A/N: I'm glad you guys were so enthusiastic about your last reviews. I really appreciate all the positive feed-back, I'm proud to say I haven't gotten a flame yet! Which, in my opinion, is very good. This chapter's going to be longer than usual, because of lyrics. So...Bear with me!
Disclaimer: Sadly, I own Teen Titans just as much as Timmy Turner can inherit the internet. Which is PRETTY self-explanatory.
Jinx P.O.V.
It seemed as if Starfire decided the regular Pizza Place wasn't good enough, and since it was a special occasion, we went to a different place for 'celebratory activities', as she called it. She decided we needed to go to a Kareoke bar, as she read in a girl magazine that they were 'quite delightful'. I was EXTREAMLY enthusiastic. Kid Flash kept giving me a look as if saying,'Be nice about it. She doesn't KNOW any better.'. I looked at him and shook my head, but still listened. None of the original Titans had seen this coming. And Starfire insisted that we all had to sing a song. She asked Robin to go first, but he gently declined, telling her to ask Kid Flash. I smirked at him, and he glared. It took all I had not to laugh when she went up to him and asked with those big green eyes,"Friend Kid Flash, will you PLEASE sing kareoke?" He nodded slowly, looking as if it were quite painful.
"Glorious! Now go pick your song. But don't take TOO long." He nodded once more, and walked up to the big book of songs. We started to talk amongst ourselves, and Raven and I compared different spell techniques. Turned out, we used the same ones. The tension between us became much lighter, as we joked around, talking about all the different spell ingredients and what happened when you combined some. The lights shown on stage, and Kid Flash was up there. A banjo started up with the background track. I shook my head, afraid of what he would choose.
"I want to be a rockstar,
And travel really far.
I bought me a big, expensive car.
And make lots of money,
And find me a honey,
And live in a nice, big house
Where it's sunny with a pool.
But I'll be cool.
I'll always have a gig,
'Cause I'll be big.
I'll have parties and fans,
And places to go.
The only problem is,
I play the Banjo.
I play the Banjo...
I'm a post Hee-Haw mover.
A folkadelic punk rock groover.
A cross between Bela Fleck and Eddie Vedder, but better.
I'll win a grammy for the way I pick,
I'll be an instrumental monster with tons of new licks.
And all the babes will love new sellout shows.
The only problem is,
I play the Banjo.
I play the Banjo...
(Well) (But) I play the Banjo,
Play the Banjo,
Play the Banjo...
(Well) I play the Banjo,
I play the Banjo..."
There was a bridge in the song, so he stopped singing for a bit. I was suprised he could sing that well, his voice was above average. But the song...I couldn't help but giggle at the lyrics. They were simply CRACKING ME UP.
"I say, hear me boys.
Say, hear my rhyme.
I'm pickin' on the Banjo all the time.
I say, hear me boys.
Hear my song.
I'm pickin' on the Banjo all day long.
Pick it.
I'll have a Learjet, and a limousine,
'Cause everywhere I go my fans will scream,
'Hey Banjo Boy, we love you.
I wish that we could all play the Banjo, too.'
And you'll see me on the TV talk shows,
With Dave, Conan, and Jay Leno.
The only problem is,
I play the Banjo..."
The song ended with this huge banjo ending, which fit the song, he came down off the stage, earning applause from most everybody in the bar. He had that huge grin on his face, the teasing one.
"Nice song...You REALLY got into it."
"I know. I think YOU should go up next." My eyes grew wide.
"I do NOT think so." Starfire looked up at me with those big eyes...How could I say no? So I didn't. And said, yes, I WILL sing a song now. This certainly would be interesting...
Kid Flash P.O.V.
Sitting in the booth next to the guys, I leaned back, arms crossed over my chest, smug smile on my face. The others just smirked at me, as if waiting to see what Jinx would sing next. Hopefully, it wasn't something embarresing...
A beat for a song I was quite familiar with came on. I listened to alot of different types of music, and country was one of them. I can't believe she was singing this...Shaking my head, I gave her a grin, and she gave me a smile back that said 'Payback time, Wally!'
"I'm waitin on the sun to set,
'Cause yesterday aint over yet.
I started smoking cigaretts,
There's nothing else to do I guess.
Dusty roads ain't made for walking,
Spinning tires ain't made for stoppin.
I'm giving up on love, 'cause loves given up on me.
I gave it everything I had,
And everything I got was bad.
Life ain't hard but it's too long,
To live it like some country song.
Trade the truth in for a lie,
Cheating really ain't a crime
I'm giving up on love, 'cause loves given up on me
Forget you high society,
I'm soakin' it in Kerosene.
Light 'em up and watch them burn,
Teach them what they need to learn.
HA!
Dirty hands ain't made for shakin',
Ain't a rule that ain't worth breakin'.
Well I'm giving up on love, 'cause loves given up on me.
Now I don't hate the one who left You,
Hes out there holding on to someone,
I'm holding up my smoking gun.
