, Videl thought. "It's probably just a phase. It'll be over in a week or two," she said. "Kids tend to lose interest in things relatively quickly.
"I hope you're right...," Gohan said quietly.
"There's the karaoke bar," Videl said.
Gohan pulled into the lot. "Well, let's go inside before anything else strange happens."
The place had few other customers on a Monday night, so they were lucky.
"No one's singing. They're just playing music," Gohan said, giving Videl a look.
"Don't worry. I'll save everyone. You know I will," Videl said. She went over to the DJ and started whispering something to him. The DJ nodded. Videl took her place on stage. "Good evening, everybody!!"
Some people greeted her.
"Tonight I'm gonna sing for you a song about love!" Videl said.
Gohan blushed and started clapping, which caused the other customers to clap as well.
Videl smiled at Gohan, then started her song:
"Open up your mind and let me step inside
Rest your weary head and let your heart decide
It's so easy when you know the rules
It's so easy all you have to do
Is fall in love
Play the game
Ev'rybody play the game of love
When you're feelin' down and your resistance is low
Light another cigarette and let yourself go
This is your life
Don't play hard to get
It's a free world
All you have to do is fall in love
Play the game ev'ryone play the game of love
My game of love has just begun
Love runs from my head down to my toes
My love is pumping through my veins
Driving me insane
Come come come come play the game play the game play
the game play the game
Play the game everybody play the game of love
This is your life - don't play hard to get
It's a free free world all you have to do is fall in love
Play the game yeah play the game of love
Your life - don't play hard to get
It's a free free world all you have to do is fall in love
Play the game - ev'rybody play the game..."
"You were great, Videl," Gohan said. "You always put a smile on people's faces when you go up and sing."
"You should go up and sing, Gohan," Videl said as they sat at a table.
"But I thought we came here because YOU wanted to sing," Gohan said.
Videl put her hand on his. "Gohaaaaaaaan, please. I've never heard you sing. And we come here often enough. Come on."
Gohan raised an eyebrow. "Okay, Videl. I'll do it for you." He stepped up on stage and looked out at the crowd of nine people. "Oi. Alright, I'm gonna attempt a song. Here goes:
"Your eyes are burning holes through me.
I'm gasoline. I'm burnin' clean.
Twentieth century go and sleep.
You're Pleistocene. That is obscene. That is obscene.
You are the star tonight.
Your sun electric, outasight.
Your light eclipsed the moon tonight.
Electrolite.
You're outasight.
If I ever want to fly.
Mulholland Drive.
I am alive.
Hollywood is under me.
I'm Martin Sheen
I'm Steve McQueen
I'm Jimmy Dean
You are the star tonight.
Your sun electric, outasight.
Your light eclipsed the moon tonight.
Electrolite.
You're outasight.
If you ever want to fly.
Mulholland Drive.
Up in the sky.
Stand on a cliff and look down there.
Don't be scared
you are alive.
You are alive.
You are the star tonight.
Your sun electric outasight.
Your light eclipsed the moon tonight.
Electrolite.
You're outasight.
Twentieth century go and sleep.
Really deep. We won't blink
Your eyes are burning holes through me.
I'm not scared I'm outta here.
I'm not scared. I'm outta here."
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~At the end of the night~
Videl giggled the whole way to her house.
"It wasn't THAT bad, was it?" Gohan asked.
"I'm sorry," Videl said. "It's not that. It's just that I never imagined YOU'D sound like that singing."
Gohan frowned. "Well, sorry, I'm not as experienced as you are in the singing department."
"No, no. It wasn't bad," Videl said.
"Yeah, right." He parked at the Satan mansion. "Well, looks like you enjoyed your night."
Videl nodded. "Did you have a good time?"
"I always have a good time when I'm with you," Gohan said. He put his hand on hers and smiled. "Well..., goodnight."
"G'night, Gohan," Videl said.
They sat there looking at each other.
"Oh, bye," Videl said. She got out of the car and went into the house.
Gohan watched her go in, then drove off.
~End Chapter 2~
--Pretty ridiculous, wouldn't you say? Maybe later chapters will be better. To me this one sucked. Let me know what you think. Reviews of any kind are greatly appreciated.
--Lyrics to Queen's song "Play the Game" courtesy of The Complete Queen Lyrics Archive. Similarly, lyrics to R.E.M.'s song "Electrolite" courtesy of The Complete R.E.M. Lyrics Archive. (No, I didn't get permission to steal the lyrics from those sites, so I hope they don't sue me.)
--Which brings me to my next point. I stole the characters in this particular story from Akira Toriyama, so I hope he and the others affiliated with Dragon Ball Z don't sue me either. (Just in case you didn't know, that was a disclaimer.)