pressure

"Oh really?"

"Yeah."

"I think I need help. I don't know what to tell her mom if she calls. I'm scared if she wouldn't find out this situation. I'm scared!"

Lia could not control her emotioias as tears streamed down her oceand eyes. She doesn't know what to do to get the awkward situation right.

"You need to calm down, Lia. Don't pressure yourself."

"I shouldn't pressure myself?"

"Yes."

"Then you don't understand or have a clue about this critical situation Khloe and I fell Into. You really do not."

"Hey, listen. I totally understand you . ."

Lia cut him Short with an emotional tone making it seem like Richard have have no clue about klhoe's situation.

"Stop telling me you do when you don't have zero percent knowledge about this. I really don't want to do this, Richard. Just. ..."

Richard stood up and kiss her immediately.

"Stop!"

Lia said trying to stop Richard from kissing her but she couldn't. She later surrender when she finally felt the moment too. After few minutes, she pushes him and stop the kiss.

"I guess that will calm down with that."

Richard uttered smiling at her. She started feeling awkward. She blushes a little bit and smile back at him. She doesn't know what to say but she felt relive after the awkward kiss between her and Richard.

"So, what are you going to now. It past 3 and we need to find a solution to this."

Richard muttered with a serious face looking straight to her face.

"Don't look me that way."

She said looking another side.

"Okay. What do you think you are gonna do now?"

"I think I'm lost that's why I voice this out to you Before you did what weren't necessary."

"But you felt relived and I could see from your face how you blushes after the kiss. I know you've missed that. It been a while we've had a kiss, Lia."

"Whatever!"

She said sipping her drink and have a little bit of her ganished chicken.

"Okay. I think we should explain to the doctor of what she's facing. I don't really know if it's the right decision to make but I think as an elderly one, he could know what to do."

"Hell NO! What do you mean? We both plan not to voice it out to nobody. I broke the oath by telling you and that was not enough, I should go ahead and spew it out to a stranger we don't know? I know he's a doctor but I think it's not medical stuff. I think this is a spiritual situation that needed a spiritual treatment. I explained this to you because of how we are not because of anything."

"You mean we should spiritually dealt with this?"

"Yes. Please can you just remember any magicians that can help us out from this. I really want to save my friend from this. She's suffering!"

"Alright. I will just drop you down in the hospital and and try to get one. I know I don't know any but I can find one. Okay?"

"I think that's fine."

They both glance at each other and continue with their food.

[ Beep! Beep! Beep!]

Lia check her bag to bring her phone inorder to check who's calling. It's the doctor. She swipe up through the green blinking button to pick the call.

"Hey , Dr. James"

"Miss Lia, your attention is urgently needed."

Through the way the doctor sounded, lia could tell the graveness of the urgency but, she's still confused as she ask

"What happened to Khloe?"

She sounded more pathetic. Her voice cracked as she ask. Her face became dark and unrecognized. Richard was just staring at her and using his hands to tell her to calm down.

"You need to come to the hospital right now. I don't know how to explain this on phone. Kindly visit our hospital immediately."

"Dr. James, can you please be specific. My life is as stake. Please explain anyhow. I will understand y ..."

The doctor didn't let her finished her statement when he hang the call.

"The doctor ask me to visit the hospital now."

"Okay. Let go!"

"What do you mean let go. What if her mom have found out and screaming there. What I'm I gonna do. Richard, I'm in a mess I can't defend!"

She began worried if klhoe's mom haven't gotten to know about klhoe's situation.

"Babe, you need to calm down and let go."

"Are you sure?"

"I'm always there for you, Lia."

Richard called one of the waitress and pay the money of the food and drink they bought..

"Are you okay, madam?"

The waitress ask showing more of concern to Lia but she didn't reply. She just fake her smile as response to her question.

Richard stood and so does Lia. He held her hands as both walk out of the restaurant. He opened the side door of the front car for her to hop. Then, Richard zoom off..

"Oh ..my . gosh! Traffic!!"

"Lia, calm down. It's not . Can't you sight the traffic light there. People have to obey it. After all, it won't take much time."

"Oh! You forgot what the doctor said . He said we should visit the hospital immediately. I can't afford to lose my friend!'

"Stop thinking too deep! She's not gonna die. Lia, don't pressure yourself. We are on the road!"

"Okay."

She said while panting. She started looking around as if she lost something and seem frustrated through the expression of her face.

[Beep Beep]

She pick up her phone that's ringing inside her small fancy bag beside her. She clean the little drop of tears that almost fell on the screen of her phone from her face and pick the call hastily.

"Dr. James. I'm on my way. "

"Miss. Lia, we need your attention now or we will take her out of our hospital now."

The doctor sounded more serious and brave. Lia could not give a response on what still kept her stalked on the road.

"Are you there?"

"Err... I'm almost there, Dr. James."

"Alright."

Dr. James dropped the call.

"Dr. James just called. I think something is wrong with klhoe that the doctor needed my attention for. Please let pack the car and board a bike...I can't lose my friend."

She said calmly but a serious tone could be felt through the way she sounded.

"What did he say?"

"I just told you earlier, man. He ask me to visit his hospital now. He said it's very urgent. I wonder what must have happened to my best friend . I'm scared and ..."

Richard cut him Short with his calm voice to quenched her anxiety.

"Lia, you don't get the. Nothing will happen to klhoe. Okay? She will be fine. Stop pressuring yourself unnecessarily. I've told you before and I'm telling you now. Stay calm and let focus on positive.."

Richard try as much to calm her down so that she could focused till they got there but Lia seemed very adamant to Everything he's saying.

"Please open the car door. I forget you don't know anything about us. I forgot you are just a random guy in our midst. You literally don't have a clue about our friendship. I'm sick and tired of explaining to you. How will I calm down in this kind of situation? ..."

She stopped, as she got no response from Richard she continue while Richard driving the car.

"I'm just fed up on how you remain or will I say you failed to to understand how I'm feeling. I'm the reason why she got this accident because I literally lie to her mom that we had a class but we don't. How I'm I gonna explain to her mom. I'm just..."

Richard cut her short as he stopped the car.

"Do you really have to put the blame on yourself? Do you really Intentionally push her to the road. You are only being a friend. I mean, not just a friend a best friend. Only a best friend could do all of this. .."

He stopped and hold her hands from the front seat he was sitting.

"Look Into my eyes Lia, you are never a bad friend. You are the best and everything a friend could wish for. Don't pressure yourself. I totally understand you, Lia. You see all what you said me, it got nothing on me because I understand where it coming from. We will get there and see what the doctor call you for. You can't kill yourself, Lia. "