💋One night in Paris💋

New year's eve

Joe's POV
What a year it has been. Throughout this year I have released my third book, username uprising, which I am very proud of and even did some signings around the UK and toured a bit which was quite good. I also had grown a lot in confidence as well, I still have my doubts but I don't feel overwhelmed by my flaws as much, people around me saw this change and were really supportive of my journey as a person.

This year we were in South Africa for New Years and the place we were was amazing. The room I was in was so lovely and had the most amazing views. We had been here two or three days and it reminded me a lot of when I used to tour around with my mates from college, what a laugh that was. It was me, Caspar, Oli and Josh and we were now all sat around the pool having a drink and all just having a good time, anticipating that moment when the clock chimed midnight, the new year awaiting on the other side, hopefully with some wonderful memories to be had and made.

"You are crazy!" I chuckled to Josh who downed the rest of his beer. Josh was definitely going to be the one to get hammered tonight, and we all knew it, even Josh who just shrugged it off. I didn't mind having one or two but I wasn't one for getting wasted, not at all. Plus, I knew the hangover would be horrific tomorrow, so good luck to Josh.

"Anyway, I heard there was a live band tonight, down at the beach, should we go see?" Oli asked, we all shrugged.

"What genre?" I ask, sipping on my lemonade.

"Bit of everything I think, it seems really good though."

"Probably." Josh said, us all going back into conversation like five minutes ago, discussing potential pranks on the other buttercreams, our group of mates that were all youtubers.

Dianne's POV
I was now in Australia, chilling out with my family this warm New Year's Eve, playing a game of snap with Mia. This year had been such a great year, I had completed my first year on Strictly and am excited for another series. Also, I hope to make it further than I did this year, because as much as I loved dancing with Revo we only made it to week three, and I would have really loved to get further in the competition, and even compete at Blackpool.

Competing at Blackpool is something I've always wanted to do but never had the chance to do it, it was another of my childhood dreams, I really hoped it came true next year.  My new partner better be a hard worker because I would love to make my dream a reality, but I knew I wouldn't be able to achieve alone.

"Snap! I win!" Mia exclaimed, doing a little victory dance. She loved to play snap, Billy was more of a football player but deep down they both loved a game of scrabble. Billy was sat on his iPad with Andrew, who was browsing through something on his phone, I had no idea what though.

"Hey Billy, Mia, do you guys want to play scrabble? Maybe we could all get involved, play in teams."

So it was me and the children, then mum and dad, then Andrew and Mel and Brendan and Anna.

"Dot, are you alright?" mum asked, I didn't know what she was asking, I was fine. I nodded.

"Oh ok, because your past two words have been Joe and love, do you think about him?" mum asked quietly, I was hoping no one would have noticed. I did think about him sometimes, it was hard not to when you had such a strong connection with them.

I nodded.

Joe's POV
"This concert is incredible!" I exclaimed. We had all made our way down to the beach where this band were performing all these different songs from different bands, there was an awful lot of people, most of which were probably drunk by now it being ten thirty at night, but the atmosphere was electric! Caspar and Josh were absolutely wasted but it's one night a year so why not. Myself and Oli not so much, however we were a bit tipsy.

"Mate, this is amazing, we are without a doubt doing this next year." Oli laughed, Downing the rest of his drink and therefore crowning me the most sober member of the group.

"Yeah mate, and I love this song." I shouted, hearing 'I bet that you look good on the dancefloor' by Arctic Monkeys, the guitar riffs sending shivers down my spine. This song was my childhood, it was an anthem in my teen years and was one of the greatest hits of all time, at least in my books anyway.

A few songs later the mood changed into a softer one, and your song played out its opening bars. Of course all the couples did some slow dancing, us lads just stood at the side watching everyone all loved up. Although Oli and Caspar had girlfriends, they couldn't be here so they weren't amongst the couples.

As the song played out, I sadly smiled to myself, looking at everyone swaying with their other halves. This was going to be my wedding dance song, my first dance. I can imagine myself dancing to this, often Dianne would be the one dancing with me, but while the dream has started to fade there's a sense of hope still keeping me holding onto the memory that I will cherish forever. I feel like something will bring us back together, like a gut instinct perhaps, but when that time will come I don't know, but I feel like it's coming.

We were all gathered, us four holding hands as the count down began to the new year commencing.
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"HAPPY NEW YEAR!"

I feel like 2018 is going to be really special, I just know it.

Dianne's POV
"HAPPY NEW YEAR!" we all exclaimed, exchanging hugs and kisses and welcoming the new year in, something told me this year was going to bring something special, I can feel it.