Chapter 11: Old Frenemies & Karaoke p1
Another sunset came and ended to Hotel Transylvania, where inside the private chambers of Count Dracula and Countess Ericka , he awoke refreshed to a new night with Ericka sleeping lovingly in his arms. She still slept on, but he felt her stirring so he woke her up by a kissing on her neck. But he went too far when his instincts took over and he began rubbing his cock against her crotch to arouse his erection and to arouse her.
Ericka sighed in content and grinned in the dark enclosed space of the coffin, quietly greeting, "Good morning, sweetheart."
"Good morning, my wormbun. Did you sleep well?" he asked with a smile she couldn't see.
"Yes, but I'm still a little drowsy," she replied yawning and rolled onto her stomach. "Can't I have five more minutes?"
"No, I think I can fix that," Dracula smirked seductively, as Ericka noticed a faint blue aura light up the entire enclosed space and felt his strong arms tighten around her body like snakes.
Ericka didn't know what he was doing since she felt groggy from waking up, but then she heard Dracula growl amusingly and lustfully while he entered her, literally, from behind. All she could do was cry out in surprise and he kept a tight grip on her body while he kept thrusting his hard erection in and out of her soft wet pussy.
"Ohh, God! This is new!" she gasped as he quickened the pace, feeling his thrusts waking up her tired body due to the pain and pleasure.
A spark had ignited inside their loins. It spread throughout their bodies in an oncoming wave while his rhythm increased to feed their longing for each other. All Ericka could do was take it in as she felt overwhelmed by Dracula's strength and power over her.
"Ericka ... ohhh, Ericka -Weicka!" Dracula growled as her name escaped from his throat, the blue glow in his eyes turned crimson red and lit up the entire enclosed coffin to bathe them in a deep hue as he released panting grunts of, "Rragh! Rragh! Rragh!"
His panting grew heavier as Dracula continued thrusting in and out of her harder and faster at an increased pace. Her hands kept a tight hold on the pillow while Ericka felt his prick inside her crotch ready to burst like a geyser.
"Uhh! Ohh! Oh, Drac,love! Love me! Draaaculaaa!" she screamed rapidly.
At last, the two burst into orgasm. A few drops of white sticky liquid leaked out of her entrance and stained the coffin mattress. Ericka felt Dracula had collapsed onto her back exhausted. Heavily breathing in content from their morning sex, she felt him pull out of her and started giving her more kisses on the back of her head, then lovingly on her neck, the facial cheek, and then pressed his lips against hers.
As Dracula pushed the coffin's top lid open, Ericka told him, "You know, as comfy as this coffin is, do you think... maybe, I don't know... we should get a new bed right now? For both of us. I mean, since that old one you had brought for us has seen better days."
Dracula gave her disappointed look, not knowing how to answer, and before he could, there came a loud knock at the door. Startled, Ericka gasped, thinking somebody had heard them during their moments of passion again. The Count groaned in irritation as he climbed out of the coffin and, twirling in a cloud of blue, he dressed himself in his usual attire, while his wife climbed out and rushed to the closet to get dressed.
Dracula opened his door and grumbled grouchily at the knocker, "What?! What is it?!"
"Sorry to disturb you so early, Your Lordship," said a plump witch maid, holding a white envelope out to him. "But this letter was delivered yesterday for Her Grace."
Dracula took the envelope and looked at it curiously. Who sent his wife a letter? He thought the humans used texting these days, so he decided to ask Ericka anyway. "Thank you," he nodded at the witch.
The witch maid bowed respectfully to her master before she flew away back to work on her broom.
Ericka wore a white robe when she exited the bathroom, looking around the empty chambers as she spoke with hopeful encouragement, "Honey, I know that like this room you've felt dark and empty since you built this hotel and Martha died, but you don't have to anymore. I live here now, and I live here with you. And with a room this big and with so much space, I see a lot of potential to give this place a makeover." He shot her a hard look expressing that he disliked the idea, to which she stammered, "Not that I'm saying we get rid of the portrait of you and Martha. I just want to feel included that's all. You know, a closet full of my own garments, a TV set in a corner, a carpet for our floor, pictures of me on the wall, a couple of shelves here and there with books and other things..."
Before the Count could respond to her constant planning, he remembered the envelope the witch maid recently delivered for him. "This is for you."
"Really?" she asked in confusion. "What is it?"
He handed the envelope to her. "You tell me," he replied sarcastically.
Ericka found her name on the envelope and opened it, and pulled out an old fashioned hand written letter from three very old class mates she knew way back in her teen years. "Oh, it's a letter from the Bimbos!" Ericka gasped irately, after she finished reading the letter and her eyes lit up shockingly.
"Who are these Bimbos?" Dracula inquired suspiciously.
"They're girls I had as classmates over my time in middle school to high school, and they're friends of Tanya Peabody the mayor's daughter in Sherman, Illinois... but she's no friend of mine, she was a bully!" Ericka explained slightly disgust, and it made Dracula scowl. "The last time I saw them was long after Tanya forced me to attend her wedding and long before I left my family. The Bimbos are friends of Tanya, and they always swoon over the cutest boy in school... particularly Corbin Quinston. It says the Bimbos heard about the existence of monsters since you and the guys showed in town at the festival to look for me and Johnny, and they want to get together with me to catch up." At those last two words she did a quotation gesture with her fingers.
