More spirals of firey light spat into the air and twirled, as if showing off to the aweing crowd with a deafining boom, before fading away and leaving a cloud of smoke behind.
"5 minutes." Sydney rubbed her hands together with anticipation.
The group sat on a tartan picnic rug that lay on the thick grass as they huddled together in the dark to keep warm.
Around them shouts and cheers echoed from the throng who joined them on the chilly night to witness the wounderous display.
Victoria opened the basket up before scooping camping mugs in her hands and placing them down on the rug. After pouring the steaming liquid she passed them round to the thankful thirsty pack. Ron peformed his signiture 'loudest-known-to-man' slurp before spilling half of it on his shirt.
he looked down at his shirt and shrugged. "I'll change it next year"
"Prehaps your New years resolution could be to invest in a bib?", Victoria sighed, as she warmed her hands round the brim of the warm mug.
Meanwhile Sydney was too engrossed in the epic fireworks that exploded above them, to notice any conversations.
There was a thunderous clap as another rocket of light shot up from the Jetty and spread in all directions before another cloud replaced it, adding to the smokey layer that covered the blanket of stars.
Victoria yawned. "I don't know If I can even stay awake 5 minutes"
"3 minutes actually", Said Sydney and she ruffled deep into her backpack and pulled out a black chunky camera.
"I didn't know you owned a time machine"
"Its a poloroid camera, beautiful isn't it?", Said Sydney as she pointed the camera up at the sky.
Victoria collapsed backwards and stared at the part of the sky that hadn't been flooded with smoke. She felt her eyes stinging with fatigue but refused to close them, she didn't want a recap of last year. Her friends still teased her about her little snooze one minute before midnight, missing the 'amazing' finale. ten minutes later she had woke up in a littered abandoned beach with a sharpie mistache drawn on her face.
"Vic, Vic!", Ron said, shaking Victoria violently.
"Ouch.." ,She said, rubbing her arm, "What?"
"One minute!" He pointed up to the giant countown sign like a excited little five year old.
"Oh- right" She smiled.
"It's amazing isn't it? The atmosphere, the excitement", Sydney said after snapping a few more pictures of the fireworks.
"Pretty cool I guess", Victoria said as she studied her surroundings and suddenly felt a wave of exciliration.
"Oh! I almost forgot, what're your new years resolutions guys?", Ron said, turning around to face us.
"Easy! to get into art school- oh and to go to America and meet my extended family", Sydney said.
"Mines to win the rugby tournament, not that'll be much of a stretch for me"
Sydney rolled her eyes. "What about you Vic?"
Victoria looked downwards, trying to come up with something she could stick to for once.
"To have a good year."
But their conversation was drowned out with the starting of the countdown with voices from around the whole city.
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The music blared in their ears, the fireworks went of like crazy, illuminating the sky with fluro blues, reds and greens. The crowd roared, all getting to their feet and starting to break out into spontanous dance. It was madness, but the kind of madness that filled your body with thrilling brightness and a sense of a new begining. The countdown sign now read, Happy 2012! in neon yellow lights.
"And I think It will be"
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