The performance was literally around the corner, I paired some black slacks with the tux Odalia got me and a golden vest with swirly almost paisley looking Mexican designs all over it.
I showed myself off to Amity in her dorm who kissed me and murmured "so handsome.." she had exactly the suit I'd expected.. almost black charcoal grey suit paired with a blue vest and the yellow dress shirt Hexside provides us with. It was a requirement to wear at least one article of Hexside uniform so I wore my blue dress shirt

It was a few hours till but everyone in the performance was already dressed, I pulled mama Eda's old Hexside Letterman on to cover my top and head to class.
My professor for that class smiles at me, handing me the packet for the current hour. I jog up to the center of the many rows of seats and take the chair two seats away from the walkway. It was a normal placement for me, it was the most quiet here and the heater was placed right on this walkway.
I was always first to class in this specific one, ten minutes later ten more student come in, then the bright shining star Amity.. who somehow found time to use magic to dye her hair lavender, and trim it a little to be less wild. It was a new color.. a beautiful color.

Sitting next to me she smiles as I lean towards her "love the color.. it suits you better." and find a way to discreetly kiss her. She had it pulled into a ponytail, the natural brown she had purposely missed fading into the new color.
As he started his lecture on Anatomical Physics Amity tapped my hand, I looked over to see her looking confused at her sheet. Not this class, her conducting one. I take the five double sided sheets and study her rises and falls, changes in tempo and beat counts.
Raine must have had her create her own sheet for the performance. I ran over it and corrected a few tempos and mentioned the slight waver of two specific tempos, then explained what she had to do with said two ending with a heart and 'I love you' beside it.

I returned to my current work as she covered her mouth to smile into her hand, I was trying my damndest to keep my face straight as Amity choked on a half cough half giggle.
The professor looking up the rows wondering who made the noise, Amity writes down on her worksheet with a blush. He shrugs and continues on his lecture, I teasingly run my hand over her thigh with a smirk. Slapping my hand away she glares at me with a deeper blush, I shrug nonchalantly.

  
It was lunchtime immediately after that class, I got a burger and fries this time instead of pizza.
Me and Amity talked about the performance with the interest of a cat and a feather toy, Boscha sat across from us and laughed as Amity pointed out things that just didn't seem right to her on the other sheets. She had a small dark cloud over herself as she ranted about how a specific note shouldn't be there. I looked at Boscha with my eyes since I was staring at Amity with a smile and my chin in my palm.

She paused to ask me why I was smiling to which I replied with a shake of my head, I murmured a small 'nothing' and resumed on eating my food.
Boscha has a soft smile on her face, I roll my eyes with a chuckle. My phone pings, I lift it up to read 'just ask her to be yours full time pussy' I sigh and reply 'you do realize that she is still technically your girlfriend- right?'

Me and Boscha bite our lips simultaneously in guilty manners, both of us realizing how honestly fucked up the situation is.
I bite the chapped skin from my lips as I process further, my morals that jumped away sneaking back in.

   
I was ACTUALLY playing Donkey Kong this time with Amity when she stands up, sighs and says gently "I'm going to go tell Boscha that we're going to the opera theater.. your car?"
I nod and watch her exit the room before my eyes widen, jogging out to join her I say calmly " you know that you can just text her right?" Amity looks at me skeptically and replies "she's up a flight of stairs Luz.. texting is honestly a defeatist thing to do." My mind starts panicking as she heads further and further up the stairs, I was about to grab her waist as she grabbed the doorknob but all I could say was "wait!-" before she walked in, her.. face.. got.. red. Willow's moan traveled through the dorm and stopped out in the hallway, "BOSCHA JANE BATES." Amity called out infuriated, you can hear the panic in Boscha's voice as she called out "oh shit-" and most likely fell.

Boscha was in the room in a split second half naked with a bra and pants on, Amity looked at me then to Boscha "I cannot believe you Boscha.."
Her rage filled the room, "you know.. it was Luz who made me believe you weren't cheating. She told me that I didn't know you were.. now I do." Amity approaches Boscha and says lowly "you really are a cheating, good for nothing peice of shit."