Dracula stared at the letter suspiciously, which caused Ericka to roll her eyes at him as she explained, "It's okay, Drac. I've known how to put up with Tanya and the Bimbos my whole life. Even though I had a school reputation as the odd one or trouble-maker in my youth, I managed to hang onto some friends in my life."
The Count still felt unsure with the idea of bringing his wife's human enemy's friends to the hotel, wondering what they would think if they knew he had been Ericka's husband for two months after remembering the reactions of her former boss's family, but he still listened to Ericka talk about these women nonetheless.
Ericka continued to read the rest of the letter. "It's says they want to know how I'm doing after my marriage. The Bimbos ask why they and Tanya weren't invited to our wedding. While Tanya has other affairs to attend to, her three most trusted lackeys still hope to meet you and want to see the hotel for monsters they heard about from the stories on the news. It also says after Tanya became the new mayor, her friends run that boutique store they always dreamed about. I admit it's great to know they're doing so well since the last time we met, but Tanya, I'm not so sure I want to see her." Her face scowled at the mere mention of her old rival's name.
"And you would like to see her three Bimbos again?" Dracula questioned in uncertainty. "What if they doesn't like me and the other monsters? It might cost you a ruined reputation in the world and if Tanya so much as try to humiliate you, I'll hunt her down and drain every last ounce of blood from her body until she looks like a dried up prune!"
"I doubt she would do anything stupid if meeting you. I believe we just need to give the Bimbos time... and then we can decide on what do to with Tanya if she does anything hurtful," she added, bitter at that last part. "Please, Honey?" Ericka begged desperately. "I know the hotel was built as a sanctuary away from humanity's dreadful persecution of monsters, but you've seen how that's changed now that humans love monsters. I've haven't seen the people I knew in a while, and I don't know how they'd respond to my marriage to a vampire. I had only a few friends growing up and I don't want to lose them. But knowing the Bimbos being friends with Tanya, who knows what will happen."
Dracula smiled while he tenderly stroked Ericka's cheek and spoke with love and reassurance, "Of course we can invite them. We can teach them how Tanya should never have messed with you... eh, not trying to hurt her, mind you. I know it will make you very happy, and like my daughter's happiness, nothing is more important to me than my wife's happiness. But if they so much as do anything wrong, I'll just hypnotize them to jumping into the lake."
Throwing her arms around him, she kissed him in gratitude. Giggling, she practically raced to the closet to put on some formal clothes to look appropriate as she squealed, "Thank you, thank you so much, Drac, it's gonna be great! Oh, we can beat them at tennis or show off at karaoke just like old times!"
"Karry-what?" Dracula asked, confused by this new human word.
"Oh, I think you'll love it," Ericka explained. "It's singing to songs you know, by yourself or with a partner."
Dracula grinned pleasantly. That definitely sounded like something up his alley. But on the inside, he hoped his wife was correct on the idea of having the Bimbos visiting his hotel and hoped they would be accepting of monsterkind.
Dracula and Ericka were joined by Mavis and Johnny for breakfast that evening in the dining room, along with the rest of the Drac Pack. Ericka announced her plan to the other monsters about introducing them to the friends of her former rival. Mavis felt concerned and Johnny looked ecstatic, while most of the monsters exchanged nervous expressions. Secretly, Dracula ordered his construction zombies to start building him and Ericka a new King sized bed, one strongly reminiscent of the one he shared with Martha, for their chambers. Then he made a phone call to Nick and Catarina to have all of his wife's personal belongings moved to the hotel just in case if she left anything there during her first trip to the hotel. Not surprisingly, the older couple complained how they didn't like the idea of Ericka moving into the monster hotel, but they had little choice and set to work on assisting each other to move or carry Ericka's belongings to a waiting hearse outside so the vehicle can deliver the supplies to the hotel.
Shortly after breakfast, Dracula had sent two hearses out for two errands. One to the Bats in the Belfry Tavern and Inn to pick up Ericka's belongings for the move, and the other to pick up her awaiting enemy's lackeys from the village. Half an hour later, a zombie bellhop escorted through the revolving door with three human women, close to Ericka's age. The Bimbos, as they were called in high school, were actually triplet sisters named Amber, Juniper and Lavender, although they wore matching outfits and accessories with different colors.
Amber has Caucasian skin and long honey blonde hair in a high ponytail with chestnut brown eyes, hot pink lips, and she had a amber yellow dress with ruffles at the sleeves and bottom, a silver belt around the waist, a yellow ascot around her neck, yellow high heels and golden hoop earrings.
Juniper has Caucasian skin with long honey blonde hair in a high ponytail with chestnut brown eyes, hot pink lips, and wearing a juniper green dress with ruffles at the sleeves and bottom, a silver belt around the waist, a green ascot around her neck, green high heels and green hoop earrings.
Lavender has Caucasian skin with long honey blonde hair in a high ponytail with chestnut brown eyes, hot pink lips, a purple lavender dress with ruffles at the sleeves and bottom, a silver belt around the waist, a purple ascot around her neck, purple high heels and purple hoop earrings.
