CHECKMATE

Past Trauma

After an endless debate between her and Bastian, Amanda chooses to stay for a while in Ella's apartment. The only family he had, a place to return to, a place to complain. He rang the bell of the girl's apartment. Wait patiently, until Ella appears behind the door. No need to be pardoned, Amanda immediately slammed into Ella's apartment. He sat his body, on the sofa in the living room.

"Front please in the condition Miss," said Ella meledek.

How not, Amanda's face looks so messy. Hair that is not neatly arranged, even Amanda is still doing her home clothes

"Hey Manda, this is the story of you fighting with your husband, and you running away from home?" ella laughed a little at the appearance of her best friend

"It's really not a joke Ella, stop laughing at me! I don't want to joke right now" Amanda said with a sullen face

"Sorry, sorry. Are you having a problem?" ella said as casually as possible.

He didn't want to mess up Amanda's broken heart. Every time Amanda was in trouble, she would be a good listener to the girl.

"Did I look fucked up Ella, did I look messy this time?" ask Amanda then

As much as possible, Ella refrained from laughing, folding both her lips inward. Amanda was not doing well, responding with a joke only added to her mood getting worse

"It looks like that Manda. What's the matter? Does this have anything to do with Bastian? You guys quarreling?" ask Ella curious

"Huh! That guy really sucks Ella. You know, he almost hit Billy,"

"How can Manda?"

As a good listener, he will only respond when Amanda clearly finished complaining. From all of Amanda's explanations, Ella comes to the conclusion that it's Amanda's insensitivity, which makes things complicated.

"It looks like Bastian has started to open his heart to you Manda" Ella said later.

"You mean, Bastian loves me? It can't be Ella, there's no love between us,"

"Are you sure? Didn't you feel anything when you were with Manda?"

"Feel what? Ella's clear talk don't go anywhere, I don't understand your way of thinking,"

"You remember how you felt with Def? Didn't you feel the same way when you were with Bastian?"

"No. There is nothing special about Bastian Ella. Everything he's been doing all this time, everyone can be like that, too,"

"Manda, I don't know how much heartache you had after Def left you. Stop living from the shadows of Manda. You should be able to forget everything, so that you can open your heart to others,"

"It's not as easy as Ella, the past three years haven't been able to erase this pain. Maybe it took me years to recover,"

"Don't be that way Manda, it's not time to rule your life. You must be able to recover from that heartache. You have to prove to Def that you can be happy too,"

Amanda looked down sad to hear every word of her best friend's mouth. From the bottom of his heart he also wants to be happy, he wants to be loved and also love others. He also misses having a family, like most people. But his past heartache scared him to start over.