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spell. The little blue dragon above fluttered swiftly to another ceiling tile and now Blue could see a jade green dragon just behind it. The Boy's Choir walked out from behind the closed curtain and growled out a bluesy rendition of "Your a Mean One Mr. Grinch." Rafe caught Blue's eye as the boy's were walking past and briefly glanced toward the dragons on the acoustic ceiling tiles. "Figures he wouldn't miss it," Blue smiled. She had already filled Rafe in on her encounter with the little dragons that morning. She noticed then that a vent cover was askew at the top of the wall. "So that's how they got in!" After the boys sang their two selections the girl's choir rejoined them for the one song they had selected via vote -- the Red Hot Chili Peppers song "Bicycle". Everyone was excited to sing this one since it was the most modern and energetic song they were allowed to have in their collection of mainly classical numbers. During this song a girl dressed in a white athletic outfit left her cello in the orchestra pit and danced with a white bicycle. It was Stella, of course. Then she was joined by a burly trumpeteer who hopped and spun wildly. Next they were joined by Rafe juggling. He tossed multi-colored pins into the air, in tune with the music. The high point was when the girl did a handstand on the bicycle handlebars, feet straight in the air, and the boy spun on his back then his head, also ending in a handstand, and the juggler tossed the pins under his leg then caught them all and bowed. They were then showered with pink and red balloons, inscribed with hearts, that dropped from above, since it was Valentine's Day.
    "Stella you were so amazing!" Later in the band room Blue rushed over to her best friend Stella and gave her a hug.
    "Great job Stella," Rafe said. "Heh, Talon came to watch. He barely ever leaves the farm."
    "Hi Talon," Stella smiled. "I'm glad you decided to come". Talon had moved in with Rafe's family a few months ago, but was very reclusive and had not gone out much."
    "Bonjour Stella," Talon gazed into Stella's dark eyes deeply, not smiling. "Your dance performance I enjoyed greatly. Tres bon!" May I present you with this?" Talon handed to Stella a beautiful bouquet of flowers. He had purchased it out in the lobby and had added a few of the heart-shaped balloons.
    "Wow!" Stella gasped. "How nice, Talon. Thank you!" Her dark eyes sparkled and her light moca skin showed a tinge of pink. Talon bowed and looked very pleased. Rafe was feeling awkward. He'd bought a bouquet for Blue too, when he saw Talon buying one for Stella. He would have felt awkward not having a bouquet for Blue, but he also felt awkward giving it to her. It was weird somehow to spring that on her now when they were just pals. He didn't know what to say.
    "Here ya go, Blue," said Rafe, tossing her the bouquet. "One for you too."
    "Oh, nice. Thank you Rafe. I wasn't expecting this," murmurred Blue, awkwardly looking anywhere but into Rafe's eyes.
    "I think we all pulled off a great show as usual," said Stella, breaking the awkward silence. "Jake did a fantastic break dance. I had no idea you were so talented Jake." Jake looked over, grinning ear to ear, his blond hair spiked and his pale skin red from exertion. He made a muscle man pose in Stella's direction then headed toward the after party snack table. "You too Rafe, great juggling." Rafe nodded.
    “Thank you. Even our special guests seemed to enjoy the concert," joked Rafe, as he moved to a corner with Stella, Blue and Talon.
    "What special guest?" asked Stella.
    Rafe, Stella, and Blue huddled in the corner. Rafe began, "I'm sure Blue has told you by now of the injured little dragon she found in Grandma Lily's cistern room. A few of his litter mates were hopping around on the acoustic ceiling tiles during the concert."
    "Of course," replied Stella. "I heard all about it. Blue called me right away as soon as she got home with the injured dragon. I saw him at our meeting yesterday too.