As Strong as the Mentari, as Soft as the Moon

Episode 4's. The Too Fast Passion

Four o'clock in the morning. Even the work has happened in my house. No matter the cold that ambushed even though the body shivered violently. I saw my two best friends sitting with blankets wrapped around their bodies. Both seem to be shivering. "Sherlly's warm tea, Ferry.." said grandma. And soon the two sipped the warm tea. In the meantime I started frying the onde-onde cake. Slowly the cold that I felt was gone was defeated by the heat from the stove in front of me.

Five o'clock exactly. All the cakes are finished. Packing time. But before that we also had a hurry to perform the prayer prayer prayer. Approximately ten minutes each of us meditated. To pray prayer, to ask to be granted. At the end of the prayer I called a name. Appeal for his health and safety. My charity now knows where. I slowly thrust both hands into my face. Please do, Robb. Aami...

Soon we began packing one hundred and fifty boxes. "Passion....!" said Ferry excitedly as he raised his hands into the air. "Spirits...!" we all followed the Ferry. About an hour we struggled with packing activities until the sun began to fall from the contest. Gives light to the earth. And it looks in the sky white clouds are parading signs that daylight will be bright. I stretched out both hands to the sun while breathing in the refreshing morning air. I greet you this morning with a new smile and hope. This is my habit every morning before I go to school.

"We're leaving, princess." said Ferry after putting the whole cake in the car. I smiled at the sumringah too. "Hey..kok daydreaming? Come on...!" sherlly said as she stroked my arm. "okay..Just think....!" I said half screaming. Of course, that made everyone chuckle.

For twenty minutes the car drove at a moderate speed, down the still-deserted road to the Koh Ahong store. "Mang Parno, thank you for helping grandma" said the grandmother while putting a paper bag on the dashboard of the car. "Thank you, Grandma. Well, Grandma did bother.." said Mang Parno with a smile with eyes that remained focused on the streets.

"The shop on the left, mang.." I said, pointing to a shop on the left side of the road. I saw in front of the koh Ahong store with a middle-aged woman. The end of his long veil seemed to drift slightly in the wind then. I went down and met Koh Ahong. "Morning, koh.." I said. "Again, Fara... Lo people on time yes" he said with a smile. "It's the mom who's cool, Lo has a cake. One hundred and fifty boxes" said koh Ahong again. "Assalamu'alaikum's chat...Ma" said. "Wa'alaikumussalam.. bring a car?" ask her again, which I answered with a nod of my head. "Alhamdulillah. My husband's car again in the workshop" he said with a face sumringah. "Later between places, Mom" said Ferry who arrived - arrived there was already beside me. "The address, Mom...?" my many. He gave me an address with his cell phone number. You guys just follow me. Em, the payment is already with koh Ahong ya" said the mother while pointing at koh Ahong who immediately nodded her head.

The car also drove back to the speed of the motor bu Imah, as soon as he mentioned his name. About twenty minutes drive, we finally arrived at a house with a large enough page. We immediately took down one hundred and fifty boxes of cookies. "Thank you" said Bu Imah with a smile. We also say goodbye while leaving my mobile number as requested by mom. Phew.relieved once with the results of work from last night until this morning. "We run in the morning, yuk.." said Ferry. "Relope..." Sherlly agrees. "Fara...?" ask Ferry when I see you shut up. "Related, Fara... Just a moment" he said again. After a few moments of silence, I finally agreed. Cheering for my two best friends. But grandma chose to go home instead of intending on us young people.

After a while we were at a sports stadium. Scattered us into a vendor of our favorite confectionery. At first I saw Grandma shaking her head while smiling at her grandchildren. A moment later we continued our little run with a snack in hand.

Two rounds we went around the stadium. Tired of attacking the body. I threw my body on the green grass on the outside of the stadium. I set my breath and try to reconcile the heartbeat that chases in rhythm with my fast running steps earlier. I sipped the mineral water that I had been carrying. "Wi-fiuh.I can no longer. Go home yuk.." I said with a stingy breath. Both refused on the grounds that they had not found a good meal. "Is this a sport or a snack?" my spoken. "Both.." said both compact. I'm manyun. Come ...Fara, sometimes we can not walk to fill fresh nieh head. Learn to stay tired too, dear" said Ferry. I smiled hearing that story. I finally accepted the Ferry story. And again what's wrong with pleasing my two friends who have been like brothers since yesterday until this morning has helped me. "Alright.." I said while embracing both.

Ten o'clock. We were out of the sports stadium. Each of our hands also holds a favorite. But the sweets I brought were mostly for grandmothers. Surely he will smile when he sees this snack. Shortly after the online taxi Sherlly ordered came. It was scattering that we entered the car with laughter that always accompanied our jokes.