I'll find somewhere to lay my blame,
The day she changes her last name.
Well I'm giving up on love, 'cause loves given up on me.
Well I m giving up on love,
HEY!
Loves given up on me."
Wow. I REALLY didn't think Jinx could pull off that song, it's pretty hard to do. But she did it. And god, was I proud of her. As she walked up to me, the look on her face saying 'HA!', I pulled her into my lap and kissed her on the lips. She giggled, laying into my shoulder. Next, believe it or not, Robin went up. It seemed as if he had his song picked out...It was one I had heard too many times before.
"What's the deal with my brain?
Why am I so obviously insane?
In a perfect situation,
I let love down the drain.
There's the pitch, slow and straight.
All I have to do is swing,
and I'm a hero, but I'm a zero.
Hungry nights, once again,
Now it's getting unbelievable.
'Cause I could not have it better,
But I just can't get no play.
From the girls, all around,
As they search the night for someone to hold onto.
And I just pass through...
Singing...
Noohhhhh oh. Ooohhhhh oh. Ooohhhhhhhhhh.
Singing...
Noohhhhh oh. Ooohhhhh oh. Ooohhhhhhhhhh.
Get your hands off the girl,
Can't you see that she belongs to me?
And I don't appreciate this excess company.
Though I can't satisfy all the needs she has,
And so she starts to wander...
Can you blame her?
Singing...
Noohhhhh oh. Ooohhhhh oh. Ooohhhhhhhhhh.
Singing...
Noohhhhh oh. Ooohhhhh oh. Ooohhhhhhhhhh.
Tell me there's a logic out there.
Leading me to better prepare,
For the day that something really special might come.
Tell me there's some hope for me.
I don't wanna be lonely,
For the rest of my days on the earth.
Oh..!"
A guitar solo type thing came in, and then it got really silent in the bar. It was Robin singing all by himself at this part, and the question was, could he pull it off? He was doing a pretty good job so far...
"Noohhhhh oh. Ooohhhhh oh. Ooohhhhhhhhhh.
Singing...
Noohhhhh oh. Ooohhhhh oh. Ooohhhhhhhhhh.
Singing...
Noohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh..."
Yep. Boy Blunder pulled it off. You could tell Starfire was excited. She knew he was singing it to her the whole time, since he was looking straight at her. Beast Boy, Raven, and Cyborg voted not to sing. That left only...Starfire. She happily skipped up to the stage, as she already had the stuff for her song. As soon as she stepped up, the rest of the crowd perked up. It seemed as if she was a regular here.
"You
want to know more, more, more about me.
I'm the girl who's
kicking the coke machine.
I'm the one that's honking at you
'cause I left late again...
Hey! Hey! Hey!
Can't you see I
want you by the way I push you away, yeah!
Don't judge me tomorrow
by the way I'm acting,
Take the words up with the actions deal
with all for your reaction, yeah!
Hey! Hey!
Get tangled up in
me.
You want to know more, more, more about me.
Got to
know reverse psychology.
I'm the reason why you can't get to
sleep.
I'm the girl you never get just quite what you see.
Hey!
Hey! Hey!
Can't you see I want you by the way I push you away,
yeah!
Don't judge me tomorrow by the way I'm acting.
Take the
words up with the actions deal with all for your reaction, yeah!
Hey! Hey!
Get tangled up in me.
You
think that you know me (Get tangled up in me),
You think that I'm
lonely (Get tangled up in me),
When everything I do is only to
get tangled up in you...
You want to know more, more, more
about me.
I'm the girl that's sweeping you off your feet...
Hey!
Hey! Hey!
Can't you see I want you by the way I push you away,
yeah!
Don't judge me tomorrow by the way I'm acting.
Take the
words up with the actions deal with all for your reaction, yeah!
Hey! Hey!
Get tangled up in me..."
The crowd in the small Kareoke bar went wild, and Starfire beamed. Robin was in his seat, blushing furiously. Jinx and I laughed, and he excused himself, going to pay for the drinks we asked him for. We sat and watched the other people in the bar sing, but none of them even touched our artistic abilities. Robin and Starfire sat next to each other, which ended up meaning they sat next to us. Starfire giggled alot, because Robin was holding her hand underneath the table. I looked at Jinx, and she nodded.
"So..Robin, Star, what was that date in the coffee shop all about?" The other three members of the Titans eyes grew extreamly wide, and then shock turned to laughter. Cyborg looked at Robin.
"Well, you FINALLY worked up enough guts to ask her out. Hand over the money, you two! I won the bet!" Raven and Beast Boy grumbled, both forking up twenty bucks. Starfire and Robin glared together at the same time. We all talked about random things for the next hour or so, until someone told everyone over the mic that the bar was closing. We walked out, and went home to the tower. So far, so good. The hero life wasn't so bad after all.
A/N: Yep! My long-wanted kareoke chapter. I finally did it! So, now that that's out of the way, things may or may not get faster-paced in my story. I have no idea. Well, see y'all later!
Aislinn of Azarath
