Chapter 19:
A boring life at school, or maybe....
Its the weekends ,I still remember the last time I ride my bike the Cagiva Mito. Racing with Damien. But maybe its time I need a vehicle of my own. Maybe a bike but where I could find one? I could ask Zuan. Mom, Hana and Sam went out to market and I’m not interested to join. I called his house.
“Helo?”
“Yo Zuan…”
“What’s up…”
“Do you any junkyard that I could find?”
“Why the hell are you going to a junkyard?”
“I’m looking for a bike…”
“….maybe Arie will know about this let's meet him….”
“Oh…ok…”
I went out to meet Zuan at Arie’s house. Where Arie is fixing his own bike.
“Yo Arie…”
“Salam Zuan what’s up?”
“Alex want to ask you something…”
“Yo Alex…”
“Yo Arie….I got something to ask…”
“Yeah….”
“I’m looking for a bike….”
“….um…..you a bit young driving a bike you know…”
“I got experience…..”
“This is not America…..this is a small country where they could recognise you instantly…”
“Do you anything….maybe I could make a small build for it…”
“Maybe we could find somewhere at police disposable junkyard…”
“Isn’t that we suppose to avoid?”
“yeah…but I know someone who could help us but before that why you need a bike?”
“Ummm….something about need to a vehicle to going places, because I got a job in Penampang”
“Uh huh….okay…wait up….let me make a call…”
We hang around below.
“You got a job?”
“yeah…part time though…”
“……underage……you know……but I don’t really care…..”
“….yeah…”
“Arie always fixed his bike since he was 15…this bike”
A Kawasaki victor S, naked sports bike. Arie head out and said to us
“Lets go, he said he has plenty of bikes to look for”
We head out with his car. We head to the place. I remember what Darrel taught me about money
LA 1995, we went to a drug dealer when Darrel tell us about money
“Alex…Damien the 1st rule about money is don’t believe anything about financial freedom, that’s is all bullshit, because everything you need money to get it”
“Then even in the jungle?”
“Heh…asshole, yep there is always meaning to trade…whether what means, like we are doing now, we steal to get money. We get money to get food. To me money is just a metaphor, a medium, a complicated tool for trade between stuff you know.. so don’t believed all those bullshit when they said about financial freedom…”
“fine….”
“Meaning getting rich is all about getting more money and that is one thing I don’t want you guys chasing, got it!!”
“Got it….”
Ever since that day, whatever people said about getting rich with money is always bullshit. Even my mom paid all the expenses of that huge house that mom and dad build. We reach the place and Arie introduce the guy. He look old for a caretaker of the place.
“So is this the kid?”
“Yep…”
“What are you looking for kid?”
“Maybe a bike….”
“There’s plenty here, try look around…”
“Got it…”
The junkyard had plenty of vehicles including bikes. Search after search I found something that I’m interested. The same bike like Arie.
“Nice, an old Victor. Let me check it…”
Arie check the bike conditions, he is really good at it.
“Ok the bike is in a ok condition but need TLC…”
“Oh ok…”
“You know what it means right?”
“yeah…”
“Come on let us start this bike, lets look around some parts to fixed it..”
“Got it…”
“Find me a spark plug, a battery, and light bulb…”
“Got it…”
We manage to get all of the parts and Arie installed the parts to the bike. Arie asked the old man for an air-pump and he give it to us.
“I don’t have much money with me now…”
“Nah, just take it, but use this plate…later the police will not find out about it. And take this helmet..”
“Preng!!!!” The familiar sound that like my old bike the Cagiva Mito. Arie asked me to test drive it.
“Yo test drive it…”
“Got it…”
“Why do you need for this bike, do you want to race it?”
“Nope, I got a job…so I need this bike…”
“Hahahahaahah!!!! That is the 1st time heard this, usually kids scavenge this junk yard for a racing bike….you got me impressed…”
“Thanks sir….”
“Take it, as my gift for you kid, its a good thing for you to use this bike to earn a living…”
I drive the bike and test drive it, I still moves well for a bike in the junkyard. We return back to Arie place and he showed me how to maintain the bike. I learn how to change the oil, and spark plug. Arie then asked me to meet a place if I want to race without the police noticing.
“There is a place where not many cars there, but we always race that road….I’ll show you later, Zuan where is your bike?”
“Dad took it…”
“Hahahaha that old doctor is using a sports bike to ride…”
“He used it to go to the mosque…”
“Even funnier…”
“Well then the bike seems ok want to test drive the place now?”
“yeah…”
“Just use my old bike…Zuan…hehehe”
“That damn EX5”
“Yeah…”
“fine…”
“Lets ride…”
I rode the bike together with Arie and Zuan. Geoffrey has return back and Sylvia is with him. They saw us.
“Yo!! Where the hell you guys going?”
