"Wendy's here with Jim," Charlotte said.

It was the night of the choir concert and Aurora was pacing back and forth outside the auditorium. She stopped and looked at Charlotte. Charlotte winked at her.

"Charlotte, Jim hasn't said anything to me since the ball. I've moved on."

Ariel continued to pace. She was so nervous about singing the duet. Ariel had gone over to Aurora's house every day after school for the last week to listen to her Wicked soundtrack and practice with her. The extra practice definitely showed when she sang in choir; Mrs. Rabbit and everyone else was very impressed with her. But, there were so many people in the audience tonight and Ariel had a bad case of stage fright.

Mrs. Rabbit burst out of the auditorium. "Come on, Ariel, we're about to start."

"I'll meet you afterwards." Charlotte hugged her and went to go find a seat.

Ariel took a deep breath, then went inside and took her place on the risers that were set up on the stage. The concert started a few minutes late, but that was typical of all of Mrs. Rabbit's productions. It started with Snow White's solo. When she was done, everyone applauded and some people even gave her a standing ovation. Ariel couldn't help feeling jealous. They went through all of the group songs, then ended with the duet. Ariel and Charlotte stepped down from the risers and stood in front of the microphones. Charlotte stood up and started cheering for Ariel. Ariel smiled. The music started and Snow White led in with the first verse. Ariel's heart was pounding as she got ready to sing. She took a deep breath and started. After her first verse, everyone in the crowd cheered and gave her a standing ovation. Ariel and Snow White continued singing, but Ariel was slightly stunned by the audience's reaction to her singing. When they finished, everyone stood up and cheered again.

After the concert, Ariel went out into the hallway where she was immediately greeted by Charlotte. Charlotte squealed and hugged her.

"OMG, Ariel, you were awesome!" Charlotte cried.

"Thank you."

Aurora joined them shortly after, with Philip and Eric.

"Aurora, what happened?" Charlotte asked, motioning towards her crutches.

"I fell off the stage during rehearsal and sprained my ankle," Aurora said.

"Are you gonna be able to perform in the musical?" Ariel asked.

Aurora shifted her weight. "I think so. I won't be able to dance, but Mrs. Rabbit said she's gonna try adjust the script a little to make it work."

Aurora was starting to look uncomfortable and Philip came to her side. "You should get home," he said.

Aurora nodded. "You did great tonight, Ariel."

"Thank you," Ariel said. "And thanks again for all your help."

Aurora smiled at her and left with Philip, but Eric stayed behind.

"You have a beautiful voice," Eric told Ariel.

Ariel blushed. "Thank you."

The three of them stood there awkwardly for a few seconds.

Charlotte cleared her throat. "I'm gonna go..."

"Bye, Charlotte," Ariel said. "Thanks for coming."

"Tell me everything," Charlotte whispered in Ariel's ear as she walked away. Ariel nodded.

"I don't usually come to these things," Eric said after Charlotte left. "Aurora dragged Philip and he dragged me."

Ariel tilted her head to the side. "But, I really enjoyed!" Eric quickly added.

Ariel laughed. "I'm glad it wasn't disappointing."

Eric smiled at her. "Not at all."

Ariel blushed again. "Good."

"Have you ever done a solo?" Eric asked.

Ariel shook her head. "No. I have horrible stage fright and can't bring myself to do it."

"You should. You're twice the singer Snow White is," Eric said.

Ariel was suddenly bombarded by her dad and her six sisters. They didn't notice Eric and crowded him out. He gave Ariel a small wave and walked away.

"You were amazing!" Arista said.

"I didn't know you had it in you," Attina said.

Triton pulled Ariel into a big hug. "I'm so proud you."

"Thank you," Ariel said as she watched Eric walk down the hall.

XXX

"What did you think of the movie?" Aladdin asked as he drove Jasmine home.

"That was a terrible movie!" Jasmine said.

"Are you kidding?"

Jasmine shook her head. "It's not exactly a date movie."

"Sure it is. Nothing is more romantic than watching people get eaten by zombies," Aladdin said.

Jasmine laughed. "You're out of your mind."

"I don't think so," Aladdin said. "I did manage to get you to cuddle up to me."

"Aladdin, you don't have to use tricks to get me to cuddle with you."

Aladdin winked at her as he pulled into her driveway. For the first time, Jasmine found herself wishing she didn't live so close to the movie theater. She wasn't ready to say good night to Aladdin, yet. They got out of the car and Aladdin took Jasmine's hand as they walked up to her door. Jasmine was surprised to see Helga sitting on her front steps. Helga frowned as they approached and stood up.

"Where were you today?" Helga asked.

Damn. Jasmine totally forgot about the cheerleading and dance practice.

"I had a date," Jasmine said.

