The Marriage I Avoided

Episode 5

An hour passed, Now Natasyah and Melida have arrived at Kualanamu Airport in North Sumatra. But their journey is still far away. Melida and Natasyah had to take the train for about five hours.

After a five-hour train ride, they got off at a train station. However, their journey is still long, from the train station they have to take public transport buses for approximately 5 hours for them to arrive in the district.

Five hours passed, the two of them had arrived at the subdistrict at a bus counter.

Natasyah breathed a sigh of relief because she thought they had arrived, but their journey was still very far away to enter a plantation while it was dark.

Now two people approached Melida on a motorcycle, it turns out they were both of Melida's parents to pick them up to a bus stop.

" Tiwi let's go up. " said Melida.

" where are we going?? "

" is it far?? " said Natasyah

" gr.... "

" near again" said Melida.

Natasyah also rode the motorcycle, they entered the plantation area. The road was still made of clay, and thankfully the weather today was sunny, otherwise they would not have been able to pass through that road.

Natasyah saw that since then they did not find a single house along the way.the streets were so dark, along the left and right journey there were only palm trees.

He saw his watch had been three more hours riding a motorcycle but they did not reach the destination.

Natasyah was already feeling scared, she was afraid that the two men would do evil to them both.

It could have been that the two men had raped, killed or pickpocketed him and Melida.if that had happened then there would have been no one to help them.

" Mella..... "

" is it far away?? " said Natasyah

" ngkp... '

" we'll be here soon" Melida said

" you also said that, but it is still a long way off" said Natasyah

" i'm right,, "

" we'll be here soon" said Melida

Natasyah again saw her watch was now at half-eleven in the evening, but they did not arrive at Melida's residence.not to mention that they were actually in the forest.

A few minutes later, they arrived at a house. Only a small housing, the height of the building is about 8 m, and 12m wide while the length is about 10 m and the bedroom there are only 3 pieces, one kitchen and one bathroom then the living room is about 3x4.

" Hello." said Melida greeting the people there and greeting the hands of a middle-aged man, he was her father Melida.

There Melida's neighbors gathered on the porch of Melida's house.

" hello." said Natasyah as well as smilingly reprimanding the people there, she also followed Melida into those people.

" go in. " said Melida's mother to Natashah.

" this is my house. "

" not even the size of my house is as big as your room" Melida said

" Your house is far out inland. "

"honestly I was so scared, my mind was floating somewhere" Natasyah said

" haha..... "

" Cinderella went into the forest" said Melida, bringing Natashah to her room.

" mel." said her mother melida from behind the door.

" yes mak." said Melida.

" get out quickly, bring your friends here, let us eat" said Melida's mother in a typical Sumatran language

" yes mak." said Melida.

" what to eat, twelve o'clock less" Natasyah said

" quickly do... "

" they'll be waiting for us, at home we'll have to eat together, not alone" Melida said

" oh.... "

" is that so, huh?? " said Natasyah

They both came out of the room to eat.

There is only a simple menu, white rice with chicken side dishes rendang village and also chicken soup village.that's the only menu available. meanwhile, if compared with the Natasyah home, various types of dishes are available at the table.

natasyah's life is inversely proportional to Melida's.

At Natasyah's house, they will eat at the dining table and of course a special room. While at Melida's house, they gather in the living room to eat and sit on the floor to make a circle.

Before the meal Melida's father led the prayer first, while at Natashah's house they never did that.

After they finished eating, they were all together to clean up the living room. After that Melida and Natasyah went into the room.

" babe.... "

" you didn't shower?? " said Natasyah

" can't... "

" it's late, mamah will scold us if we shower at this hour" said Melida

Natasyah was silent, at home she was never scolded shower at any time.

" but I don't feel good to sleep in this state" Natasyah said

" we wash our faces" said Melida.

" yes, " said Natasyah.

Melida takes Natasyah to the kitchen and turns out the bathroom is located in the kitchen.

" Mel." cried Melida's mother from behind the door when she heard the splashing water.

" yes mak." said Melida.

" who's taking a bath again are you now?? " said Melida's mother

" no mama... "

" we just wash our faces" Melida said.

Sure enough what Melida said, Melida's mother would scold them if she knew they were bathing in the middle of the night.

Finished changing clothes Natasyah checks her phone, she was so surprised when she saw her phone did not get a network.

" Mel." said Natasyah.

" yes. " said Melida.

" my phone doesn't have a network" Natasyah said

" it's not here to get a network. " said Melida with her leisure.

" what???? "

" what if we communicate, or something??" natasyah

" we have to go to the office where my father works, there is a wifi network" Melida said.

" that's it. " said Natasyah.

Finally they pin asleep.