Hey guys, a timely update for once! Thanks for all the reviews, you guys rock. I hope you like this chapter, and I'm sorry if there's a long wait for the next one. My great grandmother passed today, so everything sad and...you know. So, hope you enjoy, thanks for everything!

All the songs and performances are Taylor Swifts, or based off of performances of hers. Youtube Speak now tour sparks fly and you can get the first performance! I don't own anything recognizable!

Enjoy!

-Jen

"Babe, you've done this hundreds of times before," Taylor said, gently reaching and grabbing Ariella around the waist, pulling her close to him to stop her from pacing in nervousness some more. "You're never this nervous. What's wrong?" He asked gently.

Ariella was all set to take the stage. Like she always was wearing on stage, she was in a dress. This one was a short mini tank top dress, dress which was sparkly and covered in tassels, and on her feet she was wearing knee high black leather heeled boots. Her hair was in its curls, her makeup was done, and the little box to her ear buds, that would wirelessly receive the music to her songs, was clipped inside the back of her dress.

He was very right - she had done this before, hundreds of times before. But never for the people out in that audience.

She didn't have to say anything, she just looked at him, and he nodded. "I know." He sighed, "Don't freak out. You'll go out there, and do amazing, just like always. And they'll love it."

"Rellie, lets go!" The stage manager Laura said, sticking her head out of the backstage area.

Ariella looked up at Taylor, who, hands on her shoulders, said, "Don't worry, baby, you'll do amazing - I know you will. I'll be right out there too, I wanna see from the audience."

She looked up at him, and he said seriously, "You can do this."

She nodded after a moment, and he smiled, kissing her lightly. "I love you," He said, and she smiled.

"I love you, too."

"Ari, come on!" Caitlin, her fiddle player in her band and one of her best friends called, standing beside Elizabeth, her back up singer and other best friend.

Ariella kissed Taylor's cheek quickly, before smiling, and running off through the backstage door, which was shut securely behind her. Taylor smiled, and went to go sit in the VIP area, where the camera men were that filmed the show.

As he got there, the intro video to the whole show started. It was, luckily, dark, so no one saw as he slipped into an empty chair, wordlessly greeting the crew he was familiar with. He saw, like everyone else, as Ariella's band walked out on stage as the intro played. It was Ariella's voice speaking, with some words falling across the screen.

"Life is a funny thing, you know. I think must of us fear reaching the end of our life, and looking back regretting the moments we didn't speak up. When we didn't say I love you. When we should've said I'm sorry. So there's a time for silence, and there's a time for waiting your turn. But if you know how you feel, and you so clearly know what you need to say...you know it. And you should speak now."

With that, the arena was full of screams, and the fog machines got to work. The band began to play, and within seconds Ariella was raised to the stage. "Drop everything now!" She sang into the mic, before the band got into the real intro to the song.

"The way you move is like a full on rainstorm, and I'm a house of cards. You're the kind of reckless that should send me runnin', but I kinda know that I won't get far. And you stood there in front of me, just close enough to touch. Close enough to hope you couldn't see what I was thinking of. Drop everything now!" The lights intensified, and small fireworks flew up through the air as Ariella suddenly ran to the right, to the runway, throwing her hand out to the fans as she ran by.

"Meet me in the pouring rain, kiss me on the sidewalk, take away the pain, 'cause I see sparks fly whenever you smile! Get me with those brown eyes, baby, as the lights go down. Give me something that'll haunt me when you're not around, 'cause I see sparks fly whenever you smile!"

It was then, in this moment, that she forgot all ounce of nervousness she had. This was where she shined, this was her element, this is who she was. Nothing compared to the feeling of standing on a stage in a stadium in front of thousands of people, there to see you. Nothing compared to hearing them scream your name, hearing thousands of voices sing along to the lyrics you wrote.

She smiled wide, continuing with the song, heading over to the side she knew that they were.

"My mind forgets to remind me, you're a bad idea. You touch me once and it's really something, you find I'm even better than you imagined I would be. I'm on my guard for the rest of the world, but with you I know it's no good. And I could wait patiently but I really wish you would...Drop everything now! Meet me in the pouring rain, kiss me on the sidewalk, take away the pain, 'cause I see sparks fly whenever you smile. Get me with those brown eyes, baby, as the lights go down. Give me something that'll haunt me when you're not around, 'cause I see sparks fly whenever you smile."

As she sang, she saw her parents and her siblings. The forty year old adults looked somewhat out of place at the concert, but they were there for her. She saw them both watching her every move, both with looks she couldn't place, but looks that seemed positive.

