Bachelor of Bali Part I

Minggu lalu adalah minggu terburuk dalam hidupku. Pertama saya hampir dilecehkan oleh Bosku yang mata keranjang dikantor ketika hanya tinggal kami berdua. Untung saya dapat meloloskan diri, tapi walhasil saya jadi tidak punya pekerjaan lagi. Setelah itu, saya diundang untuk pergi berlibur bersama kekasihku ke Bali. Saya senang sekali, karena saya mengira dia akan mengajakku tunangan karena kami sudah berpacaran cukup lama semenjak masih duduk di bangku SMU. Tapi ternyata saat berada di kapal pribadi miliknya di tengah lautan, dia memaksaku untuk tidur dengannya sebagai pembuktian kalau aku mencintainya. Tentu saja aku menolak mentah-mentah karena aku bukanlah wanita gampangan seperti itu. Dia menjadi marah besar dan mendorongku jatuh ditengah laut dan segera pergi dengan perahunya meninggalkan diriku sendirian terapung-apung tanpa tujuan. Kukira nasibku sudah tidak tertolong lagi, tapi paginya saya tersadar di pesisir pantai dengan seorang cowok yang paling menyebalkan sedunia, belum pernah saya ketemu dengan cowok semenyebalkan itu sepanjang hidupku. Mulai dari dia mengaku kalau sudah menolong diriku ketika terdampar di pesisir pantai, eh dia juga berani memegang-megang tubuhku ini. Ikhh....kenapa sich semua cowok didunia ini sama saja, semuanya hanya menginginkan kemolekkan tubuhku semata. Aku sudah tidak tahu lagi harus kemana, maka kutelepon keluargaku di Jakarta dan mama papaku bersedia untuk menyambutku tinggal kembali di rumah mereka. Aku sudah mau pulang kembali ke Jakarta ketika saya bertemu dengan temanku Sitti Maemunah dan suaminya Goenadi Ginanjar yang sedang berlibur bersama di Bali ini bersama anak mereka Satya. Sitti berkata padaku, kalau di Bali ini sedang digelar sebuah Reality Show berjudul Bachelor of Bali tentang seorang Pria yang ingin mencari jodoh, karena cowok itu terkenal Playboy dan selama ini tidak ada satu wanita pun yang berhasil menaklukkan hatinya. Setelah mendengar kisah hidupku, Sitti meyakinkanku untuk ikut acara perjodohan ini, karena everything happens for a reason, dan siapa tahu saya bisa mendapatkan jodohku yang sebenarnya disini.
Singkat cerita, here I am...tiba disebuah kamar hotel dipesisir pantai dimana akan menjadi kamarku selama aku mengikuti kontes ini, hopefully until the very end, atau harus pergi kalau aku tereliminasi. The moment saya menginjakkan kaki dikamarku, I totally love it!!! Kamar ini cantik dan artistik sekali...dan tunggu apa itu....oh...bukankah itu...bukankah itu karya seni Bali terfavoritku? kenapa bisa sampai ada dikamar ini? wah, aku jadi penasaran dengan Bachelor ini, siapa sich dia? apa dia yang membeli karya seni itu dan menggantungnya di kamarku ini. Wah I love this contest already, sepertinya aku dan si Bachelor ini selera seni kami berdua itu sama. Kurasa aku harus berterima kasih pada Sitti karena dialah orang telah meyakinkan diriku untuk mengikuti kontes ini.




Ketika saya baru saja merapikan 2 koper dari 4 koper yang kubawa, tiba-tiba datang seorang wanita cantik memasuki kamarku. Ketika kutanya siapa dirinya, ternyata dia adalah salah seorang kontestan acara ini. Dalam hatiku langsung berpikir, wah pasti banyak wanita-wanita cantik yang akan menjadi sainganku dalam memperebutkan hati sang Bachelor itu. Saya jadi penasaran dengan rupa si Bachelor itu, apakah dia pantas untuk diperebutkan atau tidak. Setelah berbincang-bincang selama beberapa saat, wanita itu ternyata bernama lengkap Putria Azahra yang akrab disapa Rara. Orangnya ceria dan kami langsung bisa akrab dengan sangat cepat, dia ternyata adalah seorang Guru SD, wah pekerjaannya sungguh mulia. Tiba-tiba perbincangan kami terputus oleh bunyi dering telepon yang ada dikamar kami. Saya mengangkat teleponnya, dan ada suara seorang wanita yang mengaku dirinya bernama Baby dan dia katanya adalah Host dari acara ini. Dia berkata kepadaku untuk mengenakan pakaian renang dan bertemu dengan Sang Bachelor bernama Romain untuk pertama kalinya di pantai.




Saya mengenakan salah satu set pakaian renangku, sebenarnya saya tidak ingin mengenakan pakaian renang yang terlalu seksi apalagi setelah 2 insiden yang menimpa diriku baru-baru ini. Tapi yang ada di koperku hanyalah pakaian-pakaian renang yang super seksi yang benar-benar menampilkan lekukan tubuhku. Saya jadi sangat penasaran dengan rupa dari Bachelor bernama Romain ini. Apakah dia ganteng? ataukah dia jelek? apa dia gemuk atau kurus? apakah dia seorang pemuda yang gagah yang pantas untuk diperebutkan cintanya atau dia hanyalah seorang tua-tua keladi yang hanya mengincar kenikmatan belia semata? Semua pikiran itu berkecamuk dibenakku ketika aku melangkah menuju pantai ketika ada seorang turis bule yang menawariku untuk difoto. Aku tentu saja menolak, karena siapa tahu bule itu hanya mau mengambil gambarku lalu diedit macam-macam di internet dan disebarluaskan, tapi dia menunjukkan kartu namanya kalau dia adalah wartawan yang kebetulan meliput acara Bachelor of Bali sebagai utusan dari production house di Amerika untuk memantau Bachelor versi Indonesia yaitu Bachelor of Bali. Akhirnya aku pun bersedia untuk dipotret tapi tentu saja saya memilih tempat yang rindang yaitu dibawah payung biar tidak terlalu terik terkena sinar mentari yang dapat merusak kulitku. Saat aku sedang senang-senangnya dipotret, tiba-tiba aku mendengar siulan kekaguman dari seorang Pria dibelakangku karena memandangi bagian belakang tubuhku. Aku menoleh kearah pria itu dan terkejut melihat si cowok paling menyebalkan diseantero dunia berdiri disana dengan hanya mengenakan celana renangnya!!!




