I never like going to school but today I must go to school after two days I on holiday. That morning very good and make my feeling at peace. As usually, I wait for bus at the side of the road. While I enter into the bus, which is full of student I saw many of girl students keep smiling each other and whispering.
At the school after exit the school bus, I walk alone to class which located at the level 4 and the last of the building. Nothing interesting about the class because almost all of the girl students like to gossip and so busybody of other’s matter then the guy students loved to sit at the stairs beside the class as usually I come to school. In the class, I sit with Illyana and our place is at the middle of class. I went out of the class and accident with Illyana with her friends from other class which wanted to turn down for assembly. So I join them. While we walking together, I asked Illyana;
“What happened? Every the girl students are whispering, laughing and smiling at each other?”
“Yesterday, our class had accepted a new student. So maybe they are talking about him,” explain Illyana.
“Him?” I’m shocked.
“Yes, and his place is next to you,” Illyana make me shocked again and I know why he sit there. It is because, Shahadan had transfer to other school last week.
After the assembly, in the class I met him. Yusof, is the name everybody call him. I think I’m also has spell to him but I still control my behavior and through Illyana, I know he came from Kota Bharu, Kelantan. He and his family moved here because his father had promoted to be the principle of this school.
First time I’m sitting beside him, I wish to give him a signal but I’m too shy to him and I worried what my classmate will thinking if I do like that. But after a moment, suddenly our eyes bringing harm and I just can smile to him and he reply it.
As usually I in the school, my habits is just stay in the class alone and let all my classmate went for recess. But this time, not yet. Because he also in the class with me. He came to my place while I’m busy on my homework and sat in front of me.
“Hi. What’s your name?” he started his word.
“Hi, my name is Zulaikha. And you?” I answer his question and asked him back although I had known his name.
“Yusof.” he answer me short.
“Yusof and what? Yusof Haslam or Yusof Kelana? I’m sorry. Just joking,” I just can smile alone of my joke.
“It’s ok. You look very hardworking.” He tell me honestly.
“Is it? I don’t think so. I do this homework because I didn’t attent school on that day,” I just tell him the truth.
“But, I know from other that you are the cleverest inthis class because you always got the highest mark and be the first for every test and exam,” he told me what he had heard about me.
“Yes. That was before this, not after this right? From my eyes you also can be like me or maybe more than me,” I told him what I feel.
“Erm, I’m not sure about that. But, I will make sure if I can,” he indecisive.
“Hey, be confident! You are a man,” I told him with smile. Then, I leave him alone in the class and went to the teacher’s room.
The next lesson, we are free because the teacher absent and make him back to my place and continue pur chatting. Through the chat, as far as I know who he is because he loved to tell about himself and his life. After a while, I started like to be friend with him. But, almost all of my classmate joined us that made me go from there and sit to other place which are empty so I can continue my homework peacefully.
Suddenly, I had a call by someone to go into caunselling’s room. From the caunsellor, I know that I must take caunselling session with her for a week. So, I must attent to school for the session.
The past like a years I force myself go to school for the session. And for the week I know via Illyana, Yusof investigated about me from her and other classmate. From there, he always advise me but to me he just like other loved to do the futile work.
On the last day I have the session, I go to the library after the session end because my English Language lesson was held there. Yusof come and sit beside me and give me a paper. He write some advise for me again and I reply it with;
‘Thank you. But please don’t intrude in my problems again,’ I write in the paper and give him back. He give back the paper to me after he write;
‘No. If you don’t want I won’t disturb or intrude in your matters, please attent school. Just attent and study! We will have SPM this year, remember?’ he force me. Becauce his pished and strees with him, I stand up and shout tohim;
“Hey! Who are you wanna know and help with my problems? You’re nobody in my life. So, please don’t make me stress up and hated you because my problems. My problem is mine not yours ok!” I take off my things and out from the library.
After a moment, in the class I sat alone and try to calm down. Yusof enter the class and stand in front of me.
“I’m sorry, Zulaikha,” he ask me for forgiveness.
“Ok,” I accepted his apology.
Last of the day, after everyone in the class out to back to their home, Yusof call my name.
“Zulaikha I have something to talk with you.” Yusof stand in front of me and I stop my walk from out the class.
“What is it and is it still not enough yet?” I asked him.
“Erm, you say in the library that I’m not nobody in your life, so can I be somebody in your life?” he asked me. I be confused.
“Somebody? Like?”
“Like lovers,”he want to be someone in my life.
“What? Are you crazy? Have a lovers is not in my life dictionary.” I refused him.
“If not, I will make it. Please, Zulaikha. Through of this we can make comparison between us in our academic,” explain Yusof to me.
“Why we can’t be just be friend?” I asked him. I want to know the logic answer and make a cause why I must accept him.
“If I just ypur friend, you will not hear my advise and how we comparison? If I be your special one, you will not make me dispointed, right? Like you won’t to look into your parents and teachers dispointed because they only your special people in your life.” Explain Yusof. This explaination make me to say;
“Yes, I accept you, we are smiling each other. I believe through ‘friend’ like him will make me more success in my life because of his taking care and the only one close to me for make comparison in studies.
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