Maven of the Strings

Chapter Twenty-seven

Nicolette POV

Finish contract at December 31st, 'xactly at the last day of the year. Embracing the new year with this.

I had to attend at Arkin's concert for a cause for my bestfriend. I went to my bestfriend's house. It's about after noon and she was awake that time. I enter her room.

I'm energetically call her while dancing to make her happy.

"Hello my dear best friend!" I greet with match of dance jive. "It's too early to wake up, best."

She silent said but with a smile. "Hello Nicolette," She's trying to play a ukulele at that very time. "I can't strum anymore." She said. Keep her smiles on.

"Don't force yourself." Then I sat down beside her and steal the ukulele. She gave it then I hang it on its place. "Don't make yourself sad. We had a surprise for you."

"What . . . is that?" She asked. She has no idea about the surprise.

"Of course I won't say! I said it's a surprise." Aja!

"Oh Nicolette." And she smiles.

I said to her with jolliness. "Don't overthink. Tonight will be the night." I look on her eyes.

And afterward, minutes later . . .

"Nicole." The mom said. Calling on me.

She's at the door and calling for me. Then I stand up and walk to her. "Come here outside first."

"Wait for a moment, best!" I said to my bestfriend smiling before leaving.

"Okay Nicole." She silently said. Then we both smile. I leaved the room to talk with my best friend's mother. Then that part, I left my smile with a serious talk. We sat down on sofa and talk about something about the surprise later.

"Here's the dress for your bestfriend. Is it good?"

"That's expensive, auntie." I'm envy-like said. "Where do you bought this?"

"It's from Arkin." She answer silently.

"Oh I see." I answer. "I wonder how a guy bought this such expensive and classy dress. Ow, a tag from the Black Sheep."

She answer while looking on the fabric, "He tells that his cousin help him to buy this."

Then I reply, "Oh, I'm surely that your daughter will be happy about that."

"But Nicole." She sadly said.

"Yes, auntie? What's wrong?"

"Did she cry if she see Arkin?" She asked and worrying too about this. "If she knows that all of this is plan of Arkin?"

"I don't know about that. I'm still not good for Arkin but I'll do this in the sake of my best friend's happiness." I answer her seriously. At that time, we didn't know that my bestfriend was standing at her door and listening. Looking at me and at her mother.

"Did you say about Arkin?" She sadly said.

Oh oh . . .

So we turn our head we're the voice came from.

"Did you say that it's Arkin plan? What plan?" And she start sobbing and asking me, "Nicole, you've tell me that I have to forget him. But why? Why you keep on pursuing him to meet our way--to meet our world?" 

And she was crying and crying bitterly. Sobbing so hard.

"My girl." The mother put the dress on the sofa as my best friend won't see that. She stand up, went to her daughter and cradle her and let her to stop sobbing. She's really look pity every time she cry and a strong feeling of sadness prevails in my heart.

"Don't cry. Just condition yourself. We had a surprise for you. I want you to become happy in your everyday living. Don't think about Arkin. Be strong, my girl. I, your dad and Nicolette do anything to forget the pain inside. Don't be trouble. Okay?"

She didn't answer but she was still sobbing. Her cries kills my hope.

"Let us come inside the room and rest. This night takes long for you. And it makes you fulfillment." I said just to make her heart strong.

Then after that sadness events,

She sleep for 2 hours . . .

I went back home to prepare my outfit. My bestfriend's dad closed his Tofu store earlier for the surprise. And it was. At night, we all wear our casuals. I am look pretty with my big eyeglass. And at last, my bestfriend wear Arkin's gift. I'm, okay. Envy. Hehehe. She's really pretty!

"Where we go? Why we are all wear casuals?" My bestfriend asked.

"You're so beautiful on your dress, my dear." Her mom said. We conceal the scars so it looks all normal to her. At that time, I'm suffering when I see her like that but we must be strong! I'm more hurt on what I'd see on her condition right now.

My phone rings as Arkin is calling.

I took a place away to them for a moment and answer his call.

"Hello Nicolette. Is all set there?" He asked on phone call.

"Oh yes." I answer in a bit. Looking at my bestfriend and the family while my bestfriend sits on her wheel chair.

"We will go there with a van. Don't tell to your bestfriend that I'm the one who sit in front, okay?"

"Okay. I surely do. Don't be late."

And the call was ended.

Then after almost 25 passing minutes. It's 7:12 PM. A white Toyota HiAce Grandia stop outside the house. Keep on its horn and I was assured that it was.

Arkin wearing a cap that even I won't recognized him. I met him outside with a guy.

"He's Poro." And he tells me the name of the driver and it's one of his band mate. We do shakehands.

Poro asked, "Where is the girl you've talking about? Is she?" Pointing at me, wondering I was the girl for surprise.

"No. It's my bestfriend." I answer him before Arkin.

Smiling answer, "Oh sorry. Hehehe."

And the mother came first and meet Arkin and his band mate while uncle and my bestfriend are still on the yard. Then we saw the father while pushing my bestfriend, sitting on her wheel chair.

"Ma'am, she's Poro—my band mate." Arkin introduce Poro to aunt and vice versa. Know that she was the mother of the girl in the surprise.

Then Arkin saw uncle pushing wheel chair where my bestfriend is sitting.

"Is she's the Maven?" Arkin asked sadly after she saw my bestfriend for the first time after Christmas. Bitterly that I see, he cannot smile.

"Yes." I answer his question. Then I see on her eyes that he start his tears but he fight his feeling to be sad. He said that don't tell that he was there so he immediately enter at the front passenger seats and hide himself.