Can You Teach Me? (Parts 201+)

Part 210 First Annual Family Christmas Concert

Owen went back to the microphone to announce the next two performances. "For our next performance, we will hear an acoustic guitar performance of "Love Me Tender" by the very creative and vivacious Gabriel Coleman. Then, again we will here from the ever talented Victor Morgan as he performs an original titled, "My Princess". Gabriel?..." Owen motioned for him to take the stage. We all gave a quiet clap as he went to the stage, took off his suit coat and strapped on a magnificent rich brown wooden guitar.

He pulled a wooden stool from the side, I had not seen, and parked it right in front of the microphone. He adjusted the height of the microphone and sat on the stool. "Trouble, you know how much I love Elvis Presley songs and this one says it all. But I didn't think it was fair of me to sing it to you as if I was the only one who loves you, so I changed the words a little. I hope you like this."

He began playing and singing:

Love us tender
Love us sweet
Never let us go
You have made our lives complete
And we love you so

Love us tender
Love us true
All our dreams fulfilled
For our Darlin' we love you
And we always will

Love us tender
Love us long
Take us to your heart
For it's there that we belong
And we'll never part

The tears dropped down my face in steady streams as he finished the song. All the guys applauded and cheered for him, "right on bro" Luke called out. My hands were cupped over my mouth and nose as I couldn't make any noise. He just said it all in that one song. That is exactly how I feel about all of my boys. And I know, we will make this work, no matter what.

Victor stepped up to the microphone next, "Princess, I have never had my own music flow through my mind, heart or veins, until I met you. Since that fateful morning I accidentally jumped on you, the music has not stopped playing. I wrote my first original piano piece and I wanted you to hear it first, before I ever played it for a public audience. I love you Princess, thank you for bringing life to my music and for showing me that I do love the piano." He turned away from the micro phone and sat regally at his piano bench. He held his hands above the keys for just a moment before he played "My Princess". It was better than Vivaldi, or Beethoven, or Mozart or Chopin could ever have composed. I am in love with a truly gifted musical genius!

When he finished, I couldn't contain the sobs of joy that wracked my body. North hugged me around my shoulders, "we all feel that way Baby, but some of us cannot express it with music like my brothers have. But hearing them play, I know they love you just as deeply as I do."

Victor had taken his bow and Owen had taken to the microphone again. "Sang, I am going to perform the song, best known as "Moonlight Sonata" by Ludwig van Beethoven. But what most people do not know is this song was dedicated to his student, Countess Giulietta Guicciardi. A German critic translated the title of the song to say "Moonlight Sonata" but the literal translation was "Fantasy Sonata". No one knows if he was truly in love with her or not, but most feel this song is his most romantic piece. Miss Sorenson, you are my walking, talking fantasy. And I play this for you."

Owen began playing the slow beautiful song and the way the notes carried through the room, I was mesmerized. He held my attention until the last not played. I was clutching my fist over my heart, willing it to start beating again and for my lungs to inflate with air I had forgotten to breath. I have no words for how much romance and passion he expressed to me in front of our whole family. No one would ever doubt, his love for me runs deep.

Just then, Luke, Kota, Gabriel, and Victor all stood up, giving me kisses on the cheek and head as they made their way onto the stage. Only Owen and Victor kept their coats on. Luke, Gabriel and Kota removed their coats and proceeded to collect instruments. Owen went back to the microphone, "this is our last song of the evening. Our First Annual Family Christmas Concert, since our family was made whole. The band you are hearing this evening is Dakota Lee on drums, Lucian Taylor on bass guitar, Victor Morgan on piano, myself, Owen Blackbourne on violin and Gabriel Coleman on lead guitar and vocals. The back-up vocalists are Dakota and Lucian. This song was chosen by Dr. Sean Green after he watched you get highly emotional while watching a movie and this was the song playing in the background. The song to be performed is, "Feels Like Home" by Chantal Kreviazuk. Sean's words to me, that he wanted expressed to you, is he realized in that moment, all of us are HOME to you."

Victor began playing the piano, then Gabriel began singing in his smooth Tenor range that sounded almost exactly like Josh Grobin. (Imagine the song I posted at the headline being sung with Gabe's Josh Grobin-esq voice. If you really listen to the instruments, you can almost picture each of the boys playing their part. This is the dream I had months ago. I woke up crying, it was so perfectly beautiful.)

Somethin' in your eyes, makes me wanna lose myself
Makes me wanna lose myself, in your arms
There's somethin' in your voice, makes my heart beat fast
Hope this feeling lasts, the rest of my life

If you knew how lonely my life has been
And how long I've been so alone
And if you knew how I wanted someone to come along
And change my life the way you've done

It feels like home to me, it feels like home to me
It feels like I'm all the way back where I come from
It feels like home to me, it feels like home to me
It feels like I'm all the way back where I belong

A window breaks, down a long, dark street
And a siren wails in the night
But I'm alright, 'cause I have you here with me
And I can almost see, through the dark there is light

Well, if you knew how much this moment means to me
And how long I've waited for your touch
And if you knew how happy you are making me
I never thought that I'd love anyone so much

It feels like home to me, it feels like home to me
It feels like I'm all the way the back where I come from
It feels like home to me, it feels like home to me
It feels like I'm all the way back where I belong
It feels like I'm all the way back where I belong

At the last note, there was pure silence as they all looked at me for what my reaction was. I was in complete awe. Never before has anyone expressed this much love for me, ever. Sean broke the silence, "you are our home, Sang."

I did the only sensible thing... I cried. Not the pretty single tear streaking down the face like at the beginning of this concert but the uncontrollable sobbing, heart wrenching, making boys uncomfortable kind of crying. I was pulled into each of them for consoling hugs and kisses, starting with the boys closest to me.

First Sean, then Nathan, followed by North and then Silas. They both seemed distraught and highly anxious they couldn't get me to stop crying. By then the boys from the stage had made it down to me. I was in Gabriel's arms, followed by Luke, then Victor and Kota and finally Owen. "Sang, love, please... We didn't mean to upset you. We only thought we were showing you how much you mean to us."

"Don't you get it? Don't you all get it?" I asked looking around at all of them, sniffling and frantically wiping away tears and snot, "this evening has been the most perfect evening ever. I don't deserve you, any of you. Yet, somehow, we are all here and we all fit together perfectly like a puzzle. If one of the ten pieces is missing, the puzzle is incomplete. Thank you all. For this whole magical night." And then I was crazy crying again. Sean laughed from behind me.

"You can't cry like this when you are happy, Pookie. You will give all the boys heart attacks. And I can only help one person at a time. I may be a spectacular doctor, but I am only human, you know." That made everyone laugh and relax while I pulled myself back together. The night is not over, and I cannot lose it on my guys, yet.