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Dinner Date with Girlfriends

I was almost drawn out all colors and all Nora wanted to do after we arrived was to see her cousin.

"Sekejap jak... Kau tunggu sini. Kami pigi bawah. Sekejap jak..."

Tracing urgency in Nora's tone, I relented. Sadly, I let Nora took Suzie down the elevators. We still need to wait for Rosmaria though. Even so, few minutes of waiting wouldn't kill anyone. It just I hated to be left alone.

As Nora and Suzie disappeared from view, suddenly I felt vulnerable. This felt like a school trip to overseas without chaperone.

I wandered at DVD shops to kill time. For I don't know how long, Nora finally called me.

Just as we met, I noticed Suzie was perspiring like crazy. While, Nora was out of breath... Strange. What are they doing? Do a runner?

Who cares, anyway when you were so hungry? I commanded them to walk a little faster. I think I can eat Kenny's Half Meal tonight I announced.

While still discussing our order, Rosmaria arrived looking rather perky. She ordered quarter meal with extra sauce. Nora copied Rosmaria. Suzie copied mine.

Then all the sudden the mood changed, Suzie exclaimed, "Its coming..."

Perplexed as I was, the only thing that came to my mind was someone gatecrashed at the scene of the crime. This was supposed to be Dinner Date with Girlfriends. And no one else were allowed!

Just like in a dream, everything went slowly. At first, I couldn't understand the word of the song. Until I saw the cake with my name on it.

I almost sucked my thumb. I was speechless.

Two weeks ago, we agreed on dinner to celebrate my 34th birthday. Even so, I didn't expect this yesterday. I simply didn't.

Thank you Duyung2 sekalian. May our friendship remained as always.

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