Timeless - Chapter 4

Chapter Four

“We’re here…”  Our driver lowered the rim of his sunglasses and looked at Poppy and Sunny through the rearview mirror. Sunny blinked and looked outside the window, a magnificent building stood before her. She stretched and turned around to wake Poppy up, who was dozing off in the car during the whole ride.

“Dude, wake up. WE’RE HERE!” Sunny nudged Poppy, excitement ringing in her voice.

“Where ?” Poppy stirred from her sleep, rubbing her eyes.

“The hotel! Prom Night! Remember?” Sunny said in a slightly annoyed voice, turning around to look at her sleepy friend.

“And your make up is smudged, stop rubbing, stupid!” Sunny smacked Poppy’s hand away.

“What? Dammit, dammit, DAMN! Mirror!!” Poppy cussed and rummaged in her little purse to look for a mirror. 

“Have you got a mirror?!” Poppy said anxiously.

The driver watched the two teenage girls and quickly got out of the car, stifled his laugh and coughed. He opened the door for them to get down.

“ C'mon,  you can fix it in the bathroom.” Sunny got out, followed by a nervous looking Poppy with her hand covering her left eye. They thanked their limousine driver and hurried to the grand entrance.

“Can’t believe we rented a limo, it wasn’t that comfy as I expected.” Poppy massaged her neck, stiff from the sleep, with her free hand.

“That was your idea, and you were sleeping in such a gauche position, it’s no wonder your neck feel sore.”  

Sunny adjusted her fur coat on her shoulders and looked around for a washroom.

“Well, we didn’t have a ride and we both didn’t have partners to fetch us.”  Poppy reminded her.

“Ah, there it is.” Sunny and Poppy did a little awkward run to the washroom, ignoring the beautiful Christmas decorations in the lobby. They stepped in and gaped in awe. Even the washrooms are decorated with fake snowflakes and stuff. The spotless golden sinks and taps shone brightly as if it had been polished thoroughly. There was even a faint scent of lavender.

“Hurry, we have to get to the dance hall later.” Sunny looked at her reflection in the huge mirror in vain.

Poppy was still standing there dazedly. Then she shook her head and hastily fixed her makeup.

***

After fixing their makeup, they walked down the hallway together. They descended down the huge marble staircase to the dance hall gracefully. The sight in the hall was awe-inspiring, silver tablecloth spread over the tables, cutlery placed on each seat orderly, gleaming under the chandelier. Classical music was playing in the background. They tried not to gawk like idiots and look elegant.

There were several people in the hall already, some were chatting, some were at the buffet table filling up their punch. Each and every one of them was dressed in formal. The guys dressed in tux. Girls dressed in evening gowns. Some looked chic, some looked dorky and the rest looked glorious.

Poppy and Sunny looked around, hoping to see someone familiar. After all, they were not the graduated seniors, they just came for fun, and there were several seniors from different schools here too.

“Hey! You guys came, finally!” A girly voice came from nowhere. Poppy and Sunny turned and saw a figure dressed in purple rushed forward and embraced us in a bear hug. She let go and grinned.

“Tae Yeon!” They huffed, as her strong bear hug left them breathless, she have amazing strength despite her tiny figure.

“Wow, you look absolutely stunning, babe!” Tae Yeon was our school mate. She was really beautiful and her skin was really smooth and fair, fairer than Snow White. We weren’t exaggerating at all. She was dressed in this chic and stylish purple gown, with a 4-inch strap heels. She cut her hair too, it was shorter and had a short fringe , it looked adorable on her.

“Aw, you both look gorgeous too.” Tae Yeon flashed a wide smile once again. The guys in the room would melt right at their spot if they saw Tae Yeon’s smile.

“C’mon. The others are here too!” Tae Yeon dragged the two of them all the way to the other side of the hall.  “We were waiting for you both!”

A couple of girls were hovering near a table, one of them heard footsteps and turned. She was holding a glass of punch. “Hey, Yuri!” Sunny called out, waving at her. She waved back and motioned her to come over. The other girls turned, “Mario! Yoona! Hello!” Poppy said cheerfully, relaxed a little as she was surrounded by her good friends. “You guys are so late! The event is about to start!” Mario scolded, hands on her hip. 

“Aw, that’s what you call good timing, babe.” Sunny winked at her.

“By the way, you guys are so glamorous!” Poppy looked up and down at her friends, nodding approvingly. Mario was wearing a cute black dress with a gold belt, it had a huge ribbon on it.  Yuri was wearing a strapless black gown too, with a white shawl wrap around her shoulder. “Sweet.” This is the first time Poppy and Sunny had seen Yuri wearing a dress. Needless to say, she looked dazzling. There were already loads of guys trying to catch her eye. Yoona was wearing a slightly slutty bareback dress, but she doesn’t look slutty at all, in fact, she looked real sexy.

