HER RETURN
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A petite girl waits for her friend to return to her country. She can't wait to meet her again and tell all of the stories she has in her mind. Her friend's flight should arrive at 10 am yet she is an hour early. She took a seat and waits for her friend. She can't remove her happiness to meet her again. She is the only one who stayed beside her and in the end, her friend left the country because her parents will be working abroad.
"I will miss you." She said with teary eyes. She hugged her friend for the last time and that's the last time she saw her. Until 3 years after, she found out that her friend returned to the country to fix her requirements for college. Thanks to her teacher, she got her friend's number and she was able to contact her. Her voice didn't change at all, she thought as she almost cried in the call.
And now, she will finally see her in person. She keeps on looking at her watch. She feels that the time doesn't move at all. She anticipates her coming. Minutes passed, it's already 10 am and she goes to the departure area. She pushes herself to get in front. When she reaches the front, her phone suddenly rings. She grabs it from her phone and suddenly it slips. She looks down to see where it landed.
"Ah there!" She tries to grab it from the floor. The phone continues to move because her phone is set to vibrate. After struggling among the crowd, she gets her phone and presses "ANSWER".
"Hello?" She fixes her glasses when she answers the phone. She heard a familiar voice. "Sorry. I think I won't be coming for the next class."
She bows her head as if she's talking in person with the caller.
"I really want to see her and she asks me to help her in processing her papers."
The caller keeps on arguing her yet in the end, she won.
"Thank you. I love you." And then she hears the beeping sound, meaning the caller ends the call.
She returns her phone to her pocket and watches the coming passengers of the flight where her friend is.
She keeps on waiting and waiting until 2 hours passed. She didn't mind waiting at all. She thought that maybe she is doing shopping or any reasonable excuse. She decided to sit somewhere and there she waits for her. While fixing her things, someone calls for her attention. She didn't mind it at all because she thinks that it might be someone else and not her. Though she ignores the call, someone still calls her attention. She looks around to check if she's the one called to until she spotted a beautiful girl across her. Her sight isn't good at all but she knows that the person who calls her is the one she's been waiting for.
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"How are you?" She still can't believe it. Her friend already came and much beautiful than ever. "I really miss you."
Her friend hums as an answer. She decides to bring her friend in their school.
"You don't need to bring me to your school, Agnes." Her friend said. "I have to find some hotel to stay in first."
"Oh yeah." She rubs her head when she remembers that her friend doesn't have any place to stay in. "But I have to attend class first. Maybe you should stay first in the canteen."
Her friend can't believe what Agnes said. She needs rest first. A 3 hour flight is very tiring and now, she needs to stay in the canteen?
"What are you trying to say?" She moves Agnes's shoulder to face her. "You want me to wait?" She looks offended.
