Married With My First Love (Travel Story of Lantern Love And Scintillating)

19.The seventeenth birthday

august 1 is Lantern's birthday, this year he is seventeen years old.

Last year both he and his mother forgot his sixteenth birthday, because he was too busy working and adjusting at home Gilang.

This year, Tera suddenly remembered him for looking at the calendar at his study desk.

Although there will be nothing special to repeat his year to this adult age, but he is a little happy because soon he is no longer a minor who is always called his mother, yes even though he is actually not that mature.

Sela sent him a happy birthday message, Tera hopes they can play on Sunday tomorrow as her birthday present this time.

His busy mother has not even taken the time to give a warm hug to her daughter who is now growing up.

At night, when he was about to sleep, his mother also remembered the birthday of his son, and then approached Tera who was preparing to sleep in his bed.

"Tera, forgive mom, son, until you forget your birthday, last year I don't even remember at all because I was busy working, I'm sorry I couldn't give you a better life."his mother said while hugging Tera who had started crying.

"Mother don't apologize, I even feel guilty, if you often apologize, I'm okay,I'm glad we can meet the good family like Jullie's mother and can stay here, I can ask for permission tomorrow to take a walk yes ma Sela, consider it a birthday gift from mother,heheheh."

"Yes, son, may you remember to take care of yourself, always remember your father's message well, now you are no longer a child, you are seventeen years old,you must have been able to distinguish between good and bad for you."

"Well mom, get ready."

"Yes, you have now slept first, tomorrow before the road help you cook for a while, because tomorrow must be the same father also mas Gilang is at home."

"Ready ma'am."

Tera took her blankets to cover herself so she could fall asleep tonight.

He chose to sleep faster because he did not want to roam outside his room which would definitely make him meet Gilang.

He did not want his two-week effort to stay away from Gilang to be in vain.

But want to try as hard as he stayed away, still Gilang will appear before him suddenly, making him think more of a no-no in teenage boys who are also confused with his feelings.

He knew exactly Gilang did not like it since the beginning of his arrival to this house, but at this time the boy continued to disturb him, thus making Tera feel that Gilang would really play tricks on him.

...*...

Ten o'clock in the morning, first Sunday in early August.

Tera, who had finished helping her mother, returned to her room and took a shower so she could immediately meet Sela who had been busy calling her since.

Finished dressed, she came out of her room through the kitchen because her mother was still there, she was a little different today, she usually did not like to wear skirts except for her school skirt,decided to wear a skirt that had been in his closet for a long time, whether his mother had bought it, which must have been a little shorter.

The brown black checkered skirt was already slightly above Tera's knee, she was wearing a light brown long-sleeved shirt with a rope around her neck, her hair was left unraveled, she looked beautiful,but Tera did not care about his face, because for him it is not important only to beautify his face but not to beautify his attitude and heart.

He walked casually to his mother who was cleaning up the remnants of her job, they did often work even though it was a Sunday like this.

"Mother I said yes, I'm back next morning."

"Waah the mother's son is now grown, already beautiful, already this tall."sahut his mother while welcoming her son's hand.

"Don't forget to say goodbye to mom in front."

"Yes ma'am, I'll walk first, ma'am."

Arriving at the guest room, he approached Jullie's mother who was busy with her laptop.

"Mom, I'm sorry, I have permission to play with friends until the afternoon, can you?"

"Boleh dong dear,so your mother has told me, if yesterday your birthday, continue now want to play out, you are even more beautiful if you use this kayak,I hope I can have a beautiful ghost, okay, polite like you."

"Hehe mom can, I'm not beautiful mom, even still waiting for mom than me."

"Can you, it's been there the road, be careful, not the nights behind it, I'm sorry I haven't had time to buy you a gift."

"No need to bother ma'am, hehe, I'll say yes ma'am."

...*...

Without them knowing, on the stairs, there was Gilang who was going downstairs, sitting in the staircase to listen to their chat, and finally knew that yesterday was Tera's birthday.

But he chose fools very, because for two weeks Tera has been avoiding him.

He even thought, why is the child who is busy avoiding, while the one who is disturbed is precisely him.

He again felt that he should continue to hate the girl, because the more clearly his mother loved Tera like her son, while she was often neglected.

He went downstairs and sat down near his mother.

"Mile, tumben at home, don't want to go out?"his mother mocked him who currently had to obey his father's request so as not to go out often.

"Mom, please don't tell Dad, I'm tired of mommy in the house constantly, when Tera can play out, I can't" he whined to his mom.

"Sana said it to yourself with your father."

If you dare, I give you a gift."

"Yeah mom," she stepped resentfully toward the living room and turned on the television.

Really like a child, he thought

"The good taste can play until the afternoon, the question even told to be silent at home like a child like this."he nagged himself, nagging,then sit on a sofa while enjoying a TV show that afternoon featuring people who are having a weekend.

"Aaahh I've been doing it for a long time."

He turned off the TV, and again whined at his mother to get out playing.

"Bu ayok dong can I play, or we go out together deh bu.hehe, I'm tired of knowing real mom, mom is not intent so out looking for birthday gifts for the mother's child."

He really was like the youngest child in general who was always spoiled for his mother, but was afraid of his father.

"Oh yeah, by the way you know where Tera's birthday is.?"

"So I was hogging, huhah."

"You can do this, it's already now you change clothes, keep telling bude Nur to come with us."

"OK mom." Gilang finally felt free to go out even with Tera's mother.

