Five Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand In - Five Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand How About Love?
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Five Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand
Moments So Dear
Five Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand
Six Hundred Minutes
How Do You Measure - Measure A Year?
In Daylights - In Sunsets
In Midnights - In Cups Of Coffee
In Inches - In Miles
In Laughter - In Strife
Six Hundred Minutes
How Do You Measure
A Year In The Life
"Seasons of Love" from the Broadway musical "Rent" (lyrics by Jonathan Larson)
I don't own DP, "NBXmas", or "Rent"
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Seasons of Love:
This is Halloween
(Danny's POV)
Halloween. Just the name of the holiday tells you that you're in for a treat, pun intended. It's the one day out of the year that you're allowed to dress up like an idiot and get free candy. And it's also the one part of the year that dentists get paid extra. Yep, tis a magical time. Especially for me. Because tonight was the big Halloween dance at school. And I actually got a date this time. And it was with Sam. Even better. Because for the past year or so I've been in love with the girl. And from the looks of it, I bet she was thinking the same thing about me.
So, it was the night of the dance. I went as Jack Skellington from "The Nightmare before Christmas". I had actually convinced Sam to go as Sally. It took a while, but after a lot of begging, I actually got her to try on the costume. And she looked beautiful. A hell of a lot more beautiful than Paulina ever did. Well, I'm getting off subject here. So, onto what happened that night at the dance.
"C'mon, Sam!" I said standing near the girls bathroom. "Come out!"
"I'm not coming out" she said. "I look like an idiot"
"First off: since when do you care about how you look? And second off, if you really look that bad I won't force you to wear it"
"Really?" she asked.
"Absolutely" I said. "I would never do anything to embarrass you"
The door opened up. And I'll tell you right now, if it wasn't for the fact that I was wearing a belt, my pants would've fallen down right then and there. She looked beautiful. I can't say it enough. Her hair was let down to her back, and the rag-like dress that she wore made her look like the most beautiful girl in the entire…which is bigger: galaxy or universe?
"Well?" she asked. "How do I look?"
I wiped the drool off my mouth. I had it BAD.
"You look beautiful, Sam" I finally said.
"You really think so?" she asked, blushing.
"I know so." I said.
"Thanks, Danny" she said, smiling.
I hooked my arm through hers and we walked out onto the dance floor.
It was an hour or so of dancing until we got tired and walked outside and sat down on a bench. We sat next to each other for about a few minutes without saying anything. I started to say something.
"They're beautiful, aren't they?" I said.
"Huh?" Sam asked.
"The stars." I said. "Perfect night too. Halloween makes you see the world in a whole new light. Makes you think."
"Wow" she said. "Really deep. They have a place in Reader's Digest for people like you"
I laughed and she giggled. Wait…Giggled? This was Sam I was talking about. I never heard her giggled before. Even so, if SHE giggled, then I should do something different too.
I heard a slow wordless piano song playing in the school. The music could be heard clearly from outside. Now, I was never one for leaps of the imagination. Sam knew it, Tucker knew it, my sister knew it, and my parents knew it. And yet, I had one at this moment. I gently took Sam's hand and pulled her up.
"May I have this dance?" I asked, kissing her hand gently.
Sam blushed and put her hands on my chest and rested her head on my chest. I wrapped my arms around her waist and we slowly danced away from everyone, away from the crowds, and away from everything. Every now and then she would look up at me and I would look at her and smile. And she smiled back.
For a piano song with absolutely no words, it lasted a while. After the song was over she looked at me and smiled. When she flashed that beautiful smile of hers, I couldn't help but smile back.
"Danny" she said. "Do you like me?"
Oh, man. This is it…
"I…um…Well…jeez, I…" I said. The words were in my mind. But my mouth took a vacation from it. Well, until Sam's lips met with mine.
Every cell in my body told me to do one thing: "kiss her back you moron!" And I did just that. Sam and I stayed like that for about 7 minutes until we both remembered that we were human beings, well, 1 and ½ human beings, and human beings need air.We then pulled apart.
"Does that answer your question?" I asked, smiling.
"Pretty much" she said.
We then decided that the party wasn't going anywhere, so we flew to my house where Sam slept over. My parents were scouting the entire state of New Jersey to find ghosts, so they wouldn't be home for another day or so.
I pulled out the pull-out couch and we laid down and watched TV. There was a ton of monster movies on, so we had a full amount of excuses when my sister would come home and see Sam with her face buried in my chest. Either it was the scary-ass monster movies or the fact that we both confessed our love for each other, Jazz would understand. At least that's we hoped. But like I said, Halloween puts the things around you into a different perspective. So, Sam and I just hoped that my parents had a different perspective when they saw Sam and me in a bed together with our arms around each other.
Well? How was that? This will be part of a four-part series of one-shots that I'll be making! I put this up tonight to say I'm sorry for not updating "Dead Man's Party" in time for Halloween. But I'll have the first chapter of that by the end of the week. So, DON'T PANIC! Happy Halloween!
Snootch to the noonch
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