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Sella wakes up hungry and now Sella is walking towards the kitchen intending to cook instant noodles.
Sella took one instant noodle in a special cupboard of noodles and cooked, this is already common Sella feel if early morning her stomach feels hungry.
"loh Adek what else? " say the mother
Sella smiled "again cooking noodles, Adek hungry"
Mama sighed "Mama wants to talk to Adek can? "
"can you, what do you want to talk about? "
"Later on, finish eating Adek directly in Papa's study" Sella nodded
"At that time at school, Adek class was asked for funds to help residents affected by flooding and later representatives of the class to participate in the flooding continued Adek electorate, Mama Permin Adek? "
Mama smiled and nodded "maybe, but be careful, and when did it go? "
"the second week"
"oh jude"
"Mom's home tomorrow night again? "
"no"
"Make care of your health, don't get sick"
"Adek also take care of health, Mama wants Papa's work space"
"yes Ma"
Sella continues to cook her noodles and looks ripe Sella put her noodles on her favorite bowl and brought a dinner shirt.
•••
"there's a big brother here too, brother again what? " sella said as she entered her Papa's study and found Helen facing Papa.
"again ask for the same signature of the head of the family"
"What do you want to talk to? " sella said sitting in front of her mother
Mama took a deep breath before saying "how old is Adek? "
"seventeen"
"so look, Mama and Papa had a business friend who happened to be Papa's best friend as a child and Papa remembers that time promising something together, but before Papa continued to talk Adek want to follow Papa's will? " say Papa
"for Papa must be Adek's"
"Papa has a promise to betroth you to Papa's best friend's son, Adek agrees? "
Sella surprised "Papa selling Adek? "
"not for sale dear, but Papa wants you to marry Papa's best friend's son" said Mama
Sella bowed "sorry Ma Pa, if that Adek can not participate because Adek does not want to marry before Adek graduated from college, like Brother who soon wants to be a scholar" he refused subtly
Mama stroked her youngest child's brown hair "It doesn't matter if it's about Adek's education, Mama just doesn't want if Adek must be alone continue at home every day"
"there will be a brother who is with Adek"
"From now on you have started to be busy with the end of the semester" said Helen
"Adek can go to Vallen's house if Adek is alone at home"
"but not every day you can play at Vallen's house"
"Adek is afraid of being restrained by Papa's best friend's son"
"They're good"
"okay Adek agreed but Adek did not want if you have to separate the house with Mama Papa and Brother, Adek want to stay here"
"can't, Adek must separate the house with Mama"
"yeah Adek want" he said forced
"don't moody dong, smile" Sella smiled forcefully
"Now Adek sleeps yes, tomorrow must be school" Sella nodded and walked out of her Papa's study.
Sella closed her bedroom door and walked lethargic toward her bed
"Why isn't my sister the one who's been betrothed? " he said
"Sella doesn't want it to be the worst in Sella's life, and Sella's age is still small, not enough to get married" she said, pulling a blanket over her entire body.
•••
"Asella wakes up in school" Helen said, knocking on Sella's door
feeling no response Helen went into Sella's room and saw Sella shivering on the bed with a blanket covering her body up to Sella's neck.
"Jeez Sella, your body is warm" Helen panicked
Helen quickly exits Sella's room to call her Mama
"Oh my god, you have a fever, quickly get the compress" said Mama
"patience baby, brother again take your compress"
"this is Ma" Helen gives the compress to Mama, and puts it on Sella's forehead
"Sister, today please make a permit not to enter Adek school first yes" said Mama
"iya Ma" he said who immediately made a permit request letter.
•••
"Why did he get sick? many thoughts? " say Papa
Sella shook her head "no Pa, Adek is just tired"
"it is not usual that if you are tired it can hurt" said Mama
"Or Adek thought the same thing last night that Mama and Papa talked to Adek? "
Sella smiled "Sella is just exhausted maybe because she thinks too much"
"yeah next time less read the book" Sella obeyed the word Papa and after that Papa came out of Sella's room
Mama hugged her daughter only "quickly healed dear"
Sella tightened her arms "for a long time Adek did not feel the embrace of Mama"
"Mama's too busy? "
"maybe"
"later the night Papa's best friend wanted to come here" said Mama
"whypox? "
"want to talk about your marriage"
Sella bowed her head "Adek has a wrong yes same Mama, then her Mama wants to love Adek to the Son of Papa's best friend so that there are those who keep Adek hold of Mama's responsibility, Papa and Sister Helen to take care of Adek want to be given everything to the Son of Papa's best friend? "
"so why is Adek talking like that? "
"Mama if Adek has one Adek want to apologize, Adek do not want your responsibility to Adek released, Adek do not want to"
Mama's eyes began to glaze over "Mama Sama Papa ngelakuin all because we love the same Adek, and Kak Helen does not want if Adek himself continues"
"Mama don't cry, Adek don't want to see Mama cry" Sella wiped the tears of Mama who began to come down soaking her cheeks
"already, now Adek rest, later the night Papa's best friend comes"
•••
"Cie wants to meet the candidate" Helen told the Sister who is now sitting in front of the dresser
"Silver talk once again Adek keyed in the bathroom" he threatened
"where's Adek's firefly? "
"She put it in the closet"
"kok in the closet later even not alive loh"
"huh, time? well later Adek's light was gone" with his innocent face Sella opened her closet and took the Firefly
"luckily it's still alive" he continued and put a bottle containing fireflies on the table
"Have you recovered? "
"Little"
"Why do you want to go to college to take what faculty? "
Sella thinks "Stek doesn't know how to go to college or just get to high school"
"loh why? "
"I'm not sure"
Helen rubbed Sella's open shoulder "pray with God so that Adek can continue to be a scholar like a sister"
"Gu always pray"
"Is it ready? " ask Mama who came up from behind the door
"already but Adek was nervous"
"why? " it wasn't Mama who asked but Helen
"Sorrying"
"Destrain away from the fear of Adek"
"is Papa's best friend downstairs? "
"A little more they're up"
Seeing the nervousness of her youngest child, Mama gently rubbed Sella's head "All will go well"
Sella closed her eyes in a flash "Let's go down"