“We riding to the road…”
“Sick!!! With up!!!” Geoffrey ask his dad to join Sylvia is smiling at me.
“Darling…” gives me the goosebump🥶
“Alex got a new bike, and he is going to test drive it…”
“That is SICK!!!! Alex wait up!!”
“Just wondering since you have experience what bike eh?”
“umm…you won’t believed it anyway….”
“Just surprised me….”
“A MITO….Cagiva Mito…”
“Shit!!! That is a real racing bike….”
“You have experience with 2 strokes then…”
“maybe…come on…”
“Wait for Geoffrey…”
“Hey cousin, let join….🥺”
“Nope…..this is guys stuff”
“Aww….”
“You going to kill Alex you know….”
“awww….uncle….”
“No….its dangerous….but you need to help Aunt to cook”
“Ok…”
“Maybe tonight….for now I want to see Alex in action….”
Geoffrey also had a Victor S. We head out. To the place, we reach the place and the road is blend along with the hills. I slowly move the bike as if giving a warm-up. But my old blood begun to boil, remember how I always speed to the road in LA until Hollywood. Arie asked me to race with him.
“Lets see what you got…”
“fine…”
We both speeds up, the roaring of the 2 stroke like the sound of mosquito ringing to my ears. My helmet does not have a visor. I turn the bike like I use to my Cagiva. Arie speeds up, my speedometer is at 100kph. In every curve, but I know this bike is just a stock engine, so I don’t want to break it. We speed again, while Geoffrey and Zuan is behind us. We stop at the side road.
“Not bad…”
“oh…”
“Lets do this again…..”
“ I don’t think this bike will hold the speed…”
“It will I fixed it right?”
“heh…..you wanted this right?”
“Yeah Zuan and Geoffrey is slow but you don’t look afraid racing it…”
“Alright lets go…”
I wheelie the bike and Arie is surprised, my speedometer increase to 120kph. The wind sound blasting to my face, but its exciting my adrenaline is moving, everything surrounds me is slow. I increase again my speed. I did glance the speedometer, it's already at 180kph. This bike is quick. I really though it could not got any faster. My old blood is back and wanted even more speed. The streets started to get blurry and the roaring exhaust behind me is ringing again to my ear.
“Preng!!!!”
The sound of 2 stroke is really loud. Even Natalie doesn’t know that I could ride a bike. I speed again around the roadside. I did not realise that I went far and I had to stop on the side. Waiting for them. Arie arrived first.
“Shit!! That is something…never knew that bike could go that far…”
“yeah….”
“But still that is some move…”
Zuan and Geoffrey arrived
“Shit Alex that is dangerous, does the meaning dead is in vocabulary…?”
“uh…hehehe…”
“Not funny man….”
Got lectured by Zuan and Geoffrey. We head back and meet at Arie’s place again. Sylvia is waiting for us at Arie’s house.
“Welcome back…”
“Geoffrey?”
“yeah…”
“Why is Sylvia here?”
“Umm…my mom asked her to stay with us, I really don’t know the details though something about church day tomorrow…”
“oh…”
“She is part of the church choir…”
“Really..?”
“yep…”
Holding this bike suddenly remember me, my dark past. I’m really reminiscing the past or maybe because I always remember it. Sylvia suddenly sat at the back seat, her boobs really hitting my back. But its like my normal reaction because this feeling sitting at this bike really remembers me back.
“Alex….?” She suddenly called my name
“Whats wrong?”
“nothing…”
“Come on, Geoffrey’s mom wanted to me to buy some stuff for her cooking, you could bring me…”
“Then asked Geoffrey then…”
“Nope, I got plans now with Arie and Zuan….” I got a feeling they really planning something here. Sylvia is really smiling here, but I got a feeling not to disappoint her.
“fine…”
“Yay!! darling…!!!” She hugged me.
“The shop is at the place you guys went…Geoffrey said is somewhere close to a church here”
“Seems familiar fine then…”
I slowly ride the bike. Sylvia holding my back, this feeling is like a damn date. We drive the hills behind my home. She is really enjoying this but I could not feel it because I feel nostalgic about this.
“This moment….I could not ever forget….its like a dream…” Sylvia started having a serious conversation.
“Why is that?”
“If you weren’t there to stop that guy before I could just quit from that school….the girls hated me for having this body because they thought I’m seducing the boys there”
“Is that so…I don’t see it….”
“You are male, of course you don’t understand about it…having been harassed by boys before…”
“Since when?”
“Form 1….”
“Geez bunch of pedophiles….idiots…”
“hehehe….”
“Hey…Alex…”
“What…”
“What do you see in me?”
“Huh?!” This must be the moment a girl asked whether I liked her or not. Is not that I don’t liked her but I treated her like a little sister.
“Don’t know…I haven’t known you well to tell everything…about you”
“Hehehe…” she hug me tightly
“You the first guy that I could be myself…do you hated it….?” She must be really alone. But I felt something deeper here.