Meilani : "Kamu??? ngapain kamu disini? sok ganteng amat sich berpose kayak gitu disono! Jangan-jangan kamu menguntitku ya?!!"
Romain : "Oh sorry sexy girl...I thought you're someone else, but ternyata tidak tahunya gadis tidak tahu berterima kasih itu"
Meilani : "What did you call me? kamu tuh cowok yang seenaknya megang-megang tubuhku, mentang-mentang kamu ganteng terus semua cewek mau gitu diajak macam-macam sama kamu! Ok I admit, YOU'RE HOT BUT YOU SUCK!!!"
Kukira cowok itu bakal marah, tapi dia malah tersenyum ketika berkata "So now you admit that I'm hot huh?!" dia mengedipkan sebelah matanya padaku. "Ih jangan kege-eran deh, ga banget sich! permisi ya, aku sedang menunggu seseorang disini, lebih baik kamu ganggu cewek lain saja hus...hus...!" aku tanpa sungkan-sungkan mengusir cowok blasteran itu. "Saya juga sedang menunggu seseorang disini" ujarnya dengan suaranya yang ada aksen khususnya. Mungkin under different circumstances, aku akan menganggap suaranya itu seksi, tapi ih ga banget deh nih cowok kan nyebelinnya minta ampun tempo hari! Dia menatapku denga curiga ketika bertanya "Jangan bilang kalau kamu ini yang bernama Meilani???" saya terkejut seketika ketika dia menyebut namaku, "Dan jangan bilang kalau kamu ini yang bernama Romain???" dia tersenyum dan mengedipkan sebelah matanya ketika kusebut namanya.
"Oh my goodness, Sitti apa yang telah kamu lakukan padaku!" ujarku dalam hati, karena tidak disangka-sangka kalau aku mengikuti kontes untuk memperebutkan hati cowok menyebalkan ini! "Hehe...sepertinya kita memang berjodoh!" ujar cowok tersebut. "Ih jangan mimpi ya kalau aku ini berjodoh denganmu!" kusergah dengan ketus. "I like your attitude girl different from others. The girls that I usually met would do anything trying to impress me with their sweet attitudes, but you...??? hmmm...I think I'm gonna have fun with this contest" cowok itu berkata, "By the way...biar kuperkenalkan diriku, namaku Romain Farouel dan aku adalah seorang blasteran Indo-Perancis. How about you?" dia memperkenalkan dirinya. "Ih...GA NANYA TUH!!!" Aku segera membuang muka dan menyilangkan kedua tanganku didepan dada. "Oh come on girl, masa sich aku tidak bisa mengetahui namamu, that's not sopan you know, aku sudah memperkenalkan diriku dan kamu tidak memperkenalkan dirimu. Where's your manner?" dia memancingku. "Fine, namaku Meilani Kumaladewi!" jawabku singkat, padat dan jelas. "Hmmm...Meilani Kumaladewi, nama yang cantik untuk seorang wanita yang cantik juga sepertimu" ujarnya. "Ih...ga usah basa-basi deh, rayuan gombalmu itu ga akan mempan kepadaku!!! Lebih baik aku pergi dari sini!" ujarku lalu segera berjalan meninggalkannya. "Ohhh...SASSY! I like it!" aku mendengar dia berujar seperti itu dibelakangku, aku menoleh kebelakang dan dia tersenyum sambil melambaikan tangannya kepadaku. 
Sesampai dikamar hotel, Rara bertanya padaku bagaimana pertemuan pertamaku dengan Romain? apakah ada chemistry antara kami berdua? aku sich tidak tahu saat ini apakah ada chemistry antara kami berdua, tapi satu hal yang pasti, dia itu cowok paling menyebalkan yang pernah kukenal! Belum pernah aku bertemu dengan cowok semenyebalkan itu, dan lebih menyebalkannya lagi, aku tidak bisa mengeluarkan tampang nyebelinnya itu dari pikiranku! Benci...benci...benci.....!!! jangan sampe deh aku jatuh cinta ama tuh cowok!!! 

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Semua itu bermula kurang lebih seminggu yang lalu, tepat ketika pacar yang sudah kupacari selama bertahun-tahun mendepakku ke lautan. Kukira itu adalah akhir dari hidupku, aku merasa seperti sedang melayang-layang diangkasa meninggalkan jasmaniku ketika tiba-tiba kurasakan ada yang memompa-mompa dadaku. Aku ingin sekali membuka mata untuk melihat siapa orang kurang ajar ini yang berani-beraninya menyentuh tubuhku yang sudah dingin dan kaku ini. Tapi walaupun aku ingin sekali membuka mataku, tapi apa daya raga ini tidak bisa diajak bekerja sama. 



Saat diriku mulai melayang-layang lagi diangkasa, saat itulah tiba-tiba kurasakan bibir pria tersebut diatas bibirku. Dan seketika juga kedua mataku melotot terbuka ketika kumuntahkan sejumlah air keluar dari dalam tubuhku! Orang tersebut kaget bukan main, dia sampai terbatuk-batuk karena air yang kusemprot keluar dari mulutku itu pas masuk kedalam mulutnya! Saat itulah kulihat pria kurang ajar yang berani-beraninya mengambil kesempatan dalam kesempitan disaat kondisiku seperti ini. Kuteriak sekencang-kencangnya seketika kalau ada rapist yang mau mencoba mengambil keuntungan dari tubuhku yang lemah dan tak berdaya ini. "Excusez-moi! I was trying to save you dan inikah balasyannya untukku?!" seru pria berdarah campuran itu. "Apa menolongku? dengan meraba-raba dada dan mencium bibirku!? kamu kira aku bodoh ya? jangan kira aku ini wanita gampangan ya?!" teriakku dengan emosi yang meluap-luap. "Mon Dieu! you must be the most UNGRATEFUL girl I've ever met! Fine, lebih baik syaya pergi darisyini daripada berurusyan dengan gadis aneh syepertimu!" pria itu sudah mau pergi, "Eh mau pergi kemana kamu bule!? kamu kira bisa kabur begitu saja setelah apa yang kau lakukan padaku!? kamu sudah meraba dada dan mencium bibirku! kau harus kulaporkan pada polisi!" pekikku dengan memekakan telinga sampai pria itu menutup kedua telinganya. "Look girl, in case you're too stupid or something, but didn't you ever hear about a life-saving method called CPR? Itulah yang kulakukan untuk menyelamatkanmu!" sergah pria itu dengan emosi meluap-luap sampai aku mundur satu langkah kebelakang saking takutnya mendengar suaranya yang menggelegar. "What? kamu memanggilku STUPID?! dasar cowok kurang ajar! dan apalagi itu CPR?! itu pasti cuma karanganmu belaka, jangan kira kamu bule terus kamu bisa samakan semua wanita disini dengan wanita ditempat asalmu ya!!! Aku ini wanita baik-baik dan kau sudah berani-beraninya menciumku tanpa seizinku!" jeritku tidak mau kalah. "What? you think I was trying to kiss you?! Quel dommage! Dengar ya, apa kamu tahu berapa banyak cewek yang antri hanya untuk dicium olehku? harusnya kamu berterima kasyih kalau aku mau menciummu walau itu syemua hanya ada dalam mimpimu! Look, I have other things to do syelain berargumen dengan cewek syepertimu. Just forget it ever happened ok? toh kita tidak akan pernah ketemu lagi, anggap syaja itu bonus ciuman dari pria ganteng syepertiku, besides it WASN'T that great too!" seru pria tersebut cuek lalu segera berjalan pergi. "APA?!! dasar cowok NYEBELIN!!!!!!!" aku menjerit sekencang-kencangnya tapi pria itu terus berjalan tanpa menoleh kebelakang sekalipun! Aku benar-benar berharap tidak akan pernah bertemu dengan cowok menyebalkan, kasar, lancang dan sok kegantengan itu lagi sepanjang hidupku!!!



