My body still moves, setting another flower onto the water, softly so it floats away. My eye catches a small light, a little reflection on the surface...of the water reflected back at me.My other thoughts are forgotten as a sense of wonder takes over. I lift my head to the sky to see a lantern float above the castle. I jump up, rocking the boat as I rush to the bow of the boat. I stare, transfixed as a wave of light begins to rise over the city, lighting up the sky around us. My heart begins to. I'm healthy and fit. I think I'm reasonably good looking. I've never had an actual girlfriend before (except for a particularly strong 'crush' I once had, that I never acknowledged).But recently that's changed. I now have a girlfriend! She works at a place I go to frequently to have lunch, and she and I seemed to like each other, and we've gotten together a number of times at her apartment---and, we've 'had sex', at least sort of, by that I mean we've kissed; we've rolled around together on her. "He smiled and stripped off his shorts. He was about to pull the panties aside and free his now-hard cock, but I shoved him backward forcing him to sit back down on his bed. "I'll take it from here," I said.I rubbed his hard cock through the satin panties, stroking it and giving it the occasional squeeze. Henry leaned back and spread his legs wider to give me some room. I nuzzled at his balls through the panties and rubbed my cheek against his rigid shaft. Just when I thought he was going to. The odds were in my favor, and I knew it.Everyone already there helped make dinner to start off the night and we all sat around the table to eat, elbow to elbow with twelve people sitting around the kitchen table. Ally sat right across from me, next to Alex, and every few minutes we'd catch eyes. We all helped clean up afterwards, and watched the New Year's TV special until everybody had shown up. At about 10:00 the liquor started flowing, the music got turned up, and the beer pong table came.