The New Year started just right. I suppose the only thing that was important about last night is that at midnight I was with Josh, but so much was going on.

When I got there I saw Terry from the swim club! I haven't seen him in a few months. Two of his friends know Alex so they brought him along. We were talking when I saw Josh walk in. Of course Nancy cornered him, but we made eye contact and he mouthed "hi" to me. I decided to get him away from Nancy so I went upstairs (the party was in Alex's basement) and I called him on his cell phone. I told him to meet me outside.

So a few minutes later he walked out and we started to talk about the situation with Alex and Becky and I didn't know what to do about telling Molly. Well, I saw a shooting star and Josh asked me if I made a wish. I told him I did and then he asked if he could kiss me at midnight! Of course I accepted.

We went back inside and kind so got pulled in different directions for awhile until Molly decided to pull out the 90's trivial pursuit. Josh and I decided to be on a team together. Everyone was whispering answers to their partners and at one point Josh leaned in and whispered, "I can't wait to kiss you." My heart was doing flip-flops in my chest.

When midnight came we kissed, but it wasn't like our Christmas Eve kiss. It wasn't quite as long or as passionate. I guess it would have been weird to kiss like that in front of everyone. I'm not complaining. It was great, it just wasn't as earth shaking. We then went outside to watch the fireworks and Josh put his arm over my shoulder while we watched.

This morning he called and asked if I wanted to go for a drive. I said yes, but then he said we had to give the car a bath before we went. Well, I wasn't about to be tricked into washing his car so I told him that he had to do a few things for me before I agreed. I told him that he had to drive me to the mall to exchange a sweater, buy me an Auntie Anne's pretzel and transpose a song for me. I didn't think he'd agree to all of that but he did so I helped him wash the car.

When we finished we drove down to the mall, exchanged the sweater, stopped at the music store and got pretzels.

As we were driving home I teased him that if I had known he'd be so easy I would have asked for more. He laughed and asked what I would have demanded from him. I said, "I don't know, maybe I'd make you take me to a movie or out to dinner..." I was joking but he looked at me seriously and said, "You want to go out to dinner?"

I kind of started freaking out in my head. The last thing I want to do is scare him off or make him feel like I'm moving a lot faster than he is... His cell phone rang and I seriously felt saved by the bell. He took the call because it was his mom. When he hung up the phone he said, "So dinner, huh?" My heart was racing and I was like, "Well, about dinner..." and he cut me off and said, "Next Saturday?" I've never felt so relieved in my life.

So Next Saturday...Me, Josh...and dinner!