“I don’t hate it but….”
“But?”
“Nothing…” I just smile
“Come on tell me…” she hugged me tightly
The bike I moved slowly, because I just felt that she wanted to talk to me privately and something she wanted to share.
“Is just that I don’t want you to be disappointed of who I really am…because I am a monster…”
“You’re not a monster just a boy that really need someone that could be with you always…that pain is something that I could understand…”
“Huh, what about your family?”
“My dad is bound to the rules and debt that he was forced to owed because of his position…my mom….she work with a political party, and always busy with work…”
“What about Steward?”
“Steward… he always kept it to himself but he is also felt that pain…”
“That is the reason that we are alike…”
Never knew that she had that kind of a family something familiar like mine..but at least my mom is there with me.
“Halim’s father is involved with the police and always used my dad to cover his work. It's just scary because dad always told us that me and Steward need to be together no matter what happen”
“…..”
“Sometimes, when mom always bring someone at home, they looked at me with lust, it's really scary. Especially when its someone of their sons or her worker…”
This time it went really deep and its something that I really don’t want to make it even worst. She is gone through rough. I could feel she is holding me tight and started shivering, I could even feel she is crying.
“I always make excuse to my mom that I wanted to leave the place…to the point to transfer me to a school in peninsular boarding school..”
“……..” I could only listen to her.
A sudden silent, but I wanted her to calm herself. I got a feeling that I’m going to tell the same story like with Priscilla.
“Once upon a time, there is a boy who had everything. His father had a good reputation and he had all the time to be like a boy that most boys wanted to be. When he went to a new place, he is even happier. But It all change to that day, when he saw his own father beating his mother. The boy tried to stop him but ended up beaten by him. A scar to his back mark that moment…
I felt Sylvia is holding my scar.
“Does it hurts?” I did not said anything. And I continued
“The boy become angry and started beating his own dad, the only thing he saw was fear towards him…, he felt that he is not needed in the family, his mother look terrified to see the boy.”
“Alex….”
“In his mind, he wanted to run away…and he did, he went into the underground life as a gangster, a darkness within him engulf him and begun to eat him. The boy become a lost soul. He had taken drugs, having fun with girls especially hookers. He also killed someone….like a real monster….”
“……..” I got a feeling that she is scared but she hold me tightly again
“The boy got everything with his own dark powers, money and power. But like reality he lost everything, and he tried to kill himself. But he was saved by the police. And he wanted to kill himself again but in that moment a light struck the boy from darkness, the light shine brightly, she cried for the boy begging him to return home and he did, the light never leave the boy again making sure he will never return to darkness….”
“……Alex…..” She hugged me really tight now
“That is the reason for who I am now….”
“That was the girl that Mariam tell me about right?”
“yeah….if wasn’t for her I would be lost in darkness…”
“Alex….if I could be her…of course I would be there with you…not letting you be lost…”
“Yeah right….you’ll be a naive kid at that time….you couldn’t understand it…”
“Alex….I’m really happy to know you deeply and I understand how you become like this….”
“We almost here…at the shop…”
“Come on follow me…”
Sylvia holding my hand and never letting me go while she ask the shop keeper the stuff that she need. It was only a small ingredient and a local wine for Geoffrey’s dad.
“There is done…come on lets go…”
“Alright…”
We ride back and she continued to hug me from behind. But she asked me to stay at her favourite place here. A hidden road, where the church is and she ask me to follow her. We head to the top hill. We could see a lot along the way. But suddenly Sylvia started to sing a choir. Her voice is beautiful, something that haven’t heard from others before. I become drawn to her voice, it feel soothing even for muslim like me. When she stop singing she smile at me
“What do you think?”
“heh…you in the wrong school…”
“Hehehe….☺️”
“Is that a song for tomorrow?”
“Yep…”
“All the best” I smile
“You know Alex….you’re the first one that makes my heart fluttered”
“Haa…yeah right…when we going back….”
“Don’t know….I really wanted to stay here a bit longer….”
“Then….want to follow me my favourite place?”
“sure…”
I rode the bike to my favourite place, inside a forest, she felt strange though
“You sure are strange bringing me to a place like this…”
“Its my favourite and you just shut it”
“Hehehe….”
“There it is..”
“What is this place?”
“My favourite spot…come on, I give you piggy back…”
“uh…I don’t think its a good idea…”
“Just shut up, close your eyes and hold tight”
She hug me and I climb up the tree and reach the place while holding her. Damn I’m really is a monkey but it all pays off. We sat at the tree trunk. I gently set her down.
“Okay open your eyes”
She is terrified because we are really high above she instantly hugged me.
