‘Oh, God, it’s so hot,’ I talked to myself while walking out of the class. The bright sunshine greeted me in the yard. It looked like all people in this world were exhausted and melting. I walked through the school gate slowly and wished that there would be an iceman who was waiting for being bought by me.
Huff..., ok, it’s a small canteen not far from my position now, but, looked at it. I couldn’t even see the man, it’s just surrounded by a lot of boys. There was a doubt in myself, should I stop and battle for a glass of ice tea or should I go on my way home. I beat the devil’s tattoo for a minute, and then... all right, I think.. it would be better if..I decided to stop and battle for a glass of tea because I couldn’t fight my dry throat, so, here I came.
‘One ice tea!! One ice tea for me, sir!’ I shouted. Then I tried to put my hand out and thrusted a thousand rupiahs forward. Ugh, in fact, it was not so easy as I think. I was trapped and almost out of breath. I tried to find another way. Then, I pull out my body and slipped into the backpart. I saw that there were two woman in the back room. One of them was making many kinds of instant drinks and the other one was helping her.
‘Hemm.., they’re so busy that if I take a glass of drink being made by them, they won’t realize it,’ I mumbled to my self. Slowly, I got closer and put out my hand trying to catch a glass of drink. ‘Ok..., here it is...’
Hup, someone hold my hand. ‘A pettyfogging girl, eah?’
* * *
‘Hey, why do you pull out my hand?’ I cried. He’s alien to me but now he kept me away from the shop.
‘Stay here, don’t try to do such you’ve just done, okey? You may not come into that shop anymore, or I will tell it to the others that you’ve just tried to steal something, do you get it?’ he said after we got out from the crowded.
‘What?? I’m stealing? You must be crazy, I don’t want to steal anything, I just wanna have something to drink,’ I said angrily.
‘By taking it furtively?’
‘I...,’ I couldn’t continue my words. In this case, he’s right.
‘Now, you have to give me a hand,’ he said.
‘What?’
‘Go back to your school and find Marrieana. Tell her that I was waiting for her here.’
‘Who are YOU?’ I hoped he realized what I was stressed in my word. I didn’t know him, suddenly he reigned over me as if he were my boss.
‘It doesn’t matter who I am. Just go back, and tell her I’m here.’
‘Hey, it matters for me, since you suddenly reigned over me, huh?’ I pointed my finger to him.
‘Ok, ok, I’m asking your help now, and for the reward, I’ll buy a glass of ice tea for you, Ok?’
‘…or, if you don’t want to do it, I’ll say to the shopkeeper what just you do,’ he continued.
‘What? Have you threaten me?’
He shrugged his shoulders, and said, ‘it’s up to you.’
Finally, I stepped back to my school and reluctantly went upstairs to my class for finding Marriena.
‘Where is she?’ I asked myself when I’d got into my class. There’s nobody there. I asked two students sitting on the stairs.
‘Did you see Marriena? I think she was still in the class when I went some minutes ago.’
‘Oh, yeah, I saw she just went downstairs after having talked with a boy. It’s likely they are in park now,’ the girl replied.
‘Ok, thank’s.’ Rather quickly I went to the park. My goodness, the park lay on the back of building, it meant I have to turn around, whereas I was so thirsty. ‘You’ve got to pay a lot for this, freaky boy,’ I said slowly.
When I arrived in the park, it was late. Marriena had got into a car and they started to leave.
‘Hey, wait!’ I screamed. But they didn’t hear it. In a pinch, I’d got to chase them. Fortunately they stopped in the gate. Out of breath, I got closer slowly.
‘Both of you…,’ I didn’t continue my grumbling when I saw someone stood arrogantly in front of the car.
It was the freaky boy. ‘What’s he doing?’
The boy inside the car went out and told something to him. They were in a little conversation when, suddenly, the freaky boy hit the other boy.
‘Hey!’ I ran over them to separate them.
‘Guys, don’t fight here. Please, stop it,’ I begged, but it’s worthless. The boy strake back. They were blowing each other.
Marriena got out from the car. ‘Stop! I said, STOP IT!’ she cried.
It’s worked, they stopped to fight.
‘Sam, please forgive me, but I’ve got told you that I don’t love you. Never. I really am sorry but yesterday you’re just being my compensation. I still love him, Sam. Please, understand me.’
After it, Marriena came back into the car, and so did the boy. They went away.
The boy called Sam sat under the tree. He looked so disappointed and bow over his head.
Carefully, I got near him. ‘Are you okay…, Sam?’ I tried to touch his shoulder. There’s no reaction, so, I sat next to him. I just could tell myself that it was a strange day. A bright day when I felt exhausted. Honestly, I really want to drink as today was so tiring for me, but I couldn’t leave a broken boy alone. If I were him, I would be worse in lonely. I’d ever felt it.
We were in silence as there’s no word for some minutes later. Then, there were some spots of water.
‘It’s raining,’ unrealizing I said. ‘ It is strange for raining since today is so hot, isn’t it?’
I supposed that he wouldn’t answer me. ‘Why are you here?’ he asked without facing me. I was wrong. Finally, I could hear his voice again.
‘E…, because…,’ I hesitated to answer.
The rain was getting heavy. Sam was still on his place and so was I.
Some minutes later, he got up and pulled my hand. We went to the canteen where we first met. There, Sam told me a lot. His heart was actually hurt by a girl whom he loved. In fact, she just used him as a comforter.
‘Now, you may call me a loser,’ he said at the end of his story.
‘I won’t. A normal person must have done some mistakes in his life. You are a normal person, aren’t you? So, you are permitted to do any fault.’
He smiled hearing what I said.
‘Thanks,’ he said.
‘For what? I didn’t do anything.’
‘Thanks for not leaving me alone.’
‘…’
‘Why didn’t you leave me?’
‘Because I… I just, I just wanna a cup of tea.’
Then we laughed together.
