Chapter Five- Dancing Queen.

Ooh. You can dance. You can jive. Having the time of your life. Ooh, see that girl. Watch that scene. Dig in the dancing queen.

Two weeks earlier…

I had just gotten off the phone with Mollie and I was feeling very optimistic. I had plans for Keira's wedding reception that may involve a flash mob musical style, but I needed people to get on board with me. So I spoke to Mollie and she was up for it. She roped in James and Matthew, I spoke with Holly and the kids. I knew that Amber was very interested in musical theatre and I know that Phoebe can sing, so we roped them into doing a duet. The three eldest boys, Anthony, Hamish and Toby had said that they would do a song as well. I was down to do a song and we'd emailed as many people as we could with song lyrics so that we could have a strong chorus.

And then all we could do was wait…

Present Day…

Keira's wedding had been a massive success and she was now happily married as Mrs Swan. We took hundreds of photos and headed off en-mass to where she was holding her reception. Keira had found an old hall in London that no one was using and with her magic and patience, she had turned it into a beautiful place to have a wedding party. This being Keira, everything was Disney-themed. We were sat at tables named after Disney characters. The decorations were Lilo and Stich, her favourite Disney film. I couldn't help but smile as we sat down and ate and chatted away. The room was filled with the sounds of happy conversation and laughter.

Then Keira stood and got everyone's attention, "I'm going to be very brief, because I don't like giving speeches, they take up far too much time!" I laughed, "But I only have one thing to say anyway. And that is, thank-you. Thank you to all of you for coming and being a part of our day. Thank you to Dad for always being there, thanks to my big brother for… well… just being you. Thanks to Mollie for being the best twin sister anyone could ask for. And a massive thank you to Matthew. Thank you for making me the happiest person on planet Earth. Thanks for agree to put up with me and my crazy family for eternity. I love you." And she kissed Matthew and sat back down.

I clapped along with everyone else. Then Matthew stood up, "Thanks Keira. I too would just like to say thank you. Thank you to the Holmes family for taking me in, thank you to James for an excellent adventure weekend and for being a best friend. And lastly, thank you to Keira, you make every day special, you never cease to amaze me, to make me laugh, smile, to make me so very proud. You said that I have made you the happiest person on earth, but you make me the happiest man alive." He also kissed Keira as we clapped again.

Next it was Mycroft's turn, "Well, as the Father of the Bride, society states that I too must make a speech. When I think of Keira and all that she has achieved, I never stopped being amazed. Keira has been through so much in her lifetime, yet she has overcome each and every obstacle to be the amazing woman you see today. From her first role as Matilda in Secondary School, to being on Broadway, to landing her first lead role, and now playing Sophie in Mamma Mia, she has no shortage of talent or energy for her job. And Matthew matches that perfectly. When he approached me and asked for my blessing, I gladly gave it, on one promise. That he would devote every waking moment to her happiness, that he would put her first. Seeing them today, I have no doubt that he will keep his promise. And I for one know that Jessica is so proud of her daughter and is with us all today."

I couldn't help but smile as I clapped. Mycroft could be cold and heartless, but it was nice to know that he had a heart after all.

Then James stood up, "There seems to be a theme to these speeches today, short but sweet. Did Keira speak to you all?" He looked around and we laughed, "Well, I've only known Matt for a couple of years but in that time, we've become like brothers. When he asked me to be his best man, he told me that if we were mad enough to take on the Holmes sisters, then we had better stick together. Which is true. Matt has a heart of gold. No matter what the time is, no matter what he is going through, he will always have time for you. He showed this in the fact that he was willing to fly halfway around the world to be with Keira in New York. I have no doubts that they will be together forever. I wish them every happiness!"

Everyone clapped, and James caught my eye. I gave him a thumbs up and he got everyone quiet again. Keira looked confused. I smiled, trying to contain my excitement.

"Alright, alright! That's what I'm talking about…" a piano began to play, and Keira's eyes widened, "Now, everyone give it up for the maid of honour… Mollie Holmes."

Mollie stood up as the opening chords to Satisfied began to play. "A toast to the groom…" she sang, smiling at her sister and Matt, "A toast to the bride… From your sister… who is always by your side." Keira was smiling from ear to ear, holding Matthew's hand, "To your union… and the hope that you provide. May you always be satisfied!"

Everyone around me began to sing softly, "Go, go, go Joseph you know what they say. Hang on now Joseph you'll make it someday. Don't give up Joseph fight till you drop. We've read the book and you come out on top."

Keira couldn't believe what she was seeing and then came the performance that would shake everybody's world.

Phoebe and Amber stood up and performed the last bit from 'For Good' from Wicked. I was blown away. I knew both girls could sing but I wasn't expecting this.

Phoebe sang first, but she was overlapped by Amber. So, Phoebe was singing; "Like a comet pulled from orbit, as it passes the sun, like a stream that meets a boulder halfway through the wood…"

As Amber sang; "Oh, like a ship blown from its mooring by a wind off the sea. Like a seed dropped by a bird in the wood."

