Happy National Tap Dance Day! I can't wait for the finale tonight, it looks like we're in for quite the ride.

Spoilers: 4x15 'Friends and Lovers', 7x14 'Masquerade'

"You nervous?" asked Tony causing Jimmy to jump slightly.

"Why do you ask?" asked Jimmy tearing his attention away from the open air stage to Tony.

"Because you've been staring at the stage for the last six minutes, it's not going anywhere, trust me, Palmer," Tony told him amused.

"Oh," Jimmy said blankly, he hadn't realized that he had been staring at the stage for that long but a quick glance at his watch confirmed that fact. Instead of answering the question he let his gaze wander over to where a good majority of his classmates had congregated. Was he nervous? Yes, he was but Jimmy was having trouble deciding if he was just really nervous or completely terrified, currently all out terror was winning.

Perhaps seeing the terror written clearly across his younger friend's face Tony steered him away from the stage and towards their classmates. "Look, I know that this is going to be a really big deal but you'll do fine. You know that you would not have gotten a solo slot if you weren't good enough so stop worrying already," he told Jimmy emphasizing the last bit.

Jimmy smiled at his appreciatively. "I'll try to keep that in mind," he told Tony.

"Well, I hope you do though I'm going to go with you forgetting that in about two minutes," Tony said spying their teacher approaching the group from over Jimmy's shoulder.

"What? Why—" Jimmy began only to be interrupted as their instructor had finally reached them.

"Five minutes, everyone," their instructor said, voice booming over the nervous din of voices. "Jimmy, let's go, you're up first," she said turning to him.

"Don't forget to breathe," Tony reminded his friend before pushing gently towards the stage steps.

"Jimmy, you were awesome!" cried Abby after they had all taken their final bows.

"Abby, don't crush him, I think Breena would be mad," Tony said amused as he watched Abby attempt to crush Jimmy in her overzealous effort to show him how much she loved his solo.

"Oh right, sorry!" she said quickly letting go and Jimmy took in big gulps of air grateful for the fact that he could now fully inhale. "You were great too, Tony," she said throwing her arms around her friend. Tony had been preparing himself for a full on Abby hug so unlike Jimmy he did not end up smothered by the hug. "You never told me that you could tap dance," she said accusingly after letting him go.

"Well, I'm just full of surprises," he told her ginning.

"Yes, you are," she said grinning back. "So care to escort a lady to the party?"

"I'd be happy to," Tony replied offering her his outstretched arm, which she gladly took.

"When we get there let me show you how it's done," she told him.

"You can tap dance, Abby?" Tony asked surprised.

"You're not the only one who's full of surprises, Tony," she told him good naturedly before catching Breena's eye and winking. The other woman winked back at her and the two shared a smiled as they realized that their companions were completely oblivious to the nonverbal conversation that had taken place.