GROWINGS
40

"Bu Nuriyanti, there's Grandma Stevie..!!" Eka said from the face of the door with a sigh. Spread out the impromptu morning meetings of his teachers.

Ms. Nuriyanti and Ms. Fatma rushed to welcome Stevie Wallerima. The other teachers, tidying up the teacher's room to welcome the rich old lady.

"Don't bother Miss Nuriyanti. I came because I was deliberately invited by Dafa."

'Invited by Dafa?' The two women exchanged glances.

Shortly after Stevie Wallerima arrived, Inu arrived. But strangely this morning he came alone. There was no way Dafa could be seen sitting on the back of his bike.

"Where is it, Mr Inu?" Ask Ms. Fatma.

"I don't know either, Mom. Last night he said he wanted to go out for a while there was some business. But at midnight last night, he sent me WA saying he couldn't go home."

They all wonder. What exactly is Dafa doing again this time?

Until the bell rang, Dafa also still did not reveal the trunk of his nose. Stevie Wallerima was honestly a little anxious thinking about the boy who sometimes likes to do reckless.

"Assallamalaikum..!"

Finally what was waiting arrived.

"Guil, Dafa." Sahut Bu Nuriyanti while throwing a smile.

"Grandma Stevie's been a while?"

Stevie Wallerima shook his head slowly. "Where else are you, Dafa?"

Dafa scratched his head clumsily. "I ran out of business last night. Let's start now, Grandma.."

Stevie Wallerima nodded. With the help of Derrian, he got up from his seat.

"Bu Nuriyanti, please gather all the teachers huh. Because right now we're going to have an important meeting. Okay..!?"

"important meeting?" Mom Fatma's forehead flinched.

"I'll call my other friends first. We'll meet in the meeting room.."

Dafa immediately shot as fast as lightning towards the information room. Turning on the microphone and his crisp and unpleasant voice, it was immediately heard to every corner of his school.

'Guys, I'm waiting in the meeting room right now. Because there is something important I will tell you!'

The five teenagers who were chatting lightly in front of the classroom court immediately turned their backs.

"I don't think I feel good.." Tita muttered softly.

"We're there right now.." Take Sheila to her friends.

The meeting room was actually an ordinary classroom. But the classroom was changed by Dafa in such a way, and was intended as a meeting room, both for the internal affairs of the school, as well as for the external affairs of the school.

In the room, all the trophies and charters of victory that Dafa and his friends had obtained.

"We stand in front, afraid not to be heard.." Tuke Eka who was immediately approved by his four friends.

All the teachers seemed to have sat on the chairs that had been provided. And the remaining seats, already occupied by the other students.

Dafa came in with a large cardboard box. Following behind him Derrian who also carried the same size cardboard.

"OKAY. Now we start.." The Dafa itself.

He was busy taking out all the stuff that filled the cardboard. There are several rolls of paper, documents, and also...

"That's it..." Eka pointed with wide eyes.

"For a while, friends, because I want to stick this poster first.."

Dafa pulled a chair and climbed on top of it, and he seemed to have put up a giant poster.

"Kids, help Dafa.." Inu Command.

Gabriel and Julian were also compact forward. Spread out a large poster full of that color pattern.

"A little slanted, Fa?" Ask Gabriel.

"No papa. What matters is sticking." Dafa was grinning wide.

"What language is that?" Eka to get upset herself.

"France if it's not wrong.." Sheila Timpal.

Dafa grabbed his iron ruler. "Well, I'll start, yeah...!"

"Kids, relax..!" Inu's voice was successful in making the entire room fall silent in unison.

"Thank you because you're all here to gather." Dafa began to speak in front of his friends and teachers. "We all know that Ellite Rovario Middle School - our school - has become a great school and can beat the school Mr. Martin Luther."

"Ckckck, he's that fucked up and weird, by the way.." Julian patted his forehead.

"And I think everybody knows our school now.." Dafa's voice was high and low. "But I don't think that's enough..!" His voice this time successfully surprised some of his friends. "And I think this is the right time to show the world who we are!"

Dafa came back to the front. Tapping the poster with the ruler. Then he read all the writing contained in the poster.

Yep. Writing in french. And he read it very eloquently and fluently.

Stevie Wallerima barely blinked. And one more plus that makes him more sure of his choice.

"I'm sorry, what does that mean..?" Sheila asked as she raised her right hand.

"So gini, Sheila--I've registered SMK Ellite Rovario for this summer festival in Paris..."

"PARISSS...?!" All his friends were screaming.

"This festival will be attended by hundreds of schools from various countries. And our school -- will represent Indonesia to participate in the international event..!"

Everyone is silent now. There were so many questions filling their minds.

Okay, Dafa is indeed a strange, unique figure, but also very extraordinary in his ability.

It's just that this time, they all thought that what Dafa said was too high and far-fetched.

The distance from Indonesia to Paris does not only take one or two hours. And also not only spend a hundred or two hundred thousand.

"One team should consist of 8 people. And I've got 5 guys for me to put on my team." Dafa turned his face to the five closest friends. "Eka, Gabriel, Tita, Julian, and Sheila."

"I don't want to!!" Eka reflexes rejects raw.

"I can't either, Dafa." Sheila.

"My parents didn't have that kind of money, Dafa.." Tita said slowly.

"That's why I invited Grandma Stevie here this morning. Because--- Grandma Stevie will be the main sponsor of our school...!!"

"Mother Stevie...?" Ms. Nuriyanti turned her head and fixed her gaze on the old woman sitting next to her.

"All airfare, lodging, and meal money are also given by Grandma Stevie..."

Stevie Wallerima got up from her seat. "Kids, what Dafa has been doing is not for him alone. But for all of us. Progress of this school. Go with Dafa. Keep supporting and working together."

"Grandma Stevie.." Sheila to the tears.

"I'm still open to two more people. So, for anyone interested in getting on my team, I'll start training until nightfall.  Okay...!?"

"Dafa, can I ask you a question?"

Dafa who was looking seriously at his luggage earlier, then straightened his head and shook his head at Bu Nuriyanti.

"I will also appoint three teachers to accompany us during our time there. And they are, Mr. Inu-Mu Fatma and Bu Fauziah."

Hearing his name called, the three adults gasped instead of playing. How not--- a lifetime, it has never been imagined that they will travel far, to the world fashion center.

"I--- Paris --??" Bu Fatma's face suddenly turned pale.

"I was going to take Ms. Nuriyanti. But I think no one will be in charge of overseeing this school."

"Dafa, are you sure about all this?" Finally Bu Nuriyanti asked that question as well. "I mean Mom--- this isn't a small event. And also the distance..."

"Mother Nuriyanti doesn't have to worry." Dafa cuts. "I--- will never disappoint Grandma Stevie and all of you. Because I promised, I will make SMK Ellite Rovario, as the best school the world has ever seen..!"

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