7 Days With Althara

Day five

The next day, I woke up late from my sleep. Last night I had a hard time closing my eyes because too many thoughts were bothering me making it hard for me to sleep.

I hurriedly took a shower and put on my clothes before Althara nagged in front of the house.

Tok.shock.

“Non Alhena, there is a nyariin Non temen under” shouted Bi Inah behind my room door.

I'm pretty sure it's Althara, but she doesn't usually want to come into my house.

“Iya tell wait a minute bi”

As soon as I finished dressing up, I ran out of my room and down the stairs quickly. I kept smiling down the stairs happy that Althara was going to come into my house.

As my smile faded, my steps came to a halt at the end of the stairs as I saw who was waiting for me in the living room.

Devan.

She immediately stood up to greet me with her smile that had fed me up. Yesterday's events were still so strong in my memory, how he clutched my hand so tightly, and how the way he screamed scared me. And he still dared to come to my house with pretentious pretentious.

“Ngapain brother here” nadaku so sound very upset.

“I want to anter you to school today” he said with as if something happened between us.

“Ga need , I've been picked up my cynical Althara”.

“Maybe today he has no intention to pick you up, the proof is now too late he still has not appeared kan” I glanced at the watch in my hand.

It's true, it's too late. Where is she ? Why would he let this son of a bitch pick me up.

“So why not school?” My toot.

“Today right jum’at Al, my extracurricular activities are finished and only music art tasks are not finished because the music room is still in use for your practice kan”

I kept thinking about how to avoid Devan, but none of the ideas came out of my head.

“Udah yuk, you are already late, later others wait for you inna”

I was so forced to follow her into the car. There is no other choice but to follow it.

On the way I kept turning my face out the car window and trying not to chat with him.

“Alhena” call Devan hold my hand.

With reflex I deflected his touch. Devan breathed.

“You are still angry yes yesterday's problem?”

I kept turning my face out the window.

“Al, I'm really sorry, Cassandra is nobody I am, we're just good friends, it's not wrong if I just hold her hand, not that I have a special relationship with him”

Devan's still tight-lipped, I'm not responding to his bullshit, because it's not that Cassandra I'm disappointed in him.

“Al” call her so clean.

The red light turned green. There have been many honking sounds warning Devan's car to come forward. But Devan looks relaxed once forward his car.

“Sabar woy, can relax gak!” Shout him to the motorist who is overtaking him while honking his horn.

I turned my eyeballs around, and shook my head to see her nature so much different from Althara's.

Arriving at the school parking lot, I quickly got down from Devan's car and stepped away quickly.

“Alhena , alhena wait”

again Devan pulled my hand and held my hand which still hurt in the grip by him yesterday.

I stared intently at my hand, and then looked at his eyes with sinister.

“Saaf al”

then he let go of his grasp.

“Alhena please horrify me first. Okay, if you don't like to see me again with Cassandra I'll stay away from her, but I beg of you to give me a chance to prove to you that I'm serious”

he really doesn't understand that my frustration isn't because of anyone else.

“Kak denger yes. I really don't care who you want to be with, it's Brother's business and not mine. But don't compare me to other girls who can play with brother as you like Brother, I'm not that easy to be able to play sister. And don't try to get me again, okay”

“But al..” sentence he hung when he saw the figure of someone behind me.

I've come to see who made Devan not continue his rant.

Altharas. He stood in the middle of the hallway with a drink in his hand. He stood so firmly watching me and Devan being in a fight.

“I call you later” said Devan, and suddenly he stroked my head.

What Devan did made me uncomfortable, let alone Althara watching that, I was afraid Althara misunderstood.

I walked so upset closer to Althara. He just kept on standing and looked at me coldly waiting for me to approach him.

“Where are you from? Why didn't you pick me up today?”

I can no longer hold back my emotions.

“Not his lo sick?” Her question reminded me of yesterday when I told Ms. Renatha that I wasn't feeling well.

“Sick from where ! You know what the problem is!”

“Yes already,loe is already in anterin cowo lo, why do you get angry with me”

Althara even more upset me with the call ‘cowo lo’ against Devan.

“I didn't ask him to pick me up, but he was the one who was suddenly in my house. If not for loe today did not pick me up, I would not probably want to go with the son of a bitch. And I ingetin once again same loe, he's not my guy!!” There is an emphasis at the end of my sentence so that he understands and does not use the word ‘cowo lo’ again to Devan.

I left Althara feeling so upset with her.

The break bell has rung. I finally got to meet up with my friends in the cafeteria again, after yesterday's incident that made me cancel my friends.

“Serius Al, Devan rough is the same lo” said Tata in disbelief. After I told you all about yesterday's events.

“Bad brash si Devan, brave-nya he rough same temen I”.

“Gue has said, I don't like him, because it's too late if he's playboy” lamented me to them, because,because I consider it all their fault that forced me to get close to Devan.

