Lecturers

Tears

"Are you sure Audie, taking lessons today? You're not afraid of being scratched by Miss Alea again? It's Tuesday, you know, the hellish woman must have visited Mr. Xavier's house."

Audie shook her head, while Indah who was in the back seat was busy eating somay in a plastic package. Today Arini brought her car, so the three girls did not need to take the bus to get to Xavier's house. Jack, Zayn, and Yuda are riding behind on a motorcycle.

"Gue doesn't care about Alea, it's my intention to learn."

A spray of somay sprung from the mouth of Indah, then she coughed while staring at Audie cynically, "lo? Intention to learn?" Beautiful and Arini who was driving laughed. Even Arini had failed to focus on driving a car due to his stomach that felt amused, as if the speech coming out of Audie's mouth was a joke for them.

Audie hissed at the behavior of her two best friends, "you two why, anyway? People want to learn even in an attempt."

"When did you intend to learn? Almost six years we've known you, Audie. And for six years also I never saw you seriously to study. All you know is Mr. Xavier doang."

Audie doesn't chim in, he's silent. What Beautiful said was true, so why did she deny? Since sitting on the bench SD Audie is indeed lazy to learn. Somehow with his future, because Audie never thought that far.

Only a few minutes away, finally three girls and three boys arrived in front of their tutor's house. The door of the house was closed, but Audie could hear clearly that there was a woman's voice and a man inside was talking about something.

"Assalamu'alaikum!" greetings all of them, reflexes of two humans who were inside the house answered greetings. Arini opened the door after getting the order. Audie stroked her chest in relief when she saw the woman she thought was Alea turned out to be Lufy, Xavier's biological brother.

Lufy hurried off to the kitchen, he did not want to disturb those who were wanting to study.

Audie stiffened at the sight of how cold Xavier's facial expression was. In their silent state they began to learn, sometimes Xavier spoke, explaining about today's material. Nothing had changed from the man, only that today he was increasingly looking indifferent and indifferent. Even Xavier seems to think Audie does not exist. The man did not care, even though Audie did not do the task he had been given last week.

Audie plucked her nails when she was nervous, her gaze paying attention to everyone who was busy with their respective tasks.

"Pak Xavier." call Audie later so everyone's attention is on him except for the name he calls.

"P-Sir Xavier!" for the second time there has been no confirmation, until it comes to the third time...

"Hmmm.." Just a small speech that Audie heard vaguely. The girl lowered her head, there would be something she needed to say. Jack's eyes stared at Audie's goal, waiting for what the girl wanted to say.

"S-I'm very sorry about yesterday's incident. I'm sorry for hurting my face, Miss Alea!" Audie's getting deep.

At least Xavier didn't want to take his eyes off the book he was reading, "you should apologize to Alea, not me. You realize no, what you're doing is completely out of bounds. And what I said yesterday, I don't regret saying."

Audie's eyes squinted, a little he looked up, "meaning Mr Xavier?"

"Poor!" lirih Xavier did not see how Audie's current facial expression was.

Supposedly, Audie was the one who was angry when he accepted the insult. But at this time, Jack was on a black ride, his white face looks red. Jack's hands clenched, his chest rising and falling. His gaze was sharp at Xavier, "what do you mean Mr Xavier?"

Xavier exhales violently, whereas Audie is silent, and the other four creatures who are none other than Arini, Indah, Zayn and also Yuda are just watching.

"So, do you think that what he did was right? He slapped Alea, grabbed Alea's hair just because Alea didn't want to leave me. It was so easy to threaten someone. Alea was his teacher, and was it possible that it was appropriate for a student to commit such violence to his own teacher? Besides he's outrageous, he's also very cheap."

Honestly speaking, Audie wanted to cry this second as well. He also wants to be angry, his feelings in the mix just like that. Why is he always blamed while the wrong one is even defended desperately? I don't know how many times Audie heard the word "cheap" sweeping his eardrum. How cheap is he in Xavier's eyes, is he more cheap than the women***** that are on the side of the road there? Audie was bored and wanted to snub the word thrown at her. So dejected was he in Xavier's eyes, and so low was he treated by the guy.

Everyone gasped in shock except for Xavier when Jack hit the glass table using three thick books. Luckily the glass did not break the thing. "Is Mr. Xavier sure Audie slapped Ms. Alea first?" xavier's eyes were fixed on Jack, his facial expression was very difficult to decipher.

"It wasn't Bu Alea who started the fight. I saw clearly Mr. Xavier, Bu Alea's hand slapped Audie's face repeatedly. Who will be patient and patient when treated like this? Ms. Alea was wrong, because she had slapped Audie for no reason. It should not be too easy for Mr. Xavier to draw conclusions and make the innocent more hurt. One thing that sucks about man, always defending the person he loves even though he knows the person he loves is wrong."

Audie's hand forcefully pulled Jack's hand, his eyes sharp as if threatening and telling Jack to shut up. "Gue's wrong, you shut up Jack. You don't have to interfere, I have to apologize anyway for my mistake."

Jack sizzled, "don't be pretentious so nice guy like Audie, I've seen all how Miss Alea slaps your cheek up repeatedly. It should be Ms. Alea who apologized, she was too humble of you as her student." Jack puts emphasis on every word.

"Look, he himself pleaded guilty, why are you desperately defending him? One thing that sucks about man, always defending the person he loves even though he knows the person he loves is wrong. That's what you mean by yourself, isn't it? Who are you, his girlfriend? Or just a friend?" Xavier turned things around.

