VACILANTE: IMPERFECT

22 - You Can Do It!

Nasha rounded her eyes, surprised as someone opened the blanket that covered her head. He breathed a sigh of relief as Fiona and Calista came to his house. Slowly, he began to wake up from his sleep, and leaned against the headboard.

"Lo shoots up, my gosh!" calista.

Nasha smiled faintly, "Gue isn't 'pa-pa, really," she replied. He glanced at the wall clock, "It's not yet school hours, why are you here?"

"Gue yesterday surprised you suddenly no camping time. Want to follow you but I cape really. So, yeah, now I'm truant. Physics lesson," replied Fiona.

Nasha nodded in understanding, "Sorry, yes. I didn't talk to you guys."

"That sorry word should have been uttered by Fiona and Calista!"

Nasha frowned at the words of someone who had just arrived in her room. Apparently, Alvin, Liana, and Angel followed their two friends to visit Nasha.

"You're not loyal, man!" liana Protest.

Fiona and Calista looked at each other. They deliberately did not tell their friends because they were sure that they would make a scene at Nasha's house.

Alvin kept a bag of plastic snacks and sat down next to Nasha, who was now very pale in face. Her unraveling hair made Nasha even more deserving of being a patient. Really unkempt.

"Lo's not going to the hospital, Sha?"

Nasha shook her head slowly, "Gue's not 'pa-pa, Vin."

"Lo's foot? Not 'pa-pa, right?" asked again, Nasha nodded slowly in response.

"Gue was really surprised you suddenly came home yesterday. Lo even ninggalin lo mobile phone," said Angel while giving Nasha mobile phone.

Nasha rubbed her hot eel, "Ah, sorry. I forgot to."

Fina—ibu Nasha—kini entered Nasha's room while carrying several dishes containing food and glasses with a teapot of drinking water. Fina smiled at Nasha's friends who were now also smiling kindly at her.

"Oh, I'm sorry, just got this. Please eat it."

"Ah, not 'pa-pa, auntie. Sorry to bother you," replied Alvin with a smile.

Fina glanced back and forth and realized that there was only one man among Nasha's other friends, "Whose name are you, son?"

"Alvin, aunt."

Fina turned to look at Nasha while smiling meaningfully, "Nasha never brought a man home."

After saying that, Fina left Nasha's room, leaving Alvin who was smiling himself. Fiona and her other friends just bobble their heads at Alvin's misbehavior.

"Sha," call Alvin, "Lo Nyokap is pretty, huh?"

Nasha rounded her eyes and hit Alvin's arm. The punch was still strong even though Nasha was limp, "Crazy, lo, Vin!"

"I don't mean it, Sha!"

"Lo want to seduce Nasha, Vin?" liana asked in disbelief, "Don't get her son, you embrace his nyokapnya!"

Alvin held back his laughter, "There's no harm in me trying?"

"Lo come home and don't come back here!"

Alvin let go of his laughter. His eyes even narrowed because his laughter so loose made his friends shake their heads while laughing softly. Not believing in Alvin's attitude that is so humorous and irritating. Nasha is always upset with Alvin. Now, his friends know why.

"To be honest I'm ashamed of you guys" Nasha said, "Gue doesn't feel like you're in the middle."

"No, Nasha!" argue Alvin. Nasha smiled faintly in response to Alvin.

"Don't just because of Kak Galih's talk, you become down rich gini, Sha," added Calista.

"But the more I thought, Kak Galih's words made more sense. From the beginning I felt that I did not escape, but suddenly I escaped. It feels weird, doesn't it?"

Fiona shook her head in disapproval, "Sir Rival was texting me. He said, you should meet him if you're healthy and go to school again."

°°°

Two days later.

The wind blew strong in the middle of a hot day. The little hairs that did not enter the bond moved around and there as if dancing in pleasure. Nasha tucked her unattached kinsman behind her ear. He was leaning against the guardrail on the roof of the school, waiting for someone to arrive.

The tall figure that he waited a few minutes finally came while carrying two bottles of drinks. His lips reviewed the smile to find Nasha who was now smiling kindly at him.

"Sorry, old," he said, giving one of his drinks.

Nasha shook her head and accepted the drink, "Son 'pa-pa, sis."

"It's healed?"

Nasha smiled and nodded, "It's just my legs that can't be made to run away."

Rival nodded. He opened the bottle and sipped it slowly. Try to stay calm before starting a tough conversation.

"Gue's been horrified the whole story from Galih, but I haven't heard the story from you."

Nasha twisted her body and looked at the school environment, "Kak Galih misunderstood about my relationship with Alvin. And..." Nasha paused her lips before continuing, "Sir Galih told me the truth, about the results of the interview selection."

Rival turned to look at Nasha who was now looking down, "What Galih said was not true, Sha."

Rival's words made Nasha turn to look at him, asking Rival to continue his words. "Maybe he just thinks that he made you pass the interview stage without knowing the truth. But actually, the results of the interview were nothing because it was 'helped'."

Nasha smiled faintly, "If indeed it was because Kak Galih was helped not 'pa-pa, sis. After I thought about it, my interview was not that good."

Rival speechless. He was confused in what way to make Nasha believe that he escaped not because of Galih, but because of himself.

"Look at me, you answered the PR from me, right?" tanyanya and Nasha nodded. "You should know what PR means."

Nasha fell silent while thinking about the PR she had forgotten about. "The one who endures to the end is the one who can withstand all the laws of nature" he murmured.

"Gue doesn't need a smart manager, who is just good at talking, because all of that you will get over time. Different things to those who survive. The longer, the less people will survive. And, my thinking was perfected with your statement during the interview."

Nasha frowned not understanding.

"A person who is able to withstand the laws of nature may survive, but not necessarily he is able to achieve success. But a strong man who will endure, he will succeed."

"It's just a starting point, and you haven't started at all. This is not the time to turn over. Let Galih say something bad about you, because in reality you are not rich. I actually do not want to talk rich gini, but I have fallen in love with you and your friends. So, please hold on, and don't give up, huh, Sha?"

To be Continued