"They'll be fine," Marie said as she settled down n the seat beside Leonardo. Claire was sitting on his left, and James had gotten a seat somewhere else in the audience. Leo wondered what James was doing there. James didn't really like Alejandro, and he definitely didn't like Kenneth — or maybe he did? Leo wouldn't know. He's been too busy thinking about graduation and readying the school orchestra for it. The crowd at the auditorium was smaller compared to the ones in the last two rounds. This was the last round the competition would be having, and the competition had thinned out to just five pairs. The winners would be announced tonight. Leo wasn't sure why he was so nervous. It wasn't like he was the one competing. When everyone settled down the person on stage went about calling the

