Chapter 2

2: Are You Free Tonight? "So this is the guest room, you can use it for the next two weeks. Go on, unpack your things while I ready some foods. I know you're hungry." said Avah's friend Melanie. She's a very successful Hotel and Restaurant Manager that no one would ever thought she was raised by nuns and was once an orphaned child. When Melanie said goodbye to Avah to cook, she only started taking out her things. She took out her books and bible first and then her clothes. When she had finished arranging her belongings she left the room and went to her friend's small kitchen. Melanie lives in a condo unit that she worked for two years to buy. The condo is divided into five parts. The living room, master's bedroom, bedroom, the kitchen and the bathroom. After they ate, Melanie prepared for her date with her fiancé who she had been with for three years. Avah was left alone at home. Her only hobby is to read the life of Jesus or pray because she does not know how to operate the television in the living room. By seven o'clock, she had finished cooking dinner. She was just waiting for her friend Melanie so they could eat together. Avah didn't notice the time, which was probably because of her tiredness and flight this morning, she didn't notice that she was asleep on the sofa while waiting for her friend. Loud sobs awoke the sleeping Avah. She got up from lying on the sofa and she was surprised to see some cracked utensils and bottles on the floor while Melanie was crying loudly to one side. It landed on the cold floor. "M-Melanie?" Avah calls her friend. Remembering to approach her friend, she knelt in front of it and gently hugged the girl. Avah could smell the strong smell of alcohol clinging to the friend's body. She was intoxicated with alcohol and she was worried about any reason for her drunkenness. "Melanie? Why are you crying? Why are you drinking?" Avah asked. She didn't want to ask if it was okay because she already knew the answer to it. "Avah!" Melanie cried. She wrapped her two hands around Avah's slender body and her crying got even louder. "Avah!" When Melanie repeated the name of her friend who was now in tears because of the girl's situation. "What happened, Melanie? I'm just here, you can vent all your resentment on me." She said in her soft voice. "He just cheated on me, Avah! Three years! We've been together for three years! But he managed to cheat on me! He fcked a random girl and is now bearing his child! Greg left me, Avah! He cheated me! He... he will marry his woman. " Melanie's crying got louder next to her. After Greg met Melanie to talk separately, the girl went straight to the bar to drown in alcohol. She thought that maybe after getting too drunk she will fell asleep and the pain will vanish. But no luck. She only got worst of herself. Messed up and wasted. "Melanie, stay home. Let's just think that she's not the one God intended for you to be with." "Avah, I love him! You can easily say that because you haven't experienced being hurt yet." Melanie was crying. "Melanie, we're both from the orphanage. We've never felt like having a parent. That man's son will be, do you want him to be like us? The child in your womb is God's grace, Melanie. And everything in the world it happens according to the will of God. " Melanie's crying only got louder because everything Avah said was true and she didn't want to deny the naive child her right to have a father. Avah helped the friend to her feet and then took her to her own room to rest. Avah watched over Melanie until her sobs subsided and she finally fell asleep. Because she escaped drowsiness, she cleaned the house first and ate a little before returning to her friend's side. It was three o'clock in the morning when she finally fell asleep on the sofa next to Melanie's bed. Because she was used to waking up early in the convent, it was only six o'clock in the morning when her eyes opened. She cooked her friend a sip of soup to relieve her headache caused by alcohol. After she fed Melanie she went back to sleep. Her eyes were swollen from her tears the night before. Because she was also awake, Avah decided to take a nap in the room lent to her. But before she rested, she first cleaned the kitchen and everything she used for cooking. When she woke up around one o'clock, she quickly went to the kitchen to prepare lunch for her friend. But she caught up with Melanie in the kitchen who was already cooking. "M-Melanie... I'm sorry. I fell asleep." Avah apologizes. While mixing whatever dish was in the pot Melanie smiled at it. "What are you, you're not my maid to ask for an apology. I should even thank you for understanding me last night. Imagine how many chores are waiting for me if you aren't here last night and you didn't clean up my mess. " She smiled mantra. "Are you okay? How are you feeling?" "Better thanks to you." Lanie turned her gaze back to her cooking. And when she remembered what she had been thinking before, her gaze returned to Avah. "Avah, are you free tonight?" "Yes. I don't know anyone other than you out here so I don't have a chance to meet." Avah answered the friend's question. "Cool! Save your time for me tonight. I'll bring you to a place you've never been. When you arrive, you might change your mind about becoming a nun." Lanie laughed even though her eyes were still hiding pain. "All right, I'll come, but no matter how beautiful the place you take me to is, my decision to become a nun will not change." "We will see about that." Melanie let out a soft chuckle before announcing, "Lunch is ready!" She tried to act happy but her heart is rotten and tore. Later that night, even though she was drunk, Avah was there to accompany her on her journey. To be continued...