A.N.- Ok first off sorry for not updating sooner but as an apology I made this chapter twice as long as it was originally suppose to be.
Special thanks to:
SOAKtheSUN-This is the open mike night chapter. You wanted to know if Spike was going to perform the answer is of course. J
sba- Sorry its gonna take awile to get those two wacky kids together but be patient it will happen. And sorry about the bad spelling.
Spuffied- Ok good thing I'm not screwing it up and thanks for the concern about the flooding but my family got off easy.
And an extremely big thanks to
ness345- You were the only one to write back about my author's note but your band name fit so perfectly it probably would have been the one I chose even if more people did write back. Thanks again you're a life saver.
Buffy scans the Bronze then looks back at Willow, "He's not going to show is he?"
"Yes he will if he knows what's good for him." Willow grins, "See told you so."
Buffy turns around to look at Parker who is making his way across the room towards her. Once he fights his way through the crowd he sits down at the table with them, "Hi sorry I'm late."
"Oh are you. I hadn't noticed." Willow rolls her eyes at her friends comment.
"So when you going on?
Buffy smiles at Parker, "Soon there's a band on before me. I'm kind of nervous I've never done this kind of thing before."
Parker gives her an encouraging smile, "You'll be great."
"Of course she will." Xander slides into the last empty seat at their table, "Sorry but who are you."
"Parker."
"I'm Xander." The two boys shake hands, "So Buff where's your guitar."
"Backstage. The manager said that it be safe back there." Buffy bites her lip, "Do you think I should go make sure?"
"No Buffster your guitar will be fine." Xander gives her a smile then it slides off his face, "Oh you have got to be kidding me."
Buffy turns to the stage to see the now familiar peroxide blonde along with the brunette from earlier who is now a redhead and a brunette girl walk out onto the stage, "You have got to be kidding me."
"Isn't that that guy you were with a couple days ago." Parker followed her gaze.
"Unfortunetly yes." Buffy groans but cuts off as the blonde starts to sing.
A.N.- Ok so basically its Spike on lead guitar and vocals. Oz on bass. And Faith on drums. The song is Whatsername by Green Day. Enjoy
Thought I ran into you down on the street
Then it turned out to only be a dream
I made a point to burn all of the photographs
She went away and then I took a different path
I remember the face
But I can't recall the name
Now I wonder how whatsername has been
Seems that she disappeared without a trace
Did she ever marry old whats-his-face
I made a point to burn all of the photographs
She went away and then I took a different path
I remember the face
But I can't recall the name
Now I wonder how whatsername has been
music break
Remember
Whatever
It seems like forever ago
Remember
Whatever
It seems like forever ago
The regrets
Are useless
In my mind
She's in my head
I must confess
The regrets
Are useless
In my mind
She's in my head
From so long ago
And in the darkest night
If my memory
Serves me right
I'll never turn back time
The blonde leans towards the mike, "We're The Big Bad. I'm Spike that was Whatsername wrote it for a bint that I'd like to forget. I know there are some of you pathetic souls out there like me who have had your heart but through the blender once or twice so I'm sure you can relate to this next one. This is Siberia.
A.N.- This is a Backstreet Boys song but before you run screaming from the room (Grabs back of Anime Girl23's shirt and shoves her back into her chair) I am using it for the lyrics ok.
When you come back I won't be here
She said and gently pulled me near
If you want to talk you can call
And no it's not your fault
I just smiled and said let go of me
Now there's something
I've just gotta know
Did someone else steal my part?
She said it's not my fault
Then my heart did time in Siberia
Was waiting for the lie to come true
'Cause it's all so dark and mysterious
When the one you want doesn't want you too
I was drifted in between
Like I was on the outside looking in
Yeah
In my dreams you are still here
Like you've always been
Oh yeah
My heart did time in Siberia
Was waiting for the lie to come true
'Cause it's all so dark and mysterious
When the one you want doesn't want you
I gave myself away completely
But you just couldn't see me
Though I was sleeping in your bed
'Cause someone else was on your mind
In your head-ad
When I came back she wasn't there
Just a note left on the stairs
If you want to talk give me a call
My heart did time in Siberia
Was waiting for the lie to come true
'Cause it's all so dark and mysterious
When the one you want doesn't want you too
When the one that you want doesn't want you
My heart did time in Siberia
Siberia
Was waiting for the lie to come true
I'm waiting I'm waiting
'Cause it's all so dark and mysterious
When the one you want doesn't want you too
Siberia
Siberia
When the one you want doesn't want you too
Buffy stares up at the stage in shock mesmerized by the Spike's lyrics and his voice that seemed to touch her very soul. She turns back to Willow, "Wow."
"Your telling me." Willow is starring wide-eyed at the stage
Xander looks back and forth between his two best friends then at Parker, "Did we miss something?"
Parker laughs, "Yeah I think so. Um Buffy didn't you say you were up next."
Buffy shakes her head to clear her thought, "Um yeah." She stands up and walks backstage and grabs her guitar she waits to the side of the stage as the brunette and red head get down followed by Spike.
He does a double take then sneers at her, "Oh this should be interesting. Goldilocks is gonna sing."
