Again, I don't own j&d…….cries

Back to the present……………….

"What do you mean more women?" Daxter looked askance.

"Well, actually one. A girl…..she's a singer, and a pretty good one I might add," Sig replied.

"So Krew hired her? Why?" Jak was slightly skeptical at Krew's sudden change of heart.

"Well, she's quite a looker from what I've seen of her…..which isn't much," Sig grinned.

"So she's a babe! Jak, we need to get into that bar!" Daxter said, starting to get excited.

"I know we need to get in Dax. We need to see Krew," Jak said, sarcasm dripping from his voice.

"JAK! Why would we want to see big bad and ugly……beside the fact that he has a lot of good booze?"

"Dax, calm down, I was just kidding," Jak said with a laugh, "Sig, you think you can get us in?"

"Don't you worry chili peppers; Sig here's got you covered,"

"Then let's go meet some LADIES!" yelled Daxter as everyone headed inside.

"This place is packed," Jak said in Sig's direction.

"The whole time I've worked for Krew I've never seen it this full," Sig glanced around. Every seat in the house was full, as was the bar. Daxter started to make his way over to Tess, presumably to say hi, but thought better of it after seeing how busy she was. She was filling orders as quickly as she could, but it seemed that for every order she filled, two more were placed. As the group got to the middle of the room where the pole was located, a large fleshy face filled Jak's range of view.

"Ahh Jak. Good to see you again. Have you seen my new money bringer?" Krew asked with a wicked smile on his face.

"I haven't seen anywhere you would put her…." Jak began.

"I had Sig here construct a stage for her in the corner over there," he said, pointing one of his chubby fingers in the direction of the corner closes to the bar. "She should be coming out for her next performance about……now," Krew finished as the door behind the bar opened and someone started to make their way to the stage. As the person walked toward the stage, a light turned on and illuminated her, making her stand out in the now darkened room.

"WOOHOO! Now this is what I was talking about Krew!" Daxter yelled as everyone started cheering and clapping. As the girl stood in the spotlight, her eyes roamed the room. Getting a good look at her, Jak had to gasp. She was stunning, with long brown curly hair and deep blue eyes, the exact shade of blue as the sea near his hometown. As they suddenly locked eyes, he smiled at her and her jaw dropped. Quickly composing herself, she grabbed the microphone situated in front of her.

"Hello. How is everyone tonight?" she said softly into the mike. She was responded by more cheering and clapping.

"I've been trying to think of something to sing, and I think I've finally thought of it," she said, with a quick glance over to Jak," so I hope everyone here likes it," . As she started to sing, her gaze would occasionally slip over to Jak, while he could only stare at her.

Whenever sang my songs
On the stage, on my own
Whenever said my words
Wishing they would be heard
I saw you smiling at me
Was it real or just my fantasy
You'd always be there in the corner
Of this tiny little bar
My last night here for you
Same old songs, just once more
My last night here with you?
Maybe yes, maybe no
I kind of liked it your way
how you shyly placed your eyes on me
Oh, did you ever know?
That I had mine on you

As she sang the last part of the song, her eyes never left Jak's. As the chords of the song faded out, they continued to stare at each other. Finally, she yanked her gaze away form him and left the stage.

"Woo Sig, seems someone has the 'hots' for the new girl," Daxter jumped onto Jak's shoulder, "Don't worry Jak, I'm a Casanova when it comes to 'the ladies', ill tech you everything I know,' Daxter slicked the fur on his head back.

"Daxter….." Jak started to say.

"Nonono, it's fine, no need to thank me, precursor orbs will do the trick," Daxter said with a smile on his feet.

"Would you two stop it already! You're giving me a headache with your jabber. So eh, do you need something/ or are you just here to get something free? Krew asked.

"Naw, we'll get going….." Jak started.

"Yea, but we'll be back tomorrow" Daxter finished. And with that parting phrase, Jak and Daxter left the building, and grabbed a parked zoomer nearby, and drove off, ignoring the protests of it's owner who was standing right next to it.

There's a lot of dialogue in this one, but I need to get some things out onto the open….hopefully there will be more action in the next chapter. Review plz!