the second act
Disclaimer: I do not own the movie Sing or it's characters
Chapter 2,
"So, Moon? Have you been looking around for a girl who loves the theater, or have you stopped looking?" Ash asked in Buster's car. She was holding the presents for Ms. Crawly in her lap, and her eyes either looked at them or out the window.
"Uh, well." Buster said as he tried to recall when his last date was.
"I guess it's been a while." Buster admitted and Ash kinda blushed.
"Ok, well I thought that I would ask." She said and Buster glanced at her.
"Why do you care?" He wondered out loud, and he was surprised at hearing his voice say this.
"Oh, well... You are me friend so I want you to be happy." She said and Buster smiled.
"Yes, well, I have my theater and I love it, so I am happy. Besides I can't tell you how many times Ms. Crawly has tried to set me up in the past." Moon said and Ash laughed.
"With who?" She asked and Moon smiled.
"Friends of hers has daughters. But, uh, that doesn't exactly make them my age." Moon said and Ash smiled.
"Did you go on any of these blind dates?" Ash asked and Moon hesitated.
"Well, at first I did because I didn't want to upset Ms. Crawly, but the more comfortable she got with setting me up, the more I had to make excuses to get out of them." He said and Ash nodded.
"I've never been on a blind date." Ash said and Moon glanced at her.
"Well if you ever do go on one, then I hope that you get someone who really knows what you're looking for." Moon said and Ash looked at him.
"How bad was it?" She asked and Moon couldn't help but laugh quietly.
"Oh, dear. Let's see. She set me up with a 50 year old puzzle maker who refused to look at me while we were at the restaurant. That one requested a kid's menu and cut it up into different puzzle pieces. She put it in a plastic bag and took it home. Then there was that girl who was 30, but I swear she looked 12. She was chewing gum loudly and obnoxiously while she texted on her phone. Oh, and the one that really made my skin crawl is the one with the staring problem." He said with a shiver.
"Staring could mean that she likes you." Ash said in a reassuring tone.
"She didn't look at her menu, she drank from a straw so that she wouldn't break eye contact when she talked to me, and she when our food came her eyes followed my fork from the plate to my mouth." Moon said and Ash lightly grimaced.
"Are you sure that you're not exaggerating? It would be hard to focus on each and every bite you take while she ate her food." Ash asked and Moon glanced at her.
"She ordered soup. She also drank that with a straw." He said and Ash sighed.
"You're right, that does sound really creepy." She admitted and Moon smiled.
"Well the way I like to see it, everyone has a 'worst date' story." Moon said and Ash smiled.
"I guess so." Ash said and Buster gently hit her leg.
"Well, com on. Don't hold out on me." He said and Ash rolled her eyes.
"My worst date. Hmm... Well the first one that comes to mind is a date that I had with Lance. It was our third date, and he really wanted to go to this club. And I wasn't really up for the idea, but I figured that a relationship is a give and take, so I said yes. And we were there and it was like a mosh pit, but everyone was moving in different directions. I hated it, because people kept stepping on my feet and a guy even spilled his beer all over me. Lance didn't notice because he arranged for his best friend to meet us up at the club. If I had known that it wasn't just going to be the two of us, then I wouldn't have gone out that night. He started drinking and doing drugs and forgot all about me. Well, that's not really true because he started kissing this girl that he thought was me. That was my last straw and so when I saw the stage empty, I grabbed a spare guitar and sang a song. I didn't speak to Lance for almost a month before he convinced me to give him another chance. I probably shouldn't have but I did and I would do it all over again because if I wasn't dating Lance then I probably wouldn't be here today." Ash said and Moon blinked.
"What do you mean?" He asked and Ash sighed.
"Well, Lance and I were going home when we found your flier. We got kicked out of a gig earlier and I bet that if it was just me then I may not have left or seen your flier." She said and Moon whistled.
"Strange how little things can effect your life like that." He said and Ash smiled.
"Yeah. Oh, hey, there it is." Ash said pointing at the Japanese restaurant and Moon blinked and then swung into a parking spot near the front. They entered the building and were immediately greeted by the host.
"Hello, welcome to our restaurant. You here for the lovebirds special?" The Hyena said with a smile and both Ash and Moon blushed.
"We are with the Crawly party." Buster said and the host smiled.
"Oh, yes, of course. You have good timing too, the Chef has not gotten to the table yet." The host said and Ash smiled.
"Oh, I didn't realize that this was a hibachi place." Ash whispered to Moon and he chuckled.
"Yeah, Ms. Crawly loves it because, and these are her words, she apparently 'has the tongue of a frog'. That and even if she misses, he food won't be the only food on the floor." Moon said and they saw their friends laughing and having fun. Johnny waved when he saw them and pointed them out to Ms. Crawly so that she wouldn't be surprised by them being next to her.
"Oh, hello, Mr. Moon, I saved a seat for you, right beside me." She said and Moon smiled.
"That was kind of you." he said and Moon sat next to Ms. Crawly while Ash looked for her empty chair.
"Don't look lost, Ash. There is an empty chair between me and Johnny." Meena said and Ash smiled at her.
"Thanks." She said and Moon couldn't help but notice how small Ash looked when she was compared to Johnny or Meena, but he didn't have any time to dwell on that because Ms. Crawly was tugging on his sleeve.
"Yes, Ms. Crawly?" Moon asked and she shushed him.
"I have another girl for you to see." Ms. Crawly said and Moon wanted to groan, but he didn't.
"Oh, goody, you do?" He asked and the lizard nodded with such excitement that her glass eye almost fell out again.
"Yes, her name is Gloria and she is a hippo and she loves dancing and she is available for Thursday night." Ms. Crawly said and Moon tried to think of something.
"Uh, well, she does sound very nice, but... um... I..." He paused to look at the younger part of their crowd.
"Ash..." He said and then he blinked and looked at Ms. Crawly.
"Well, Ash is... has... she has... set me up for a blind date that day." He said and Ms. Crawly blinked.
"You got someone else to set you up on blind dates?" Ms. Crawly asked and Moon was nervous but nodded his head anyways.
"Oh, thank goodness." Ms. Crawly said and Moon couldn't hide his surprise.
"What?" He said and Ms. Crawly giggled.
"Oh, Mr. Moon, if I am not looking for someone who is willing to share your life with you, then I can use that energy on other things. Perhaps it is not too late to learn how to drive a motorcycle. I always thought that looked fun." Ms. Crawly said and Moon just stared at his menu with wide eyes.
All this time, and all I had to do was say that someone else was playing matchmaker. Who knew?
Buster smiled and opened his menu to the drink section. But soon he felt a set of eyes on him and he glanced up and saw Ash looking at him, with her eyes just above her menu. She smiled and then she hid her eyes, and poked back up again and Buster chuckled. Then they both looked at the menu for something fun to eat.