Buffy pushes past him and steps onto the stage. She clears her throat, tries to not focus on all the people watching her and plasters a fake smile on her face, "Hi I'm Buffy Summers and this is Happy."
A.N.-This song is written by Sita.
There's a man sitting down by the 405
Hitting some kind of tune on his raving guitar
He seems stranded in a desert of a million dreams
Just like life hasn't been exactly as nice as it seems
Hello how are you?
Why are you looking so sad
On a day like this?
Do you feel like talking?
Now you got me started
I wanna see a smile
Up on your clueless face
Yeah, Yeah
You could be so happy
On this brand new beautiful day
You could be so happy
Like kids getting ready to play
Come on and bring it on, on and on
Nothing that you do is wrong
Come along and don't drag it on
You can be so happy
On this brand new beautiful day
You say your girlfriend is pretty
She's waiting at home
Got a safe job
And you can call a little house and a Chevy your own
It all seems perfect but ain't perfect
Just as boring as hell
You've been craving for this
And now you're stuck
Just like a snail in it's shell
All that matters is that you can
Be free to live your life the way
You sincerely feel it
Cause life's too short
Don't wanna be a prisoner
of your own illusions
And I shout it out
You could be so happy
Yeah you got somebody to love
You could be so happy
Ain't that good enough
Ain't no use to sit and drag it on,
Thinking 'bout the mess you've done
Nothing's wrong, just bring it on
You could be so happy
You got somebody to love
Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah
Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah
Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah
Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah
You can be so happy
On this brand new beautiful day
You could be so happy
Like kids getting ready to play
Come on and bring it on, on and on
Nothing that you do is wrong
Come along and don't drag it on
You could be so happy
Aint that good enough
Ain't no use to sit and drag it on,
thinking 'bout the mess you've done
Nothing's wrong, just bring it on
You could be so happy
You got somebody to love
I see a man sitting down by the 405
Got a smile on his face
Thinking 'What a wonderful life'
Spike stares up at the blonde from the bar and joins in the applause takeing place all around him he leans towards Faith to speak to her but doesn't take his eyes off Buffy, "Well I'll be damned Blondie's got some talent."
"You aint kidding," Faith hits him in the shoulder.
"Ow bloody hell what was that for?"
"You just had to be an ass didn't you we could have used her."
Spike sputters, "Wha-what the bledding hell-"
"Shut up she's gonna start singing again."
Buffy waits for the applause to die down then leans towards the mike, "Thanks um I hope you like this one just as much. This is The Story of Beauty."
A.N.- This is by Destiny's Child
Please dry your eyes, young girl
Don't cry, you're beautiful
It's not your fault, young girl
Don't cry, you're beautiful
You're not the one to blame
Soon it will be okay
One day you'll realize
Your beauty
It was a Saturday
This cold afternoon
Inside this house there lived a frightened young girl
She didn't know what she should do
Cause she missed her mother so
She was left home all alone with her step father
Please dry your eyes, young girl
Don't cry, you're beautiful
It's not your fault, young girl
Don't cry, you're beautiful
You're not the one to blame
Soon it will be okay
One day you'll realize
Your beauty
He touched her places
That he shouldn't have touched
He did some things to her
That he shouldn't have done
So she ran into her room
Paged her mother 9-1-1
And the tragedy began
For this young girl
She told her mother, her family, and friends
No one believed her cuz before this happened
She was filled with hate and anger
Towards her step father
Cuz he took her mother from her when they married
Please dry your eyes, young girl
Don't cry, you're beautiful
It's not your fault, young girl
Don't cry, you're beautiful
You're not the one to blame
Soon it will be okay
One day you'll realize
Your beauty
She looked for her father
in the men that she saw
Thought that all she had to offer
Was her body
No one to figure out why
This young girl would live her life
In such pain and unhappiness
She was so beautiful
She rebelled and one day the young girl fell in love with
another man like her stepdad
He abused her emotionally and made her feel like she was
worthless
Hope one day she realize
And see the beauty in her eyes
All she needs is prayer and strength
She's beautiful
Please dry your eyes, young girl (Cant bear to see you cry)
Don't cry, you're beautiful(One more time)
It's not your fault, young girl
Don't cry, you're beautiful (Its not your fault what he did to you girl)
You're not the one to blame
Soon it will be okay (I promise you'll be ok)
One day you'll realize
Your beauty (Your beautiful)
Please dry your eyes, young girl
Don't cry, you're beautiful (Dont you know I love you girl)
It's not your fault, young girl
Don't cry, you're beautiful
You're not the one to blame
Soon it will be okay
One day you'll realize
Your beauty
Don't hold your head down low
You've got so much, so much, so much, so much, so much to be
proud of
You can still live your life
I promise you you'll survive
Girl I love you
You're beautiful
Buffy grins as again applause breaks out she moves off the stage and back towards the table, "So Parker you wanna get out of here."
Parker stands, "I'll see you guys later." After Willow and Xander say there goodbyes he puts his arm around Buffy's waist and starts leading her out of the Bronze. At the door he turns and looks towards the bar to see a very pissed Spike staring daggers at him. 'What the hell?'
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