It's Enough for Me...!!!

"Drrrt... Drrrttt...!!!" the vibrate alert woke Riana up from her sleep.

"Ian...!!!" Riana was surprised, and she sighed, "huuuuft...", then opened her eyes lazily. She read the message, "What are you doing, my lovely sista? I've just arrived home. I miss you so much... Mmuuuaacchh...!" After reading this message, a beautiful smile decorated Riana's face. "I miss you too my lovely brother..." She whispered softly.

Quickly she typed some words to reply the message. While she was writing it, she took a fancy, "How if he and I will be together forever and ever??? Is he the one for me??? Does he really love me?" The questions suddenly appeared in her mind. But, it was just for a while, after that she stepped the stairs down slowly but blankly, and,

"Ring...!!! Ring...!!! Ring...!!!" her mobile rang again from her room. It made her stepped up the stairs again to get her mobile. Very fast, she ran very fast, until when got the mobile,

"It's Ian...!!!" she said surprisingly. How not? In the message, her beloved brother, Ian, asked her to go out this night. Of course, her heart was suddenly flowery. However, after a while, she was attacked by worry. She felt afraid. The feelings blew so hard in her mind and her heart. So, she just went to her bathroom to take a shower.

After taking a bath, she decided to go with Ian. While she was dressing, her sister in the down stair, called her. Riana soon ran down the stairs after she had finished dressing, and when she arrived in her sister's room, she asked,

"Why are you so happy, my beloved sister?"

"Riana, do you know what???" Answered her sister happily, "Ian persuaded me to continue our love again. He said that he still loved me"

Of course, this words made Riana surprised. it was as if she was falling down from the highest sky. How not? The day before, Ian had said that he only loved her, and just wanted to live together with her for the rest of his life. Even, a moment before, Ian asked her to go with him, and this time, When Riana had been ready to go, this news coming from her sister had succeeded breaking Riana's heart into pieces. It perfectly hurt deep inside her heart, so that Riana's smile faded away from her face.

However, Riana tried to be patient. She left her sister without any words, and went back to her room. When she got her room, she cried, because she remembered about the words Ian had said to her,

"I want to be a better man. I want to change my way of life, because of you, yeah you, Riana, the only girl I love" Ian said sweetly that time. This words were still fresh in Riana's mind. Honestly, Riana still loved Ian as full as her heart. To her, Ian had ever helped her to forget Joe, her ex-boyfriend, Riana's first love. And when she asked him how he could help her forget Joe, Ian answered that it was his love could be a hero to forget Joe. But, this time, Riana was aware that whatever Ian had told her was bullshit! Even, Riana felt that she was only like standing behind her sister, like a shadow. Yeah, that's the fact, it's clear this time, Ian didn't love her, but her sister, Sisil!

Riana couldn't stand this feeling, she was very upset with Ian. She realized that she had been just a donkey to Ian. But, Riana didn't know what to do, because she even didn't have any bravery to make a new relationship with another man.

Sometimes, Riana tried to share to her friends about how deep her love was with Ian, but they could only say, "Okay, don't be sad, Riana, just because of him. He's just a bad man!"

Even When her sister, Sisil, this time came into her room, Riana was caught in hand that she was crying for Ian. Looking at this, her sister, Sisil, walked close Riana, and said to her,

"I'm so sorry, Riana. I know it really hurts your heart. But, I just want you to know that he's not a good man for you. You know, I'm not really accept his persuasion to be his girl friend again. No way! Because I actually already have a boyfriend, Riana. Yes, and he's not Ian! And why I acted happily just now, I just wanted you to be more careful in choosing a man to be your boyfriend. Riana, don't see a man from only one sight, because he may be good in your eyes, but it doesn't mean that he's also good behind you. Be careful, Riana, be careful..."

Riana couldn'y say anything. She really understood this time. She inhaled her breath as deep as possible, she hoped that it could make her heart more comfortable, although at the same time her tears fell down softly.

Day by day, month by month, and years had passed, Riana had finally forgotten about Ian. she was now walking to her University freely. She underwent her life as usual, and did a very hard effort to forget her past life with Ian. Yeah, it's only a simple principle becoming her motto, "IT'S ENOUGH FOR ME!" Yeah, that's all Riana's motto. Even, these days, she didn't feel alone anymore, because there was a man who always gave her support now. It was Suryadi, a very polite man. Suryadi, a handsome classmate of hers.

This time Riana was very happy with Suryadi, and about the past time, "It's enough for me!" Said Riana in the end........


*THIS SHORT STORY WAS WRITTEN BY CINDY FLORENTIA (a student of KEY's)on the 29th of May, 2010.

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