Ask Your Self

Tonight, Allynna will cook a simple meal for dinner. She only makes grilled chicken with salad and potato wedges. She immediately grilled the marinated chicken, which she already marinated this morning, and prepared other ingredients.

For the salad, she asked Lizzy to make it. She was just giving her simple instructions she believed would be easy for Lizzy to follow.

"Lizz, did you know that you have talent in the kitchen too? If you went to the kitchen more often, maybe you would cook just like me." Said Ally while praising herself.

"Hahaha, I will never bother to learn how to cook, young lady. I just need to find a rich husband who will hire a chef for us. So, I don't have to go into the kitchen for the rest of my life." She said it with a dreaming voice while laughing.

Allynna just smiled in silence with Lizzy's magical way of thinking.

After their dinner menu was finished, they immediately sat at the dining table and ate their food. As always, Lizzy praised her to the sky. And Allynna was used to it. She wasn't flattered anymore by Lizzy's praise.

"Ally, when are you going to the capital?" Lizzy asked Allynna, who was tidying dirty dishes.

"Once the exam is done…."

"What? So soon? It's just three more days from tomorrow." Lizzy dumbstruck. "Ally, I still can't move on with your cooking. What will I eat if you move to the capital?" Her eyes straight looking into Allynna's eyes, she continued… "And I will miss you… I won't have any more friends here other than Helan." She lowered her head, feeling sad.

"My beloved beautiful friend, Lady Elizabeth… This would be the last dish that you can enjoy. Because from tomorrow onwards, I will not waste my time again in the kitchen. I have to prepare myself to study. Besides, my fridge is already empty, and I don't have time to shop for groceries." She's only here for three more nights, so she doesn't need to fill her fridge anymore. She will just eat outside.

Lizzy was shocked to hear that. Now she has to get back to reality, eating her mom's cooking. Just the thought of it made her nauseous. A few days of eating Allynna's cooking made her tongue use the rich flavor and delicacy. What happens if she goes back to eating her mother's cooking? She hoped her tongue wouldn't go into shock.

Allynna continued…"And don't worry, we will definitely meet in the capital. You will also study there, am I correct?" Lizzy nodes. "Well, if you enter Bells Royal University, it will be even better… Because we will be in the same university even though we have different faculties."

Lizzy's eyes glimmered when she heard that. How could she forget about it; she also will go to the capital. "Hahaha, you're right. How could I forget?" 

"Liz, you watch too much drama, and you fantasize too much, so you forget about reality…." They both laugh. "Liz, have you spoken to your father?" With her concerned looking-face, she saw her friend wanted to know about her progress.

Lizzy shook her head.

"You want to hear my advice?" Ally feels sorry for her. What's more, they will soon have an exam. After that, the result announcement will be out and followed by the university admission process. It all happened so fast. Suppose she doesn't immediately find a solution to her problem. In that case, she might lose the chance of getting the university she wants from her heart.

Lizzy, who was looking at the TV, immediately looked at Allynna with a curious look.

"Follow your heart, Liz. If your heart says to take the Faculty of Art, you choose it no matter other people's opinions about it. Your life, your future, your options. But one thing you need to remember when you're picking a choice. Don't choose the Faculty of Art because you want to be like other people." Lizzy raises her brows in awe and confusion. 

Ally continues, "For example, because you see celebrity A or celebrity B who has a glamorous and fun life, so you wanted to be like them. But then you choose Art School just so you could be famous like them. If you do that, your choice means it wasn't coming from your heart and your deep mind but from your eyes and your shallow mind. So, you should ask your heart and deep mind; Is Art something I really love and want?"

Lizzy is still listening to her best friend's speech with the same awe and confusion. But by now, the confusion part has lessened.

After a few seconds paused, Allynna resumed her speech.

"And, you must know, even if you enter the Faculty of Art, it doesn't mean you will certainly be as successful as your idol in dramas or movies. I believe you are aware that their success is the result of years of hard work. Even blood and tears. Surely there will be many ups and downs for them to be successful. There will be tears, a lack of sleep and rest, and many more. Liz, it's not that easy to get what they have achieved now... so, ask your heart again, are you ready to work hard as they did before, successful as they are now?"

Allynna smiled in her heart when she saw Lizzy's eyes flash doubt. She knew it or at least had some guts that this friend of hers only wanted to enter Art because she saw her idol's glamorous life. This stupid girl decided something because of her eyes. Instantly she wanted to wash her brain with vinegar.

After a deep sigh, she continued her last piece of advice for her best friend...

"And, after you find the answer, get ready to fight for it. Your loved ones might disagree with your choice. But speak to them. In your case, speak to your father and your mother. I think they could give you some sense about what to choose. Once you speak with them, I think they also will understand what you will choose and why. And this also applies to other things in your life… ask yourself if science is in your heart or is it because your father told you to? Well, if I may shorten it, your problem lies in your heart… you don't know what you really want. You understand what I said, right?"

Lizzy nodded and thanked her best friend for giving her insight into what she was facing right now.

Allynna couldn't help but smile at her best friend. Hopefully, Lizzy can find the answer to her own problem.