LEAFY LONGS FLOWERING SILENT
CHAPTER 29: CONFUSION

"Gue can play in the band?" ask Ari. "Gue can play key board, if you still need players. But I don't have a key board just got an obsolete piano at home." Ari continued.

"Eh, it just so happens that we are indeed in the selection of new members, because some of the band members are already third grade, they want to concentrate more on the lessons. Including Jimmy, our keyboard player. If you like rock music, you can take part in the selection" said Nelly offers with his professional style.

"When's the selection?"

"The plan is next week, after school." Nelly.

"Gue must be coming. What instrument do you hold?" ask Ari. This time he was mentally prepared with whatever Nelly answered. He would not be surprised if the answer is "Bass Guitar" though.

"Drummers. Catch backing vocals and sometimes solos. It depends on the song." Nelly explained.

"Tuh, right, right! you have to be mentally prepared. Nelly can drive too! Elo can play music, I mean other than drums." asked Ari again. "Recording further information doesn't hurt, right"

"I can play piano, guitar, harmonica, saxophone, trumpet." Well you know" can die surprised if not ready mentally.

"Well, Nel, so you can play a dong band" You can play guitar bass, guitar melody, drumming, keyboard, and vocalist. Just make a solo band, is." seduced Ari.

Nelly just shut up.

Suddenly his head became dizzy, he then stomped his temple.

"Dizziness?" ask Ari.

"Yes." answered Nelly briefly.

"Elo must be hungry. Sorry well because of me, elo was punished by Aliantina ma'am." said Ari full of regret.

"It's okay. I haven't eaten either. Same right? So you don't deserve to pity me." Nelly smiled back.

***

"Kih....!, can I ask you to please, Elo?" ask Dian with his super potent tone.

"So I can help, I can help." replied Fakih kindly.

"Please teach me Logarithm dong, I don't understand it at all. Tomorrow Thursday there's a replay of Logarithm's math." Said Dian spoiled.

"Byeah" said Fakih who is a math whiz. "Where?" Ask Fakih again.

"Gue can come to elo's house, so you don't have to bother to my house. How was this afternoon?" Ask Dian back.

"alright. Three o'clock?" Answer Fakih.

"OKAY. I'll see you later in the afternoon." said Dian Centil, as it passed.

"So, this is the third time I've heard Dian ask for help about Logarithm lessons. Is he really stupid?" ask Rosa.

"He was always so if he wanted to repeat. Forgetting everything, must be repeated. Every new material is like that" Fakih explained.

"Beautiful but stupid?" intan geli said.

"I told you, he's not a stupid koq. I once took him on the organizers of the seminar of OSIS. He's quite potential. Brain road. My feeling is this is just his way to take heart elo aja Kih" said Rosa looks jealous.

"Whatever Cha's reason, I'm just kind enough to help him. I have no other intentions" said Fakih firmly.

"Gue tau elo had no other intentions. Who is accusing? I said, she had ulterior intentions." said Rosa still with a jealous mood.

Fakih was silent because Rosa's words made sense. But he couldn't possibly refuse to help a friend. "If we have an advantage, we must use that advantage to help others" Fakih said later.

***

"What's Yu?" Ask Ari.

"Nelly...! He said that from today he would be picked up by Jimmy every day. Including school activities and including band rehearsals he said." Ayu explained.

"Don't papah mamah Nelly not agree he's in a band?" ask Ari wonder. "Yes. But now they're allowed on condition that Jimmy go wherever Nelly goes." Ayu.

"Ooh?" sigh Ari.

"The poor jelly. If only I could help him. Is wrong...! I thought so too. Nelly didn't want me to help her. He complied with his parents' wishes with pleasure. I asked him many times if he liked Jimmy. The answer is always no." Ucal Ari's. "I don't know how a girl as smart as Nelly can be so stupid in this kind of problem. It was as if he did not want to know and feel what love was. I've never been, but I'd love to know and feel what love is." Ari continued.

"Ri, I'm telling you, just to warn you, don't ever oppose or dispute this in front of Nelly. I tried all night yesterday to convince him, in the aftermath he was angry. Yeah, I finally gave up." Obviously Ayu again.

"All right...! In the meantime we have to support Nelly. Although I still feel Nelly's belief needs to be straightened out. If he's happy like that, well we don't want as his friend to support him, right?" Ari is firm.

"That's Jimmy, Ri" Ayu said as she pointed outside the gate. Sure enough, Nelly came down from Jimmy's motorbike parked not far from the east gate. Seeing his two friends gathering nearby, Nelly ran small towards them.

"Hallo friends?" greet Nelly.

"Have your new bodyguard, huh?" Ari meredek's.

"Mamah told you to. Mom said Jimmy could be trusted. The deal is, I need to get used to Jimmy." Nelly.

"Oooooo... So you're definitely going to be Jimmy's girlfriend?" ask Ari jealous.

Nelly nodded slowly. Ari said again, "Gue still doesn't understand?"

Ayu immediately interrupted, reminding them of their conversation just now, "Ari...?"

"No papa, Ri, what do you want to say?" ask Nelly.

"Gue doesn't understand. Elo sure to be Jimmy's girlfriend, elo do not want to date again with me. What do you mean elo?" ari asked annoyed.

"Gue doesn't love her. Why be her lover? Since I'm finally getting married to Jimmy, I have to start getting used to him. Marriage doesn't have to love each other." Answer Nelly.

Ari was just about to say, "Must, dong!", but Ayu had already punched Ari's stomach with his elbow.

"Have you made a pe-er bu Aliantina, Nel?" tanya Ayu diverted the conversation materials.

"Which pe-er?" ask Nelly.

"Bikin's essay about a hero's biography?" Ari reminded that even though he was actually upset by the situation between him and Nelly.

"Ouch! Aye! I forget. I die. Koq can be senile like this anyway!? How's nich?" nelly panicked.

"Quiet, easy, Nel?" said Ari. "Language lessons are still at five hours. You still have time to make that essay." Further again.

"Where can his hero's biography from dong?" nelly said almost in despair.

"That's all. I happen to have another idea to make an essay. Elo can copy my essay, I'll make new again with another character." Ari suggested.

"You're so good, Ri! Coincidentally the style of elo nelly is the same Nelly. It will definitely not be found out. Good idea, Nel" said Ayu.

"Gue's not good, Ri. You have to rewrite it again" said Nelly.

"The idea is in the head. While you copied my essay, the new essay I made must have been finished" said Ari steady.

"Wait what else?" ask Ayu. "Mump yet bel in, cepetan gih, make it!" Ayu.