Heyyyy!!!!!!! I am back!!! WHOO!!! I am so, so sorry that I have been gone for a long time. I had started college this year and I have been busy and I was trying to get my other story done so I could work on this. Please don't attack me with forks and whatever lol. I promise you that I will keep working on the story!!!! Please, please leave a review and thank you guys for staying with me... even you wanted to get the story updated! Lol. Um... I hope you will enjoy this chapter.

Christmas Eve

I spent all day getting ready for the gala; my hair in rollers, painting my nails red, and relaxing around the house. When it was about quarter to seven o'clock, I slipped into my dress.

After I got my dress on, I put on my small diamond teardrop earrings and my diamond bracelet. Lastly, I put on my silver heels.

Then I looked at the mirror. My hair has soft curls in it, and my eyes has brown smokey look and I have soft pink lip gloss on my lips. I look really nice for the Gala. I sigh and my stomach is full of butterflies.

I waited for about five minutes before the doorbell rang. I got up, taking my black purse with me and opened the door. Mac is wearing his tuxedo on, his coat hanging over his arm.

Mac had the surprise look on his face. "Wow.... you look beautiful tonight." Mac said breathless. "Thank you, you look handsome tonight." I said, smiling at him.

"You ready?" Mac asked. "Yes, just let me get my coat." I said, getting my coat. Mac helped me put on my black coat. "Thanks." I said.

We walked out and there was a limo waiting for us. "A limo? You didn't have to go all the way, Mac." I said.

"No, I didn't rent it, my boss wanted everybody to have a limo and he insisted on it." said Mac.

We rode all the way in awkward silence. When we got there, Mac came out first, and helped me getting out of the car. I thanked him. He offered his arm and I took it.

We walked inside and there was huge crowd in the room.

"Oh, here's Stella" I say to Mac, looking at her waving at us. We walked to Stella.

"Oh my god, Isabella. You look beautiful." said Stella, hugging me. "Thank you, so do you, Stella." I grinned.

"Well, Mac." Stella said, looking at him. "You look handsome tonight."

"Thank you, Stella. You look nice tonight." said Mac. "Thanks, Mac. Now the whole group is over there, so let's go."

We went over there, and the whole group is there except Sid because he was sick with the flu. Poor Sid.

I could see Flack's jaw dropped when he saw me and his date saw the exchange and nudged him in the stomach with her elbow. I giggled.

A man walked toward to us with a woman. "Hi Mac, I'm glad you could come tonight."

Mac shook his hand.

"Isabella, this is Chief Brigham Sinclair and this is his wife, Mrs. Sinclair."

I nodded to them. "And this is my friend, Isabella Whitney."

"Hi, it is so nice to meet both of you." I said, shaking their hands.

"Chief Brigham is the one who arranged the limo and the gala." Mac said.

"Actually, I helped him with the gala." Mrs. Sinclair says, chuckling at her husband.

"Oh really? Well, thank you for the limo. I had fun, considering that it was my first time in a limo."

Chief Sinclair chuckled at my response.

"Mac, I need to speak to you in private. I am going to leave Mrs. Sinclair with you, Miss Whitney." Chief Sinclair says, taking Mac with him.

There was an awkward silence between us until she asked me a question.

"So, how do you like New York?"

"Oh, it is so wonderful and fun. It is very interesting though."

"Yes, it is. What do you do for living?"

"I teach United States History and World History for juniors and seniors at private school."

"And how do you like it?"

"It is very different from teaching in Atlanta but I love my job and I love my students. They are wonderful."

Before we could finish our conversation, Mac and Chief Sinclair came back and he took his wife away to see another guest.

"Chief Sinclair and his wife seem nice." I said.

"Hmm, he is, and sometimes, he's not." Mac replied.

"Oh, I see." I say, taking his arm as we walked back to our group and hang out for while.

About two hours later, we had our supper done already, and the band had began to play music to keep people entertained or shall I say, "keep the romance going."

The band begins to play the next song called "So Close" by Jon McLaughlin.

