A lot of confused tones came from the audience.
“Yep, that's right,” she said, “I got this experimental sound device directly from one of the most respected names in modern artificial intelligence, and we're going to use it right here on this stage for the very first time tonight.”
More booing came along.
“Wait-wiat-wait-wait-wait now here,” she said, “The company is SO CONFIDENT in the results of their product, that if you stay the entire show and do not totally rock your asses OFF, come give me your tickets and your personal information and they will individually refund you the price of the entire show!”
There were a few clear 'hell yeah!'s from the crowd and a little cheering, but mostly from people hoping to get to see this, the greatest show in the history of the west coast for free.
Jacqueline lay there patiently while the band played several hard fast songs, Margaret would dance around the stage and play her guitar some times, but mainly she belted out her lyrics ranging from a death growl to a falsetto, and at certain places, even though she lay on her back, Jacqueline would sing the accompaniment while the others all stood there silently.
The crowd wondered what was up, and there was a bit of a mixed reaction at first, but the tones were so clear and pure, that they were virtually hypnotized.
As they performed and their set was winding, down, however, the lights got low and the spotlight just shone on Marge. Instead of it going all silent on stage, however, Rachel slowly played an unknown tune in the background softly and lowly, giving the air a sense of suspense.
“Okay people,” she said breathing heavily, “Time for the truth.” she said, hanging her head as if in shame, and wondering if she should say something or not, “Okay, okay,” she said, “so I lied to you.”
As one could expect a lot of murmuring went on.
“This was indeed from the greatest technology provider of our century,” she said, “But...” and as she said that, she stepped on a switch that slowly lifted the box upward.
As she did, the music slowly got a little louder, ever so gradually, and then the drum began to take in a few seemingly random notes at a time, then the voice began.
Slowly the song began, light, delicate, tender and yet with a mournful tone.
Gradually the veil over the box was drawn up, revealing the gleaming red satin gown and pale skin of Jacqueline as she held the microphone to her lips...
Nearly every time I see you
I fall in love with you again
I have to keep on telling
My heart you're just a friend
Nearly every time I'm near you
I want to hold you in my arms
I tell my heart to not look
At your tender eyes so warm
Nearly every body knows it
Nearly every one in town
They all talk about me
And they say I am your clown
But if they ever saw how dearly
That you treat me with respect
There's no guile in your intentions
Its just that you could not suspect
That I hold these feelings for you
And I long within my heart
That I truly do adore you
And I have right, from the start
Many nights I long to tell you
Many nights I couldn't speak
Many times I tried for courage
My fears they make me weak
Nearly every time I see you
I fall in love with you again
I have to keep on telling
My heart you're just a friend
Nearly every time I'm near you
I want to hold you in my arms
I tell my heart to not look
At your tender eye so warm
Nearly every body knows it
Nearly every one in town
They all talk about me
And they say I am your clown
And the days they pass too quickly
And the time goes by too fast
Time it is a trickster
And this life it can not last
Someday surely you will find love
And some day you're sure to go
Oh this will not last forever
And this pain I'll surely know
When I walk alone and empty
When I walk alone and cry
Without your warm heart near me
It just makes me want to die
Nearly every time I see you
I fall in love with you again
I have to keep on telling,
My heart you're just a friend
Nearly every time I'm near you
I want to hold you in my arms
I tell my heart to not look
At your tender eye so warm
Nearly every body knows it
Nearly every one in town
They all talk about me
And they say I am your clown
[At this point, Margaret took up the song, singing in a different tune and tempo as she reached her hand into the box and lead Jacqueline out of it. As she stepped out, the box slowly lowered back to the floor and Jacqueline stood beside Margaret as she waited for her next part]
I know a girl
She's shy as she can be
I'd give to her the world
If I could set her free
She means the world and more
To my heart and to my soul
She came to me before
I ever learned the word control
Yes I love her
I want to make her mine
I feel there is no reason
That she should wish to decline
Although I feel there is this distance
That lies between she and I
And every time I'm with her
This heartbreak makes me want to die
And tonight I'm going to risk this
Because I know I have to try
Even if this is the end here
Even if she says goodbye
[a long romantic interlude played and the pair do an old fashioned ballroom dance ]
[as the interlude faded into the original background music, they stopped dancing at center stage and faced each other]
Bunny, I love you.
