AMEERA'S LOVE STORY
PART 9'S
“Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday happy birthday happy birthday Ameera”
I blinked my eyes, waking up from my deep sleep. I saw Nita walking towards my bed carrying a birthday cake with candles on it in the form of numbers 2 and 0. She went back to singing happy birthday song once I saw that I had woken up perfectly. We now sit facing each other with a birthday cake between the two of us that is still held by Nita.
“Happy birthday well Ra,” said, “hopefully live a long, healthy life always, and everything you aspire to soon be done” he continued and then immediately I amenkan.
Time shows at 00:02. Like the previous year, Nita gave me a surprise on my birthday, “thank you well Nit, you are indeed my best friend” my thanks to Nita accompanied by a sincere hug.
Tonight we enjoyed the birthday cake that Nita brought with her surrounded by feelings of haru. I feel so lucky to have met and befriended Nita. Nita's a good girl. Even when I was sick, Nita was busy taking care of me, preparing food for me, and making me sweet tea.
When I had a conversation with Nita, suddenly a notification came into my phone. There's an incoming message
there. A message of birthday wishes from Umar. I saved my phone back without replying to a message from Umar, ‘let me tomorrow I'll reply,’ I thought.
Nita looked suspiciously at me who just read the incoming message without replying, “who is Ra?” tanyakanya.
“Umar” replied
“Kok not baled?” ask again
“Kalo I bales he will know I wake up, then surely he will call me. I want to spend time chatting with you now.” My explanation made Nita nod her head many times and ended with a smile.
“Oh yes Ra, today I want to go home to my parents, mumpung holiday. You don't papa I stay?” I saw a bad feeling on his face.
“However, it's good that there's nothing you don't bother me Nit” Nita's tambourine looks upset to hear my answer, even though he knows I'm just kidding.
“By the way, when do you want to invite Umar to meet your parents? This has been almost two weeks since Umar treated you so dramatically.” Nita's laughter suddenly exploded as she began discussing about the dramatic proposal.
“Wait for the right time first Nit, after all I no longer want to talk about Umar” I replied sewot and in the end approved by Nita.
We continued our conversation on a variety of light topics. There is no more discussion about Umar's proposal, because honestly I feel uncomfortable and ashamed of myself when I remember it. We burst into laughter as Nita demonstrated the watchdog style at our workplace while scolding her co-workers for making a mistake. It's ridiculous that Nita's behavior.
Without feeling the time has shown at 3 am. The sleepiness starts to attack. I've yawned many times. And finally we decided to end this little party and go to sleep.
***
Time showed me at 7am when I woke up. I didn't find Nita in my room. Then I remembered Nita saying earlier today that she was going to her parents' house today. He must have left since. I grabbed the cell phone lying on the bed. I got a message from Umar this morning. Thank you along with a smiling emote. A reply to an incoming message from Umar to my phone, he said that today he had to go home to his parents because there was a family event. He invited me to join but I refused.
I was about to get out of my bed to go to the bathroom when the sound of my phone rang, there was one call coming in.
“Halo Meera” greet the caller when connected
“Halo Heru, what's up tumben calling?” ask me to the point
“You still have my number turned out,” instead of answering, heru even discussed other things, “I just want to say happy birthday with you, happy birthday well Ra, Ra, hope you soon break up with your girlfriend it”
“Other people, yes, if there is a birthday prayer that is good, do not like you even doain I broke up, you!” my reply was upset followed by a ignorant laugh from him.
“Oh yes Ra, today I want to take you for a walk, this is as a birthday gift from me”
“Yakin? I know how you must be alone in the hostel again because your best friend is gone. I've been mending you come with me, I'm sure you must like the place”
‘Kok he can know I'm alone in kostan’ thought I was confused
“Thou shalt not be confused from where I know you are alone again. All you have to do now is take a shower, and beautiful dance, I wait for you in front of your workplace, bye Meera ....” he quickly closed the phone without waiting for a response from me.
[don't bengong aja, 30 minutes left I nyampe] a message came in from Heru
[i don't want to] answer quickly
[you must have come] I threw the origin of my phone after reading the last message from Heru.