“Hey!!! Just look at the front!!! Don’t just look down!!! Got it!!!!” 😤
“Alex is this your idea of a romantic place?!!” 😖
“Hahahaha you got to lighten up, and yeah this is my favourite place…What do you think?”
“uh…maybe not for me though…..I could not believed you could carry me…”
“Yeah you not that heavy and also not light…”
She pinch me and glared at me
“I’m not fat….got it….😠” oops that hit a nerve
“This is where I cool myself down…”
“Wow is just that between scary but also fun just like you…hehehe”
“Just listen to the wind, the sound of the leaves and the airplane is always what I wanted to hear”
“Yeah…”
We had short moment of silence, while I close my eyes listening to the sound of nature.
“Alex?”
“yeah….?”
“Close your eyes…..”
I suddenly felt a my lips hit something. A kiss!!! But is not the kind of a sensual but a plain kiss
“Thank you for listening to me, and I need to tell you that I’m not going to give up, and I’m not going to lose to her…plus I felt that feeling for a long time that we are alike.”
“Uh huh….whatever….yeah Sylvia…”
“Could you just call me Sly…?”
“Uh..Syl…?”
“Yeah…?”
“If you bored or nothing else to do you could hang out here… at least you could hang around in Geoffrey’s house…just call me”
“…..you know…..Alex…..you are a natural born Lady Killer….like those rumours…”
“Huh what are you saying?”😕
“Nothing…😝”
I could only hear some whisper like love you or something but whatever I carried her back and we climb down the tree. We arrived at Arie’s house where Geoffrey, Zuan, and Arie is there. They really look at me differently. Zuan observed me
“He does have that cuteness in him but I wonder why he is a girls magnet?”
“huh💢 are you picking a fight with me, huh!!” I glared at Zuan.
“Yo!! You said that you have a job right?”
“yeah…working in a cafe but not sure where it is…”
“Then where is the place…”
“Not sure but somewhere in Bundusan.”
“That is far dude… but you could use that old road there, to avoid police…”
“Hey cousin let’s go home!!”
“Alright!! Bye Darling…”😘
Arie and Zuan 😏 he really is had something within him.
Me 🤦🏻
“Yo there is still plenty of time for you to clean the bike…”
“Yeah, but I’m pretty sure that my mom is not going to like this..”
“Yep, you will be killed…”
I return back and hid the bike behind and I saw a canvas that is next to a storage room. But I plan to clean it before hid it. So I started to wash the bike. I remember how Sylvia is alone and I had feelings for her…? Or because she is also someone that need someone to listen to her. While washing it, I had gone really deep this time. She is afraid of of her own weakness. But in my heart felt an anger that really could not hold it. I thought I was the only one had this but them, they went through rough. Once I dry the bike with a cloth. I safely hid the bike and went inside the house. A phone ring, and its Mom.
“Hi Alex, mom got an emergency in Long Pasia and will bring Hana and Sam with me, look after the house will ya…”
“Got it…”
This is not something its really coincidence for all of this. But I’m going to get to work, where William offer me the a place there. Then I start packing my stuff to work. In night, I took the bike and drive to Bundusan. Reaching the place ,another rule about money from Mr Hawk that I remember that time in Arizona.
“You know kid, when it comes to money another golden rule that you had to follow, in all my life travels, money is a tool and its applicable in certain situation where you need it. So the rule is don’t give to emotions when it comes to money. Because it can be good or can be bad. That is the reason why people that lust for money always ended up in the pot hole”
Arrived at the place I see William waving at me, the cafe in the 1st floor shop, a hidden place.
“BlackCAT” is the name of the cafe. Anything with a cat eh.
“Welcome Alex, you’re early…”
“Yeah…thanks for the offer..”
“Sure, come on lets start…”
Damn, its all dusty, as if he rarely use this place. I help him clean the place. Set up the kitchen and wipe the table. I see a small stage where people performed.
“This place is where people make their open mic performance, but since I’m busy with my restaurant in KK and now in school no one could manage the place. But since you here we could start back we have guest that will come to this cafe..”
“Got it”
“Here is the uniform, get change” a butler dress, a tuxedo. William asked me to make up my hair and I change to a straight back hairstyle like a mafia.
“Instead making that serious gangster face, change it to a smile..”
I tried to smile…🥴 but William said to me
“We could work something out of this”
He asked me to look in the mirror and I tried to smile again ☺️
“That is perfect, do that got it!!”
“Yes…”
“Next time when they are here, you’re respond will be yes master…got it”
“ok…”
“Show me again”
“Welcome master ☺️”
“Good that will do…”
I wore my apron and William said to me
“We are craftsman, an expert in food, wine, and services..”
“Got it”
Its already night after I have done my Magreb prayers in the staff room. We standby for the opening. One of them arrived, its someone that I did not expect. Mr Rahman and his girlfriend. Shit!! He find outs I’m working I’m dead.
“Oho…Alex…” shit!!
