Logan stood outside the club with Jean, Kitty, Marie, Peter and Bobby waiting to be let in. He hadn't wanted to go out but figured if he had to play chaperone for the kids then someone else had to suffer as well, besides he thought even this would be better for Jeannie than hanging around the mansion moping. After their discussion two weeks ago; she and Scott had seemed to come to a stalemate, neither one seemingly knowing what to do to move past it. The last two weeks had been filled with team practice sessions, mutant retrieval missions, course planning and Jean and Scott playing a great game of avoidance. He should be happy that it looked as if they wouldn't be working things out, but seeing Jeannie getting more and more depressed over it, kind of killed his happiness at the prospect. Logan shook himself free of his thoughts as the line started moving once again. After the doorman had collected their tickets they were allowed entry into the club. Logan was walking behind Jean as she made her way through the crowd and towards the dance floor, when she came to an abrupt stop. Moving up beside her, Logan looked up to see what had caught her attention.
As Logan took in the scene in front of him he remembered the thought he had two weeks ago about where things would go. This had certainly never entered his mind. Logan glanced at Jeannie, who was standing by his side watching some woman practically grind herself against Scott, who didn't seem to mind the attention in the least. It look liked the stalemate Scott and Jean had entered into was about to end. Before he could suggest that they leave and head somewhere else Bobby spoke up.
"Damn, I can't believe it!" He turned to Logan. "Do you know who that is?" Before Logan could respond. Bobby turned to Marie and Kitty. "Can you believe it? We come here hoping to get an autograph of an up and coming star and she's got Scott on the dance floor practically having sex!" Logan growled as Jeannie flinched at Bobby's last statement.
"Maybe we should go somewhere else." Logan barely got out before objections were voiced.
"No, we've been planning this forever."
"Do you know how hard it was to get tickets for this?"
"Marie and I had to sneak…" Kitty broke off as Marie elbowed her in the side and Logan quirked an eyebrow at her and Marie. Marie raised her head and tried to look defiant.
"We did not sneak; I'm over the age of eighteen. I don't need to sneak." Logan grunted and shot Marie a look that said they would talk later.
Jean who had remained silent during this exchange turned to face Logan.
"It's fine. Everyone's been looking forward to seeing this performance for a while; let's just find a table and have a seat." Jean started to turn away only to be stopped by Logan.
"You sure?" Jean nodded and headed off in search of seating. Glancing around she saw a few available tables, but none that would accommodate all of them. Turning to face the others she started to suggest splitting up when Kitty spoke up.
"There's Ms. Munroe!" Jean turned in the direction Kitty was pointing and there sat Ororo sitting in a booth nursing a drink and watching Scott on the dance floor. "Why don't we join her? That booth's big enough for all of us!" Before anyone could say anything, Kitty took off towards Ororo; everyone else trialed behind. As they got closer to the table Kitty called out to Ro.
"Ms Munroe!" Ro looked surprise evident in her expression.
"Kitty…" Ro looked past Kitty to take in everyone else. "Everyone. Hello." The other nodded in greeting as Kitty continued speaking.
"Ms. Munroe can we share your table? We were going to have to sit apart; but then I spotted you." Kitty sat down without waiting for Ro's reply.
"I…" Ro hesitated as she looked to the dance floor trying to spot Scott. But he had been swallowed up by the crowd. Ro sighed and looked at everyone else who had remained standing. "Why don't all of you sit down and I'll go let Scott know you're here." Ro started to slide out of the booth, only to be stopped by Jean.
"That's okay. We'll just sit at some of the tables we saw earlier." Jean almost snorted at the look of relief she saw on Ororo's face.
"Maybe that would be…." Ro broke off as another feminine voice cut across hers.
"That may be a little difficult it looks like all the tables have been taken." Everyone turned towards the woman who had delivered this message and stood smiling next to a quiet Scott. "Are these friends of yours Ororo?" Before Ro could respond the woman turned to Scott. "If they're friends of Ororo's they must be friends of yours as well." Scott starts to nod but she has already turned away. "Why don't you join us? We have more than enough room; I reserved the bigger booth because I knew Scott would like to be separated from the crowd." The others exchanged glances and then started sliding into the booth; Bobby next to Kitty followed by Marie and Peter. Logan allows Jean to slide in next to Ro and then takes a seat; Scott exchanges a glance with Ro as the woman continues speaking. "I'm sorry…I haven't even introduced myself." Bobby interrupts before she could go any further.
"Like you need an introduction! You're the whole reason we're here!" Kitty and Marie roll their eyes at Bobby, while the others smile at his obvious enthusiasm.
Laughing a little at Bobby's display, the woman continues, again.
"Well thank you, but never the less allow me to introduce myself." Turning to the others with a laugh she continues. "Alison Blair, also known as Dazzler, up and coming superstar; at least I hopes so." She ends with a laugh. As the others join in, Bobby speaks up once again.
"Up and coming superstar definitely! I have your new CD and its fantastic! You would…"
"Bobby enough!" Bobby breaks off as Scott interrupts him.
Scott steps up behind Alison and places a hand along the small of her back.