Dan disinilah aku berada seminggu kemudian, berada disebuah acara Reality Show untuk memperebutkan hati sang Bachelor yang ternyata si cowok menyebalkan itu, ga banget deh! Aku ingin keluar dari acara ini biar tidak perlu ketemu lagi dengan cowok itu, but a part of me wants to stay dan ingin mengetahui apa yang bakal terjadi kalau aku tetap disini. Aku baru saja keluar dari kamar mandi ketika kulihat sebuah kotak coklat berwarna merah dan sebuah buket bunga mawar yang ada sebuah kartu. Kusambar kartu itu dan segera kubaca untuk mengetahui dari siapa pengirimnya :
"To my Sassy Belle,

Aku benar-benar terkesan dengan perjumpaan pertama kita, wait perjumpaan kedua kita kalau kamu masih mengingat pertemuan pertama kita seminggu yang lalu. Oleh sebab itu terimalah sekotak coklat dan buket mawar merah ini sebagai permintaan maaf dariku kalau saya ada yang perkataan atau tindakanku yang kurang ajar dan kurang berkenan. Selain itu siang ini, aku ingin mengundangmu untuk one-on-one date with me di Bali PADI Scuba Diving Lembongan Island, kutunggu kedatanganmu Putriku yang cantik.

From your handsome Prince"

"Oh orangnya bisa minta maaf juga. Kirain tidak punya aturan. Baiklah, akan kulihat bagaimana this so-called-date nanti dengannya" pikirku lalu aku segera bersiap-siap. Kuputuskan untuk memakai bikini lalu aku memakai kerudung dan celana pendek dari bahan jeans sebelum saya pergi ke tempat pertemuanku dengannya.



Disana dia telah berdiri, pria bertubuh tegap dan berkulit gelap itu dibawah terpaan sinar mentari. Kudekati dia ketika dia menyapaku "Bonjour mademoiselle" sapanya dengan bahasa Perancis-nya. Kedua bola matanya terlihat berbinar-binar ketika melihat diriku, matanya begitu indah, tapi aku tidak mau tergoda oleh mata itu, jadi kucoba diriku untuk tetap terlihat acuh tak acuh didepan dia. "So...Romano, mau kemana kita hari ini?" tanyaku cuek. "Romano? sejak kapan namaku berubah jadi Romano?!" tanyanya agak tersinggung, "Oh bukan ya, sorry lupa tuh...siapa sich namamu?" ujarku pura-pura lupa. Cowok itu terlihat tersenyum kemudian dia berkata dengan suara bule-nya "Ok, bagaimana kalau kita berkenalan lagi karena dua perkenalan kita sebelumnya tidak begitu menyenangkan. Let me introduce myself, Je m'appelle Romain Farouel" ujarnya dengan bahasa Perancis. "Ih sok banget sich? mentang-mentang saya tidak mengerti bahasanya...awas ya!" pikirku ketika kubalas dengan bahasa asing yang kukuasai "好的，我姓林，叫美兰。 认识你很高兴" begitu selesai kuucapkan namaku dalam bahasa Mandarin, I can't help but laughing ketika melihat wajahnya yang terbengong-bengong saking tidak mengertinya. Romain pun ikut tertawa ketika melihatku tertawa. "Nah gitu dong, kalo syenyum syeperti itu kan terlihat lebih cantik, walaupun kalau lagi marah-marah juga tidak kalah cantiknya" ujar Romain. "Ih dasar gombal! dari cara bicaramu saja sudah ketahuan kalau kamu ini tipe cowok yang suka mempermainkan wanita!" ujarku sambil menyilangkan kedua tanganku didepan dada. "Lho bukan syaya yang syuka mempermainkan wanita, tapi wanita-wanita syelama ini yang kutemui itu yang mau dipermainkan olehku!" ujarnya dengan pede. "Ingat ya...aku ini bukan seperti wanita-wanita yang pernah kau temui sebelumnya. Kalau kamu berani macam-macam denganku kau akan tahu akibatnya! Sudah ah, nanti keburu siang dan panas...kita mau kemana jadinya ini?" tanyaku. "Bali PADI Scuba Diving Lembongan Island baby!" jawabnya sambil tersenyum. "Ok, kalau begitu dimana instruktur Diving-nya?" tanyaku, "Instruktur? untuk apa? toh aku ini sudah bersyertifikat, ada aku disini kau tidak perlu khawatir my Sassy Belle" ujarnya sembari tersenyum sombong. "Huh? cuma kita berdua saja? awas ya kalau kamu berani macam-macam nantinya pas sudah di laut!" ancamku tapi dia malah nyengir, "Lho...pria syetampan dan sye-innocent syeperti diriku masya kamu tidak percaya syich?" ujarnya sambil memasang tampang innocent-nya. "Ih BUAYA DARAT sekali nih cowok!" pikirku was-was, "Baik, kuharap kau bisa menjadi seorang pria sejati yang menepati kata-katamu sendiri" ujarku ketika dia mempersilakan diriku naik keatas perahu kayu yang ada dibelakangnya. 



