I'm getting ready to go on stage and play for the L.A Phillarmonic. I have never been so scared but so excited in my life. I've been playing Double Bass since I was 9 years old, and it's been my life long goal since I was 12. Over the years, people have come and gone, but you've always been there. I smile to myself as I think of you.

I move my metal pegs to tune and I play a little bit of my piece. The piece I'm playing is "Dragonetti - Concerto in A Major" and I'm the soloist. I look at the crowd, and I see you in the middle row of the middle column. I smile to myself and it goes silent. I walk out on the stage with my double bass and I shake the Conductors hand and the Concertmaster, who is a very, very skilled violinist. I smile at the crowd and I sit on the chair. The orchestra starts to play and I play the solo piece. At the end, I get a standing ovation, but I look for one person. You.