The One More Chance
Closer

It's still morning, the clock still shows five o'clock. Aryan's grandfather had already contacted Ibnu and Tari to come to his room immediately. Ibnu had just laid his body on the mattress after the dawn prayer.

Having just opened the door, Ibn walked quickly up to Grandpa Arya, helping her pick up a scarf on the bedside table.

"Where are you going?" asked Ibnu.

Seeing Grandpa Arya was getting ready with her little bag that she always carried everywhere.

"Have you called the hospital and the ambulance?."

Got that question Ibn and Tari looked at each other for a moment. Looks like Grandpa Arya didn't know Regan and Gea's arrival last night.

"It looks like you have to buy time to pretend you're dying." Ibn sat on the bedside next to Grandpa Arya.

Grandpa Arya looked at him sharply. The dance that saw Ibn would be angered a small smile restrained the laughter.

"Why are you always arguing lately?," Grandpa Arya started to complain.

The dance approached them standing not far from the bed. " Abra and Gea just arrived last night must be exhausted, pity them if they hear you are sick. Let them rest, pretend the pain is postponed first," persuaded Tari.

"Why did they come back?." Aryan's grandfather looked suspiciously at Ibn.

Ibn sighed. "For you to ask me to contact Malvin, in order to provide information to Gea on condition that the child should go home immediately. have you remembered?," in the softest tone possible.

Grandpa Arya's head nodded. "Ah .. yes I remember. Look why so fast."

"Isn't faster better?, Gea's gonna be testing soon. It's .. You sleep again, I'm still sleepy."

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Seven o'clock. As usual Grandpa Arya was already sitting at the dining table with a newspaper and a glass of milk accompanying her morning. If when he was young accompanied by coffee, from four years ago, Dari as a family doctor forbade him to drink coffee.

Abra entered the dining room while wagging her wet hair. The move stopped for a moment getting Grandpa Arya already sitting down first.

"Good morning" he said before sitting next to Grandpa Arya.

"Hemz" only the curse is in return for Abra's greeting.

Abra just sighed, the booze was enough for him. Ever since Zahra left, Grandpa Arya had only stared at her and rarely talked except company matters.

A maid poured water and placed an empty plate in front of Abra.

"One more Bi," he asked for a glance from Grandpa Abra.

Grandpa Arya's housemaid nodded and retreated to go back to pick up the dishes.

"Assalamu'alaikum huh .... "

Gea said a greeting and then choked to see Grandpa Arya had sat down and looked at him for a while.

"Wa'alaikumsalam." He answered and read his newspaper again.

Hearing Gea say hello made him stunned for a moment. But when he glanced, the girl stood nervously in her place.

Hearing Grandpa Arya answering her greeting, Gea happily smiled at Abra. Without Abra's voice to return his greetings", Gea added as much joy as possible he controlled himself so as not to prance happily.

"You go all the way to Madura to come home with no results," said Grandpa Arya lirih.

"If Gea was a child, said Malvin and Kak Regan do not have to interfere in adult affairs." Gea glanced at Abra who was sitting beside her.

Abra.

Grandpa Arya clucked a glance at the cynical Abra. "You Bra, your work is always slow," Omel Grandpa Arya folded his newspaper as Tari and Ibn came.

"It's a waste of time and money" he continued. "If you can't bring Zahra and Regan, Opa will intervene."

"Opa!," rebuked Regan.

"What?" challenged Grandpa Arya. "If Gea was a child, Opa, the grandfather who should not interfere in the affairs of adults?."

Gea puffed his cheeks withholding laughter, Ibn and Tari smilingly looked at Abra who looked down while mumbling.

"Gea," Call Grandpa Abra.

His name was called Gea smiled widely. "Yes Grandpa Buyut".

"Grandfather, don't buy."

"Good."

"Don't disappear again, and make it dizzy."

"Yes." Yeah."

"Don't let your grades drop from an odd semester, stay here. Grandpa's gonna watch you study."

"Don't."

Ibn and Abra immediately opposed simultaneously right after Grandpa Arya finished speaking.

What was offered, Gea just turned to see if they took turns. Even frowning beckoned at Abra asking for an excuse, instead Abra wanted her to be close to Grandpa Arya?.

"What's wrong?," asked Grandpa Arya did not understand.

"Gea will stay here during the exam, but not with Opa under supervision." Abra tried to find another reason while glancing at Ibnu for help.

Before giving an excuse he nudged Tari. "At the same time you're not healthy you really need more rest."

"Once in a while," Tari hoarded and got a plot from Ibn. "But only one to two hours" he continued.

Abra and Ibnu breathed a sigh of relief.

"We better eat, I'm hungry from last night." Abra changed the subject.

Not that he did not want Gea to be close to his Grandpa Buyut, but he was afraid, how to supervise and guide Grandpa Arya as he received in school first.

Grandpa Arya will give an hour of study time, after which will ask everything from front to back, if there is one alone will get the penalty of adding hours of study time half an hour.

"Daddy, why did Daddy ban it?. Gea wants to be close to Grandpa."

After eating Gea and Abra sat in the backyard feeding Grandpa Arya's pet goldfish.

Abra's hands cleaned Gea's hands. "If Grandpa's way is not like the way he educates Om Ibnu and Daddy, Daddy would definitely support. Daddy's just afraid he's still doing that method."

"What is his method really like?."

Abra grimacing. "Too extreme."

"But therefore Daddy and Om Ibn are smart, until it comes down to Brother Regan. Aunt Zahra's smart, too, Daddy?."

Abra's smile rose, stroking Gea's hair dear. "His GPA was high, by the time we got married he was already compiling the thesis. Daddy always does office work while accompanying him, sometimes to sleep and he does not sleep until Daddy has to be angry."

"Easily Brother Regan can be smart, can jump class and smart karate. Daddy's good at karate, right?."

Abra nodded.

"Gea is not very smart like Kak Regan, maybe because Mami and she are not smart. Heeheehee ...."

Gea chuckled slightly, while looking down deeply at the fish in the pool. "If Aunt Zahra and Daddy are back together ...," Gea said, hesitatingly saying.

Slowly Abra sat on the edge of the pool, pulling Gea's body up in front of him. Forcing the little girl to return the warm eyes of Abrabyang.

"Why?" asked Abra softly.

Gea's eyes glazed over. "Gea will not be returned to Mami right?," he asked in a hoarse and soft voice. "Later if Gea .. if ...."

Abra smile. "Don't Gea want to stay with Mami?."

Gea shook her head strongly.

"While Daddy's back with them, Gea still wants to stay with Deddy and them?."

"What can?."

Abra's hand slipped the boy's hair next to Gea's face and stroked the girl's cheek dearly.

"If Gea is a good boy, take their heart, Daddy ...."

"Gea will be a good boy, Gea promised." Cut it with confidence. "Gea can call Mother's Father right?, Gea wants to be closer to them and Grandpa Arya."

Abra hits Gea's forehead with a kiss. "Hopefully, may we get back together". Abra is in the heart.

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