{"id":1753,"date":"2010-12-31T23:05:08","date_gmt":"2011-01-01T04:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oliviabrynn.com\/?p=1753"},"modified":"2014-08-01T02:38:22","modified_gmt":"2014-08-01T08:38:22","slug":"romancing-the-new-year-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alannacoca.com\/blog\/2010\/12\/romancing-the-new-year-2","title":{"rendered":"Romancing the New Year"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wel\u00adcome! I hope you\u2019re hav\u00ading as much fun read\u00ading these scenes as we are writ\u00ading them. \u00c2 If you\u2019re just wan\u00adder\u00ading by this post, check out the entire list of authors by click\u00ading HERE<\/span><\/a> <\/span>to go to the beginning. <\/strong><\/p>\n

The fol\u00adlow\u00ading is a work of fic\u00adtion. The char\u00adac\u00adters, inci\u00addents and dia\u00adlogues in this scene are of the author\u2019s imag\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtion and are not to be con\u00adstrued as real. Any resem\u00adblance to actu\u00adal events or per\u00adsons, liv\u00ading or dead, is com\u00adplete\u00adly coincidental. <\/span><\/address>\n
Text \u00a9 Olivia Brynn, Pho\u00adto \u00a9 Aaron Rohde.<\/span><\/address>\n

Okay, on with my ver\u00adsion of what\u2019s going on in this picture:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>Can we go home now?\u201d Jen\u00adnifer checked her phone again. William should be call\u00ading any minute. She real\u00adly did\u00adn\u2019t want to be in a noisy bar when he final\u00adly did.<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>We can\u2019t go home yet.\u201d Chris\u00adtine dragged Jen\u00adnifer and Alex across the crowd\u00aded dance floor toward the bar. \u201cWe have to at least wait until midnight.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>If I miss William\u2019s phone call because you two kept me pris\u00adon\u00ader at a stu\u00adpid bar all night, I\u2019ll nev\u00ader for\u00adgive you.\u201d Jen\u00adnifer pout\u00aded, but her jut\u00adting low\u00ader lip was lost on Chris\u00adtine, so she turned to Alex for help. \u201cCan\u2019t you con\u00adtrol her?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>Con\u00adtrol her?\u201d He grinned. \u201cI can bare\u00adly keep up. See why I love her?\u201d Alex\u2019s eyes went to Christine\u2019s ass as they wend\u00aded through the throngs of people.<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>Which makes me a third wheel. Why don\u2019t you dis\u00adtract her, and I\u2019ll call a cab?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>William will call back if he can\u2019t reach you the first time. Quit being such a stick in the mud.\u201d Chris\u00adtine faced them in a rel\u00ada\u00adtive\u00adly clear spot near the bar. \u201cHe\u2019s prob\u00ada\u00adbly bring\u00ading in the new year with his bud\u00addies anyway.\u201d<\/p>\n

The new year came hours ago in Afghanistan. He did\u00adn\u2019t get to cel\u00ade\u00adbrate.\u201d Jen\u00adnifer tried her pout again.<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>I promise, once that ball drops in Times Square, you won\u2019t want to rush home to wait for a phone call.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>Don\u2019t bet on it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>I\u2019ll put my life sav\u00adings on it.\u201d Chris\u00adtine winked at Alex, whose lips twitched in a sup\u00adpressed smile.<\/p>\n

Jen\u00adnifer watched the cou\u00adple curi\u00adous\u00adly. Some\u00adthing was going on. \u201cNo deal. Your life sav\u00adings is pay\u00ading for my next drink.\u201d<\/p>\n

Chris\u00adtine laughed. \u201cYeah you\u2019re right. That\u2019s why I\u2019m dat\u00ading this Sug\u00adar Dad\u00addy.\u201d She walked into Alex\u2019s embrace, care\u00adful not to spill their champagne.<\/p>\n

Jen\u00adnifer could\u00adn\u2019t watch. As much as she loved Chris\u00adtine and her boyfriend Alex, see\u00ading them togeth\u00ader almost every day only made her long for the rela\u00adtion\u00adship with William that she\u2019d had to put on hold when he was called for duty. \u00c2 He was sup\u00adposed to be home for Christ\u00admas, but as usu\u00adal, gov\u00adern\u00adment sna\u00adfus delayed his dis\u00adcharge. Now she hoped he\u2019d come home by Valen\u00adtine\u2019s Day. Jen\u00adnifer pulled her gaze away from her feet to find Chris\u00adtine and Alex still lost in each oth\u00ader. Maybe she could walk home\u2026<\/p>\n

Alex was the first to come up for breath. \u201cGet your\u00adself anoth\u00ader glass of bub\u00adbly. Only two min\u00adutes to midnight.\u201d<\/p>\n

Grate\u00adful for the excuse to leave the lov\u00ading dis\u00adplay, Jen\u00adnifer found an emp\u00adty stool at the bar where a man was lean\u00ading. \u00c2 As she wait\u00aded for the bar\u00adtender to make his way over, Jen\u00adnifer took a deep breath. Damn<\/em>. The stranger beside her wore the same cologne \u00c2 as William. Jen\u00adnifer bit her lip, and swore to breathe through her mouth until her drink arrived. Was it her imag\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtion, or did the entire bar get sud\u00adden\u00adly qui\u00adet? She snuck a glance at the man\u2019s hands then up his suit jack\u00adet until she reached his face. When she met his eyes, she blinked. It can\u2019t be.<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>William?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>Hap\u00adpy New Year baby.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\u00a9 Aaron Rhode Photography<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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While I have you here\u2026 ahem\u2026I just thought I\u2019d point out that on Mon\u00adday my next release comes out. It\u2019s titled Last \u00c2 Call, and it\u2019s a short fun read. At least it was fun for me to write it. I hope it\u2019s fun to read as well. Find more infor\u00adma\u00adtion by click\u00ading the cov\u00ader there. Thanks for stop\u00adping by. I hope you all have a won\u00adder\u00adful and safe New Year, and good luck in the Kin\u00addle drawing!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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