Tak terasa, kami berdua sudah sampai ditengah lautan, tidak terlihat apapun sejauh mata memandang kecuali lautan biru dan beberapa kapal. Romain mengayuh perahu tersebut tanpa henti, keringat sudah membahasi kedua lengannya yang berotot itu. I can't help but mengamati dadanya yang bidang, ketika dia menoleh kearahku, aku buru-buru melihat ketempat lain. Dia juga tidak henti-hentinya memandang kearah my cleavage, dan giliran aku memergoki dia, dia pura-pura menoleh ketempat lain. "Wah bahaya, nih cowok matanya nakal, kalau dia macam-macam bisa gawat aku, cuman kita berdua lagi di tengah laut ini" pikirku was-was ketika "Nah, kita sudah sampai. Ayo buka bajumu supaya kita bisa menyelam disini" ujarnya sembari tersenyum lebar. "Apa? buka baju??? mau apa kamu? jangan macam-macam ya?" sergahku sembari melingkarkan kedua tangan untuk menutupi bagian depan tubuhku, "Iya, kan kita mau menyelam...kalau kamu malu saya yang mulai duluan deh, you can see if you want" ujar dia nyengir ketika mulai membuka ritsleting celana panjangnya. "KYA! Romain jangan macam-macam ya! Kalau kamu berani berbuat yang engga-engga, saya akan menjerit sekencang-kencangnya!" ancamku. "Menjeritlah syepuasmu baby, toh tidak ada orang yang akan mendengarmu" ujarnya mencemooh ketika dia menarik turun celana panjangnya! "KYAAAA!!!" aku segera menutup wajahku dengan kedua tangan dan berbalik badan, tak kusangka tragedi ini terulang lagi, aku jadi teringat pacarku yang mau berbuat macam-macam padaku tempo hari dan sekarang pria ini...pria ini....tak terasa air mata sudah mengalir dipipiku. "Are you crying? désolé, syaya cuman bercanda syaja. Look, syaya masih memakai celana renang kog. Please don't cry sweetheart, syaya paling tidak tahan kalau melihat seorang gadis yang kusyukai menangis!" ujarnya sembari memegang tangan kananku dari belakang. Saat itu aku tertegun seketika, aku tidak menyangka akan mengetahui kalau cowok ini punya sisi lembutnya juga. Apa dia tidak seperti yang selama ini kupikirkan? apakah ada sesuatu yang disembunyikan olehnya dibalik topeng playboy-nya ini? kutatap kedua matanya dengan mataku yang berlinang air mata, dan disana kulihat sepasang mata yang memancarkan sinar kelembutan, aku segera menundukkan kepalaku agar tidak menatap kedua matanya lagi, karena aku...aku...takut tumbuh sebuah perasaan dihati ini yang tidak seharusnya terjadi.....



"Look, bersyiap-syiaplah untuk menyelam, atau kamu mau syaya bantu kamu ganti baju?!" ujarnya, "KYA! JANGAN!" pekikku dan dia tertawa, saat itulah aku sadar kalau dia cuma menggodaku saja. "Balikkan tubuhmu, aku mau siap-siap, dan jangan NGINTIP ya!" ujarku, dia mengangguk lalu membalikkan badannya. Untungnya aku hanya perlu melepas celana pendek ini, ketika aku berbalik, aku terkejut bukan main melihat Romain ternyata sedang memandang kearahku dengan tatapan terpesona melihat keindahan tubuhku! "Eh...kamu NGINTIP ya??!!" sergahku. "A...Aku...tidak syengaja, ta...tadi...." jawabnya terbata-bata, "Dasar BUAYA!!!" ujarku kesal ingin mendorongnya kelaut, Romain berkelit tapi dia malah kehilangan keseimbangannya dan mau jatuh ke laut ketika dia menarik tanganku juga tiba-tiba dan "KYAAAAAAA!!! BYURRRRRRRR!!!" kami berdua terjatuh ke laut diikuti oleh bunyi ceburan keras ditengah laut yang sepi itu! "Are you ok?" Romain buru-buru berenang kearahku untuk memastikan aku tidak apa-apa, "Ayo cepat pakai alat bantu pernapasyan ini dan flippers ini juga untuk memudahkan dirimu pas diving. Entar kalo kenapa-napa syaya lagi dituduh mengambil kesyempatan dalam kesyempitan" ujarnya. "Hmph" Aku segera membuang muka tapi mau tidak mau aku menuruti perkataannya juga, karena aku tidak mau kalau dia mengambil kesempatan memompa-mompa dada dan menciumku lagi. Setelah kami berdua siap dengan peralatan diving, Romain menuntunku menyelam kedasar laut yang indah tersebut.....



Aku benar-benar takjub melihat keindahan bawah laut Lembongan Island. Ini seperti surga bawah laut, belum pernah saya dibawa oleh pacarku untuk kencan ditempat semenakjubkan seperti ini. Aku melihat kedasar laut dan terkesima melihat sebuah kerang dengan mutiara berada didalamnya. Kupungut kerang itu dan kuamati keindahan salah satu permata laut tersebut, tiba-tiba aku merasakan tubuhnya, tubuh Romain berada dibelakangku....dari gayanya dia seperti ingin mendekapku dari belakang tapi itu tidak terjadi, mungkin itu hanya pikiranku semata. Aku menoleh kearahnya, dan wajahnya tetap terlihat tampan walau berada didasar laut seperti ini, tiba-tiba aku merasa jantungku ini berdebar-debar kencang setiap kali melihat wajahnya, ketika dia merasa aku sedang menatap dirinya, Romain segera menatap dan tersenyum kearahku, seperti biasanya aku langsung pura-pura menoleh ke ikan-ikan yang ada, karena aku tidak mau ketahuan sedang memandangi dirinya, mau ditaruh dimana mukaku ini kalau aku sampai ketahuan.



