DAMNED GIRL
28. FIRST TIME

After we ate together finally Pak Yanto took me around for a while with his favorite motorcycle still in the night market area.

Even though the night was getting late and cold but it did not make me feel bored.

After a few minutes of driving his motorbike while continuing to drive slowly because of so many visitors, finally Pak Yanto pulled his bike over in the parking lot just in front of the ice cream seller car whose queue for buyers is quite long.

Then Mr. Yanto invited me to sit for a while on the bench to just sit around.

Because so crowded my eyes until fixated on looking wildly in all directions until I also saw there was a balloon palace behind our backs.

Big and a lot of kids my age play balloon games in it. I wanted to feel like I was there too but my mouth was locked to say it

A few minutes in line in front of the ice cream seller, finally Mr. Yanto bought me a taste of chocolate

"Our ice cream, yes" he said as he thrust it at me

I grabbed it and quickly ate it up.

Mr. Yanto who saw me laughed.

It might be funny to him to see the first person eating ice cream

"Hahaha, you ate it so fast"

I was embarrassed

"Yes sir, delicious. Hehehe" answered me

But Mr. Yanto was not angry he offered again "You want more ?" tannya

I shook my head but timidly my eyes darted towards the balloon palace.

Actually that attitude is not what I intended but I just expected that I could be in the balloon palace and feel the game like everyone else

But apparently Pak Yanto understood the contents of my head

"You want to go in there ?" appoint Mr. Yanto

I kept quiet, but my heart said I wanted to.

Although I did not answer but tried to understand the meaning of the spotlight of my eyes, then he pulled my hand gently and took me to go to the balloon palace.

Finally I could feel myself entering and playing with the other kids, even though we didn't know each other but it was like I had a lot of friends in the balloon ride.

It's been almost two hours that Mr. Yanto and I have been touring the night market.

Finally Mr. Yanto realized that I should be

"We go home yuk, it seems like Mom and Liana have also reached home" she asked me after I had finished playing

I just nodded at him as we walked slowly towards the parking lot

"Where was the game, exclaim no ?" ask Pak Yanto

"Yes, sir" I replied

"Tomorrow if we have a chance to play here again" he promised

"Yes sir" I nodded

After arriving at the courtyard of the house, when Mr. Yanto parked his motorbike, the door was opened by Liana who had put on a sullen face

"Where is my dad from ?" tannya

After Mr. Yanto got off his bike and started to enter finally Pak Yanto answered him

"Out of the night market, the streets" he replied

"Why am I not invited ?" her tan was upset while glancing at me

"Well, wasn't that you guys haven't come home yet ?" said Mr. Yanto as if not to be blamed just like that.

But Mother who replied "Yes it has not arrived, but you should wait for us to go home first dong" he replied

"Yes, it's been there sometime, after all, if we leave the four of us, which motorbike fits" he said

But Mother replied in a high tone "Can't be so dong" Mother replied

Although Mother's tone snapped so but apparently Mr. Yanto did not want to prolong the debate, he tried not to aggravate the atmosphere increasingly broken

Mr. Yanto even asked back to Mother with a soft tone of speech "So you are the same Lian to the market what to buy ?" ask her while sitting on the sofa.

While I was in the room tidying up some of the messy clothes in the room

Hearing Mr. Yanto divert the conversation, I also did not mind. He can still answer well

"So buy school uniforms and supplies for Lian's school" Mother replied

"The money is not enough" answered my mother

"Yes, but at least you can split the money into two"

"Can't, because Lian's needs are a lot" denied Mother again.

"Oh yes, tomorrow I will go to the market" he replied

But Mother actually stopped him "Don't, the money just love me. Let me buy it for him. If you buy it, it is not necessarily cheap. If I can still bargain for the price" he said

Mr. Yanto thought for a while and then took out his wallet "Yes already if this is the money" agreed while giving some money to Mother.

It doesn't seem like I've been living with them for almost a week even though I'm still a part of them but I'm still treated the same as I came to this house but it doesn't make me the same big deal once because I did it with pleasure, it is precisely to this day that I am happy to stay with them.

But actually there is something lacking in my memory that Mom will buy me a school uniform and the equipment as well but apparently until now I have not even invited me to go to the market.

Actually, I could have paid for his promise but the problem later could have been that he scolded me. But even so I just keep thinking that Mom hasn't had time to invite me maybe because she's busy at home.

Today is a bright Sunday morning added again there is joy for me. Because today Mr. Yanto took me to church for the first time

"Tomorrow everything is ready for us to go to the Church" he said, who also invited Mother and Liana

But it seems that I object to Mr. Yanto's invitation "But the bike does not fit for four people" he protested

Liana snatched Mother's words "Yes, three are narrow let alone four" she replied as she glanced at me cynically

But I just kept quiet

Mr. Yanto was silent for a long time and then returned to invite "Okay then I will take Liana and Dhira Sunday School, after which I return to pick you up again, Mom" he replied

Hearing her husband's answer, she was silent. But his face seemed to disagree

Liana looked at me like her enemy.

Finally after a few minutes on the way, this is the first time I set foot in a simple church yard that is not so spacious but the form of the building is still classic.

"You just go in, it seems like you want to start" proposed Mr. Yanto while turning on the engine again

I nodded "Yes sir"

But Liana kept quiet until finally Pak Yanto left us.

Liana didn't invite me in. She was silent without even saying anything to me, she just walked ahead of me

While I stepped right behind his back until we finally entered into a room that had many children of our age. They sat in a circle on a plastic chair neatly and quietly in their lap each one had a Gospel.

All eyes were on me then an adult woman they called the Sunday School Builder greeted me with joy

"Hi, what's your name ?" tannya

But I was still silent while Liana was already sitting in her seat.

"It looks like big brother noticed you just came here this first time huh ?" tannya

But my answer was just nodding.

Honestly, I'm very nervous

Because this is the umpteenth time I have to force my mind to re-adapt in a new environment and new people who do not necessarily like me

"Tomorrow, introduce yourself to friends. So that all the friends who are here can know you" he said with a sweet smile to me

But I can only be silent and say nothing until I am not aware that my body is moving continuously when I do not command, indicating that I am not comfortable in front of them.

But finally the Big Brother Builder introduced himself first

"Then let Brother introduce himself first" he said while looking at me kindly

I just smiled back

"Hello, my name is Gracia. What is your name ?" heed

I answered "Andhira" quickly

Gracia's sister immediately praised me in front of the others

"Well, guys. The name is good. Fits her pretty too" she said

I was so embarrassed when the other friend also nodded with a smile on me

Not with Liana.

He just kept staring at me with a flat face

"OK, Andhira. You can sit down. Coincidentally there is still an empty chair. We will start Sunday School huh" said Brother Gracia