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Heartlessly Heartfelt

Chapter Nine

Clawd Wolf had no where near the charisma of Holt Hyde, but he still had enough courage to get up there. He stopped on the first song he came across that he knew. He wasn't really sure that he could do it, he never sang outside his own shower at home, but what the hell? He'd give it a try. If he was that bad, he just wouldn't participate the rest of the week and try to live it down.

The music subtly started and he took a deep breath before following the words upon the screen in the distance, he was probably the first one to do so but sometimes he just got so nervous that he couldn't remember the lyrics or made mistakes here and there. He only ever did karaoke or sang a very couple limited times and it was at this one party… now it was the real thing, or as close to it as he'd ever get anyway. He took a deep breath in preparation. "I guess I fell in love too quick kinda got burned up by a red head chick. So I ain't tryna go that route again. I was rolling through a stop sign, lookin' at a red light when I seen her - walk by. That's when I found my new friend and she had blonde hair, bright blue eyes, looking like a flower child. Top down, music loud jamming to her favorite song. I'm down, she was down, so we really hit it off and I know she could never do, do to me what them red heads do."

Frankie gave Draculaura a little nudge, who blushed crazily. "Did you know he could sing?"

Draculaura shook her head and cute blush filled her petite cheeks, "No actually I didn't, but now that I know he should sing much more often!"

"I'm scared that ghoul's a red head. I'm scared that ghoul's a red head. 'Cause everytime I go there I see them red head ghouls just ain't no good. I'm scared that ghoul's a red head. I'm scared that ghoul's a red head. 'Cause everytime I go there I see them red head ghouls just ain't no good." He wasn't doing too bad right now, he could probably handle this thing… as long as it stayed at this casual level. It would, right? He set the thoughts aside as he moved on with the next part of the song. "Got a ghoul who's a real knock out, got me all turned out, but I still have doubts. Why she gonna get her hair done again? (she's gonna get her hair done again). She did something kinda strange the other day, I was looking at a picture of her family, she came and snatched it away (it away). And I don't know why she would hide it but I let it go and there are certain things about her, that I still don't know."

The crowd could tell this wasn't going to be a fully amped performance, nor would many of them compare to Holt's, but this wasn't competition to hurt anyone, it was all in fun. "I'm scared that ghoul's a red head. I'm scared that ghoul's a red head. 'Cause everytime I go there I see them red head ghouls just ain't no good. I'm scared that ghoul's a red head. I'm scared that ghoul's a red head. 'Cause everytime I go there I see them red head ghouls just ain't no good."

Right from that point, he took it into the following verse, which just so happened to be what some would call the 'climax' of a song. This wasn't so bad after all! Lots scary but kinda cool too. "My ghoul walked in today, but there was something strange. I still recognized her face but something else had changed (oohooh). She had bright red hair, I just stopped and stared. Walked by me like she didn't care, that hair was always there. See I know Im'ma be okay, I got rid of 'Miss Red' today. Tryna cover up behind my back, but I knew that red would come right back."

Clawd by this time was relieved that he was almost done the song, but he was also rather enjoying this too. "See I know Im'ma be okay, I got rid of 'Miss Red' today. Tryna cover up behind my back, but I knew that red would come right back." He took it round again to the chorus. Monsters swaying along with the beat. "I'm scared that ghoul's a red head. I'm scared that ghoul's a red head. 'Cause everytime I go there I see them red head ghouls just ain't no good. I'm scared that ghoul's a red head. I'm scared that ghoul's a red head. 'Cause everytime I go there I see them red head ghouls just ain't no good."

And with the last run through of the chorus, his song would be finished. "I'm scared that ghoul's a red head. I'm scared that ghoul's a red head. 'Cause everytime I go there I see them red head ghouls just ain't no good. I'm scared that ghoul's a red head. I'm scared that ghoul's a red head. 'Cause everytime I go there I see them red head ghouls just ain't no good."

Hearing a nice round of applause made him realize that he actually got through singing in front of a pretty big crowd. This was a prideful moment. He gave a charming smile and bow, "Why thank you!" Even though the praise was nice, he didn't want to have the attention on him too much longer, he felt it to be quite uncomfortable.

"Dude!" Deuce greeted him, fist pounding the other. "Had no idea you could even carry a tune in a bucket with a handle and no hole."

Clawd blushed, gave a small nervous laugh and rubbed the back of his neck, "Me neither really."

"And next up on our list is one, Heath Burns!" Xavier called out for the sound tech who was a little more than busy to do so.

It was now or never and it wasn't like anyone else had an advantage, none of them had warmed up vocally or anything but because this process took so long the previous night they had to get a move on with it. Heath didn't think he really had a chance anyway whether he warmed up or not, but what he was really nervous about was the fact that he didn't have his guitar. It wasn't needed for this kind of 'get up and sing' deal, with the music already waiting. He'd just have to suck it up and deal with it. "Sick and tired of this world, there's no more air. Trippin' over myself. Goin' nowhere. Waiting, suffocating. No direction and I took a dive and..."

He briefly closed his eyes, trying to ease his nerves and the shaking his entire body was doing as he proceeded into the first chorus. "On the way down, I saw you and you saved me from myself. And I won't forget the way you loved me. On the way down, I almost fell right through but I held onto you."

Abbey looked up from the remainders of her leftover breakfast just to watch Heath sing. He seemed pretty nervous, but it wasn't detectable in his singing, which was a very good thing. "I've been wondering why, it's only me. Have you always been inside waiting to breathe? It's alright, the sunlight on my face. I wake up and yeah, I'm alive 'cause..."

