Rapa & Cleona: Keeping the Heart
104. Unpaid Audience

After the men go to for sustenance, Lyra, Cleona and Laura who are currently on school holidays have gathered in the kitchen staring at a mobile phone screen that shows how to make a chocolate cake, the next thing they will do together.

Twice the broadcast the mother repeated before then began to prepare the materials she needed. After that, then start making the dough, and Laura who was expected to enter one by one ingredients, while the mother stirred and Cleona was only tasked with paying attention and rereading what was in her cellphone show. Light duty for pregnant women.

“Ella please heat the oven dong,” pinta the mother who was directly worked on by the teenage girl.

Soon return, and the finished dough they form before being roasted later. While Cleona's eyes were already sparkling hungry looking at the cake neatly lined up on the baking sheet ready to go into the grill.

Laura and Lyra just shook their heads, it was common to see the pregnant woman was so enthusiastic about various types of food, let alone the smell of chocolate that became her favorite.

“Still a long time no, Bun?” asked Cleona impatiently.

“Before a moment kok sis,” Laura who actually answered, turning the eyeballs carelessly look at her brother who sat as if uncomfortable. "Help first why, sis!”

“Not want, La, but sister Queen likes to be lazy to eat if you come make.” Cleona's alibi got the grunt of her sister, while Lyra just chuckled softly.

Before long the clanking sound of the oven was heard, making Cleona quickly approach the oven and was about to pick up a baking pan filled with chocolate nastar that had just ripened. However ...

“Aahh, hot-hot-hot ..” Cleona quickly pulled back her hands which were instantly flushed red from touching the baking pan inside the oven without wearing any anti-heat gloves.

“Newly mother want ngingetin!” shaking her head, Lyra then grabbed the daughter-in-law's hand and took her to the sink to wash first before then smeared with ointment brought by Laura.

“Kakak is still careless, even though she wants to be a mother!” cibir Laura shook her head before approaching to pick up the baking sheet that was still inside the oven. Before the cake is burnt and can not be eaten.

A little bit of his sister's words touched Cleona. No, Cleona was not angry, nor offended, for she was aware of her carelessness. Cleona thought, Could she be a good mother to her children?

“Don't daydream, brother. Believe me that you will be a great mother for your children. Sorry if Ella's words offended sister,” Laura who just put a baking sheet on the table immediately hugged her brother's neck and gave a kiss on the pregnant woman's cheek.

“True your sister, Queen. In the past when pregnant brother, mother also once thought like you now, feel anxious and afraid. But if we want to learn and love our children, believe it will all feel easier. Mommy is sure you will be able to be a good and great mother.”

Cleona's smile was finally engraved and a word of thanks did not forget to say it. Though not completely relieved yet, but at least thanks to the support of her two favorite women Cleona removed a little to her worries. And hope that what the mother said was also true, that she could be a great mother for her child later.

***

Rapa smiled as soon as she found the wife and mother who had just arrived at the hospital lobby where she waited for five minutes. Yes, today is Cleona's schedule of pregnancy checks, and Rapa did always take the time for it.

After giving a hug and a brief kiss on the two beloved women, Rapa took his wife to walk towards the room aunty Amel, a doctor who had intervened for Cleona's pregnancy since the beginning, helped with one gynecologist his aunty trust.

The mother who first entered without bothering to knock on the door. Not polite indeed, but everything there seems to have understood him including assistant aunty Amel who is familiar with the presence of a friend from his boss, almost all of the workers at this hospital know their relationship.

“Good day aunty, om.” Sapa Rapa and Cleona together as soon as they entered following the mother who had been sitting in her arms on the sofa, who was answered with a nod and a smile by the two occupants of the room.

“How are you? Where does it look?” Rapa asked as she sat down on the available sofa. Faced with Dimas who had not been seen for a long time.

“Yes how not to frown if I feel a widow, every day in stay just the same children.” Amel said, not forgetting the delicacies that participated in the presentation made Dimas chuckle slowly.

“Ra, let me be willing to tukeran men,” said Amel who quickly received a sentilan from Lyra.

“Unfortunately my man is not looking for you anymore. Late lo, Mel.” Said Lyra in a row with laughter as soon as she saw her best friend pouting.

Dimas laughed and took Amel into a hug, floating a few kisses on his forehead and the top of his wife's head. “I'm sorry, baby. I work to fill your needs, as well as the future of our children. Don't pout me dong,” Dimas trying to persuade. But unfortunately his wife even brushed off Dimas' hand that stroked his cheek and pulled away from the man's embrace.

“Ck, our money's been uninspired, Dim. You do not work just we can eat well kok.”

“Ck, songong.” Delik Lyra who did not care about the couple's husband and wife. Cleon and Rapa just become a spectator without pay to watch the little quarrel of friends from the mother.

“Ya you have also stopped working if so,” said Dimas with his leisure.

“If I don't work this hospital later what? No one is looking.”

“Then I was lazy to stay at home. Meningan spend time in the office.”

“Yes but do not need to be finished all in the office also dong. You think I'm the same kids don't need you what?!”

“Yes abis you myself I told stop working is still not obedient,” Dimas still do not want to give up.

From here, Lyra begins to understand what is happening in her best friend's household. Lucky she has a husband who is not crazy about work, still always take time for family and importantly, Lyra is lucky because she did not want to be a career woman, so something like this was never in nature.

“Promise to end Queen's birth later I stop working,”

“That time is also a promise, but you are not exactlyin.”

“This time is a real promise, I want to handle the Queen's lahiran first, ngeleuin the first granddaughter of our extended family friendship, after that will not work again. At least the control of the hospital is only occasionally. Appointment!” Amel fused his index and middle fingers, looking at the husband pleading, until a few seconds later Dimas nodded despite seeming forced.

“Alright if you lie again. I'm collapsing this hospital!” threatening Dimas made everyone in the spacious room shudder in horror, likewise with Meri doctor who a few seconds ago came and was silent on the doorstep watching the little quarrel of the hospital owner who ended with a sweet kiss that Amel gave on the cheek of the husband.

After the debate ended and Amel realized the presence of the new Meri doctor was the examination on Cleona was carried out, and Rapa is the most excited to see how her children develop on the USG screen described by Dr. Meri and Amel.

“Abang did not expect them to spread the bar in the stomach. Don't wonder how the bars are so out later.” Rapa shook her head looking at the screen in front of her.

“Do not shadow, Bang. Just look at yourself, not much different.” Lyra said while also paying attention to the active motion of her granddaughter in there.

“Abang mah kalem, Bun ..”

“Kalem is really you, Bang. Kayak papi you.” Cibir Dimas, and agreed by Cleona who was also watching how her son was on the screen. Touched and really impatient waiting for the presence of the baby.