Sam
Wedding Ahead

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A few days after Sam came to Nada's house, he was again preoccupied with the affairs of the workshop. Even in between his work, sometimes got a special mandate from Wahid to take his wife shopping for wedding needs.

Sam tried to refrain from being rash to get back near Nada. But he also did not remain silent. Through Royan and Akmal he even got the Nada graduation schedule scheduled along with the wedding day of Wulan, his cousin.

Don't forget Royan and Akmal's surprise. The two were astonished because they did not expect to be one campus with Nada, their younger classmate in High School.

"Why does it have to be the same day, anyway." Sam grunts in frustration.

"Nice you got this info. In fact, you're worried too." Royan throws a peanut shell at Sam, but Sam just stares straight ahead.

"So, Sam. I think you're still a soul mate, loh, same Tone. If not a mate, how can, among the dozens of workshops that exist why Nada strayed to your workshop."

Sam gave a glimpse at Akmal. Then he breathed heavily. "You know, since I graduated I've never dated again."

Silent moment. Royan and Akmal were silent, lyrically interlocking and laughing out loud.

"You believe me, Mal!" Royan asked in between his laughter. While Akmal just shook his head and still laughed even still holding his stomach. There is a sofa cushion that becomes his impingement. Feeling funny, the playboy who can change his girlfriend three times a month was suddenly dating mager. It's very unlikely.

Sam was just silent, with a cynical face looking at Akmal and Royan alternately. "You think it's funny!"

"Obviously funny, is it, Sam. What are you doing in Sam Ratulangi? Really learn!" Akmal still answered in the rest of his laughter and immediately stopped when Sam's face did not change.

"Sorry is sorry, deh. Your image in the past is still imprinted here." Royan pointed at the temple side, "so don't blame us dong still think you're thinking of us."

"I still love him, but now there's Atar around him. Do you remember Atar?"

Royan and Akmal turned serious upon hearing a very familiar name in their ears.

"Child of the IPA, that one parallel champion, right!"

Sam nodded. "Murid is our school model. Different from me who often netted raids in the PS place, right!"

"Atar's dating Nada?" asked Royan and got a glance from Sam.

Akmal so elbowed Royan's arm that guessed carelessly.

Sam shakes. "No, you know."

"Come, Sam. You look at me like this, make me not sure you're Sam sohib I used to."

"Yahh, the ugly image in the past is not easy to disappear just like that, right. I see, Nada must have thought so." Sam glanced at the tobacco scroll in front of Akmal, intending to pick it up. But he hurriedly broke it. Huhhh?

"I'll get Nada's contact, yeah! Once I had an acquaintance with an education prodi."

"Yes, Sam. Akmal Tuh, was once the chairman of BEM. Once, he had an acquaintance."

"Aren't your girls economic kids?" sahut Akmal to Royan.

"It's just the building next door. Not necessarily familiar," replied Royan.

"Have it been, you don't have to bother." Sam took his cup and finished up his waste.

"No trust in me. You give it up, Sam!"

"I'm not blushing. It's my goal to go home to Halalin Tone." Sam said seriously to make Royan and Akmal cheer.

"Wooooaahhhh! Are you sure you want to marry young Sam?"

"In the first place, don't be on the sidelines!" Akmal shut Royan's impatient mouth.

Sam glanced at the two who were fussing themselves. At that time Sam also held back the story because there was Susi Bu dropping off a plate of sweet potatoes in front of him.

"Wahh, I'm sorry you bothered." Royan's a pleasantie at the cleaning worker at Sam's house.

"Mboten repotted, Mas. Just let it go."

"We take care of it, Yan." Akmal.

"Well, Monggo on the next one."

"So I was curious. Tell me how Nada was when you went to her house!" Akmal is in serious fashion again.

Sam's next story flows without anything he just covers up. He felt he had to split his mound between his two best friends.

***

Tomorrow, Sam comes to Kusno's house to pick up a car and take Bulik Siti to take a snack to Wahid's place. Snack that will be used as a wedding dish for his cousin.

"Reva Revi, where, Bulik?" sam asked Siti because she felt that her two nieces were not home. Even though it was late afternoon.

"Revi is in the room, again straightforward he said. If Reva comes out with his friends again, said Revi earlier." Siti was still busy arranging the big jar lid in front of her.

"Revi just helped me wrap a peanut for a bit. Maybe now it's a nut job."

Sam himself took the initiative to go to his nephew's room.

The slightly open door lets Sam know his niece is inside. It was true that he was facing the study table with books and polio in front of him.

"Mas can come in?" sam asked after knocking on the door of the room and Revi turned his head because of it.

"Just in, Mas. Help me with my work."

"Reva where?" Not answering, Sam asked his other cousin.

"Go with his girlfriend, Mas. Sssst, don't tell mom, yeah!"

Revi's story makes Sam feel bad. "You guys if you want to get out permission first with parents. Not even playing behind this."

"Haiiiiss, Mom! Cooperation, dong. Reva just left with her boyfriend."

"It's precisely because of that, Revi. You're conspiring to lie to the parents. It makes me unable to support you this time."

Revi stood up and clenched his hands together, pleading with Sam who stood folding both hands. "Mas, don't be so hard, you can be angry."

Sam clucked, then opened the chat room on Reva and dialed the call button.

Ringing, but not raised. Until Sam tried it four to five times still no answer. He still pacing back and forth occasionally clucked.

"Active, but not raised."

"Maybe on the road, Mommy." Revi tries to speculate so that Sam does not panic and complain to his mother.

"I want to take your mother to Pakde's house. Learn the right thing." Sam finally cut off his upset after hearing Siti's voice already calling him.

"Yes, Mas. Careful."

"Call Reva again, if he doesn't tell you ten minutes."

"Yes, Mas," replied Revi releasing Sam's departure into the living room.

Arriving in the living room, Sam helps Siti lift four large jars to take to the car. "This is just Bulik?" asked Sam who saw Siti already strung the bag into the yard.

"Yes, Sam. The other snack, already in the message to his friend Bude," replied Siti as she opened the car door followed Sam from the side of the wheel.

While on the way, Sam offended Reva who had not come home and Siti could understand. Siti said Reva participated in the OSIS activities and likely returned home late.

That brings Sam's memory back to his old self. He was forced to become chairman of OSIS, and after knowing the reason why he became chairman of OSIS, he so sighed. The teacher at the school is like a second parent. Whatever is suggested by them is just so that the students are better.

Arriving at Wahid's place, Sam mingled with the papa's relatives. From Rusno–papa Sam, only Sam is in Java. While papa, mama and her brother who have married are outside Java to serve.

Yes, Papa and Sam's older brother work as TNI. Abdi state who must be ready to be transferred anywhere. Sam doesn't want to be like them. Because for him the family is neglected. No longer a priority.

Therefore, Sam does not want to be like his brother or his father. He who used to be abandoned and cut off in his package became feeling excluded.

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