7 Days With Althara

Bandung

That night Althara picked me up on time.

I almost forgot to tell Althara about my plans to go to Bandung tomorrow. And I'll tell Althara when we get home.

“Al, I forgot to say. If tomorrow morning I go to Bandung”, I said when we left the restaurant with his car.

“Oke” answered briefly and coldly with a straight forward look.

“Maybe I went for 3 days”

“Iya” answer again.

I'm confused why he's not there to interrogate me as usual ? He didn't ask what he was going with, who he was with, or ask anything else. He was always overprotective of me.

He drove his car to his own home complex, I frowned when I saw this car driving not towards my house.

“Kok we're here?” Confused me.

“I want to get ready first”

“Hah get ready?”

Then we get to Althara's house. He took his car and got off without taking me.

I went straight out after Althara who went into the house. There was a Mother who immediately approached me while Althara went straight to her room.

“Hay Alhena”

“Hay Bunda”

“Udah home from work ?” Ask Mommy to see me still wearing my formal work clothes.

“Iya Mommy, I just came home from work but Althara instead directly brought me here so I'm not looking to change clothes”

“Ga anything. Where are you going Althara in a hurry?” Wonderful Mother saw Althara who darted into her room.

“Ga tau Bunda” answered me while glancing towards the stairs.

“Down a minute yes I samperin first Althara” Mother nodded her head.

I'm chasing Althara le upstairs.

“Althara” call me.

He opened the closet and picked a dresser.

“Althara, where are you going?”

“I want to take you”

“But Al, I can leave by myself. I used to go back to Bandung”

“For now do not get used to again”

I'm getting upset, but I can't do anything anymore.

He had already brought some clothes in his tenting bag and was standing before me. I stared at him sharply.

“Why?” Ask her with a ketus.

I rolled my eyeballs around lazily and left his room.

While under Althara looking for Mother who was playing with Laluna in the TV room.

It looks like Mother is tidying Laluna's toys into a box while Laluna is cool looking at the animal book next to her.

“Ka Alhena” shouted Laluna then she ran towards me past her kaka.

Althara could only resignedly and silently look at her sister who was like she did not see her. I smiled at Laluna's cute behavior that immediately embraced me sweetly.

“Where are you going ? How to bring that bag?” Ask Mommy by staring at the astonished bag that was carried by Althara.

“I want to take Alhena to Bandung Bunda” answer.

I led Alhena to approach Mother.

“I want to go to Bandung Bunda, but even though I have not invited Althara”, I replied tighter while glancing cynically Althara.

Mother smiled at the behavior of her child.

“The initiative of your child is too high like”

I moved my lips but smiled at Mother.

“Ga nothing, so Althara can take care of you on the way, and so she can meet your parents to apologize”

That's exactly what I'm worried about. I'm not ready to meet Althara with Mama and Papa, I'm afraid they're angry with Althara, I'm afraid they're going to kick Altahra out if he suddenly shows up in front of Mama and Papa.

Why does Althara always do things without my readiness first. It always makes me a heart sport all the time.

Althara and I arrived at my house. She kept her bag on the sofa and then threw herself down by sitting there.

“I changed clothes first”

Finally I let Althara stay at my house so that tomorrow morning we go straight to Bandung.

I went to my room and changed into a bed pajama still with the stars. Then I accompanied her on the couch watching a movie. The lights were all out, only the light from the TV was shining on us both.

I remember what Riani and I were talking about this afternoon at the restaurant.

“Althara”

He glanced at me for a moment to greet me and went back to watching the movie.

“What are your friends?”

“Why them?”

“Did they blame you too?”

“What's it?”

“You and Rey” problems

“I still haven't heard from them”

“What if they even hurt you? Keep you away from them” I'm honest with my anxiety.

“I haven't explained anything to them, but I'm sure they'll understand better than Rey”

“I'm worried Al” said I stared at him sadly.

“How about you stay in salahin same they” connect me.

Althara took her breath and shifted her body to face me. He held my cheek gently.

“You don't think it's Alhena. They want to understand me or not, that's their business. Most importantly, I tried to be honest and tell the truth. And I think more of you, I gamau until you are affected equally they” his words convince me to calm down.

I saw the seriousness of Althara, she could be as calm as that why I had to panic with their friendship.

I nodded my head and leaned my head on his shoulder.

