Chapter 52

It is New Year's Eve again, and this time, I am pretty sure everything would turn out GREAT! There were no exes, or no new ones. Shane hadn't asked me to date him, but I was pretty sure he would at midnight. Denise was all supportive. Wow, I had never met a lady like her. Frankie and I were on talking terms. Finally, he got over it when he realized we were soon starting a new year.

So, he has been working really hard on his EP and tonight, he would perform. In fact, that was the reason we were all going for the show-me, Caity, Selena, Tay, Dani and Ed. Yes, Ed flew in on 24th and we had Christmas dinner with him. he updated us on everything over there.

Oh, and Justin Bieber was coming too.

That was gonna be weird for Selena as she still liked him. The other celebs in the line-up were Ariana, Frankie's girlfriend, (yes they were now dating) and the Jonas Brothers, Alicia Keys and Neyo. I said I was totally going when I heard Neyo and the Jonas Brothers were gonna be there.

"How do I look?" I asked Shane as I twirled. I was wearing this beautiful dress and this amazing scarf he bought me six years ago.

"Wow."

"Is that the best you can give me?"

"How about, I am glad you wore that scarf?"

I smiled and went over to him, hugging him as tightly as I could.

"I love you."

"I love you," he said, returning the squeeze.

"HEY LOVE BIRDS! WE GOTTA GO!"

Shane and I broke apart. I looked at him, and was surprised to see him blushing.

"Wait, are you blushing?"

"No. you are," he said, grabbing my arm and walking us out of the room where he had the coat.


"WHOO! Go Eddie!" I yelled, as Ed got on stage to play the last song before the countdown started. It was 'Lego House' and he knew I loved it.

He played, being pitch perfect. And that was why I loved him. he was perfect.

"I LOVE YOU ED!" I called to him and he smiled right back and yelled, "I LOVE YOU TOO RAY DAY!"

Shane shook his head from side to side, and I crept up to him and put my hands in his pockets to keep my hands warm. They made contact with Shane's and he took them in his. I found myself laying my head on his back.

I remembered how the entire night had been awesome. I had finally met Joe from Jonas Brothers, and I had loved every joke he told. Tay had dated him once, and yes, that didn't end quite well for them both. They were always trying not to run into each other. Today had been no different. It had also been awkward for Shane because Demi was seeing Nick and they were all lovey dovey. Thank God she didn't come over to say hello because she probably remembered that I could fight her better on land than at a pool.

The song ended and the countdown began.

59, 58, 57, 56, 55 . . .

"How was the show?"

"I loved it."

54, 53, 52, 51, 50 . . .

"And tonight? Is it too cold?"

"No, I think it's perfect."

49, 48, 47, 46, 45 . . .

"Do you want any warmth?"

"Yes."

"But you just said..."

"Do it!"

44, 43, 42, 41, 40 . . .

"I know this year has been awful. And I am sorry it started badly for you."

39, 38, 37, 36,35 . . .

"Nah, its fine. I learnt a lot too."

34, 33, 32, 31, 30

We stared at each other.

"Like what?"

29, 28, 27, 26, 25

"Like psychos don't have to walk around naked in markets."

Shane laughed.

"I am serious!"

"I know you are."

24, 23, 22, 21, 20

"Well, I learned that I will always love you, and that It will never grow smaller. My heart beats only for you."

19, 18, 17. . .

"You know how much we have stayed apart from each other? 7 years. And I am not willing to toss that out."

16, 15, 14,

"So, Sarah, I wanna ask you the most important question in our history."

13, 12, 11

"Yes Shane?" I asked, looking down at him as he went down on his knee.

10, 9, 8 . . .

"Will you do me the honor of being my girlfriend?"

7, 6,5 . . .

"Yes, Shane! Yes!"

4, 3 . . .

We stared at each other, then hugged each other, him lifting me up and melaughing.

2, 1 . . . HAPPY NEW YEAR!

"Happy New Year?" he said.

"Happy New Year!" I replied.

"Can I kiss you? For good luck?" Shane asked, looking nervous, and I rolled my eyes.

"Yea . . . " I didn't finish, because he pecked my lips. I stared at him in surprise.

"Umm, sorry . . . it was a weird first kiss."

I smiled at him and said, "Not really a first kiss."

"Oh, yeah. Well, lets have one for us being together, legitimately."

I nodded, and soon his hand s cupped my face and next thing I knew, he kissed me and I kissed him back. We smiled in the middle and soon ended it. It was really simple.

"Best first kiss ever?" he teased.

"Hmm, not so bad."

"Okay, wait till we get back home."

I giggled, and he smiled. It was beautiful, all the sensations I was getting as Shane held me carefully, his arms round my waist. I looked at the stage, smiling as Frankie performed 'What About Love?' for the first time on New Year Day.

"I Love You," Shane whispered, kissing my temple.

"I Love You," I replied, smiling at Frankie who was giving us the thumbs-up sign.