SEVENTEEN LINE
Meeting-1
Aldo
What kind of breakfast is this. At this big dining table there is only me, Papa still hasn't come home either. Hm, when I promised Aini last night. Duhh, I'd scrape my face if I thought this was the way. Ahhh time did I fight with Aini again this morning? I will be all my classmates. Unknowingly my Blackberry is shaking and.Yep! Papa called me early in the morning? Wahh there is a wind. It's strange!
“Ya pa?”, I said with ogah-ogahan.
“Halo, Aldo? Where are you again?”
“On the dining table Pa breakfast. Papa's still in Bangkok?”
“Yes, tomorrow night Papa can go home. Have you received your birthday gift?”
“Ha? Mean Papa?”
A present? So Papa is making a gift for me?
“Loh? So Bibik hasn't told you yet? Papa has prepared a gift for you. Later before going to school you ask for your gift same Bibik first ya”
“He is pa. Pa....?”, I soften my words.
“Iya?”
“Thank you Pa”, I replied with great sincerity.
“Iya yes already yes, papa want a meeting again this”
“Iya pa”
So Papa has a gift? But how come Papa doesn't say congratulations or is it the same with me? Hoaaammm most gift Papa regular kayak. Just an extra pocket money. Not very good quality Papa became a parent. Don't know if your child is lonely?
“Bik's.. Message from Papa where?”, I said in a loud tone so that it could be heard by Bik Ina the maid who works at my home.
“oke, thanks bik”
“Iya den”. I opened the box and…. Ha's? Seriously not wrong to see? CAR KEYS? Papa give me a car? IS THAT REALLY WHAT? Diaz has never been given a car, why me…?
And now I'm taking the school car? This seriously what's a dream anyway? Papa abis kali coconut tree ketiban huh?
Ahh I don't know. Let him give me a car, keep asking me to stay home alone.
And I think my promise with Aini will come true. Hahaha*‘it’s so good’*
So this is what parents call full of surprises?
Being a child without a mother figure is really difficult. I rarely miss the warm embrace of my mother. Do all children without mothers feel the same way as I do? Or our family just got ruined like this.
Ahhe...
I don't want to make it up.
At this growing age, I still think childishly. Sometimes, we do not need to be mature just because we have fallen?
I don't want to be a useless person.
Mama, if Mama knows how things are so chaotic Aldo, does Mama still let Aldo lonely on this Earth? Aldo was eager to meet Mama. Why did Mama never appear even just in a dream? Mama has really forgotten me or even hated me so much? Mamma. Excuse me. Aldo misses Mama. Always was.
Until the moment when it was proven that I could stand alone without anyone's help. At that time I will hit hard with various words in front of Papa. Papa should know that he has wasted his precious time with me just because of his messed up feelings. Does he think I'm not that bad? Bizarrely. Parents even forget the attitude of protecting their children when they are disappointed.
Awake, Pa. We must live together on this beloved Earth.
