A/N: An idea that got hold and wouldn't go away until I had written it down. This part is rather short, but there will be more soon – please review and tell me what you think!
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New Year's Resolution
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Part One – Fireworks
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When Margaret Hale and John Thornton first met, sparks flew. Because they were in the city centre enjoying the New Year's Eve fireworks display.
Both had already downed more than a few drinks apiece, so naturally they immediately hit it off. Of course, then there followed a time in which they played drinking games, loudly whispered secrets into one another's ears and found themselves wondering aloud if the moon was, in fact, made of cheese.
This might have been why, when the cheers went up at midnight, Margaret giggled and clumsily pressed her lips against John's, and it might also have been why he giggled and clumsily pressed them back. Finding that they quite liked this new development, the end of the firework show did not deter them, for, cheesy as it sounds, they were creating fireworks of their own.
What might or might not have happened following this was a secret locked away in the dark depths of their inebriated memories, and might have remained so had it not received confirmation in the form of Margaret's test results. This was what led her, with only a business card and a vague recollection of a handsome stranger, to his door to communicate to him the news – welcome, or unwelcome, let him judge for himself – that in some eight and a half months he was to be a father.
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