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Chapter 7 [Looking]

“this time, we will continue the material yesterday. Does anyone remember the terracing material?” ask Petra.

“sudah” answer them all.

“i also provide material about graft and fertilization on plants. Do you remember?” ask Petra again.

“still remember” answer them all.

“then, now is the time to get into the hanging root material on the banyan tree. Actually, this material must be taught yesterday, but each material takes 3 hours. In the end, you have to study this material individually in each home to better understand the future” Petra said.

“excuse me, I have permission to go to the bathroom” said Lia standing on the spot.

“well, quickly return” replied Petra nodding her head.

In the end, Lia was out of class to go to the bathroom at that early hour. Petra continued the material by discussing the hanging roots of the banyan tree to the rest of the class. Not long after, Lia returned to the classroom and dried her hands using a tissue.

“excuse me, I'm in” said Lia.

In the end, Petra again continued to work on the material in front as usual. Slowly, the whole class began to understand the material he had given them. How not, Petra explained so much detail to give an example to them so that they can understand it easily.

Not long after, Lia got back up from her seat and asked for permission to go to the bathroom for the second time. Petra did not blame him at all and let him know because Petra knew that Lia had not been feeling well since.

“excuse me, I'm allowed to go to the bathroom” said Lia raised her hand high.

Petra thought that Lia was really sick just like what was written in the letter. He thought to himself, what might be Lia nausea in the bathroom.but Petra did not want to think about it too long and decided to continue to give material to the rest of the class. Until Lia returned to the classroom, Petra told Lia to immediately sit in her place.

“so, as you know, trees need carbon dioxide to be the fuel in photosynthesis. Therefore, one of the functions of hanging roots in banyan trees is to-“ Petra said stopped.

“excuse me, I'm in” said Lia entered the room.

“fast sit in your place” insists Petra.

“baik” Lia replied.

Petra instantly placed the material notebook overnight on the teacher's desk and picked up the medicine inside her bag. After Petra took the medicine, Petra walked over to Lia who was sitting next to Alex.

“drink this medicine” said Petra giving the medicine to Lia.

“ehh? Wh-why?” lia asked a little surprised.

“why did you even tell Lia to take the medicine?” ask Alex.

“you have a fever. You better rest in UKS”, said Petra to open her medicine package.

“but, I'm not dem-“ said Lia.

“if you feel nauseous, drink warm water” said instantly holding Lia's forehead.

“drink the water I gave you. Do not take medicine first, you still have not breakfast” said Petra while opening a bottle of mineral water.

“and also, you still have breakfast, I'll give you porridge in the canteen. At least you're not empty when taking the medicine. You should also drink warm drinks. I will make warm tea while in the UKS room together with-“ Petra said.

“heh, Petra. You are a teacher now. And everyone saw you. Why did you come here and do something unimportant?. I'm fine, really” Lia told Petra.

Hearing that, Petra realized what she had just done. Petra looked at the whole class. In fact, they all looked at him with sharp gazes.

“ma-sorry everyone. I even anu, it..” said Petra slightly lowered her head to all of them.

“ekhem ekhem,. it seems, there are teachers who leave their duties” said Lucas in a slightly insinuating tone.

“bu-not so. Alright, I-I will continue with my mater”, he said, spontaneously walking back to the teacher's desk.

He walked back to the desk and taught again. In the end, an hour passed. It was already 9am and Petra decided to give them all the chores.

Petra told them to make a question about the material she had just taught them. And after I finished making up the matter, Petra told them to exchange the matter for each other by my countrymen.

“you only have approximately 30 minutes. During that time, you have to solve problems and answer questions from your friends. After that, collect it to the front desk, let me just correct and rate it while you rest” Petra said.

“baik” answer them all.

30 Minutes walk, in fact Petra just sat while watching the whole class doing the problem at their respective desks. Not a few students who chat and joke and not a few students also cheat each other.

Among the approximately 30 students he taught, Petra focused only on Lia and Alex. I don't know why, but Alex seems to be getting too close to Lia. Petra unceasingly looked at the two of them who were busy chatting while doing the tasks of what he had given.

In the end, right at 9am, the first hour of rest rang. Petra told them to gather their tasks to the front desk and allow them to rest. It was time for Petra to correct the assignments of the thirty students in that class.