She started on the bridge, now back in the center of the stage, popping her mic into the stand that waited. "I run my fingers through your hair and watch the lights go wild. Just keep on keeping your eyes on me, it's just wrong enough to make it feel me up the staircase, won't you whisper soft and slow? I'm captivated by you, baby, like a firework show...Drop everything now, meet me in the pouring rain, kiss me on the sidewalk, take away the pain, 'cause I see sparks fly whenever you smile. Get me with those brown eyes, baby, as the lights go down, give me something that'll haunt me when you're not around, 'cause I see sparks fly whenever you smile..The sparks fly...Oh, baby, smile...The sparks fly..."

The song ended, and the screams were deafening. She grinned at the crowd, waving in all direction.

"How's everyone doin' tonight?" She called into the microphone, "I'm so glad ya'll came to join me tonight, on the finale of my American leg of the Speak Now tour! It's so great to be back here in New York, this is definitely one of my favorite cities of all time. The city is beautiful, the shopping is marvelous, and the fans are AMAZING!"

Olivia stood next to Elliot and his children, who were all acting like everyone else, singing along, dancing, and cheering (well, besides Dickie), looking up at her daughter in awe.

Ariella spoke a little bit, inducing the next song, title 'Mine'.

As a special surprise to the audience, Ariella even brought some guest performers in. About halfway into the concert, she pulled her microphone stand to the center of the stage, and clipped the microphone in as she spoke. "Now, since this is my last show here in the states, I thought I'd make it extra special for all ya'll, and I called up some friends to come sing with me. Please welcome Joe, Kevin, and Nick Jonas!" She called, and the crowds went wild as three guys were lifted onto the stage, and the intro to her song began to play.

Around the Stablers and Olivia, fans kept commenting how awkward it be, considering the song she was singing was about one of them.

"It's strange to think the songs we used to sing, the smiles, the flowers, everything...is gone. Yesterday I found out about you, even now just looking at you, feels wrong. You say, that you'd take it all back, given one chance, it was a moment of weakness, and you said yes..." Ariella did agree with everyone: it was super awkward. She'd written this song two and a half years ago, after Nick, her boyfriend of two years, had cheated on her with Selena Gomez. Nick had been her first love. She knows, everyone scoffs saying how young they were, but to her, love had no age requirements. She was young, but it was real. And she was still bitter about it.

"You should've said no, you should've gone home, you should have thought twice before you let it all go. You should've known that word 'bout what you did with her'd, get back to me. And I should've been there, in the back of your mind, shouldn't be asking myself why, you shouldn't be begging for forgivness at my feet. You should've said no, baby and you might still have me." It was her show managers and Mary's and Brooke's idea to have them come as guests. Ariella had rejected it every time, but they still arranged it. As she sang the chorus, she made she to look at Nick with each line. Ariella wasn't one to let go of grudges. If he hadn't wanted the song written, he shouldn't have done bad things.

Smirking at how uncomfortable he seemed as he played his guitar, she went on, now moving around the stage, and Joe was singing with her. "You can see that I've been cryin', baby you know all the right things...to say. But do you, honestly, expect me, to believe...ee could ever be the same? You say, that the past is the past, you need one chance, it was a moment of weakness, and you said yes...you should've said no, you should've gone home, you should have thought twice before you let it all go. You should've known that word 'bout what you did with her'd, get back to me. And I should've been there, in the back of your mind, shouldn't be asking myself why! You shouldn't be begging for forgiveness at my feet, you should've said no, baby and you might still have me."

As she finished that part, she went right over to him. Anyone could believe it was just two arists performing together, but she knew, he knew, and all of her fans knew...she wasn't singing with him, she was singing to him.

"I can't resist, before you go tell me this...was it worth it? Was she worth this?" She knew his answer, because he had tried to get her back relentlessly for a long time. "No, no, no, no...you should've said no, you should've gone home, you should have thought twice before you let it all go! You should've known that word 'bout what you did with her'd, get back to me. And I should've been there, in the back of your mind, shouldn't be asking myself why! You shouldn't be begging for forgiveness at my feet, you should've said no, baby and you might still have me..." The song trailed off to cheers and screams, and Ariella called into the mic, "The Jonas Brothers, everybody!" as she gave each of them a hug, as they went back to the lift and then down.

As Ariella continued with the show, she didn't realize Taylor watching, angry look on his face, from his seat.

The finale to the two and a half hour long show was Ariella's song 'Long Live,' which she dedicated to her band, and all the fans. In the middle of the song she stopped to introduce her band before continuing, and then they all left the stage, but came back shortly for the encore, her songs 'Fifteen' and 'Love Story'. During the last song, she stood in a basket that went out, above the audience.

At the end of Love Story, Taylor and her band and dancers, as well as her guest performers,took bows, before the show ended to cheers and screams, Ariella disappearing on the lift that brought her up.

Olivia, Elliot, and the kids did as Ariella had told them, and waited as everyone began to exit the packed arena. Soon enough, two of the security guards came and retrieved them.