The three women appeared as if they were a trio of snooty, wealthy, fashion models, or perhaps liked wearing the same attire and wearing the same high ponytails, but their favorite colors and names were obvious to tell them apart.
With all of the monster guests having gone home, the only monsters remaining at the hotel for the new humans to see were the small gathering of Dracula and his family, the Drac Pack, the Blobs, lumbering zombie bellhops, and the witches cleaning an area of the lobby to make sure the lobby was perfect for their visitors.
The Bimbos looked around in fascination at the hotel lobby, but on the inside felt discomfort and nervous. The women suddenly let out squeals of excitement the second they noticed a familiar face who cautiously approached them, but she wasn't expecting this kind of greeting from three lackeys whom often took part in Tanya evil's schemes. But as far as Ericka remembered, the Bimbos weren't entirely that mean sometimes.
"ERICKA !" The Bimbos shrieked joyously while they raced over to her.
"Urgh! Oof!" Ericka choked the second she felt a trio of arms embrace her.
The three women embraced her so tightly as if they didn't wish to let go, it looked as if they were trying to squeeze her half to death in a big bear hug. Mavis smiled warmly at stepmother's reaction upon her reunion with these so-called enemies whom seemed like friends, while part of her wondered what it would be like to reunite with Hank, Alex,Billy, Cindy,Pedro, and Wendy if they had ever been gone for a long time.
"Err... um... nice to see you again... Juniper... Amber... Lavender." Ericka managed to say despite being suffocated and tried to return the hug with equal affection.
Dracula was briefly puzzled over how these women treated his wife like she was a long lost friend after remembering how his wife mentioned she was not friends with them and had bullied her in the past.
"Can you let me go now?" Ericka suffocated the more she felt those arms locked around her figure, but she was glad to be released and she took deep breaths. "So, how are things going with you? I would like to know everything you've been up to since I moved out of Illinois."
"And we have to know about what's been happening to you since we last saw you," Juniper added chirpily. "How was it you found this castle, and actually married a real vampire? I mean, I know you love vampires, but I didn't think that-"
Then Ericka heard her husband impatiently clear his throat, and she momentarily glanced back at him and chuckled, "Oh, where are my manners? Ladies, this is my husband, Count Dracula. Drac, everyone, these are the Bimbos, Lavender, Juniper and Amber."
"Don't its rude to call them Bimbos?" Mavis asked, thinking it was rude to their guests that nickname.
"Oh, don't worry about it, sweetheart, everyone in school calls us that." Lavender brushed a reassuring hand aside, like it didn't matter to them anyway.
"Welcome, it's nice to meet you," Dracula greeted politely as he extended his pale hand in greeting. The Bimbos blushed as they felt their hands kissed by this handsome vampire, ecstatic that they were actually meeting the world's most infamous vampire. "This is my daughter, Mavis, and her boyfriend Jonathan. These are my friends; Frankenstein and his wife Eunice and their kids Hank, Alex, Arianna,Faye, Wayne Werewolf and his wife Wanda and their many children, Murray the mummy and his son Pedro, Griffin the invisible man ad his son and daughter, Blobby and his daughter Wendy."
Everyone shook the newcomers' hands politely, or waved as they were introduced or said hello. Amber was confused when she didn't see Griffin until his floating glasses moved into her view. When Lavender shook the hands of the blob family, she had to wipe off the green slime left on her hand with a tissue. Amber pinched Winnie's cheeks like she was an adorable baby, but she immediately withdrew her hand when the wolf pup growled menacingly at her, prompting Wanda had to scold her daughter for her behavior.
Afterword, the Bimbos eyed Dracula up and down, which made him feel uncomfortable with these women staring at him like he was a juicy piece of meat. Looking at them, they reminded him of his three vampire brides, Verona and Marishka and Aleera, he used to have as mistresses back in his old castle long ago. He knew his mistresses were cruel to Mina Parker and never cared about the consequences of their bloodlust, but the Bimbos didn't seem that much of a threat to him and looked friendly enough.
Lavender leaned into Ericka's ear and whispered, "Is this really Count Dracula?"
Ericka nodded pridefully. "Yes, we're married." She extended out her hand to show off her ring.
"Wow, you're so lucky! Tanya will be jealous, but no one will be most jealous than that hunk James,!" Juniper added, slightly envious. "He really is handsome and sexy like in the movies, but now I think they don't do him justice, he's way hotter than Frank Langella, Gary Oldman or Luke Evans!"
Dracula didn't know how to respond or feel about that, nor did he understand who she was referring to. He knew he had always been a ladies' man, but he never expected women to come after him due to his good looks instead of enslaving them to his physical lust or for his bloodlust, though he noticed Hank snicker amusingly and Pedro tried to hold in his laughter.
But Ericka wasn't amused as she scolded them in irritated jealousy, "Hey, what are your husbands gonna say if they heard you say that! 'Am I not good enough for you or am I not handsome enough for you?'" she mimicked the supposed husbands' deep voices.
The Bimbos laughed it off while Amber teased her, "Relax, we're just teasing that vampire hunk. And neither of us are married. Although I think James would be jealous if he ever..." She stopped when she caught Ericka's scowl.