Even Petra did not have time to go to the cafeteria because she had to assess their respective duties. Until the last book that Petra had to correct, he was so grateful because he could go to the school cafeteria.

“hufftt, finally” he said sighing so relieved.

However, not long after that, the bell entered in the second lesson hour. For the umpteenth time Petra thought. “may be a teacher very difficult to exceed calculating the number of phi”

All students enter the classroom. He told them to sit down in their seats immediately because the second matter was about to begin.

The second material, Petra began to discuss about other materials. At that time, he began to teach them about tree sap material and kinds of root shapes. Each of them has begun to understand the lessons he has given.

But apparently, there are still many students who do not understand the material that Petra gives. Therefore, he made a test problem that Petra wrote herself on the board. Petra wanted to know which part of the material was not yet understood. Petra made 20 questions, and all of them were materials he had just taught them.

Petra told them to do all the work to find out which part of them was not yet understood. At 12 o'clock, the second break rang. Petra told them to put together their duties at the front desk for her corrections.

One by one they started leaving the class. All the students dropped out of the class except Lia, Issak, Lucas, Emma, Alex, Anna and Petra herself. They all gathered on Petra's bench and Lia's bench while only Petra was sitting at the teacher's desk correcting the answers of the rest of the class. And by accident, in the quiet classroom, Petra could hear the topic of conversation.

“heh, Lia. Do you want chocolate?” ask Anna to Lia.

“no need, I'm a bit unwell” replied Lia.

“if you are sick, how do you go home later?” ask Lucas.

“i was delivered and picked up by my papah friend I” replied Lia.

“wahh, merakaka” say they all simultaneously.

“it's not good. His car smells of orange-flavored room. Make mual” suhut Lia.

“do you have no previous acquaintances in this school? who knows in this school there is your friend or brother” said Anna.

“do you have friends? Or even you already have a girlfriend in this school?” ask Alex to Lia.

“I already have” replied Lia.

“who?” alex asked very curious.

“I have both” replied Lia slightly smiling sincerely a little glancing towards Petra.

Hearing that, Petra's body spontaneously moved and her elbow hit the end of the table making it like electrocuted. Inadvertently, Petra dropped a blackboard eraser made of wood and made a little loud noise because it hit the floor tiles.

“ma-sorry, just a whiteboard eraser” Petra told them as she placed the eraser in the teacher's desk drawer.

“do you not rest? From the beginning you have not rested at all, Lia said loudly to Petra.

“just calm down, that should be your break. You're strep throat, but you're going to school. Dasar” replied Petra while inserting the eraser in the desk drawer.

“I don't strep throat, I just bat-“ said Lia.

“that's why I brought cough medicine for you” Petra said while taking cough medicine from inside the bag.

Petra brought the cough medicine and then gave it to her. Everything looked at Petra like a shaman who could tell what had happened to Lia.

“how did you know he coughed? Though he didn't cough at all in the class earlier?” ask Alex to Petra.

“I just accidentally brought him” he replied.

“do not accidentally bring it to bring mineral water and cough medicine to someone who is forgotten to bring it? It was no coincidence” Lucas said so suspiciously.

“already, whatever you say. I want to go to the cafeteria. I want banana” Petra said as she walked out of the room.

“I want to join” said Lia.

“no need. Do not do too much activity” stressed Petra.

“but I want banana” said Lia.

"i have a banana but it's a little different" Lucas said.

"basic bejad!" firmly Lia.

“I'll buy you. Just wait” said Petra walking out of the room.

“do not want, anyway I want to come to” said Lia so ngeyel running after Petra.

“i told you not to” Petra replied with a faint tone of fatigue.

“but I just want ik-“ said Lia stopped.

At that moment, Lia accidentally slipped on the floor which was so slippery. Somehow the floor was wet with water, Lia slipped on the spot. He fell in a sitting condition and his butt hit quite hard.

Spontaneous Petra walked up to him and saw his condition. Apparently, there were no serious injuries suffered by Lia, but anyway, falling with the spinal column is very dangerous and risky.

“a-are you okay?” tanya Petra spontaneously approached Lia's fallen body.

- SERIATE