When I'm gone

Chapter 13

It was 11:45, only 15 more minutes until midnight when the year would change. Charles, Zain, Ally, and Karly had been playing Board games and watching a variety of different movies the whole time. Now they were tired and sitting against a fire place watching suicide squad. Ally was assuming that she wasn't feeling too good because of all the Doritos she had ate that night. Her stomach was hurting and she couldn't get it to stop unless she payed on the ground. So she lied down on the ground and put her head onto Charles' lap.

Karly and Zain were fooling around and fighting over a hair tie. For Charles it was quit amusing. He began to talk and announced everything that was happening. Ally was very quiet. She hadn't told anyone that her stomach hurt because she figured it would go away in a little bit.

After about 10 minutes Zain got up and grabbed the remote to flip the channel to the news. He sat back down and hit a button on the remote. Once Zain found the right channel he put the remote down and began to fool around with Karly.

Charles looked down at Ally and smiled, "You okay?"

Ally nodded, "I think I had too many Doritos. I have a slight stomach ache.

"Oh. I'm sorry." Charles said concerned

Ally shrugged and closed her eyes.

The timer on the side of the screen now said 2 minutes till midnight. The doorbell rang and Zane got up to answer it. Karly's parents walked into the room with Zain following behind.

The countdown had begun and there was only 30 seconds left.

29, 28, 27, 26, 25, 24.

Soon enough there was only 10 second. 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. Ally and Karly turned to each other and hugged. Then Ally turned to Charles and they hugged. They let go of each other, "Happy new year!"

Charles replied awkwardly, "you too!" Then Ally turned back around to talk to Karly. She could feel a hand grab hers gently, she turned around and met Charles' eyes.

They both knew it was coming, they both knew what each of them were thinking. So without thinking they leaned in, Ally paused for a moment but when she saw that Charles was still leaning in and she did the same. Their lips met for a long moment.

It was a beautiful moment where time seemed to stop just for them. It was as if the world silenced for them. There wasn't a single flaw in that kiss.

Ally felt her face getting hot and red. Her stomach fluttered with excitement and nerves. Her stomach still hurt but she shoved it aside.

Charles could feel his face burning a little bit and his stomach also fluttered from nerves and excitement.

For the two of them nothing could have been more perfect.