The rest of the Drac Pack and Mavis's friends couldn't help snickering. Eunice and Wanda only shook their heads amusingly.
"C'mon, we're having lunch out by the pool and it's such a beautiful night," Ericka told them. "I'll show you around the hotel later."
As everyone made their way to the hotel pool area, Amber immediately took aside Johnny and warily asked the younger man, "Hey kid, is Ericka really sure about living in this castle full monsters? Are we really safe with these monsters?"
Johnny raised a confused eyebrow, remembering how polite she was to the monsters, especially Dracula. But his calm reassuring smile told her there was nothing to worry about. "Sure, we're safe here. The monsters don't want to hurt anybody, cause they're a lot like us once you get to know them. If you're concerned about Ericka , she and Drac are really happy together, just like me and Mavis."
Amber gave him a questioning look, mumbling, "If you say so... cause I had a chat with Nick earlier... and from what we endured back in high school, uh, let's just forget about it."
A buffet table had been set up near the pool and everyone sat at the picnic tables that had been set up near each other, and a karaoke radio the three women had brought with them was set up in an open area on the stage.
"What's 'carry-ohkey'?" Mavis asked, curious at this unfamiliar word.
"You can sing your favorite songs from a stereo, like this one here, kind of like when we all sang for your birthday a few weeks ago, but to different songs," Johnny explained to her. "You can do a solo or a duet, and its pronounced karaoke."
Mavis flashed a big smile looking eager for the idea of singing any song she wanted to sing. "That does sound like fun, and I've heard so many great and amazing human songs I wanted to sing to. I can't wait to try it."
The Bimbos overheard their conversation and were surprised at Mavis's curiosity and fascination about the outside world as well as trying new human things, due to being a vampire she would've liked monster-y things. They wondered how Dracula raised her long before she met them or if he raised her right at all.
An uncomfortable Ericka sat with her old schoolmates alongside Dracula, Mavis and Johnny at one table while the other monsters sat at other nearby tables. First off, Ericka told everyone how she first met Tanya and the Bimbos during elementary school; pretending to befriend her due to receiving unwanted attention of her beauty. As to how Ericka became Tanya's rival, she found out about her true motives and turned against her, except for Polly because she felt guilty over her actions and decided to stay with Ericka from here on out. Polly used to be in Tanya's posse, but she abandoned the posse. Nobody was pleased to listen about these women helping Tanya trying to make Ericka's life miserable throughout school years, because they were jealous of James continuously trying to woo her despite her refusal toward him. So the Bimbos changed the subject by explaining they did eventually grow to like Ericka's , they admitted what they did was wrong and had been a bunch of stupid teenagers that got into a lot of trouble, but while they had matured and grown up into better adults, they still keep in contact with Tanya since she was the one who gave them enough money to create the boutique store and they mentioned how jealous Tanya became when she saw on the news channel about Ericka's marriage to Count Dracula yet figured it would be best not to mention her again.
Afterward, Ericka told the Bimbos in great detail about what happened in her life the last couple of months after seeing her; how she met Johnny and found the monster hotel, her first meeting with Dracula and their unlikely zing, her many adventures at the hotel, the reason for Dracula's overprotective paranoia toward his daughter, the wedding, the birthday party, their recent honeymoon, and now the planning of Johnny's and Mavis's wedding in the near future.
The Bimbos were truly amazed by all that she heard, yet saddened by Dracula's actions are because of his first wife Martha's death at the hands of humans, but they burst out laughing at Mavis's teasing comments about her parents' sex life. The Bimbos had to admit it was really unbelievable from what they had been told, and pretty soon felt more comfortable around the monsters, especially the vampire father and daughter, despite what Nick had warned them.
Then Mavis smiled wryly as she openly announced teasingly, "Of course, it's not easy trying to get some sleep when it comes to my parents making loud noises whenever they have sex."
This caused both Ericka's face and Dracula's face to turn bright pink, and the vampire shot a scowling glare at his daughter, but she shot him an amused smirk.
"So, what's it like having intercourse with a vampire?" Juniper asked, smirking.
"It felt like fireworks..." answered Ericka , blushing shyly.
"And when's your baby coming, or babies?" Lavender pressed further on, wiggling her eyebrows. "You might have as many kids as Queen Victoria and Prince Albert had."
"Does your dad even know you got married to a vampire?" Amber asked, slyly grinning.
However, Dracula immediately decided to change the subject, "Alright, moving on! Let's get this karaoke thing started!"
Everyone cheered in agreement while Mavis got up first and picked a song called 'Call Me Maybe,' simply because she had an idea to change the name of the song 'Call Me Mavy' instead, and that's when she got an idea for the lyrics of the song.
My 118th birthday
Dad's throwing a big party
Monsters are coming today
But I just wanna get away
Been stuck here in this Hotel
Left for the moon, and I fell
Looking for someone to tell
And now you're in my way
Your stare was holding
Cargo shorts, blue skin showing
Monsters fall, world wind blowing
Where do you think you're going, baby?
