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[indent][indent]Despite Harvey responding to Ava, Anna decided to input her own opinion. [color=6c9b8f]"These parties do not necessarily have to be glamorous!"[/color] Analise chirped. [color=6c9b8f]"I'm pretty sure you know this since you're here but this party is hosted by Miranda Priestly. Audrey's grandmother would never host any ordinary party, she is too... [i]posh[/i] for that."[/color] Anna played with her fingers. [color=6c9b8f]"But New York has a lot to offer if you know the right people, there are all sorts of parties and get-togethers that happen around here!"[/color] Feeling like a tour guide more than someone responding to a simple question, Anna slowly grew quiet. Feeling like she'd lose people if she kept talking, Anna decided to look around.

As she shifted her eyes across the crowd, she noticed a familiar brown face swerving through the people and making his way to the bar. [i][color=6c9b8f]'Yousef...! I didn't know he worked here...!'[/color][/i] While Harvey asked his date for a dance (and making Anna internally excited for Ophie), Analise quickly excused herself to try tracking down the elusive waiter. 

Like Yousef, Analise struggled to push through the crowd to make it to the bar. She even crossed by her father, who tried to stop her to talk to an old friend of his but Anna's sights were set on Yousef. Too bad by the time she did catch up, Yousef had already vanished in a direction unknown to her. Despite standing on her tiptoes to try peering over the heads, she couldn't make out Yousef's face from the crowd once again. Well, it did not help that she was still too short despite her high heels.

Abandoning her plan to make it back to her friends (yes, including Ava), she was stopped as she heard the countdown begin. 

[i]Ten![/i]

The crowd chanted along. She joined in. 

[i]Nine![/i]

She looked around at the happy faces, finally spotting another familiar one emerging from the glass doors.

[i]Eight![/i]

Analise waved her hand in Audrey's direction, hoping to catch her attention. 

[i]Seven![/i]

When she felt the eyes of other partygoers watching her frantically wave at Audrey, Analise stopped and averted her gaze.

[i]Six! Five![/i]

She closed her eyes, trying to think of a resolution.

[i]Four![/i]

What did she want to do next year? It was something she didn't know what to think about. She was a live-in-the-present sort of girl, not a planner.

[i]Three![/i]

[color=6c9b8f][i]'Just make a wish... Anything you want will come true...'[/i][/color]

[i]Two![/i]

Anna felt her face relax as she figured out what she wanted.

[i]One![/i]

She released a shuddering breath, her eyes fluttering open and looking around her again with a smile. It was going to be a fantastic new year filled with love and joy. Anna was sure of it.
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