Paradise Is Here

Music To My Ears (Scarlett Johansson III)

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Eden's POV

"That was AMAZING!" Julian exclaimed, he and I began jumping like we did after our first gig when we were 18.

"I know right!" I felt so alive, I haven't sung for a very long time and it felt so great to have sung with the gang again. I wonder what Scarlett's reaction to that was, did she like it?

All four of us began heading back to the table and from a distance, she looked like she was having a conversation with Arnold, but she looked rather...timid. She was biting her lip, her shoulders looked tense and she had her hands on her knees, it was always something she does when she's getting nervous.

Once Scarlett saw me she immediately changed her expression, she grinned widely and waved at us, "You played one hell of a performance!" Scarlett said.

"Thanks! The performance brought back nostalgic feelings!" I said cheerfully, pretending like I saw nothing.

"Hey, why don't we get some drinks? Cheers for our reunion and meeting Scarlett." Dylan suggested and Julian beamed, quickly agreeing with him.

"Are you up for it?" I turned to Scarlett and she nodded.

"Well, you kiddos enjoy while I run my business." he then stood up and Julian pouted.

"Aww! Not even a sip?"

"Not today, kid." the man chuckled, waved at us and left us.

We then proceeded to sit around the table, I sat in between Scarlett and Arlo. As we were picking our poisons, Julian declared to take shots. Scarlett surprisingly said 'yes' to shots and so did everyone else, except for me and Arlo. "You guys are no fun!" Julian whined.

"Whaaat? I am happy with my cocktail, okay? And I just don't feel like puking my insides out and getting a huge hangover in the morning!" I replied, they didn't try making Arlo take shots because we all know he doesn't take shots.

Along with the alcohol we also ordered fried chicken and some chips, and for an hour or more we spent the time talking, drinking and chatting. Some were silliest things ever and some gave us quite the shock, "I still can't believe you went to a strip club for your 21st birthday." I said then took a sip of the cocktail.

"And a lap dance! The stripper's pelvic bone ended up bruising me too!" We all laughed and I nearly choked on my drink.

"How?!?" Scarlett shook her head and shrugged as continued cracking up.

"I don't know! Many shit goes down once you reach 20! You feel like you have the whole world in the palm of your hand!" Scarlett paused and took a shot, downing it all at once. Releasing a grunt from the fiery feeling in her throat, "Oh! Not to mention, I was drunk as fuck back then!"

"Like how you are right now?" I mocked and Scarlett turned to me in an almost drunken manner.

"I am...not drunk, just tipsy!" I rolled my eyes at her, "Heeey, have I ever told you that you have very pretty eyes?" heat came rushing in my cheeks, not because she just complimented me, but because she's so close to me.

Yep! She's drunk! I better take her home now.

"Alright, I thi-" right before I was about to call it off, Scarlett interrupted me.

"LET'S SING EVERYBODY!" the blonde woman yelled.

"YEAH!" Everyone else who was drunk seemed to have agreed too and I just stared at them, shocked.

"I don't think that is a good idea." I said while they began standing up from the seats.

"Oh, don't be such a party-pooper! It'll be a good idea!" Julian stated, who was also very drunk. "C'mon, Arlo!" he gestured his hand to Arlo. I looked at Arlo and he seemed like he didn't have anything against it, so he followed Julian.

Seriously? I swear to god that that man wouldn't be against anything unless it was killing somebody!

"Woah, are they going to perform d-"

"Drunk? You guessed it, they took Scarlett with them too!" my voice was filled with sarcasm as I spoke to Arnold.

"Well, I'll be damned." Arnold muttered to himself and crossed his arms across his chest, "Do you at least know what they're singing?"

"Not. A. Clue." I could feel my anxiousness brewing at the bottom of my stomach because I was afraid one of those idiots might end up hurting themselves while performing, so I took a sip of my drink.

Then all of us, including the audience, waited patiently for the show to start. For a second, Arlo did his thing before the drapes were even pulled as if he was giving the people a little tease of what's about to come.

Once the drapes were fully retracted, we first saw Scarlett's back facing us. Arlo started with a couple of beats and that was when Scarlett began letting out those raspy and very capturing vocals, "This was never the way I planned. Not my intention." and that was the moment she faced us and it appears to be that she had retouched her makeup a bit; added darker eye-shows and bolder red lip colour, fitting the sultry vibe of the song I Kissed A Girl.

"I got so brave, drink in hand, lost my discretion. It's not what I'm used to, just wanna try you on. I'm curious for you, caught my attention!" The audience went wild when they began singing the chorus. "I kissed a girl and I liked it! The taste of her cherry chapstick!"

The whole band rocked their whole selves out, bobbing their heads like there was no tomorrow. However, my eyes were glued to Scarlett. With the alcohol in her system, she looked like she didn't give a damn about the world.

"I kissed a girl just to try it! I hope my boyfriend don't mind it! It felt so wrong, it felt so right! Don't mean I'm in love tonight! I kissed a girl and I liked it! I liked it!" She was dancing very seductively, moving her hand from her thigh to her swaying hips. It was so hard not to get allured by her that even I was getting captivated.

As she continued singing through the second verse, I frowned when I noticed Scarlett began walking down the steps of the stage, slowly and seductively making her way towards...me.

Her eyes never left mine, in hers, not a glimpse of nervousness or hesitation could be seen, her body language was the same as well. Me, on the other hand, was on edge and getting skittish by what Scarlett was going to do next. "Us girls, we are so magical; soft skin, red lips, so kissable. Hard to resist, so touchable." Scarlett had said those words when she reached a hand out, slithering it from the top of my chest to my neck.

"Too good to deny it. Ain't no big deal, it's innocent!" her whole new demeanour was sending a new spiking to my spine when she sat on my lap. I knew people were watching us and cooing at us and I am positive they are also filming this moment, but I was too high to even care about it.

High from what? High from Scarlett!

Her thumb traced my bottom lips and I couldn't help, but to part my mouth a bit. Oh, did I mention how close she was while singing the last chorus? I might be imagining things, but Scarlett appears to be leaning a millimetre closer within a second. "It felt so wrong, it felt so right, don't mean I'm in love tonight! I kissed a girl and I liked it! I liked it!"

A second after the song ended, Scarlett took me by surprised when she swiftly attacked her lips on mine. Another surprise she did was when she slipped her tongue in my mouth. I, embarrassingly, let out a moan. I couldn't bring myself to push her away because everything felt so good!

Fortunately, she pulled herself away and smiled innocently, then yelled out to everyone, "I finally kissed a girl, everybody!"

"WHOOO!" The audience cheered along with my old bandmates.

Scarlett turned to me, "Not just any girl..." she paused and pointed a finger at me, "but you!". The woman on my lap giggled like a child, then wrapped her arms around my waist and buried her face on my neck and proceeded to pass out on me!

"Oh my god" I heard Arnold exclaim softly.

"Oh my god..." I repeated what he said.

"She kissed you!"

"She kissed me!"

This all happened one night! One. Night! Everyone here is going to post this on the internet and by tomorrow...it's going to be everywhere!

"Holy shit!"