Short Story (Cerpen)

The Dream and Sheilas Story

Category: Fiction Fantasy Short stories

Title: About Dream and Sheila’s Story

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'Ran. I want to continue studying at UI'. 'emang why should in UI, while if you enter UI I can not follow dong. I'm not as cool as you're'. My answer is a bit pessimistic. 'duh rani, I really want to enjoy the library, there is already complete library. If you go in there is easy, then I help you teach deh' he replied.

Tret. tret.

I saw my alarm clock that sounded earlier, it turned out at 02:00 in the morning. Apparently I set it wrong before going to bed earlier. For a few days I always dreamed about my best friend Sheila who did not know where, she was rumored to disappear and until now no one has found her. Her family has considered her dead since four years ago, he said, she lives with her real mother with her stepfather. All my dreams contain memories that I had with him in high school, lucky I only had good memories with him.

UI library, this is Sheila's dream place. Now I have studied at UI Faculty of Law. I try to continue my best friend's dream. 'Mba.. novel whose title is Above the Cloud there is a minjem no?'. 'once I check first. em.. no minjem kok de'. 'oh yes thanks' my answer is desperate, even though I really want to read the continuation of the story of the novel. As I was about to return to retrieve the books I was about to borrow, the hangers on which my pencils fell. I lowered my head and looked around under the table, and the hanger fell near a thick book that seemed familiar. How happy it turned out that the book I was looking for was under the table where I was reading earlier. I decided to borrow the book.

Out of the library, I checked my phone. There's a message from 'My Reno: Ran, I can't pick up. Tp ntar mlam ak k rmah kmu ktmu ktalian ktmu parents. Okay well? See u''s'. Reno used to be sheila's boyfriend, but after sheila left she started having a special relationship with me. It has only been running for a year. Actually I'm not too sure, sheila used to tell me if one day she left, I had to replace her to care for and love reno.

'sheila. what the hell makes you can pinter' Tanyaku bego. 'Love maybe, hahah joking'. 'Reno again yes.. handsome anyway, suitable for lo, the pinter and the handsome. Perfect really'. 'what the hell'. We were silent for a moment before sheila spoke up 'Ran, if I'm gone, you have to be the same reno. He's a nice guy not the same rich guy you tuh ditan'. 'emang why the same ditan?'. 'ditan tuh not a good guy, I can see really from his movements. Highlight her eyes, and everything that was the same as her was wrong! Believe me deh'. 'tau deh.' answer I do not mind his words. 'lo promise will be the same reno, I believe Just the same lo. I can't imagine being happy in the afterlife if he belongs to someone else'. 'iya-iya, if you die first, what if the first one dies it's me? Wouldn't you marry the same?'. 'no, thanks'.

Dreams about sheila. I think what woke me up this time. It turned out that my mother's voice woke me up. 'honey. Shower gih. You fell asleep on the couch, so mama moved in here'.

'Ren has been waiting for a long time?'. 'em.. pretty much an hour' he replied while watching the novel I read on the sofa to fall asleep. 'It's a novel..'. 'yes. Sheila's favorite novel, you remember?'. 'yes. he used to tell a lot of stories, his quote was 'what did you see with your eyes, what did you remember, not necessarily able to explain the situation''' he replied casually. 'Eh. ren I want to tell you something the same. I have been dreaming about Sheila for a few days. About the events of the time in High School first. From the first meeting, about the messages he used to have, about his dreams, and about his thoughts about the dankan that he often told. I don't understand why' obviously I'm at length. 'maybe you miss the same time he is, usually if we have started to miss the same people who already do not exist, he said, we'll get him into the dream. Don't think too much about it, he's sad you can't be tired, remember another week of our fiancee'. 'yes. I remember'.

Some days later it's still the same, I keep dreaming about sheila. At first I was happy to remember his face back without seeing his picture, but over time I felt something strange. Especially with the campus library. I always felt that someone was following me, but not the fear I felt but the deep feeling of longing.

Arriving on the day of my engagement with Reno, I was nervous. I do love him, but I am not completely sure of my decision. This event was attended by our family and close relatives. As I was about to exchange rings, I took a breath and saw the figure of a beautiful girl standing behind the reno. It's Sheila, sheila crying. I saw her crying and made me not put a ring on a reno finger. I just said sorry and ran to the room. Before this incident, my niece came to tell me that there was an older sister who told her that her best friend would be engaged before finding her and eternal life while sobbing. I'm sure the sister my niece means is Sheila, and her best friend is me.

My engagement wasn't a failure but was postponed until I was completely ready. Reno was disappointed and so was our family. Good thing Reno is a really nice guy, he didn't leave me.

While sitting in the library I thought about everything that happened to me, from those dreams to my engagement party. 'Why should you bother me?' I said in my heart. 'Hey.' someone patted me on the shoulder. 'i'm here. I'm always there for you'. I held back my tears, sheila came to me. 'Why did you leave?' askaku. 'gue do not go, I just break doang'. 'trus lo do what here?'. 'gue want to see lo, I miss the same lo'. 'mba. mba. wake up mba…'. it was just a dream, I fell asleep. 'sorry, sorry'.

