I was listening to Jamie Cullum's "If I Ruled the World" while I was writing this, so if you want the full effect, listen to that while reading this. I'm giving you that forewarning here.

Anyway, this is probably not going to be the last drabble in this series, because I'm pretty sure I said that number fourty-two would be the last one, and it wasn't.

So we're just going to see how far this goes.

If Dexter was nothing else, he was musical. His fingers could dance across a piano like he part of it and knew just what keys to press to make it sing like an angelic chorus. The spell that was wound across the audience of the auditorium was like a drug; people couldn't stop listening, they were enraptured. The only ones that could take their eyes off of the redhead at the piano were the people dancing elegantly across the polished floor.

Dee Dee McPhearson was one of them, but, instead of her normal ballet, she was gliding in Benjamin Tennyson's arms. They moved together like clockwork. It was the perfect complement to Dexter's music as they swirled and dipped and nearly floated across the dance floor. In her pink gown, Dee Dee was a princess, and Ben, in his sleek black tux, was her knight in shining armor. Everyone saw the obvious love in their eyes.

Mandy sipped on sparkling juice as the two danced. She stood on the sidelines and watched over the concert, which was unfolding perfectly. She knew it would. She could pull anything off. And she was proud of this evening.

The music spun to an intimate climax, making several tears fall from several eyes. It dwindled down, and the dancers slowed as well. It ended with a perfectly timed note and dip. Dee Dee and Ben bowed to each other and then hugged, earning several "Aww"s from the crowd watching.

Dexter stood from the piano stool and bowed the crowd. He earned a thunderous round of applause.

"Let it be known that, on this day, Dexter McPhearson moved the hearts of many and all," Mandark murmured next to Mandy, leaning against a pillar of the ballroom. He grinned at her. "And that he made the world peaceful again, if only for a few minutes."

Mandy nodded and turned to Dexter, who was beaming at the crowd.

"Let it be known…" she continued, "…that there was no other place I would rather be tonight, if only for a few minutes."

Dee Dee laughed in Ben's arms.

Dexter smiled graciously at the crowd.

And no war existed outside the ballroom that night.

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