Setelah berjam-jam mengarungi dan mengagumi indahnya alam bawah laut Lembongan Island, kami memutuskan untuk kembali ke permukaan. Betapa senangnya hatiku ketika melihat matahari jauh diatas sana, tapi kegembiraanku tiba-tiba menjadi ketakutan yang amat sangat tatkala aku melihat seekor HIU berenang mendekatiku. "Ro...Romain...HIU....a...aku TAKUT!!!" ujarku ketika segera berenang kearahnya dan memeluknya erat-erat karena aku sudah hampir menangis saking takutnya. Romain hanya tertawa, "Tenang syaja, hiu-nya jinak kog" ujarnya menghiburku. "JINAK katamu? sejak kapan hiu itu seekor hewan jinak?!" ujarku ketakutan tapi dekapan tubuhnya sangat membuatku merasa aman dan nyaman. Aku tidak peduli lagi Romain mau menganggapku apa, karena satu hal yang pasti aku tidak berani melihat hiu itu berenang-renang mengitari tubuh kami seakan-akan sedang siap menunggu mangsanya lemah, "Iya, asyalkan kamu tidak syedang terluka maka you'll be fine. But syaya tidak keberatan kog kalau hiu itu masyih terus ada disyini biar kamu bisa terus memelukku syeperti ini" ujarnya. Seketika juga aku melepas pelukanku ditubuhnya dan cepat-cepat naik keatas perahu. Romain hanya senyum-senyum saja ketika dia menyusulku naik keatas perahu tanpa mengucapkan sepatah katapun.



Hari sudah malam ketika perahu kami sudah mendekati pantai dimana hotel tempatku tinggal berada. Romain pun berhenti mendayung dan duduk dibelakangku, tiba-tiba dia meletakkan dagunya diatas bahu kiriku. Aku terkejut tapi diam saja, dan selama beberapa saat kami berdua hanya duduk diam diterpa sinar rembulan dengan suara burung camar diatas kami. Jantungku berdebar sangat kencang karena kepalannya bersebelahan dengan kepalaku, aku khawatir bisa-bisa dia mendengar bunyi detak jantungku yang kencang ini. "Bolehkah aku memanggilmu Mei mulai syaat ini?" Romain tiba-tiba memecahkan keheningan. "Ya, dan bolehkah aku memanggilmu Rommie mulai saat ini?" tanyaku balik. Romain tertawa lalu dia mengiyakan. "Rommie, aku ingin belajar Bahasa Perancis, bisakah kamu mengajariku beberapa kata dalam bahasa Perancis?" tanyaku. Dia termenung sejenak lalu "Sure, repeat after me ya...voulez-vous coucher avec moi?" ujarnya sembari tersenyum nakal. "Hah? apa itu artinya?" tanyaku curiga, "Oh itu syuatu pernyataan kalau kamu syuka pada seorang Pria. Dan ingat, kamu hanya boleh mengucapkan hal itu kepadaku ya!" jawabnya. "Ih ge-er sekali kamu kalau aku menyukaimu" ujarku ja-im. "Ya aku tidak rela syaja kalau kamu mengucapkan perkataan itu pada pria lain. Ayo, syebut kalimatnya, mau belajar tidak?" ujarnya mendesak. "Ok deh, apa kata-katanya tadi?" tanyaku lagi. "Ucapkan dengan penuh perasaan lalu tatap kedua mataku dan sebut voulez-vous coucher avec moi ce soir?" ujarnya sembari tersenyum nakal lagi. "Voulez-vous coucher avec moi ce soir?" kuulang perkataannya. "Avec plaisir, but I'm too tired tonight, maybe later, remember kamu yang minta lho! So suatu waktu aku akan menagih perkataanmu ini!" ujarnya sembari mengedipkan sebelah matanya, saat itu aku langsung curiga berat sama arti dari kalimat tersebut. "Kog saya curiga kamu bohong kepadaku mengenai arti kalimat itu ya?" tanyaku padanya. "Look, kita sudah sampai! au revoir my Belle" Romain segera mengalihkan pembicaraan. Kuucapkan selamat tinggal padanya ketika aku kembali ke kamarku.



Rara baru keluar dari kamar mandi ketika aku tiba didalam kamar. Dia segera menanyakan bagaimana kencanku dengan Romain dengan penasaran. Kuceritakan padanya kalau Romain hari ini mengajariku bahasa Perancis yaitu Voulez-vous coucher avec moi ce soir?, dan begitu selesai kuucapkan kalimat itu, Rara langsung terlihat SYOK!!!
"Kenapa Ra? ada apa dengan kalimat itu?" tanyaku penasaran. "Mei, kamu benar-benar tidak tahu arti kalimat itu ya?" tanya Rara, "Apa sich artinya Ra?" tanyaku makin penasaran. "Sini kukasih tau artinya...." ujar Rara lalu berbisik ditelingaku. "APAAA!!!!!" aku menjerit seketika begitu tahu arti dari kalimat tersebut!!! "ROMAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNNN!!! DASAR COWOK MENYEBALKAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNNNN!!! KAMU MENGERJAI AKU!!! AWAS KAMU KALAU KETEMU LAGI!!!!!!!!" jeritku sekencang-kencangnya sembari mengepal-ngepalkan tinju dengan Rara cekikikan dibelakangku!

Creature Feature Part I

Round 1
= Deborah Darkholmes =

"Never ever believe in women
Especially the pretty ones
'Cause the prettier they are
The more dangerous they've become..."

Yes, that was an old saying from a broken-heart man, do you believe it? well if you don't, after reading my story...you will!!!



Back when I was alive, I was this beautiful young lady that everyman would love just to see me give them a smile. I was this girl with love, with hope and with future. One day, I met this peasant who was passing by my village, I could still remember, when I first saw him, under the tree with me walking by in front of him. He quickly asked for my name and praised that I was the most beautiful girl he's ever seen. Of course I didn't believe him just like that, 'cause my mom always told me not to talk with strangers easily. When I told him that I don't like talking with strangers, he introduced himself and told me everything about him so that I wouldn't consider him as a stranger anymore. And thus, I know all about him, he came from a quite far village from mine, he was forced by his family to marry this girl that he didn't love, so he ran away, and he also told me, that now he has found the girl that he wanted to marry with, and that girl turned out to be me! 

I was flattered by this handsome stranger and I told him that it would impossible for a guy who wanted to marry a girl that he just met for 5 minutes ago. But he said if I don't believe him, he wanted me to take him to my parents so that he could talk about his proposal. After meeting with him, my parents agreed to get us married with one condition. He must stay in our village for a couple of months, for my parents wanted to know about him more, the man who wanted to marry their daughter. 

He agreed, and for a few months, it was the most beautiful memory in my life, he showed me a lot of things from hunting, fishing, gardening, and many other activities that he has mastered. Until one day, when my father told me that I couldn't marry him because there's this old man that my family owed him so much, they couldn't afford to pay all their debts but to sacrifice me to become that old man's wife!

