This is chapter two, ladies and gentlemen! I'm leading up (rather slowly) to the karaoke! Oh, who am I kidding? It will be in the next chapter! I hope you enjoy this little tid bit I added. It adds to the story, as well as adding some Ethan/Curtis humor.
The building was rather old and decrepit, but Megan enjoyed going there; even if it was a bit of a drive. Her favorite part to visit was the stage. The building might have been falling apart, but the stage was almost perfectly intact. Megan walked down past the rows of broken theatre seats, and placed her things down in front of one of the chairs on the first row.
One reason why Megan enjoyed coming here so much, was that it made her feel alive again; and it made her feel important. Megan grabbed the old microphone from the edge of the stage, and made sure it wasn't on. The one thing that kept her from going into the music business (she always said) was her enormous stage fright, and she had always wanted to become a doctor. A couple of times in high school, and once while doing her under-grad, Megan had attempted to sing at a talent show, and each time she did exceptionally well, but she would be so nervous that she nearly forgot the lyrics almost every time.
Now, with her head held high, and no one in the seats to judge, Megan began to sing. She began with the song "Perfect" by Pink. It wasn't her favorite song, and she knew she'd be rusty since she hadn't heard it in a while, but she wasn't feeling too hot with everything that was going on with Todd. So she began low and slow, singing accapella, but hearing an orchestra in her mind.
Peter had been following Megan since she left the office. He had wanted to surprise her at her apartment by taking her out to dinner, but he noticed she had gone a completely different way than usual, and he wanted to investigate.
One thing Peter noticed especially was the drive. Megan drove at least a good thirty minutes out of her way to get where she was going, and when she stopped at an old, dilapidated, abandoned building, Peter's curiosity heightened. So he wasn't noticed, Peter passed by the building as Megan went inside, and then parked when he saw that she had gone inside. He stayed in his car for a minute or two, but decided to go inside and see what she was doing. She was beginning to worry him; not that he'd admit to it.
Fortunately for Peter, when he walked into the building and saw Megan on stage, her eyes were closed as she sang the second chorus to the song. She remained like that, and Peter walked down the middle aisle past the rows of chairs until he was almost directly under Megan, at the bottom of the stage. When Megan finished the song, Peter clapped, and Megan instantly blushed. "I didn't know you could sing that well!" Peter exclaimed, climbing onto the stage.
"I didn't know anyone was watching" Megan said softly; she had turned three shades of red. "What are you doing here, anyway?" Megan asked Peter, hitting him lightly in the arm. "I wanted to surprise you" Peter began; "Care for some dinner?"
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Meanwhile at the office…
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Ethan and Curtis were running some tests for the latest case, and Ethan is singing an AC/DC song to himself, just loud enough for Curtis to hear.
"Ethan, boy will you stop that racket coming out of yo' mouth? Just run those blood samples!" exclaimed Curtis, trying to not get that song stuck in his head.
"Sorry Curtis, it's just it's a good song! I mean, you can't beat a classic like AC/DC!" Ethan had turned around for a moment to look at Curtis, and when he did, Curtis shot him a look that could kill, so instantly Ethan turned back to what he was doing, muttering to himself, "back to the blood tests…"
Curtis had to stop what he was doing. Ethan had gotten that damn song stuck in his head, and it was messing up his concentration. "Ethan, why you always got to be singing around here? You got that song stuck in my head!" Curtis said, just a tad louder than he had expected. Ethan said he was sorry once again, and continued with his work.
Finally, Curtis stopped what he was doing, put his utensils down and removed his labcoat. "That's it. I can't take it. I got to get outta here. Come on Ethan!" Ethan was following very closely behind Curtis as
Cut to black…
Fade in…
Curtis is standing in a completely black room with only a spotlight shining down on him. He begins to sing the beginning of AC/DC's TNT.
Curtis: "See me ride out of the sunset…on your, color tv screen! Out for all that I can get…if you know what I mean. Women to the left of me, and women to the right. Ain't got no gun! Ain't got no knife! Don't you start no fight."
Ethan: "Why is that, Curtis?"
Suddenly, the music stopped for a brief moment, and Curtis belted it. "Cause I'm TNT! I'm dynamite! TNT! And I'll win the fight! TNT…I'm a power load…TNT! Watch me exploooooddddeeeee!"
Ethan suddenly goes into a quick guitar solo, playing the one that occurs near the end, and just as he finishes, the spotlights go out, and the lights cut back on, revealing Ethan and Curtis inside the morgue with only air guitars.
Dr. Kate Murphy walks by and notices them, and opens the door saying; "Alright you two. Back to work!"
Let me know what you think! I said I was going to post this chapter today, and I slightly exaggerated, but here it is! This is still currently rated K+ however, the next chapter will be bumped up to a T rating. (You know you love me.) Read and review please! :]]]