Skylar's Wish • Rooster

Chapter 6: Karaoke and Kissing?

The music starts to play and the crowd calms.

I'm a walking contradiction, baby, don't you try to figure me out.

I see Rooster standing off to the side, staring at me in amazement.

Got Holy Ghost conviction confliction when the sun goes down.

I look back to see Phoenix with the biggest smile on her face. She gives me a thumbs up. A smile creeps into my face.

You know where to find me on a Sunday morning.
But tonight, I come with a whiskey warning.
Mm, a sweetheart with a wild side.
Girl next door with a rebel smile.

I look around the bar to see women drunk dancing and screaming along as I sing. Men looking around like they came into this bar on the wrong night. 

Yes, I'm one of those crazy angels.
Tilted halo with a neon shine.
Call me one of those crazy angels.
Even good girls wanna have a good time.
Heaven knows I'm flying low tonight.

I look to the bar to see Penny looking proud with a smile on her face. I start to dance along with the drunk girls in front of me waiting for the lyrics to start again. I feel the smile on my face getting bigger and bigger.

I ain't the only one of us to come down onto this dive bar floor.
You might not see our wings, we check 'em at the door.
We could be dancing or at a booth in the corner.
Never know what song we'll rock with that jukebox quarter.

I pause, taking a deep breath before singing out the chorus.

Yes, I'm one of those crazy angels.
Tilted halo with a neon shine.
Call me one of those crazy angels.
Even good girls wanna have a good time
Heaven knows I'm flying low tonight, woo!

I see Rooster staring at me with the biggest smile on his face. He still has the look of amazement in his eyes. I listen to the crowd singing.

Ooh
Crazy angels

I smile and finish the song.

Only the good ones get to hold onto

Crazy angels
Oh boy, you'll count your blessings if she falls for you

Yes, I'm one of those crazy angels
Tilted halo with a neon shine
Call me one of those crazy angels
Even good girls wanna have a good time

The bar breaks out in a round of applause. I hear cheers and whistles. I smile, "Will Ms. Natasha Trace, please report to center stage?" I see Phoenix shaking her head no, but I see Payback grabbing her hand and dragging her up here. The same way Rooster did.

I lower the microphone, "Pick a song, my love." She rolls her eyes with a smile plastered on her face. Phoenix makes her way over to me after picking a song, the crowd goes quiet as the starting beat from Kylie Morgan's If He Wanted To He Would.

Giving Natasha a knowing smile before singing the first line.

Just 'cause he liked your old picture
Don't mean he's stuck on the past.
Just 'cause he talks to your brother
Don't mean he's still attached
Just 'cause he's drunk at 2 a.m.
Texts, "Hey, what's up, girl, how you been?"
Don't read too much into that
Don't mean he wants you back