Hey, you're a human
It drives Dad crazy
Cause I'm a vampire
But call me Mavy
And all the zombies
Try to chase me
But here's my number
So call me maybe (2xs)
Before you came to Hotel T
I missed you so bad
I wish you know that
I missed you so, so bad
Before you came to Hotel T
I missed you so bad
It makes my Dad mad
It makes him real, real mad
Hey, you're a human
It drives Dad crazy
Cause I'm a vampire
But call me Mavy
And all the zombies
Try to chase me
But here's my number
So call me Mavy (2xs)
Everyone cheered when Mavis had finished the song. Johnny cheered for her the loudest, which made Dracula frown in his usual glare at his future son-in-law, and he tried to out cheer Johnny the loudest.
Ignoring the vampire, Johnny walked up to his girlfriend to compliment her, "You're a wonderful singer, Mavis. I feel like that could be our song."
Mavis smiled at her fiancé with a blush.
As she returned to her seat, Lavender complimented the young vampiress, "Wow, Mavis! You sound a lot like Selena Gomez!"
Mavis was confused by the woman's compliment, so not seem rude to their guest and her stepmom's old classmate, she responded politely, "Uh, thank you. But who's Selena Gomez?"
"A famous pop singer and actress in America who's not much older than you," Lavender explained. "Uh, for a human, I mean."
"I knew you were a good singer, Mavis, but she's right," Ericka added. "I never noticed you sounded a lot like her. I'll have to show you more of her songs someday."
Mavis smiled at that and asked her father, "So, what did you think, Dad?"
Dracula seemed contemplative for a moment, but smiled as he complimented her sweetly, "You always had a beautiful voice, Devil Chops, more so than a siren's voice. The song was enjoyable, but uh, a little too... uh, a little close to home, almost exact in what it was about."
Mavis knew what her father was trying to say, or rather not say, so she smirked while chuckling, "That's why I picked it." She suddenly grabbed Johnny's hand in excitement. "I wanna do another one with you, Johnny, and I know just what I want to sing."
She told him what she wanted to sing with him and he brought it up on the digital karaoke machine. Johnny and Mavis then started to sing 'It's Always a Good Time' by Owl City, and Ericka and Dracula exchanged big smiles. This song was played at their wedding and on Mavis's birthday.
Whoa-uh-oh
It's always a good time
Whoa-uh-oh
It's always a good time
Woke up on the right side of the bed
What's up with this Prince song inside my head?
Hands up if you're down to get down tonight
Cause it's always a good time
Slept in all my clothes like I didn't care
Hopped into a cab, take me anywhere
I'm in if you're down to get down tonight
Cause it's always a good time
Good morning and good night
I'll wake up at twilight
It's gonna be alright
We don't even have to try
It's always a good time (Whooo)
Whoa-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, whoa-oh-oh
It's always a good time
Whoa-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh
We don't even have to try, it's always a good time
Freaked out, dropped my phone in the pool again
Checked out of my room, hit the ATM
Let's hang out if you're down to get down tonight
Cause it's always a good time
Good morning and good night
I'll wake up at twilight
It's gonna be alright
We don't even have to try
It's always a good time (Whooo)
Whoa-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, whoa-oh-oh
It's always a good time
Whoa-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh
We don't even have to try
It's always a good time (2xs)
Doesn't matter when
It's always a good time then
Doesn't matter where
It's always a good time there
Doesn't matter when
It's always a good time then
It's always a good time
Whoa-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, whoa-oh-oh
It's always a good time
Whoa-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh
We don't even have to try
It's always a good time (2xs)
Everyone had been dancing or grooving to the song while Johnny and Mavis sang together in harmony, and gave the couple a great round of applause when the song ended and Johnny and Mavis gave a duel bow. Dracula cheered the loudest for his little girl and Wendy tried to out cheer him by cheering loudly for both Mavis and Johnny, which made her friends puzzled. Mavis was having so much fun with the karaoke; she wanted to do one more song, though the others wanted a turn, too.
"Sing a song called 'Love Story' by Taylor Swift, it's just like you and Johnny," Ericka told her stepdaughter.
Dracula shot her a look with a raised eyebrow at this, frowning as though to tell his wife to stop encouraging them.
Curious and confused, Mavis asked, "Who's that? Is she like Sahleena Gohmesz?"
"Sort of, but I'll tell you later, sweetie," replied Ericka .
Then Mavis brought the song like Johnny showed her how to and she began to sing her final song.
