The Stairway To Love
10.

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Day saturday. Anggi's heart shook violently when the division of learning outcomes was ready. His father waited at the school gate while conversing with Mr. Ruben. While Anggi stood far away from them with a sluggish-looking Glad. They barely chatted for long since the bell went home. It felt like there was a discrepancy in his fourth heart to part.

Glad took the place leading to the front of Anggi. They looked at him but then laughed with compulsion from the heart. They really will part and end up here their meeting. Maybe they'll meet up another day, but it won't be as usual.

They are in touch by phone, will not be together every day, will not learn together again. Anggi has to go to the village and Glad lives an ordinary life in the city. It is sad when friends who have been together for a long time are even separated like this.

"Lo's going to play here, right?" ask Glad. That question has been heard by Anggi more than ten times today.

"Yes Glad! We split up for only a year. Doain, I studied the same deketan!" reply the girl tried to reduce the sadness that emanated from Gladys face.

Gladys nodded with a small smile. "Hopefully you're fine there. Don't forget to haggle with me every time."

"Yes. I feel safe there. There is no more genk like weird n dumb." said Anggi excited.

"Maybe you're not, but something's worse."

"Ga may and don't doain. Lo also if anything related to me dong Glad! I will miss you too!"

Anggi hugged his best friend. Then the two walked towards the gate and immediately attracted the attention of Mr. Ruben and Anggi's father, Endy. The eyes of the two looked at Glad and Anggi who were getting closer towards them.

"Gladys!" endy said with a friendly smile.

Glad immediately touched Endy in a friendly manner. "Of!"

"You can relate! It is modern times." Endy looked at the two in turn.

Anggi's face was not excited, almost the same as Gladys. Both of them actually curse this destiny, but all must be lived for the common good. Endy who realized their faces immediately aroused the spirit.

"Come on! Friends don't care how far away they are. What matters is his heart." Endy said again.

Anggi smiled slightly followed by Gladys. True to the word Endy, they will remain together even if the distance between them must be related between the moon and earth. Because one of the risks of friendship is when they have to survive even though they do not step on the same area.

"Yaudah Mr. Endy, I'm in first!" Mr. Ruben took his way to the crowded school area.

Actually the bell rang only a few minutes later and Anggi still hisa together with Gladys. But Endy picked him up early to take care of Anggi's move. They also had to leave as soon as possible so as not to get too late.

"If so, let's go home Anggi!" take Endy. "Gladys want to come?"

Glad shook his head slowly while looking at Anggi's father. "Udah was picked up too!"

Endy nodded in understanding and then opened the door for her son. While Anggi still could not take his eyes off Gladys. Similar to Glad, his tears almost fell but he did not want to cry in this place.

"Lo take good care of yourself. You will have nothing in my heart" said Anggi.

"Lo too. Maybe I won't see your rich friend again." - Gladys.

Both of them were back in arms. Trying to hold back the tears of those who are already at the end of the eyelids. Then they let go of hugs and laughed at each other. They hooked their little fingers as they used to. It was a farewell they had to face.

"Then I go, Gladys!"

"Good Anggi!" abugn.

Anggi got into the car and smiled at his best friend. He closed the door and opened the window and let out his head to look at Gladys. Anggi could not bear to leave Glad, he knew that Glad would be alone for some time before finding a new friend.

"I'm sorry Glad!" exclamation Anggi.

Gladys nodded. Her tears could not be held back and just fell away. "Gue sorry!"

Endy's car walked slowly with the breeze that afternoon. Anggi leaned back and remained silent on the way to his home. He doesn't talk much. All of this stems from one problem. Then spread and affect the life of Anggi.

"Why should there be a meeting if we finally part?" ask Anggi without looking.

Endy gasped and tried to answer his son's question. "You have met, but you are friends. So it's natural to split—"

"Not us!" cut Anggi. "But you. Yes, mom is equally papa why meet when even separated?"

Endy's speechless. Now he's not picking. He does not want to continue the discussion that has not been understood by children of Anggi's age. Endy does not want Anggi to have to think hard because of this divorce.

"Papa listin you there. The school is a bit far from home, so you want your car's anterin papa or papa buyin motorbike only?" ask Endy.

"Motor only. There will be no school children who make cars there." he replied.

It seemed that Anggi was not interested in continuing the conversation, Endy could feel it. He chose to stay quiet on the way home. The road to the house was very fast. Arriving at the courtyard of the house, Anggi could see her mother, Dina standing with a friendly smile as Anggi got off the car. Instantly Anggi hugged Dina and Dina also did the same.

"Ma, soon Anggi will be a village boy." Anggi laughed with force.

Dina let go of her embrace then looked at Anggi deeply. "You should know that mama will come there every mama can."

Anggi. "Which Anggi stuff?"

Dina points to the bigger Endy car. "In your papa's car. The others will be delivered tomorrow, baby!"

"Yaudah Anggi entered the room first to change clothes!" abugn.

Anggi quickly rushed into the house. In the house there is only Mbak Surti who works. Endy must be busy with work outside the area every day.

The girl got to her room then opened the balcony door and let air into her room.

Her tears fell without much question. He could not accept because all of this affected from one problem to another. Good thing Anggi can still remember the words of Glad.

