Rose was standing a few metres away from Rex -who seemed like he was talking to Damon about something really serious - with Abner following behind her. She stopped and gave herself a pep talk when Rex's back was in her view and when she was done, she sighed and walked over to him.
She tapped him from behind and, when he turned to see who it was. His furrowed brows immediately loosened up as he greeted her with a smile. "Oh hello Rose" then, he took her hand and kissed the back of her hand. Leaving the usual tingly sensation on where he kissed. It had become a habit of his to kiss her hand whenever they met. "I'm sorry for calling you at this odd hour but, I just mustered the courage to ask you about something"
That was when she noticed he was dressed up. He was wearing a blue tuxedo and black bow tie, looking like a true gentleman. "Is that why you are all decked up?" she said.
" Yes. Actually, I know it's late at night and I shouldn't be asking you this right now but... would you like to go to dinner with me? But, it's okay if you don't want to go. I'd completely understand if your answer is no. Infact, it was completely stupid of me to ask you this. I'll go now, good night" Without waiting for her to say anything, he turned around and started walking away as he was sweating.
"Wait!" He turned around slowly. And when she saw his horrified face, she couldn't help it but laugh. She had never seen someone so shy about asking her out before. It made her question herself. As she kept laughing, Rex said "Should I take that as a yes?"
"Yes"
"Yes!" Seeing his victory face made Rose chuckle and seeing her chuckle made him smile. Then, he took her hand in his and tried dragging her to his car parked near where they were talking. But, she didn't move and said "Are we going now?"
"Yes, is there a problem?"
"No, it's just I'd like to change first."
" But, I think you're fine like this. You are dressing for me after all"
" Yes but, I'm not quite comfortable in the clothes I'm wearing presently. "
" Oh, no problem then, I'll be waiting for you in the car over there" he said pointing to a blue car across where they were talking.
" Ok"
***
"What am I going to wear now?" Rose asked herself as she was scavenging her wardrobe when her eyes caught something she liked. She brought it out from where it was neately folded and spread it out in front of her. "Perfect!" she said. She went ahead to change into it.
When, she was done, she stood infornt of her mirror and smiled at herself. She removed her hair from the knot it was in and shook her head vigorously making her hair look untamed making her look like a mad woman. She chuckled slightly and went for the door, carrying a small bag in her hand.
She was wearing her lazy sunday sweatshirt and it looked like it had more stains on it than the last time she wore it and it reeked too. Only Rose knew why she was dressed that awfully for her first date.
When she opened the door, Abner questioned her saying "Are you doing the old if he claims he loves me, he should love me in my beautiful and ugly state trick?". Apparently, Abner knew what was going through her head.
She blinked twice, confused. Asking herself the question how did he know? As if he heard what she was thinking, Abner continued, saying "My girlfriend tried it on our first date too" Her mouth the formed an 'O' in realization. "I hope I look bad enough" she asked. "Yes you do" he said as he smiled at her.
"Will you be following us for dinner?" asked Rose
"No, I got direct orders from the King to give you both privacy when needed"
"Ok, goodnight then"
"Goodnight"
***
She opened the back seat door of his blue car so that she could get in. When she opened the door, Rex was doing something on his tablet. When he noticed her, he switched it off so that she could have his full attention.
"I'm back" she said looking very happy. "How do I look?" she asked as she got into the car and shut the door.
"Y-you look..."
"Great right? But, if you don't like it, I could go change"
" No, no need for that. You look alright and - "
"Just alright?"
"I mean, you look great and, I like the style. It screams casual. I bet it's more comfortable than a tuxedo". She chuckled slightly. She was really enjoying pulling this prince's legs. He was just to easy to toy with.
He looked at her, waiting for her response instead, she moved towards his direction and intertwined their fingers together. She could feel his hand getting hot and gradually, the heat spread to his entire body. She looked at him and saw he was already red then, she bent over and gave him a peck on his cheek. His already got cheeks became hotter and he became redder.
Since Rex was shy and inexperienced relationship wise, Rose needed to take some big first steps is she wanted this relationship to move forward though she wasn't doing it from her heart. If she was sincere to herself she'd notice that what she felt for him wasn't a romantic love but, friendship love. She was just pushing herself to please everyone around her and the worst part was that he was a nice guy. He had almost all the qualities she was looking for in a man but, something didn't just feel right about him.
When Rose pulled away from him and saw how red he looked, she gave him a warm smile and said "So, where are we going?"