Two months earlier...

Under the summer weather of June in the Loud's garage, Luna and Sam strummed fierce chords together on their guitar and bass in rocking harmony, leading up to the song's second verse as Jamie strutted flamboyantly with the signature bottomless microphone in his hand.

"Hey listen now!" Jamie cried as Tabby beat the drums before smashing an echoing cymbal. Sam and Luna continued their loud strums. The unique and beautiful voice of Freddie Mercury blasted from the speakers and Jamie's lips. "Now your mortgages and homes!" he sang, banging his head and sliding across the concrete floor. "I've got stiffness in my bones! Ain't no beauty queens in this locality! I tell ya! Oh, but I still get my pleasure! I still got my greatest treasure! Hey big woman, you gonna make a big man of me! Now get this!"

Tabby rolled the drums as she, Luna, and Sam leaned into their mics to sing the last chorus.

"Aaaaaare you gonna take me home tonight?!"

"Please!" Jamie exclaimed.

"Ohhhhhh down beside that red fire light! Aaaaaaare you gonna let it all hang out?! Fat bottomed girls, you make the rocking world go 'round!"

"Yeah!"

"Fat bottomed girls, you make the rocking world go 'round!" The last strums of the guitars and the crash of the cymbals faded for a moment before Jamie let out another shout. "Get on your bikes and ride!"

The three girls simultaneously struck their instruments and continued their strikes of notes and beats as they sang the title one last time before ending the song, letting it fade from the speakers beautifully.

Luna wiped her forehead and gave high fives all around, starting with Sam and Tabby, and planting an extra enthusiastic one on Jamie.

"It's a shame they didn't cast us for Queen Extravaganza!" exclaimed the drummer. "We would've blown everyone away, and give us the chance to meet the Brian May and Roger Taylor!" Sam and Luna both exhaled a breathy fangirl sigh, fantasizing Tabby's words with vivid detail.

Jamie wiped his beady sweat from his forehead, feeling the adrenaline from another successful jam session escape with each huff of breath. "Whew! We sound better than ever!" he exclaimed happily, putting aside the microphone.

"No kidding!" Sam replied. "And how could we not? Your voice gives it the perfect touch!"

"It's a kind of magic, bro!" Luna winked.

Sam was the first to check the current time, only to wince at her phone. "Time certainly rolls by fast when you're having fun…" she said to herself before turning her attention to her fellow bandmates. "Sorry to cut this short, guys, but I gotta get going. My brother and I are going out of town this weekend for a family reunion." With her bass packed and tied to her bike, she hugged her friends before riding off. "See you guys later!"

The others waved back their farewells. Tabby was the next to go home, leaving Jamie and Luna alone together to put away the rest of the displayed equipment. As the rocker girl unplugged her guitar and set it aside, she failed to notice the singer boy glancing over at her in an unusual and sudden silence.

"Hey Luna…" he said, clearing his throat awkwardly. "Now that's just the two of us, I wanna ask you something."

"Whatsup, Jam Bud?" Asked Luna, looking for Jamie's reaction to her new nickname for him. Her nicknames could be hit or miss most of the time, but finding Jamie one turned out to be a pretty fun challenge.

Jamie dropped his head, letting out a soft chuckle. "Heh, I like that one." After catching a satisfied grin from Luna, he got down to business. However, the thought of it started to take its toll on his vulnerability through nervous jitters. "So um, I was wondering if you're doing anything this weekend."

Luna switched off the amplifiers, leaving them in a more complete silence now that the buzz of feedback had stopped.

"Doing a bit of babysitting Sunday, but that's all I got on my plate. Why?"

"Well, this Saturday night, my parents were going to go see the Royal Woods Symphony Orchestra, but some work caught them by their tails, so they gave me these." He pulled his wallet from his pocket and slipped out two tickets. "They told me I could take whoever I want and..." Just the thought of finishing the last half of his sentence woke the butterflies in his stomach. "... and you were the first person that came to mind."

Luna stared at the tickets, then back to Jamie's face. His body language was looking pretty nervous, and he was biting his lip. From the looks of things, it seemed like this wasn't just an invitation to do something as friends. Luna held back her own nervous tells, figuring it best to ask outright and save both of them the agony of the stomach butterflies.

"You mean, as friends or... as a date?"