“You working here?”
“just helping William…”
“Oho…I leave it at that…”
“Never knew you into girls…”
“Rude asshole, this is my girlfriend Marina she is a social scientist…”
“Hi!!”
“Welcome master☺️ please take a seat here…”
“Wow, I’m impress…if you could practice that when in school” I’m not your slave😠
Someone entered as well, this time is another teacher and its teacher Rahim!!
“Welcome Master☺️”
“ALEX!! OHO I’M IMPRESS FIND ME SEAT WITH MY LADY HERE”
“Ok got it master…here is the seats”
Someone is calling us, and I saw Priscilla and her aunt is here as well.
“Hey Alex you working here?”
“Welcome Master☺️”
“Oh my….” Priscilla overwhelm by my face, and she said to me
“Can’t wait to be treated by Alex…😘” Ceh!! I’m working now, don’t get any funny ideas.
“Please take a seat here☺️”
“kya….😍” Priscilla is fallen😨
The place started to get full, and people is queuing up. William ask me whether I could entertain them, while he prepare the meals. I see a saxophone and a guitar.
“Can I play this?”
“Sure…let settle the orders”
“Got it”
We taken the orders and William quickly get the orders ready.
“Would you like anything Master☺️”
“I want you to be with me everyday😍” quit it!!!💢
“Ummm Pris…lets take our orders…”
“Got it😍”
“Give me Expresso martini…”
“Give me Citruss fizz🥰” its getting annoying
“Got it master☺️ anything else master?☺️”
“That is all, pris?”
“……ahhh……😍….Alex….is….soo….cute…..in a tux….he….is….like….James…Bond…kya”
Uh…😓
William look at me 😅
“You know I had a feeling that was Mel told me about that you are a natural born lady killer is evident here…”
“uh…do you know how to remove that?”
“uh….just use it….and ignored…”
“uh…”
“Here take this to that table”
“Got it..”
I carried the drinks and William said to me
“Do this pose 💁🏻”
“uh…got it…”
I lift the tray drinks like a butler should be and sent it to Mr Rahman
“Good thank you…”
I suddenly had a strong feeling that someone is watching. But I know a lot of the girls that had no boys with their side is really looking at me.
“Look at that guy…😍”
“He is soo cute…😍”
“Is he still single?😍”
“You know Alex…Mr Popular….”
“uh….😓….”
I’m could see hearts floating in their heads. Better don’t look.
“Is he looking at me ?😍”
I smile at them only to see a lot of girls suddenly struck back
“ah….😍!!”
“Kya!!!😍”
Lot of girls were struck by me and Priscilla is glaring at them 👹
“I don’t think is a good idea that I will performed a show here….”
“Yeah I got that feeling that it will be chaotic but we could try…go on ahead…”
“Huh!?....I had bad feeling about this…”
“Lets start with the Kenny G style”
I went to the stage and played my saxophone and William also help me with a keyboard we performed the music and William got another helper to assist in the cafe duties while us both played the music.
I see all of them looked at me. I close my eyes just to make sure I’m not imitated by this.
I could hear commotion
“Ah….😍….he could play music as well….😍”
“kya😍😍😍😍”
Then I heard a familiar voice that is really something is really scary.
“Its Mom!!!😨 including Hana and Sam… I saw Zuan, Geoffrey, Arie, and Sylvia as well, dammit!!! When I finished my performance
“Come on kid play another song!!!” - Mr Rahim
Then I played another song Careless whisper. Another person I see its Mariam and Amin
“🥰……Alex……”
“Yo!!!……”
Fuck!!! This is getting worst but I played on. William is looking at me with pity🤦🏻
When I started the music most of the girls cheering
“😍😍😍kya…..this is will be my favourite spot…”
“That guy is he working here permanently?😍😍😍😍”
I used the feeling I had when Natalie is not here. I really don’t care about the surroundings. I’m just focus on the job. The music silence everyone including Mom. I look again and this time the girls are really close to me. Mariam and Priscilla is there as well. Amin gives me a thumbs up.
Ugh….this is bad….I get a feeling that I’m not getting much time left to lived. Hana is glaring at me but at the same time, like a fan.
“😍😍😍😍🥰🥰😍😍” everyone
“Kya!!!! This is…..the best cafe opening that I have ever seen😍😍😍😍 I so love this place!!”
Looks like William need to find a performer or else I will not to live to another day.
“Be my boyfriend!!!😍😍😍😍”
Oh no..this is getting bad. After I have done my performance I look at Mariam
“Guys help me!!”
“Alex😍😍😍 never knew you had it in you….”
“Just shut up get up here your turn to sing!!”
“Amin come’ere!!”
“Me!?”
“Yeah, come one do a performance!!”
Mariam and Amin is together with me even William is asking me
“You ask a customer to play the performance?”