As fast as lightning Anggi began to throw those thoughts out of his brain. She went straight to her bathroom and flushed under the shower. A moment later she was wearing a white sash and a blue skirt that matched her knees. The clothes he had prepared so that he did not need to unpack the suitcases he would carry. A bit of makeup and she grabbed her little bag that was filled with cellphones.

Other important tools were put into school bags including her old school dress. He thought it could be a memento.

Anggi observed his room which was now completely empty. The bed was neat and the closet was not filled. The large dolls he left there so as not to be too bothered to take her to the house of oma. He'll have them drop off next time.

After everything was done, he lifted the school bag and went down the stairs that led him to the living room. His parents sat there quietly without talking about anything. Even so Anggi is still grateful to see his parents sitting together, because maybe this is the last sight in his brain to see the three of them gathered in this house full of memories.

"The numbers are ready!" he made both his parents stand up.

They walked to the courtyard and Anggi quickly took his place at the back. He intended both his parents to take the front. At least he can still see his parents together.

When Endy and Dina entered the car, Anggi leaned back and opened it slightly. Letting the air in hit his desperate face. There is no point in talking to parents who are not as familiar as they used to be.

The car darted through the streets and began a silence between the three. The sound of the roar of tires being heard accompanied their journey. Actually Anggi wanted to start the conversation, but he did not know where to start.

"Your school needs are mama buyin, baby?" Dina spoke half a shout to beat the sound of the machine.

"Yes ma!" Anggi. "You'll stay at the house, won't you?"

Dina did not answer and allowed Endy to answer that one question. "It can't be, baby! Papa's got business outside of us and leaving tonight."

"If mama?" ask Anggi.

"By thee! Mama has business, sorry mama. But mama promised me there was a time—"

"Ga give me hope!" cut the Anggi quickly interrupts Dina's words. "If nothing is sick. Anyway, when does mommy have time?"

Dina speechless. And so is Endy. It made Anggi pecked annoyed and took his phone and grabbed the earphones then listened to the song with the strongest volume. He followed slowly the song.

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Cleo clicked once as Bass again reminded her of the girl's mathematical value. Cleo was almost out of patience, fortunately Helen immediately arrived and placed two glasses of tea in front of her nephew. The warm afternoon tea in the village will make Bass a little quiet.

Bass sipped the tea and put it back on the table. He turned to Helen and Cleo in turn. He was quite grateful that the people he met in the village were not as bad as his father. That means, not bad. But his father always curbed whatever Bass did.

"Gini is delicious auntie! Not rich at home! There's papa, this is it can't. It's bad!" bass said suddenly.

Cleo frowned looking at Bass. "Yes, you have to be happy to live here, no bokap lo!"

"Cleo!" helen's strangling was strong, making the girl aghast in shock. "Don't say that."

"This is Cleo! I'm sure you're the same, I'm tormented if I live with my father, but I also have family there."

Cleo frowning. "family? Are you married?"

"I mean my best friend! Shadow try not to meet them more than a week how does it feel?" Bass starts to get upset with his cousin.

"Ohh!" the girl said at last.

"Udah ah! Get me rantang oma!" Bass stepped up and walked towards the outside door.

"Go home Bass!" helen's orders.

Bass nods and then descends the stairs that lead him to the courtyard. He took a bicycle and rode it. He turned around and started pedaling towards the alley of the oma house.

His mind drifted to his father's phone who always greeted from Helen's aunt's phone. Because Bass always turns off the phone from Bagas, he does not want to be commented on. Unfortunately, he could not turn off the phone from Helen's cell phone. How could he dare to touch the phone from Bagas on Helen's cell phone.

A moment passed through his mind to escape from Helen's house at midnight. But how? Even if he were to head to the main road by bicycle, who would transport him to the city at night?

It would be crazy if he came home and Bagas saw it. Bass can be immediately transferred to a remote island and vacation there. Don't make!

The phone part of Bagas himself that makes him not at home to live in the village. Always ask the news. He could not even linger outside, afraid that his father would suddenly call.

Bass arrives in front of Oma's house. With lightning fast he entered through the gate and went through the courtyard. Bass does not need to knock on the door, because Oma's house is wide open. Not usually Bass saw Oma's house open wide like that.

"Oma?" call strong.

Moments later oma came out with a bushy in her hand. "Bass! Come on in, wait for granddaughter oma to come!"

Bass refused. "Engga Oma's. Auntie said Bass should go home fast!"

At once Oma's face turned very carefree when she saw a shiny black car heading to her house. Bass turned around and saw the car getting closer. Knowing that it was the granddaughter's car, Bass led the old woman to the gate.

"Then Bass goes Oma!" he said as he opened the gate, just as the car was beautifully parked in front of the gate.

"Be careful!" remember the old woman.

Bass could feel the pleasure on Oma's face, then she slapped her hand. The man gave a smile to a man who got out of the car. He was wearing a black suit and looked very formal. He was the son of Oma.

Bass got on his bike and started paddling. He passed the car and turned around when two other people started to get out of the car. But the man immediately turned around again and focused on riding his bike. With the bushel he held in his left hand, he tried to set his balance.

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