WHEN THE HEART CHOOSES

Episode 11

The four teenagers went down the stairs in neat school clothes.

"Ta, is the Indonesian task done?" Arleta nodded slowly while looking at Nania at a glance.

"Gua borrow it later, because the cave forgot to do it." Salsa stared intently at Nania who was grinning.

"The reason you're anoa." Sambar Candra pinned Nania on the head and ran towards the dining room.

"Candra's cave butcher lo." Arleta and Salsa shook their heads at the behavior of the two of them.

Arriving in the dining room, Candra had devoured the food that Arleta had been cooking with greed.

"Kek the hungry dah lo Ndra." Salsa sat beside him.

"Said mbok Ani who cooked lo ya Ta?" Arelta looked at Candra and nodded slowly.

"Nob."

"You want to go to school?" The sound of someone from the direction of the dining room door distracts them.

There were both Arleta's parents who wore formal clothes. Looks like they're leaving for London this morning.

"Yes." Yeah."

Arleta's parents sat on a chair and ate Arleta's cooking. Suddenly no sound came out of their mouths. Arleta's friends are still awkward to Arleta's parents because they are not familiar and very rarely meet. Apagi remembers what happened last night.

"You cook?" Arleta looked up at the father who had just put a mouthful of fried rice into his mouth.

Arleta nodded slowly and looked down again.

"Don't cook anymore!" The stern voice again made Arleta look at the confused father.

"Why?" Ask. Mama Arleta looked at her husband.

"If papa says don't ya don't." Anton continued his meal.

Arleta did not answer the father's words. He just looked down and squeezed both of his hands.

"Once again papa knows you cook Arleta, don't blame papa if you papa send to Bali with grandma." After saying that, papa and mama Arleta got up from her seat and walked towards the dining room door. But when Arleta's mother was beside her she stopped her steps and stroked Arleta's hair gently.

"Mama's the same papa's leaving, you're fine here." He followed the husband who had come out.

"Gua is full. Let's go later to eat it at the school." Candra pulls Arleta's hand to walk in followed by her two best friends.

On the way to school, Arleta did not open her voice. He continued to look at the car window with a blurred look because of the tears that would seep out.

"They miss them." It was the light that made Nania and Salsa turn her head. While Candra gripped the car steering tightly. He recalled the conversation Arleta's parents had last night when they accidentally passed his study.

"Sttts... Don't be sad, you're still us." Nania rubbed Arleta's arm.

Arleta smilingly looked at Nania, she could still be grateful at times like this there was always encouraging her.

Arriving at school the four of them walked to class with occasional storytelling.

Arleta's sadness disappeared a little to hear the joke of her best friend, he occasionally chuckles at Salsa's jokes that make fun of Candra who always sticks to the three of them compared to the male friends in class or at this school.

"Or don't you just bend?" Todong Nania squinted his eyes while pointing at Candra's face that turned flat. Salsa and Arleta were laughing when they heard Nania's words.

"Oh yes cave pan forgot that you're crooked." Timpal Salsa pointed at Candra's face with an unceasing laughter.

"Lo on want proof that the cave is normal?! Who wants to use the cave for evidences?!" Salsa, Nania and Arleta shook their heads quickly and lost their laughter at Candra's words.

Remind them that Candra never messes with her words. If he says 'yes' then it means 'yes' and vice versa. And all Candra friends know and must always remember, lest they challenge Candra who makes them lose themselves.

"Kidding me doang! It's just a cram." Nania's voice flicked Candra's arm. Candra did not understand Nania's words and instead stepped ahead of the three of them who looked at her confusedly.

"She's really craving?" Salsa asked staring at Candra's back in front of them.

"According to ENTE??" Salsa snatched away Nania's answer.

"Don't Candra really be a girl? And now he's pms again?"

"GUA DIB GUY!!" Nania's laughter boomed hearing Candra scream in wrath as she flipped her stare.

"Seloww bang selooww. kayaking on the beach."

"That's Relaxing not the crazy Selow!" Nania raised her index and middle fingers while looking at Salsa and Candra who were ready to throw her a bag while Arleta just chuckled softly.

She misses moments like this with her best friend.

Seriate...