"C'mon Vash! Lets go before I change my mind!"
"I'm Coming!"
The two insurance girls were waiting down stairs for the gunman to get ready to go to the bar. They didn't know why he insisted on them going. He just said they had to go tonight.
**Flashback**
A tall blonde gunman walked in the doorway from his daily wandering around town. "Hiya insurance girls!" He waved, walking into the workroom/ Meryl's bedroom in the small house they lived in.
"Don't you ever knock?" Meryl asked, glaring at him. "And you know we aren't the insurance girls anymore. We got fired for waiting for you and not going back to head quarters. Remember?"
Vash put his hand behind neck nervously. "Yeah I know…habit I guess. Anyways you girls wanna go to a bar tonight or something?"
"Sorry but there is too much work to do. We can't just leave and forget all of our troubles like some people I know." She looked at him slyly.
Milly stood up from her small desk. "Sure we can Meryl, c'mon it'll be fun." The younger woman grinned at her partner.
"C'mon Meryl….Pleeeeeeeeaaaaaassseee???" Vash was down on his knees begging, literally.
"Can't we go tomorrow or something. I would really like to finish up this work." She had a lot of paper work since she started working with the mayor as his secretary.
"No we have to go tonight so-…uh we just have to go tonight okay?"
"Okay fine but there are rules this time."
"Rules?"
"Yup. First off, no skirt chasing. Those dumb antics really get on my nerves. Oh and second try not to get too drunk okay? I hate it when I am the only one around that is the least bit sober."
"I'll make sure of it!" He saluted goofily to his drill sergeant Meryl.
**End Flashback**
'I wonder why he was so anxious to go tonight. Is it different than any others?' Thoughts ran through her head like crazy as they made their way to the town bar.
She was the last one to walk in, but when she did she figured out why Vash wanted them to go so badly. Up above the stage in which they usually had a cheap band playing was a banner reading 'KARAOKE CONTEST TONIGHT!'
She thought to herself for a moment. 'What's the prize I wonder.' She looked around and saw a picture of the stage on a poster. 'Karaoke contest in the town bar. Grand prize….' "$$1,000?!?"she thought aloud.
Vash peeked over her shoulder at the poster she was reading. "Huh? Oh yeah. Now that you mention it I was thinking we could use that money. And since you are the only one in the group that can sing I was thinking….."
"Oh no…I am not going up there to sing, especially alone."
"Please?? You know you need the money." She sighed. He was right, they could use the money. After all it could pay for four months of rent. But couldn't they get it some other way??
"Okay fine….But you are singing first okay?"
"What?? Why me??"
You didn't think I was going up there alone did you?" This time he sighed, while thinking 'I knew there would be a catch if she sang.'
"Okay fine. But just for kicks, listen to my song really well and you make a reply to it in yours okay?"
"What do you mean?"
"Like if I was to say something like Do Your Ears Hang Low you would say something that says they do." She nodded, not really thinking then whapped him over the head for that rude comment.
"Alright then, but don't do anything stupid."
"I hope I don't." With that he walked up to the registering booth to enter the two of them in the contest.
The three of them waited while Milly mostly giggled at the thoughts of Vash actually singing. What would he sing?
People in the town sang terribly. They forgot the words and the beat, they tried to dance and fell over, or just gave up all together. That was only the half of it though, most of them just couldn't sing at all.
Person after person, everyone, man woman and child, was booed off the stage. Obviously no one in this town had any talent in singing. Soon enough it was Vash's turn, and he was more nervous than even Meryl imagined him to be. After all, he had done a lot of crazier things than sang Karaoke. Why was he so nervous now? After all, he doesn't really sing that bad either.
When his song started, his back was toward the audience but as the piano started the song up more and more, he turned around just in time to go "ooooo" and cause Meryl to recognize the song.
"Sugar pie honey bunch
You know that I love you
I can't help myself
I love you and nobody else."
She remembered most of the lyrics but couldn't tell what HE would say to HER. She watched as he, even in his humongous boots, moon walked to the song though it didn't fit the song at all.
"In an out my life
You come an you go.
Leaving just your picture behind,
And I've kissed it a thousand times.
When you snap your finger or wink your eye
I come a-runnin to you.
I'm tied to your apron strings
"And there's nothing that I can do"
She knew, in the back of her mind, what he was trying to say, but she didn't want to admit it to herself.
"Can't help myself,
No, I can't help myself.
"Sugar pie honey bunch
I'm weaker than a man should be
I can't help myself
I'm a fool in love you see.
"Wanna tell you I don't love you
Tell you that we're through
And I've tried
But ev'ry time I see your face
I get all choked up inside
When I call your name
Girl it starts a flame
Burning in my heart
Tearing it all apart
No matter how I try
My love I cannot hide
"Cause sugar pie honey bunch
You know that I'm weak for you
Can't help myself
I love you and nobody else."
Then it hit her. She knew what he was trying to say…..he loved her. Her thoughts changed from what he was saying, to her responsive song. She then looked back at him after she picked the perfect song. He was singing and pointing to her every time he said "You" in the song. After a while everyone turned around and looked at Meryl.
"Sugar Pie honey bunch
Do anything you ask me to
Can't help myself
I want you and nobody else.
"Sugar pie honey bunch
You know that I love you
I can't help myself
Sugar pie honey bunch"
At the end of the song everyone, once again, turned to look at Meryl. Then they clapped at Vash. He actually did pretty well in singing. It was more the fact of what he told Meryl that they clapped though. Everyone clapped and awed at the two of them. It was so cute.
As Vash walked back to his seat he whispered to Meryl, "Told you I wouldn't be skirt chasing." He mocked.
