"The universe doesn't give you what you ask for with your thoughts; it give you what you demand with your actions – Dr. Steve Maraboli "
As usual, Shasha slept for 5 hours but today she felt refreshed. Maybe because she slept with happy feelings lately.
Not that she was in love. Like the kind of love between man and woman. She was very sure of that. He was a boy. A 20 years old boy who was younger than her kids. She would call herself a mf pervert if she felt in love with a boy.
She still could differentiate the feelings she was having. She just felt the gloominess in her heart was getting to fade away. Maybe the feeling that she used to feel when she was in her teens had returned and it was a fantastic feeling.
She took a photo and sent it to Eden with a message {Afternoon sleepyhead!}
After she had done all the things which should be done. She picked up her guitar and started to practice. When she was tired of it. She read her novels or just listened to her collection of songs.
In the evening, she did her workout. She was trying to lose weight. She had never been fat. She knew if she gained more weight, she would look like a penguin 'cos she was short. She was not on diet or anything. It would be enough to do few easy workouts and made sure she didn't eat too much at night. She had small appetite anyway.
After she finished taking her bath that evening. The message came from Eden.
{Afternoon. I slept for 9 hours. It made me feel weary.}
{Naturally you will feel that way. You'd better change your sleep habit. It's not good for your body. Eaten already?} Shasha replied to him.
{Yeah I know. I've eaten already} he responded.
{What are you doing rn?} Shasha asked.
{Playing games} Eden answered.
{Hey, how tall are you anyway?} Shasha was curious again.
{180cm} Eden replied.
Shasha put a heart on his message and told him {You are tall. I'm short 😂}
{How tall are you?} he asked.
{I am 156cm 😝 cute isn't it? 🤣} Shasha laughed and looked at herself. She liked being short anyway except for the time she was rejected in an interview as a stewardess which required the height of the applicants to be at least 157cm. She cursed her height only at that time.
{You are the second shortest person I know} Eden replied.
{Wow!.. Lucky me to be the second 😂. Who is the first?} Shasha asked.
{A friend of my friend's girlfriend} Eden answered.
{Introduce her to me. She must be cute too 😂} Shasha grinned while she was typing her message.
{I don't keep in touch with her anymore after my friend broke up with his girlfriend} Eden explained.
{They must have a bad broke up huh?} Shasha asked.
{Yeah.} Eden replied.
Bad broke up reminded Shasha of her past. She typed {I used to have one really bad broke up with my boyfriend}
{What kind of bad break up} Eden asked.
{We broke up because he hit me} Shasha answered.
{Fxxx. He hit you? Why you were with him anyway?} Eden responded.
{At first, I didn't know. If I knew, I would not be with him. And you ,don't ever be that kind of person!} Shasha reminded him.
{No. I will never be that kind of man} Eden assured her.
{That's great. I know you are a good boy} Shasha praised him again.
{How do you know I am a good boy?} Eden asked.
{My instinct. You don't smoke right?} Shasha asked him back.
{No. Used to try but I can't stand of the taste.} Eden answered.
{See? You don't smoke and you don't put sex above all your needs. For me, this is enough to think that you are such a good boy} Shasha pointed out her guess about him.
Then she advised him again, {You'd better don't smoke ever. It's not good. Like me I can't quit. Listen to an advice from the smoker 😂}
Eden responded, {I won't. It's expensive to buy for a student like me anyway. Do what I say, don't do what I do? 😂}
{Exactly! 😝} Shasha laughed when she read the proverb.
Then he sent a message, {Most of my friends smoke. I can't understand why people smoke anyway. It doesn't taste good. One of my friends tried to quit and he did for one year. After that he smoke again 'cos he said it was easy to quit}
{If I were your friend I would never smoke again if I could quit for a year. I did try but could only last for 3 months. The first time I've learnt to smoke when I was 8 years old. And I started buying it when I was in my high school. So, It has been too long.} Shasha replied to him.
{8 years old? That young? Why?} Eden asked her few questions.
{I've been surrounded by people who smoke. Most of my sibling smoke, and in my hometown cigarettes and alcohols are cheap} Shasha explained.
