A/n: Another short to add on :) Hope u guys like reading as much as I loved writing this JA! ^_^

All around her, everyone was happily celebrating the coming of the New Year. There she sat in the mist of it all thinking of nothing but the man sitting merely twenty feet before her.

He had is arms wrapped around a girl. He looked as though he was holding on to her for dear life. He was holding onto her as though if he'd let go, she would disappear from his very eyes. The amount of affection and desire in his eyes were almost indescribable. She could see that when she smiled, he smiled, when she frowned, he frowned, and when she moved, he moved with her.

The hardest thing to believe was just two weeks ago, it was her who was in his arms, feeling his warmth and taking in his cologne. It had been one of the hardest things for her to see her for the first time. She wanted to be angry with them both, but she just couldn't bring herself to get mad. She knew that getting angry and causing a scene wouldn't do any good to anyone. The best she could do, for them and herself, was smile and pretends as though nothing happened.

For the night, not a word was exchanged between them. Before she knew it, everyone was starting to loudly countdown to the New Year. The whole night, she tried hard to avoid looking at them. She was successful thanks to the bar and alcohol. When everyone started shouting, she looked up to see them sitting just now ten feet next to her. That's when she decided her new year's resolution. She was going to forget about him, and it will be as though they never happened.

'10'

'9'

'8'

….

'3'

'2'

'1'

After that night, she resumed her life as though he had never existed. She only exchanged words that needed to be said. It slowly got easier for her. But as expected a month later, he had approached her with confusion and hurt in his eyes.

At that moment she wanted nothing more but to turn and run the opposite direction. She should have known that he would eventually ask her about her attitude.

'Why are you treating me this way?'

'Treating you like what?'

'Like I don't exist'

'I don't know what you're talking about'

'Like hell you don't know what I am talking about! Look, why won't you talk to me?'

'What do you want me to say? Tell me, what do you say to someone who broke your heart?'

'I said I was sorry, what more do you want?'

'Sorry only works when you mean it.'

With that she walked away from him for the last time. Truth be told, she walked away before her tears started to spill over. The last thing she wanted was to give him the satisfaction of crying for him to see.

Three years later…

After that day, they both went on with their lives. He was still working at the department store, and she had found a different job working for a corporation working as a secretary. He continued to go from girl to girl every few months while she had met an incredible man that she had been with for a year and a half.

It was the time of the year again. It was the last day of the year. Once again she was awaiting the New Year with her fiancé. While sitting at the bar, she looked up to see that familiar face. She wondered if she should go over and greet him at least.

The look of recognition flashed in his eyes, when their eyes met. They only smiled at each other.

Life isn't life without happiness, sadness, heartbreak, joy, and love.