We were both young
When I first saw you I closed my eyes
And a flashback starts I'm standing there
On a balcony in summer air
See the lights, see the party the ball gowns
See you make your way
Through the crowd and say "Hello"
Little did I know
That you were Romeo, you were throwing pebbles
And my Daddy said "Stay away from Juliet"
And I was crying on the staircase
Begging you please don't go, and I said
Romeo take me, somewhere we can be alone
I'll be waiting, all that's left to do is run
You'll be the prince and I'll be the princess
It's a love story, Baby just say "Yes"
So I sneak out, to the garden to see you
We keep quiet, cause we're dead if they knew
So close your eyes
Escape this down for a little while
Uh-Oh, cause you were Romeo I was a Scarlet
Letter and my Daddy said "Stay away from Juliet"
But you were everything to me
I was begging you please don't go, and I said
Romeo take me, somewhere we can be alone
I'll be waiting, all that's left to do is run
You'll be the prince and I'll be the princess
It's a love story, Baby just say "Yes"
Romeo save me they're trying to tell me how to feel
This love is difficult, but it's real
Don't be afraid we'll, make it out of this mess
It's a love story, Baby just say "Yes"
Uh-Oh
I got tired of waiting
Wondering if you were ever coming around
My faith in you was fading
When I met you on the outskirts of town, and I said
Romeo save me, I've been feeling so alone
I keep waiting, for you but you never come
Is this in my head? I don't know what to think
He knelt to the ground and pulled out a ring and said
Marry me Juliet, you'll never have to be alone
I love you, and that's all I really know
I talked to your Dad, go pick out a white dress
It's a love story, Baby just say, "Yes"
Uh-Oh-Oh, Uh-Oh-Oh
Cause we were both young, when I first saw you
Everyone applauded and cheered for her once again. Johnny came up to her to give Mavis a big kiss, but Dracula's protective nature surged up and, with a swirl of his blue mist-covered hand, he threw his fanged monster sandwich between them and it nearly bit off Johnny's nose as it snarled at him. Mavis managed to catch hold of the sandwiches and throw it into Hank, Alex hungry mouths. Everyone aimed death squints in his direction while some of them looked surprised and puzzled, which immediately turned into death glares, but Dracula only shrugged it off and laughed quietly.
Eunice smacked his arm very hard for this prank. "What's the matter with you?!" she snapped.
"Ow! I'm still not used to seeing them kissing or being together." Dracula groaned, rubbing his arm. Ericka and the others remained scowling at him as he continued, "And I know what your thinking, guys. I'll have to get used to it now that they're engaged. My baby girl has never been happier, and Johnny and I are friends now."
This caused everyone's hard expression to soften as they slightly grinned at their vampire friend.
"Oh, I get it. The infamous overprotective father status," Amber deduced, figuring it out. "You should've seen Ericka's brother , he's ten times worse than you."
But a pissed off Mavis returned to her seat, moving her seat away from her father, growling at him, "Dad, I'm not your baby girl anymore! When are you gonna get that through your skull?"
"You'll always be my baby, my little Mavy-Wavy," Dracula replied affectionately with baby talk.
All of this baby talk nearly got on Mavis's nerves and she could hear her friends laughing behind her, but she held it all in for the sake of their guests. "Daaad, we have company." She sank lower into her seat while the Bimbos covered their mouths to quiet their laughter. Mavis's face turned pink in pure embarrassment.
Ericka rolled her eyes at Dracula's ever fatherly doting for Mavis and she knew exactly how she felt having been in the same predicament, so to save her stepdaughter from more parental embarrassment, an idea came to her, so she stood up and announced in a perky tone, "I'll go next, and I know just what I want to sing, 'She's In Love With the Boy' the Trisha Yearwood American Country song."
The Bimbos cooed 'aww' at this, for they remembered singing it before at Olivia's wedding reception when she got married several years ago.
"This is for you, Mavis and Johnny. And it's a little dedication to my loving husband too," Ericka announced through the microphone. The music began and Ericka watched the words on the screen as she began to sing the classic song, but this time she changed the lyrics.
Mavy's sitting on her old front window
Watching the monsters walk the grounds
There ain't a whole lot going on tonight
In this one zombie town
Over yonder coming up the road
In a beat up old hearse truck
Her boyfriend Johnny
He's laying on the horn
Splashing through the mud and the muck
Her Daddy's says, He ain't worth a lick
When it comes to brains, he's got the short end of the stick
But Mavy's young, and she don't care
She'd follow Johnny anywhere
She's in love with the boy
She's in love with the boy
She's in love with the boy
And even if they have to run away
She's gonna marry that boy some day
While Dracula loved listening to his wife's beautiful and hypnotic singing voice, he started to frown by what she was singing, realizing she was trying to teach him a lesson. Ericka noticed his slight reaction and smirked, thinking he got the picture.
Mavy and Johnny at the Transylvania movie
Sitting in the very last row
They're too busy hanging onto one another
To even care about the show
Later on outside the cool night breeze
Johnny slips something on her hand
He says this ring will do for now because
It's a wedding band
Her Daddy says, He ain't worth a blood hole
He's a human, he'll steal your soul
But Mavy's young, and she don't care
She'd follow Johnny anywhere
She's in love with the boy
She's in love with the boy
She's in love with the boy
And even when she ran away
She's married that boy one day
Mavy's Daddy is waiting 'til half past twelve
When they come sneaking up the walk
Her Daddy says, Young lady get on up to your room
While Johnny and I have a talk
Mama breaks in, says Don't lose your temper
It wasn't so very long ago
When you yourself was just a young vamp boy
With nothing but fangs to show
My Daddy said, You ain't worth a dirt hole
You're a monster, and you'll steal my daughter's soul
But he was wrong
And, Honey, you are, too
Mavy looks at Johnny
the same way I still look at you
She's in love with the boy
She's in love with the boy
She's in love with the boy
What's meant to be will always find a way
She's in love with the boy
She's in love with the boy
She's in love with the boy
What's mean to be will always find a way
And she's gonna marry that boy someday
The song faded off when it reached the end, and everyone applauded very loudly for Ericka , who bowed as everyone cheered the second she finished.