Oh Margie I love you too!
[they finished the song as a duet]
Nearly every time I see you
I fall in love with you again
I have to keep on telling
My heart that this will never end
Nearly every time I'm near you
I'm gonna hold you in my arms
I tell my heart to not look back
And forget those former fears
Nearly every body knows it
Nearly every one we've known
They all talk about us
And they say I am your own
Nearly every time I see you
I fall in love with you again
I have to keep on telling
My heart that this will never end
Nearly every time I'm near you
I'm gonna hold you in my arms
I tell my heart to not look back
And forget those former fears
Nearly every body knows it
Nearly every one we've known
They all talk about us
And they say I am your own
As the song ended, the crowd was silent.
Jacqueline looked around unsure of this response.
After what seemed like an eternity, the crowd erupted into wild screaming applause and cigarette lighters, laser pointers, glow sticks and other sources of light broke forth.
Tears of overwhelming emotion streamed down the child's face as she experienced her very own applause for the first time ever, and at the biggest event of its type in history.
Without thinking, she reached up and pulled Margaret down and kissed her firmly on the big woman's lips an
d the crowd managed to erupt in a new wave of cheers.
Episode 10
“The Fallout Of Fame, Phase One”
The next day, when Jacqueline returned to school the following day, she had decided to not wear her usual Japanese school uniform because for one thing, Margaret had been in her closet and knew she had some really high end clothing, and for another, she felt safe around Margaret, and thirdly, she felt like such a superstar, she felt like the world was now hers, and she no longer felt she had to hide anything from the world.
When she stepped out of Margret’s slightly battered up Corvette, every eye was on her.
She wore a blue silk vee-neck dress with a sash, matching heels and handbag, eye liner and lip gloss.
To make things so much more totally dramatic, she was not wearing her fat suit.
Margaret looked totally different as well. She always wore makeup, although usually in a slightly Gothic style, but today, she had her hair done so that it shone, and her makeup was that of a glamour model.
Jacqueline smiled so broadly as she took up the six foot six inch amazon in a brand new set of sleek, sexy thigh high leather boots. She was blushing but she did not lower her head.
Margaret was blushing but with pride, not with embarrassment.
Eyes bulged. Jaws dropped, some girls fainted, some screamed like fans at Saturday night's concert, some whistled, some clapped their hands and some cheered.
Ep 10, Chapter 2
Fan mail flooded the band's web site and their official post office box.
They had to literally use the band's truck to pick it all up.
“Dayummmmm!” Julie was stunned.
“Well looks like Bunny is officially part of the band.” Rachel said.
“Shit!” Tammy cried, “We're like NOTHING compared to her!”
“Well,” Marge said with a grin, “You can be sure of one thing,” buffing her nails on her sleeve, “she'll never leave us for any other gig.”
“What makes you so sure?” Lily asked in skepticism.
“Because she's, (as Rach likes to call her), 'my squeeze'!” with a mischievous grin.
“You WISH!” Rachel punched her arm.
“Oh! I see how you are,” Marge came back playfully, “Now all of a sudden you change up your story, huh.”
“What do you expect?” Julie said punching Rachel as well, “She got one look at that smokin' hot bod and it was luuuuuuuuuuuvvv....”
“You mean LUST!” Tammy, said, “NOW we'll get to see who's the REAL pedo around here!”
They all laughed and focused on hauling the heavy postal sacks to the truck.
Ep 10, Chapter 3
“Alex,” the husky voice instructed over the phone, a recording of last night's concert was playing on a wall sized plasma screen monitor, “Get me that girl.”
“Yes Miss Taylor.” the voice calmly replied over the blue tooth, “Should I take the direct route?”
“No,” the the husky voice purred, “Use some morons who won't be linked to me. Use some fans, or better yet, get some high school jocks or something, I don't care, just be creative, but don't link it back to me.”
“Understood Miss Taylor.” came the voice.
“Your money will be here when she is delivered.” she said as she disconnected the call and with a click of a wireless pointer zoomed in on the buxom body of the child as she turned sideways to the stage to kiss Margaret.
“Damn.” Meredith said, “Mmm-mm-mm.” shaking her head, “How did I not see what you were before?” she sipped a martini, “Margaret, you are in for the beating of a lifetime, and I am about to take your little bunny for my own.” with that she chuckled to her self mirthfully.
