"leave a reply" Twenty Twelve

assuming you already work with a child theme, edit content.php in the child theme;

remove this section:

<?php if ( comments_open() ) : ?>
				<div class="comments-link">
					<?php comments_popup_link( '<span class="leave-reply">' . __( 'Leave a reply', 'twentytwelve' ) . '</span>', __( '1 Reply', 'twentytwelve' ), __( '% Replies', 'twentytwelve' ) ); ?>
				</div><!-- .comments-link -->
			<?php endif; // comments_open() ?>

depending on where exactly you want to move the ‘reply’ text to, you could add the removed section back into content.php, before or after this part:

<?php twentytwelve_entry_meta(); ?>

or edit functions.php of the child theme, and add a modified function twentytwelve_entry_meta() into whihch you have integrated teh ‘reply’ link.

Thanks! I figured it out and meant to come back and mark it resolved. I always use a child theme. A backed up one at that!