Me: Hello everyone! I hope you all are enjoying the rest of your summer . Again I apologize for keeping you all waiting. I want to thank all my readers, both the new and the old, for reading my story. I swear if it wasn't for you all my writer's block issues would overwhelm me.

Rosalie: Hey Em, do you have a second?

Me: I'm about to start the chapter… *Enter Rosalie dragging a tied up Emmett*… okay apparently I have time…um…why do you have Emmett tied up…again?

Rosalie: Because he has something he wants to say to you, don't you sweetie?

Emmett: *nods head*

Me: Um…I think you have to take the gag out of his mouth first…*Rosalie takes out gag*

Emmett: I want to say that I am sorry for making a light joke at your sister's expense. It wasn't very nice.

Me: Apology accepted, you can let him go now.

Rosalie: But I like him this way, it's so much fun to tease him. All he can do is look, no touching…

Me:…okay…We are just going to get the show on the road. I don't own anything Twilight; it all belongs to the talented Stephanie Meyer. Also, for the final piece mentioned at the end it starts off as "Bella's lullaby from the movie soundtrack and segues into "New Moon (the meadow)". To be honest as I read the first book the Meadow was what I pictured the lullaby to sound like form the beginning

Rosalie: um…you're starting to ramble there

Me: opps! Sorry on with the show!

Chapter 25: The concert

(BPOV)

I didn't think I could make it to Friday without cracking. I really don't like being out of the loop and I really hate surprises. After my failed attempt to get Alice to spill I figured "what the hell" I could wait a measly four days to figure out what is going on.

WRONG!

After just two days I tried getting Jasper to spill the beans…turned out that Alice had sworn him to secrecy as well, she threatened to cut his hair if he breathed a word to me about the concert, going so far as to carrying a pair of scissors with her everywhere. I made a mental note to myself to never get on a Cullen's bad side…they are just scary. After that I tried to listen in on them when we were in band class but Uncle Peter apparently was in on whatever the hell they were up to. During class, if I wasn't practicing with Angela and Ben, I was folding the pamphlets and programs for Friday night. To say I was getting desperate would be an understatement. When I tried to get info from Edward he would give me that stupid smirk of his leaving me so damn dazed that it took me a while to remember what I was doing.

That didn't mean I was willing to give up. I'm a Swan, damn it, and we are stubborn. From the moment I woke up this morning I had made it my mission to get someone to spill before curtain call at 7:30 tonight.

And so far today I am failing.

Miserably.

I have gotten absolutely nowhere. I was late getting up this morning so I couldn't get anyone before class. Edward, Jasper and Alice skipped lunch to work on their piece. I had attempted to sneak away to the band room to listen in only to be stopped by Emmett asking me to help him with a Spanish worksheet. Naturally I couldn't tell him no…especially when he gave me his puppy dog eyes. I was in such a fog about this damn thing that I found it way too hard to concentrate on anything else all day.

"Bella?" I jumped about an inch off the ground as I turned my head towards the sound of Edward's voice. "You really have to stop spacing out in class love, you're going to get hurt one of these days." He told me as he slipped his arm around my waist. I looked around to see that the gym was empty. To be honest I was a bit excited, I managed to space out of the entire hour of gym…not that we ever actually did anything in there anyway.

I leaned into his side, letting a small sigh out as we walked out to the parking lot, hoping it was silent enough to go unnoticed. Edward pulled me to the side of the building and stopped moving, turning his back on the few curious glances that were thrown our way. "What's wrong?" apparently it wasn't silent enough.

Naturally my brilliant comment is….drum roll please….."Oh, nothing."

"That isn't very reassuring Bella. Whenever Ali or Rose sigh and then say 'oh nothing' it normally is something. You can't fool me, love." He leaned against the wall with his arms folded, leaving me breathless for a moment as I watched his shirt stretch over his arms and chest. He had to snap his fingers a few times to get my attention back. "Bella, I will ask you again because it bothers me when something upsets you, what is wrong?"

It hit me like a ton of bricks; this can be my chance to find out about this secret piece he wrote. I looked up at him with innocent eyes. "I just feel left out." I bit my bottom lip for good measure, praying to God I didn't look as ridiculous as I felt.

"Why do you feel left out?" he asked as he stepped closer to me and wrapped his arms around my waist.

"Because you, and everyone else apparently, seem to enjoy keeping things from me."

Edward gripped me tighter to him. "That's not true, baby. We aren't keeping anything from you."

I pulled away a little to look him in the eye, my eye brow slightly raised to match his expression. "Oh? So you don't have everyone we know hiding whatever the hell you are performing from me? Because Mr. Cullen, withholding information from someone for whatever reason fits the exact definition of keeping secrets."

"Ah, Ms. Swan, that might be true for some cases. But you see, my dear, you are forgetting the one and only loop pole." I didn't like the spark of mischief in his emerald gaze.

"What loop pole?"

"The one where it is stated that it is alright to withheld information if that information is part of a special surprise. Especially if said surprise had been planned out ahead of time and ruined once before. Therefore, I am not keeping any secrets, nor are our friends and family."