I take my entrance with a loud enough "Hey!" I pin myself between the two of them, "don't reuse words I regret Amity Blight. She has been meaning to tell you but because of her autism she is having difficulty."
Her rage hones in on me, "you knew..?" I stand up tall, not to intimidate but to keep my anxiety at a minimum. " you.. fucking knew. The whole time, that she was cheating with willow?!" Mandarin meows loudly as my hand twitches, I ignore him and try to keep my voice stable "don't yell at me."

Amity looks straight at Boscha " I don't want to be around you.." she turns to me and says exactly what I think she's going to say "both of you-"
She walks immediately out of the room, Mandarin meows again as my whole arm shakes. Then jumps onto Boscha who is crying probably from a lack of full understanding, she hugs him close.

I run out of the dorm and say firmly to the lavender haired woman, "Amity Elizabeth Blight!"
My voice falters to a weak cry as she turns around with dulled gold eyes, "you jump into conclusions.." I walk forward "you yell at me."
Each step I take towards her I feel her tense up, "you never took into account that seeing you sob gives me anxiety because I don't know what to do.." I raise my hand with my index raised "if Boscha came up to you and just told you, you'd sob because you didn't know why she cheated."
I let my hand fall to my sides.

"Whether.." I choke on my fast beating heart. " you like it or not.. I didn't lie when I said I loved you. My heart.." I clench my chest above my heart, "is hurting because you're angry at me. And yes I knew.. but what happened to this morning? You just.. change like t-that?"
My cheeks stain with my tears, my arm going on with it's neurotic shaking. I feel my shaking legs finally give out, I place my face into my hands. I pull away my hands to see my skin splotching with tan, I feel arms surround me as my skin furs over.
I bury my face into their shoulder, her perfume indicating that it's Amity. I dig my fingernails into my biceps as my body threatens to transform fully for the first time.

" you.. you need to get back.. I could hurt you if I transform." I warn weakly, my chin resting on her shoulder now. She hugs me closer, "no.. I will not." Her voice is fragile from seeing me cry, I look at her when she pulls away "I'm sorry.." I begin but she silences me, "you know what's ironic?.. Boscha told me to ask you to be full time mine.. she.. she told me I looked happier. Why do I feel so sad?" I can see Amity's heart break in her eyes, she pulls me into a sudden kiss then hugs me close.

"I.. am the one who should be sorry. I didn't listen.. I let anger control me. I..I hurt you Luz and for that I'm sorry.."
She stands up and heads upstairs, I nervously follow behind. Boscha flinches as Amity intakes air "I'm sorry. I know I might be irredeemable but I'm sorry.. you can be with Willow. She makes you happier."

Boscha stands and approaches amity, she pulls her into a hug. "It's fine. Just don't yell again."
She then kisses Amity's forehead in a platonic manner, she takes me out to my car after that.

  
The drive was silent but the opera theater was loud, Amity looked frazzled and seemed to blank out.
I took her shoulders into my hands "look at me." I kindly order, her dulled eyes look into my own " you are strong and independent, us in the chamber orchestra are relying on your passion. They.. I want to see you knock this audience out of the ballpark."

She seems to soften as I lean towards her "I know it's tense.. but I believe in you. I need you to guide me."
She nods firmly, her expression confident. She walks out to greet the audience "ladies, gentlemen and anyone in between. I would like to thank you for attending Hexside private university's first orchestral concert of the year." She pauses to let the audience clap... that room is full.

" you probably could guess but I am the conductor for this and many other upcoming events." She clears her throat, slight feedback running through the mic. "I will be introducing them from groups to single instrument players. Starting off with main brass player Adam Wellsford and his group."

He picks up his instrument and walks his large group out in two single file rows, "now for concertmaster Brianna Daniels." She seems anxious but leads the string players out, a few wave to break the tense air.