“Ih Al, I'm sorry yes, I guess Devan ain't as bad as it” said Venna hugged me from the side.

“But really, Althara is really good. He can make Devan let go of you so, weird ga anyway?”

Yes indeed what was asked Ghea also had crossed my mind, but I always did not think too much about it because it was not my business.

“Apaan sih lo. Yes it's not possible that Althara likes me, until now I've never had a special chat with him”

“Althara why yes? His life is like that, there is no interest at all, is not it?” Tata asked for another opinion.

“Yes, Althara ga rich others, who are more friendly, sweet polite with others, edo” style said Ghea makes us all look back at him sharply.

“Emang yes Edo good right Al?” He asked me to ask my approval.

“But Althara is also good, I mean she is cool but not too” do not know why I feel have defended Althara without me knowing.

My friend looked at me suspiciously.

“Kok lo salting sih” said Tata suspected my gestures.

“Do not-don't you like it again yes same she” her ledek while pointing at my face.

“Ngga it's good lo” agile me by trying to convince.

“How can I like the same guy who is super jutek and cold rich him. If my sample is the same as him, we can only be em-diem an until the north pole melts the atmosphere of tau ga, join really not the same rich person?” Everyone laughed at my babble.

But my heart said something else. Like there was a rejection when I said it. I feel like there's something strange in me, but I don't want to admit it.

Today's training is over. I was still upset with Althara, and throughout the training I didn't care about her at all. I tidied up my things and immediately left the music room leaving Althara who looked puzzled by my attitude.

I'll go home on a public ride. I have to learn not to depend my life on others if I don't want to feel disappointed again. I don't want to be dropped off by Devan or Althara.

“Al has finished” Devan is like a demon suddenly appeared before me.

“Kakak why here?” My forehead is wrinkled to see her.

“I wait for you, I want to anterin you go home” he said with still without guilt.

“Kak.”

“Alhena came home with me,sorry” I haven't had time to curse Devan again, Althara has come to save me.

Althara stared hard at Devan and then pulled my hand away from him.

Devan was still staring at me and Althara until the parking lot. Althara let go of her hand grip and she gave the helmet that was somehow who this was. I put on the helmet and got on the bike and left Devan who looked very upset.

As usual, along the way we just kept quiet and didn't talk to each other. Then the rain began to wash over our bodies.

Althara stopped her bike next to the bus stop.

“Why ?” My toot.

“Lo can't see it's raining?” Keto.

“Ya keep why?”

“Yes we will get wet later, you want us to get sick?” His nagging managed to make me quiet and take shelter at the bus stop where no one was taking shelter with us.

I remember my own words

If I'm to be with him, we can just diem-diem an until the north pole melts the atmosphere.

I don't know what I've been thinking, but like him I want to try to talk to him occasionally so as not to look stiff.

“What's wrong with you Devan? Kok kayaknya you guys are not familiar” ask me with so familiar.

“Not lo” business Althara's answer is enough to make me shut up.

Like her I was wrong to start this conversation by asking about Devan.

“Why don't you immediately ask the lo” guy again Althara makes me upset again.

I squinted my eyes at her cynically.

“Gue has said many times that he is not my guy”

“But his looks he pursues lo mulu”

“Yes he chased me does not mean I want to be the same he”

“So long ago you guys will be so kok” Althara behaved as if she was a psychic can guess my future.

“Lo don't be pretentious, where do I want to date with him”

“Why?” Ask her.

“Yes I don't like him. He's not my type” I still say cynical.

He chuckled at my words.

“Keet the type of rich cowlo how ?” Ledek her while laughing at me.

This time her question made me stare at her confusedly. Althara's question made my mouth suddenly lock, I combed Althara's face. Her sharp nose, her clean white face, her sweet smile and the kindness she has been helping me, have made me admire her unconsciously. It was true what all the students in my school said. He was very handsome and indeed kind, it was just that I always looked at him from his annoying side, and finally I never even realized that he was this handsome and as good as this.

He lifted his halis to wake me up from daydreaming. I was misbehaving and immediately threw my face away. I have really gone crazy, I can even look at Althara with a sense of admiration.

“Not lo” business answered me as I stepped away in the rain that had subsided.

I fooled myself, why could I have admired Althara that way.

“Lo where to go?” Althara's been on her bike balancing my way.

“Gue wants to go home public transportation, my order is long the same lo” said as I continued to walk regardless of it.

“Heh boy” he managed to make me stop stepping and stare at him back sharply.

What did he say ? Boy ?

“Naik” orders her with cynicism.

“Gue ga mau”

“This is not a request, this is an order, cepet rose” I keep still not moving from my place. Because of my sense of prestige refusing to follow his orders, who is he?

Althara got off the bike and pulled my hand. He gave me another helmet in annoyance.

“Ga be stubborn, pack her helmet”

“This is a command or request?”

“Both!”

I clucked in annoyance at having to always follow her wishes. Though I could reject her plainly, but somehow my heart even revolted.