Mother to My Nephew

2. Roland

After the dzuhur prayer and clean up Annisa came out of her room and went downstairs. I saw Elly's mom watching tv. Annisa approached her Ua and sat down next to her.

“Have you prayed, Nis?” ask Elly's mother.

“Ua Already,” replied Annisa.

“Then let's eat,” Mother Elly invites Annisa to the dining room.

Annisa sits on the dining chair next to Elly's mother. On the dining table there are various kinds of food.

“Ua don't know your favorite food. So Ua told Bi Minah to cook a variety of food, hopefully Annisa likes,” said Ms. Elly.

“Annisa likes anything, Ua. Annisa never picky food,” said Annisa.

As a child of a family whose economy mediocre makes Annisa never picky food. For him, he can eat every day.

“If you want to request favorite food Annisa just say to Bi Minah, let Bi Minah masakin,” said Ms. Elly.

“Iya, Ua,” replied Annisa.

Then Miss Elly and Annisa ate her lunch. They eat quietly. After lunch, Miss Elly invited Annisa to sit on the sofa in the living room. Elly's mother asked Annisa to speak.

“Besok Annisa buy form to campus, yes. Later delivered with Mr. Maman. Ua was going to tell Roland who anterin you, but Ua did not know he had a lecture or not,” said Ua Elly.

“Let Annisa take public transportation only Ua,” Annisa said.

“Eh... no, you do not know the streets in Jakarta later you stray or kidnap people. Astagfirullohalazim hal adzim,” says Ms. Elly.

“Later if Annisa has memorized the streets in the capital Ua will buy you a motorbike. Let Annisa if you go anywhere can go alone. If now everywhere delivered Mr. Maman first,” said Ms. Elly.

“What will trouble Ua if Mr Maman has to deliver Annisa?” asked Annisa unhappily.

“Ua don't feel bothered. After all Ua rarely goes anywhere, more often at home,” replied Ms. Elly.

“Now Annisa rest first. Later in the afternoon we continue to talk. Now Ua sleepy to take a nap first,” said Ms. Elly.

“Ya, Ua,” Annisa said then walked to her room.

Sure enough, what Elly's mother said within minutes, Annisa fell asleep. Maybe he was sapped during the trip from Padalarang to Jakarta.

At four o'clock in the afternoon Annisa woke up from her sleep. He deliberately set an alarm on his cellphone so that he did not go to sleep until magrib.

Annisa direct afternoon shower and ashar prayers. After that Annisa came out of her room and headed to the kitchen. In the kitchen, the ART looks busy preparing dinner.

“Aibi, can Annisa help?” ask Annisa to Bi Minah.

“Eh…..Non Annisa's. No need to help, Nope. There are already parts of each. So Non just sit,” replied Bi Minah.

“Nothing really, Bi. Annisa is used to helping Mama cook,” Annisa said.

“Do not, Non. Later I am angry when I see Annisa helping in the kitchen,” Bi Minah explained.

“Yes, if not cook. Annisa help wash the dishes, yes?” annisa.

Bi Minah sighed, indeed Annisa's good intentions were only willing to help. But Bi Minah is afraid that Miss Elly is angry about letting Annisa help her in the kitchen.

“Do Not Non, let Aunt do the dishes,” reject Bi Minah.

“Non just sit down or watch TV. Usually at this hour there is a TV show that is rame, Non,” said Bi MInah.

“Neventh ah, Bi. Bosen watch TV continues,” replied Annisa.

“If you don't want to watch TV make me juice,” said someone behind Annisa.

Annisa looked back, a handsome young man dressed in a blue dongker t shirt and dark blue jeans walked into the kitchen.

“Why did he say he didn't want to watch TV? Meningan make me juice,” said the man while taking a glass and cold water from the refrigerator and drink it.

Bi Minah approached the young man.

The man ignored Bi Minah's words. He looked towards Annisa.

“Name as Annisa, right?” ask the young man to Annisa,

“iya,” replied Annisa.

“Yes already, now make me dragon fruit juice. Later when it is finished deliver to my room,” command the man.

Annisa immediately got up from her seat.

“Good Sister I will make,” Reply Annisa.

“Call me Roland,” Roland said.

“Good A Roland. Will Annisa make it,” Annisa said.

Bi Minah who felt bad to see Annisa told.

“Abibi make yes, Den. Later I was angry that Non Annisa was told to be with Aden,” said Bi Minah.

“Nothing, Bi. Ua will not be angry if only make juice for A Roland,” said Annisa.

“Tuh Bi dengerin said Annisa is okay, kok,” said Roland on Bi Minah.

“Bi Minah just tell me the dose.”

“Annisa, I wait for the juice in the room, yes. No old use!” said Roland.

“Iya A, now also Annisa make,” replied Annisa.

Then Roland came out of the kitchen and looked at Elly's mother.

“Roland, you're home?” ask Miss Elly.

“Iya just arrived, keep asking Annisa to make juice. Wouldn't it be okay for Ma if Roland told Annisa to make it?” said Roland.

“If Aunt is busy it's okay to tell Annisa once in a while. But not too often. Annisa is here for college, not to be bothered,” Miss Elly replied.

“Iya, Mother. Roland will not often tell his favorite nephew Mama,” Roland said and left the kitchen.

“Eh….Roland said ask for juice and go?” Miss Elly turned her head towards Roland and called out to him.

“You pray ashar keep bathing,” Roland replied in a rather loud voice without looking back.

Miss Elly was just shaking her head at her son's behavior.

Annisa took the dragon fruit from the refrigerator.

“Bi Minah, this how much is the part used for juice?” asked Annisa while showing the dragon fruit to Bi Minah.

“His dragon fruit is half, given a spoonful of white sugar and keep the water half a glass,” Bi Minah take a high-sized glass from the cupboard in the dining room and then given to Annisa.

“The water is half this glass,” said Bi Minah.

“Den Roland likes juice that is not too liquid and not too thick.”

“Ya, Bi,” Annisa started making juice taught by Bi Minah.

Elly's mother approached Annisa.

“Can not, Nis?” asked Elly's mother who was watching her niece make juice.

“Can Ua. It was told that Bi Minah,” replied Annisa who was peeling dragon fruit.

“If Annisa wants to make it all,” said Ms. Elly.

“Yes, Ua. Annisa, just later. This is for Aa Roland first,” replied Annisa.