New Life : A Second Chance

Kay appreciated Kyle's gesture of giving her time to say 'goodbye' and 'close the final door', so to speak. She had spent the previous night just reminiscing with Sarah, talking and laughing. Kay looked around the room, her 'home' for the past two years.

It held a lot of memories.

She sighed, and looked at the last bag that was packed. As she closed it, it felt like she was closing one part of her life right now.

Sarah stood by the side, looking sad and Kay went over to give her a hug.

"You were a great roommate for two years," Kay said, "And I hope you'll get along with your new roommate just as well."

Sarah shook her head, hugging her back, "No one can ever replace you."

Kay smiled sadly at that, but hid it from Sarah. By the time they broke apart and they faced each other again, Kay's expression was back to normal.

Kay knew Sarah was sincere. As sincere as Sarah could possibly be but unfortunately, it wasn't enough. Their talk last night has simply sealed the deal and confirmed the nagging doubt in Kay's heart.

Sarah's deep feelings for Kyle could be seen clearly in what she said, and how she said it. Perhaps, after knowing that Kay knew of her feelings for Kyle, the inhibition that Sarah had initially was lifted. Sarah wasn't so glaringly obvious, but it couldn't exactly be hidden any longer.

Whenever they talked about their past together, Kyle inadvertently was mentioned as well. Of course, Kyle was normally with them 90% of the time, but why did she need to relate everything to him? Wasn't it supposed to be a girl-to-girl talk about them? Their friendship?

The longer they talked, the sadder Kay got but she didn't show it.

Sarah, on the other hand, was completely oblivious to everything. She laughed like normal. Talked like normal and even asked a few things about Kyle (after asking about Kay first). Unlike before, Kay didn't tell about what they were going to be doing after this.

Instead, Kay gave vague answers that didn't reveal much information. Just enough to make Sarah not realise that Kay wasn't being as forthcoming as before.

"We'll still see each other in school, right?" Sarah asked, more for confirmation rather than a question.

Kay nodded with a smile, though she knew it wasn't going to be the same.

They wouldn't be having breakfast and dinner together any longer. No longer would they walk together to class (or rather, they walked Sarah to class). They weren't even in the same class, so the likelihood of them meeting up would be less, unless it was planned.

"So when will you be flying?" Sarah asked.

"Sometime next week," Kay replied, not giving specifics, "Not too sure exactly when, though. Still ironing out the details."

"All ready?" came Kyle's voice from the doorway.

Kay rolled her eyes when she turned to face him. Behind him, she could already see two or three star-struck (and sad) girls looking at his back. Kay could imagine the sort of scene in the corridor. Made her think of her first day here, when it was almost filled to the brim with curious girls.

It's most likely the same, or worse this time.

Kyle obtained special permission from Matron to come up to the girls' wing, just to help Kay carry her bags down. Kay's packing was the 'normal' packing and that which was expected of a student. Unlike Kyle, her equipment was at Master Shifu's place.

Kyle was the one that had all the 'spy stuff' hidden in his room and needed to move them all out without being too conspicuous. He was high profile already. That was why he had the professional movers do so, taking away the attention from him. If he had done it personally, he'd be under scrutiny all the way.

Like what Kay was experiencing now.

"Yup," Kay replied and Kyle walked in, taking the suitcase from the bed. He gave a smile to Sarah, nodding to her as he did so.

Kyle then offered his arm, asking, "Shall we?"

Kay held on to his arm, smiling.

"How is it out there?" she asked.

"Not bad. Just lots of crying and looks of utter despair."

Kay laughed and then turned to Sarah, "See you at school tomorrow."

Sarah smiled, nodded and walked them to the door.

She wasn't going to send Kay off, as it was just too crowded. Even though it was an opportunity to walk next to Kyle, she didn't like the way others looked at him.

She gave one last look at their retreating backs and sighed as she closed the door.

[You alright?]

Kay held on tighter and leaned on him.

[I will be]