He knocked on Tera's room door.

"Eh nak Gilang, what son, who wants to be cooked or washed?"

"Eh no kok bude, so my mother told me to tell you bude to come with us to go out and buy gifts for Tera."

"Oh my goodness, your mother even bothers to be this, you walk away, boy, dude want to rest at home."

"Yes, dude change clothes first, son."

"Okay bude."

Glazed looks so excited.

...*...

The sun was already scorching because it had shown at half an hour.

They had lunch first at home, before going out looking for something for Tera and looking for a fresh breeze Gilang said.

After lunch and say goodbye to Gilang's father, they immediately set off in the heat this Sunday.

After a year of living here, this was the first time Tera's mother had gone out for a walk like this, even though she felt bad for inconveniencing the Gilang family.

Jullie's mother drove the car because Gilang had not been allowed to bring a car before going to college.

Gilang sat next to his mother, and Nur's mother sat in the back.

"Mom we go to MKG first yes ma'am, we look for books first there, make fill empty bookshelves pussy."

"OK,oke, mommy don't follow you, isn't she Nur's mom?

"Eh yes ma'am, I'm up to Gilang aja go where, I can help bring groceries mother or son Gilang."

20 Minutes later they reached the parking lot of MKG, Jullie's mother parked her car and soon they went down to enter the mall that sells daily necessities and various kinds of books are also there.

"Get to the bookstore and pick out some storybooks, also pick up a book of teenage stories that will be given to Tera later.

While his mother was confused to choose a gift of girls.

"Bu Nur, Tera's kayak daughter likes what, I'm confused about what to buy?"

"I'm also confused mom, because Tera doesn't like to ask weird mom if it's a birthday again,"

"Yes have bought a lot of books, he likes to read the story book I pimpus."sahut Gilang.

"Yes that's mah for you is not for Tera, will you also like to read story books, eat it your value down continues."ledek his mother

"But Tera also likes to read my book ma'am."

"Yes already, take the book there."

Nur's mother could only shake her head.

She as her mother felt guilty because all this time did not care so much about her son's birthday gift, maybe not asking does not mean she did not want, thought Nur's mother amid the frenzied voice of people there.

Then then remember this morning Tera had just worn the skirt she bought while shopping to the market at the time, making Nur's mother interested in a peach-colored blouse and a black knee-length skirt,then asked the employee there to wrap up for him, Gilang who saw that, immediately offered to pay, but firmly Nur's mother refused and said it would be different if Gilang paid him.

"Nak Gilang has bought a lot of books for Tera, so bude buy another, dude even apologized to you, already bother to remember buying gifts for bude children."

"Hemh no bude, I'm glad that bude is also happy."

"Bude or Tera?"jullie's mother again mocked her teenage son.

They laughed there.

Jullie's mother bought a big teddy bear because she didn't know what 'daughter' liked'.

They brought luggage with them with hassles, making his mother ask Gilang to bring in the car because they would buy fruits and then go home.

After bringing her groceries, Gilang did not go back inside because her mother said she would come out soon.

Gilang sat around the parking lot after ordering a cold drink there.

Then, accidentally saw Tera pass towards the Mall with Sela.

If he had not remembered Tera's message so as not to reprimand her while he was with his friend, he would have prevented Tera's move.

Luckily Tera immediately turned across the road to the little bookstore there.

Not long after, her mother and Nur's mother caught up with her and immediately called her into the car.

In the car, he thrust a glass of drink at his mother and Tera's mother, then continued to pay attention to Tera's steps into the store, so as not to notice her mother asked.

"Crazy, what do you see, so you don't hear me?"

"Oh yes, ma'am, why?"

"Do you want to stop by again?"

"Emh no ma'am, I'm tired, bored also can not play with my friends."

"So the same way mom bored ya?"

"It's not like that, mom, if you've met my friends, you can definitely play with them for a while, but not meet at all."

"Yes already, we go home now, ma'am Nur seems tired yes ma'am."

"Lumayan ma'am, hehe because never traveled far like this, it was easily tired."

"Makanya bude, if sunday bude do not work if told to take a holiday."Crosscut

"Yes nak Gilang, but bude is not unusual if you are silent, not good also with your mother, during the working mother during the night, Sunday also sometimes still work, continue bude even relaxed, relaxed,will be told to go home with Gilang, how?"

"No dong bude, so it used to be our assistant if saturday week is always a holiday, just bude who wants to work even though he was told to vacation."

"Yes nak Gilang, dude like this so as not to continue to be sad if you remember Mr. Tera, also if bude is a lot of silent, dude always thinks the same Tera life in the future how?bude is afraid, he is not happy, dude is also afraid that he feels ashamed of his life now, because his mother is only a maid, dude see for himself, until now Tera does not hang out a lot kayak in town A first, because his mother is just a maid,all this time also he never brought his friend to play at home, maybe because of shame if it was discovered he was just a maid."

Unknowingly Mother Nur spoke a lot with her teary eyes.

Gilang did not think that they were not as happy as he thought, they kept a lot of bad memories in each other's hearts.

Jullie's mother clasped Nur's hands from the front bench.

"Bu Nur, do not like to think like that, maybe he has his own reasons, asal bu Nur tau, the lucky mother has a beautiful daughter and obedient Tera kayak,also still always had time to help working mothers when they have to learn, from now on working mothers with peace of mind, sure Lanterns become successful children later."

"Yes ma'am, thank you so much."

They go home and dissolve in their minds.

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