Little Monster

Stomach Pain

"Mommy ...."

My eyes were still closed but I felt like I heard Lea's voice, was I dreaming?

"Momi, hiks ... hix ...."

The voice again sounded louder, and closer.

"Mommy ... Mommy ...."

Not only was it getting closer, I also felt something touching my hand. It wasn't Mas Indra's hand, it was a smaller hand.

I opened my eyes half asleep, sure enough, I saw that little monster was wiping its puffy eyes from crying. I don't know how long he's been trying to call me but I can't get up. I am indeed the type of 'kebo' that is difficult to wake up, moreover, what time is this?

"Lea?!" I woke up instantly to see my stepson standing next to the bed right next to my sleeping position.

"Momi, I have a stomach ache, I have a headache, Momi, hiks .. hiks ...."

The boy cried withstanding the pain, no matter what happened to him and since when was he in this room? We did not lock the door so that whenever Lea woke up, she could enter our room.

"Mas, wake up, Mas!!" I shouted in panic at the sight of this little boy complaining of pain.

"Why, Hun?" replied Mas Indra who also did not hear Lea enter this room at all, she must be soybean and just fell asleep after her friends came home.

I saw the clock showing the number 02:08.

"*Papa, I have a stomach ache, hiks ...."

"Why, Nak*?!" tanya Mas Indra panicked.

I immediately carried Lea up to our bed, I put her in our midst while I smeared her stomach with eucalyptus oil. I touched his forehead, it wasn't hot, but this kid complained of a headache and he said his stomach hurt a lot. What the hell's going on?

"Momi, Momi, I want uek ...."

I panicked and confused what to do, I carried the boy to the bathroom and asked him to spit something out of his mouth into the open toilet.

"Grand, uek ...."

Lea spewed out the food she had eaten this afternoon. His face looks pale. I asked Mas Indra to accompany Lea while I ran into the kitchen with an unbecoming feeling, I took the warm water from the dispenser and ran straight back to the bathroom so Lea could drink the warm water earlier.

"Lea why, Hun?" tanya Mas Indra's.

"Where do I know, Mas?" I answered who also did not know what was going on.

"*Momi, I have a stomach ache, I have a head I am sick, Momi ...."

"Yes, honey, yeah, we're in bed again, okay*?"

This time it was Mas Indra who carried Lea to our bed. The boy asked me to smear the eucalyptus oil again on his stomach while his hand wanted to grab my hand to hug him.

"Lea why are you, son? what pain? which one hurts?" I could not help the barrage of questions that the boy could not answer either, as I kept poking his hands and feet while Mas Indra was beside us and stroking Lea's hair and head.

Slowly the boy began to sleep.

Mas Indra and I have calmed down a bit even though we are silent. Suddenly Lea woke up again and again complained of pain.

"Momi, I want more money ...."

"Yes, yes, uek here is okay, son!!" I did not feel my tears fall, I cried not because of it, Mas Indra also looked confused watching his sick child and I who even continued to cry.

Lea got up on her own, got out of bed and ran to the bathroom with the two of us and there she threw up again. I really don't know what's going on. Am I dreaming? No, it's real, I'm awake and I'm crying as if watching that little monster pop something out of its mouth.

"It's okay, kid, just throw up, huhuhuhu." My crying is getting louder.

"Grand, uek ...."

This time it was just water coming out of the boy's mouth, I think his stomach is empty now because the food I gave you this afternoon, everything might have come out.

"Momi, I got the shirt dirty, I got it, I want it changed, Momi ...."

"Yes, honey, yes, Papa again take his clothes, yes, Lea later change clothes, yes ...."

"Momi don't cry, later said Papa, Momi so ugly, hihihi."

At a time like this, the boy joked, how can my crying not get louder?

"Hwaaaf ... Momi doesn't cry, huhuhu."

"Udah, Hun, don't cry, even so you are a crybaby gini .." Mas Indra protested to see me who kept crying.

Mas Indra gave Lea a change of clothes and asked me not to cry anymore.

After changing clothes and drinking a little warm water, Lea went back to bed, she said she wanted to sleep. I hugged the boy's body, Mas Indra also hugged him from the right side. A few minutes later, the boy fell asleep.

I let go of Lea's embrace, Mas Indra also woke up again, he gave me a signal to get closer, I hugged him and cried again.

