Hi you guys, just letting you know I am alive :) Life hasn't been too great for the second half of 2010 and honestly I'm a bit of a mess but hoping to overcome it. I would love to slowly get into writing again because i have ideas and want to continue my other stories so to start me off I'm going to try my best and complete a fic a day story for all of January. It's called Cos Everybody Hurts... Sometimes and is based on the REM song Everybody hurts. It will feature a lot of the main characters from charmed and is just little drabbles or one shots of times when they hurt or went through something in their lives :) Please read, review and enjoy. Missy Paige 06

Resolutions

Closer and closer it was getting. It had to be the worst night of the year for her. She hated it with a passion but couldn't quite put her finger on it to explain why.

A new start? A time to make her life better? Why should she change just because the date does?

Sipping some more of her vodka she looked around and tried to smile, her best friend was there and four other girls she was newly acquainted with. Each dressed up for the occasion and each looking beautiful in their own way – no two girls with the same style.

Conversation turned to where to go next. This pub was dead. Was it best to go to a club for midnight? Where would they be likely to find hot guys to kiss on the hour?

Piper shrugged, she wasn't familiar with this part of town and had only come out cos she feared being alone at this time of year. She didn't care about kissing a stranger and it only made her feel worse.

Twelve short months ago at that time exactly she had been starting out on a new relationship. She had been the happiest she had been in a long time yet so much had changed in so little time. Maybe this time she would take the chance to start over, to grab every opportunity that came her way, to take risks in life and in love.

"Hurry up, we've ten minutes to go" her friend told her and handed her the black jacket she had worn earlier that evening.

Piper smiled at the distraction, silently berating herself for letting him into her head again.

"Coming" she called downing her drink faster than she knew was sensible but not really caring. It was time to start taking risks.

Stumbling slightly in her high heels she rushed out into the cold air after the small group of girls joining in the giggling and debate as they passed groups of guys on the street. Each guy, no doubt, also on a mission to make sure they had someone to kiss at midnight.

She sighed in relief as they hit the new venue, much livelier and more crowded the music banged in the back ground and she moved her feet in time to the music as she shrugged off her jacket.

One of the girls, Joanne her name was, Piper thought, took it upon herself to order a round of drinks.

Grabbing her drink and saying thanks she took things slow, the music was good in this place and she was with her best friend enjoying herself. Was she really going to worry about the clock striking twelve or about something that happened in the past?

Once again her thoughts were interrupted as the music stopped.

"Ten seconds" the barman announced happily.

"Ten, nine, eight, seven, six" everyone chanted.

Piper shivered and joined in "Five, four...THREE, TWO, ONE - Happy New Year" she smiled, glad it was over and wondering what all the fuss had been about – it was just another second in time.

As her friend and one of her new acquaintances hugged her she realized – she didn't need a guy to make her happy. Maybe now it was the new year she would meet one but if not there were plenty of other people who made her happy.

"Happy New Year" she repeated to her friends again with a smile.

"Goodbye to 1995, the year that broke my heart" she added in her head. It was over now and she was going to live life to the full. It was time to move on. She even found herself making a resolution for the first time in years and she intended to keep it – this year, she was going to be happy.

It was a year of hurt but it was now time for happiness.

A/N: sorry it's a day or so late. I have chapter two done and will be uploading shortly. Wishing everyone a happy new year, please read and review :)