For Marie
I took a deep breath and one last look in the full length mirror. As always, I saw myself…This time wearing a simple black cocktail dress, a diamond necklace and diamond studded high heels, waiting to go onstage.
But behind me, I saw Cody there, sneaking into my dressing room like he usually did before shows to give me a good luck kiss or a pep talk before we went onstage. I whirled around and he closed the door softly behind him. He sat on the arm of my couch without saying a word.
"So, what a year, huh?" He spoke at last, looking me up and down. "I can't believe it. Less than an hour until 2012."
"Not just 2012," I corrected him. I walked over and sat on his lap, and put my arms around his neck. He hugged me around my hips.
"Right," he said. "Our one year anniversary. God, I'm going to miss 2011."
"Don't look back ," I said, kissing him on the cheek. "Look forward."
"Marie, with you I'll always look forward," he replied, running his fingers through my hair. "You keep me real, and you always have. I'll never need to look back because you'll keep the future just as beautiful."
"Cody," I said, tearing up a bit.
"Don't," he wiped my tear away before it could fall. "You'll ruin your makeup."
I bit my lip and laughed a little.
"Kiss me," I whispered.
He leaned forward, but then stopped and retreated. "Not until 2012."
"Cody," I whined. "That's like…fifteen minutes from now."
"Sure is…Think we can last?" He drummed on my back for me to get up, and I stood. "See you onstage."
He kissed my forehead, and then walked out the door, leaving me to sigh. I took out my phone, waiting to be paged to go onstage for the New York City New Year's Eve Performance. I tweeted about CodySimpson being the best boyfriend in the world, and that I was excited to go into 2012 with him.
I checked the clock…The year was nearly over…twelve minutes.
"Goodbye 2011," I whispered to myself.
"Marie and Cody to backstage," the pager came out, urgent, and I put my phone away. I walked out and was met with a blast of icy wind and New York City noise. I heard Nicki Minaj doing the end of her song, and realized Cody and I had to go on.
Wait…We didn't plan a song. I saw Cody at the other end of the stage, because we were entering on different sides, and I mouthed to him urgently to him.
"Cody, we don't have a song!" I mouthed again and again. I couldn't speak or the microphone would pick it up. Cody motioned with his hands for me to relax, but I couldn't.
If we didn't have a song, then how would the DJ know what track to play? Would I have to decide? Would we look like idiots and ruin the whole party?
"Introducing…Cody and Marie!"
I closed my eyes, wishing I was anywhere else, and then took a dep breath. I walked out onto stage the same time as Cody.
The memories of our first concert came flooding into my mind. We'd met backstage first and he'd introduced himself to me.
"Hi, I'm Cody," he'd said, way back then.
"I'm Marie," I'd said, and turned around to look at him. As soon as our eyes met, I knew that I was in love. Before that night a year and a half ago, I hadn't believed in love at first sight, or love at all really. But Cody had turned my world upside down.
I shook myself and looked out onto the crowd.
"Hey guys!" I called. "Everyone ready for 2012?" I asked, trying to buy time. What was I going to do about the song?
"So tonight we're performing something special," Cody called out after the roars had died down. "Tomorrow-Or actually, about ten minutes from now, is our anniversary, and I'd like to do the first song I ever wrote Marie as a present. This was just released, but it's one of the first I wrote in America. Everyone down?"
The crowd cheered again, and I blushed. Well, at least he had it taken care of. Cody shot me a smile.
I remembered fleetingly the first time we kissed. We had been in the recording studio, doing a remixed version of On My Mind. Suddenly he'd leaned forward and pecked me softly.
"Sorry," he'd whispered. "That was wrong."
"No it wasn't," I whispered back, and pulled him back in. We'd known each other for nearly six months, and I was glad he's finally made a move.
Cody started to sing as the track started to play. Huh. He already had it worked out with the DJ.
Late at night, when it's dark and the world's asleep
From the bottom of my heart, you're the one and only face
In my mind that I see
Think I'm falling, falling hard
You've had me right from the start.
And your smile takes me out, I've been walking on the moon
Like an astronaut.
Cody sang beautifully, the best I'd ever heard and he was watching me the entire time for a reaction. I smiled at him, and he paused, allowing me to take it.
If you send me fly, up in the sky
Imagine what happens when two stars collide
So out of this world, so out of this earth
I stopped, thinking again. I was in a pensive mood. Our first fight. I was angry because he'd been texting his old girlfriend from Australia, and I was over emotional and jealous…I had been insecure and afraid he was cheating on me. But then he showed me the texts and I saw the truth in his eyes…
He was angry though, that I'd assume that of him. It took me three days to get him back to normal, but sometimes, I knew he still wonders why I didn't trust him.
Wondering, does she even notice me?
Sometimes I dream she just crash into crash into me.
Crash into crash into me. Crash into crash into me.
Oh girl, yeah, yeah…
I joined him for the crash into crash into part, and we harmonized perfectly.
At the speed of light, you can run into my love
I will catch you, girl in my arms
So don't worry baby, with me you're safe from harm.
If you send me fly, up in the sky
Imagine what happens when two stars collide.
I laughed out loud, and we finished the song. I looked at the giant closk and saw eleven fifty nine. We'd finished just in time.
"Can we count down?" Cody called, and then he tore off his microphone. He pulled mine off too as the crowd chanted from sixty.
"Three…Two…One…"
Cody pulled me as close as he could and kissed me sweetly on my lips. The giant ball dropped and confetti sprung from into air as people screamed in delight. Cody pulled away.
"Happy 2012."
Note: Kay, no update tomorrow for three reasons. One because i want to update my other story, two because I have Drake's new album and I find myself incapable of not listening to it, and three because I get way more reviews after I don't update for a few days…But mostly the first. And the second. Okay, fine, it's entirely the second! Don't judge! LOL…143!
Pottergirl1: Okay, fine, full love. LOL. Yeah, that's gonna be a tricky one! But I'll do it! 143!
Marie: Haha, yes! I love Jake so much! He takes way too many pictures of himself, but I find it adorable not conceded. Okay, maybe a little conceded but when somebody's that hot they're allowed to be conceited! Did you see the one where Jake wa playing with his belt loop while Cody had one hand over his eyes and the other on…Something else, and the tagline said #Obey? I'm not quite sure what that one was about…But I still love it. 143!
Next up is XOXO, then Pottergirl1!