{You have a very bad environment. I think if you're not in a smoker family, you won't smoke} Eden gave his opinion.
{Maybe. But then most of my ex- boyfriends smoked too 😂} Shasha replied.
{Why don't your friends do a bet for you to quit smoking? Maybe it will work.} Eden gave a suggestion.
Shasha smiled when she saw the message and muttered to herself "Why you are getting sweeter and sweeter"
Then she typed, {They won't dare}.
Who would dare to make a bet on a 47 years old woman like her to quit smoking when they knew she had been smoking for more than 30 years.
{I forgot to ask. What is your zodiac?} Shasha suddenly asked.
{Taurus. Is that what you meant?} Eden replied.
Shasha raised her eyebrows when she saw his reply then she typed {Taurean? No wonder. So you were born within 20th April to 20th May }
{Why?} Eden asked.
{I knew few Taureans. I am Sagi. Both of us are like earth and fire} Shasha replied. Actually, her daughter was Taurean too.
{Tell me. I want to know about mine and yours} Eden seemed interested in this topic.
{Okay. This is the knowledge of Metaphysics. It's some sort of connected. I do believe in it but more to personality. Not the prediction. The element of Taurean is Earth. While Sagi is in the element of fire. You know the character of the earth. In relationship, I can say you are quite dull and slow. No wonder you didn't show your interest in something like sex 😂 while me the Sagi is daring and straightforward. So, you see, we both are not compatible with each other because one is slow and one is fast. Unless either one compromise to make a fast move or slow down the pace. Do you understand?} Shasha sent him a very long explanation.
{I can understand a little bit. But is it connected to the star?} Eden asked.
{Of course. When you were born within the date of those months, the star in the sky will look like your constellation sign.} Shasha answered.
Then she searched for the image of his constellation and sent the photo to Eden with a message.
{This is your constellation sign. You can put it as a tattoo on your wrist. It would look cute 😂}
{That's the sign of Taurus? 😅 we'll see. So, the Taurean should be with what zodiac?} Eden asked.
{The earth suitable with the earth. It means Taurean and Taurean or Capricorn. Logically. The air and the water also suitable for you like Cancer. You can search about it. Ask Google} Shasha was sharing what she had read because she was interested in this kind of thing.
{What about my personality?} Eden asked again.
{From what I've read, you are the person who is patient, hardworking, intelligent, stubborn and extravagance.} Shasha typed out what she had read. If the information was wrong. Then that would not be her fault.
{I agreed to most of them but I don't agree with extravagance. I'm not like that.} He replied.
{Baby, you are still young. Perhaps that personality is already in you, but you haven't noticed it yet 'cos it's not the time for it to appear. Actually, it's not a bad thing anyway. Don't let it be your weaknesses. If you have that personality then you'd better work hard or find a rich girl 😂} Shasha chuckled when she typed the last sentence.
Then she sent another message {But If you had a rich girl as your girlfriend, you might feel inferior and that would make you lack of self-confidence. They have high maintenance too}
{I think I might be like that. Lack of my self-esteem. I can't stand rich people. They always talk big.} Eden expressed his thought.
Shasha nodded her head and typed, {Yeah, I agree. If they are rich because of their parents and talk big. I can call them trash. But if they are rich because of their own efforts. Then it's good. So, you'd better be the second one. Be rich from your own effort. I'll pray for you 😉}
{Thanks. 😂} Eden replied.
Shasha looked at the time on her phone and checked what time in his country. Then she typed, {Aren't you supposed to try to sleep early?}
Eden replied {Yeah. But it depends on my classes later. I will check my course schedule tomorrow.}
{Hwaiting! It means like go for it 😘 Sweet dream my baby} Shasha smiled.
{Thank you. Sweet dream} Eden responded.
For a while, Shasha just sat and looked at her handphone. She had a lot of thinking lately about all the things happened to her. There were few times while chatting with Eden, she felt something familiar but she couldn't think of what it was. She tried to focus on reading her novel but it seemed like she couldn't put her mind on it as usual.