After calling out Bryan Grant- wind, Leona Jackson- harp. And the two bassists. Amity's voice gets caught in her throat, "and finally, I saved them for last because as the quote goes- 'save the best for last' no offense to anyone. And because they don't get enough credit, but more importantly.. because they gave me the confidence to come up here and speak, I would like to call our main percussionist Luz Noceda up."

I walk out and look out into the packed room, the audience claps as I walk into view. I sit at the 360 degree spinning stool I was loaned, Amity goes to her place and raises her hand, the room filling with one singular note from each player who can hold a singular note for fifteen seconds.

We started with a classical composition.. two to be exact. I was silent for the first having not known it, but brought my best to the second. I saw Amity's face light up as she watched me play, I couldn't help but smile.
The violinists held up the higher dominance to the second, the brass players just adding ambiance to the composition. I watched as Amity counted beats and scanned the chamber orchestra, passion in her expression.

The third was modern and lighthearted, I knew the song so well I reenacted it straight from memory. I'd actually closed the folder so I could focus on just.. doing it my own way.
I gazed into Amity's impressed eyes then back down to my hands, the music flowed around me, I loved it.. it held so much passion. I could hear the lyrics in my mind, I could sing if I wanted but I didn't.
As it came to a close I could hear Amity sigh, a content smile on her face.

The fourth... then the fifth peice passed. Now we're onto the composition we'd practiced weeks for, I watched in amazement as it started up, I set my folder at my feet and looked at my music sheets. Amity never got to see my peice since I'd edited and revised so much, she was taken by surprise as I started up. The notes flowed exactly like the song's title.. like a river, the whole chamber orchestra getting encapsed in the song, I almost missed a queue when Amity soundlessly laughed in delight.
My overcoats arms slightly strained as I flexed my arms during my ten bar break, I could see Raine make a look of disapproval but erased it as I smiled.

As the song closed everyone standed, brought themselves up to the front and bowed. The audience clapped loudly but.. out of all people Boscha started the standing ovation. Her blue eyes gleaming in the dim light, one by one the groups exited the stage. Amity pulled me to the side, I looked into her golden eyes.

" you were amazing Amity." Was all I could get out before she kissed me, I felt myself quietly gasp as she parted.. " I love you.." she says softly, I pull her in close and murmur "I love you too."
I pull away with a look of pain, she takes my face in her hands with a worried expression. I lean into one of her hands, "please...please be my girlfriend Amity. I promise the only time I go to a different state for a long time, you'll be with me.." she seems to freeze at this, my tone was so desperate I was practically begging her and my expression was just as equal as my voice.

Her daffodil daydreamer eyes look into my own, Eyes seeming to glisten in the dim light. We stay silent for a very long while, so long my confidence falters and dies. "I will.." she says softly and pulls my head down to kiss me, my arms wrap around her waist as I lean towards her, her back arching slightly.

The sound of a Polaroid camera snaps, I turn to see Boscha shaking the picture. She hands me the Polaroid, Amity shields her face from Boscha with a blush.
As she walks off I cup Amity's face in my hands "my flustered little baby.." I murmur to her only, she tries to smile but can't past her shyness.
I pull loose, untamed locks of hair behind her ears, taking her hand I begin walking out to my car.

  
Amity looked out the window to the darkening sky, a calm expression on her face. I rest my hand on her thigh then run it to her knee, she inhales in surprise, her body adjusting after the slight jump it did. I smile but keep my eyes on the road, the radio is nearly silent on a random station. Amity hums to the song which throws me by surprise, since it's a religious song and last I remember Amity doesn't follow a religion.

Don't get me wrong 'Greater' by MercyMe it's an amazing song, I just vividly remember Amity never even mouthing anything religious no matter the religion.
I raise an eyebrow "did.. something happen while I was gone miss Blight?" She pauses, her eyes guiding to my own. " you used to play it a lot.. I just got sucked into your orbit and got into it aswell."

She then resumes humming, now a small smile on her face..

God, I love this woman.