Before leaving, Jack looked at Audie disappointed, disappointed why the girl did not want to defend herself when she was not wrong. As for Audie, again all he knew was to look down. No one wanted to comment, even Zayn and Yuda chose to finish today's lesson and follow Jack's riled steps towards the exit.

***

Before the Isya prayer stayed all over the city, Audie had arrived in front of his house escorted by his two friends.

The two girls in the car with the glass windows open just shook their heads, "later Mama I nyariin, it's just I've been mismanaged." Said Arini, while Indah did not want to give an excuse.

"Oh, be careful on the road!" Audie waved before Arini's car drove off the grounds of Audie's house down the city road.

Audie exhaled a rough breath, today she was very tired. Not just today, not yesterday. With a spiritless step Audie entered the simple house while saying his greetings, but strangely no one said either Linda or Irfan. Up to three times Audie repeated her greeting still the house looks so quiet.

Until in the next second the sound of laughter managed to stop the steps Audie who wanted to climb the stairs swivel towards his room. The sound came from the direction of the dining room, Audie had thought that Dimas had come home. But... is it possible that her father went home without telling her first?

Without thinking long Audie immediately headed where the laughter came from, so that he was not made more curious. Until the face that was fresh because thinking Dimas came home immediately turned drastic to sour.

"Eh, Audie? You home?" audie's eyes looked at a woman there with a dislike. He sits right between Irfan and Linda. Audie doesn't like it when someone occupies her seat.

Irfan waved his hand as he patted the dining chair next to him, "here deck, eat first." Take Irfan.

Audie simply replied to her with a headband while smiling knots, more precisely the smile she forced. "No need to bang, Audie's full." Reject Audie before she finally turns her body, intending to return to her room alone immediately.

"You must have reported? Why don't you eat, you want to avoid Alea?" at once Audie's steps choked, trying to digest Irfan's words just now.

"I'm sorry well Audie, I'm really sorry. At that time I was carried away with emotion because you slapped me first. I should've found out why you were doing it instead of slapping you back." Alea lowered her head to show Irfan and Linda that she was a very humble woman.

Irfan's hand gently stroked the back of Alea's hand perched on the table, "no need to apologize for everything Lea, not you're wrong."

Audie gulped his saliva rough, his eyes already glazed over. Slowly, Audie turned her body back to face the back. He tried hard and stared intensely at Alea's eyes. "What do you mean, huh? It's not you who slapped me first, it's not you who slapped me on the cheek several times. Even you also low Bang Irfan and said you want to hurt Bang Irfan."

"I've never said anything like that, Audie. I love Irfan so much and I love Irfan, I might want to hurt him. Why do you hate me so much? It wasn't you who said I was a cheap woman, you who humbled me."

Audie hissed, she smiled wryly thinking that Alea's sentence just now was a joke. "You're so good at twisting the facts?! You are too cunning and just take advantage of your relationship with Bang Irfan. It should have been Bang Irfan that you left from the beginning, you were evil, you were no different from the woman ****** that was out there."

"ENOUGH, AUDIE... THERE'S NO MANNERS YOU'RE A PERSON." Snapped Irfan who made Audie instantly speechless. His head shriveled when Irfan had raised his voice octave. Irfan's teeth were bluffing, his breathing was wheezing.

"Bang Irfan snapped Audie to defend this woman?" tanya Audie couldn't believe it.

"He's got a name, Audie. You should have been a little polite. Is Alea wrong with you? Huh huh? Why do you hate him so much? Lucky Alea didn't sue you for hurting your teacher's physique."

Almost the tears escaped if Audie did not immediately wipe it, "why Bang Irfan even turned out to be Audie, why is everyone wrong me when I did not start?"

"Because you are wrong" cried Irfan no less loudly than before. Just this time Irfan was angry with Audie, even Audie herself did not expect Irfan could be like that just because she wanted to defend women like Alea.

Linda looked at Audie sayu, "Irfan ..." she rebuked.

"Enough Mah, don't defend Audie anymore. We have spoiled it. This is why if we overindulge Audie, she has no manners at all. Look Mah, has Audie ever been proud of this family? He always does as he pleases, speaks as he pleases and behaves as he pleases. Even the value of each semester is never satisfactory, he can not be an achiever, always lazy to learn because Mama and Papa always spoil him. Audie should have been taught a lesson once in a while, so she could change her vices."

"Bang Irfan kenap—"

"What?" irfan's gaze sharply cut through Audie's sentence.

"Because you never boast about this family, you are too spoiled, even you fight with your own teacher. What's your problem Audie, why did you have to slap Alea?"

Audie's gaze increasingly blurred when the tears had pooled in his eyes. His chest was tight to hear Irfan say those words out loud even the ones Audie had never heard before.

Audie's gaze turned to Alea, looking a line of curved smiles on the woman's lips. Before finally Audie left them with furious footsteps. The tears had burst, dripping right on the floor. Audie ran up the stairs, no matter how many times she stumbled and fell, but she got back up while wiping her tears down more and more.

"Irfan! Why do you say that to, Audie?"

Irfan rolled his eyeballs lazily, "it's Mah, if indeed Audie is wrong we should reprimand, he's too spoiled, Mah."

"Yes, Mama knows. But you shouldn't overdo it by saying he's never proud of this family."

There was no answer from Irfan, he did not want to extend the matter any longer. While the woman next to him, was smiling silently.