It was an ordinary day in January, a few days after New Year's Day. Many people were on the streets, carrying unwanted Christmas presents in hand so they could return them. As for me, I held the camera Zack gave me before he left on Christmas Eve, taking snapshots of the city. Zack was far from me now. I haven't seen him since Christmas Eve, but we have been contacting each other through phone calls, emails, etc. We were just friends though. It was hard to love someone if I only knew them for a couple of days. When we went out on our "first date," I began to realize that we were moving pretty fast on the relationship. I remembered Zack telling me how much he loved me and it was hard to believe him. We only knew each other for a couple of days. Towards the end of that date, I confronted him, telling him how I felt about the whole relationship. When I told him my reasons, he agreed with me. It was that night we did our final kiss before stating that we were only friends. We needed to take it slow and then take it to the next level if the sparks continued between us.

Before he left on Christmas Eve, Zack gave me the camera I always wanted, the Nikon D3S. I was sort of embarrassed to give him a hoodie for his present, but he kept on reassuring me that he loved it. I remembered giving final goodbyes to everyone, Zack being the last one I had to say goodbye to. It was hard to say goodbye because we became close, even if we weren't an actual couple. I told him that we both needed some time to think about where our relationship was going. I told him that if the feelings that we felt during the after party and the nights before still lingered after a long period of time, then there was something between us. Zack nodded to what I was saying and then pulled out the mistletoe that I took down a while back from his jean pocket. He explained that he would give that back to me if he knew that we needed to be together. He would actually fly back to Seattle to give that mistletoe to me. It was weird that I hoped he would come back here in Seattle.

I turned around the corner. The street was familiar to me. This was where Zack and I first met, when he randomly pulled me and kissed me to hide away from his fans. Was it weird for me to hope that it would happen again? That he would randomly come out of nowhere and…

My eyes widened. Were they fooling me? Was I creating some kind of illusion? Zack stood in front of me. I rubbed my eyes to make sure I was seeing this all correctly. I looked up again. He was still there, smiling at me. I walked up to him.

"Zack?" I called out. He ran over to me and embraced me in his arms. No words were needed to explain how I felt. He pulled away from me, gazing at me.

"Did you miss me?" he asked as he kissed my cheek.

"How did you know…?"

"Lily told me that you always came here every time you come to Downtown Seattle. Since she was the one who dropped you off, she told me that there was a very high chance you would come around here."

"No wonder she keeps asking me when I'll go here," I mentioned. "I knew she had something up her sleeves."

He glanced at the camera and hanged from my neck. "I see that you like the camera."

I nodded. "I love it," I glanced up at him. "Why are you here? I mean, I don't mind you being here, but why are you here?"

Zack pulled out the mistletoe from his pocket. "I'm giving this back to you."

I looked at the mistletoe, then him. "Are you saying that…we are…," I was waiting for him to finish what I was saying. Instead, he grinned, waiting for me to finish what I was saying. "That we are…together?"

Zack didn't answer. He leaned in and kissed me softly on my lips. He pulled away and looked at me.

"Yes, we are together," he smiled.

"Good," I smiled back.

The sparks between us never died down after all.

Yes...this story has come to a close. I want to thank every single person who read, followed, and/or commented on this story. You guys are the best! Much love to all of you!

-Jade