‘She was nothing anyway, basic laborer’ grumbled I was upset.
***
I looked at my appearance in front of the mirror in my room. Today I purposely stroked my hair which I usually always pigtails. I also wear more feminine clothes than usual that are quite wearing a suit of t-shirts and jeans combined with a jacket, cardigan, or blazer. Today I wore a short-sleeved blouse combined with a knee-length skirt. I don't know why it's like I'm hypnotized to follow his orders to go with him. I also follow Heru's advice saying that I'm prettier if my hair is
raked. I put my wallet and cell phone in a small sling bag that I always carry around, then took the sneaker inside the shoe rack and then immediately put it on. I deserve my appearance once again in front of the window of the boarding house before I step foot into my appointment with Heru.
A black car was parked where I made my deal with Heru. I looked left and right looking for someone who said he was already in this place. I was just about to grab the phone in my bag when someone tapped me on the shoulder from behind. I turned to see who had surprised me.
“I told you you will definitely come,” apparently it is Heru, “you are so beautiful today Ra.” Praise her for looking at my performance from top to bottom.
Just now I will answer the praise of Heru, a beautiful woman down from the black car parked there, “oh so this is my sister-in-law candidate, it is still abg,” he said followed by a crisp laugh. From his gaze it was clear that he was addressing the sentence to Heru.
“Hai, Ameera yeah? Know me Andini, sister brother Heru” he said while extending his hand towards me which I replied by shaking his hand.
“Where is Ameera beautiful right deck? Today he turned twenty years” Heru told his sister
“Yes my sister-in-law's candidate turned out to be much younger than me, but I don't papa so feel adek right later, is it Ameera?” ask me who I answered with a nod to with a little smile.
‘This is actually what the hell, why his sister until misunderstood everything. This is also older why not straighten this misunderstanding anyway’ I glanced sharply at Heru who was only replied to a ignorant smile from him.
“Andini, actually—“
I haven't had time to finish my words, Heru hurriedly cut “tuh mother like I've finished buying her snacks, we leave now yuk, yuk, “ invite Heru while pointing towards a middle-aged woman who just came out of the minimarket while carrying a grocery slack.
‘Wait, what? Mammy? Whose mother? Where exactly am I going?’ I felt more and more chaotic, feeling that the event this time was not what I expected. Before I thought I would just go alone with Heru, I didn't think he would bring his family too.
A woman called my mother walked over to us. He greeted me and showed the same expression as Andini when he found out about my age. From him I knew that Heru was two brothers. Besides I just found out that Heru is the backbone of the family, because his father died when Andini was in High School, that means about seven to eight years ago. At that time Heru was the same age around Andini's age now.
“Chat can connect first no, hot nih” Heru seems to have grown tired of being the subject of my conversation with his mother. His mother laughed when she realized that we were all getting hot because she was so enthusiastic about telling me about her family. The four of us got into the car to continue our journey. Heru's mother asked me to sit back with her. He reasoned that he still wanted to talk to me. Although she had received a rejection from Heru who had previously asked me to sit in front of her, she finally agreed to it too. Andini relented sitting in front beside Heru who was sitting behind the wheel.
About an hour drive we arrived at a waterfall. The cold air typical of the mountains began to feel when I got out of the car. Heru swiftly opened the trunk of the car. He pulled some stuff out there. I saw a plastic mat with a doraemon and a big bag that I thought was food. That's where I realized I had the wrong costume. It turned out that our goal was for a family picnic. I saw a lot of people gathered around and sat on the mat with their families, I guess. Do not forget the heavy and light food presented in front of them.
Once everything was ready, we walked to find an empty place. Heru found an empty place under a big tree, a roomy and shady place, and the four of us immediately headed there.
Our picnic started with food brought by Heru's mother, then Heru took me for a walk down the waterfall area and then we went home. Before driving me home, Heru first took me to his house. He said he would take his mother and sister first, then save the car and replace it with a motorcycle to be able to deliver me to the boarding house because my boarding house is in the alley and can not be reached by car.
