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Dejimaje- Yup, things have escalated fast, but kids can do that. But I would know, I was a kid once. A really nosy one at that... I said some pretty wierd stuff to people, asking uncomfortable questions was one of the things i did...
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(Nigel POV)
The boy's faces had gotten very flushed, they were almost a tomato shade. Who wouldn't be when that question was brought up, especially by children. But right now my focus was on Private, my nephew's background in relationships… wasn't the best in the world. This question was a like a bucket of ice water dumped on a normal person, on my lad, that was a gunshot on the knee…
I elbowed Vicktor out of his shock, startling him and making him look at me. He unfortunately knew of Private's situation, he understood well, as everyone else in his association, what had happened. He knew why this would hurt my boy, now he has to help me intervene, being the father of the kids that asked that question.
Vicktor rose from his chair carrying Zach and Tanya with Natalia carried Luka. "Um kids, not at the table", Vicktor said in a firm voice.
"But dad…", Tanya started.
"No", Vicktor said, quietly whispering to them, "we'll explain later."
I looked at Sean and Benicio, they had gotten out of their shock and looked at me with a silent question for a diversion. I give a double take to the stage and look at how the setup is being placed, performers are about to be called onto stage. Or anyone who actually wanted to participate.
"Hey Private, they're setting up for a stage performance", Sean said directing the younger's attention to the stage. "Why don't you get up there and sing and perform a bit?"
"Private sings?", Skipper asked, stunned and surprised he seemed.
"Indeed, the lad always had a gift at performing", I said encouraging my nephew to go onstage. "Always a confident and brave bloke onstage."
"Sure, why not", Private said after his coughing fit subsided. My nephew got up and went with Sean and Benicio. If they manage to screw this up….
"Hello, hello?", Said Markus as he tapped on the mike. "Is this working? Hey, Frankie is this working?"
"Yes, it's working!", Frank said from off stage. He was the assigned coordinator of the electronics department in this establishment for the evening, so he had to make sure all appliances onstage worked.
"Alright, ladies and gents, this evening we have a returning lieutenant joining us tonight", Markus started and a wave of claps and cheering arose in the crowd. "And today, he would like to perform for you." More clapping and cheering ensued. "Give it up for Bill Michaels!"
This time the crowd roared at my nephews' allius name, he was always adored by everyone in the association for his skills and cute demeanor when he was younger. After he had left, everyone began to focus excessively at work, tense from the happenings of that period. His return would have definitely brought a smile to people's faces.
My nephew stepped out waving at everyone in the audience, receiving various claps and cheering directed to him. Private then walked to the piano and sat down. Looking at frank backstage and adjusting the mike, he waited for the room to settle down. He began to play Piano Man by Billy joel, while Markus played the harmonica as he took a seat on top of the piano.
Private began to sing and the room went from dead silent to a cheering frenzy in one second flat.
(Kowalski POV)
I never knew Private performed onstage at all, it's a pleasant surprise at the moment. His singing was on point at each note, the piano played, as the song says, "like a carnival". The performance was just, enjoyable. Private ended the song, replacing his voice with the sound of clapping and enthusiastic cheering.
I clapped along, sending Private a thumbs up which he thanked with a smile in my direction and a bow. Markus walked back on stage and whispered something to private which he nodded his head to, Markus then approached the mike and spoke, "Ladies and gents, Bill has another surprise for yall, now you might be a bit like, 'what the HECK is going on?!', but you'll love this."
Markus walked off the stage and Private stationed himself in the middle, Sean and Benicio quickly walked on stage and moved the piano backstage. Suddenly music started to sound and Private started to dance.
(Look at video here, Video is at the bottom)
Cheers arose in the crowd as the dancing became more erratic, then out of nowhere Private did a cartwheel and slid to both ends of the stage, which had me at the edge of my seat, mesmerized. Skipper clapped and smiled at Private and Rico blabbed out cheers. Then he began to dab and whip his hands, my god, what year is it?
Then the base turned up and Private already seemed to have no skeletal structure, his limbs moving fluidly and body gracefully twisting and turning. I thought I had seen the strangest of dancing from julien, but I was caught very off guard. Private turned around and shook… his buttocks on stage and began to make strange movements afterward, bringing color to my cheeks and everyone else on our table.
Private continued dancing and when i least expected it he slid across the floor face to the ground, and I almost stopped the performance to make sure he was okay, but Private got up and began to freestyle dance on the floor. I never imagined Private able to dance like this, it really amazed me. What lucky dance partners he must have had.
The crowd laughed and I felt myself chuckle as Private made himself mimik the talking in the song later on. The music started coming to a close and Private made his way to the middle took a bow and his shoulder mechanically bounced like a spring, ending the performance with a bang.
Then all of a sudden, Sean, Benicio, Markus and Frank went up on stage with Private.
(no one's POV)
"Now you all know stand up comedy, right?", Markus said as he talked into the mike. Murmurs rose in the crowd, all in agreement. "But I don't think you've ever heard stand up ridiculessness?" As people muttered in confusion, Private walked up to the mike while everyone else stood in attention behind him in a row.
"Hi everyone, it's nice to be back ladies and gentlemen", Private said with some cheers following his words. "But I don't think you all know my name. Who here thinks they know my name?" Many hands were raised in the room. "What's my name?"
"Bill! Private!" Confusion sprouted in the room.