Of course I refused that, I ran away from home to meet the peasant, I told him that if he loves me just take me away from this village, we could elope together. He agreed, he told me to get back to my house, wait until midnight, and then he would pick me up. That night, I waited for him, but he NEVER showed up. The next morning, I found out that the peasant, my first love, the love of my life was found DEAD near my house, stabbed in his stomach three times and was left bleed to death! From that moment on, I was this girl with no love, with no hope and with no future!

Later, I have no other way but to marry that old pervert! And soon I became a desperate housewife, I couldn't find happiness in my marriage, so I started to look for it from others....other men!!! Until one day, when I was doing my husband's son with his first wife, we were busted!!! My old husband just couldn't take it, and later he was found dead, he hang himself at our barn!



My husband's son was very panic, and he started to shout to the other villagers that I'm such an unfaithful wife that his father was so ashamed so he hang himself, and I was responsible for his father's death. Soon, all the villagers captured me, after I was whipped, they took me to this place where they usually use it to burn a witch!!!

Yes, they called me by many terms from witch, fornicator, etc that I did nothing but to seduce all the men in the village with my magic spell and for it, I should be BURNED AT THE STAKE!!! I screamed in agony as my body was consumed by flames, I saw all the men that I slept with, they just stood there doing nothing....and that was it, I swore to myself that one day I will get my revenge, the men should pay for doing this to me!!! 



The next thing I know, I was here in hell, become this demon who feeds from men's energy. You may have heard of my name...yes...it's SUCCUBUS. The word is derived from the Latin preposition sub (under), and cubo, which is Latin for "I lie". The word succubo translates as "I lie below". 

But it turned out, even in hell I wasn't doing so well either. I was forced to marry this Ugly Demon for he has charmed by my demonic beauty. I couldn't do nothing but to marry that evil b*stard. And soon, I became a desperate housewife once again! After giving birth to our demonic son, I did what I should have done a year ago, I escaped from hell and went to the Human World!!!



I took me by surprise when I came back to this world. It was just a year in hell...but here....it's more than a thousand years already!!! The era has changed, I couldn't even recognize the clothes and the culture anymore. But one thing I do know for sure...the men always have a thing on pretty ladies. So I disguised as one, I used my old face when I was alive, and voilà every night is another party for me!!! I just couldn't get satisfied with their energies...the men...so I wanted more....more...and more!!!

One day, I met this rich guy. A playboy one, just my favorite type of man to be my dinner! He's married already to this beautiful woman but he still played around without his wife knowing about his little hobby. When he spotted me, he said he's looking for a maid, I fit perfectly to be his maid. Of course I agreed, he's about to be my dinner after all (giggle) he took me to his gorgeous house, and told me that I would enjoy being here while he placed his hand on my thigh. You bet perv!!! just wait and see my dear....dinner is gonna be served pretty soon!!! 



Later that night, he came to my bedroom, yes on the first night, he just couldn't wait to get in my pants. He looked around trying to find me...you should look up here perv...I'm here....yoohoo.....when he spotted me, he shouted in fear, but it was too late when I attacked him and forced him to do it over...over...and over again until he DIED of EXHAUSTION!!! His wife busted us actually, but I just let her watched us when we were doing it until her husband died! 



Did I let her go? of course not! too bad I hate competition! Cause this is a one woman's show and that woman is ME!!!
( hee...hee...hee....hee...hee.... )

X-Men Academy Part I

DIVANNA VAN DE VAA



It was started six months ago. That night I was partying in my friend's house. And like most parties that I've been to, it was full of booze, drugs and s*x! I was partying till I get drunk, and that's when this blonde stranger came on me, take me out of the party with him. He's a good looking stranger, so I just came along with him until he brought me into this old abandoned house and he...he...he "took advantage" of me that night. That's the consequence of being drunk, you lose your ability to control your mind, your words and your body. And the worst part of it is someone takes advantage of your condition!!! I lose track of the time on how long he did "that" to me, and I barely remember it, the only thing that I remember the most is his FACE! I remember how he looked at me while he did "that" and I just couldn't get his face out of my mind ever since the incident. I woke up the next morning, and I felt so ashamed with myself. How could I let someone did such a horrible thing to me like that without having the ability to resist him. Does my life over after that....? no, in fact it was all just a BEGINNING of my life journey!



Since that night, something changed inside me. I don't know why, but whenever I go, men and women always look at me like they want to "do" me. At first, I thought I was crazy until one night, I had a fight with my College Professor for giving me bad grades. And I accidentally release this beautiful aura from my hands and my Professor seems to obey every single word that I say, and we ended up in the backside of his car! The morning after, I tell about my new power to my best friend Madison Lee but her response is beyond my expectations. She treated me like I'm some kind of Alien Freak and she said that she doesn't want to befriend a freak like me! I was so hurt and disappointed, 'cause she's like a sister to me and how could she treat me like that after we both have been through. When my parents discover that I'm a mutant, they also treat me like a freak and don't want to have anything with me anymore. So I left home one night to be on my way. I don't know what to do, I have no parents, no friends, no money, and in that time of desperation...one thing occurred in my mind, with this power I could do something. That's when I decided to sell my body for money!!!
I met this Madam who owns an Undercover Brothel and she offered me to be one of her girls. I have no place to go, so I joined the business. At first, I felt very filthy because I took money for........but after some time, I have become the #1 Girl in that brothel, well with my ability that doesn't seem to be that difficult, and I become more and more addicted in what I'm doing!
It was until one night, I get these three clients, we were having fun and playing around with my power 'cause with it I find out that I could control someone's mind & body to do anything I want and that's very useful for me.  



The next morning, when I woke up, I saw these horrible deaths in front of me! All three clients are dead in my chamber! And one of them has his body "twisted" in such an awful condition!!! Did my power do this? or did I do it myself? these questions won't leave my mind, I get anxious and worry that someone would find out about this. So I did what I do best...RUN! After controlling their minds so that they won't notice me, I ran from that brothel and that's when I met this Bald Professor named Xavier. He KNOWS what I've done, and he says that he'll take care of it for me. And then he invites me to join his Academy, it's like a school for people like me, so that I could learn to control my power and use it for good things. I have nowhere else to go, so I accept his invitation, 'cause I want to start a new life there and put all my dark and scandalous past behind me!