***

“ cough, cough.”  A DJ wearing a smart suit and dark sunglasses was trying to get all the people’s attention.

“RIGHTY LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, ARE  YOU READY TO HAVE SOME FUN?” The DJ yelled into the microphone . A faint cheer came from the crowd.  “I. CAN’T. HEAR. YOU! LOUDER !!” The DJ yelled again, hands in the air.

“Jeez, you’d think this is not a prom night, maybe a disco night would be better.” Poppy rolled her eyes.

“He’s trying to get us warm up.” Yuri laughed her tinkling laugh. A beat was played, followed by a series of weird sounds.

“WOW, he knows how to beat box!” Sunny glanced at the DJ, who puffed and spat nonstop onto the mic. "He looks hot too" Sunny thought, the DJ had took off his coat and revealed a well defined abs beneath his skin hugging shirt. 

“C’mon, let’s dance!” Sunny half pulled Poppy’s arm to the dance floor.

“Are you serious? In this??” Poppy pointed to her gown and high heels. She really much wants to dance, but dancing in a evening gown will look retarded.

“Oh.” Sunny’s face turned from realization to disappointment.  

Some guys started to break dance in the middle of the dance floor. “THAT’S MORE LIKE IT, DUDE!” The DJ said excitedly. “C’MON GIRLS, BEAT EM’ GUYS!” No one moved.

Several songs were played, the DJ decided to slow it down. “ALRIGHTY GUYS, IMMA SLOW IT DOWN FOR YOU GIRLS NOW” A song slow was played.

Yoona’s date walked forward and asked her for a dance, they were soon disappear into the dance floor, followed by Yuri and her partner, where several couples had went forward to dance. Tae Yeon also disappear with her date. A guy we didn’t know asked Mario for a dance.

Poppy and Sunny stood there awkwardly. They glanced at each other, Sunny shrugged her shoulders and sat down on a nearby table. Poppy followed her.

“This sucks, I want to dance so much, someone hurry and ask me for a dance, I don’t care if he’s fat or smelly.” Sunny cupped her chin, looking at the dancing couples.

Poppy sighed, and looked around the hall. There were a few people who didn’t have partners, or prefer not to dance too. She sighed again, this time in relief . “At least we’re not the only one, we’ll look pathetic.” Two guys walked towards them, or seemed to be walking towards them. Sunny immediately perked up, arranging herself in a graceful position. Poppy can sense the excitement and nervousness around her.

As they walked nearer, Sunny’s eyebrow shot up in surprise. “ OMO, it’s the hot guy at the mall!” She looked at Poppy, whose mouth was formed into a “O” form.  Surprised filled her expression too.

“Hello! Um..do you remember me?” The hot guy asked.

Poppy and Sunny were still too astonished to speak.

“The guy from the mall?” Hot guy tried again.

Sunny found her voice at last. “Yeah, we do remember…the guy who helped our friend right?” She smiled at him.

“Yeah, by the way, I’m Yun Ho.” He held his hand out, Sunny hesitated, then shook it.

“I’m- …” Sunny started but was cut off by him, he grab his friend arm, who was lingering at Yun Ho’s back, “ And this is Junsu.” Junsu shook hands with Sunny.

“Hello, what’s your name?” The Junsu guy’s voice was kinda high-pitched, squeaky, but very cute nonetheless. 

“Sunny, and this is my friend Poppy.” She gestured at Poppy, who seemed to can’t take her eyes off Junsu.

“Another hot guy.” Poppy was thinking, held her hand up to shake with Junsu, she gave him one of her biggest smile.

“You guys wanna dance?” Yunho asked the girls.

“With you..two?” Poppy asked dumbly.

“Sure, why not?” Sunny stood up abruptly. “Omigod, omigod, finally. I can dance!” Sunny thought happily.“and with hot guys too!”

Yunho grab her hand and started to the dance floor. Junsu held his hand out to Poppy, who took it hesitantly.

As Yun Ho and Sunny were twirling around the dance floor, Poppy was still hesitant, she didn’t really know how to waltz.

“I don’t really know- “ Poppy blurted out, but was cut off by Junsu.

“It’s okay, I don’t really know either, just be comfortable, it’s enough to just have fun.” Junsu smiled warmly at her.

They walked to the dance floor together, it was awkward at first.

“Ow.” Poppy stated. Junsu accidentally stepped on her foot. 

“Sorry.” Junsu said sheepishly, “I told you I’m not good at it.” Poppy laughed, “he’s so cute when he apologizes.”