A/N:

1. I'm not going to write out this whole concert because I know I can't do it lol. I just did the beginning of the concert and the end. I promise I will try my best with the next three performances.

2. After this chapter things are going to start to speed up quite a bit. This story will probably end up being around 40 chapters or less.

3. Another shortie. Next one will be long.

Disclaimer: I do not own Twilight or any of the characters.

"Good evening everyone, I am so glad you all came out tonight!"

Even though her voice sounded bright and sure, Leah was nervous incredibly on the inside. She stood on the stage of St. Kassia's performing arts theater, looking out at a crowd of over 100 people, in nothing but a black quarter sleeve concert dress and black wedge heels. She almost felt naked standing in front of so many people.

"I'm Ms. Clearwater, the director of St. Kassia's Men's Chorus and at the piano we have Mr. Reed, a choral performance major from Washington State University." Ari gave a smile and wave from the piano. "Tonight we have four wonderful pieces for you and we hope that you enjoy them all."

The crowd gave a quick applause and then Leah went to stand in front of the boys. All eight were dressed in white button downs with black bow ties and black slacks. The black dress shoes they wore shined. Leah had made sure of it before the boys went out on to stage.

Leah smiled at the boys, they smiled back at her. Ben flipped his hair once and gave her a thumbs up and Leah had to stop herself from giggling.

"Ready?" She asked silently. After receiving a small nod from each she raised her baton.

For better or for worse, this was it.

"O mag-num my - ste – ri um et ad – mi – ra – bi le sa – cra- men - - - - tum."

"You were wonderful tonight." Ari stated as he approached Leah from behind.

He had been waiting patiently for her to finish talking to parents. She had spent a particularly long time talking to Javi's brother Jose. Ari could only imagine that Leah had been lecturing the guy about Black Friday and Javi's arrest, even though she had expressed sympathy for the man. When she was finally on her own, Ari decided to make his advance.

Leah turned to Ari with a smile.

"Thanks, you didn't do so bad yourself."

Then she was really looking at him, her sparkling brown eyes filled with something akin to gratitude and delight.

"Thank you, Ari. Thank you so, so much for doing all of this."

Suddenly, Ari couldn't speak. He just stared at her.

Leah brows furrowed.

"Ari? You alright?" She asked worriedly.

After another minute or two and before Leah could ask if he was okay again, Ari moved to gently cup her cheeks. Her eyes grew wide as he moved in and kissed her. Within a few seconds she relaxed and allowed herself to enjoy the feeling of his lips on hers and the gentleness of his thumbs as they stroked her cheeks.

"Woo, Get it Mr. Reed!"

They broke apart quickly and looked to see Mikey grinning at them. Before Leah could scold the boy, he ran off down the hall.

"I'm going to kill that kid." Leah grumbled, eyes focused on the kid running away from them.

Ari chuckled softly. "No you're not."

Leah looked up at him. She gulped as she remembered how close they were, what they had just done.

"Uh, I should probably be getting home."

Ari rolled his eyes.

"We can talk about the kiss later. But we are going to talk about it."

Leah groaned. "I know but can't a girl get some sleep first."

Ari shook his head and chuckled again.

"Sure a girl can. See ya, tomorrow?"

"Until tomorrow."

Embry

Great concert! I really loved it when the kids threw their bow ties off the stage and put on those red and green ties for with bells.

10:08p

Thanks Em and thanks for coming out!

10:10 p

No problem

10:10p

The next morning, Leah couldn't help but wake with a smile.

She sang show tunes in the shower.

She danced her beige slacks on and waltzed with her purple blouse.

Much to Seth's dismay, she ruffled his hair as he passed him in the hall.

She even made breakfast, to Sue's surprise.

She raced Ben on his skateboard as they headed to school and she didn't even complain when Kevin stumbled into the classroom two minutes late.

Her mood didn't shift until she realized that there was no sign of Ari.

"Oh shit." Abel whispered.

Everyone, aside from the worried Leah, looked at him surprised.

"What? No Mr. Reed is a bad sign."

Deep down they all knew he was right. When class ended that day, Leah was out of the door before any of the boys.