Mission Jessy

New Friends

After coming home from the mall that afternoon Evan suddenly became irritable and it was very disturbing Jessy.

"Sister Evan is still angry?" ask Jessy when she arrives at the airport.

"Nga." Answer Evan briefly.

"Kok from earlier on?"

"What do you want to say? No one else wants to talk. If there's anything you need to talk about, let me shove."

Jessy shakes. He had no idea what Evan really meant and why the man turned cold. He recalls all the events of the day but never found anything wrong and might upset Evan.

It was time for Evan to board, so he hugged Jessy and said goodbye. "Tomorrow I'll go to Japan. There's work there."

"How long?"

"Not yet, maybe a week or two but it could also be more."

"Kok Evan didn't say that you want to go far and long? Evan's brother on purpose?" Jessy started to be vague.

"Therefore, I am ready to meet you before leaving. Take care of yah? Keep contact!"

Jessy knew that she should be used to being away from Evan because for a few weeks they had been in long distance contact. But knowing that Evan was going abroad for a few days made him feel sad about being left behind.

He knows that they can still talk to each other through voice calls and vidio but somehow Jessy can't hold back her emotions and just keeps crying like a child. As hard as he tried to restrain himself with his logic and common sense, he still could not hold back his tears.

"Sister Evan!" Jessy ran over and hugged Evan who was about to enter the departure lounge. "Don't you take long? If you've come straight here?"

"What do you want to do?"

"Sister Evan should take me to Bromo!"

Evan smiled and hugged his adorable wife again and always made her miss it. "Never call again!"

"Promise!"

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That day Mirza returned to teach at one of Jessy's classes. Unlike other days where Jessy always sat on the bench at the very end of the back row near the window, every time Mirza class, she was, Jessy always chose to sit on the front bench directly opposite the lecturer seat occupied by Mirza.

Jessy was thrilled just by seeing Mirza standing in front of a whiteboard or projector screen and explaining some formulas and practice questions. Jessy herself doesn't know what she likes about Mirza, but everything in Mirza can't make her just turn away. Her face, her smile, her silence, her gestures, her body language, Jessy likes everything.

But since driving her home that night, Mirza has been very irritable to talk to her. He even pretended not to see when he accidentally crossed paths with Melva in the hallway of the campus. His attitude became very cold and indifferent as if he had never known him closely. And of course it was quite disturbing for Jessy.

'Lo thought what the hell, Jess? Inget! You're married and Mirza is Melva's ex. You're crazy, huh?' inner Jessy while beating her own eel.

"What's wrong with you, Mel? Does anyone not understand it here?" asked Mirza who was secretly paying attention to Melva's strange behavior.

"Ah, no Mas. It'sit's nothing. Excuse me for going to the toilet first." Jessy hurriedly leaves to rediscover her sanity.

While passing through the hallway near the road to the deserted cafeteria, Jessy accidentally sees Mr. Joni, his dean, scolding and banging at Aldo. Soon after, Mr. Joni leaves Aldo and Jessy goes into hiding to avoid being discovered.

Aldo then went into the men's room and stayed in it for a long time. Worried, Jessy calls out her name from the outside to let Aldo out of the bathroom.

"Do! Aldo's! You still inside?"

Soon a student was about to enter the men's bathroom. "What are you doing here?"

"Sori, I need to be with Aldo. He's in dalem again. Not out of there. Can you please call me ngga?" jessy Pinta.

"Oh, wait a minute!"

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"Gue again males joined Mas Mirza's class but also did not have the chance to skip the gini-rich canteen. So I'm ajakin elo. hehe..."

"But sori, Mel. I can't stay here long. I need to get back to class now. If not, I'll miss Mas Mirza's lesson."

Jessy stared at Aldo's back who hurriedly left him alone in the cafeteria. If you are afraid to miss a lesson, you should not linger in the toilet. Jessy becomes increasingly curious about Aldo's behavior and also the reason why his father behaved that way to him.

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Before ending her college eyes that day, as usual Mirza gave the task to collect next week. And this time Mirza will use the value of the task that time as a quis value so that they must finish as well as possible to get the maximum value.

Aldo looked lethargic and uninspired. So Jessy went back to her and asked her to do the task together.

"Sori, Mel. Next time, do it. I am so tired today. I want to go home."

"Oh okay. Oh yeah, Do. Do you know where people sell used books? I need some old books that have not been published and are not sold in modern bookstores."

"On the road of Semarang."

"Where's that? I haven't lived in Surabaya for a long time, so I don't know many street names. Uh, but no papa, let me ask google.. Besides, I can also have the same angkot brother, right?"

"You want to go up there?"

"I can't ride a motorcycle, if you use a taxi or ojek online must end a lot."

"Yes, I'm anterin!"

"Yey! Thanks, Do? It's so good."

Jessy who just made up excuses about used books was finally forced to buy a book that she did not really need. Confused about choosing the end, he bought a used novel that was very cheap.

"Udah Do's. No one has the book here. Let's go back!"

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With her ingenuity, Jessy finally managed to invite Aldo to hang out at one of the cafes not far from her home. He told me a lot about his dead father, about his life that had to be moved around, about the bullying he received from his old High School friends and his decision to attend college now.

"That's bad, isn't it, Do?"

"You're lucky to have a watered-down brain, Mel. You can survive wherever you are. Not rich."

"Why not? You love math and now you can go to the right major."

"Who said I like math? Mathematics is the lesson I hate the most. Since I was a child, I had aspired to study graphic design. I love drawing animation, creating comics and photography. But papa always maksa I made entrance in engineering or electrical engineering. To papa, for me, art and graphic design are not as prestigious and promising as my first brother who almost finished his medical education in America and my second brother who was studying S2 Pharmacy in Aussie. Because I failed many times the entrance test majoring in engineering, papa finally maksa I entered the department of mathematics education. You know what that feels like? I didn't know and didn't like numbers at all but was forced to go to math education and was required to get high grades so as not to embarrass papa."

Jessy stood up and rushed to the reservation table and returned with a glass of ice cream at the cafe.

"Now!" Jessy placed the glass of drink she had just bought in front of Aldo. "Say people, sweet drinks can improve our mood."

"You're deliberately trying to make me fat, aren't you, Mel?"

Jessy shook her head, "Gue runs every morning every Monday, Wednesday and Friday morning. I also swim regularly every Thursday and Saturday afternoon. You can come with me if you want a slender spit, hehe..."

Aldo laughed at Jessy's offer. "Thank you, Mel?"

"Do, if you feel difficulties, you can learn with me. I can't promise you what you'll get, but I'll help you figure out those numbers and stay here until the end."

"Thanks." -."

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