31st December 2014

Rocky Mountains, Country A

With some film festival playing in the background, a boy and a girl were sitting on the couch, cuddled under a warm blanket as they munched on popcorn. Though they were supposedly watching television, they were actually arguing. But the biggest tragedy in this argument was that that they were fighting for no reason at all!

Alice Faye glared at the boy who sat next to her and blamed, "Of course it is because of you that I have to spend the new year with a stranger! The clock is going to strike twelve soon and instead of spending it with my friends partying away the night, I am here stuck here! Watching a television, eating popcorn and a bottle of wine only to celebrate!"

Adam Perry was of course offended and replied sarcastically, "How is that my fault? Did I ask the Snow Goddess to send all the snow here so that we will be stuck here? Or was I supposed to plough through the snow on the runway so that Miss Alice could return to her home? And I thought we had become friends yesterday! Heck! And today, we are like girlfriend and boyfriend! We are already in a live in relationship! We can even get married for new years day!"

This audacious reply won Adam Perry a hit of the cushion in the face. Standing up from the couch with a jump, he glared at the girl and threatened, "Alice Faye! You dare to throw a cushion in my face? Do you think I will not retaliate just because you are a wee girl?"

The threat did not have the intended effect as Alice broke into giggles at the person who was trying to speak like a Scotsman! He was just too funny. Adam's face softened as he saw the girl giggle sweetly and he glanced at the old clock that hung on the wall. It was just four minutes until the new year began and he wanted her to welcome the year with a smile and not a melancholy face!

Sitting back next to her, he leaned forward and opened the bottle of wine carefully before pouring some into the glasses as he spoke, "Don't worry. You are not missing out on much on the partying!"

This comment resulted in not just a cushion to the face but also spilling a little wine on himself as he had just been about to pass it to the girl. Adam glanced down at his favorite sweatshirt that had been ruined by the girl and this time promised to teach her a lesson. Sensing that she had this time really angered the man, Alice threw aside the blanket and jumped out of the couch with both her hands extended in front of her as she apologized wide-eyes, "I am sorry. I am sorry. I did not mean to.." But even as she apologized, Alice glanced at the big wet red splotch on the sweatshirt and giggled, further enraging Adam who finally picked up a cushion and walked forward menacingly as he said," Babe, do you think an apology while you laugh at me will get you out of the soup?"

As Alice ran away with a scream to the other side of the room, Adam chased her swearing to take her sweatshirt to wear. While the two people ran around the big room throwing insults and threats at each other, the hosts on the television started the countdown to the new year.

As Adam closed in on her, Alice looked around for an escape but found none with Adam in front of her and the door to the kitchen blocked by the couch. Finally, out of desperation, she jumped over the back of the couch almost tasting her escape. But her foot was caught and in the scuffle, Alice found herself on the couch pinned under Adam.

The two people panted hard as they tried to catch their breath while Alice's hands were pinned under his. As they stared into each other's eyes, with the rest of the world fading away, the sound of the host as they said,"3...2...1.." echoed in the silent room.

Slowly, Adam placed his thin lips against Alice's soft pink ones. The first touch caused Alice to stiffen while Adam to feel as if an electric current passed through him. Soon, his tongue tasted the buttery flavor on her lips mixed with a flavor that was uniquely hers making him feel intoxicated. He felt her tentative response as her body softened under his and her mouth opened under him.

Just then loud music started to blare from the television, intruding their moment. Alice broke the kiss while Adam moved back a bit when he felt her resistance. Staring into each other's eyes, the two youngsters felt shy as well as a little awkward. Averting her eyes, Alice looked away and whispered shyly," Happy New Year."

Her face was blushing red and Adam felt indescribably pleased when he saw her and unable to stop himself, he pecked her red cheek and answered, "Happy New Year to you too."

Another peck was too much for Alice and feeling even more hot, Alice pushed lightly at the hard muscles of his chest and complained with a pout, "Get off, Adam Perry! You stole my first kiss."

The small complaint gave immense satisfaction to Adam and his smile widened, tempting him to kiss her some more. When Alice saw the smile on his face, she felt extremely embarrassed and was sure that he would tease her. No wanting to ruin her first experience, she pushed him off causing him to fall onto the carpeted floor and ran away, straight towards the small stairs and up into her bedroom.

But then he said something that made her heart thump as she raced up the stairs, "Don't worry, baby! I gave you my first kiss too."