Our Story: The Sudden Chancellery
17. Friends With Erika

“Lo why don't you tell me and Gala? What are we, huh?!” snapped Febri emotion. “Lo related to rich girl Erika. Who is that who is he? He's an om-om stash!”

Gemma is shocked to keep her mouth shut as Gala and Febri come to Niko's brutal trial. The girl turned to Diana who looked unsurprised as Febri almost beat Niko all out. “So it's Erika's secret that you on hold?”

Diana nodded. He lowered his head not daring to look at the two men who were in emotion before them.

“That was, Feb. Now Erika is not so.”

“Original, want to cave tabok lo, Nik! Where do you know it's your child or not!” Febri growled with his hands clenched tightly. Actually, what makes Febri upset instead of playing is because Niko is too innocent. Girls like Erika who is famous for being arbitrary and cunning are indeed very difficult to believe.

Niko shook her head and was convinced that it was her son. “We'll see later, Feb!”

Gala took a step forward, asking Febri to sit down and calm herself down. Here, he was calmer than Febri and tried to dig out what was really going on with this friend of his. “Gue feels if you don't tell me everything. Lo why the hell? Usually lo story.”

Niko, who had been sitting, now stood staring intently at Febri and Gala. “Why are you new?”

“Means lo?”

Niko rubbed the rough of her flushed face. His shoulders moved up and down, his chest blooming, like he was ready to spit something out. “Where are you all the time I married again and nyokap I want to kill myself, ha?! Busy dating?”

Febri and Gala immediately shut up. They completely forget that there has been Niko who has always been a mosquito repellent. The two men were always there near each other without thinking about Niko at all.

“Only Erika will listen to me. Maybe because our fate is the same" whispered Niko.

All speechless. No one is talking. Diana eventually took the initiative to get Gemma out of the classroom, letting the three friends get things done on their own.

Diana and Gemma were still faithfully watching them from outside the room. It reached the scene where Gala and Febri were hugging Niko whose defense had already collapsed and were crying.

***

After the confession, Niko and Erika get married. All the teacher councils agreed not to do Erika and Niko. And everyone who knows this promises to shut up. But as a result, Niko and Erika are evicted from the house, so they have to rent a boarding room.

Now, they go to school as usual, and do their usual activities. They are currently sitting in the cafeteria after taking additional intensive classes. Where the school exam is now one month away.

These few days Gala's feeling bad. The guy was caught having daydreamed a few times. I don't know what he's thinking. Empty but her heart is tight. What the hell is it?

"Galandra Aditya's son!" scream Gemma.

Gala awoke from her daydream. "Yes, Gem?"

"You why? Have you been daydreaming lately?"

And if the feeling is not good, it is those green round eyes that always calm his heart. Almost looks like puppy eyes, but cuter. Gala rubbed the top of Gemma's head fondly. "I'm good, Gem..."

"I ordered chicken noodles?" gemma said as she turned her sitting position facing the food stand at the end there. "Bang, one chicken noodle is not using vegetables, the other is using!"

After their order came, they were then approached by someone who was still not familiar with them.

“Hai ..” greet Erika who now looks fresher after her marriage with Niko. “I can join?”

Crickets krik…

“Gemma ... Can I sit here?” ask again.

Seeing no movement from Diana or the others, Gemma instantly shifted her butt and pulled Erika to sit with him.

“Still Gem.”

“No worries..”

Diana glanced at Erika coldly. “Where are your friends?”

Erika exhaled slowly. “Gue is no longer fun, Di.”

“That's why I don't like it. Your friends are all bodats, you know?” Diana snorted violently until her original accent came out.

“Body? What tuh?” asked Erika plain.

Gemma laughed a little. “Udah .. here is the same page we.”

For some reason when Gala saw that, her heart felt warm. Gemma did not reciprocate Erika's treatment at all. Although there is a smell that makes Gala's chest feel tight.

The fact that Gemma, Niko and Erika are products of a parent's household failure makes her feel sorry for her. He was powerless to do anything but accept them and any kind of heart injury that was hard to heal.

“Thank you Gem .. sorry I was once evil same lo,” Erika's eyes glazed over saying it. And Gemma answered him with a gentle smile without wanting to recall the old days.

The atmosphere was warm again. Erika could easily join them all. Even Gemma and Diana always pay attention to the content of Erika who almost stepped on two months.

“Omong-by the way, guys... Where do you want to go to college? If I didn't go to college, brojolin orok first hehehe..”.

“Gue with Diana out of Asian Games,” Febri replied.

“Gue like in Jakarta, Er, want to enter the Art Institute to take Music Art,” replied Gemma.

“Gue to Singapore take international business..” Gala chirps while eating his chicken noodles casually.

Gemma turned to her lover. “Si-Singapore?”

***

Throughout the day, Gemma silenced Gala because of her chirp about studying in the land of lions. Gala really did misspoke. He should have talked about this with Gemma first, instead of telling the girl this way.

[Gemma Honey: I want to learn. Don't bother me just yet.]

Such was the content of his SMS when Gala found Gemma coming home first. I don't know why today Gala's feeling suddenly uncomfortable. His forehead frowned at the thought of what it was.

Then all his premonitions are confirmed when he receives a horror call from Mona who contacts him with a roar of grief.

The Papa, Bobby Aditya, is now lying in a coma.

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