Chapter 9 - 9

Sam's tears are starting to come out, but he wiped it quickly, he gets up and he looks at Larry. "I'm sorry for asking that. I didn't know that's you-

he get up and he smiled. "It's nothing.. that's can't hurt me anymore, I'm a strong one now because of him I can stand on my own feet. " He said as he wipes his tears, but kept feeling it on his cheeks.

Sam immediately hugged him tight and he pats Larry's back to give him a comfort. "It's okay to cry out loud.. it's okay to pour it out, you can lean on me. cry out, I'm here, you need to be worried and you don't need to felt sorry." Sam said as he tears secretly falling to his cheeks but he just wiping it.

Larry cried out loud on sam's arms besides the river while sam still gives a comfort and warmth hugged to him. "its ok. cry it loud."

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Sam went back home and larry goes back too.

Sam's eyes got puffy and teary and his mom saw him walking slowly to the door. "What's wrong my son? Have you cried? Why?" She asks nicely

he runs into his mom as he hugs tightly. "I love you mom." He sudden said, His mom got startled and she hugged her son tighter.

"What's wrong? Does something wrong?" She asks that having a worrying eyes on his son.

"Nothing mom, does nothing happen." He replied.

He went to his bed and he lay down. He took his teddy bear and he hugs it.

His mom opens the door and she entered the room, she sat on the bed. "I don't know what's the reason, but I'm worried about you, might your asthma will attack you because of crying." She said.

Sam smile at her. "Don't worry mom, I can stop crying now." He replied. "Can I get some nap? I'm tired." He added.

She took the blanket down on Sam's leg and he covered it over sam's body. "Of course, my son." She replied.

Larry went go back to his house and he saw the gate was open. He didn't see his mom, he finds her while paranoid. "Mom! Mom! Where are you!" He shouts.

His mom was walking back from home holding the set of red thread. "What's wrong?" She asks

Larry sudden turned around and he runs into her. "Where have you been?" He asks, worried.

His mom smiled and look at him, holding larry's both arms. "I went to our neighbor's house to deliver their orders from me." She replied.

"What deliver? What's that?" He asks.

"Let's go inside first." She said and they walk until they get inside. "I've been doing this, wherever you go, I've been doing this just to help you making money. People love my handmade scarf and they order it from me.. look at this I've earned and collected so much money. " She said and she opens her hand to show the money.

"I'm worried, I can raise you my own, mom.. you can-

"I love doing this, so support me for what I love.. this will going to help you too... this scarf, please give this to your friend. The friend who helps you so much." She said and he handed the red scarf on his son.

"Mom, but-

"Tell him, don't pay me for that, it's on me. " She cut his son's word and she smiled, ;arry hugged him tightly as he felt worried about here.

DECEMBER 31 11:50 PM OF THE EVENING.

Sam and his family were preparing for new years eve. He notices something that's gone and it was his soda, he can't live without soda. So he went in a convenience store to buy some of it by his bike to across the another city because he want to far away and feel the cold breeze.

When he about to go outside from the store, he saw larry walking towards the store.

"Hey! What are doing here?" Sam asks him.

Larry startled and he looks at Sam. "Ow, I went there. So what are doing here?" Larry gave back his question.

They are standing in front of it while the cold wind was hitting them. "I buy soda. You? Aren't you are preparing for.. Ow, it's cold." Sam suddenly felt freezing as he rubs his both hands.

Larry grab his hands and they sat on the bench under the street light. "Sit here, I'll come back."

Sam felt chills because of the wind while seating on the bench. he shaking that his feet will turn to ice. Larry went back to the store and he brought a hot bag and warm coffee, a moment later he goes back to the bench as he handed it to, he suddenly kneeled in front of sam.

"Jeez, why did you go out? You know it's cold outside." Larry said while holding sam's cold hand with a hot bag.

Sam stand up and he said, "I'll go home now. Thank you for this warm coffee and hot warm bag." with his smile on his face. When he about to turn around and walk away, Larry called him.

"Sam! Wait." He runs as holding the scarf that his mother wants to give to Sam. "Put this on. You will not feel cold." He said, putting and fixing the scarf around sam's neck.

"Thank you.. Ow I forget, I just want to ask if this is yours?" Sam shown the pick of guitar at him."

After Larry saw it, he was startled, he suddenly took it from Sam's hands. "This is mine. Where did you find it?" He asks.

Sam got confused as well happy. "I found it under my bed... it's that really yours?" Sam asks him, confused and awkward.

"Yeah, this is really mine. My brother tells me to keep this before he died." he replied with excitement on his face that he can't believe he found his important treasure in his entire life. "Thank you that you found it." and his lips is starting to smile.

"It's nothing." he walks forward to him and he held Larry's face. "Happy new year." as they stare at each other, when suddenly the fireworks came up, he and Larry got amaze and adored it.

"Wow! Looks great." Sam said.

After they watched the fireworks that show off earlier. Sam went home and his mom waiting for him outside the house. "Where have you been? I've kept searching you. The new year count down already ended, the fireworks already shown up-

He just smiles at his mom and he run towards her then he hugged his mom tightly. "Happy new year, mom." and he closes his eyes to feel the warmth hug.

"Hey! You stubborn kid! Where's my soda? I've kept looking for you." Mikaela yelled inside.

"Here! Stop that! You pig!" Sam yelled at his sister, handed the soda to her.

"Where have you been? New year's count down almost done.. I thought we were going to count down together?" She said as she feeding herself.

After he handed the soda to her, he walk into his room. "New years full of excitement." He said and he locked the door.