Fifteen minutes I'm looking for grandma. But I never met. Then I went to the kitchen and took a glass of water and gulped it down. Phew.lost my thirst. My eyes circled every inch of the room. My mind was on Grandma. And suddenly my eyes saw a figure lying on the floor, behind the dining table. "Grandmother....!" my true scream. My two best friends who had been sitting in the guest chair were running towards me. I shook Grandma's body repeatedly, but there was no answer. And tear my eyes to find the condition of Grandma. "Please..please....!" shouts Sherlly in the yard. "Please, grandma.." said Sherlly, who I can still hear because the yard and kitchen are not too far away. Bang David, a young doctor at the health center in the area where I live, came at a rapid pace. He immediately lifted the body of the grandmother and laid her on the sofa without a headboard. Then bang David tilted his grandmother's head to open the airways. Deftly he checked the current condition of the grandmother. But there was a look of worry on his face. "How's grandma, Bang?" say anxious. "For a while, yeah." said bang David trying to calm down. Like something he was hiding. He called someone and asked them to come home. Back Bang David also check the breathing of the grandmother and immediately do cardiac resuscitation or CPR. It aims to pump blood to keep flowing to vital organs in the body, including the brain. David repeatedly did CPR, but without success. Grandma has not responded to the treatment. More and more I shed my tears to see the condition of grandma. Before long friend bang David, bang Aditya who is also a doctor came. "How long has it been?" ask bang Aditya. "Fifteen minutes since my arrival. I just wanted to convince myself. And unable to convey it. You know the situation?" said bang David who was replied with a smile by bang Aditya.

One o'clock in the afternoon. "Fara.." call bang Aditya. "Grandma's gone. Since an hour ago. Even before the David bang came" said bang Aditya which made me more sobbing. "Grandmother....!" I shouted repeatedly while shaking his body. I'm frustrated. My crying became. How to live without a grandmother. I should what? Without even realizing it, an arm grabbed me. He held me tight. It was bang David. In his close embrace, bang David tried to calm me down. Leaning my head against his chest in a frutation while hitting his ass. And bang David accepted it without complaining in the least.

"If Fara is like this, pity grandma. Grandma will not calm down later" said bang David. "But grandma doesn't pity Fara. Grandma left Fara alone. Why don't you take Fara with you." I said in between my tears. "Shhhh. Everything is destined to be so. God must have other plans for Fara" said bang David calmed me down. A little quiet my heart listened to the words bang David. Though tears still flowed down my face.

Two o'clock in the afternoon. The mourners have also arrived. Grandmother's body was ready to be sent to musholla to be sholated. I immediately ablaze and accompany the body of Grandma. Sherlly and Ferry were patiently always beside me who always tear up. While bang David, is willing to be busy heart to help all the needs of the funeral process of grandmother.

Two o'clock forty-five minutes. It's just me, Sherlly, Ferry and of course bang David who's still at the funeral. Put me on Grandma's belly button. I can't imagine my life without my grandmother. My hands offer the best prayer for my grandmother. And I hugged a tombstone bearing the name of my grandmother. My tears are unstoppable no more. I also ran with tears. "Mah...!" yelled the three who tried to stop my running. I don't know what's on my mind right now. I ran all the way to the edge of the highway."Fara... gosh...!" said bang David while pulling my body right before the car hit me or at least grazed my body . "What are you thinking, Fara?" bang David said while shaking my body. For the second time bang David grabbed my body and grabbed it. For the second time also the chest of his field became the back of my head. I cried back in his arms. "I'm confused, bang" I said in his arms. "Patience.we all have problems in this life. Surely God has a solution. The padlock alone has the key" said bang David, smiling "Fara, there's still me, Sherlly and the people who love you. Don't do that, dear" said Ferry. "True Fara. You are my sister. Do I need to announce now that we're twins?" sherlly. "Ga funny.." I said spoiled while shrinking my tears and straightening my head from the chest of David's bang field. A smile also seemed thin adorning the corner of my lips. "Well, if the smile becomes beautiful" said Ferry. "If beautiful is fate, Fer.." said Sherlly while pinching Ferry's arm. "Yes yes. It's destiny.." said Ferry chuckled crisply.

"Thank you, Sher, Fer and...Bang David" I said. Then we walked along to the house that still looked crowded mourners. I also touched one by one. "Mom Ratna...?" I said with surprise when I found her figure. He hugged me tightly while kissing my cheeks. I was also back in his arms. "Patience, baby." he said, hugging me. He wiped my tears and tears just after we let go of each other. "Master killer Bu Ratna alone can melow this" Sherlly whispered to Ferry, whom I can still hear. Because they both sit next to me.

Five o'clock past thirty minutes. The mourners began to leave the house. So did Ms. Ratna and several other teachers. Stay with mothers who are busy preparing a meal for a prayer event together tonight. Sherlly and Ferry came home for a moment.

The sun began to return to its quarrel leaving only a tinge of red at the western horizon. The birds fly back to the nest. While I was still standing by the window. My eyes broke through the window frame staring at the western sky which was still reddish in color. Drifting back my mind to the figure that almost seventeen years has always petted me. And sing Nina's song bobok for me. And the figure that is always there if my cries come. Grandma.today grandma has left me. I don't know what will happen tomorrow to me when my grandmother is no longer with me....