Jamie was rendered speechless, bombarded with a kaleidoscope of butterfly wings fluttering against the inner walls of his flustered stomach. Upon hearing the magic "D" word from the loudest Loud herself, there was no turning back. With a run of a hand through his hair in a nervous streak, he replied at last.

"Maybe… a date…~"

Luna blushed, getting butterflies herself as she saw Jamie act all nervous… for her. She wasn't used to seeing boys get nervous around her: they were either harsh and repellently blunt, or just avoided her altogether, thinking she wasn't interested in them. She found herself feeling nervous too, even though she was standing in one of her most secure spots, the garage: the charging station of her charisma, thanks to the years it spent as her sanctum of rock rehearsal. But here she was, matching the shy boy's blush, biting her own lip.

"I'd like that...~" was all she could say before her brain stopped thinking of words to say.

Jamie's heart skipped a beat as what felt like firecrackers going off in his head. He opened his mouth, but no words came out. In a few attempts to exhale out anything, his voice cracked.

"Okay...!" He slapped his hand against his mouth as his face turned completely red. The last thing he wanted was to hear his voice crack; a nightmare he endured throughout puberty.

Luna couldn't help but chuckle at the singer's cracking voice. Just a few minutes ago he was singing at perfect pitch, and now he was barely managing to squeak out a few syllables.

Is he getting all worked up just for me? Luna wondered, feeling a surge of self-confidence through Jamie's continued flustering. It was hard for her to imagine someone actually getting nervous over her. Luna didn't exactly think of herself as beautiful enough for that to happen, but if Jamie were this nervous, then she must have been doing something right.

"Anything I can bring with me? It's an outdoor concert, right?"

Jamie wanted to nod, but he would rather speak than nod. Clearing his throat, words started to form once again with chances of self-embarrassment slimming down.

"Y-yeah!" he replied, his normal voice returning. "It's gonna be outside at the choral shell just outside of town."

Luna nodded, having been to that park area for other smaller concert events before. If the weather holds up, it should made for a great outing.

"That's a great spot for outdoor concerts. Much better than a stuffy theater hall. How about I bring some drinks, and you can bring snacks."

"You got it." Jamie grinned with a thumbs up. "To get there, Rosalita could pick you up and drive us."

"Sounds good to me. That'd make for a much smoother ride than going in Vanzilla."

Jamie smiled with relieving content. "You want me to help you clean up before I head out?" he asked, glancing over at the equipment left out.

"Sure thing. You can grab that amp over there." said Luna as she put away her axe. She began disconnecting and rolling up the various wires. Having to move her gear to the garage used to be a pain, but Luna found a certain solace in the routine after years of practice. There was a certain Zen to the art of managing cables, stacking amplifiers, or stringing a guitar that made the fun part of actually playing that much more enjoyable.

"All this stuff goes in the storage shed out back."

Jamie carried the amps with Luna leading to the shed where they carefully placed everything the way it was organized inside. This took about ten minutes to put together, but it felt like an hour, not that Jamie didn't mind. He was more than happy to help her out, forever indebted to her for bringing his voice out to the public. Once they finished up, they gave each other a long hug before Jamie rode off home. Luna saw him off with half closed eyes followed by a soft sigh. With everything cleaned up, she collected her axe and stepped inside the house, only to find her nosey siblings by the stairs, staring at her with starry eyes and wide toothy smiles.

A chorus of "oooooohs" came from most of the siblings, as well as gleeful giggling.

Lynn punched her elder sister on the shoulder. "Got yourself a date, huh?"

"Luna and Jamie, sitting in a tree..." sang Lana, her head tilting left and right. "S.I.N.G.I.N.G!"

"After all the time you two spent together, I'm literally surprised this didn't happen sooner!" Lori implied.

"Yeah! You two make a perfect match!" Luan grinned. "You would always be in a chord! Hahaha! get it?" Her sisters and brother all let out soft groans. Luna only shook her head with a gentle smile.

"Relax, dudes." she giggled. "I think this date's gonna be fun. And you know what?" Her cheeks reddened. "It's kinda the first time a boy has gotten nervous around me...~"

"It's nice, since you two have known each other for so long." Lincoln added.

"Honestly, I've thought about it before, especially during that low point before the concert."

The Louds hung their heads lower, remembering how disappointed they all were, especially Luna.

"But that's all in the past." said Luna as she lifted their heads back up.