Smart-ass. "Are you sure you weren't a lawyer in a past life?" He laughed as he gently kissed me.

"Nope, I have been waiting for you to confront me. I figured I had better have a good enough answer. Now let's get out of here, I'm sure Alice is looking for me."

Alice was indeed looking for someone; however, that someone wasn't Edward. When we had finally made it to the parking lot, I at first couldn't see her because she wasn't standing in front of Edward's Volvo. She was standing behind a nice yellow 2011 volts wagon beetle black top convertible (I was later told what type of car it was) with an excited Angela.

"BELLA! Where on earth have you two been? We have been standing here forever waiting for you!"

"Calm down Alice, we only got here two minutes ago." Angela told the fuming pixie while patting her on her head as though she was a small child.

"And those are two minutes we are never going to be getting back! We have to go!" In the blink of an eye, Alice grabbed my arm and pulled me away from Edward, opened the door to the bug and threw me into the back seat, shutting the door before I realized what was happening. When I tried to open the door, I realized I couldn't. "You child locked me into the car! Get me the hell out of here!"

"What? We can't hear you Bella, we aren't in the car." I am going to kick her ass to the moon for this. I watched as Angela tried her hardest not to fall over laughing while Alice whispered something into a very confused Edward's ear. She didn't wait for a response, motioning for Angela to get into the passenger seat of the car, before walking over to the driver's side and getting in.

"See ya later Eddie!" She yelled while zipping her death trap into reverse to get out of the space and then speeding out of the school parking lot, leaving Edward and tire tracks behind.

What the Fuck just happened?

"Bella, would you be a dear and buckle your seat belt. I don't want to get a ticket." Says the lead-foot-pixie going sixty five in a forty five miles per hour zone. I complied immediately.

"Is there a reason the two of you kidnapped me?" I asked as Alice turned down the road that leads to Leah's house. "And why we are going to my sister's place?"

"Yes." Angela replied at the same time as Alice said "Duh."

"And that reason would be….?"

"We have to be up to the band room by seven to warm up and take roll call before the concert starts." Said Angela, "That only gives us a four hour window to get ready."

"And we are going to Leah's because (A) she wanted to help play makeovers and (B) last time I tried this at your place that demon cat of yours clawed his way through three pairs of jeans, a sweater, and my favorite make up bag!" What the pixie doesn't know it that Seth and I had given Scamp a good dosage of catnip before she arrived…I love that fur ball.

"Alice, Angela, I'm not sure if you realize this but it doesn't take that long to throw on a black dress and go."

Alice stopped the car to a screeching halt; I grabbed the back of her seat to keep from falling over. I have never been so grateful that there wasn't anyone behind us. She unbuckled her seat belt and turned around to face me. "We have to do hair, makeup, eat something, and take pictures to remember our last high school Christmas concert. Now, if you don't take back what you said and promise to cooperate, I am going to get a tub of hot wax and do your eyebrows!"

She can be scary when she wants to. "Alice I apologize…can you start driving now!" As she complied, I felt my back pocket start to vibrate and the sounds of Victoria Justice filled the car.

Yeah yeah yeah yeah
My best friend's brother is the one for me
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
A punk rock drummer and he's six foot three
I don't want to but I want to, cause I just can't get him out of mind! And
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
My best friend's brother is the one for me
BFB, BFB
My best friend's brother, my best friend's brother

I stared at the screen, seeing LOVER BOY flash across it. I didn't need a detective to figure out who the caller was. "Alice… how the hell did you manage to change my ringtone…again?"

"I'm just that good, now answer it!"

"Hello?"

"Thank God you answered, are you alright?"

"Yes."

"I'm so sorry, I had no idea she was going to kidnap you."

"It's fine. To be honest I should be used to this by now."

"You should be used to being kidnapped?"

"No, I should be used to Alice's crazy ass ways. I'm a little disappointed in Angela though." "Hey!"

I could hear Edward laughing "Why is that?"

"I thought she had more sense than to let Alice corrupt her, I mean her father is a Preacher."

"Bella, I would like to indicate that there is no point in betting against Alice. She will always find a way to win"

"That is true." I told him as Alice parked in Leah's drive way, my loveable sister waving from the kitchen widow with a curling iron in her hand. "I'm sorry Edward, I have to go now to let the torture begin."

"Love you, I will see you tonight."

I scarcely got out "Love you too" before Alice yanked me from the car and led me and Angela into the house.

And the pixie wasn't kidding. As soon as we stepped through the door Leah and Mama Sue (who had the night off for the performance) were upon us. Alice spent most of her time doing make-up while Leah spent her time curling Angela's hair and running a straighter through mine. I swear these two were either sister's in a past life or the same person whose soul got split. After that was done Alice ran out to her trunk and came back with ten different dress bags, making Angela and I try on each dress until she was satisfied…actually it was until Mama Sue called us all down for sandwiches (thank goodness we couldn't wear lip gloss or Leah and the pixie would flip over ruining our make-up). Before too long, and after there were enough pictures taken to fill four scrapbooks, it was time to leave and head back to the school.