 


I look at the X-Mansion when I arrive. It's pretty big, I get off the car but too lazy to carry my own luggages. I guess I'm just gonna ask some men to do that for me. Just when I think I could start a brand new life here, suddenly there's this teenager approaching me and scream my name out loud! "Excuse me...I think you're mistaken me with someone else" I say that to her. But "No...you're DIVANNA VAN DE VAA! You're too popular to be invisible you know!!!" that teenage girl keeps on screaming like she's seen an Actress or something. And a lot of people there are starting to whisper each others when they see me! "How about you give me a tour of this mansion" I ask her, and she nods immediately with this happy expression on her face. When she's giving me the tour, she doesn't stop talking, so I know that she's been here for 2 years. Her name is Hinako, 17 years old and she could scream like a Siren! No wonder her voice is so loud, I can't even imagine how loud her voice could be when she uses it.



When we're walking down the hall, everybody who's passing us always stop for a moment just to say "Hi Divanna!". I smile back at them and they seem really really happy about it! I can't believe it, I just arrived here for a couple of minutes and everybody knows my name already! We're arriving in this library, and Hinako is too excited talking about the history of this library when she bumps into this blonde chick in blue dress. That girl screams out loud to Hinako for staining her dress just by touching her!!! Hinako is so scared as she's begging for forgiveness from that mean girl. When that mean girl turns her head to me, both of us look surprised! I know her! She's Madison Lee, she was my best friend from childhood and the one who kicked me out of her life when I told her that I'm a mutant!
Madison : "Dee.....?" ( she looks at me with teary eyes )
Divanna : "Madi? what are you doing here?" ( look at her with confused look )
Madison : "Oh Dee...I'm...I'm so sorry for ending our friendship like that! I miss you very much Dee! Please don't leave me anymore...I...I have nobody now. My parents are dead...and I'm...I'm a MUTANT as well!" ( she's crying while hugging me )
Divanna : "I'm sorry about your parents Madi. I forgive, but you have to forgive this girl too" ( I hug her back )
Madi turns her head to Hinako and say "Ok, you may go now! But if you dare to tell anyone about me crying here...I swear I will make your life here like HELL!!!" Hinako is very scared, she runs immediately while crying. "Madi, you're too mean to her, you never changed Madi. Bitchy as always" I say that to her. "Well...what can I say I'm everyone's favorite Bitch. And you never changed too Dee. Blonde and pretty as always, oh I miss you so much my friend" Madi hugs me again, oh I'm so happy that I meet my old friend here at the Academy. I think I'm gonna enjoy being here a lot more that I expected before. "Come, let's find our room, we have a lot to catch up" I hold her hand. "Oh don't you worry about our room, I've asked someone to redecorate our room here, 'cause there's no way I'm gonna stay in a room that looks like a Prison to me!!!" I just shake my head when she says that. 



I'm amazed with the decoration of our room when we enter it. There's a girl in there already. "Who are you? and what are you doing in our room?" Madi snaps at her. "I was told that this is my room too..." the girls replies with soft voice, she turns to us and I'm surprised to see her, Serena Carter!!! She's my friend from the ranch. "Dee?" Serena looks surprised. "Rena...what are you doing here? Are you...? are you...a Mutant too?" I ask her gently. She nods, we hug each others 'cause Serena is about to cry...I think she's been through a lot like most of us here. "Who is this country girl Dee?" Madi asks with this weird expression on her face as if Serena would take me from her. "Oh she's my friend from my family ranch in Duncan, Serena Carter. Rena, this is my best friend from childhood Madison Lee. She may look bitchy Rena, but once you know her, you'll know that deep down inside she's really a good person" I tell that to Serena. "Oh please Dee, don't ruin my image ok..." Madi pouts at me. I smile, "Madi, Rena is a really nice girl, you wouldn't mind if she join our group right?" I ask her. "Well...she's pretty and that's enough to put her in our group. But remember Dee, I do this for you ok, don't you forget about that!" Madison says. "We're BEST FRIENDS right...and we're gonna have so much time here at the Academy" I put my arms around Madison & Serena's shoulders. "BFF!!!" Madison and Serena say that together.



And suddenly the three of us have become THE MOST-TALKED FRESHMEN here at the Academy! Whenever we go, men always greet us with big smile on their faces. And for the women, most of them don't like us, we're even named as "MEAN GIRLS" by them! But we don't care, we're just too d*mned popular here, 'cause there are always "puppies" who'd like to follow us around. For me and Madison, it's like our daily meals 'cause we're used to this kind of situation since High School, but for Serena, it's a brand new world for her...'cause she always complains about how boring her life was and being here, it's like a dream comes true....
There is one day, when we're about to hit the shower together, most guys are gathered in front of the shower room just to take a glimpse of us in towels. That's when Madison uses her Magnetism Manipulation power by throwing them away from the shower room. I & Serena just can't stop laughing. We're surprised when we see there's a Lady whom we met before, her name is Levine Iskandaralam, and she's standing there waiting for us.
Madison : "What are you doing here? do you want me to throw you away like I did with the men???"
Levine : "Hey Mean Girls...you're all so cocky...three of you need to be taught!" 
After saying that, suddenly Levine raises both her hands and water just coming from everywhere, and soon we're all amost drowned! "Do you think we would just let you do this to us?!" Madison is pissed off, she looks at Serena, and Serena raises both her hands. The water and Levine are stopped immediately! "Let me show you how does it feel when your head hits the shower!!!" Madison is about to make Levine hit the shower but I stop her. "Don't Madi, we're named Mean Girls now by everyone. Do you want to add another Mean Act on their list? I guess this is an opportunity for us to make friends with everyone" I manage to stop her. "Fine...but if something happens, it's your responsibility Dee!" Madi doesn't look happy 'cause she loves to torture people! "Rena, please unfreeze her" I ask Serena to do that. And that's how we & Levine become friends, and she turns out to be in the same team with us, the Red Team!


After the adventure of my first day in the mansion, it's time to start my training in the Danger Room. I was selected to be in Red Team along with Serena, Madison, Levine and Bliss Ard. Our instructor is the beautiful Jean Grey and before we start our first training, we were asked to choose the Leader of Red Team. Since we girls don't want to be bothered with boring stuff, we've decided to choose Bliss Ard as our leader since he's the only man in our team that is full of beautiful girls ( lucky him! ). 
I change into this tight training uniform that really shows my curve and head to the Danger Room. Jean Grey shows up a couple of moments later in this sexy training uniform. Wow she's really pretty and I'm glad to have her as my Mentor since I could use some Beauty Advice from her. "Divanna Van de Vaa right? today we're gonna assess your current skill level, now would you show me your power" she says. I smile then "Feel the beauty of my power and your mind shall be MINE!!!" I blow out these pheromone auras from my mouth and soon she's under my influence already! "Take off your clothes!" I order her around and she obeys me rightaway.



