As the night begins to draw to a close everyone starts to gather in the garden by the waters edge, Carrick has his arm around me as its starting to get a little chilly soon elliot, kate and mia are standing in front of us whilst christian and ana stand close enough so that we can tell it's them, but not so close that we can hear what they are talking about. The mc talks again "ladies and gentlemen, the grand total from this wonderful evening is one million eight hundred and fifty three thousand dollars!" Oh my goodness gracious thats the most we have ever gotten!
Im startled as the firework display starts but smile as they are absolutely amazing with the final ones spelling out 'thank you from coping together' once everything has settled again people begin to make their way back to the house, as some people stay for the after party whilst others collect their belongings and leave. Carrick makes his away to the house so he can keep everything organized whilst i wait for the crowds to get smaller.
I see christian and ana doing the same thing although i see taylor christians personal security scooping out the area and ir would be pretty hard to see the two of them in the middle of the sea of people. I see him nod at christian and he begins to move away but my boy stays and wraps his jacket around ana's shoulders before rubbing her arm to warm her up, i begin walking back to the house and im suprised that they are not back at the same time as i was walking rather slowly as my heels are iritating my feet and making them hurt.
I see mia and her friends standing near the dj talking about something, im not sure if they have been drinking the champagne, but some of them are using their hands in very strange ways as they talk or explain something. I also see mia is holding her shoes before she bounces across the garden to christian whos practically having to drag a very tried ana towards the exit as they talk. She pouts before heading back to her friends as my son and ana come to us, poor ana looks like shw could fall asleep any second "mother, father we are going to head home" i notice he said home instead of to ana's place or his own.
Ana seems to get energy to speak all of a sudden "thank you for allowing me to attend such an amazing event, its truly been an amazing night" she says before looking up at christian, and we see the love she has for him in that one look. We both smile and wish them good night as they head to their cars and disapear into the night. The after party last until late into the night, although it's starting to dwindle down to only a couple of people which are mia's friends and a few neighbours.
By 2am the neighbours have gone home and mia is getting tired so says her Good nights and goes to her room, her friends don't stay much longer as everything gets cleaned up and packed up. The cleaners take over everything although theres not much to clean as everyone put their rubbish into trash bags instead of just throwing it onto the floor. With a final look at the ground floor as the decorations come down for another year, Carrick and i call it a night.