"Kok even cry again, later Lea woke up," protest mas Indra asked me not to cry anymore.

*The two of us finally came out of the room and sat on the front sofa. I still hugged Mas Indra from the side while occasionally sobbing.

"Mas, I'm sorry, this afternoon I was giving Lea a late meal, Lea said she hadn't eaten since morning when I picked her up, then at the mall he did not want to eat anything even though I had offered various foods, Lea said he wanted to eat at home with eggs, so I bribe him to eat at 5 o'clock more, Mas, he said, I'm sorry, huhuhuhu."

"Yes, don't cry anymore, and Leah will wake up."

"But I'm sorry, Mas, I was wrong to tell Lea to eat until the afternoon, Madam Dewi must be angry with me, Mas, huhuhuhu."

"Udah, Hun, I said stop crying! Don't cry like this, you're not wrong, honey, the Goddess who shouldn't have let Lea starve until the afternoon. What the hell is he?"

"Mas, don't call Mother Goddess, huhuhu. Later there you are angry and Mother Goddess hates me if you are angry with her Mas, huhuhu."

"But it's not your fault, Hun, you don't blame yourself like this, you know, don't cry anymore, honey, look at me, it's ugly if it's fitting mewek gini, don't cry anymore."

"Let's be ugly, huhuhu."

"No, my most beautiful wife in the world, yes, stop crying, if you cry, your tears will run out."

"If my tears run out later can be 'top-up' (recharge) again, huhuhu."

"I went to bed at one more hour, Hun, when the kids came home, I'm so sleepy right now. We go to sleep first, right?"

"Mas, take Lea to the doctor, Mas ...."

"Yes, but now we go to sleep, okay*?"

I nodded in agreement. Mas Indra led me into the room, I saw Lea had moved to the side of the bed to the left where I used to sleep. Because I did not want to wake him up with his sleeping position, I ended up in the middle position facing Lea and turned my back to Mas Indra. Mas Indra himself hugged me from behind and we fell asleep.

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"*Momi, Momi wakes up ...."

"Yes, zzz."

"Mom I want to eat chocolate bread*."

Even though I was half closed, I tried to open my eyes. My head hurts so much. I don't cry often, and if I cry, my head will be heavy and very painful.

"*Where is it, Lea?"

"Father of sports, Momi."

The boy replied 'yes' and smiled. Didn't I see a pale face last night, is this kid cured? why did he complain of stomach pain and even his head even vomit twice?

"Don't this kid get intoxicated by the leach I made? But really, I didn't give him poison! It's not possible, is it?"

My brain was filled with strange questions that made my head even heavier and sicker.

"*Momi wants to wash your face first later made in rtinya yes, Lea can watch tv for a while well."

"Momi, can I watch it for a long time? hihii."

"No (No) ...."

"Emm, okay*."

I washed my face and brushed my teeth, I saw it in the mirror, my eyes were a bit puffy. It's because of crying last night.

True, if I cry, I look ugly. I rarely cry so that I always look beautiful. I saw it at 6 o'clock. I made Lea's favorite breakfast and gave her the bread.

"*Said what?"

"Thankyou, mom!"

"Not to forget, every time someone says something to Lea, have to say?"

"Thankyou (Thank you)."

"If Lea did something wrong, tell me what?"

"Sorry (Sorry)."

"Keep, if you want to ask someone else to help Leah, what do you say?"

"Please (Please)."

"Well, Lea pinter, come hug you first."

"I'm pinter, right, Momi? I'm not naughty, am I?"

"Yes, Lea's a pretty boy, a pinter boy. Still not hurt his stomach?"

"No, Momi."

"Semalem Momi is afraid to see that Lea uek-uek. Why is that so?"

"I have a stomach ache, Momi ...."

"We'll go to the doctor?"

"I'm healed, Momi, I'm not sick."

"Really?"

"Yes, Momi*."

I saw from the look on his face, the little monster did look healthy and was fine. Isn't this the first time she's been sick to her stomach and vomiting in the middle of the night?

"*Momi, I want to go to school. I love school, Momi, I have a lot of friends I have at school ...."

"Don't it hurt his stomach?"

"Yes, Momi*."

Mas Indra just came home to exercise, take a short break and take a shower. I prepared breakfast on the table.

I bathed Lea and dressed her in uniform and puffed her hair.

