Remembering-

You're in my arms and all the world is gone, the music playing on for only two..so close together, and when I'm with you, so close to feeling alive. So close of waiting here with you, and now forever I'll know all that I wanted, to hold you so close. So close to reaching the happy end..so close, yet still so far.



It was the last waltz of the night. That was where she got to know him, there in his arms, she had her first conversation with him. It was the night of celebration, a masquerade ball was held in honour of the recent batch of graduates of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.It was the night of celebration, for the cadets' who made it through their three years of training, and it was a night to usher them into the real world. The world where the skills they have learned in the training academy will be put to the test. Out of the 35 cadets who graduated, 7 will opt out to be posted to less strenuous departments which involve more paperwork, less operational cases. 8 will suffer burn-out cases within the first six months. And only 12 of the remaining 20 cadets will join the elite team of the police squad.

The facts were clear, and the higher-ups were waiting to see who will be the twelve this year.

She knew all these as she danced with him. And so did he. Neither of them knew each other when she accepted his invitation for the last dance of that night. And neither of them bothered to ask for the other's name, knowing that there is always the possibility that they might not see each other again. So why bother? Why not just let it remain a cherished memory?Just a night spent in each other's arms. For now, that was enough.

As he led her on the ballroom floor, turning her, their steps syncronised and as they fell into an easy dance pattern, as she looked into his eyes, she wondered,"Will I recognise these eyes should I see them again? Or will I just brush them off as just another one of those moments?"She wondered if she should memorise those eyes, that someday she will recognise them. She wanted to know who was her dance partner under his mask, she wanted to know what he looked like, she wanted to know if his grey eyes stay that stormy and distant at all times.She wanted to know him.

Drawing her close to him, he smiled an easy smile and answered her,"It's better if it stays this way."

That was the first time she met him.