“Well you did said its an open mic…”
“Well technically yeah alright, I can handle here get them entertain…looks like I need to hire them as well…”
“Come on guys let do this and this time your turn in front not me…”
“You just wanted to avoid all of this😏”
“Yeah, we’re buddies right☺️”
“Yeah,yeah…”
“Come on honey!! Let do this I’m getting excited”
“What music…?”
“Nancy Sinatra, these boots are made for walking..”
“Got it…you remember the music right?”
“Yeah,yeah…”
We played the music. Looks like the old people is excited.
Mariam manage to steal the show. Safe 😓
But she really enjoying it along side us. If the entertainment done, I help William with the work. At least Mariam and Amin is helping me for the entertainment. William is also busy with the cocktail and cocktail. The cook is an inexperience, and I had to help him with the preparation. It's a good thing that we only serve simple snacks, mostly already prepared in hand. I’m impressed with William who could manage to prepare all of this. From 5pm until 10pm midnight. We is already close.
“Not bad for a opening…”
“yeah😓….” Now I’m the main attraction.
“Alex….🥰”
“Yo, bro….I’m really…wanted something….”
“Alright…wait up…”
I make a mocktail (a non alcoholic drinks and some food for them…”
For the drinks I make a mix of grenadine, lime, and cranberry juice. Add sugar at the rim of the cocktail glass. Add some raspberry like with an olive. With a flower decorations.
For the refreshment starters some lemonade for them.
I setup a beautiful table for Mariam and Amin.
With the food, for starters I make a simple caesar salad, and some creamy light soup. For the main, I make some ramly burger sliders with some homemade oil fried potato slice just added salt and pepper. For the desert, prepared some instant fruit salad.
“We hungry here!!”
“hang on guys”
“Here is for the starters, a caesar salad with light creamy potato soup…” Mariam offer to seat together but I insisted they need to date together.
“We have dated in the morning at night we actually plan to hang around at your home but your mom told me that you not at home…we actually asked the neighbours that you left with a motorcycle. Your mom is really surprised but she is not mad..” Shit she is mad when I’m going back.
“darn…never mind just enjoy…”
“Come on bro!! we’re the three musketeer!!”
William said to me
“Just hang around alright, let me handle the food, never expected to be a success for the first day…”
William took another seat, and the three of us hang together in the table. Mariam and Amin enjoy the food that I make.
“Never expected you could be good at this…”
When I indirectly dated Sylvia, I got an urge to ask them about this because Mariam is really close to Natalie. But it is a good idea to ask them. Whatever just do it
“Hey Alex what are suddenly looking out of place?”
“Ah…actually…”
“Something serious?”
“Yeah…”
“A girl trouble?”
“Sort of…”
“Yo bro…I told already you are a natural born lady-killer, Mariam is really worried about that because you will not going to survive..in school later on…”
“Huh….😓…you know Alex…you and Nat is almost the same, an idiot in this kind of situation…which makes you both alike…”
“Yeah….”
“But what do you mean, you want to ask….”
“Is just that Mar I want to share with you something….”
“What will that be…”
“My past….”
I felt that they need to know since I have tell Sylvia and Priscilla about this
“Natalie told me a lot of things but never heard from your side…”
“Then I’m going to…”
Maybe it's time for me to share with them.
“Remember when Natalie told you about me…?”
“Yeah when you wear a gangster clothing, I still remember when she become a mess when she heard from her dad that he suddenly disappeared.”
“I wonder where the hell you get that picture?”
“Someone from Natalie’s fathers…Darrel I think the name…”
“So…Mr Hawk knew about Darrel….”
“Who is Darrel?”
“Someone….that makes me a monster…”
“what do you mean?”
“Remember I told you that I was a gangster…”
“Yeah but I don’t know which gang…”
“102…”
Mariam is shock to hear it
“Yo…the infamous 102…”
“Hey honey what is 102?”
“A street gang turn organise crime group…is all over the news at that time…”
“No wonder you don’t seems to be afraid of nothing…”
“Yeah…sort of…it wasn’t that big at that time….”
“But I’m worried about you uncontrolled rage…”
“That is related what I’m going to tell you, since I felt we are already close…”
“Not just close😠 we basically brothers and sister together!!!”
“Yeah!! Don’t just keep it to yourself…”
“fine…”
I took a breathe
“In 1995 Arizona, my dad beat mom…out of jealously thinking that mom is getting close to people especially men. I pull them both out, but in the end I got beaten by my dad. What change me is scar that you guys seen during the orientation?”
“Yeah…never knew that bro…”
“……” - Mariam did not respond
“My dad whip me, and give me that scar…it manifested me, which I called it…”
“Wrath…” - Mariam seems to know this.
“Yeah…”
“I knew Darrel, when I beat my dad, and mom become scared of me which I had a feeling of disown. I run away… I run as far as I could with badly hurt body that was bleeding at that time until reaching to a side road. That when I met with Darrel..”
