My eyes met hers across the basement as the lights started to flicker under the stamping of the merry, dancing crowd. As the music grew louder the stamping and chanting in time with the tempo increased, I picked up a glass of firewater and downed it in one, the liquid burned as it gushed down my throat but the rich kick of the fiery apricot was pleasing. I didn't know her name but my god she was beautiful, my eyes caught her gaze again and I stepped forward towards her but the dancers were too many and too strong so I edged around the dancing partners and into the shadows as I made my way over to her. I held out my hand and she reached for it, her skin was white as snow and as my hand clasped hers I felt the adrenaline surge through my body as my stomach did flips, for that brief moment we were alone and I led her out to the dance floor where we locked together, her fair hair shimmered in the light from the lanterns on the ceiling and her lips were redder than a rose newly into bloom, her dress swayed with a motion of desire and her eyes were like fireworks in a winter night sky.
She was stunning, she was everything I had ever desired and more. The music reached new heights of volume and the saxophone's song played to us faithful listeners and as the tempo changed, and our feet took a new direction my body pressed against hers and I could feel her heartbeat like a drum. She led me away from the dance-floor and pushed me up against a wall, she kissed me and I kissed her back with my hands on her cheek, brushing her smooth skin as our noses touched and we stared into each other's eyes, I felt a rush as I soared out of the basement and into the sweet Autumn's night.
You could never have guessed, looking upon the basement's events with lanterns shining on the ceiling and ivy plants crawling up the walls and candles littering the windowsills, shelves and bar that it was our last night, our last night on Earth.
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