This is quite a jump after the last line on the previous chapter. But I hope you like it as much as I enjoyed writing it .


January 1st, 1981

12:01 am

Foreman residence

He had guided her to a quiet corner in the living room while their friends hassled to fill their glasses, moving closer to their partners. Red's new color TV was showing a live stream from New York, the camera focused on the ball in Time's Square. But he wasn't paying attention to the people behind him. He fixed his blue eyes on hers as everybody started to count backwards from ten.

Ten

"Maybe I should have done this before"

Nine

"It's been over a month…"

Eight

"…since we talked about this"

Seven

"But it just happened"

Six

"I didn't plan…" he broke in the middle of the sentence and took a deep breath

Five

"Soonish?" he asked

Four

He pulled a small and elegant platinum ring from his shirt pocket, with a beautiful light yellow diamond surrounded by a dozen tiny blue sapphires, creating the shape of a flower.

Three

She gasped at the view. It was the most gorgeous ring she'd ever seen. Not even in her wildest wedding-crazed dreams she'd imagined something this fine and beautiful existed.

Two

Unable to say anything out loud, she placed her hands on either side of his face, trying to say with her eyes what her mouth couldn't articulate and nodded slightly, keeping her eyes on his.

One

"Together we stand… divided we fall" he murmured at the same time that everybody around them shouted "Happy New Year!" sliding the ring on her finger Their kiss had been long, sweet and tender. Their minds miles away from the music and the happy shouts around them. They were pulled apart by people shouting and bouncing happily wanting to hug them and wish them a happy new year. In their bubbly and cheerful mood no one noticed the joyful seriousness on Hyde's face, the happy glow on Jackie's eyes or even the impressive gemstone flower on her finger.


Hey, all!! First of, thanks for all the reviews. Those two lines are also my favourite from the last chapter. I really liked writing it. And this one as well. It was kinda challenging to find the perfect moment and ambiance to make official that "soonish". But I like how it turned out!