Night Out
After having dinner, you and the guys got ready and headed to the bar. Once you got in, you all met up with Tony, Pepper, Nat, Bruce, Thor, Jane, Clint and Sam. Laura volunteered to stay home with the kids and Maria was busy that night.
The place was nearly full, but there were one or two empty tables. It was loud enough with music and other people talking that everyone had to almost shout to be heard the whole night.
The group had a couple tables at the back and had already started with a couple pitchers of beer and the shots would soon follow.
"Hey!", Thor stood up, gave you a hug and greeted the guys as well. "Glad you guys made it!"
Chris shook his hand, "Glad you're not passed out, dude. We missed you last time." He gave him a brotherly slap on the back and a smirk. "You okay? Feeling drowsy?"
Thor laughed, "No, I'm good. Last week was murder. I should be good tonight."
After a short while of other patrons getting their voice-- and drink on, most of you had gone through the song book, a few had picked some songs and gave their slips to the DJ.
First up was Tony singing "That's Life", who probably was a few drinks ahead of everyone as was evident by his antics onstage, even though it wasn't far off from his usual self. You all were cheering him on and he even got a wolf whistle from Thor after attempting to pull up his pant leg and show a little skin. Pepper followed him with "Born To Fly" by Sarah Evans. She's got such a beautiful voice.
You had never done karaoke with this group before, so you needed to have a few more drinks before you were ready to go solo. You took a tequila shot for good measure. Nat picked "I Love It" by Icona Pop and asked you and Pepper to join her. You all danced and killed it, inciting whistles and shouts from all the guys in your group and others in the crowd.
Thor kept trying to get Jane to sing, even with others, but she was too shy. So Thor sang "Mama's Got A Squeeze Box" by The Who with Tony. By this time they were far enough gone that they were so obnoxiously funny. When they finished, Tony hopped on Thor's back, who wasn't prepared for a monkey attack and stumbled. He recovered and bounced down the steps off the stage with Tony on his back, which had Tony whining about his nuts when they got back to the table.
Sabastian sang "The Logical Song" by Super Tramp so smoothly, a song you remembered your Dad listening to a lot when you were a kid; it stirred up some really pleasant feelings. Chris sang "Too Much Of A Good Thing" by The Sons and sang it perfectly.
Now that you had a few drinks, you felt relaxed enough to give it a go alone and chose "Decode" by Paramore. Chris took your hand and escorted you to the stage; too many drunk men in the crowd by then for him to feel comfortable letting you go up alone. He stood against the wall on one side of the stage to watch and wait for you.
You got so lost in the song that you didn't even notice people watching you. You sang karaoke a lot, usually at your parents' parties at home with family and a few times at bars over the years with past friends. Your singing was strong and smooth; it was like a cameleon which could closely mimic the voice in many songs; powerful or soft and breathy, raspy or silky and your range was more than satisfactory for you. As the song came to an end and the music faded, cheers and applause snapped you back to reality and you said a meek 'thank you' into the mic before stepping down.
Chris made his way to the steps and held his hand out for you and guided you down the steps. "Holy shit, (Y/N)!", Chris exclaimed, putting an arm around your shoulders, giving you an enthusiastic kiss on the head. "That was awesome!"
Your mouth turned up slightly in a small smile and you chuckled.
When you made it back to the group, eveyone there was still clapping and giving you praise. Sebastian stood and pulled out your chair and took his seat again as Chris sat on your other side.
Sebastian's face had surprise written all over it. "Wow. That was amazing.", he said, "You really need to sing more, doll."
"Thank you.", you smiled shyly.
The night wore on and at some point you noticed that your group was monopolizing the stage, but the crowd didn't seem to mind; most of you had great talent and the ones who didn't made up for it with comedy.
Once you drank enough to start getting really giggly, Sebastian had noticed and kept to his word from the night before about making sure you don't have too much. You were pouring yourself another beer from the pitcher as he put an arm around you and waited for you to finish filling your glass. He leaned closer to your ear as he took the pitcher gently with his other hand, setting it back on the table, "Last one, okay, babe?"
You gave him puppy eyes and pouted.
He put his head against yours, "That face is damn hard to resist, but I can tell you've had enough.", he punctuated that with a kiss on your temple.
"Okay." You said softly and rested your head on his shoulder, but snapped up, startled, when Tony shouted.
"HEY!!!"
"Jesus.", Sebastian muttered under his breath, blinking against the noise, his arm still around your shoulders.
"Get your hair outta my beer, caveman!", Tony yelled at Thor who was leaning over Tony's beer while listening to a story Pepper was telling.
"Oh! Hahaha!", Thor boomed, "Sorry, brother!"
"Waitress!", Tony shouted to no one, looking around and holding up his glass, "I want my money back! This beer has Fabio hair in it!"
Songs:
That's Life:
https://youtu.be/KIiUqfxFttM
Born To Fly:
https://youtu.be/8xvhutWc67k
I Love It:
https://youtu.be/UxxajLWwzqY
Mama's Got A Squeeze Box:
https://youtu.be/yRkd90nTqZ0
The Logical Song:
https://youtu.be/Mh3Kk5tZSmo
Too Much Of A Good Thing:
https://youtu.be/mVhAJpdf7nI
Decode:
https://youtu.be/RvnkAtWcKYg