PREDESTINATION

Groggily

I came home from Jakarta and arrived in Pakning at exactly ten in the evening. When Dika was still giving her short message to me, I had fallen asleep because of this fatigue in my body.

Although I did not reply to Dika's message, Dika still said good night to me as usual. The man understood that I was tired and wanted to rest.

***

I smiled that morning when I saw a message from Dika who said good night to me as usual.

"It turns out you sent me a message. Sorry if I fell asleep. Drowsiness attacks me and I can't stand it" I said in my heart.

"I'm sorry I fell asleep last night. So I can't reply to a message from you" I said through my short message.

My lyrics to the clock on the wall of my room are seven in the morning.

"Dika must not have woken up" My mind guessed. Well because the man is a habit of waking up to the bad luck because it always stay up at night. If no one wakes him up, he may sleep until the afternoon.

Fortunately, he was alone in the office. If there was another honor, he would have been reported there by his superiors. And I'm sure he'll be upset to even stop because of his constant misfortune.

"Oh, it's this one. If not in wakein surely he will kebablasan" said I immediately contact him.

Once, twice did not even the Dika pick up my phone.

"Indeed this is leaked, if you have the hardest sleep in waking up" said I continue to try to contact Dika tampa stop.

"Hallo" At the end of her Dika picked up the phone from me. I can hear that a heavy voice is still being heard across the street. Well, that guy just woke up. Obviously the heavy sound I can still hear.

"Just woke up? Let's get up quickly take a shower, who knows if the West sir will come back to your office there. Or even the head of the office. Seeing you haven't woken up like this must be angry with them" I said again.

"Love, I'll wake up and take a shower" she said.

"Don't later, now. Later you sleep again try to see it's been seven o'clock past that"

"Yes, I'm awake" he said.

"Yes, don't lie yes you have to wake up" I said again.

"Yes, yeah. Oh, you don't work?"

"No, I'm asking permission to take a day off. My head is still dizzy, still drunk from last night's trip" I said.

"Oh that"

"Yes, you took a shower" I said again.

"Okay love I took a shower first" he said, ending our call that morning.

"Are you really not at work?" Ask my mother.

"Yes, I'm off today. I still feel dizzy, drunk still haunts me" I said.

"Have you asked permission?"

"I sent a short message to Nindi's mother. So it doesn't matter if I don't go to work today" I said again.

"Oh, where was the sandwich last night buk. I'm hungry" I said.

"There's in the fridge. Take it" said my mother.

"Mom's going to the shop first. Want to shop for fish to cook this afternoon" said my mother again.

"Yes buk, buy snacks too yes"

"What snacks? Like your little child"

"Mother I'm still a little kid buk" I said in a spoiled tone.

"Small from where try has been this big, if married already selunsin his son" said my mother again.

I laughed when I heard my mother's chatter.

"My dear mother, while I'm not married, I was a child. And must be spoiled same mother. I'm the youngest daughter of the most beautiful mother in the universe"

Hearing me talk like that made my mother look at me. I could read from her gaze that the middle-aged woman was fed up with hearing my words.

"It's really amused to hear your words. Want to puke her taste"

I laughed again when I heard my mother's words.

"Mommy wants to go first. Hearing your silly story it's already made the fish on the end of the buy the same people later in the stall" said my mother left me alone at home.

***

I made a pact with Dika to get out tonight. I picked up Dika at her office tonight. Well I brought the clothes I bought when I was in Jakarta yesterday.

"It's a dress for you" I told Dika.

"Well, did I get a dress present, too?"

"Yes, you're a stranger I bought clothes for. Means you really are a special person in my life" I said again.

"Thank you" he said, welcoming the clothes I gave you earlier.

"Yes alike. As a memento anyway not necessarily I can go to Jakarta in another day is not" said I again.

Dika opened the clothes and immediately tried it.

"Likes?"

"Like, thank you" he said.

"Either. Yeah, let's go now, I don't feel good for long in this office. Later on I thought we were doing nothing else in this office. We just live together here" I said.

"Okay, I'll wait outside the office" I said, waiting for Dika and sitting on my bike.

Minutes later, Dika came out dressed.

"Come" He said.

Back we chose a catfish pecal food stall not far from Dika's office. Well even though our favorite food is the chicken, which is located not far from the house of my cousin Siti, but we had to change the taste of that time. It was because I picked up Dika. My trip to Dika's office was almost fifteen minutes, and I kept coming back to the chicken penyet food stall in my village which obviously took fifteen minutes as well. Not to mention the time we ate, I kept driving Dika back to her office. And when I got back from Dika's office. You could spend an hour and a half. And obviously the day is getting late in his making. I can be in the same omelin as my mother because I came home from the time that has been in, of course.

