Hearing the closing bars of "You Can't Stop The Beat" pounding in his ears, Link's pulse quickened as he found himself face to face with those beautiful brown eyes. Looking into them, and encouraged by Tracy's huge grin, he swallowed any fears that had been rising in his throat and leaned down to plant a soft kiss on her lips. Immediately, he knew it had been the right thing to do. As Tracy responded enthusiastically and wrapped her arms around him Link did the same, feeling so warm and comforted that he was afraid of the moment that they would have to break away from each other.
Unfortunately that moment had to come, and Tracy slowly pulled her lips away from his and looked up at him adoringly, leaving Link with a soaring sensation in his stomach. He gripped his girl even more tightly and swooped in again for another kiss.
As she tentatively pushed his lips with her tongue, Link opened his mouth and Tracy's dream of french-kissing her idol came true. Except it was better than she could ever have imagined, due to what happened in the next few seconds. The beautiful boy whose lips were fixed to hers tilted his head back and broke away, smiling like he had just won the lottery.
"Y'know Trace, I love you … I feel more for you now than I ever felt for Amber in two whole years. And I hope that you feel the same way."
Those eyes which had dazzled their way into the hearts of the entire female teenage population of Baltimore from that black and white TV screen now shone down upon Tracy, begging her to reciprocate.
This was no problem for Tracy who, not really believing what was happening, beamed back and said "of course I love you Link … I've always loved you, you know that!".
As they kissed again happily, they were quickly alerted to their whereabouts by a swift and short throat-clearing. Breaking away from each other, they both looked up innocently, seeming to have forgotten where they had been standing. A pink tinge spreading across her cheeks, Tracy spotted the bright red light atop the studio cameras illustrating the fact that they were still on the air. Link remained unperturbed, however, and grabbed Tracy's hand tightly before waving at the cameras and shouting:
"Goodnight, folks! Hope you enjoyed the show!"
With that, he led Tracy off the stage and they ran, giddy with excitement, to the parking lot where his shining black Chevrolet was waiting for them.