New year got ended and the day came back to normal Mikaela was sitting on her chair in her office. She's twisting her chair until she got a call on the telephone. She startled and picked it up. "Hello! Dr. Mikaela is speaking, how can may help you?" She said as she tried to smile.

"It's me, Bea.. can I have the name of your brother's friend?" She replied through the phone.

"Hold on, I'll find the name on my paper." She said as he finds the it that stuck on her papers.

"Here, he's Larry Wilson." She replied.

"As of his record paper at their school, He got a lot of guidance report, got suspended for about two months and such a trouble maker student.. I don't think so, he can enter the scholarship as a member." Bea said, when Mika heard it she suddenly stood up from her chair.\

"What? There's a way to become your scholar, right? I'll take the child if wants to change his life." she said, worrying at Larry.

"Let the days see that, if he want to change his life, then he can enter my scholarship.. Mika I don't want to ruin my foundation."

Mika got worried and she replied, "I'll call you later, if I talk with that child." and she end the call.

she immediately called her brother on her phone, "Sam, can you go to my office today?" She asks through the phone and she sat on her chair, holding her head not to be stressed.

A few minutes sam arrived at the hospital, he went to the office of his sister.

"What it is?" He asks.

"Sit down." mikaela said and he sat on the chair.

"Bro, I don't think your friend can enter the scholarship."

Sam got confused what his sister saying. "What? That can't be-

"Bea will not allow trouble makers, she found the report card of Larry at your previous school and she doesn't want to ruin her own foundation." She replied, cut her little brother's word.

Sam got confused and he just frowned. "We can make another way. I can talk to larry, I'll try to talk to him so that he can take the scholarship. I'll help him change his life." Sam replied to her.

"If you really want to help your friend. Go talk to him and make it clear that to him."

Sam went out and he inhale deeply. "larry can do this and i believe on him." he entered again the office and he said, "Sis, call your friend.. Larry will take the scholar and he wants to change his life." and he smiled at her.

Mikaela was staring at his little brother and she just smiles. "i'm so confuse right now but lets give some shot on it."

he went to Larry's house by taking a cab and drove for about half an hours, he kept looking from outside of the house.

"Hey! You look like a mouse, sniffing my house." Larry said as he holds the plastic bag with beer inside that he went to the near store.

"I've been looking for you. Let's talk." Sam said to him. "i keep calling you from here but

Larry just opens the door and he said. "Let's talk h-

Suddenly Sam grabs his hand, "No... we're not going to talk inside your house."

"Then, where?" Larry asks.

They went to river as seating down on the grass, "So what's your deal with me?" Larry asks him as he sips his can of beer.

"Can you stop doing trouble-

Larry spits his drink from his mouth and he looks mad at sam. "What? I didn't do troubles. Troubles follows me so I just joined it. " he replied.

he controlled his temper not to slap Larry's head. "What's my point is, can you change your life? Not joining in trouble that kept following you? Don't do cigarettes? And often drinking beers? " Sam asks awkwardly, he talks nicely to him so that larry won't get mad at him.

"What? Are you kidding me? I can't stop that.. but why? Why are you stopping me?" Larry asks, wondering what's going on with sam.

"I.. I just want you to get into senior and graduate in college. I want to help you for your better future." Sam replied, stammering.

Larry smirked as he sipping his can of beer. "Better future, my ass. I think you can go home now. You're talking nonsense again-

he got mad at larry and he took the beer on larry's hand and he throws it in the water.

Larry got cut on his lips after sam grab the can from him.

"I just want to help you to get the scholarship and help your mother too! " Sam exclaimed, and he stood up immediately, then he walks madly.

Larry chased him, "Hey! Why are you acting like?.. Jeez.. sure I'll stop making trouble, I surrender now, I'm going to take that scholarship. " he said suddenly.

He stop and turn around when he heard it, "Really? You want to take it?" He asks nicely.

"Yeah, if you want like that? If you want to help me.. you felt pity on me-

"I don't feel pity on you! I felt pity on your mother! She suffers to understand you! " Sam voice is getting to high pitch.

Larry controlled his temper and he inhaled deeply. "Ok, I got it now. I'll take it, no more yells, ok?" Larry said nicely as making sam calm.

he got glad, and he smiles at him. Larry walk towards him and he got notice on larry's lips that were bleeding. "What happened to your lips? " he asks, confused.

Larry frowned and he wondered, "Why? Something wrong?" He asks.

"You're bleeding. Your] lips is bleeding."

Larry touches his lips and he saw the blood on his hand. "This is your fault." he said while looking at his hands.

Sam got confused, "I didn't do anything to you? Why did you-

"Remember the can of beer that you suddenly grabbed it? I got cut from it. " as he cut sam's word with a little mischievous smile on his lips.

"Did I? I'm sorry if it. " Sam touches Larry's lips and he held his face. "Let me clean this for you. " He said as his apology.

"Did I? I'm sorry if it." he held larry's face to look on it, "Let me clean this for you."

larry took off his hand and touch his lips. "no need, its ok."

"no, its my fault so its my obligation to clean it as my apology."

After he bought the medicine from the convenience store, he quickly cleans Larry's wound. sam gently putted the ointment by the cotton stick on his lips.

"Ouch! Do it properly." Larry teases him.

he got startled and he immediately took apologies. "I'm doing it gently. I'm sorry-

He saw Larry's lips was smiling and he already knows that Larry was teasing him, so he pokes the cotton stick on it.

"Ouch! This time this is not a joke, it's hurt."

"Fine, this what you want?" Larry said and he took the ointment and he wiped it on sam's face.'

"Hey! Don't make a waste! That's too expensive. Don't play with that!" he yelled while slarry still pitting the ointment randomly on bis face.