Me and Althara were ready to go to Bandung. Our luggage has been put in the trunk of Althara's car.

My phone rang when Althara drove her car.

Daniel.

I stared at my phone screen remembering my conversation with Daniel at the dinner.

“Why even see ?” Althara asked as she glanced at my phone screen which I kept letting go.

“You or I raised” his cynical.

I glanced at Althara with my tail eyes in annoyance I immediately picked up her phone.

“Hallo”

“Hallo Alhena, where are you?”

“I'm on my way to Bandung niel. What's up?”

“Ke Bandung? I thought you were leaving tomorrow”

“There is a meeting at the office later in the day I need you” I glanced at Althara beside me.

“I'm already on jalan”

“Ya already me alone aja”

“And there was another first niel”

“Nothing. Careful Alhena”

“OK”

Then he hung up on her.

“Why?”

“Daniel asks me to join a meeting at the office”

“Then?”

“I said I couldn't”

“You have to come?”

“Ngga also”

“I know from Rey, kalo Daniel often deketin you”

I shrugged my shoulders showing I didn't know and didn't care about it.

“Then why don't you want ?” Her question made me frown.

“When he's your boss, handsome like a Russian, fine too right?”

He's taunting me, I know he's jealous.

“I have to want?”

Now turn her over who's shrugging her shoulders.

“Kalo I want, already from the beginning I received Daniel”.

“He's been chasing you?”

“Maybe”

Then I watched her cynically. He still looks upset and jealous of Daniel.

“Then you've been in Germany how many women?” Ask me by looking at her sharply.

Actually it's a question that often makes me curious during my return with Althara, did she have an ex while in Germany? Or has she had a relationship with another woman as long as she's not with me? I always wondered if he was like me or if he could easily get my replacement?

He frowned as if he were thinking.

“Ga ada”

I sneered at her.

“Ga may not exist. There must be a lot of women that you deketin right?”

“Women there are no exciting”

“Masa?” Ask me not to believe.

“You still want to ask my friends?” Challenge her.

I smiled to laugh at him.

I believe you're Althara.

After a few hours we arrived in front of my house. Althara's old house used to pick me up on her motorcycle. Now he comes with a new look and a new life.

Althara seemed to casually get out of the car and pull out the items in the trunk. She wasn't like me who panicked when I first met her Mother again.

Althara lifted our big bag into the house. I took a breath so deep. Just this time I felt nervous meeting my own parents, the reason is because this time I brought Althara home.

I scowled the bell of the house, and not long before a middle-aged woman opened the door.

“Non Alhena” said Bi Inah surprised to see me.

That's Bi Inah. A maid at home who's been taking care of my family since I was a kid.

“Bi ” I hug her gently.

“Non how are you?”

“Good Bi”

Then Bi Inah glanced at the man beside me with a hard recall of something that was on her mind.

“Den Althara?”

Althara smiled at him.

“Iya Bi” Althara kissed the back of Bi Inah's hand and hugged her.

“Yeah Den where are you? More handsome gini Aden” said he by continuing to stroke the elus arm Althara.

“Iya Bi I just came home from abroad”

“Oh. Come on in Non, Den, Mother again in aer”

Bi Inah has been like family to us, for that Mama always taught me if not to be disrespectful to Bi Inah even though Bi Inah is ART or Household Assistant.

“Buu”

Then Mama came out from behind the kitchen door.

“Alhena”

“Mamaaaa”

“Finally home also” said Mama hugged me gently.

“Where is it?”

“Papa still in office”

Mama looked at Althara who was already smiling at him behind me.

“Althara”

Mama immediately let go of my embrace and went straight to Althara.

Althara put both tote bags on the floor and welcomed Mama's warm embrace.

“Maa”

They hugged so tightly.

I wonder why Mama could seramat it to Althara when Mama knows for herself how Althara has made her child frustrated during her abandonment by her.

“finally you come home also” said Mama while continuing to hug Althara.

I frowned at me.

“Iya Ma”

Then Mama let go of her hug.

“Where is your lecture there?”

There? I'm getting suspicious of them.

“Completed Ma” replied Althara.

“Wait ..wait” said I stopped their ‘kangen-kangean’ event.

“Mama tau Althara during this lecture in Germany”

Mama was silent and smiling and sad to look at me.