New Life : A Second Chance

Sari was excited.

The day of the prom was finally here.

It had felt like it took forever for this day to arrive and now that it did, she was a bundle of nerves. She stood in front of the full length mirror in her room, unable to believe that the creature reflected in it, was her.

Not being narcissistic, but she looked like a beautiful princess!

She had never felt this way before, as she was always a plain girl. Although she loved wearing dresses, she did not as she always felt she looked horrible in them. With her petite figure, the dress often fell flat and was not complimenting at all.

But this?

What was this magical dress?

She twirled around, smiling widely.

Her hair cascaded upon her shoulders, with a couple of white flower clips at the side. The shoes and earrings made the whole simple, casual dress look formal and breathtaking. She had light make-up on, even though it was night.

"You look beautiful," came a voice from the doorway.

Sari turned, her face in a huge smile as she faced her aunt, "Thank you, Auntie Zals."

"What time is Rex coming?" Zals asked.

Just then, the doorbell rang.

Sari took off her shoes in excitement and carried them downstairs in her hands. It had not been used yet, so it had been okay for her to wear it in her room. However, it was still frowned upon to be walking in shoes in the house, even if the shoes were clean.

Her uncle was already at the door, and Rex could be seen at the open doorway. 

He looked up to see her coming down the stairs, and his eyes lit up.

Rahim and Zals saw as the two kids were just staring at each other, Sari now frozen on the stairs while Rex was just grinning stupidly at the door.

Zals shook her head and gently prodded her forward, "Go, Rex is waiting for you."

Sari nodded, taking in Rex's figure. 

He was wearing a white shirt and black pants, with dark dress shoes.

His hair was still long, which reached to his shoulders but this time, it did not cover his face. It was actually combed properly, though it still covered the sides of his face.

Kyle now had a mustache and a beard, something Kay had suggested as to disguise his face better. He chose the 'Tony Stark beard', and with his usual thick-rimmed glasses was slightly tinted this time.

Sari found him to be very, very dashing at the moment. His clothes may be simple, and it wasn't like he was drop-dead gorgeous (though in her eyes, he was) .. but … there was something else about him.

He had an aura that Sari couldn't quite put a finger on it. She had been used to him being the sloppy, slouchy-grungy guy and this guy in front of her was completely different.

It made her heart beat so fast and caused her feet to stop.

This is her boyfriend?!

When Sari felt the gentle push behind her, she broke out of her daze and came running down the stairs with a grin.

"Uncle, Auntie, I'm going now," Sari said as she faced her guardians.

"Uncle, Auntie, thank you. I will bring her home by 11.30pm," Kyle said as he bowed a bit at them.

"Go, have fun, and behave" Rahim said as he watched them go towards the waiting Grab car. 

Kyle opened the door for her and went in the other side.

Even though the school was close by, Kyle didn't want Sari to have to walk to the prom. He made private arrangements earlier with the Grab driver to come and pick them up at 11pm, giving him some cash as a deposit and promising him more when he came later. 

Seeing Sari's happy face made Kyle feel happy as well. 

She held his hand and said to him, "Thank you, Rex, for all of this. I feel like a princess."

Kyle smiled, squeezed her hand and said, "That's because you are."

Sari blushed, looking down shyly when Kyle lifted her face up with his hand, stroking her cheek gently, "Don't you realise yet how beautiful you are? Inside and out."

"Oh, Rex," Sari said softly, "Stop it. You're embarrassing me."

"Why? It's the truth," Kyle said seriously, "No one compares to you. I'm kinda regretting now, asking you to the prom."

"Why?"

"Cuz now everyone is going to see how beautiful my angel is," Kyle replied, pouting a bit.

Sari smiled, and tweaked his nose, "I'm yours, and only yours. No one else would ever come close to you and how I feel about you."

Kyle brought her hands to his lips and kissed her fingers. They were in public, so there was no way he could kiss her like he wanted to.

In the meantime, the Grab car driver was silently crying in front, thinking that his passengers were just too cruel to single guys like him.

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Kyle helped Sari out of the car when they reached the school. No one really paid them any attention as they weren't exactly eye-catching. However, things were slightly different when they walked in.

"Sari?!" came a very loud shout from inside the hall that was richly decorated, "Is that you?!"

The unknown girl screamed, grabbing Sari by the arms and started jumping up and down, "You look so beautiful!! You should dress up more often!!"

Sari smiled, though she had a slight grimace on her face, "Dina, please. You're too loud."

"Oh my gosh, oh my gosh!! Who is this?!" Dina said, pointing at Kyle.

Sari smiled, grabbing him by the arm, "He's my boyfriend, Rex."

Kyle had his head lowered a bit, and with the dim lighting of the hall, his face was not clear. Kay's idea for the facial hair was good, and it lessened the burden on him to avoid people all the time.

"Hello," Kyle greeted politely.