"Will he be coming over for dinner?" Asked Lola, a hopeful tone in her voice.

Luna shook her head. "Sorry, sis. He's gonna pick me up and head our way there." Lola's smile dropped as she hung her head. "But I promise I'll bring him over for dinner sometime."

The rest gave another round of squealing at the mention of having Jamie over.

"What changed?" Lincoln asked, further intrigued by his sister's pursuit in a relationship with the singer boy. "You've been friends for a while, so when did you start to like him more than that?"

"I'm wondering the same thing!" Lori smiled excitedly. "What do you like about him~?"

Luna chuckled nervously, rubbing her arm as she pondered the question.

"I guess it took me a little time to figure out that the things I liked about him as a friend are things that I would like with someone I wanna date."

"I bet that voice of his was the icing on the cake." Lynn teased, nudging Luna's side.

"Totes!" Leni agreed. "It's, like, how you two met!"

"That's true. I never would've noticed him if I hadn't stumbled across him that day."

"That's gonna be a story to tell the kids~" Lori squealed, her eyes sparkling like the stars on a clear night sky.

Luna blushed, stomping her foot down and giving her elder sister a grumpy little pout.

"We haven't even gone on one date yet! Don't go all starry-eyed on me just yet!"

Jamie parked his bike in the garage and made his way into the kitchen, finding Rosalita prepping for that evening's dinner.

"Hey Rosalita!" he greeted with a big grin. "You're just the person I wanted to see!"

Rosalita chopped some bell peppers, putting down the knife and waving hello at Jamie, smiling as he greeted her.

"What can I do for you, Mr. Jamie?"

"Listen, you know how Mom and Dad were going to that orchestra on Saturday but couldn't go because of work?" Jamie asked. Receiving a nod from the housemaid, he continued. "Well, they gave me to tickets and told me I could take anyone I'd like." The more he talked, the more his cheeks grew red. His fingers frantically tapping on the counter. "So... I asked Luna to go with me...~"

Rosalita smiled sweetly at Jamie, noticing the rosy complexion on his cheeks.

"That girl who helped you with all those rehearsals? Oooh, I knew I'd like her; purple is my favorite color." she winked as she slid a plate of chopped pineapples in Jamie's direction. "I could tell you and her might get along. The first time she came over, you had that special look in your eye: being struck by the lightning bolt, as my grandmama used to say."

Jamie's cheeks reddened even further, taking up Rosalita's offer of pineapples and popped a piece in his mouth.

"At first, we were only rehearsing as friends, but overtime, I started to grow attached and fondly to her...~ After all she's done for me, how could I not like her?"

Rosalita went back to chopping vegetables, eager to hear more about Jamie's upcoming date.

"So what's the plan, little man? Something nice and quiet, or a surprise hiding somewhere?"

"I just told you," he laughed. "Luna and I are going to see the Royal Woods Symphony Orchestra at the band shell in the park Saturday evening, but I can't drive yet, and riding our bikes there would be improper for a date. Which is why I wanna ask you: would you be able to drive us there?"

Rosalita chuckled. "As long as I don't have to wear a little chauffer's hat, I'd be happy to. But you'll have to promise me something first..."

She started the stove top, oiling the pan and getting ready to start the stir-fry.

"You need to eat all your vegetables this time."

Jamie smiled, letting out a defeated sigh. Despite Rosalita being a housekeeper, she was considered part of the family and was often asked to look after the singer boy. No matter how independent he became when he started high school, he still needed to listen to her and did as she asked.

"I knew there was gonna be a catch..." He reached for a bottled water in the fridge and took a seat at the kitchen counter.

Rosalita started flipping vegetables onto the pan, swirling them around as it heated up.

"I think it's your turn to pick the movie for tonight. Got a good one in mind?"

Jamie took a few minutes to think over his decision as he stared down at the marble counter. The sound of vegetables sizzling in the heated and oiled pan played as sweet and savory music in his ears. Though a slight distraction, he eventually made up his mind.

"I've yet to see Amadeus. Maybe the orchestra in the park will play some Mozart if Luna and I are lucky."

"Oooh, nice choice." replied Rosalita. Her love of dramas and soap operas extended to Amadeus' focus on Mozart's family drama and rivalry with Salieri. "You'd be surprised at just how much of a party boy that Wolfgang was."