The 18 Year Bride
Friends in misery

When I finished talking, Donny was still silent.there was only guilt and regret in his eyes, that night we witnessed the dark side of the world of education that sometimes escaped the reach of the teacher.Silent so deep, the, almost all expressions of character are represented: Sad, angry, bitter, and cold.

Elijah came near to see me angry, "Sir..."

"I'm sorry" said Donny. "All this is beyond my will. I don't pay much attention to students outside of my study hours. Immediately, I will contact Ms. Aria and Mr. Andrew as counseling counselors."

the atmosphere of silence re-ruled me. I can understand Donny's opinion, because I was also classified as indifferent to the environment because what I important to me is to carry out my duties of teaching, because what I do, the rest I don't know because every teacher has a job in each field.

"How did you go home? where's your car?" donny is back.

"I've sold it, for business capital."

Pointing at his car outside the gate, Donny grabbed me by the shoulder and said; "Come in there, let me take you with me."

in the middle of the dim light, my eyes noticed the figure of Elijah. since then my heart was filled with the events that happened to him, still able to smile and just rise up was already beyond the fortitude of the average teenager his age.

she is a very beautiful girl, with a baby-like face and tiny lips like a keyhole.she stands limp holding my arm in a worn uniform.when she sees the way she talks, she is, his kingdom was clearly visible in the style and movements of his body; but when he paid attention to his opinion, his soul seemed older than his age.how can one think faster than his age? I don't know, but I found it in Elijah, a grown-up teenage girl...

I looked at Donny and he looked back at me, then I looked at the face of Elijah who was starting to redness.he looked back at me with a serious look while nodding his head.

"How, is that okay? we're going home now."

she smiles.

then I looked at Donny again, and he immediately went to open the door in the back seat as if he had understood my eyes.

"Thank you."

"Don't hesitate." she replied.

Donny drove a little slow, occasionally watching us in the back through the rear view mirror in his car. He gave me a tissue to wipe the wound on Elijah's body. the streets began to be quiet and the air was not as cold as last night. Street lights were brightly lit, as well as lights in the homes of residents who began to be seen. Elijah sat quietly though the look in his eyes began to shrink.

When I got home, I helped Elijah clean up, and afterwards returned to accompany Donny on the side porch of the house after Elijah fell asleep.

"When did you make coffee like this?" said mock.

"Since I've been unemployed, I've learned a lot."

Donny laughed so that the atmosphere was not awkward.he was indeed a flexible figure and a little joke, he was able to melt the atmosphere without making it awkward. Inwardly, I admired his simple figure and was able to carry himself.

"As for your wife, once again I'm sorry. I'm really sorry about this incident."

"What happened at school? until Mr. Andrew who is observant and sensitive did not sniff this bullying issue!" I said.

Donny was silent, silently pecking.I realized there was something hidden by him, but what? only they know.

"You must be aware of the impact of the spread of the news on the school's web! since that incident, the school has focused on improving the image of the teacher in the eyes of the student guardians.Therefore, the teacher is ordered to temporarily keep a distance from the students.and vice versa. Therefore, the teacher is ordered to keep a distance from the students, most of the teachers are unaware of the events that are happening behind between students."

Fazed as hell, I went back to contemplating all that had happened in the relationship between me and Elijah. I was drowning in novelty and regret. Everything feels more complicated and longer.What about Amanda? did the regret come in him? I know I might be impressed to throw the blame at someone else, but anyway, all of this happened because of Amanda's meddling.

"What's your plan now?"

suddenly Donny hit me on the shoulder, as if pulling back my soul that had drifted far away.

"As I said earlier, I am now farming." I replied. "Back again about that, I don't mean to press you. It's just that, I hope you will help me to give justice to Elijah. Please help me so that he doesn't receive this kind of experience again, he's too young, I'm worried about him mentally."

"I'll do my best" he said.

then Donny got up from his seat and approached the small garden beside the veranda, not far from the catapult tree there was a white rose that began to develop. "One day, it will be beautiful like this flower" he said.

this meeting we filled with talking, with a theme that changes as well.from light to heavy, from life in school to personal, and through that I know, and through that, in his antics and flexibility there is actually an orderly and solid way of thinking, which he hides in such a way that no one knows, except a few.

Isn't the universe fair? I thought, friends and friends are just a joke and I probably won't get it. But it turns out, there's something I missed, God has brought Donny to support me, he is a friend and friend who I did not expect his presence to be like a pulse in the pulse, so close and he made me live.