I'm Not Juliet

Part 5's

On the way home Amanda cried while riding her motorcycle. The heavy rain made Amanda's whole body wet. Amanda just covered her head with a helmet without wearing a coat.

Amanda was very sad to see Romi's indifferent attitude towards her. Amanda is also jealous of the beautiful girl Romi likes. The city girl is pure white, cute eyes and very elegant. From the looks it was obvious that he was not a child of an ordinary person.

" So that's the kind of girl you like" Amanda muttered in her tears.

Amanda continued riding her motorcycle without a care for shelter. Along the way people were astonished to see He who was leisurely riding a motorcycle in the very heavy rain.

Sometimes passing cars spray water puddles of damaged asphalt onto his body. His mind still remains where Romi works.

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Half an hour later Amanda reached home, Mama who saw her wet with water immediately took her a towel for her.

" Why not wait until the rain subsides" said Mama who was attentive to him.

" Not as hard as Ma, just drizzle"

" If it's just a drizzle why get soaked like this?" ask Mama.

Mama is very anxious to see her child just rain. Mama recalled 2 months ago when Amanda picked up Romi at her office. Romi, whose car broke down, asked to be picked up with Amanda. Amanda comes in the rain and comes home wet. Then Amanda went to the hospital three days and three nights.

Mama's making hot tea for Amanda who's cold. Amanda wrapped her body in a thick blanket of pink.

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" Is Amanda home yet?" mumbling Romi while typing financial statements in front of the office computer.

Romi finds out that Amanda was jealous this afternoon to see him with Julie. Romi doesn't know what to do. Amanda was like a sister in the eyes of Romi, only Amanda was not the family Romi, she was just the child of her parents' best friend.

Romi sees his HP intending to contact Amanda, but Romi undoes his intention. Romi is afraid that if he is too attentive, Amanda will be even more unable to get away from him.

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The rain was so heavy that it made Mama confused because the laundry was not dry. There are clothes Mama who is still wet must be put on later tonight because there is a party.

" The sky is very black, Mama's clothes will certainly not dry" said Mama while carrying her clothes to and fro looking for a place to sunbathe.

" Don't you still have another dress, why every party Mama always wears that shirt?" ask Amanda when she sees Mama coming into her room looking for a coat hanger.

" This shirt is a clothes given by Papa when Mama's birthday 3 years ago" said Mama explained.

" So after that Papa didn't give Mama another gift on her birthday?" Amanda became a cherry.

" There, last year Papa bought Mama Panci a set" said Mama with a slightly wrinkled face.

" kwkwkwkwkw....!!!! That's a sign that Papa likes Mama's cooking" said Amanda while teasing Mama.

" Papa said because the pot was again discounted" said Mama was not happy.

Amanda laughed more and more at Mama's explanation about the gift given by Papa. Amanda's laughter made her forget a little about what happened this afternoon at Romi's office.

Mama came out of her son's room looking for another clothesline. Amanda suddenly remembered the gift she gave to Romi the other day.

" I guess this afternoon you didn't wear the watch I gave you, but I don't know...I don't see" Amanda told herself.