Even though we left with plenty of time to be early to the warm up, we barely made it there by 6: 55 and we were greeted at the band room door by our three very worried looking boyfriends.

"That was a very close call," Jasper said as he gave Alice a quick hug. "You know my dad hates it when people are late."

"It was all Alice's fault." Angela stated as she took her instrument case from Ben.

Edward handed me my flute case, giving a quick glance over to his sister. "What did she do?"

"She got pulled over." I told him when it looked like Alice wasn't going to say anything. "By Sam AND my dad."

"Seriously Ali! Again! Esme and Carlisle are going to skin you alive if you bring home another speeding ticket." I took great joy in seeing Alice get the third degree from her brother.

"Lucky for me I didn't get a ticket, only a warning."

Edward and Jasper looked stunned. "How did you manage to get Uncle Charlie to let you off the hook? He gave me a ticket last week for not coming to a complete stop at a stoplight when I got there as the light turned green!"

"Yeah and Sam gave me a ticket the last time he chaperoned Bella and I on a date for not having both hands on the steering wheel!"

"Ah boys," Alice gave them the Cullen smirk, "all I did was explain that we were running behind at that we were going to be late."

"While she was crying gigantic crocodile tears, she is so lucky my dad and Sam can't stand to see anyone cry."

"That and she was blubbering at about thirty words per second, they didn't know what the hell she was saying." Angela added.

"Attention students!" Uncle Peter called out before Alice could give her retort, "I have listed on the Board the order in which your ensembles will be performing. Even if you are the first group to perform you must stay until the end of the Concert to show your fellow band members your support, there is seating reserved for you in the front two rows on the left hand side of the auditorium by the door. Also, if you skip out early I will lower your midterm grade by five points for each ensemble you miss. After you look at your performance number, practice your scales to warm up than at seven twenty five the first ensemble should be ready to go on stage for curtain rise. The rest of you should wait in the wings until it is your turn."

When I looked at the board I was relieved to see that my group was going seventh out of the eight groups, the first group has the pressure of setting the tone for the concert while the last group leaves the lasting impression. I was a little disappointed to see that Edward's group was the last to go, I was hoping his would go first so I could finally find out what they were playing, the programs I folded only said it was a Cullen original.

It was fun to watch the performances from the wings. I got to sit on Edward's lap, his arms holding me close to his chest, without worrying if some over protective family member was going to threaten to shoot his arms off, or have his car towed. It wasn't long before Edward was giving me a kiss for good luck right before Angela, Ben and I walked on stage. I was nervous at first as we set our music sheets on our music stands, noticing my family all in the front middle row next to Rose, Esme, and Carlisle. But as soon as Ben played the first note and it was my turn to enter I felt the butterflies in my stomach disappear, realizing how dense I was for being nervous to begin with.

Once the applause was over and we exited the stage, I gave Edward a quick hug. "Break a leg" I whispered as I pulled away. "I will try not to." He told me as he let out a nervous chuckle. I gave him a reassuring smile as I followed Angela to the side auditorium door where we are supposed to sit. "Hey Angela?" I asked as sat and looked around.

"Yes Bella?"

"Where are some of our class mates?" She turned in her seat to glance around, noticing that five people were missing, including Ben. "I guess they had to take a bathroom break? Hey look the curtain is rising, it's about to start." I sat with a huff, a little bell going off in my head that she knew more than what she was telling me.

As the curtain was rising, I found where the few other people in our class had gone off to. In the center if the stage was the piano from the band room, Edward seated on the bench, and Uncle Peter standing in front of a microphone, everyone else was seated around the piano with their instruments. I was a little confused about what was going on, the programs didn't say anything about a speech being made. I was going to ask Angela what she thought was happening when my uncle began to speak.

"I would like to thank everyone for coming tonight to our Holiday Concert. This next and final piece was composed by one of our most gifted students. We have left the title out of tonight's programs so that you could all be included in a very touching surprise. It is called per il mio amore, and I hope you all enjoy." As he walked off stage the lights dimmed until there was only a single spot light on Alice as she began playing. As each instrument entered into the song a new spot light appeared until Edward entered the piece, the spotlight remaining on him as he played and it winked in and out for the other instrumentation.

When Edward started to play I recognized the short piece he played for me on my birthday only he added more to it. After the part I recognized ended it segued into a piano solo that I hadn't heard before, the lighting on stage focused only on Edward as he played. I was completely floored.

"Angela?" I whispered.

"Yeah?" she whispered back.

"Do you know what the title means?" It sounded like Italian to me…the only Italian I knew was the names of dishes at an Italian restaurant.

"Yep, Edward told me to tell you if you asked. It means 'For my Love'."

A/N yep I am going to be evil and end it right there :p let me know what you think

P.S. the ringtone Alice programed for Bella was the chorus to Victoria Justice's My Best Friend's Brother. My cousin was listening to the Show's soundtrack while i was babysitting and I found it to be pretty good, it definitely fits into this story a little.