'ran. yesterday I was from my grandfather's village, I think he took soy milk at the neighbor's house. I saw a picture of Sheila in that house. I'm sure it's really him' he explained. 'trus?'. 'go nanya to my grandfather, he said he met the girl he met on the street, with a limp body and full of blood, as it was done*sa. My grandfather's neighbor does not have a grandson, and is lonely because of the loss of his son. So the girl I'm sure sheila is she's taking care of, but tragically she won't talk. And a few days later commit suicide'. 'no way.. Sheila must still be alive, she can't possibly die' I started to shed tears. 'what if we go to the village now? Who knows if the grandmother can give an explanation'. I didn't answer, but I followed everything he said.

While on the way, I dream of sheila. He said, 'Rani, didn't I say that what you see with your eyes doesn't necessarily explain the situation? You don't understand either? Careful.I love you'.

'Sir.. grandma knows this girl?' ask reno. 'familiar, she's my granddaughter who died four years ago'. 'she's our friend Grandma, does grandma have any stuff she left behind?'. 'there, wait a minute… this'. A bag that she used to use was given to me by the grandmother. 'may I bring my grandmother?' askaku. 'can'. 'thank you, we actually wanted to go see the tomb, but it's night. We'll come back tomorrow, will we?' said reno. 'up to you, anytime you can stop by'.

Since it was already midnight, we decided to take a break at the reno family home. After cleansing the body, I opened the sheila bag. There's a dress that she wore the last time before she died, for some reason, when she smelled it just like sheila perfume. I saw some pictures of me and him, and the pictures together. I see everything, strange, there's not a single picture of him with reno. And a letter, a letter,

'Rani, I'm sorry. Actually, I've been dating dian for a long time. That's why I always say he's not a good guy. Excuse me. He always protected me when I was beaten and tortured by my stepfather. When I'm sad, he always lends me his shoulder. And about reno, I pulled back my words that said he was a good man. You better not go near him, he's dangerous. Once this letter reaches you, never get in touch with a man named Reno. I have decided to run away from home, I cannot continue living with my cruel stepfather. Remember what you see with your eyes may not explain the situation. With an apology not necessarily able to erase about these bad memories, but again I want to keep saying a deep apology. Love, Katherine'.

I cried reading the letter, it turned out that he had many secrets and life struggles that he kept to himself. And dianan, I decided it was because I caught him cheating on me with my underclassman, but that happened before sheila disappeared. Means sheila's view of dian is also wrong, he is also not as good as what he thinks. If time could be repeated would like to explain the many mistakes between us. Reno.. Why does sheila say she's not a good person? What's wrong?.

Tok..

'who..' suddenly my mouth was held captive. 'lo have read the letter? He suffered alone, and where? He always runs to your guy, not to me? He thinks I'm just as you know. That's why I'm most lazy to cry because of him. And the one thing you both have in common, is that I lie easily. Both fall into my trap, you bego. He also cried here as rich as you. The difference he cried because of his stepfather and wanted to break up from me. Oh yeah you broke up the same day because I, I who set up all that, you don't need to know the details. I wanted it to be my millik at the time. Ditan tuh well child, so good he tuh same way lo same sheila' he laughs. I was shocked to hear everything, I rebelled, I kicked him and ran away as soon as possible. Thankfully, the door was not locked. I ran down a dark and muddy road, and I realized this is what sheila meant in a dream.

I kept running, and the abyss was before my eyes. I was confused, Reno was one step away from reaching me. I pray 'O Lord protect me'. And I decided to jump into the abyss. I can't remember if I felt that pain. 'Rani. It's sheila. Sorry late, but better late than not the same scale. I always try to tell you the secret when you're in the library, but our world is so far away that you always pass in front of my eyes. I'm sorry I always sneak in your dreams. I'm sad whenever you don't mind my words. But I'm glad you saw me on the day of the engagement. Rani's home, now I'm calm. There are still a lot of problems you need to solve'. So bright, I can't see, but I'm sure it was the angel who helped me.

'rani. You're sober. It's been three months that you've been in a coma'. 'drinking ma...'. 'this is dear'. 'reno where ma?'.'. 'reno? he's under investigation, he's already in suspect status. Just waiting for you to realize to give evidence. Is he the one who tried to kill you?'. 'ma..' My words are held back. 'don't go ahead, I'll do it first'.

Reno is finally in prison, with the case of attempted murder of me and Sheila. I didn't think he was the cause of all this. He neatly hid it from me for four years and he was the one who dismantled it all. Sheila's grave was forced to be dismantled to do a re-examination.When telling all of her parents, her mother had fainted. But he finally got everything. Sheila's father is also in the examination, because there is some evidence that proves that his father committed adultery on sheila. Ditan, I met you a month ago. She was in a mental hospital, not because she was a doctor or nurse but she had a mental breakdown four years ago. According to her parents she became like that because of the abandonment of her lover. What I'm sure the lover her parents meant was Sheila, because she kept calling her name. Poor him, I will try to restore his memory.

As often as I take care of my affairs at the police station, I often meet with Joe Sheila's stepbrother. I started falling in love with him. A year later I married him. And now that I have twins, this is my gift to Sheila.

'What you see with your eyes, can't necessarily explain the situation'