Back stage, Ariella, smiling widely at how well the show went, entered her dressing room where Mary, Brooke, the Jonas boys and their family, and Taylor waited for her.

"You go girl!" Brooke said, high fiving her as she entered. "You killed it, like always."

Ariella grinned wider, feeling exhausted. The shows usually didn't affect her as much when she was healthy, but she was feeling it now. Her body was revolting against her, she ached, and she was so tired. But she didn't want to sleep, she had so much to celebrate right now.

After a hug and warm greeting from the boy's mother, who had always loved her, she turned to Taylor, throwing her arms around him. He hugged her back, but she noticed he was less than enthusiastic.

Pulling away, face concerned and somewhat hurt, she asked, "What's wrong?"

"Nothing." He said in a way that made it clear that something was wrong.

"Taylor, I know you," She said, "Don't lie."

"If you know me so well, then you should know what's wrong, and don't tell me not to lie when you've been lying for two years." He snapped, pushing her away.

Everyone was silent, watching, and Ariella knew it.

"What are you talking about?" She asked, so confused, head pounding, a headache coming out of nowhere.

"You say you're over him and you've moved on, but after that show you put on tonight, its clear to everyone in the world that that's a straight lie." Taylor said, arms crossed over his chest, eyes hard.

Ariella flushed, glancing at Nick who was paying close attention, before turnign back to Taylor and hissing, "Can we do this later, please?" Tears stinging at her eyes.

"Whatever, Ariella. I'll leave you alone, but don't count on me being waiting for you to talk things out when you feel like it, like I always do." He said, grabbing his jacket and wallet, just as security brought her mother, father, and siblings in.

"Taylor," She said, heart dropping, "What do you mean, what are you saying?" He ignored her as he headed for the door, but she ran after him, grabbing his arm before he could exit. "Taylor," She said again, this time her voice breaking, tears filling her eyes.

He stopped at the sound of her crying, standing there for a moment, eyes closed, fighting his hurt anger. "I don't know, Ariella. You go with your family, and we'll talk later." he said slowly, before pressing a quick, what felt like emotionless kiss on her lips, and heading out.

"Why now?" She called after him. "Why couldn't you get angry at me over nothing some other time, why did it have to be now, the first night we have together in months, when I'm finally freaking happy? I didn't do anything, Taylor!"

"Of course not, Ariella. You never do." He said, clearly sarcastic. "Just please, go, ok? We can talk later. I want you to be happy with them. Text me when you're back at the hotel." He said, and left before she could say another word.

Mrs. Jonas spoke after a while, softly and nicely. "Honey, we're going to go. We have to get to the airport. It was great to see you, and I'm so happy things are going well. We miss you, honey, and you did an amazing job."

"Thanks, Denise," Ariella said, hugging the woman that was the closest thing she used to have to a mom for a while.

She bade a quick goodbye to everyone else, and then turned to her family.

"You ok?" Olivia asked gently, stepping forward.

Ariella shrugged, not wanting to talk about it. She just moved forward, and hugged her. Olivia hugged her back tightly, and Ariella felt a comfort she never had before.

She decided not to elaborate as the hug ended and said, "I, um, have a few weeks off now. I was going to go back to LA, but if you all wanted I could stay here in New York...so we could hang out and get to know each other better."

"I'd like that." Olivia smiled, Elliot adding, "We both would."

Maureen said from that, "We all would."

Ariella smiled widely, and then frowned, looking guilty. She just couldn't do this right now, no matter how much she wanted to. She needed to sleep for hours, and she needed Taylor to not be angry. "I'm so sorry, I thought I'd be in shape to talk and do something now, but the show took a lot more out of me than I thought, and I can barley think right now."

"Its ok," Olivia said, "You go get some sleep. Maybe we could all get dinner tomorrow, after Elliot and I are off of work?" She suggested, and Ariella nodded.

"That'd be great! I'll call you tomorrow to figure something out?" She asked, and Olivia nodded.

"Perfect."

Ariella bade her goodbyes, hugging only Olivia because she was still unsure whether it was ok with anyone else.

The ride back to the hotel seemed to take several hours instead of a few minutes, and when she got there, she was so happy to be in her room. Taylor was waiting on the sofa in the little living room, laying down on it when she drug herself in.

He'd been expecting her to be raging at him, angry, but he saw she could barley stand and was fighting back tears.

"Baby?" he asked softly, and she broke in tears.

"It's already coming back, I feel awful, like when I'm sick," She sobbed, "I have less than two years, and...and this isn't fair." She sobbed as he took her in his arms, forgetting for right now the anger as he cradled her to him.

It seemed like nothing could ever be fair. When something went right, something always, always had to go wrong.