Past, Present and Future

Karaoke Night

"I swear, Gene!", cried Paul, "You choose places to go that you don't even participate in! The club! You don't drink!"

"No, smart ass, but I do like karaoke and so do you and Eric. We're going tonight and that's final! Open mic starts at eight."

I smirk as Paul rolls his eyes at me and walks off mumbling. He'll be there. I know Tom will too because Paul's coming. I am the DD for a reason.

Later that night we meet up at the bar. Paul has on the ugliest shirt I have ever seen and I've seen A LOT of ugly ones in his closet.

We go inside and find a table in the middle. Eric immediately hits the bar, Tommy trailing right behind him. Paul flips me off as he orders a whole bottle of tequila to be brought to the table. I flick my tongue at him and take a sip from my water.

Eric comes back to the table grinning like the little devil he is. "Bruce is here." he says before walking off.

We make room for Bruce as the open mic starts. Just as Tommy sits down, the song from Magic Mike starts. I look at Paul as Tommy starts choking on his beer. Looking up, I see ERIC! WHAT THE HELL!!!" 

He takes the mic, looks at me smiling sweetly and says, "I dedicate this to my boyfriend, Gene!" 

Paul snorts as I turn beet red. I swear I hate him and Eric at times. Bruce snickers as I feel like climbing under the table.

By the time the songs over, I want to die. Eric literally did a strip tease to the damned song. Paul is smirking at me as if to say, "I told you so." Bruce is trying to keep from laughing in my face and poor Tommy is shell-shocked. I guess we should have warned him.

"Well, baby, what did ya think?" asked Eric as he came back, fully clothed.

"I...I...was shocked." I mumble. Bastard turned me on and he knows it. Eric plops on my lap with a beer in his hand.

Paul gets up and takes a turn. He blows us kisses as he launches into Livin' La Vida Loca.  His dance makes Tommy stare so hard he almost goes blind. Bruce pretends to not know us as the night goes on.

My turn comes. I dedicate my song to Eric and start Making Love Out of Nothing At All. I truly don't know how Eric still loves me since I can be so hard to get along with. 

Paul must be singing softly to Tommy because he's crying and Eric is teary-eyed. I walk over to the table and tell Eric I love him in his ear.

Bruce refuses to go up and Tommy passes. 

Eric drags both Paul and I on stage to do Wake Me Up Before You Go Go. I will kill him! Paul just goes with the flow and dances his heart out. I can't dance like those two can. I just hope I can live this down.