Dollar Girl

Chapter 37 The Broken Heart Poem

"Ratna." call Mita happy.

"Mita." he replied as he ran over to his friend.

They met in front of the gate and hugged each other tightly while asking news, two weeks did not meet apparently there are enough stories that can be the subject of their chat.

Mita is a bit angry because during the holidays Ratna did not give her news even though only a short message, but, Mita who knew Ratna only had one phone was often used by her father would not dare to send SMS first.

"I work in a tavern, leave at about nine and come home at ten. Sorry yes.. I was really busy until I did not have time to tell you" said Ratna regretted.

"Yes, I'm sorry, but instead, I will take a break to the cafeteria with me. You're joining your gang, aren't you the boss?"

"I'll deal with it later"

"Seriously?" ask Mita.

"Seriously!" ratna replied firmly.

The two friends entered the class and continued their chat until the bell rang, the first lesson was Indonesian. The friendly teacher congratulated them on their graduation in the first semester exam, he hoped that in the national exam later they would pass as well.

"Today we learn about the musicalization of poetry, I will create a group where a group of three people. Your job is to make a poem and turn it into a musical poem, next week one by one the group appears in front of the class to bring the poem that you have made"

"Aaahhhhh." said the students who are still lazy to learn but have been faced with the task.

Ratna is very happy because she is in a group with Mita and Jimy, one rich person and one smart child of course she is quite lucky.

During the break, Jimy would not want to stay in class to discuss their duties, Ratna who led had decided to be in charge of reading poetry at the beginning then they sang on the guitar accompaniment.

"What theme are we going to take?" ask Jimy.

"From that we should first determine the type of music" said Ratna.

"We sing along to the guitar is definitely acoustic"

"I mean whether it's melow or something else"

"It's simple"

"What do you mean simple?" ratna asked confusedly.

But more confused is certainly Mita, because she is a group with children whose IQ is below her.

"Do you remember the movie AADC?" ask Mita suddenly.

"What film is that?" ask Ratna.

"Have you ever seen the movie AADC?" mita asked more astonished.

Ratna shook her head in a sign that she did not know.

"Not to be surprised, the dollar girl knows only the movies naruto and Rambo" said Jimy.

Ratna stared intently as she gritted her teeth at Jimy as if holding a grudge.

"Already, in the film there is a scene of Love reading a poem and then singing. I have the DVD, we'll watch it as a reference" Mita said.

"Well then the meeting is over, you can go master" Ratna said.

Jimy immediately stepped up without further comment while Ratna and Mita resumed their delayed chat earlier this morning.

Mita is still curious about how the continuation of Ratna and Amus relationship even though it is clear Ratna does not want to change the relationship between them, in addition, he also recounted Ardi's treatment which lately was different from usual.

"What if Ardi likes you too?" ask Mita.

"You kidding? she's got a new boyfriend"

"Indeed why? everyone knows he's a playboy, he could have loved two girls at the same time"

"If it's so much better that I step down, I'm already familiar with the Yuni case" he said, recalling how a misunderstanding left Ratna out of control.

"I'm so happy to be close to Amus like this, I'm afraid there will be awkwardness if until I express my feelings. So let everything flow as it is" he continued.

He is already comfortable with a friendly relationship that is flavored sweet closeness, sometimes he can be so close as if there is no barrier.

* * *

For an hour Ratna sat listening to box music after she returned home from school, her beautiful music washed her feelings away into the endless ocean. Until he remembered not to say thank you for the gifts Amus gave him.

Ratna planned to leave because she was bored and stayed at home, but when she opened the door Amus was in front of her with his hands raised as if he was about to knock on the door.

"What are you doing?" ask Ratna.

"Ah I. want to meet uncle" replied Amus lowering his hand.

"Dad's gone, what are you looking for?"

"I'm gonna ask for a nail and borrow a hammer"

"For what?"

"Why do you ask so many questions?" snarled the uncomfortable Amus.

"Then borrow it from someone else" Ratna replied not to lose.

"Marrel!" amus said he was about to leave but Ratna stopped him by pulling on Amus's shirt, reminding him of the incident last night in which he carried Ratna into his room.

"Follow me" said Ratna walking first.

Slowly Amus entered the house and followed Ratna into the kitchen.

"Do you need a small nail or a big one?" ratna asked as she opened the bottom of the closet door.

"Little one, I want to put a family photo on the wall"

"Oh. wait a minute, let me find it" said Ratna while removing all the tools in the closet.

But he only found the hammer, Ratna also tried to find it in the upper closet door. Because his body was less tall only his hands were able to creep in the closet, Amus who saw it suddenly ran to embrace Ratna while shouting.

"AWASPICE...... "

Prangs......

Ratna's hand accidentally nudged the box of nails until it fell and hit the body of Amus who protected it.

"Amus." called Ratna in shock.

"Don't move!" amus's orders.

Slowly Amus let go of his embrace but stood right in front of Ratna.

"Don't move a bit, you can step on a nail later. Let me take care of it" he said.

Amus began picking up one by one the nails scattered on the floor, putting them back in the box without missing a single nail. Ratna's feeling of protection was felt when she saw how painstaking Amus was in cleaning the room from the nails, a feeling that made her carry hope.

"It's over, next time be careful. Can you do something right?" hardik Amus's.

"Are you hurt?" ratna asked worriedly without caring about the scolding.

"Ti-no, I'm fine" replied Amus nervously due to the attention.

"I'm sorry." said Ratna regretfully.