"I don't remember those lyrics," Amber said. "But it does actually fit with your married life as well as their relationship."
Ericka nodded in her direction before turning her attention to her husband. "So what did you think, Drac?" she asked teasingly.
Dracula's face looked unsure of whether to smile or frown, since he adored his wife's singing, thinking she had a voice that out classed the memorizing powers of a siren or matched perfectly to the angelic voice of his darling Martha, but the song she recently sang made him stop to think about things he didn't like to admit.
"You always have a beautiful voice, Blood Rose, and the tune to the song was fun enough," Dracula complimented sweetly until the tone of voice changed to annoyance, "but did you have to make the lyrics so painfully obvious? I'm not a wet blanket and I don't want my Mavy-Wavy to be the happiest she deserves."
While Frank and Murray tried to hold back snickers at Dracula's lamenting, Ericka retorted, "I know, Drac, but you're too protective of her. I need to remind you of that so you can allow Mavis to grow up and receive the happiness she definitely deserves!"
"I loved it, Mom, thank you," Mavis cut in with a grateful smile. "And I'll always love you, Dad, but you need to lighten up with Johnny and me. After all, at least you're nowhere near as bad as my step-grandpa was with you when you first met my stepmom, from what I was told. But then again, you did threaten to drink Johnny's blood."
Everyone started laughing humorously, while a frowning Dracula slouched as Johnny teased him, "And you gave me a hard time."
Although Dracula didn't want to say it out loud, he knew they were right about him still being overprotective of Mavis, just like Ericka's brother was, but he tried to kill him for saving her life while Dracula threatened to kill Johnny with an empty bluff. What was really discomforting about it all was that he knew how it felt, not only from his brief encounter with Ericka's brother, but from Martha's restrictive authoritarian father as well, who thought Dracula was a bad seed in vampiredom and wasn't good enough for his little girl, something Dracula didn't want to think about.
"I guess some things are universal," Juniper said. "No father thinks a boy is good enough for their daughter, even if the guy is descent and not so bad. Glenda's dad thought Ben wasn't good enough for her, even though he was a sweetheart, and thought she should date one of those jocks back in high school, but Glenda liked Ben because he was nice, funny, smart, and cute, in his own way. And he did play some soccer, so he was still a jock, just not the kind her dad approved of."
Everyone started laughing again, and even Dracula chuckled as he could relate to the situation more than he was willing to admit, but then he got up as he announced, "Alright, my turn to sing the next song."
Dracula looked over the karaoke machine with some confusion and curiosity, still unsure of new human machines he was seeing more and more of every day now, even at his own hotel. Realizing he had no idea of what to do, Juniper went up to him and showed him how to use it, and even helped him pick a song he remembered hearing from her playlist he liked.
The Count picked a song called 'Good Mood" by Adam Levine. The second the music started and as Dracula sang the first lines, the witch maids and ladies let out soft swooning gasps at his singing, while two of the Bimbos' jaws fell open and Lavender spat out her drink to their own surprise at how good Dracula's voice was.
You make me dance,yeah,you do,ooh
You got my heart beatin'rhythms when you move
Don't need no plans, feelin' loose
Like there's a rainbow of magic next to you
When it's good, when it's bad, yeah, you got me
Not alone in this town 'cause you make me feel
Anytime that I call, you'll be ready
Anytime, anytime
And when I turn around, I see you there
You got a way to make a problem disappear
Up to the clouds, I'm spinning 'round
And now you know why
'Cause no one in this world can make me feel loved
In the way that you do now
No, no one in this world can make me come down
When I'm in this so good, good mood now
Woo-hoo (ooh)
Good mood
Hop in my ride, don't you know, oh?
We got the sun always shinning wherever we go
Don't need no map, we just roll
Let the vibe give direction, take control
When it's good, when it's bad, yeah, you got me
Not alone in this town 'cause you make me feel
Anytime that I call, you'll be ready
Anytime, anytime
And when I turn around, I see you there
You got a way to make a problem disappear
Up to the clouds, I'm spinning 'round
And now you know why
'Cause no one in this world can make me feel loved
In the way that you do now
No, no one in this world can make me come down
When I'm in this so good, good mood now
Woo-hoo (yeah, ooh)
Good mood
Oh-oh
Woo-hoo
You make me feel good (oh)
Good mood
Yeah, oh
You make me in a good mood
Woo-hoo
Yeah-yeah
Hey
Oh-oh-oh
You make me feel good (woo-hoo)
Woo-hoo, ooh
You make me feel good
Woo-hoo
Good mood
You make me
Woo-hoo
Woo
Good mood
Good mood
Everyone burst into loud cheers and whistles, even the staff had stopped to listen and the witches and the ladies had swooned and passed out, while most of them were squealing like fangirls.
"WOAH! That was hot!" Lavender swooned while waving a hand in her face.
"He's sooo good!" Juniper sighed like a lovesick schoolgirl. "James is going to be sooo jealous!"
