I WASN'T...

Advancement

Rena was standing in front of my class when the clock came home from school. My class hasn't finished receiving math lessons in the last hour. We had agreed to finish one more chapter, but ten minutes would be the bell home.

Our class habits are like that. We have the same ambition: to be the best of the best. It was not uncommon for our classes to go home thirty minutes to an hour longer.

Rena doesn't mind. He relaxes if there is no tutoring or there is still time before his tutoring hours after school. The direction of our house is opposite direction, but Rena always took the time to chat with me. Sometimes we shop or shop together.

An hour passed. Finally our class was dissolved. When I left class, Rena was talking on the phone. I sit in front of him. Rena gestured to wait a minute before she finished. Yes, it's my turn to wait for him.

"Sorry" said Rena when she hung up. "So from my new gig."

"Who?"

"Candra. The son of SMK next door."

"Where do you know?"

"Medos." Rena slipped her smartphone into a bag. "Gue today there's a music lesson. But it's still about an hour away. Want to buy toast for a snack first?"

"Yeah!" I followed Rena walking towards the grilled toast merchant cart near the school.

"Gue hasn't hit you, Deb!" Rena added.

"Bokap I'm not less busy than your parents."

"meaning?"

"He's out of town again. He said, anyway, want to see the directors or whatever, for a promotion."

Rena is holding my shoulder. "But luckily you're always there every day, huh?" Rena smiles. I realized there was a sad tone in his voice. Obviously he was sad. How not? Her parents are always busy. It is fortunate that his name can meet once a week. I'm just separate from the city. While Rena is the same her parents are usually different countries. This kid misses his parents.

We arrived at the school gate. Mr. Anton leaning against the car door stood straight up. She must be happy, finally Little Miss Rena came out of school and showed her nose.

"Ntar, yes Sir! We'll eat toast first!" Rena exclaimed, discouraging Mr. Anton. "here, Sir! Eat too!"

I turned towards Rena. Tumben very he himself initiative ngajakin Mr. Anton. "Tumben really, Ren?"

"Let's not all side with you! They're my people!" Rena pinched my gaunched cheek.

The three of us sat on a long bench behind the toast trading cart, waiting for the order to be completed. Rena talked about her new crush, the Candra. He spoke as if he had known Candra for years, but they started chatting overnight.

The street in front of us was a bit crowded, due to the school's return hours. The sun was shining above our heads. The smell of sweet toast makes us even hungrier.

"Where is your relationship with Satya?" I asked, unable to resist conscious curiosityso I hid it.

Rena cleared her throat. "Satya's sister is different" he said with a red face. "Doooh, I swear, man! I am not confident in front of him. Every breath, my legs are shaking!"

Huh huh? 'Breathing'?

"A few times you've greeted each other and talked for a while, anyway.."

My forehead is cringing. "So, until now you have made no progress for Kak Satya?"

Rena took a long breath. "Satya's brother's kayak lo, Deb!"

"meaning?"

"He focused more on lessons, on his friends, and on sports. He doesn't take much of a courtship problem."

"How's the decoction like?" ask me. "Don't you, you deketinya aggressive like guys who demen lo lo, huh?"

"Gue's not very aggressive, really!" Rena defended herself. "Gue's interested in her, but I don't want to look so." Rena glanced at me. "Sometimes I use lo as an excuse to talk to him."

"Lha? Why bring me?" my protest.

"Soalya Kak Satya one exkul equally lo and he never look lo in the hospital." Rena smiled sweetly. "Not what, right? No what, huh? Let the duration of my conversation with Kak Satya get longer."

"Religion, um!" Rena pinched my cheek mercilessly. "Tomorrow balloons, yuk?"

"Deliver!" I shook his hand. My cheek hurts so bad that I was made sansak mulu like this child! "Tomorrow my control schedule."

"Who's control?"

"Himself."

"Lo nyokap?"

"Dinas afternoons."

Rena turned to Mr. Anton who was silent a thousand languages. His eyes were fixed on the toast that was being served on a plastic plate. It's almost netes so hungry. "Sir!" call Rena. "Tomorrow's tutoring schedule can be canceled?"

"Wow, Non! Can't be like that! We'll have the same problem, Miss Friska! Non remember, right, the last time Non Rena skipped tutoring? Ms. Friska changed the time that Non used to play with overtime on the day!"

"No need to open the card, sir!" Rena hit Mr. Anton's arm. It looks bad because Mr. Anton nyerocos.

"I mean, if you're truant, tomorrow you'll be overtime les?" i'm ascertaining. Really, this news is new to me. Rena several times skipped tutoring because she wanted to play with me all this time.

"Again, I want to play too, Deb! I'm a sixteen-year-old teenager in puberty. There's no way I'm following all the tutoring schedules that make mumets."

I shake my head. This child can be stressed too. I guess all the problems are solved because she's beautiful and rich. "Gue promise will play more often with you. But, you can't skip lessons anymore, can you?"

Rena grinned wide. "Make, Deb!" he answered while he was beating me.

"Excuse me, the toast!" The big brother of the toast seller gave us three slices of toast.

The road ahead of us began to fall. Many of the angkot are already full and choose to take the students to go home each. We enjoyed the toast that was still warm in silence.

Suddenly I remembered my new neighbor. "Rin! I have a new neighbor!" just want to start the story, my tone is high, so anxious.

"Oh, that haunted house next door?"

"Yes!"

Rena caught my overflowing emotions. "Why lo?"

"The guy was so arrogant!" i'm manyun. "Beautiful girl but her name is Gilang."

"Have you ever met him?"

"Gue has been expelled with him!"

"Seriously, lo!?" Rena's riding on the apogee. "Well, don't mention people like that!"

"Didih, I also want a ferocious person like that!" I bite my order toast. "If I'm going to visit myself who told me to stop by, I don't want to! The perfume makes me cramped!"

"No, no need!" support Rena excited. "Even though he fainted from hunger there, you won't give him food! Not even rice!"

I laughed at Rena's suggestion. "He's rich, Ren! There's no hunger on the dictionary."

"Where is it with me?"

I scratch my chin. "Rich lo, deh! Pay for our toast, yes!"

"Eh, have me, let me pay myself," Mr. Anton raised his voice.

"Sir Anton don't want me to buy!?" great-grandson Rena, offended.

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