"Here I borrow the nails and the hammer I return" replied Amus about to leave.

"Wait!" call Ratna to stop him.

"Thank you for the gift you gave me and for the help" he said with a reddened face in shame.

"No need to think about it" replied Amus who immediately left.

* * *

After school, Ratna promised to go to Jimy's house to watch a film that Mita recommended yesterday, Jimy came home first, and Mita and Ratna followed later.

"Is that good?"

"I dare to guarantee" replied Mita.

They arrived at Jimy's residence a few minutes later, with tea and biscuits Jimy had prepared to accompany them to watch. At first Ratna did not respond much to the film, but over time he drifted also in a mood of Love that felt like to Rangga.

"What are you watching?" ask Angga who suddenly came.

"Oh.. tumben you come home brother" said Jimy.

"I'm from a friend's house"

"Oh, we have a job to make a musical poem so we watch this movie on Mita's advice" Jimy said.

"Alright please continue" Angga said leaving them.

Jimy turned his eyes back to TV while Ratna was so serious about watching Angga's arrival, after the departure of Angga Mita said she would go to the toilet for a while.

"So you're in a group with Ratna and Jimy" Angga said as Mita walked out.

"Yes" replied Mita slowly.

Angga reached out with a smile, Mita seemed to see the situation first before finally welcoming the hand. With a little fear slowly he walked closer to Angga and blushed in embarrassment as his hands were kissed.

"Are you having trouble with a group of them?" ask Angga.

"Not really, they actually have their own potential. I... only fear if they know our relationship" admits Mita.

"If you're gonna admit to our relationship, you don't have to be afraid"

"Aren't you going to be called a fedopil?"

"You're not a kid anymore"

"But I'm still Junior High"

"You're fifteen, my grandmother got married at that age"

"That was the past" Mita continued to reason.

"Eh, brother Angga when is it coming?" ratna asked who came suddenly, making them quickly take off their handrails and slightly move away.

"I just arrived" answered Angga.

"Oh... What are you doing here?"

"That's.I asked about our duties, I think Angga's sister has good advice for us" replied Mita.

"Ah right too, the task this time was a bit difficult. If it's a matter of making a poem I can do it, but I don't know what poem to make"

"Poetry of love" said Angga.

"For you it must be easy, after all love poems are quite popular among students. You can make a poem heartbroken or someone is in love" he continued.

"Ah right too, the poetry in the AADC movie is pretty good. I think I can do a poem like that, thanks for the advice" Ratna said.

Mita and Angga breathed a sigh of relief because Ratna was unaware of the special relationship that had been established between them, it seemed that Ratna was indeed a person who was less sensitive to the surrounding environment let alone love problems.

Ratna immediately went home after finishing watching to start making poems, when she reached home to see Sapardi was justifying his broad work boots.

"Dad... shoes are so ugly why not just throw them away?" abugn.

"It can still be used, it only needs a few repairs" Sapardi replied.

"I still have money from my work yesterday, I'll buy you new shoes"

"Eh no need, it is your money to use for your needs. Don't you want to go to high school? you must want to buy a lot of goods after entering High School later" said Sapardi who made Ratna re-conscious about the economic condition of her family.

Ratna just nodded and spent a lot of time in the room, to determine the theme and pour ideas in every beautiful word choice. Until finally the arrangement of the temple has been perfect into a poem that he is ready to read in front of the class later, not to forget he asked Mita and Jimy's advice about the poem as well as training to perform.

Mita and Jimy seem to love the poem by Ratna, they began rehearsing at Jimy's house regularly until they were ready to perform.

"The poem... Is it an outpouring of your heart?" mita asked one day after they rehearsed.

"You can think of it that way"

"Why? didn't ya?"

"I don't know that story, it's just a monkey love story that I might forget in the future"

"What do you mean?" ask Mita wonder.

"Until when will we live in this dream world? are you sure that sweet love story I can get? we won't be girls forever, someday we'll be mature women where life choices aren't just about love. We have to organize the future from now on, so that our lives are much better."

Mita is still confused why Ratna suddenly changed overnight, she became a more mature person but seemed forced to throw away all her dreams. I don't know what has changed him, but Mita hopes he remains his best friend Ratna.

The next week the Indonesian teacher began to send the group he had made before to perform, one by one the group advanced to the front of the class and tried to perform as much as possible until the turn of Ratna group.

Jimy, Mita and Ratna advance to the front of the class, Ratna stands at the front while Jimy sits down to play the guitar and Mita waits for her turn to sing.

All eyes were on Ratna as Jimy began to pluck the strings, the two pairs of eyes that were very attentive to her were Ardi and Amus who could not wait to hear the contents of the poem by Ratna.

Ratna took a deep breath and started reading.

"It was me

It was me, who was sculpting in the long distance

Looking at the hope that never works

To you the owner of the heart

I'll save my trip

But it cannot be my home

Maybe love is useless

I spent a thousand hours alone

It was me, who was still sculpting

Crying in the arms of the night

Claim to the stars and complain to the wind

I hope he will show all my love

What is my day, just pecking

Looking at love in my hand

Confused, I don't know where to throw it other than you

It was me, who just wanted to let you go for God instead of the others

But you left hope

Here, I am always someone else in your heart

It was me, who was trying to be your angel

Can you see it from this distance?

For I could not get any closer because of despair

It's me, right here, just me"

Ratna took a few steps back, letting Mita go forward to sing the poem she had finished reciting. In the quiet music and melodious voice of Mita, Ratna's eyes only focused on one love that began to dim.