Song: Nico and Vinz- Am I wrong?

The ball was being held at the big city hall in the middle of town. I could hardly recognise the place from the beautiful decorations inside. The lights had been dimmed giving the interior a whole new ambient look. A huge disco ball set in the ceiling cast coloured lights around the room and music played, loud enough to be audible throughout the huge space but soft enough not to draw attention to itself. A huge buffet table lay at one end of the building and the P.A system at the other. The dance floor occupied the entire space between the two and people milled about there in beautiful gowns and masks.

"It's so beautiful," I said in awe to Lisa as she scanned the room for Laura. She and Tyler had gone ahead of us and promised to meet us once we arrived.

"It's a New Year's Eve ball to celebrate the end of the year and welcome a new one," Lisa told me. She wore a mask of black lace over her eyes. I had asked her why she didn't do the eye make up one like she had done on me and she said her skin was highly sensitive so she couldn't handle that much make up for a long time. It was a shame, her cat like brown eyes would have looked phenomenal with the make-up. She spotted Laura right then and dragged me across the dance floor to where they were. I stumbled on my feet and bumped into a tall man wearing a black tuxedo and a black mask.

"I'm so sorry," I apologised but I had barely gotten the words out before Lisa dragged me away again. I looked back and saw him still standing, staring at us. I really hoped he had heard my apology.

We finally reached Laura and Tyler. Laura wore a strapless emerald green gown that flared out from her middle and she had the same eye make-up mask as mine. Tyler wore a black tux and a black mask with silver studs around the region over the eyes.

"You guys look amazing!" I exclaimed hugging them.

"You two look beautiful," Laura said smiling widely.

"This place is insane!" I said looking around.

"Wait till you try the food," Tyler told me.

"Food. Now," Lisa said and she started towards the buffet table. I followed her and left Tyler and Laura slow dancing to A thousand years by Christina Perri. I recognised the song as one of the tracks I had downloaded to my phone the other day.

Lisa and I picked out a few items from the table and watched people dance as we ate.

"So, do I get the first dance mi lady?" she said bowing and holding out an arm to me while the other was folded behind her back.

I giggled and curtsied. "I would be honoured." I was just holding out my arm to her when a very familiar voice interrupted us from behind me.

"Would you mind terribly if I cut in? I saw this dame when she bumped into me earlier and I haven't been able to keep my eyes or my mind off her since."

I turned to look at him and found myself staring into familiar blue-grey eyes.

"Kyle," I breathed. Lisa mumbled something inaudible behind me and Kyle smiled at me and held out his hand.

"May I have this dance?" he asked.

I placed my hand in his and he led me onto the dance floor. He placed my arm on his shoulder and one of his on my waist, holding my other hand in his and we twirled on the dance floor in silence for a few moments.

"This song is..."

"Wherever you will go by Charlene Soraia," I beat him to it.

He looked at me surprised and I laughed lightly.

"I've been studying music," I told him.

"Wow," he said.

"Yeah," I said and took my hand out if his, placing it around his neck. "I found a lot of songs that remind me of you."

"I'm almost afraid to ask," he smiled and it felt like the sun was shining on me.

"I'll tell you a line form the song that reminds me of you and you guess which song it is. It shouldn't be too hard for you since you're such a music expert," I challenged him. His eyes glinted, excited by the challenge and he nodded.

"This is how the story went, I met someone by accident. He blew me away," I said.

"Adele. Hiding my heart?" he asked and I nodded, confirming that he was right.

I said the next line. "Why do I keep running from the truth? All I ever think about is you."

"You're obsessed with me," he teased.

"Focus," I glared at him and he laughed.

"David Archuletta. Crush," he said correctly. "And yes I feel the same about you." He pulled me closer and I laid my head on his chest as we continued our slow dance. The song had changed but I didn't recognise the song playing now. One dance turned to two then three then five as we continued our game. I fired off lyrics and he guessed the song correctly every time.

Close to midnight we grew tired of dancing and went to the balcony for air. He held my hand as we stood looking over the edge at the city.

"Em," he said pulling off his mask and taking my other hand.

"Yeah?" I said. My voice came out as a whisper. Something about the intensity of his gaze was melting away all common sense and in typical Kyle fashion, frying my vocal chords.

"I want you to guess what song these lyrics are from," he said.

"Okay."

"Am I wrong for thinking that we could be something for real?"

I took a breath. "Nico and Vinz. Am I wrong."

He nodded and stepped closer to me. "So am I wrong?"

Back in the hall people started counting down to the new year in unison.

"10! 9! 8!"

He held my face in his hands tilting my face up to his. My hands wound around the back of his neck and he tilted his face down to mine.

"I present you with my most precious gift. Don't shatter my heart," I whispered to him quoting Brandy's lyrics.

He closed the space between us and kissed me. A deep, yearning kiss that reached into my body and pulled up an emotion so powerful, it almost knocked me over in its intensity.

"I love you," he whispered against my lips.

"I love you too," I said without question or hesitation and it felt right. He kissed me again as fireworks lit up the sky above us and joyous shouts surrounded us from the hall.

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Happy new year everyone! I hope you all had a great year in 2016 and I wish you an awesome 2017. I just had to do a new year's special for Em and Kyle too.