"Let's finish the introductions. Well, you all now know this is Alison; so Alison, allow me to introduce Marie, Kitty, Bobby, Peter, Logan and Jean." Scott gestures to each one as he says their names. "Marie, Kitty, Bobby and Peter are recent graduates from the school Ro and I teach at; while Logan and Jean are fellow teachers." Everyone nods in greeting and a small silence falls over the group. Jean breaks the silence by directing a statement to Scott.
"I'm surprised to see you here. This usually isn't your type of thing." Scott flushes at Jean's statement. But before he can give a response Alison speaks up.
"Well, you can blame that on me. He didn't want to come but I managed to make him feel guilty enough to show up." Alison gestured to Peter to slide in. As the others made room she and Scott sat down.
"I didn't feel guilty."
"Well of course you do. You close up that beautiful house in Vermont so I have no place to escape to, then you cancel our movie mania weekend and then I have to practically beg you to come see me perform, not thirty minutes away from your new place of residence." Alison pauses and waves her hands around Scott. "You have guilt coming off you in waves." She laughs as Scott quirks an eyebrow at her and turns back to the others. "I wish Scott would have mentioned you all were coming. I would have gotten passes for all of you as well." Marie, Kitty, Bobby and Peter exchange glances.
"You could have got us in for free?"
"Do you know how long we stood in line for tickets?"
"Man, Mr. Summers that's cold." Scott held his up his hands for silence.
"Whoa, first of all I didn't know you guys liked Dazzler, second I didn't know you were coming and third, well I don't have a third so just deal with it." Before they could respond to this, Jean spoke up again.
"How do you two know each other?" Before Scott or Alison can answer one of the staff comes over to the table.
"I'm sorry to interrupt, but it's almost time for you first set." Alison nods and Scotts stands up to let her slide out of the booth.
"Well I hope you all enjoy the show. This first set I will mostly be doing covers of other artists songs. It's not until the second set that I will throw in some songs from my CD." Alison turns away from the table to face Scott. Reaching up she kisses him lightly on the mouth and then heads for the stage. Scott flushes as she walks away. Avoiding looking at Jean he retakes his seat.
The others sit in uncomfortable silence as the lights lower and the band takes the stage. As the band takes their positions on stage the MC comes out and grabs the mike.
"Welcome everyone. We are so glad you could all join us tonight in welcoming one of the fastest rising stars on the music scene today. Everyone put your hands together and welcome Dazzler to the stage."
The crowd breaks out in applause as Dazzler takes the stage and comes to the mike.
"Thank you, thank you all for that warm welcome. It's a pleasure to be here tonight and I hope you all enjoy the show. Tonight we are going to start the show with a song dedicated to the man in the cool red shades." Scott ducks his head as the crowd starts looking around and Bobby starts to tease him. Alison steps back from the mike as the lights lower over the stage. The guitarist strikes a cord and the rest of the band joins in as the lights start to illuminate the stage once more. Alison grabs the mike and starts her set, with a cover of Mariah Carey's Say Something.
Everyone sits back and enjoys the show. Alison is good and it's easy to see that she is definitely on the track to stardom. A waiter comes over and takes their order, which is pretty easy since it's an eighteen and up club and doesn't serve alcohol. Peter nudges Scott to indicate that he should move. Scott slides out and Marie, Peter, Kitty and Bobby join the crowd on the dance floor. Leaving Scott, Ororo, Jean and Logan alone in the booth.
Say Something Lyrics
I'm over here
Looking at you
You're over there
Watching me too
Both painting pictures of
Of how we'll kiss and hug
So what we gonna do?
(So what ya gonna do? What ya gonna do?)
Tell me why we're standing here
The moment's passion's all so clear
You've got my mind blown
And baby, I'm ready to go
But uhh
If it's worth your while
Say something, say something
If it's worth your while
Say something good to me
Hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey
If it's worth your while
Do something good to me
(Let's make it)
Hot as you can stand it
Something like volcanic
You know it seems organic
Just like the stars and planets
Yeah, we are
So what you gonna do?
(So what ya gonna do? What ya gonna do?)
Tell me why we're still in here
There's nothing for us to fear
I could tell with my eyes closed
Now baby, I'm ready to go
But uhh
If it's worth your while
Say something, say something
If it's worth your while
say something good to me
Hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey
If it's worth your while
Do something good to me.
If it's worth your while
Say something, say something
If it's worth your while
Say something good to me, baby
Hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey
If it's worth your while
Do something good to me.
Snoop Dogg:
Everytime I fall though
Want me to speak on the word or two
It's the D-O-double-G
And I do it so lovingly
Diggin' this track by the Neptunes
Babygirl, follow me to the west room
Now get buck wild
Shhh, don't make a sound
I'll take you, lay you down
Make your body go round and round
Do you want me to?
Don't say you won't
I know you do
Most girls play shy
It won't hurt until you give it a try
I know you like my smile
Dig my style, dig the bow-wow
But uhh
If it's worth your while
Say something, say something
If it's worth your while
Say something good to
me
Hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey
If it's worth your while
Do something good to me.
If it's worth your while
Say something, say something
If it's worth your while
Say something good to me
Hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey
If it's worth your while
Do something good to me.