Friendship Has Changed Destiny

Chapters 2. Re-threatened

This afternoon the weather was very hot, the sun with its dazzling rays made the students reluctant to linger in the open, they rushed to the parking area to pick up their vehicles.

There are those who drive their own cars and motorcycles and some are waiting for their invitation to come. Only a few students who take public transportation one of them is Zia.

In a hurry, Zia walked out the school gate because the public transportation she used to ride was waiting there. Rania ran after Zia, as soon as possible she aligned her steps with her best friend's.

"Zia wait" call Rania.

Zia looked towards the voice that called out to her.

"Yes, what's up Rania?"

"You go home with me, yes, we'll talk there while waiting for my family's driver to come pick us up", Rania pointed to a bench under a mango tree in the corner near the school gate.

"We'll go in the opposite direction of Rania and I'll stop by the pharmacy first to buy medicine for my mother", Elak Zia.

Zia doesn't want anyone to see her driven home in Rania's car, they will consider themselves to really utilize the value of friendship only for its sake so that it can be considered as the son of a rich person as Bella and Lusy often accuse.

"Indeed your mother is sick what Zia?"

Instantly Zia's face turned gloomy, Zia replied while bowing her head in fear of tears that had been looming her eyes fell and was seen by Rania.

"My mother has a swelling in the heart."

"Oh sorry Zia, I'm so sorry mom, I remember my late mother who died after years of hospitalization and had to wash her blood twice in one week."

With a long sigh and a tear that almost fell in the corner of her eyes Rania continued her words, "Disease of kidney failure has taken my mother's life, I was 8 years old when my mother breathed her last in Papa's lap because she didn't want to be hospitalized again, mama wants her last moments to be by her most loved ones."

Finally dripping also tears Rania who had been with great difficulty he held it.

"Hiks.hiks...hiks", with his crying voice that sounded very sad.

Zia took a handkerchief out of her bag and gave it to Rania and then she hugged Rania and said, "Cry if it can ease your grief."

"Thank you Zia, I'm sorry yes, for making your clothes wet with my tears."

"It's okay, Rania, I know losing a mother must be very painful, seeing my sickly mother I don't feel like I have the heart, I want God to just transfer that pain to me."

Both of them ended up crying.

"Hopefully God will give healing to Zia's mother" continued Rania.

"Aamiin", Zia replied.

"And may your mother's house also be given the best place in God's heaven, Aamiin."

The wait finally came, Mang Asep immediately opened the car door for Rania, then he said, "Come on, non, we have to go home quickly because Papa was not on the phone so I can quickly return to the office after taking non home."

"Where is Papa going, man?"

"Say you really want to meet important clients who have just come from outside the city of non", replied Asep.

"Well, mang, let's go home soon."

"Oh yes Zia, thank you for today even though you can't go home with me but I hope tomorrow we can go home together huh."

Zia simply nodded so that her best friend would not be disappointed.

"Wa'alaikum greetings", replied Zia.

After Rania's car left, Zia immediately rushed to the public transportation that had been waiting.

"Let's not go up", said the conductor kindly.

"Yes sir", Zia replied.

When Zia was about to ascend suddenly her hand was pulled by someone, "Wait on sir, my friend did not go up, she will go home with me", bella said as she pulled Zia's hand away and continued to pull Zia towards her car.

The conductor could only shake his head to see his passengers had been taken away.

Zia is pulled closer to the car door by Bella and it turns out there is also Lusy sitting in the car. Lusy immediately pulled Zia's hand to get into the car.

"Take me off, what do you mean and you'll take me where I am. Please Bella, Lusy, let me out, I still have work to do this afternoon."

"Shut up !" lusy said, "you must come with us so that you are deterred, do not try to oppose us again."

Bella then drove her car out of town. After arriving in a quiet place and away from the traffic Bella suddenly stopped her car and said, "You're Zia!", Lusy snapped.

"Would you drop me off here, where it's quiet, there's not a single vehicle passing by."

"You want to know where this is, we're on the way out of town that only people will pass by on weekends. If we leave you here no one will help you,

if you are lucky you can still survive until the weekend then someone will help you even if someone passes this road" replied Lusy.

"Give me your bag!", Bella roughly pulled the bag she had in Zia's hand until the rope broke.

Bella checks the contents of Zia's bag and she finds the phone, picks it up, then throws the bag that had broken the rope towards Zia.

"Please Bella, Lusy, don't take my phone, please give me back my phone Bell, I want to call my mom, pity my mom she must be worried if I don't go home."

"Jadul only cellphone, to throw the dog must be dead dog" continued Bella.

Bella and Lusy throw the phone at each other. Zia tried to snatch her phone from their hands but eventually she fell because she was pushed by Lusy.

"Aduuuuh, it hurts my hands" Zia complained.

Zia's palm was injured as a result of being scratched by asphalt and bleeding.

"That's the result because you're always against us" Bella said.

"Since we were first class we always said do not try to approach friends who are not as level as you, both men and women in our school" continued Bella.

"Don't worry, you're smart, you think you can take their attention away from us" Lusy said.

"Sorry Bella, Lusy, I didn't mean to go near them but they were the ones who approached me. So please let's go back, I promise to stay away from them" Zia said.

"You used to say that too, but you still broke it" Lusy snapped.

Bella opened Zia's phone and pulled out the card inside, then she threw the phone towards Zia.

Zia also caught the mobile phone floating in the air so as not to fall and break. While Zia was trying to catch her phone, the two rushed to the car and the sound of the roaring car passed leaving Zia alone there.