Tracy Island has a lot of rooms; bedrooms, living rooms, secret rooms. It's like room heaven. There has to be, nine people are living in the house. It's like a mansion but expanding upwards into the cliffs and wrapping lovingly into the landscape, housing hangars for the Thunderbirds and residents. The majority of the rooms are open to everyone but one resident has a room he likes to keep for himself, Virgil Tracy has a studio all to himself where he composes and what he loves most about it is that it's soundproof. On a sunny day, he is the only one who isn't outside by the pool or sunbathing, the sun shines through the studio windows casting golden light on his Steinway piano which takes up a solitary spot on the wooden floor and wires scatter the floor in all directions, and on a day like today, it is where he is currently with one other member of the family.

"Ready to record, Virgil," Kayo smiled as she checked the levels on the mixing desk as Virgil played scales to warm up.

"So am I."

Kayo smiled and closed off her microphone as she gazed at him behind the soundproof window, she pressed a button and the red light came on, she sat back in the cushioned chair and opened his channel to hear him play and nothing else, the music swelled around her and she turned the padding down on the pedal muting the clunk as she stood up to watch him swaying to the music he was playing, he looked up at her and smiled warmly making her heart flutter. Ten minutes later and he released the pedal, Kayo hit the record button and opened the door to the studio room, she ran over to him and hugged him tightly.

"That was so beautiful."

Virgil caught a tear on his finger and smiled, "that beautiful huh?"

"Your music always makes me cry," Kayo smiled as he held her against him, "what have you called that one?"

"Midnight meeting."

"And based on?" Kayo sat down on the still warm piano stool and brushed her fingers along the surface of the keys.

"When you came to my room that night," he wrapped his arms around her and pressed down on the keys, "a day I'll never forget," he played without speaking then smiled looking down at her hands, "want to put a duet on the track?"

Kayo laughed as his arms brushed against her shoulders, "I'd only mess it up."

"Nonsense, I've taught you. You're my best student, I didn't get anywhere with Scott. That brother of mine is too impatient."

"You're still the best out of all of us."

Virgil simply shrugged, "just classically trained. You're playing right now."

Kayo stopped and looked up at him, "can we record that song you wrote for me? The one called 'Shadow Dreams'."

"I suppose so," he mused as Kayo stood up from the stool and he took her place, "just give me a signal when you're ready to start recording."

Kayo nodded, "will do. I can't wait for this."

"How is it sounding by the way, is the pedal silencer working?"

"Seems to be, I can't hear it on the recording, just a tiny thud."

"Good, ok see you soon."

Kayo placed her hands on his shoulders smiling at the soft material of his plaid shirt under her fingers, "look for the red light."

"FAB," Virgil kissed her softly, "we'll do this in one take."

Kayo nodded as she licked her lips, "see you in ten," she walked back into the studio and closed the door behind her, she could scream in there and Virgil wouldn't hear her and right now all she wanted to do was to yell out how much she loved him, she sat down behind the table and cued Virgil in, he began to play and she leant on her elbows gazing at him playing. The song drew to a close and he left the piano after she beckoned him over to the studio, he pulled a chair up beside her and listened to the track with her with a smile.

"We really should have a duet on here, Kayo."

Kayo sighed, "fine, but we won't be able to do it in one take. You make me pleasantly nervous."

"Let's get going, we'll do the recording remotely," Virgil pulled his phone out of his pocket and set up a link, "viens avec moi."

"Tres bien," Kayo closed the door after setting up a new recording and walked over to join Virgil at the piano, "let's do the one we wrote together."

"That's just what I was thinking."

Kayo took her jacket off and threw it over the sofa in the room, "we can't have any extra sounds."

"Then maybe you shouldn't have worn heels," he smirked as she sat down on the stool scuffing the floor with her heeled boots.

"Touche."

"So, do you remember it?"

Kayo nodded as she got comfortable on the stool, "yep. Ready when you are."

Virgil kissed her cheek, "3,2,1," he began to play a waltz in the lower octaves and Kayo joined in with quick scales up and down across the harmonies he was creating, he kept an eye on his phone making sure it was recording and Kayo checked the wires weren't in the way anywhere, she glanced up at Virgil instead and felt her heart flutter, she loved him so much and he loved her, this was the one room they could be a couple in without any laughter or awkwardness around them and they could both feel it when inside the isolation of the studio, Virgil looked at the girl beside him and smiled crookedly as his own heart fluttered as her hand brushed his fingers on arpeggios, he pedalled gently for them and smiled as Kayo brought the piece to an end and felt her nudge his foot to lift off the pedal, they sat in silence until the phone was turned off then sighed.

"Nailed it sweetheart," Virgil hugged her tightly against his side and she chuckled.

"I didn't breathe for the whole thing, I didn't want to ruin the recording."

"Shall we go and listen to it?"

"I'd love to," she wrapped her arm around his back and they left the piano.

It was mid-afternoon when the couple returned to the lounge and Scott was sitting at their mother's baby grand, he looked up at their entrance and smirked.

"You've been gone all day."

"And?" Kayo rolled her eyes.

"No reason, what do you use that room for?"

Virgil hurled a cushion at him almost knocking the eldest off the piano stool, "mind your own business."