Jack chuckled nervously from the kitchen, where he was setting the water to boil. “Actually, I’ve only seen it once. A few years ago …” You could almost hear him blush from the kitchen. “I’ve never been to a normal high school. I’d heard about this movie, and thought I might take a look, so I picked up a copy.”
He returned soon, carrying a smaller tray with two steaming mugs and the makings of tea. “It didn’t exactly answer my questions, but the music’s good. I wouldn’t mind seeing it again.”
“I don’t think musicals are proper portrayals of real life, love.” She giggled but kissed his cheek when he was close enough. Scooting over to the DVD player, she popped it in and got it ready for the two of them to watch. “But then again this one takes place in the 50s so we wouldn’t really know but real life never really breaks out into song and dance. Though it would be fun!”
Sitting back with him, she smiled and began to cut the cake while he prepared the tea, making sure to keep the television muted. “Do you want to improvise the dialogue and I can unmute it for the songs or do you want to try to come up with lyrics too?” she questioned, knowing either way it would be fun
“Heh, I don’t know about that,” he replied, smiling as she kissed him. “Some people would probably miss the rehearsals, and they’d be stuck just standing there while everyone else sang around them. That would be awkward.”
He settled in beside her, preparing tea for both of them; they’d lived together for long enough that he remembered how she usually liked hers. “Mmm, let’s leave it unmuted for the songs. The music was my favorite part of the movie. We can still have fun just singing along, can’t we?”
“Yes!” She bounced happily, glad he had read her mind in a sense. ‘Summer Nights’ was one of the first songs and she wondered if Jack would play Danny’s role while she did Sandy’s.
Watching the opening sequence of the movie, she saw the two of them playing on the beach and before their goodbye.
“Oh,” she began her lines, trying not to giggle. “I think you have some seaweed stuck in your teeth.” But she couldn’t stop herself and broke out into laughter.
Jack’s shoulders trembled as he tried not to laugh as well. Watching the movie with the sound off, without the romantic music, it did look somewhat silly.
“N-never!” he chuckled, trying to imitate Danny as Sandy chased him with a beach towel. “You’ll never use that on my hair! You’ll never take me alive!"
The two of them traded a few more lines, and then Jack was silent as the animated opening titles began.
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