Helga eyed Aladdin up and down, then looked back at Jasmine. "Jasmine, this is unacceptable behavior for a captain. I came over to tell you that you have been replaced as Dance Captain. And if you continue to miss practices like this, you will be kicked off the team."

Helga pushed her way between Jasmine and Aladdin and left. Aladdin reached over and took Jasmine's hand again.

"Jasmine, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to get you in your trouble," Aladdin said.

"Don't worry about, baby. I'm actually relieved. Being captain was too much for me to handle, anyway," Jasmine said.

"I don't believe you."

"No, it's true," Jasmine said. "I love dancing, but it's not my entire life. The spot should have been given to Esmeralda, but the former captain hated her because Esmeralda slept with her ex-boyfriend."

"All right," Aladdin said. "Well, I should get going. Good night, Jasmine."

Aladdin kissed Jasmine. "Please don't leave, yet," Jasmine said.

Aladdin smiled down at her. "I have to."

Jasmine gave him a sad puppy face. "Just stay a little longer?"

Aladdin laughed. "That's not fair; you know I can't resist that look."

Jasmine smiled. "So, you'll stay?"

"I can't."

Jasmine frowned. "Okay. I guess I'll see you tomorrow."

Aladdin kissed her again. "Good night."

"Good night." Jasmine unlocked her door and went inside.

Jasmine's breath caught as she walked in the door. The front hall, the grand staircase and the entire living room were lined with pink and white jasmine flowers in vases and candles, and every inch of floor as far as she could see was covered in jasmine petals.

One of her servants handed her a note. "Aladdin had us do this while you were out tonight," he said.

Jasmine's hands were shaking as she took the note.

Jasmine, I know these flowers are special to you and I hope they make you as happy as you've made me this last month. You mean a lot to me. Your Aladdin.

Jasmine's eyes began to water. There was a knock on the door and she quickly composed herself before answering the door. When she saw Aladdin standing outside, her eyes teared up all over again. She tried to say something, but she was all choked up.

"I love you, Jasmine," Aladdin said.

Jasmine let a couple tears fall down her cheeks. "I love you, too, Aladdin."

Aladdin picked Jasmine up and kissed her. Jasmine's heart was racing and she couldn't remember ever being as happy as she was at that moment.

XXX

Flynn reached over and took Rapunzel's hand as he drove them to school. Rapunzel smiled at him. Flynn had finally called Rapunzel a couple days after Valentine's Day and told her he had been so busy with work, school and basketball that he hadn't been able to call her, but he thought about her all the time. He asked her out for that following weekend and then asked her to be his girlfriend. Rapunzel was really happy to be Flynn's girlfriend, but she missed Thomas. He still hadn't talked to her since Valentine's Day. She thought that as time went on she would start to feel better, but a month had gone by, and it hurt more every day.

Flynn pulled into the parking lot. They walked into the school together, but he had to meet up with one of his teachers before class started. He kissed her cheek, then headed to the classroom. Rapunzel slowly made her way to her locker. There was an envelope taped to her locker with her name scribbled on it. Rapunzel recognized the handwriting and her heart leapt. She quickly pulled the envelope off her locker and opened it. There wasn't a letter in it, just a blue crayon. Rapunzel squealed. Thomas forgave her! She grabbed everything she needed out of her locker, then ran down to Thomas' locker. He was leaning against and smiled when he saw Rapunzel. Rapunzel dropped her backpack and gave Thomas a big hug.

"Thomas, I missed you so so so much!" Rapunzel said. "I'm really sorry!"

Thomas rested his chin on the top of Rapunzel's head. "I know. I forgive you. Can you forgive me?"

Rapunzel pulled away. "Forgive you for what? You didn't do anything wrong."

"For overreacting and not talking to you for the last month."

"Thomas, you had every right to be upset. This was all my fault; I hurt you," Rapunzel said. She hugged him again. "But, please, don't ever do it again. Losing you hurt so much!"

Thomas ran his hand over Rapunzel's hair. "I won't. I really missed you, too."

Rapunzel reached into her purse and pulled out a tin Winnie the Pooh pencil box and handed it to Thomas. He looked confused as he took it from her.

"What is this?" Thomas asked.

"Open it."

Rapunzel smiled as he took off the lid and pulled out half a blue crayon with part of its wrapper peeled off.

"Is this...?"

Rapunzel nodded. "That's the crayon you borrowed from me in Kindergarten."

"You kept it, and carry it around with you?"

"I kept it because you were the first friend I ever had. I usually keep that box in my desk at home, but I've missed you so much this last month that I started carrying it around with me," Rapunzel explained. She pulled the other blue crayon out of her pocket and put it in the tin box.

Thomas put the crayon back in the box, put the lid on and handed it back to Rapunzel. "You're the sweetest girl I know," he said.