Married With My First Love (Travel Story of Lantern Love And Scintillating)
31.Pull Uproot
Monday afternoon, in mid-December, the rain fell since last afternoon, making Lanterns have to take Les's schedule around half-eight pm, and permission not to enter work today.
This is actually his last month of work and tutoring.
I enrolled in college early last month.
Early next year maybe he will soon fly to the land of his dreams if he has got the announcement of graduation.
The rain had stopped at half-six this afternoon.
The lanterns must leave at half-seven in order not to be late.
In the middle of cold weather and dusk, he was waiting for a motorcycle taxi pick him up in front of the fence of Gilang house.
Gilang until this time has not also revealed the trunk of his nose, maybe trapped rain somewhere.
Since Gilang hugged him that day, they still looked like they always did, although almost every day Tera felt unsettled if she had not seen Gilang for a day.
Likewise Gilang who always looks cute but always smiles himself when Tera greets him first.
Tera arrived at Les's place early because the streets were quiet, maybe because the rain since noon made the weather cold, so some people chose not to leave the house.
He looked at the Gilang Campus Building which stood majestically in the center of this capital city, already deserted, maybe no students were studying this afternoon.
He could have gone to college in that place, but his dream of going abroad could not be wasted.
He rode on the second floor where he was tutoring foreign languages, enjoying a cold night with his other friends who were also taking foreign language lessons with him.
Almost two hours they spent there, while chatting casually with their teacher who is also a foreign citizen.
It's been half ten in the night, the drizzle out there is starting to come down again.
They complained, because the rain fell along with their time home.
Lanterns that also only leave here using ojek, stand in confusion on the first floor of the building where tutoring.
The rain was getting heavier, making some of Lantern friends also trapped there, Lantern a little relieved, because not only he was waiting there.
He reached into his bag, immediately called his mother, saying that he would be home a little late due to the heavy rain.
She also asked her mother to tell Jullie's mother not to scold her when she came home.
Half an hour passed, the rain was still coming down heavily, coupled with the wind that started blowing.
Make Tera and her friends step back so as not to be exposed to rain water.
They can't go inside anymore, because the high-rise is locked.
..."Geez, how can we go home."...
..."Patience bang, the fate of being a person who does not have a car, raining rain, hot heat."...
..."I have a car, but the car hasn't been taken, huhahah."...
..."My car is also a lot, alternating every day, but unfortunately the taxi car has my boss bokap."...
..."Haha."...
Lantern friends were left five people with him, chatting casually while treating their annoyance.
As usual, the lanterns just laughed.
Half an hour passed, they were still trapped and cold.
Not even a taxi passed there.
Especially if you only use a motor.
Tera hugged her backpack, to feel warm.
"Why in the last days like this" He complained to himself.
One by one his friends have been picked up by no one, Tera does not care.
Only she and her two female friends remained.
Not long after, Tera stared at Jullie's mother's car which stopped in front of their tutoring building.
Tera thinks Jullie's mother picked her up.
Until Gilang came out carrying an umbrella towards him.
..."Come quick."...
..."But mas, my friend."...
..."Oh, which way are you going, I'm taking you."...
..."Our house is close by from here."...
..."Yes, you can come with us."...
..."Thank you brother."...
The lantern then drove the two friends into the car using an umbrella brought by Gilang, then returned to pick up Gilang who was waiting in front of the building.
..."Your work is nothing else but to make people bother"....
..."I'm sorry, Gilang." the sound of the lantern shaking from the cold....
Gilang did not have the heart to see it, but had to keep restraint so as not to give his jacket, because it could make both friends Tera misunderstand.
They got into the car, Tera sat in the front seat because both of his tutoring friends were in the back seat.
..."Which way are you going."...
..."From here it's straight, brother."...
..."Oh good we're in line."...
Gilang brought the car very carefully because even though he could carry the car, but it was the first time he brought the car during heavy rain like this.
A few minutes later, one of Tera's friends arrived at his house.
..."But it's still raining heavily, are you okay walking inside?"...
..."No matter what Tera, most just wet a little, Oh yes thank you, brother,"...
..."You're welcome." Reply Gilang....
..."Where is your house?"ask Tera to her friend who is still with her....
..."Not far from Ra from here, sorry even make you bother."...
"Now, this kid's a lot more troublesome."
...Gilang menjwil head Tera....
..."Heheh sister can, same boyfriend himself like that."...
..."Who says he's my girlfriend, because you know, your tutoring friend is just a little sister that I didn't expect to see before."...
..."Geez big brother really, later his sister nangis loh."...
..."It's common, so it won't cry me mah."sahut Lantern....
They laughed amid the heavy rain that made the weather feel cold.
Not long after, Tera's friends reached their destination.
..."Thank you for the ride, kindly brother with his sister, later taken by people."...
..."Could you, he's the same, be careful."...
They both looked at the departure of Tera's les friend who ran into his house.
..."You have a new friend now."...
..."Just a les aja mas Gilang friends, no friends like Sela yet."...
The lantern was preparing to move to the back seat and almost opened the car door if his hand was not held back by Gilang.
..."Where are you going."...
..."Move to the back, why?"...
..."Can't, here, if you get off wet."...
The journey home that should only take about thirty minutes, became very long because Gilang who continued to hold Tera's hand while driving with one hand,making that night just stop.
Tera also let Gilang, there is a sense of comfort in his heart, seeing the person he likes behaving like that, even though Tera did not know how Gilang felt.