"I'm Coming!"
The two insurance girls were waiting down stairs for the gunman to get ready to go to the bar. They didn't know why he insisted on them going. He just said they had to go tonight.
**Flashback**
A tall blonde gunman walked in the doorway from his daily wandering around town. "Hiya insurance girls!" He waved, walking into the workroom/ Meryl's bedroom in the small house they lived in.
"Don't you ever knock?" Meryl asked, glaring at him. "And you know we aren't the insurance girls anymore. We got fired for waiting for you and not going back to head quarters. Remember?"
Vash put his hand behind neck nervously. "Yeah I know…habit I guess. Anyways you girls wanna go to a bar tonight or something?"
"Sorry but there is too much work to do. We can't just leave and forget all of our troubles like some people I know." She looked at him slyly.
Milly stood up from her small desk. "Sure we can Meryl, c'mon it'll be fun." The younger woman grinned at her partner.
"C'mon Meryl….Pleeeeeeeeaaaaaassseee???" Vash was down on his knees begging, literally.
"Can't we go tomorrow or something. I would really like to finish up this work." She had a lot of paper work since she started working with the mayor as his secretary.
"No we have to go tonight so-…uh we just have to go tonight okay?"
"Okay fine but there are rules this time."
"Rules?"
"Yup. First off, no skirt chasing. Those dumb antics really get on my nerves. Oh and second try not to get too drunk okay? I hate it when I am the only one around that is the least bit sober."
"I'll make sure of it!" He saluted goofily to his drill sergeant Meryl.
**End Flashback**
'I wonder why he was so anxious to go tonight. Is it different than any others?' Thoughts ran through her head like crazy as they made their way to the town bar.
She was the last one to walk in, but when she did she figured out why Vash wanted them to go so badly. Up above the stage in which they usually had a cheap band playing was a banner reading 'KARAOKE CONTEST TONIGHT!'
She thought to herself for a moment. 'What's the prize I wonder.' She looked around and saw a picture of the stage on a poster. 'Karaoke contest in the town bar. Grand prize….' "$$1,000?!?"she thought aloud.
Vash peeked over her shoulder at the poster she was reading. "Huh? Oh yeah. Now that you mention it I was thinking we could use that money. And since you are the only one in the group that can sing I was thinking….."
"Oh no…I am not going up there to sing, especially alone."
"Please?? You know you need the money." She sighed. He was right, they could use the money. After all it could pay for four months of rent. But couldn't they get it some other way??
"Okay fine….But you are singing first okay?"
"What?? Why me??"
You didn't think I was going up there alone did you?" This time he sighed, while thinking 'I knew there would be a catch if she sang.'
"Okay fine. But just for kicks, listen to my song really well and you make a reply to it in yours okay?"
"What do you mean?"
"Like if I was to say something like Do Your Ears Hang Low you would say something that says they do." She nodded, not really thinking then whapped him over the head for that rude comment.
"Alright then, but don't do anything stupid."
"I hope I don't." With that he walked up to the registering booth to enter the two of them in the contest.
The three of them waited while Milly mostly giggled at the thoughts of Vash actually singing. What would he sing?
People in the town sang terribly. They forgot the words and the beat, they tried to dance and fell over, or just gave up all together. That was only the half of it though, most of them just couldn't sing at all.
Person after person, everyone, man woman and child, was booed off the stage. Obviously no one in this town had any talent in singing. Soon enough it was Vash's turn, and he was more nervous than even Meryl imagined him to be. After all, he had done a lot of crazier things than sang Karaoke. Why was he so nervous now? After all, he doesn't really sing that bad either.
When his song started, his back was toward the audience but as the piano started the song up more and more, he turned around just in time to go "ooooo" and cause Meryl to recognize the song.
"Sugar pie honey bunch
You know that I love you
I can't help myself
I love you and nobody else."
She remembered most of the lyrics but couldn't tell what HE would say to HER. She watched as he, even in his humongous boots, moon walked to the song though it didn't fit the song at all.
"In an out my life
You come an you go.
Leaving just your picture behind,
And I've kissed it a thousand times.
When you snap your finger or wink your eye
I come a-runnin to you.
I'm tied to your apron strings
"And there's nothing that I can do"
She knew, in the back of her mind, what he was trying to say, but she didn't want to admit it to herself.
"Can't help myself,
No, I can't help myself.
"Sugar pie honey bunch
I'm weaker than a man should be
I can't help myself
I'm a fool in love you see.
"Wanna tell you I don't love you
Tell you that we're through
And I've tried
But ev'ry time I see your face
I get all choked up inside
When I call your name
Girl it starts a flame
Burning in my heart
Tearing it all apart
No matter how I try
My love I cannot hide
"Cause sugar pie honey bunch
You know that I'm weak for you
Can't help myself
I love you and nobody else."
Then it hit her. She knew what he was trying to say…..he loved her. Her thoughts changed from what he was saying, to her responsive song. She then looked back at him after she picked the perfect song. He was singing and pointing to her every time he said "You" in the song. After a while everyone turned around and looked at Meryl.
"Sugar Pie honey bunch
Do anything you ask me to
Can't help myself
I want you and nobody else.
"Sugar pie honey bunch
You know that I love you
I can't help myself
Sugar pie honey bunch"
At the end of the song everyone, once again, turned to look at Meryl. Then they clapped at Vash. He actually did pretty well in singing. It was more the fact of what he told Meryl that they clapped though. Everyone clapped and awed at the two of them. It was so cute.
As Vash walked back to his seat he whispered to Meryl, "Told you I wouldn't be skirt chasing." He mocked.