I continued to explain to them about my past, Mariam looked at me not pity but wanted to share the pain together.
“Then after I tried to kill myself, only that Natalie saved me from that path. She promise herself that she will not let me gone lost again, She was scared that I will fall again. I have been on drug rehab and military training and return to community program just to fix me back…”
Mariam suddenly hugged me
“You stupid!! Of course Natalie will not going let it happen, she is that person, always talking about you every-time…”
“Yo Alex…you know that we got your back!! Don’t just walk out like that!!”
“Thanks and the reason I was suddenly absence is also a part of it…because I never knew that Natalie wanted to marry me…”
“Did you agreed with it?”
“Yeah, I did…but mom felt that I need to experience with girls before the time comes…”
“No wonder Natalie is quite defensive….when I talk about marriage…”
“Yeah, funny right I never expected that, of course I just wanted Natalie and no one else…”
The food arrive we continued. Mariam and Amin become really close together.
“You know…I hated to admit but your mom is right because you are really are an idiot with girls, you lucky that you had Hana with you if not, I’m the one that is going to beat you up…”
“Hehehe..”
“Yeah, I had to pull that out of that mess again dude…”
“Then I have told everything about me now to the main problem…”
“Sylvia…”
I explain that she started to share with me, and begun to be really intimate. Mariam knock my head
“That is represent for Natalie…you stupid”😒
“ugh…”
“You got it rough, I give it to ya…”
“Don’t encourage him…look Alex I’m with Natalie side but if you going to be this vulnerable like this even I don’t know how to back you up…”
“Yeah…”
“So what happen….”
I explain about Sylvia situation and Mariam 🤦🏽♀️ and Amin 🤦🏽♂️
“That is why Alex!!! That is going deep you know….what are going to do now, you now diving to a place that is only can settle it…”
“But I treated her like a little sister…”
“I don’t see Sylvia acted like that!!💢” Mariam
“Alex….that is what we called fallen in love…dude…”
“Not just Sylvia that tall babe Priscilla is also in love with you!! I also wondered why Melissa wanted to partner with her…!!”
“Its because she is really strong…” Melissa
“Big sis!!”
“Looks like my partner’s business is doing well…”
“Since you here, why you let Alex partnering with Priscilla?”
“She wanted it….”
“Hah!!?”
“But because she is good at it, and she is also know how control them instead going on a brawl”
“Ugh…”
“hah…but I know you three are the best team but I need you to be my successor got it…”
“Yeah…”
“Then I better meet William…”
“See ya”
“Well then let us continued back…so what are you to do about it?”
“I…”
“Alex…..this is getting serious, you know that she is really aiming at you…”
“I did say to her not to…”
“Hah….just leave it be…I think that this will be good experience for you…”
“Really now I’m concern…”
“No maybe an idiot like you better off getting an experience…”
“Well then at least we both know you well…but” - Amin
“How the heck did you manage to come here?” - Mariam
“With a bike…”
“What bike?”
“A motorcycle…”
“Eh?”
“yeah…”
“But what about you guys?”
“uh…”
“Don’t tell me…”
“kekeke….Amin…please explain…”
“Hehe…a bike as well….”
“geez…since when….”
“Since we started dating….I got it from dad, he give it to me….”
“Then how about we ride in the night on the beach…?”
“Really 🤩!!”
“Yeah kinda bored anyway…”
“Alright then lets eat!!!”
“hah…!”
We eat together then they waited for me to close the cafe. William give us the daily salary including bonus to Mariam and Amin. Melissa and William wave us goodbye
“Yeah return home will ya😒 not loitering anywhere else…”
“aww…its Saturday” 🥺 - Mariam
I showed them the bike and Amin showed his Honda NSR
“A victor not bad, dad always told us that a victor is bad boys bike, because they always race it…”
“Then lets ride…to the beach”
“Yeah!!!”
We both drive to the beach. Never been that surprising that the place is lively. With stalls still bright and vibrant.
“Yo!! Never been here!!”
“Alex!! This place is lively!!”🤩
“They still hang around here this late!!”
15 year old kids hanging around like adults, having fun eating snacks at the side stall. While hanging around we sat at the beach and realise that the place had also place where people dated and doing things there. Mariam and Amin wanted to prank them. I put a stop at them. We hang around only to hear someone calling me. It’s sound familiar but I tried to ignored it.
“Alex…!!”
“Yo someone is calling you…”
“I don’t know….”
“Alex!!!”
“Its a girl….”
“Ignore it…”
“But she is really getting close…”
Its definitely Siti…I forgot that her family open a stall here..shit…
“Alex…🥰”
“She is pretty cute though….” - Mariam
“Ugh…😓 please ignored it…”
Siti sat next to me and the two look at me😏
“Alex don’t tell me another….”