He took a deep breath, opening up his eyes just a bit, trying not to focus on the crowd. "On the way down, I saw you and you saved me from myself. And I won't forget the way you loved me. On the way down, I almost fell right through but I held onto you."

Now that he was in full swing of the song, his nervousness had toned down a little and he was able to perform with just a bit more ease. It was still a very nervewracking thing to do in front of a crowd you didn't know. Some people found it easier to perform in front of people they didn't know, rather than those they did. "I was so afraid of going under. But now, the weight of the world feels like nothing, no, nothing."

Heath would rather sing in front of these guys, instead of his friends and especially his family. His parents knew he dipped into music, because of the few guitars they had to replace but they'd never heard him and he'd much rather keep it that way. "(Down, down, down) you're all I wanted. (Down, down, down) you're all I needed now. (Down, down, down) you're all I wanted, you're all I needed... and I won't forget the way you loved me. All that I wanted, all that I needed now." Jackson wasn't a big deal because they were so close, he didn't really consider singing in front of Jackson as a bad thing. It was his parents he was really nervous singing in front of.

"Ooh on the way down, I saw you and you saved me from myself. And I won't forget the way you loved me. And on the way down, I almost fell right through but I held onto you." He couldn't really explain it, but they were his worst fear in terms of performing in front of. His peers would be next in that category, but he wasn't doing too bad here. Or so he thought, he might stand corrected by the time the song was over and done with though.

Singing his last words his gaze shifted over to Abbey Bominable, to which his cheeks hit full blush and it took all his strength to not burst into flame around the equipment. So he turned his gaze away abruptly as he ended his song. "(Down, down, down) but I held onto you. (Down, down, down) but I held onto you."

Abbey had been subconsciously holding onto her pendant the entire time Heath sang, her lips pursed just so. She was waiting to see everyone else's reaction before she bothered making one herself. But she was impressed, whether or not he got the chance to see it was an entirely different story.

There was a tremendous amount of applause from the crowd as Heath made his way back into the audience, getting many congratulations and praise from those around him. He felt as if his heart would drop through his ass when he got up there, but he had a real rush of adrenaline as result of the aftermath to his performance.

Not long after, Toralei along with Meowlody and Purrsephone trotted up to the front with high confidence, each grabbing a microphone and getting ready to perform. It almost seemed as if they'd already choreographed this entire song as the twin werecats danced to the beginning beat and began the background vocals. It didn't surprise the monsters and ghouls that knew these three, but many others were intrigued. Toralei had a sultry smirk upon her face as she began the song, like it was assumed she would. "I wore red 'cause you liked that. You're like "Hey, let me get that." But when I text, you don't text back. No you didn't 'cause you didn't care. Well the game makes me crazy - it's like yes, no… maybe and you're calling me baby. When I know that you just don't care."

Meowlody and Purrsephone seemed to enjoy their time during the chorus, but even they knew it wouldn't last too long. "Whoa-oa. Sayin' that I'll quit but that's just not true. Like w-whoa whoa, I say I don't like it but you know I do. 'Cause you make me feel so right, even if it's so wrong. I wanna scream out loud boy, but I just bite my tongue. This one's for the ghouls, messin' with boys. Like he's the melody and she's background noise."

Toralei took over the upcoming line. "Baby why can't you see it feels so good, but you're so bad for me."

With Meowlody and Purrsephone taking background vocals. "Ohh ohh."

"It feels so good, but you're so bad for me."

"Ohh ohh."

"It feels so good, but you're so bad for me." Toralei let out a little mischievous purr as she continued the song. "I always want what I can't have. Give it all, never get half. You're like "Ghoul where you been at?" and I really wanna just not care but…"

Meowlody and Purrsephone seemed quite enthused as they came back to the part where they got to shine once again. "Whoa-oa. Sayin' that I'll quit but that's just not true. Like w-whoa whoa, I say I don't like it but you know I do. 'Cause you make me feel so right, even if it's so wrong. I wanna scream out loud boy, but I just bite my tongue. This one's for the ghouls, messin' with boys. Like he's the melody and she's background noise."

Toralei spun around cutely, taking her own line with pride. "Baby why can't you see it feels so good, but you're so bad for me."

Background lines still being graciously sung by Purrsephone and Meowlody accompanied by Toralei leading. "Ohh ohh."

"It feels so good, but you're so bad for me."

"Ohh ohh."

"It feels so good, but you're so bad for me. I'm dying tonight, trying to hide, hide what I'm feeling, I'm feeling like. I'm dying tonight, I'll keep it inside. When I say hello, should be saying goodbye. Ooooh!"

Totally surprising all who knew them, Purrsephone solely took on the first part of the chorus, Toralei and Meowlody chimed in with necessary background vocals. " 'Cause you make me feel so right, even if it's so wrong. I wanna scream out loud boy, but I just bite my tongue."

Purrsephone passed the lead over to her sister Meowlody, who now got her individual turn to shine. "This one's for the ghouls, messin' with boys. Like he's the melody and she's background noise. Baby why can't you see it feels so good, but you're so bad for me."

"Ooh, ooh."

"It feels so good, but you're so bad for me."

"Ooh, ooh."

"It feels so good, but you're so bad for me."

Switching back to the way it was before, with Meowlody and Purrsephone taking on the background vocals, the ghouls were nearing the end of the song which had every monster at least tapping along to the beat. "Ooh, ooh."

" You're so bad for me, you're so bad for me. It feels so good, but you're so bad for me."

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