As usual, the little monster asked me to braid her hair like Anna, her favorite 'princess' character in the movie 'Frozen'.

Actually I want Lea at home and to rest because she looked so pale last night. But I can't forbid her from going to school because Lea's going to meet and play with her friends.

After putting on her socks and shoes and holding her little bag of changeable clothes, a bottle of drinking water, a small milk box and some snacks, Lea invited us to go to school.

Today is the 4th Monday we're dropping off the little monster for science.

There's a bit of worry in me, what if at school Lea hurts again?

But the boy's cheerful face made me a little calm letting him go to school today.

Arriving in front of the school gate, now I no longer need to glare at the boy to ask him salim, hug and kiss his Papa before getting out of the car. Indeed, the boy only wrapped his hands around Mas Indra's neck as a hug because of the position of Mas Indra in the steering chair.

I delivered Lea to her teacher who was already waiting in front. The boy had also memorized to salim, hugging and kissing me first before entering class.

I have also told Miss Rachel, Lea's homeroom teacher, that last night Lea complained of stomach pains and headaches and vomiting.

I asked Miss Rachel for help to watch over my stepson. If Lea looks unwell or complains of being sick again, I ask the school to call me or Mas Indra so we can pick her up immediately.

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Miss Rachel was a good teacher, as long as Lea stayed with me and I took this boy, Miss Rachel would often talk to me about Lea's behavior in class. I also often asked Lea delinquents in class. Miss Rachel answered honestly by saying Lea was a good child even though like other children who were active and acting according to her age, but if she felt cornered or could not do something, she said, leah will cry.

Miss Rachel also gave me a lot of advice, for example, so that I would take more time to just talk or accompany the monster to play. Miss Rachel assumes that Lea is lonely and has no friends at home. Even the kindergarten teacher my stepdaughter asked me to invite Lea to chat more.

I salute Miss Rachel's attitude because I also know how to deal with that little monster at home. I did complain to him about Lea not doing PR. Miss Rachel asked me to be firm and a little fierce so that Lea would comply. Because, in school the rules are quite strict, so if at school and at home the child is disciplined in line, then the child will also be adaptable.

Because indeed, early education actually starts from home, not when the child starts school.

Perhaps some wonder even Mas Indra and myself feel that Lea has completely changed since she lived with me and her Papa compared to before. From an irreverent, mischievous, brash, 'embrono', whiny and also scurrying little monster, to the current Lea. More cheerful, respectful to the older, even now he is very obedient to me. I never imagined that before.

I guess, maybe the answer is because Lea finally found a 'friend' in me?

Although I was a fierce, evil and cruel stepmother, Lea could also play with me, eat together, I bathed her, she said, I put her to bed every night and some time we spent together.

During this time Lea also did not know the word "No" from his closest people, especially Mas Indra. My husband did have a big share of the indulgence and carelessness of Lea all this time. In the past, every weekend and our schedule of sightseeing with Lea, Mas Indra always said "Yes" for every toy that Lea pinta even though I often forbid it.

At that time, Lea will cry and lash is not clear if the toy he wants is not bought. Finally Mas Indra always gave up and bought what Lea wanted. Whatever it is. Our weekends have always been a shitty and emotional day. I've been bete' and my 'mood' has also been damaged by it. Not like we have been living with love lately.

If only I could change Lea from the beginning, surely I would not often feel 'badmood' (bad mood) at that time. But I'm also grateful that I can still be given the opportunity to change Lea for the better at least, now and maybe in the future.

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"*Thankyou, yes, Miss Rachel, sorry to be such a hassle."

"Together, Mom, later if there's anything, we'll contact Mom Sasa."

"Yes, thank you once again, bye, Miss."

"Yes Mom, let's*."

I walked over to Mas Indra's car which was parked a bit away from the school because at that hour, the school was very crowded by the parents who drove their children.

"For so long, Hun?" asked Mas Indra as I sat beside him.

"Yes, that was Lea's nitip to her teacher, Mas. If Lea is worried or sick again, let the school call us. Mas, I want to porridge the ijo beans in the brothers donk?" I pointed to an ijo nut porridge merchant who used a special cart and was stopping by the roadside to serve the buyers.

"*Wrap it up, honey? I had to take a quick trip to the office, Jack was the same Ferry already called me mulu."

"Yes, Mom, Okay*."