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Chapter 9 - Ignored

"She's on the third floor, the doctor said she is waking up already. I was going to go upstairs, but the elevator seems not working." Lia pointed to the elevator next to her.

"Well let's just take the stairs, let's go!" asked Dirga, who seemed to can't wait any longer.

Without a single thought, Lia accepted Dirga's overture. The two youths ran up the steps one by one to the third floor. That was so unexpected, although she still had pains and weariness in her hand, Lia did not complain about it.

The move of the girl who secretly felt a crush on Dirga suddenly came to a halt, right in front of her see the guy she was seeing panicked because of Abel. Lia had never fallen in love before, but for the first time love growing in their heart hurt her. Yes, he's jealous, and jealousy is painful.

Dirga didn't even take the time to ask about her condition. All the attention was indeed directed to her friend, Clarissa Annabelle.

Standing at the end of the stairs before entering the hospital's third-floor aisle, the pair of small, glass-filled black eyes remained focused on Dirga's quickstep. Now the guy had touched the doorknob of chrysanthemum room 17, unhesitantly opening the white door, with a small, translucent glass on the top.

"Abel?" Sounds very affectionate. It's coming from Dirga's lips.

As soon as the door closed, Lia didn't hear or see what he said anymore, nor how Dirga was treating Abel there. She sat weakly down on the stairs, shutting her eyelids that were a little swollen from the sores on her cheeks. It's painful, but it's not even as painful as the pain in her heart.

"That's enough, it's your fault, you know how much Dirga like Abel. Why do you even like him? Look at the result, disappointed." Lia told herself, blaming her feelings.

Then she stood up and swung her way into her best friend's room. Just before opening the door, lia took a little time to see Abel's happy laugh. She didn't know what Dirga was doing to make Abel laugh like that, but she was happy too and hoped that Abel would forget her love for Dhani.

Clack!

The door opened sounds quietly, making Dirga and Abel delay their laughter. Both of them turn their heads and welcome the arrival of now Lia warmly who was smiling slightly at her friend.

"Abel, how are you?" Lia asked after sitting next to the gurney.

"I'm fine, Li. Man, you look worse than me," said Abel with tears in her eyes after looking at Lia's bandaged cheek.

"No, I'm fine, I'm just worried about you. Because you were faint for a long time." Lia took Abel's hand.

"I'm sorry, Li. Because I was trying to locate Dhani caused an accident and caused you to become this way," Abel felt so guilty.

Lisa gave a slight smile to Abel, her eyeballs went through her friend's entire body, looking like no serious injuries were seen.

"Li, where is my bag?" said Abel, "I want to call papa," she continued.

"B-bag? Oh, my God... Bel. I forgot to keep your bag. What am I supposed to do?" Panic returned over the girl's face.

"Ahh, who did we come here with?" Abel asked again, she tried to get out of the lie and Dirga helped her to sit up properly.

"Wi-with... With someone I didn't know, Bel. Right, we were helped by a married couple," she explained with a lie.

"Oh, why am I lie tho? Why don't I just tell the truth so that Abel stops looking for Dani? Ish... but I would feel sorry for Abel, she must go into shock," Lia said in her heart.

Seeing Lia's curved face, Abel wrinkled his brow, she caught her eye with Dirga, who was also curious as to why Lia was so lost.

"Lia?" Dirga was shocked.

She blinked. "I think you left your bag at the scene. I'm so freaked out that I don't even remember your bag, Bel," Lia explained.

Dirga who just had heard the conversation of his two classmates the whole time now let out a low voice for attention. Sure enough, Abel and Lia looked at him at the same time.

"I will look for it, okay?" Dirga offers to help.

"Is it okay for you?" Abel asked quietly.

"Yeah, that's fine, where did you guys have an accident?" He asked again.

"Aurora hotel basement, Ga. Thank you very much."

Abel's smile has always been making Dirga nervous. He returned the smile, the smile of a beautiful girl who his heart wanted.

"I hope I can find that, I'd be on my way by now, before the day turns into night," Dirga said as he gets out of his seat.

"Careful, Ga," said Lia.

"Okay, Li. Please take care of Abel," he replied and stepped out.

***

After Dirga went out, Abel looked back at Lia's face. The guilt came back over her heart, Lia was wounded because of her ego, making that smooth face bruised.

"Don't daydream," said Lia. Her hand was still moving gently rubbing the back of Abel's hand.

"No, umm... can I borrow your phone? I'm gonna call papa," she said.

A small Lia nod signified her approval. The girl's hand switched to the bag over the nightstand, taking her beloved black phone. Without a doubt, she gave it to Abel.

Supposedly, mama and papa have had time to answer the call when it was getting dawn. But as she had expected, not one of them answered her.

Abel looked down deeply, it's been such a long time she had lost their attention and affection. Since dad had often lied to mom, her happiness started to be taken away. Her life changed, like a rainbow suddenly disappearing in a black cloud.

The look on the girl's face was enough to make Lia feel more compassion. She understood her best friend, lonely because her parents separated, and now her beloved had gone to marry another woman. Is it not enough for God to test her? Who knows.

Silence fell over the hospital room, and yet the two gurneys around them were no residents. That time confused Lia for the topic of conversation until she turned to Abel's sad face.

Drttt!

Drrrttt!

Both the vibration and the ringing startled them two, a call from a number familiar to Abel put the corners of her lips slightly up. He immediately answered the call, and there came the voice of a woman she had longed for.

To be continued