It's true, she has dodged all of his attempts to kiss her in public -- other than when he caught her off guard during that photo they took at Ray and Sarah's wedding. She realizes it's fairly silly of her to be as shy about it as she has been considering she's made out with strangers in bars many times -- but he wasn't a stranger and this wasn't a meaningless makeout session and maybe that made all the difference.

And yet, as the people around them chant and count down the seconds until the new year she decides to go through with it -- it's not like they were a secret and who knew if they would get the chance to do this again, a lot could change before the next new year. She gets up from where she's seated to move closer to him and when they get down to one she presses her lips gently against his, wrapping her arms loosely around his neck as she did so.