"Maybe.. just tell him what was bothering you." Lucas responded.

"I can't... I don't want him to feel bad, I mean he was happy about Jonathan accepting him... I don't want to ruin that for him because my dad sucks." Mike said. Lucas sighed.

"Well, if he knows you well enough, he probably already knows why you're upset." Lucas started, "Ergo.. just tell him, man." Mike sighed.

"I'll give it time. I want him to enjoy himself." Mike responded.

"Well, apparently you don't want me to." Lucas started, crossing his arms. "Because I could be downstairs enjoying Darren's karaoke machine, but I'm stuck up here with you." Mike laughed a bit.

"Fine, you can go." He responded. Lucas got up excitedly.

"Good luck!" He said before rushing out. Mike sighed as he crossed his arms and thought to himself, before hesitantly heading back downstairs.

•••

"If Suzie were here, we'd totally kill it on the karaoke machine." Dustin said, watching two drunk guys perform a song from Rocky Horror, everyone laughing as they watched. Will nodded, laughing a bit.

"Trust me, I know." Will responded, smiling a bit before starting to sing. "Turn around~" Dustin sighed.

"Please no. Never again." Dustin responded as Will laughed a bit. They then both turned their attention to the sound of Lucas's voice.

"Oh come on, Max. I wanted to be next on karaoke." Lucas whined as El and Max looked through the songbook.

"You can go after." Max responded. Lucas sighed as he turned to Darren, his face lighting up as an idea popped into his head.

"We should do a duet together! Like El and Max!" Lucas exclaimed. Darren's eyes widened.

"No way. I can't sing for shit." Darren started, "This karaoke machine was my cousin's."

"You don't need to sing well to sing, Darren." Lucas responded.

"No, but I think it's greatly appreciated." Darren said. Lucas laughed a bit.

"Will! Dustin!" Lucas called out, noticing the two watching the whole conversation, "Tell Darren he should sing with me!"

"Yeah! You should!" Will responded.

"Yeah, man! Don't be chicken!" Dustin yelled as Will laughed next to him. Lucas turned back to Darren with a slight smirk.

"You suck, Sinclair." Darren said with a smile. Lucas jumped a bit in excitement. Everyone cheered for the two guys, who had just performed an interesting performance of "Touch-A, Touch-A, Touch Me." They both handed Max and El their microphones as the two took their places, the beginning of "I Wanna Dance With Somebody" starting to play. Mike walked downstairs just as El began to sing.

"Clock strikes upon the hour
And the sun begins to fade.
Still enough time to figure out
How to chase my blues away."

He took a seat next to Will as he turned towards Dustin, who was the designated bar-tender as always.

"Why did I just hear Rocky Horror?" He asked, glancing at Will who was watching El and Max perform.

"Some guys gave an.. interesting... impromptu performance of 'Touch-A, Touch-A, Touch Me'." Dustin replied. Mike gave him a look of confusion.

"How was it.. interesting?" Mike asked.

"They.. touch-a.. touched each other." Dustin replied quietly. Mike's eyes widened a bit, eyebrows furrowed.

"They.. what?" Mike asked. Dustin just nodded with wide eyes. Mike turned to look at Will, trying not to focus on what Dustin just told him.

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