They continued to look at the windshield of the car that was wet because of the rain that had almost subsided.
It was exactly eleven o'clock at night, Gilang parked his car on the side of the road around the children's park where they used to play, the street lights there seemed dim because of the rain that continued to fall for almost a day.
..."Mas Gilang, I even stopped by here, it's midnight, if the parents are equal to Gilang mother I know we even run around like this, it can be finished us."...
..."No, I told you to go home late for fear of driving if it rains again, wait here, I'll buy a drink first."...
Glad to run without an umbrella because the rain has left a small drizzle there.
He brought two glasses of warm drink, thrusting one glass at Tera.
..."Don't want the coffee."...
..."No, it's hot chocolate, let's have a quick drink and we'll go home."...
The lanterns finally welcomed the warm-feeling glass.
They sat in the car enjoying a little drizzle there.
..."Mas Gilang's". "Thera."...
...They sound together....
..."Mas Gilang first, you said what."...
..."You first, fear you'll forget."...
..."Hummh, I want it not to."...
..."Ask aja."...
..."Did you have a girlfriend?"...
..."There's no."...
..."And the woman who used to always be Gilang interracial who?"...
..."Just friends."...
..."Can't believe."...
..."Up yours."...
...They're quiet again....
Gilang finished his drink and went back to say the name Tera.
..."What is Gilang."...
..."You alone?"...
..."What's?"...
..."Got a girlfriend?"...
..."No one likes poor women."...
..."Tau from."...
..."Don't know."...
"If I like it you can."
The lantern almost spouts out his drink if he does not remember the car that he owned by Jullie's mother, (can make new work later, wash the car.)
"I can't and I don't believe, Mas Gilang has many beautiful, rich, fashionable, not like I'm just a Gilang mas helper, besides if the Gilang mas say it's like that, anyway,most just messing around, I know from the first time I came here........." His words hang there.
The lantern stopped resuming her Speech because Gilang suddenly kissed the tip of her head.
..."Mas Gilang what the hell, so bad to know."...
..."Why, you don't believe me."...
..."No, not at all, I know that Gilang is stressed again, or whatever it is, but please don't believe it to be like me, Gamas Gilang if you don't want to find a girlfriend, don't playin people's feelings like this."...
The lantern had almost opened the car door, again Gilang had to hold it.
..."Tera, don't be like this, okay, I'm sorry, maybe I'm getting carried away with the atmosphere, but please don't get angry, I'm sorry." Gilang held tightly to Tera's arm so as not to get down from inside the car....
Tera gave up, she sat back down quietly, but did not dare to look at Gilang.
Gilang actually felt ashamed of himself, all the way from the tutoring place, he thought to say his feelings, because when he grasped the palm of Tera, the girl did not look to take off her hand at all,making himself think out of his control, and doing things like that to Tera that he doesn't even know how he feels.
He just thought with the girl not to take off her grasp, surely because Tera also liked her.
She drove back to her mother's car before Tera changed her mind.
...*...
Up in front of the garage, Tera went down in a hurry to bring her bag with the origin and dropped her lesson notebook in the car, Gilang picked it up and rolled it up and put the book in her jacket pocket.
Gilang could not even do anything else, remembering that Tera was staring at him sharply.
But Tera also did not dare to go in alone because he knew people in the house would wait until they came home, he finally waited for Gilang to finish parking his car.
Gilang was surprised to see Tera still standing in front of the door while holding back the increasingly cold weather.
Gilang finally opened the door because Tera just kept hugging her open backpack.
They went inside, Jullie's mother and Nur's mother immediately greeted them.
..."Tell me you can take the car, I'm sure you've been a long time, we're worried about waiting for you."...
..."Yes ma'am, I told you that I was waiting for the rain to stop first, I was still afraid to bring a car if it was raining."...
..."Yes yes, good you guys have arrived, you did not bring the jacket earlier, your face until pale so."...
..."No ma'am, I forgot."...
..."Yes you have entered there, mother Nur also entered a break, do not continue to work again, because it is midnight."...
..."Well ma'am, we'll excuse you."...
Tera and her mother stepped into the room.
..."Tell you this is nothing, you're wearing a jacket, why not be given to Tera, no girl likes you this, can be so same woman."...
..."Yes it's wrong mom, why not bring a jacket, already know it was raining this afternoon." Gilang answered as usual so that his mother did not know that she liked their maid....
..."Yeah, I've been in there, next time the girls are all right."...
..."Yes ma'am, but if for example I like women like Tera how is mom?" Gilang who was preparing to climb the stairs asked his mother for the first time about his feelings....
..."You mean like how's that for example?"...
..."For example, the son of the maid Tera bu."...
..."Ohh, yeah, I saw her son how, if she's good like Tera, then mom is okay, so you're not like that?"...
..."No matter ma'am, tomorrow-tomorrow someone wants to be with me but not the son of rich people, I'm afraid that their mother refuses them."...
..."Yes it's up to you, as long as you like it too, it's why not, the important thing is not strange women."...
..."Ready mom,daaahh."...
Gilang ran up to his room.
Throwing his body on the bed, considering the attitude of the lanterns who seemed to not believe it.
..."Aarrgh why stupid really I, can play kiss a child aja, it's obviously angry anyway."...
He picked up the blanket and covered his entire body and fell asleep in damp clothes due to the rain.
Just like Lanterns do in his room.
They fell asleep carrying their dreams.
...*****...
