"It Started With A Kiss"
By: LiveInTheGreenLight 
 
As the count down drew ever nearer my spirits began to die. But who was I to spoil a 
perfectly great party. It was a great party, I was enjoying the company, the drinks and the 
laughter, selfishly I didn't want it to end...I wanted the year...this night...to last forever... 
 
The count down begun and I was pulled back into the reality that a fresh start was 
begining. A new year...a new chance? A new life? 
 
For everybody here it was all of the above...but for me, it was just another year. Same 
job, same schedule, same home...same empty bed. 
 
I decide to wait this one out, the celebratory kiss that is. I always believed that that kiss, 
that special moment to start the new year, was to be shared with the one person you 
would be ending it with. 
I suspected to be ending it alone and so why not begin I that way....I'm a real party kill 
aren't I. 
 
The cold night air on the balcony was comfortably inviting. The fireworks over the city 
had started already. They were beautiful, I felt quite special being able to witness the 
sight before me alone. 
 
3...2...1 !HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!! 
 
The party inside erupted, I smiled at the sea of shadows inside, embracing each other and 
turned back towards the party in the sky. 
 
That's when I felt a hand on my shoulder, I turned to see my good friend and partner John 
Doggett. I smiled in question and was about to ask him why he wasn't inside enjoying the 
atmosphere when suddenly, unprovoked and in the most sweetest fashion the man kissed 
me. He held me tight from the cold midnight breeze and kissed me. Not for a second, not 
for a minute, in fact in that moment I lost all track of time. I found myself kissing him 
back, holding him closer. I didnt know whether it was the alcohol or the shear shock that 
prolonged our kiss, but when we were interrupted by the crowed gathering to witness the 
fireworks, he gave me a look that sent shivers down my spine. The crowd pushed 
between us and we found ourselves on opposite sides of the balcony our eyes never 
parting. 
 
There, under the new year stars, I found myself smiling...grinning even, from ear to ear.  
He suddenly smiled back and I couldn't stop myself from fighting the crowd to be near to 
him again. Inside the sea of drunken, happy faces he found me again.  
We kissed like it was our first time and we didn't stop, the fireworks vanished, we didn't 
stop, the crowed dispersed and we still didn't stop. 
 
Tonight we celebrate new years eve, a year since we shared our first kiss. Tonight I will 
stand on that balcony and watch those fireworks and think about the year ahead. A new 
year, a new chance, a new life...and as of one year ago tonight, never since has there 
been...an empty bed. 
 
Happy New Year x LITGL x