Our Story: The Sudden Chancellery
20. Injured Self-Esteem
“I want you..”.
"You what?"
"We married yuk?"
"He?"
Gala's forehead wrinkled upon hearing the absurd request from the girlfriend. "Waitat? You're not going anymore, are you?"
Gemma patted Gala's shoulder hard. "I'm serious, huh!"
Gala chuckled Geli as Gemma unceasingly laughed amusedly. Gemma who felt her intentions were not taken seriously immediately stood up and snapped at Gala.
"Keep laughing! You think I'm kidding, Gal? Since Bobby's Om isn't around, you never take my talk seriously again. You think you're the only one with feelings? I have my own problems, but I'm not avoiding them. Even after the violence from my papa, I'm not acting like you."
"How serious? Am I to blame for your Papa's mistake? It's not my fault that Papa you KDRT with Mama you keep them divorced!
Gemma tight-lipped. Then he took the bag home.
“Gem... what’s wrong with you?” ask Gala
“To the point only, you don't want?”
Gala shook her head hard at the fact that Gemma was really serious. What crazy girl? Marriage at this age? The feeling of urinating is not straight.
“This is wrong, Gem! I'm not even ready for a phase like this. I'm still thinking about your future, our future! There's still so much we can do before we get married."
“The future I will have no meaning if there is no you,” said Gemma desperately.
“I just want to remember you. You're too sad about the passing of Om Bobby. You become short-tempered, grumpy, and have changed completely. You are no longer the Gala I knew.”
Gala sighed then threw it away slowly, letting her common sense return to control herself.
“You don't think what if we marry later if you get pregnant later? There will be many abandoned from your future.”
“Malah nice!” Gemma stands. He stepped forward to approach Gala slowly. Wait, uh those eyes? Why look at Gala so strangely. This...
The dangers... The danger!
“Lo what do you want Deket-deket, Gem?! Stop no?!” hardik Gala while directly catching both hands of Gemma and gripping her firmly. “Gemma!! Conscious dong! Don't be cheap like gini!”
“If cheaply I can stay with you, why not?”
“What are you talking about?! Gemma, stop! Or..”
Gemma stopped her action and retreated from before the Gala. He looked at Gala wistfully. Gala knew, her girl's self-esteem was already hurt.No, she couldn't let Gemma act like this.
“Or what?!"
The sentence succeeded in making Gemma stunned. A moment later, the girl instantly retreated in order.
"We broke up or not, it's been no different since you changed ..."
The green eyes that had been foggy, now looked so sad. Gala actually feels pity, but is snuffed. He felt so angry when Gemma acted that cheaply.
"Say Gem, where did you learn such things from? There is no way you can do it yourself. Have you done it with anyone else?"
"I've never done it to anyone! If you want, we can prove it now ..."
Gala mute. His girlfriend even challenged him back. It's not like Gemma, is it? What else is wrong with him?
Gemma looks resigned and gives up. Gala realized that Gemma had looked at her with a very different look.
I don't know since when, Gemma has lost that twinkle. The sparkle that always radiates in his eyes when he meets Gala. Why did Gala notice that this girl had also changed?
"I'm home ..." Gemma then left Gala alone after tidying up her clothes and hair that had fallen apart.
Initially Gala was about to let Gemma go alone. However, a few seconds later, Gala changed her mind. He immediately went down to prevent the girl's departure.
Gala had not had time to take the keys to her car, Gemma had already run out. He chased the girl to the front of the house, but Gemma was completely unreachable. The girl had gone somewhere, and Gala could do nothing.
Gala kept calling Gemma's phone, but there was no answer. Now he just resignedly wait until tomorrow, to apologize directly to his lover.
But, after Gala's talk earlier, is their relationship still the same?
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A month ago…
A middle-aged man was sitting with a 28-year-old young man. They were busy chatting while smoking cigarettes in the smoking room of a restaurant.
“Yes if you want to be promoted to manager, you must have married..”.
The young man turned off his depleted cigarette butts, in order to sip a new cigarette. “But that's the problem. The open position is next month, and I have absolutely no candidates. Nyari candidates who immediately want it is difficult. I can lose competitiveness with colleagues who are already married."
“You want me to know a girl? He's 18 next month. The person is beautiful, tall, and can do homework.”
“18 years? Still young Om.”
“But it's legal to get married. Than anyone else I don't know his family, mending with you.”.
The man seemed to be thinking hard, but as soon as the man in front of him thrust out a photo of the girl, the man immediately agreed. “I'll take, Om!”
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