"Hallo" said Dika raised his phone when it rang. Well one of the ship's agents contacted her at that time for requesting the ship's departure letter.

"I'm out here again sir. Eat again" said Dika.

"Had his ship had to depart at this time Dika. This I've been in front of your office" said the man.

Dika looked at me.

"It's okay to just go and finish your country's work. The food we order is still in the same masakin this person. Still got time" I said again.

"Yes, you've been waiting here for a while. I went back to the office" He said again.

"Yes answer me"

Tak. So long did Dika return right at the time our food message had been lodged at our table. Tampa waiting for the stale base again we immediately ate the food.

***

"Good, do you often go to Dika's office?" Ask the West to me.

Degs...

It made my heart beat so fast.

"Yes sir. But we didn't do anything sir. And if I'm there long, I often bring my nephew or cousin sir. In order not to be slander.. So even if I was alone there, it was I just picked her up and we went out for a walk do not want us alone in the office sir. Because I was afraid that people around there thought you were doing something that wasn't" I said again.

"Oh that, I believe in you. But these people there are reporting to the father. They don't like you going there. So I hope you don't go there anymore" West said to me.

"Yes sir, I won't be there anymore" I said.

"Sorry, my friend, it's all for your good, too. Instead of later you are in grebek and said to do strange things, you are also the ones who will lose later. Therefore it is better to warn you first" said Mr. West.

"Yes sir, thank you for your advice" I replied.

I walked out of the middle-aged man's room and returned to my room.

I threw my body on the chair at my workplace. For a few times I breathed heavily.

"Oh Allah, when we did nothing they thought we were doing nothing. That I've brought my niece or my cousin's sister to make them think strange things about you and there you're not alone. But they still think the same thing. Yes hair can be as black but the heart and mind of any person is the same as what we think" I said to myself.

I reached into my briefcase to inform Dika of what the West sir had said to me.

"When you wake up" I said.

"Here you are, have a shower too" he replied.

"Tumben bangu quickly do not wait for me to contact you first" I said.

"So there was a ship agent who knocked on my office door asking for a sailing permit. That's why I woke up" obviously to me.

"Oh, that's great, if that's so oh yeah, I have something to say to you"

"What?"

"That was the West calling me to his room. He asked me not to come to your office again. Because there are people who do not like to see me constantly there" I explained through my short message.

"Lo how could that be? We don't do anything strange. You always bring your nephew and also your cousin sister so as not to arise slander to us. And if you come alone we go out for the streets open in this office" said Dika just like what I said when to the West sir earlier.

"Yes, that's our mind Dika, which is the same as their mind there. Well if they're uncomfortable with our existence, what can we do. Want to not want, like not like yes we have to obey him. Than later you are also affected by it. You nominate here" I said again.

Well somehow I have to look after Dika and think about her safety there. She was alone there and had no friends. Of course I'm afraid anything will happen to the man I love.

"Yes, that's if it is. What to do if we are forbidden to meet again. It just has to be done, not"

"Yes, so you're the one who should come to my house often" I said.

"It doesn't matter if so" he answered with confidence.

"Have you had breakfast?" Ask me.

"You can live alone as a bachelor again. Cook instant noodles only" he said again.

"Oh Allah eat noodles again, noodles again. Already know your stomach is problematic if you eat food like that, still in the eating yes"

"Once again love. I don't know what to eat this morning either. Just think and taste in noodles only. After all, I have long loved not eating noodles. I just consumed it again" he said.

"Yes, don't consume it too often is not good" my advice.

"Good, let's have breakfast" Bring bang Ijon to me.

"Okay bang" I replied.

"When it's a long time ago, I want to go to breakfast with bang Ijon" I said again.

"OK love" she answered.

To be honest this heart still feels bad because the West sir said as before. I don't know why they can think of such a thing. There is no evidence that we did that at all. But what is the power if they have said like that we must accept. After all we're just both clear everywhere we'd be wrong to make it. Because we are against private citizens.

"O Allah is cruel they can think badly of us like this, if they have any evidence or we ever do that, it was only natural that they were angry that they had damaged their village and had their village polluted. But the problem is, they have no evidence at all. That's what makes me feel sad.

"Am I that low in their eyes that they think I'm doing such a humiliating thing" I said in my heart. I let out my heavy breath.