What"s up with love? (Part 1)

He waved me for the last time.The moment he entered the hallway to board the plane,I was fallen into tears.My heart shattered into pieces.Every single thing about him was kept securely in my mind.I would never forget him.But I knew that he would be back soon to catch up on me. Slowly, I could feel  the pain of losing the person that I love the most.

“And,the winner for this year poetry competition goes to …… “

“Carla.Carla.Carla !!!”

All the students were calling out my name. I was standing in the crowd waiting for the result to be announced by the Principal. Tiffany,Chrissy,Megan and Liz intertwined their hands together to each others’ shoulders. I noticed that they were staring at me while smiling in the moment of flutter. Again,my heart was beating fast and goosebumps started to sprout.

“…..goes to Kyle Kingsburgh !”

Silence creeped in the middle of the noises. Everyone threw a confused look to the principal as there should be a mistake made by him. Maybe Mr. Chairil was reading the wrong  result.But none of the thoughts stroke into my mind.All I knew was,I had lost to the person named Kyle Kingsburgh. He managed to destroy all of my hardwork of staying up all night to finish the poem.Everything was totally messed up.

My friends and I walked together to the editorial room where we called it as our second home.Our faces were covered with sorrow.None of us had the urge to speak to each other.The room was filled with soleness.

“It’s okay guys,I’m fine with the result.Please,I don’t wanna see any tears from your eyes.Give me your sweetest smile so that,I could gather all of the strength again.Smile everyone.”
I tried to put things back into their places. Seeing my friends smiling could enlighten my day once again,so,I coaxed them with all my best.

“So,what you gonna do next Carla?” Megan asked .

“Emmmm.I think that we should interview Kyle to fill in his biography into the school’s magazine as the winner for this year poetry competition.” 
I explained to make it crystal clear for her.

All of them shooked their head to my explaination except for Tiffany.She looked at me and asked, 
“But,who gonna take the job to interview him?”

I wondered in the world of misery and I ended up with a slightest idea that came out from my mind.

“Well,let me take this job.” I smiled and left them in impasse.

I took the stairs all the way to Kyle’s class as his class was located at the second floor. I put a glance all over his class but there was no sign of him,so,I asked his friends. They was quite shocked with my presence and told me that Kyle was in the library.Then,I rushed to the school’s library. I blowed a sigh of relief when I finally saw Kyle was reading at one of  the table near the book shelf.So,I tiptoed as if I didn’t want to disturb anyone from their reading especially Kyle. 

I was happy to see her again.

      I woke up in the morning and found myself on my cosy bed. Suddenly , I laid my eyes on the mirror and  saw my own reflection. I started thinking for 17 years old I live in this world, did I ever utter the words of praise to God for creating me this way. I saw the perfection in me which I never realized I would have. Maybe,somebody would always dream to have my life because I always wanted to have other people’s life.

     ‘knock.knock.’!  The noises that came from the door had stolen my thoughts. I put a lazy sight on the door.

      ‘Yaaa mum,I’m awake .’ I shouted with a deep voice to ensure that my mum could hear me answering.To let her know that I was awoken already. Later on, I forced myself to get up and lead my way to the bathroom. As the cold water from the shower touched my head, I could feel the calmness of the blissful morning pierced through my mind.’ I always love when it comes to Friday morning’, my heart whispered silently.

       I rushed to the dining table and took my breakfast hurrily. I stared at the clock and was tremble in wrath after I saw it was nearly 10.00 a.m . All the privileges that I have could flew away in just a few seconds. I convinced myself to stay calm because I have another 10 minutes before my class starts.Meanwhile, I was busy replying Hanis’s text when I got into the car. My dad started the car and ready to get on the busy road heading to Karisma.

Along the journey, everything  that I saw was like the normal days except for the hilarity in the morning market. People from the nearest area flocked to the market to buy their daily expenses to continue their life in the best way that they wished for. Kids were enjoying their gaiety, following their parents to the market.They could not take their eyes off the brand new toys that were been displayed by the traders. I giggled for a second knowing that when I was at their age,I often rebelled to make sure that I get what I want.

       I blowed a sigh of fatigue when I finally stepped on the first stair of the Karisma’s stairway. It was a long way to go to reach the office. I claimed myself to be late because there were no students along the stairway. Soon,I  touched the door knob and slowly opened the door. I could see Kak Ti,Kak Na and Kak Nona greeted me with a welcoming smile. My heart thumped to the beat of enjoyment when I saw them. I literally curved a smile and dashed to my class. Nevertheless,I need to pass the narrow hallway before I could see my class.

      All the shoes were organized neatly.I took off my wedges and put them nicely so that people won’t step on it. Urghhhhh! I hate it the most when people stepped on my shoes mercilessly. Later on,I gained all my strength to open the door and walked into the class without noticing that all of  the eyes in the classroom were staring at me.My face started to unleash the feeling of disgrace. I could feel my cheeks were turning red. I’m blushed . Feeling like doesn’t belong to.

    “Take off your eyes from me,now!” , my heart was beating fast as I could burst into tears. My mouth was isolated from voices. I was captured in fear.My world shattered into pieces. No one could ever understand me even my bestfriend. They did not know that they had stole my liveliness. I threw a stare around the class,seeking for a place to sit.Unfortunately,there was not a single seat left for me.

I turned back to find a chair from the other classes. Out of the blue, I bumped into someone when I was taking my steps forward. A sigh of relief came across my mind when I saw Sis Marina holding a chair to give it to me. She put her sweetest smile looking at me and lend me the chair.

 “Ohh,I’m so sorry KM.Please forgive me.” I put the the blame on me and seek for her forgiveness.

  “It’s okay Batrisyia.Now,go and take your seat. I want to continue our lesson for today.” KM invited me to have a seat and she walked all the way to the front.

Despite drowning in the river of mortification, I would rather breath in the air of satisfaction after KM coaxed me with her words and smile. Deep inside, I knew that I was happy to see her again.

 p/s : Im not good enough in making stories but I'll try to write my best.