[ Chapter 5 ]
"Hello, can I speak to Suzie please?"
"Speaking. Who's there?"
"Hey Suzie, it's me .. Aum. Rings any bell??"
"Oh, Aum! Ha, how many cars have you manage to spoil again today?"
"Haha, very funny! So how's your car .. is it okey after coming out of the workshop?"
"So far so good. All back to normal. Luckily. But its ok .. cause if it's spoil again, I know who to find!"
"Uh, come on. I'll be broke then! If it's spoil again .. it's not my fault k .."
They laughed.
"So, since your car is all good now .. can you bring me out for a drive right?"
"Bring you out?" Suzie sounded as if she was shocked. "Well, we'll see if I'm in the mood later .." She winked! Everything is going as planned.
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"Hey, nice outfit. You look gorgeous. You're really great in matching your clothes eh."
"Please. This is my normal outfit okay! It's you who look real different here. When I met you at the carwash, dang you're real messy and dirty! Look at you now .. you even looked like a rich man's son!"
"Rich man's son? Nah .. these are all pirated stuff!" Aum took out his tongue cutely.
"Enough of that .. geez .. trying to act all cute. Just a glimpse and I can see whether its an original or not you know." Her fingers quickly pinched Aum's arm.
"So where are we heading?"
"You asked me out and now you're asking me?"
"I asked you cause I want to meet you. The rest, it's your call."
"Fine, come on, let me bring you to my parent's house then. Ok?" Suzie asked sinically.
"Erk .."
"Hah! Look at how pale your face is now .. haha .. I was just kidding. I know, guys like you are always afraid of commitment. Alright then, let's go to The Curve. I heard that there's a Champions League exhibition there today."
Aum smiled. "Ok, lets!"
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"Wow, that was awesome. Finally, I get to touch that trophy for myself!"
"Yeah, isn't it cool? Now we're the same status as Ronaldinho and Gerrad .. woot!" Suzie answered.
Both of them had a good laugh.
"Here you go .. I bought you some drink." Aum said as he passed her a Vanilla Coke readily open with a straw.
"Oh? That was really sweet .. but no thanks."
"Huh, why?? I thought you said you liked Vanilla Coke?
"My mum always say, if we are out with a stranger .. we must never accept drinks which have already been open like this. Well, she's afraid that someone might put anything harmful in it."
Aum's face showed sudden changes in his expression.
"Uh, come on. You don't think I would do that to you know .. do you? Anyways, arent we friends?"
"Yeah, we are friends. But, we are just getting to know each other now right .."
"Means?"
"It means .. I can't accept your drinks .. yet."
"Ok, whatever." Aum said .. trying to act all pissy.
"You're not angry now, are you?"
He did not answer .. he just stood there and acted as if Suzie was all invisible.
"I'm just following my mum's advice. That is how I show my love and affection to her."
"Don't you love your mum too? So, how do you show your love and affection towards her?" Suzie never stop asking.
Aum looked disturbed by the question.
"Eh Suzie, lets go to another place? I want to take you somewhere special!" Aum tried to force a smile. The question once asked by Suzie was only answered in his heart.
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"You know what? You're the most special woman I met in my entire life!" Aum suddenly said.
"Really? What do you mean by 'my entire life'? Your life since you just woke up this morning? Or was it your life this month?"
Aum looking puzzled. "What are you talking about??"
"I bet maybe last night or last month, you've used this same pick up line to get the other girls to fall for you." Suzie explained in detail.
"Geez! I'm serious about this!"
"Aum .. Aum, you're a guy. Whatever comes out from the mouth of species like you, it can be invalid in just 2 weeks. In your case, I won't be shocked if its just 2 hours."
"Do you really think I'm that bad?"
"Well, I've met a lot of guys like you. If you're not exactly the same .. you are just more or less the same."
"You are mean. I wonder what you've gone through before."
"Something guys are proud about. But, lets not go there."
Both of them kept quiet.
A maroon Vios car shined under the moonlight as it passed the mountains. No more buildings could be seen as it were replaced by trees so high, it almost covered the moon.
"Anyways, where are we heading?"
"I want to take you see the city's scenery from the top of the mountain."
"Really? Ok, that's cool. I've never been to that place before."
"And I'm sure you'll like it."
"Oh yeah, here you go. I bought you this thats now. Now, this one .. it's not open yet. I believe your beloved mum won't really care with this one, right?" He pass her a 250ml Dutch Lady Strawberry flavor.
Suzie smiled while taking it from his hand."Thanks, you will never stop trying now, do you?"
"For you, I won't!"
"You don't need to use words like that. Here's a tip, it won't work on me." Suzie said as she poke in the straw.
"Ok ok. I'll just shut up from now on!" Aum answered in a teasing tone.
They reached their destination 10 minutes later.
"Aight. We are here now." The car stopped moving. On the left hand corner, was a majestic view of the city from the height of 1000 ft. Such beauty!
"Suzie?" Aum turned his head to look at her. Suzie was now laying there .. unconscious.
"Ek? Well .. I guess your mum never told you that injection can be used to inject roofies into box drinks." Aum took out the syringe which he was hiding. "Or maybe, maybe .. she never even know the existence of this tactic .." An evil smile was seen carved on Aum's face.