"Actually I don't know why I ask that. I mean our names are all really weird and we could have more than one. Why are we even given names? I mean I guess it would be better for your parents to identify you, it's a whole lot better than saying, 'Hey you, yeah you over there! Yes you, no not the guy standing next to you who is is desperately wanting to ask you what's going on but can't because he doesn't want to be the butt of the joke" Chuckles arose in the crowd. Sean all of a sudden walks up.
"You know Private, when I first tried to get myself a girlfriend, I was like, 'Hey baby…' then all of a sudden some large dude from across the room starts yelling profanities at me and I immediately knew he was talking to me, cause he walked towards me and I ran faster than a roadrunner that night to my car and got arrested for speeding.", Sean said smiling sheepishly to the crowd. Benicio then walks up.
"Yeah Sean, I woulda know, because I bailed-a you out", Benicio said to Sean. " Some dumbass you are. You hit a lampost and here you are-a thinking you won't get arrested."
"Now I know your talking to me because because I definitely am dumb and I do have a very firm and slightly hairy a-"
"Anyway!", Private yelled out before he got even more graphic.
"Buuut", Frank said as he stepped up. "That was pretty stupid of you trying to pick up a chick, that had an engagement ring on her finger."
"Look, I didn't see that!", Sean yelled in exasperation.
"Apparently you also didn't see she was your driving instructor back then", Markus said snickering as he walked up to them.
"Hey, she's a clean on woman when she's caked with makeup."
"Well you did say she was smoking, so the makeup.. must be to cover up the mess underneath!", Frank said cackling, people also laughed along with him.
"Yeah but those delinquent 13 year olds are the worst with that stuff", Benicio said.
"Way to call all the thirteen year olds smokers, Benny!", Private said as he doubled over laughing.
"No, wait! I-I meant the makeup. They always wear too much and it scares me cause they look like my mom!... I MEan… Wait! NO..", Benicio stuttered and successfully made some people fall out of their chairs laughing.
"Too late, I just recorded that with my phone!", Sean said as he held up his phone in victory. Benicio then ran over to him and tackled him.
"Give me the phone!",Benicio yelled in a high pitch.
"Looks like someone hit puberty, oh wait no, that's his adult voice!", Frank said as he smacked his knee in a fit of laughter.
"Benny, I have the evidence over here", Markus said, laughing and holding the phone up. "All you have to do is tell me what kind of kid you were in kindergarten."
"I was the kid who would kick the janitor in the shins and hide in the bathroom, playing games and sending dank memes to my math teacher during class time."
"Here you go budddyyyyy!", Markus said laughing his ass off. "By the way, I already sent the video TO YOUR MOM!"
"DUDE! WHAT THE HEKKING SPOOK YOU DUN DIN DUNG GOOFED ME UP FOR LIFE!", Benicio said as he sank on his knees with the phone clutched in his hand.
"Nah, we didn't send anything to your mom", Frank said calmly.
"You ...You didn't?", Benicio asked looking up.
"Nope", Private said with a smug face. "Not get your crusty self off the ground you goof. Also…. You are such a liar, you never went to kindergarten, you were an emperor penguin."
"Umm….", Benicio said backing away, but Markus got him by the scruff of his shirt.
"Benny, I don't appreciate liars", Markus a said with a devious smile on his face.
"Please don't", Benny said in a pleading voice.
"Now i'm getting payback", Markus said.
"F-for what?"
"For you correcting me on how to spell!"
"But I was teaching you something!"
"Right, NERD!"
"No please, i'm telling the truth! When we first became humans I broke into a kindergarten class and clapped the teacher in the face when he threatened to call the police! I wasn't planning on telling anyone because after that I taught kids how to pick locks and kick the janitor in the shins! I made two kids fight and filmed it all! I put him on youtube and I have a diamond play-button because of it. I stole a bunch of gold stars, passes, staple guns, a nerf gun, a water gun, a real gun and lollipops from the teacher's desk. I buried the gun I swear! PLEASE DON'T HURT ME!", Benicio yelled as he covered his face.
"Okay", Markus said. He dropped Benicio, turned to Private and grabbed his pinky, squishing it between his fingers.
"AHHH!", Private yelled in pain, making Skipper, Kowalski and Rico jump from their seats into a fighting position. Ready to kill whoever dared hurt THEIR Private. "MY STUPID FINGER. AHH!". Markus let go of his finger and Private dropped to the ground and began to roll around holding his pinky. "AHH! I NEED INTENSE PHYSICAL THERAPY FOR MY STUPID FINGER AND COUNSELLING FOR MY DEEP MENTAL SCARRING FOR THIS TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCE!"
Private rolled around in the stage till he fell off the stage and yelled out, "HELP. I'VE FALLEN AND I CAN'T GET UP." Private then kept rolling around on the ground making people double over laughing, both onstage and offstage, confusing Skipper,Kowalski and Rico. "THIS IS WHAT I DO EVERYDAY, I GO INTO MY NEIGHBOR'S GARDEN, ROLL AROUND AND PRETEND I'M A CARROT! JUST FIRE ME NOW FROM A JOB I DON'T HAVE!"
"And that! Ladies and gentlemen is how to get someone to confess their sins and make a crowd laugh with ridiculousness", Private said, standing up from the ground and bowing as the crowd erupted into laughter and clapping.
A/N- Sorry for updating late and for the chapter being a bit loopy at first I hope it's fixed. Also here is the video for the chapter
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I hope it works anyway, please tell me what you thought and tell me if you laughed or craked a smile in this chapter. Anyway, Thats all from me, I shall see you next time, bye bye!