The first Kiss

Holding your hand, I promised that we would never have to go through what happened ever again.

The months passed as the holidays drew to a close. We decided to meet up for New Year’s Eve with all our friends. Ryan, Michael, Rayhan and Michelle. We’ve been planning it for weeks and we finally decided that spending time with one another would be the best plan yet.

Buying beers and tidbits for our very own party, it couldn’t get anymore exciting than this. Getting a room in the most prestigious of hotels with an amazing view of the towers, we could not ask for more.

By nightfall with less than 2 hours away to January 1st, most of us were already drunk but still having the times of our lives. Spin the bottle and card games were our entertainment for the night. Yet I could not shake the uneasy feeling I had inside me. I headed out to the balcony.

I stared out at the streets of the city, the brightly lit towers people running around with their friends making fools of themselves. But none of that mattered; it was the last night of 2010 and he beginning of 2011, a new year. We just wanted to have FUN!

Then, you came by my side and hugged my arms. “What are you doing out here alone? It’s cold,” you asked. Putting my arms around you, “I can’t help but having this feeling that something was missing earlier, that something was giving me this uneasy feeling and that something has just come into my arms.”


You leaned your head against my chest as we just looked at the towers. I lifted you up playfully and went and sat by the lazy chair on the balcony and you slept along me. That feeling was undeniably the best part of the night. Hugging you, keeping you close to me, watching your every breath. It was nothing I would ever imagine having something like this with anyone else.

I saw my watch it was 11.57pm. “Guy’s its almost time!” I yelled. We all stood by the balcony holding hands, arms around one another, we were the band of friends that were possibly the most fun and close knit that any other friends I’ve ever had.

“10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2…,1 HAPPY NEW YEAR!!”

We all started hugging each other and wishing each other. By the time it was done, the twins decided to bring out the shots that they had been saving up till that point. Many events happened after that, but we’ll get to that some other time.

All I could remember from that night that meant the most to me on the balcony was facing you and whispering, “As long as the moon is our witness, I shall always love and care for you. No matter what happens in the future. Always remember that if we do separate ways in the future, I will always be looking for a second chance because I treasure what we had with all my heart.”

And we kissed.

To be continued…