The Stunning My Life

The Toyota Fortuner

This morning I can't wait for Juna to come home. Take Susan, Mini, and Haris, the three of them will come too.

I purposely didn't tell mom and dad about their arrival. But I told Karina. I asked Karina to keep her mouth shut and help me convince my father of Juna.

Today I started selling pecel again after a few days off during my time in the hospital. I help my mother serve customers who keep coming. I don't have a job here, so I can do whatever I want. Helping mom for example.

The customers started to leave. Five minutes. The noise of the motor with the exhaust spurting black gas suddenly came. Roni, that brat parked his noisy motorbike into my yard.

"Assalamu'alaikum, Miss Mira," Roni said to her mother, then sat on an elongated wooden chair on the porch. I keep watching him. His behavior is still the same as before.

Roni who was indifferent when she came earlier started to look at me. "Sophia? Geez..., you came here to not tell me, anyway? OH, dong.... Let me play here. Isn't that right, Mira's mom?"

I looked at the man astonished. I shook my head, and then busily arranged a slightly messy mom's selling table. People like Roni don't care.

"Why are you here, Ron? Want to owe pecel?" ask my mother with a face.

"Due, Mother. Pecel one serving, eat here. The pay later if Roni has married Sophia," said Roni lightly make me very, very astonished.

"Huh??? What dream is hallucination?" chirps me at Roni.

"Well, how? Miss Mira, I'm your prospective daughter-in-law, right?" ask Roni to mom.

"Fuckin' ghost candidates! Your work just owes pecel every day, could-can want to marry Sophia. What would my son want you to eat if you were married?" sahut father who suddenly came out of the house then sat to the left Roni.

"Eh, Mr. Budi. Assalamu'alaikum, sir." Roni suddenly kissed my father's hand. He's really not clear. "Says you just had an accident, huh? Is it healed, sir?" sis asked.

"Uda...." My father looked at Roni patiently. But I know actually Dad was very lazy to serve the man. Roni looked silent just glancing at me. He wouldn't dare tease me because there was a father there.

I also made a plate of rice pecel for Roni. Then the man ate it.

Seeing her fate now makes me remember the kindergarten she used to bully me. God really doesn't sleep. He's fair. Who would have thought that I would be a person more valuable than the person who humbled me first.

One minute. Two minutes. Suddenly grandma and Aunt Dance came with a motorbike. Smear me! Don't you want grandma to complain to dad about my talk yesterday?

I greet Aunt Tari and the newly arrived grandmother. Grandma's face still looks upset at me. I can only swallow. I hope Grandma doesn't talk to Dad.

"Where are you, Bud? That's okay, right?" ask grandma for dad.

Dad smiled. "Alhamdulillah, no pa-pa, Mah. Budi's legs are still a little linu, but it's better." The answer.

"Thankful, deh." Grandma glanced at me for a moment with her waist, then she turned to Roni who was still busy scooping her pecel rice.

"This thug why eat pecel here, anyway? Pay it, right?" chirp grandma to Roni whose appearance seemed messy. But Roni is already famous for being naughty like a thug in the compound here.

"Grandmother-in-law don't recriminate Roni like that, dong.... It's not good to know." Roni answered to grandma.

"Your palamu in-laws' grandmother! What's the kid, anyway?" Grandma started to be astonished.

I turned my face withholding laughter. Roni did not know that grandma was like a mother dropped by! I just knew how that kid felt. Inner me muttering.

Dad seemed to blink his eyes hinting at grandma to be quiet.

Me, dad, grandma, Aunt Dance, and plus Roni the big guy still gathered on the porch of the house. As for mother, she had entered the house earlier after giving rice pecel to Roni.

"Bud, Mamah here just want you to make Sophia's match with her son Hartono" said the grandmother to the father suddenly.

I just widened my eyes at them. "What the hell, Grandma. Don't try to force it, deh."

Grandma was standing up. So does Auntie Dance. Grandma's response just put a face on me.

"Yes, my grandmother-in-law doesn't have to do that. Wong Sophia does not want to. I want the same, don't I, Sophia?" Roni followed along.

"What, anyway." I knit my eyebrows muttering softly at Roni.

"You don't have to interfere, yeah! Back home!" tell grandma to go to Roni. Roni started stuttering. "There!!!" peekik grandma glaring.

Roni who actually had the guts also immediately left the pecel rice plate that was still a little. He then made his noisy motorbike go away.

"Well, let's have a chat in the dalem aja," take dad to grandma.

"No need. Mom just wanted to say that."

I walked over to Grandma. "You want Grandma what, anyway? Grandma herself was fooled by the same Bara, Dad. Sophia does not want to be fooled. It's hard, deh," my oceh.