"Who knew the Prince of Darkness can sing like an angel?" Amber mumbled the last of her sentence under her breath. "Although its kind of ironic that people consider him related to the devil, he probably uses his hypnotic voice to charm girls to his bloodlust or to get them into his coffin bed."
"That was an awesome throw down, dude!" Murray gave the vampire a thumbs-up.
"Thank you, Murray." Dracula nodded at the mummy's praise.
"That song almost sounds like you, Dad," added Mavis. "You needed both Mom and Johnny to 'change your life,'" she ended the last part of the sentence and name of the song in a sing-song tone.
"That's why I picked it, Coffin Cake," replied Dracula. "But it was your late mother who changed my life first, and I thank the heavens she did."
While Ericka listened to their conversation, she couldn't help feeling a bit envious. She may have changed Dracula's opinion on humans, but it was actually Martha who changed him first. How did she change him first? What was he like back then? Was he just as how Bram Stoker described him or how it has been written down in the book and movies? Feeling hungry, she decided to walk up to the buffet and picked a long baguette sandwich; a human sandwich that is since there are humans present, including herself.
"I'm next", Frank said. " He went the stage and sang a song for his wife, the song was called I can't help, falling in love with you by Elvis Presley.
Wise men say
"Only fools rush in"
But I can't help
Falling in love with you
Shall I stay?
Would it be a sin
If I can't help
Falling in love with you?
Like a river flows
Surely to the sea
Darling, so it goes
Some things are meant to be
Take my hand
Take my whole life too
For I can't help
Falling in love with you
Like a river flows
Surely to the sea
Darling, so it goes
Some things are meant to be
Take my hand
Take my whole life too
For I can't help
Falling in love with you
For I can't help
Falling in love with you
Again, the lounge applauded, Dracula and Ericka included, for the gentle giant as he gave a bow when he finished singing his song, Eunice went up on stage and gave her husband a long loving kiss for the song.
"We're next!" Lavender's perky tone brought Ericka back to reality as she watched the Bimbos get up on the stage and picked 'You're A God' by Vertical Horizon.
I've got to be honest
I think you know
We're covered in lies and that's okay
There's somewhere beyond this I know
But I hope I can find the words to say
Never again, no
No, never again
Cause you're a god, and I am not
And I just thought that you would know
You're a god, and I am not
And I just thought I'd let you go
But I've been unable
To put you down
I'm still learning things I ought to know by now
It's under the table so
I need something more to show somehow
Never again, no
No, never again
Cause you're a god, and I am not
And I just thought that you would know
You're a god, and I am not
And I just thought I'd let you go
I've got to be honest
I think you know
We're covered in lies and that's okay
There's somewhere beyond this I know
But I hope I can find the words to say
Never again, no
No, never again
Cause you're a god, and I am not
And I just thought that you would know
You're a god, and I am not
And I just thought I'd let you go (2xs)
A round of applause went out to the Bimbos, as they took a graceful bow.
"I am so loving karaoke right now!" Mavis squealed.
"Me too, Honey Bat," agreed Dracula. "But where has Ericka, Eunice gone?"
Father and daughter both noticed their mother's empty seat at the table, both confused to where she had left to. Dracula felt a sense of dread pass through him, worried if something might be wrong.
Johnny came back to the table with an apple in his hand when Mavis asked him, "Johnny, did you see where Mom went?"
"Yeah, she said to needed to use the ladies' room," Johnny replied, but Mavis raised a confused eyebrow so Johnny had to explain. "As in the restroom, the toilets and the sinks."
"Is she okay?" Being the overprotective man he is, Dracula assumed something could be wrong with his wife.
"Don't worry, I'm sure she's fine," Johnny assured the vampire. "Nature must be calling for her."
"Well, I'm going to make sure she is," Dracula announced firmly as he left in a flash.
But no sooner did the vampire made it to the locker room where monsters could go to change in their swimwear, he came face-to-face with his beloved wife, who screamed in surprise at his sudden presence.
"Drac! What are you doing here?" Ericka demanded.
"Yeah" said Eunice
"I was worried about you, my precious, is everything alright?" Dracula asked in deep concern.
"Eunice dose Frank know you are in here" ? asked Dracula
"Of course Drac" said Eunice
Apparently whilst halfway through the song, Ericka felt a nauseating feeling and quickly excused herself. However, nothing happened the second she reached the locker room. Ericka realized this must have been a false alarm, but then wondered could it have anything to do with the new life growing inside of her? Then again it must have been from eating that long baguette sandwich she got at the buffet. Dracula waited for her to answer so she kept on her poker face.
"I'm fine, Honey. Do you worry too much when your wife needs to use the facilities?" Ericka teased.
"Eh, no. I just wanted to know if you're okay, that's all," Dracula replied with a raised eyebrow. "Now, are you still up to giving your friends a tour, because I want you to remember there are rooms off limit: Our room, my office, the secret tunnel, and Glenn's room underneath the floor."
"I'm up to it," Ericka replied eagerly. "And I understand that our room, your office, the secret tunnel, and Glenn's room are off-limits."
The vampire linked arms with his human wife and they walked arm-in-arm back to the pool area together.