I don't own Sailor Moon... nothin' new here...

So, I was checking my messy folders when: Tadaaaa! I found this one just hanging around with the other one-shots. I've actually written this onea few months back, so I decided to post it. Enjoy... and don't forget to review ;)

The large house was absolutely crowded. The owner, Nephrite Richards had decided to throw one huge party for the New Year's celebration and ended up inviting nearly half of the twon… the younger half.

On a stone bench, in the small park which represented the house's "back lawn", surrounded by Christmas lights and snow, stood Lita Garret, dressed in a beautiful dark gown, not too long, but not short either, with her hair arranged in a wavy way, falling over a warm coat.

She had managed to escape her gang and she had come out only a few minutes before the New Year, to enjoy the fresh air and the quiet atmosphere.

But, the truth was that she had come out here to calm down. All night she had tried to make Nephrite notice her. Unfortunately, she had only received other men's attention, among which her former boyfriends and some guys she used to like… a lot. Still, for the past year or so, she could only see him… her longest crush ever and the closest thing she had to love.

To her greatest misery, all night a girl called Tracy had been clinging onto her Prince Charming and hadn't allowed him a moment of peace at all. For the record, Tracy was one of the most beautiful and evil girls ever. She was known for her bad behaviour, but she still had the men eating out of her hand. And she had currently designated Neph as "taken"… thus breaking Lita's heart.

Still, to Tracy's annoyance, Nephrite would keep going to cooking classes with her and they would still go out for ice-cream in the middle of the night or have late walks. Just the two of them, but not as a pair.

Lita bit her lips in order to keep her tears away, as she heard the loud clock inside the house, announcing two more minutes until midnight, and remembered the the sweetest moments she had shared with him.

"Don't do that…" Nephrite's voice suddenly filled the silence and forced her dark green eyes to stare up at him.

"Don't do what?" she asked, trying not to sound upset or surprised and hoping that her tears were unnoticeable.

"Don't bite your lips… and don't cry!" he came up and sat on the bench next to her. "I hate to see you sad… and plus, you'll ruin your make-up!" he pointed out fatherly almost, forcing a restrained smile out of her.

"It's not like anyone would notice…" she chuckled softly.

"Oh, I've seen your fanclub in there… and I've recognized some familiar faces within it too." He winked at her, but then he seemed to turn sad. "And plus… I'd notice…"

In a heartbeat, she got up from the bench and, taking a few steps back, she stared at him with pained eyes. She felt that her heart was about to beat out of her chest and she feared that her tears were only a breath away from emerging down her cheeks.

"Don't! Please, don't!" she begged.

"Don't what?" he asked calmly, just gazing at her, somewhat repeating her first words.

"Don't go there!"

"Where?"

"Dammit, Neph! I'm not a toy! You know very well what I feel… and still, you wanted me to be here so badly…" she stopped to breath and allowed her tears to stain her flawless cheeks. "Why, Neph? Why would you put me through this hell on a such a night? Why?" she asked, this time not even finding the power of looking at him. She felt like falling… yes, falling and forgetting about everything… So, when she decided to let go, she found that his arms wrapped around her wouldn't allow her body to fall numb in the cold snow. "Neph?" she asked, barely above a whiper, not understanding him and his reactions.

"My dear, Lita… Have you ever thought that I actually wanted you here, now… so that I could be next to you?" he asked, still holding her… never letting go. "I wanted you here, because I wanted to spend this New Year with you… and all the New Years to come…" he finally rose his head to look at her, but his hands would still keep her stuck to him. "When I look down at you, I see your red cheeks that have never ever needed any bit of make-up, your sparkling green eyes that remind me of the deepest forests I've ever seen… and the look in your eyes that reminds me of… love…" he confessed. Inside his own house, the guests have already gathered and were now counting down to midnight… only three seconds to go… three seconds to fulfill their dream. "Lita, I love you." He spoke determined as the crowd happily cheered a loud "one!". A second later, everyone shouted out in happiness and kept on dancing around like crazy people (or vodoo people :P ).

Midnight had already passed and Tracy still couldn't find Nephrite. She wanted him to be next to her at New Year's, so she could add another score to her long list. She had a wide smirk on her beautiful features, forcing almost any man inside the room to go mad. Except for the host. When she had finally managed to reach one of the windows, she caught a glimpse of a tall, dark-haired man, kissing a girl almost as tall as him and with a lighter hair colour; both of them out in the cold, warming each other with only their arms. Before Tracy could identify the two, she was pulled back to the party.

Outside, large snowflakes started falling down on the old and rather small town, also embracing the two former friends and soon-to-be lovers. The wind stopped moving, only to hear the girl's whisper.

"I love you, Neph…"

Ok, the next one will probably be posted within the next weeks. See'ya'll then