"Granny's abbot is very maksa. Sophia said Sophia had her own choice. No, I don't understand." I looked at my sick grandmother.

"Now, look at your son's behavior! Most stay the same buliknya so do not have the same manners of parents!" Grandma prattles to dad.

"This is what, anyway? Grandma dateng instead of bringing joy even make the atmosphere hot," said Karina suddenly approached us.

"No need for Sophia to be betrothed to her daughter Dad! Sophia is young, so enjoy her life first. He also has his own candidate. Even better than Hartono-Hartono's son. Grandma knows what, anyway!" Karina tried to defend me against my grandmother.

"You know what! Grandma I think that's so your sister's life isn't like yours. Be miserable!"

I'm clucking. "Grandmother does not need to know the same life Sophia Kak Karina, deh. Grandma's own life is taken care of. Old too."

Grandma's expression started to get very upset at me and Karina. "Bud, anyway Mamah does not agree you broke Sophia's betrothal with her son Hartono!" granny to dad.

"Udah, Mama don't have to follow, deh. Let Budi take care of Budi's own son. If Sophia wants her match canceled, yes canceled. Time has to maksa own child to be married to a guy he does not want." Dad answered making me smile. So you've agreed that my match with Bara has been cancelled?

"You are, yes!" Grandma seemed to be inadmissive. "How about Sophia with husband Kere? Her life could be hard, Bud...."

"From yesterday was the mulu the hell that Grandma was worried about? Not tired what negative thinking mulu?" I asked grandma.

"Here, tell me your chosen guy is kere! Stupid same army does not want, instead choose kere men!" Grandma chimes.

I smiled grinning. "Grandma's seen for myself if my candidate had come here. I will not be impressed with him. No need to glare until Grandma's mouth is gaping."

One sec. Two seconds. A car arrived in my yard. I also smiled broadly at him.

"Gilak! Toyota Fortuner, Mah!" Aunt Tari sounded amazed to see the white car owned by Mother Aulia.

I'm still smiling. Surely Juna borrowed the car to his mother in order to accommodate Bulik Susan, Mini, also Haris.

"Sophia...!!!" pekik Mini smiled broadly at me after getting out of the car.

I ran a little towards him too. Me and Mini hugged.

"Gue kangen very lo," said Mini still hugging me.

"Gue too, Minion. I miss you...." My reply to Mini.

Mini, Bulik Susan, Juna, and Haris I also let you in. I saw grandma looking agape staring at Juna who was smiling while I was holding her. Icep now!

We all chatted in the living room. Because the guest seats were not enough to accommodate many people, some of us sat on the bottom mat. Father, grandmother, Aunt Tari, Juna, and Haris were sitting on chairs. Me, Mini, Snatch Susan, mom, Karina, and Lusy sitting on the bottom mat. If it was Bimo, he had left for work early in the morning.

Father and Juna's conversation went well. Juna started talking honestly about himself, his family, and his relationship with me. Aided by the description of Bulik Susan who praised Juna's kindness to me, my family could easily accept Juna as the man of my choice.

Grandma who had previously forced me to match Bara suddenly, "Yes, if Nak Juna is the background is clear and good, Grandma also agrees that Nak Juna is related to Sophia. Hope the relationship gets to the marriage stage."

Hid. I never imagined my grandmother would be that hypocritical. I just turned the eyeballs to look at Karina. How could the pretentious grandmother be meek in front of Juna and try to take the man's heart?

"Phi, look I'm with Haris here, we're out, yuk!" The mini sitting next to me whispered to me.

"Where to go?" I also whispered to Mini.

"Yes, whatever it is. Anyway to a fun place in the area."

"Gue don't know the exciting area here." Answer to Mini.

"Most of the lo. Yes, ah." Mini looks to take a swing. "Pakde, can I take a walk with Sophia? Same with Haris, same with Juna." Mini ventured to ask permission from dad.

I was silent for a moment. "Yes, can. You haven't been here for a long time, Ni. Getting around the complex is what it is."

We all laughed in response to Dad.

"It's Grandma coming along, yeah," Grandma's chirp made us all fall silent staring at her.

"Why do grandmothers come? Bother young people dating again? Yes, here we are," said Karina to grandma.

"Grandmother just wants to deket the same Nak Juna. Try his fortune car. Can, right?" Grandma started to seduce Juna.

"No...! No follow-up! Grandma at home. Sana, play with Lusy!" I interrupted.

"Lusy wants to join Aunt Sophia..," Lusy whined suddenly at Karina who had been hugging him. Of course, the little boy was already very good at talking. [ ]