Ep 10, Chapter 4
All eyes were on Jacqueline as she did her job now.
Even Mr. Ellis was truly having a difficult time concentrating on what he was saying when Jacqueline was in his office.
Since she could not see where people were looking, she did not feel self conscious either.
This managed to go through the same channels as had the resistance to Margaret being Jacqueline's personal hall escort, and soon came complaints that she was dressing inappropriately for the school and for 'impressionable young women' to be seeing.
“What?” Mr. Ellis scoffed, “You suddenly afraid your little girls are going to try to rape her instead of merely beat her up or something?”
“How dare you insinuate such filth?!” Mrs. Bodenheimer gasped, “My child is the epitome of vir-”
“Your child is the epitome of a hateful selfish immature irreverent spoiled brat. Mrs. Bodenheimer,” he replied flatly, “Miss Shunokoi has been the grossly unjust victim of your child's unrelenting hatred until now,” he seethed, gritting his teeth while he spoke, “And I for one, have not only had it up to here with your petty and malicious berating of one of the most highly regarded families in all of Los Angeles, possibly the world, but your incessant and illegal spying on this school has now become a matter of official investigation as of this very meeting here today.”
“You can't do -” she sputtered, her fake eyelashes, batting in shock on her excessively made up face.
“I can and I already have.” he said in calm triumph.
“You know who I -” she began to exalt her position and use it as leverage, but this held no weight with him.
“You are the wife of the governor of California Mrs. Bodenheimer,” he answered for her, “And if this gets out,” he smiled with a mixture of triumph and vindication, “This will more CERTAINLY show badly for his reelection chances.” as his demeanor returned to its normally unperturbed condition, “So I strongly recommend you step carefully and not allow your family to get caught up in a spying and hate crime scandal.”
“I don't know what you think you have on us Mr. Ellis,” her eyes flared, pointing at the floor beneath her feet, “But we are in a position to shut this school down.”
“You would do well to re-visit some history, Mrs. Bodenheimer,” he smiled with an almost icy look, pulling a small square object out of his desk drawer and tossing it onto the top of the desk before them, “And I suggest you begin with Watergate.”
Upon seeing the small listening device, her eyes got wide and she spun around stalked silently out of his office.
Ep 10, Chapter 5
Margaret and Jacqueline went to her apartment right after school just long enough for her to change into her fat suit before going home.
But when they arrived, Anna asked them to sit down on the couch.
“Is something wrong?” Margaret asked, not knowing if they had been found out or not.
“You tell me Miss Cooper,” the Russian woman replied.
“Tell you what?” she asked.
“You know what,” she softly growled, “Don't play stupid with me.”
“I...uhhh....” she was stuck, knowing something big was up, but not wanting to confess to anything the Russian woman might not already know about.
“If you looking for hints,” the woman said, “I prime no pumps for you.”
“Oh gawd...” she rubbed her face.
“Jacqueline?” she turned to the younger girl, “What have you to say for your selves?”
“I didn't disobey,” she said, “I did everything I was told to do.”
The Russian woman pondered this reply analyzing it for validity, and to her chagrin, she realized that in all reality, this was entirely true.
“You complicate me.” she growled, realizing that Margaret was not going to crack, and that Jacqueline had told her the truth because she went by the precise terms stated before their date.
“What did you think we did wrong Anna?” Jacqueline asked in her little chirrupy voice.
“I think I must simply show you.” and she rose, went into the kitchen, and came back with a laptop.
As she sat down, Margaret got a slightly sick look on her face, but said not a word.
As Anna pressed the play button, a news reporter for a top end r
ecord company insider magazine showed footage of Margaret and Jacqueline getting out of the limousine while saying “The stellar rise of the highly anticipated break out band 'Bleeding Cyanide' could not have been better,” then showed some of the performance of the band, “As they performed to an entranced crowd at the sold out venue, they really rocked the audience like never before,” then there was the scene where Jacqueline was officially unveiled on stage as the voice in the box, “Topping every expectation when they announced their new sixth band member, the mysterious Asian bombshell known only as 'Bunny',” finally ending with the two kissing on stage, “And topping this even beyond all hopes of comparison, kissing in front of 110,000 screaming fans and hundreds of millions if not billions of people live around the world. We expect great -”
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