PRETTY TEACHER WHO JUTEK
Chapter 38 Avoiding Pak Eko's Invitation.
Mr. Eko stole a glance at the girl next to him. Mr. Eko felt that every time he was with this girl he always was. Not knowing what is bothering Asti's mind. Mr. Eko disperse the girl's daydream with his question.
“Dik Asti... After the end of this exam period later, your plan is to go anywhere to spend your long holiday?” ask the man.
Gradually Asti suppressed the heartbeats and blood flow that roared her every memory of Tomi flashed through her mind.
“Still don't know for sure Mas..” says the girl.
Lately, Tomi's name is getting stronger gripping her feelings. Like this time for example. After the owner of the name stopped in his memory, suddenly the sense of loss he felt lately had changed its color towards something more obvious. It turns out he missed that guy!
Feeling depressed by the newly emerging consciousness, Asti took himself to pay more attention to the conversation he was doing with Mr. Eko.
“If you do not know where to go, can I ever come to visit your home?” asked Mr. Eko, infiltrated Asti's ear.
“May-maybe, Mas!” Asti answered while shaking Tomi off her mind. “But I can't be sure if I was home then or not”
“That's a matter of fate. But importantly, may or may not I come to visit you!”
Asti complained in his heart. If he does not want to experience difficulties and wants to feel peace, Mr. Eko's question must be answered by the word ‘not’. But again he felt it was not up to his heart to say what he wanted to say. It is different how he faced Mr. Eko if compared to the way he faced Tomi.
Tomi is a reckless and annoying breed. Already so, the man occupies the relationship level as his student. Be fierce to him, it's not hard. But not so if faced with Mr. Eko. It takes a deeper thought to free yourself from it.
“That's what I said because I'm going on holiday out of town, Mas!” he said, without thinking further.
“Oh yes? Where's Dik? When will you leave?”
“Ke Yogya Mas!” Asti felt annoyed to himself because what he said earlier and what was actually the origin of just coming out of his mouth, had made him look even further into the lie.
“Just when is that time, still do not know for sure. I'm still thinking about the job of correcting my student exam results later! Holiday business is not yet my priority!”
“Wah... It's been a long time since I went to that city. I am from semarang. But there is my mother's sister who lives in Yogya.
Yogya was my playing town. If the holiday arrives my destination must be on vacation there. It was a long time ago, when I was a teenager. It's good if I take care of my cut to visit my budeku”
Asti was a bit panicked at Mr. Eko's words. The man did work in a private office in addition to teaching at the campus where Asti also taught it. But there is no need for him to take care of his leave just because he wants to vacation together with him in Yogya.
Moreover, not necessarily Mr. Eko will feel happy to spend his childhood in Yogya. Because, this time Asti had intended not to give him another chance, so that the man was increasingly convinced that his hope to approach Asti was indeed no chance. Pity if his business takes care of leave and his dreams of vacationing with Asti in Yogya later will only make him disappointed.
“Mas, teaching holiday later is not better used to further pursue your work in the office that has been your focus is divided, because you have to teach also” said Asti after thinking about it. “Remember Mas, if your destination to Yogya is only to equate your cut with my vacation there, it could be an unpleasant vacation!”
“Why?”
“Because I went to Yogya at most Just a few days, then will travel with my cousins everywhere. Maybe get to Bali later too, because they have been planning this vacation for a long time!”
In his heart Asti admitted the truth of what he had said, that we should not live on lies. Because when we lie about one thing, we will continue to engage with the next lie. And that kind of climate is really unhealthy to live in.
Mr. Eko fell silent for the sake of hearing Asti's words. His subtle feelings captured the warning. That if Asti said he liked it or at least felt happy to have friends to fill the holiday in Yogya, surely the girl would not choose to go with her cousin.
Seeing Pak Eko speechless, Asti's feelings became unpleasant. But what can be done. He needs to be firm even if he lies.
“Current modern life is very time consuming for someone. Go and go home to work can not be taken in a short time because everywhere the highway is not smooth and often has congestion huh?”
“Iya right” said the man in a sweet voice.
“Iya.. Return home has been achieved, while still on the road alone have thought of when he got home want to immediately clean up and rest. No more time to gather, talk to family members at home. What else if you still have to set aside time for social affairs in the surrounding community, it certainly cannot be done.
“Such things obviously cause family relationships, relationship relationships and friends to be far away. Even if you live in the same city, you may not meet once a month. What about relatives who live further away in other cities? surely family relationships become very tenggang” Asti said to reduce the bad taste earlier.
“That is why, opportunities like this holiday I always use to knit relationships with my cousin brothers who are tenuous due to the busyness of each of us in modern life like today.
“Yes, it's true Dik Asti!” mr. Eko's comments, whether sincere or not.
“Often relationships between friends, whether friends between neighbors or coworkers. Sometimes more familiar than inbreeding between cousins or even between siblings, added if not stay one roof” said Asti.
“Because of that, Mas, I deliberately filled my vacation in an effort to bring closer the relationship that is strained by such situations” said a Asti again, while moving her hands as if pressing really the plan.
Seriate…