Fantastic Earth (The Journey)

EMPTY BENCH

" please choose your seat James!" The teacher invited James to sit on the bench.

James, glancing to the right and to the left, he looked for the empty bench he would occupy, all eyes fixed on James who was walking with his head lowered.

" don't want to sit with him, he's weird!" sayup sayup they whisper,

James was not strange, he just felt alien to his new circumstances, because all this time he was a little boy who never came out of his house, who's always in brackets by his grandfather for some reason.

His eyes were fixed on an empty bench next to which was sat by a boy who was not very fond of James' presence.

" don't sit here,!" with his eyebrows bent, the boy covered the empty stool with his bag.

James just fell silent, and continued his careless steps.

Then he saw again an empty bench next to him sat a girl with her hair braided in two.

however, without seeing James, he immediately covered the empty bench with a pile of books that were originally on his table. James just fell silent and kept his head down, then James continued his steps,

" James, here....!" the voice of a little girl with her two toothless teeth on the front, called out to her.

james' eyes were fixed on the source of the voice.

James asked in his heart because he did not see the bench next to him was empty, then why did he call himself?

James was silent, his legs were no longer stepping, it was like he was running home and crying all over again, he didn't want to come to school anymore, because all he saw was the face of an unfriendly face welcoming his presence.

" james, come here!" again the toothless girl sitting on the very back bench called out to her, this time with a blushing smile on her lips.

The girl's atmosphere overcame James' grief, because only this time did she see her peers in the class willing to smile with her.

James began to move his feet towards the girl.

" James, you just sit here!" while showing the bench that has been occupied by a boy who stared at him sharply.

" but this bench is not empty!" james said he was a little afraid to see the boy sitting on the bench that the toothless girl pointed to.

The girl laughed at James' expression which turned out to be so gutsy.

" hey Farhan!" the girl patted Farhan's back, Farhan was the boy who occupied the bench in front of the girl.

due to her back feeling on the pat, she flipped her body facing the toothless girl. He felt very happy, because only this time the girl was willing to talk to him.

" this, for you!" his hands clasped something, Farhan whose heart was very excited, very enthusiastic and curious about what was in the girl's grasp, he opened his palm to receive something that was about to be given by the toothless girl sitting behind him. Then the girl put something in Farhan's hand

then slowly Farhan opened his hands, suddenly there was something that felt cold and wriggling in his hands.

" aaaaaa, help!" she shouted, she saw a large green caterpillar writhing in her small hands, all eyes on Farhan who was screaming in fear, Farhan reflexively threw the caterpillar so that it hit a female student with braided hair earlier.

Disgusted with the caterpillar, he yelled for help to get someone to take the caterpillar. Suddenly the entire class became crowded with the cries of the children of the occupants of class 3A.

" please.... Please..!" he shouted while screaming in fear, but there was no one to help, all of them shudder amusedly to see a caterpillar that big.

" what's up? You guys yelling scream?" The teacher tried to calm the rowdy classroom situation.

" Mom, help me, please get this caterpillar Mom, I'm afraid!" yelled the braid girl two earlier, while showing the caterpillar wriggling in her hair, her expression half crying, making the troublemaker toothless girl laugh again wide.

Mother teacher swallowed saliva, actually her self was also very scared and amused to see the great Se caterpillar,

" farhan threw it in, Mom!" shouted the child who was there compact.

" Mom, not I'm Mom, but!" unfinished Farhan spoke, the toothless girl silenced Farhan's mouth, while showing a jar full of large caterpillars writhing inside.

" you want me to get this tyrex in your shirt?" the girl threatened Farhan with a slightly whispering voice, so Farhan felt frightened and chose silence, not continuing.

" you calm down there, mother take the long wood first!" exclaimed Master's mother who was a little nauseous to see the big green caterpillar.

while the Teacher's Mother was out of class looking for a long wood, James approached the two-headed girl, then calmly picked up a large green caterpillar that was wriggling on the girl's head.

" i've, I've taken her, don't cry!" james said to the two-headed girl. The girl in two braids was now very impressed with the kindness of James, even though he had already refused her to sit on the empty bench next to him.

" te, thank you, you can sit next to me!" said the braid girl of two.

" James, why are you here? comehere!" yelled the old girl,

James glanced at Farhan who was ready to move because he felt threatened by the toothless girl who loved the caterpillar.

" hey Kira, he's gonna sit with me, man,!" shouted the braid girl, who was in the front row number two.

" hey, Mira saw Farhan was ready to move to your bench!" yelled Akira, returning the screams of the girl named Mira.

The girl in two braids was silent and blushed embarrassed, because Farhan was the most handsome boy who became an idol in the class, while the two-braided girl was eager for Farhan to sit on the bench next to her, therefore, she never allowed anyone to touch the empty bench next to her, including James.

" you like it, don't you?" yelled Akira with his crisp laugh, he knew very well Mira's taste all along.

Actually Farhan does not want to move to another bench, because he really likes the brave and helpful Akira, he said, but with forced Farhan had to leave the bench that had been 1 year he sat down with Bimbo, the fattest child in the class.

" hey Bimbo, move a little, James wants to sit here!" Akira pushes Bimbo's large body, but completely unshakable, Akira's energy is not comparable to Bimbo's body which is 4 times in comparison to his small body.

" Yuna, help me dong!" akira said to my countryman who has been his best friend since he was in the children's garden.

" it's a pain to you Akira!" said Yuna who always chews the gum.

" Come on Yun, help me please!" akira said pleading with the indifferent Yuna.

Forcibly, Yuna stood up from her seat, she walked towards Bimbo, and glared at Bimbo who was sitting on the bench.

Seeing Yuna's eyes bulging wide, Bimbo's guts began to shrink, he was afraid that something unexpected would happen again like a time ago, Yuna is the most feared girl in class, because she has the ultimate weapon, the chewing gum, he did not hesitate to put his used chewing gum into the hair of his enemy, his enemy,

" i, yes Yun, don't glare so!" Bimbo shifts his ass a little, man,

" Bimbo, take a little swipe!" Akira tries to protest, seeing Bimbo's butt still eating half of James' chair.

" well, look, my ass just sits half on the bench!" bimbo said, it turns out that Bimbo did not lie, his very large body did take up more space, he saw Bimbo who was half his body out of the bench.

" Good God, why is Farhan so comfortable sitting next to you!" Akira took a long breath.

" James, sit down!" Akira invited James to sit on his front bench. Like a servant serving the prince.

then he put his bag on the table and prepared to sit next to Bimbo who was very large, while he was too small if installed with Bimbo.

Although James' body was so small, it was still very difficult to move freely.