Danny got up and asked Lindsay for dance. Lindsay accepted it and went with him.

Soon, everyone is gone from our table, leaving me and Mac alone.

I watched everybody slow dancing and it made me feel lonely because I have no one to spend Christmas with me.

Suddenly, Mac stood up and puts out his hand.

"Do you want to dance?"

"Yes." I took his hand and Mac led me to the dance floor.

Mac takes my right hand, putting his hand on my back and I put my arm around his neck. We begin to dance.

The more we dance, the more we got closer.

I put my head down on his shoulder and closed my eyes, smelling his cologne. It seemed like we're the only one there, the entire world invisible to us.

I looked up and look into his eyes.

Mac leaned in and almost kissed me when the song ended and everybody starts to clap.

I felt a pang of disappointment when Mac moved back and clapped along with everybody. He didn't kiss me and that disappointed me because I really like him a lot.

Soon, the gala was over and everybody started to leave.

As Mac got my coat for me and helped me to put it on, I turned around and looked at Mac.

"Mac, I would like to walk home. It is not that far from my home."

"Are you sure, Isabella?"

I nodded and we went outside and the air is fresh and cold.

Mac told the limo driver that we are going to walk and the limo driver nodded, and left us.

While we were walking on the sidewalk in silence, I looked up to see if I could see the stars.

"Did you have fun tonight?" Mac said.

I nodded. "Thank you for taking me tonight, Mac. I really appreciate it."

"You're welcome." Mac smiles.

"You know what my Christmas wish is?"

Mac shook his head.

"My Christmas wish is that... that it would snow tonight. You know why? Because we rarely get snow in Atlanta and I hope that we get snow on Christmas Day."

Mac smiled and shook his head at my silly wish.

"Well... Mac, what is your Christmas wish?" I tease.

"I won't tell you because it won't come true. It's the same way with birthday wishes and falling star wishes."

"So who cares?" I giggle."Come on, Mac. Tell me. Please?"

"Nope." Mac chuckle at me begging him.

"Fine. Looks like we're here." I say, stopping at my apartment.

"Yes, we're here." Mac said.

"Well... Good night and Merry Christmas."

"Good night and Merry Christmas." Mac said and gave me a friendly hug.

I went up the stairs with Mac staring at my back and went inside.

I went to bed at midnight and I was sleeping peacefully until I heard banging on my door.

I woke up and looked at my clock.

It is three o' clock in the morning. "

"Who the hell is knocking on my door at three in the morning?" I mumbled, putting on my boots and my robe and got out of bed.

I went to the door and opened it halfway.

It's Mac.

"Mac... what--" I didn't get a chance to finish my sentence because Mac grabbed my hand and begin to drag me out to the hall and to downstairs.

I was trying to stop him from dragging me.

"Mac! What are you doing? What are you---" I said before Mac got me outside of my apartment.

I gasped softly. It's snowing!

I went down the stairs and walked around, watching the snowflakes falling down. It's beautiful.

Mac is standing there, watching my reaction to the snow.

I looked up and stick out my tongue, feeling the snowflakes on my tongue and I could taste the water as the snowflakes melts.

I begin to giggle.

"It's snowing! Mac, it's snowing!" I shouted, twirling around.

Mac laughed.

I stopped twirling and look at Mac.

"Mac, thank you."

Suddenly, Mac walked to me and pulls me into his arms before kissing me softly.

Mac stepped back, leaving me in shock and breathless.

"That was my Christmas wish." Mac explained.

I smiled and walked to him. I wrapped my arms around his neck before responding.

"That was my other Christmas wish too." I said.

Mac smiled and responds back by kissing me some more in the beautiful snow.

Well, you can say that now we have finally got our first kiss and fell in love on Christmas Day.

Reviews, reviews!!!! I was inspired by the snowing scene where Bridget Jones and her bf shared their first kiss in the snow.

If you don't know what I am talking about, the movie is called the Diary of Bridget Jones and you should rent it!!!