Maria Helena Grayson (crossbow_bat) wrote in dc_nextgen,
@ 2012-07-19 21:59:00

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Trust me, you'll have fun
Maria's efforts to get Jon to relax and have fun continued. It was Thursday and it was their night out and Maria had come up with something new for them to do. Karaoke. She'd bet a million dollars that he had never done karaoke in his life, or even been to a place where they had karaoke. It was time to introduce the Boyscout to karaoke.

She waited outside for him to show up.

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	first_son 2012-08-26 10:39 pm UTC (link)
	"I don't have time for that kind of thing. Besides, it'd sort of be cheating. But its fun for this kind of thing. Let me know if you have any requests." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	crossbow_bat 2012-08-26 10:59 pm UTC (link)
	"I was kidding, but you were really good. Even if it was cheating." Maria gave it a moment's thought and something popped into her mind. "I have an idea." Maria hopped up and went over to request a song. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	first_son 2012-08-27 02:31 am UTC (link)
	He remains settled in, drinking his coke and waiting to see what comes of this. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	crossbow_bat 2012-08-27 08:12 pm UTC (link)
	They weren't up next so Maria returned to the table and plopped into her seat. "I think there's two or three ahead of us." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	first_son 2012-08-27 08:51 pm UTC (link)
	"That's ok, they can have their turns. There's some pretty good singers in here." And some horrible ones, but he doesn't mention that. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	crossbow_bat 2012-08-27 08:52 pm UTC (link)
	"You forgot the ones that can make ears bleed," she said with a grin. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	first_son 2012-08-27 08:55 pm UTC (link)
	"How can anyone forget those? At least they're having fun with it." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	crossbow_bat 2012-08-27 10:16 pm UTC (link)
	"That's the whole point," Maria said. "It's not about good or bad, it's about having fun." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	first_son 2012-08-27 10:31 pm UTC (link)
	"Suits me. Jo is much, much better at this than me... but then she also practices. That was actually kind of theoretical til I got on stage." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	crossbow_bat 2012-08-27 11:24 pm UTC (link)
	"Well it was very good even if you did cheat and use powers." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	first_son 2012-08-28 12:08 am UTC (link)
	"Good exercise. Not all of our powers come up often, but vocal chords are muscles..." he trails off there, not mentioning anything about having some control over all the muscles in his body - he knows how she'd take that. "But it was fun. Meanwhile, you're just pretty good." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	crossbow_bat 2012-08-28 06:57 pm UTC (link)
	Maria could fill in the blanks on her own and a smile appeared on her face. "I just have fun," Maria said before they were called up. "Our turn." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	first_son 2012-08-28 09:47 pm UTC (link)
	He rolls his eyes, but he's smiling. "Ok, so what are we singing?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	crossbow_bat 2012-08-28 09:56 pm UTC (link)
	"We are going to sing Jackson by Johnny and June Carter Cash." Maria smirked. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	first_son 2012-08-29 02:02 am UTC (link)
	"Classic duet, and I even know that one. Ok." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	crossbow_bat 2012-08-29 11:49 pm UTC (link)
	"I love Cash. I've listened him since I was a kid." Maria smiled at him. "Ready to do this?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	first_son 2012-08-29 11:56 pm UTC (link)
	"We have that in common. Dad is a big Cash fan, so I heard a lot of it. Yeah... set." he agrees, getting ready to practice another tone entirely. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	crossbow_bat 2012-08-30 12:00 am UTC (link)
	The two of them performed the song and Maria had a lot of fun with it. It was much more fun singing with someone else. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	first_son 2012-08-30 12:07 am UTC (link)
	Its not perfect - lack of practice, but he does manage to do a pretty good Cash impression, at least in tone and ability to carry all the right notes. He also seems to genuinely have fun with it. Enough to go put in for a couple more songs when they're done. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	crossbow_bat 2012-08-30 01:12 pm UTC (link)
	"So what did you put in?" Maria asked when he returned to the table. "Or are you going to surprise me?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	first_son 2012-08-31 12:54 am UTC (link)
	"Figured I'd challenge myself, and went for Bohemian Rhapsody. Want to join me?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	crossbow_bat 2012-09-04 08:06 pm UTC (link)
	Maria smiled. "I would love to." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	first_son 2012-09-05 03:38 am UTC (link)
	"Excellent. This ought to be fun - one of those that's better with more people anyway." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	crossbow_bat 2012-09-05 06:59 pm UTC (link)
	"It's a great song," she said. "I particularly loved the scene with it in Wayne's World." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	first_son 2012-09-05 08:09 pm UTC (link)
	"Jo loves that movie. I... never could get into it, but I like that scene." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)