Then both girls joined together and harmonised the next part together almost professionally, "Who can say if I've been changed for the better? I do believe I have been changed for the better. Because I knew you. I have been changed for good."

I joined everyone else in standing on my feet and applauding the two girls, because I was not expecting anything like that. Keira, Greg, John and Mary were wiping their eyes from crying. Everyone was so lost in clapping that we forgot the next part of Joseph, but that didn't matter.

Up next was Toby, Hamish and Anthony, singing a song from Frozen the Musical. Toby started, "Hygge means candlelight."

"Hygge means easy!" sang Anthony and my heart swelled slightly. I held Dan's hand under the table.

"Hygge means all together playing, how you say? Parcheesi?" sang Hamish.

Toby sang, "Finding a spider in your shoe…"

"Not Hygge!" The trio sang together.

"Having an annoying thing to do…" sang Anthony.

"Not Hygge!"

Hamish sang, "Hygge's not scheduled…"

Followed by Anthony, "You can't see where it starts or ends…"

Then the three concluded by singing together, "Most importantly it can't be Hygge without your family or friends!"

Keira was smiling and laughing. It was one of her favourite songs from the musical and her nephews and Toby had brought it to life at her wedding. She came round and gave each of them a high-five.

We all sang, again, "Go, go, go Joseph you know what they say. Hang on now Joseph you'll make it someday. Sha la la Joseph you're doing fine. You and your dream coat ahead of your time." As we sang, we all moved into the middle of the floor, behind Keira. She hugged me and whispered, "Was this your idea?" I nodded in response and she hugged tighter.

"Say you'll share with me one love, one lifetime…" Matt began to sing and Keira gasped, her hands covering her mouth, "let me lead you from your solitude. Say you'll need me here with you, beside you. Anywhere you go, let me go too." He jumped the table and held her hands, looking into her eyes, "Keira, that's all I ask of you!" and he kissed her.

I grabbed a microphone from the band and stood up on a chair, "When the sharpest words want to cut me down, I'm gonna send a flood, gonna drown them out. I am brave, I am bruised, I am who I'm meant to be. This is me!" I jumped down and ran over to Keira and she joined in with me, "Look out cause here I come! And I'm marching on to the beat I drum! I'm not to scared to be seen, I make no apologies. This is me!"

Then the room split with Keira and Matt stood in the middle. Holly came into the middle of the floor along with Milly and Catherine and a few of her other theatre friends and Phoebe and Amber joined in. Keira squealed when she saw Holly. They hadn't seen each other since doing Superstar. Holly led the group by singing, "So, if you are the Christ, the great Jesus Christ, prove to me that your no fool, walk across my swimming pool." Remembering the choreography, I joined in too, "If you do that for me, then, I'll let you go free. C'mon, King of the Jews!"

We quickly split into two sides. One side was led by James and Mollie and the other side by Daniel and I. James and Mollie led, "One day to a new beginning"

We responded, "Raise the flag of freedom high!"

"Every man will be a King!"

"Every man will be a King!"

"There's a new world for the winning!"

"There's a new world to be won!"

And then we all sang, "Do you here the people sing?"

James stood up as Marius and sang, "My place is here, I fight with you!"

Greg stood up as Valjean and sang, "One day more!"

Then all chaos broke out. Mollie and James sang as Cosette and Marius, "I did not live until today. How can I live when we are parted?"

I sang as Eponine, "One more day all on my own!"

And Daniel sang as Javert, "We will join these people's heroes. We will follow where they go. We will learn their little secrets. We will know the things they know!"

Then Greg sang again, "One day more!"

"Tomorrow you'll be worlds away, and yet with you my world has started!" sang Mollie and James.

"What I life I might have known!"

Daniel as Javert stood on the table, "One more day til revolution. We will nip it in the bud, we'll be ready for these schoolboys…"

He was overlapped by Molly and Sherlock, who also stood on the table to sing: "Watch 'em run amok, catch 'em as they fall. Never know your luck when there's a free for all!"

Then Greg stood on the table as well, as Mollie and James brought flags out and handed them around. Keira was overwhelmed and had her arm looped in Matthew's, taking everything in. Even Matt was impressed. I was smiling, happy that I had managed to keep this part a secret.

Greg sang, "Tomorrow, we'll be far away, tomorrow is the judgement day!"

And everyone who was there and everyone who had taken part sang, "Tomorrow we'll discover what our God in heaven has in store. One more dawn, one more day. One day more!"

Keira clapped and cheered and everyone else joined in. I hugged Dan, pleased that this had worked so well and then I was bowled over by Keira and Matthew.

"Thank you so much, Abi!" she smiled, tears leaking down the side if her face, "I was not expecting that at all."

"You totally deserve it!" I replied, hugging her back, "I'm just amazed we pulled it off!"

"It was magical, so thank you!"

I smiled and hugged her again and then she left to mingle with the rest of the people who had taken part.

You are the dancing queen. Young and sweet, only seventeen. Dancing queen. Feel the beat from the tambourine, oh yeah. You can dance. You can jive. Having the time of your life. Ooh, see that girl, watch that scene, dig in the dancing queen!