“Girl trouble huh😒..”
“ugh…this is Siti…”
“I’m his girlfriend…” nope, its not I shaken to disagree to them. Mariam smile at me
“Hey…what’s up…”
“Are you his friend?”
“Yep we are…”
She did not wear her hijab, just a normal t shirt and jeans. Her long curly hair and luscious lips is something I did not seen before. Even her boobs is big.
“Don’t you have stall work now.?”
“My parents is taking care of it…”
“You twin siblings?”
“They at the car sleeping…🥰”
She clinging to me. 😓not again. Mariam and Amin look at me and ask me
“So…what happen here…?” 😒
“uh…”
“heh….first school now this….eh…Alex?” - Mariam
“hehehe….”
“We going to see our buds here is going to be playboy soon…” - Amin shut up you make it even worst
“eh…Alex….I didn’t know that?”
“Yeah, he is pretty popular in school as well you know…”
“Which school you in Siti?”
“Siti Aishah All-girls”
“Oh…dang it, I was suppose to follow Alex…”
Mariam step on Amin’s foot. You dummy, in front of your girlfriend you said that eh…
“Yeah…lucky me….” 💢
For this situation I learn a rule from Darrel I remember it well
“Alex…about girls….I had to tell you….this bitches here is nothing compared to real girls. They will judge you with action, once they decide to get you to love them. They will never stop. Whatever means so the rule of love is just shoved it in ass meaning ignored it because if you replied their wishes meaning you accepted it, and you wouldn’t get into girl trouble….”
Darn it, why does Darrel’s teaching make sense now. It stuck with me. She is really clinging to me now. Mariam look at me wanting to tease me.
“This is really an interesting sight to behold right honey…😏”
“Yep…” die you two, won’t you back me up will ya!! I signal them and they ignored it. How am I suppose to run away from this.
“Darling when you going to visit my school again?”
“Visit…? Yeah when are you going to visit the school again?” Shut up Mariam aren’t you suppose to back me up!!
“uh….no…..not because busy with school though….”
“aww…maybe I could visit the festival soon can’t wait…”
“Oh now that is something interesting, really can’t wait the development” more like a blood bath!! Back me up will ya!!
“kukuku….”😈 ugh she is back….
“Wait till school eh…”
“Uh…I think I not well”
“Oh just stay with me then I’ll nurse you back to shape…”
“Oho….” Amin is really excited.
“nah….I’m okay on my own….”
“Then…are we going to stay here ?”
“Nope, mom will kill me…”
“I’ll follow you….”
“Uh…no…..”
“I want to introduce myself to mother-in-law….” Eh? What? Since when? Did I propose her? Not that I remember? Both my friend started to look at me differently😒.
“Well….Alex…..not even a day…eh….”
“Kukuku…..😈”
“Uh…Siti…”
“Yeah darling🥰”
“I think we are going back because got something to do….”
Mariam give her a nod and a smile.
“aww…fine then next time don’t forget about me🥰”
“Ahh…will see…”
“don’t…..forget…🥰…” she is really close to me
“ah….come on let guys” Mariam and Amin😳 really can’t hold it.
When we at the bike Mariam and Amin laugh really hard at me. Yeah laugh it up.
“Hahahahahaha”
“That is even funnier I could not said anything….”
“Shut up….”
“Thats our lady killer here….hahahahaa!!!”
“Well, you going back but what’s with the bag?”
“We staying at your place…”
“Eh?”
“Yep, mom talk your mom and she agreed…”
“Eh…EH!!!!”
“Wait up….since when!?”
“Last night…😁”
I really need to talk to mom about this. This is getting over the top
We return home and looks like I got stern lecture from mom, with my bike.
“ALEX!!! What is this!? Since when you bought this!?”
“Look mom I can explain!!!?”
“what is it?”
“Ummmm I bought in the junk yard…hehehe….”
A strong knock to the head, that is mom
“You are going to get motor licences after this!!!! That will be on your pocket…”
“uh…..”
“Well least that we can do Aunt Mas…”
“Thank you….”
Since when they get along with mom?
“And you two…”
Both had theirs ears pulled by mom
“You guy aren’t married yet so don’t get any funny ideas…”
“yes….”😔
Heh…serve you right
“I wonder who had license for this…”
“Me” Amin
“Good teach Alex how to pass the licenses…”
“Uh ok….”
Huh 😮? That instant.
“But its a special permit license because we underage…let me ask dad about it”
“Good…anyway good to have you guys around, god knows what Alex will do next..”
“Yeah we know 😏” Assholes….
“Anyway I suppose this week is a special state holiday and I’m planning to bring you guys to Long Pasia, with another of your friends…”
“Eh?” Who is it…
“You’ll see…”
I had a bad feeling about this.
“Looks like fun….can’t wait…”
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