"DIVANNA WHAT HAVE YOU DONE!?" Jean screams angrily when she finds out that she's only wearing underwear a couple of moments later. "I was doing what you told me to do Jean" I reply but "Listen Divanna! You should never play around with this kind of power! Your power is far more dangerous than you ever imagined!!! I could sense here that your power is growing more and more dangerous everyday Divanna! But the weirdest part is...you don't have any mutated genes in you...." Jean looks so angry but care at the same time. "What do you mean Jean? that I don't have mutated genes in me? then how come I could get this power? from where???" I ask in disbelief. "That's what I'm still trying to figure out, actually you have it in your blood not in your genes! And that's strange, 'cause it's like someone "turned" you into a mutant instead of it's been inside you all this time. Do you remember something about it? when did you start to have this kind of power Divanna?" Jean asks. "It started six months ago ever since......" I don't want to tell her about that, "Ever since what Divanna?" she asks again. "Hmmm...nothing, it's just started six months ago like that" I lie to her. She looks at me with concern. "I think you're hiding something from me Divanna. Fine I won't insist you, but whenever you feel like talking, remember I'm here for you okay sweetie?" she says, "Thanks Jean" I reply shortly, my mind still wandering to that incident six months ago. Is it because of that incident? but that's not possible...you can't turn someone into a mutant through "it" right? Oh...I have a headache now just by thinking of this matter, I think I'm gonna think it later when I have time. 
"Ok that's enough for today, you could get rest now. And please consider about what I'm saying before, because we're here to help you, and you're here to get help from us...." Jean says that before she leaves the room. She's about to exit the door when she stops and turns her head to me. "I'm glad that we have you here Divanna. I can't imagine if you're lured into the other side. 'Cause your power is so dangerous, but it could be very useful if you use it for good things" and just like that she leaves me in the Danger Room. I'm still thinking about what she just said to me when I go back to my room.



After our first day of training, I, Serena and Madison are having lunch together at the cafeteria to catch up the latest gossips of our trainings. We decide to eat salad for lunch so that we could keep our bodies fit and healthy. "OMG, look at that girl over there. She's eating those carbs?! no wonder she's such a PIG!" Madison comments on one of the girls, "Madi! don't say that, it's her body, her life...so just let her be" I say that to her. "Oh you from all people should know about this Dee. I'm just saying this so that she could change the amount of food she's eating. Do you think you could be everyone's favorite it girl if you're fat and ugly??? dream on Dee!" Madison replies. "Dee, do you see that man over there? he seems to look at you ever since we arrive here" Serena whispers to me. "Just let him be Rena. Let him look all he wants. Besides I wouldn't mind being looked that" I giggle. "Since when you just let them look at you???" Madison seems to be surprised. "Well....if he's hot and has a big package...." I'm about to say the next words but "Dee! Madi! Stop this conversation PLEASE! it's so SINFUL! we shouldn't be talking about it, let's change the subject" Serena cuts my line 'cause she seems uncomfortable with this kind of conversation. Me and Madi look at each others and giggle, "Rena...you should spice up your life! no wonder you're still a virgin!" Madi says. "Please don't insult Rena about it. I think that's very sweet of her to keep her virginity until she gets married, 'cause she just wants to give it to the one she loves. And we should respect her for that..." I smile at Rena who smiles back at me. 
"By the way, do you see that Illona girl who's spying on us like that? sometimes she creeps me out you know" Serena says. "Just let her be, I think she's dying to be popular like us" Madi says. "Yeah she creeps me out too, especially since she told us her prophecy that ONE OF US WILL DIE!!! I hope that's not true!" I say. "Yeah...just forget about it. Let's talk about something else like, who do you think is the HOTTEST mutant here?" Madi asks. "LOGAN!!!" the three of us scream at the same time and then we laugh happily but deep down inside, I'm still thinking about Illona's prophecy and I really...really....hope that it won't come true!

Desperate Housewives Part I

PART 1

~ SECRETS BEHIND CLOSED DOORS ~

It was the early spring when the newspaper spreads the "news" to Oasis Lane, which I've been living there for almost a year..... 
Well, basically the news around here are just plain and usual like always....But today, there's something unusual....
My Name is Barbara DeLovette, and I'm just an ordinary person with ordinary activities. I used to clean up my house in the morning, doing my chores, and doing my daily routine as a baker....Yes, I opened a little bakery shop at my house. My husband was always encouraging me to do what I love the most, and baking is the one thing that I'm sure, I'm passionate about...... 


And that brings me the idea to share my passion with my friends…unfortunately, I pick the wrong time to do it and I have to let them see my desperate action while I was in the middle of sharing my passion, how ironic…

* * *

Yesterday morning, I was ready to prepare all we need to start the bakery lesson...yes every Tuesday I'm teaching my four best friends how to cook, to make their husbands happy like I always do with mine. And I want to introduce them to a lovely new neighbor who just moved in here. But yesterday was a hell different lesson for them......yes it was a lesson with a shocking end. 



As I said in the beginning, everything seemed normal as always. The new neighbor was still shy and doesn't talk a lot but we had fun making our cakes and pies, laughing to silly jokes we heard and shared, and keeping each others company. It was supposed to be a happy day...and that is why it was very astonishing as I climbed down the basement of my house that I barely go there for years, open an old closet with a skeleton in it and sobbing there silently. 

Yes...it was supposed to be a happy day, until later they found my body, hanging silently by the apple tree in the backyard of my house, the tree that solemnly witnessed as my dead body became as stiff as the tree itself....and swung motionless with the rope surrounding my neck....it was the very day when I decided to hang myself to death!

* * *

The News about my desperate action has become the hottest topic around the neighborhood...and that is why most people in the neighborhood are attending my funeral, whether they are my four best friends who deeply cared about me or maybe because they are just curious about what happened and trying to get information by gossiping with others. 


There's Isabella Stafford, always standing in front like she always does. Isabella is a typical straight-forward person who only knows right and wrong. For her, life is supposed to be simple, just black and white...no gray. So no wonder everyone considers her as an Ice Queen. But despite all that, she is a loving and caring wife and mother. Her family is always looked SOOO happy....SOOO flawless.  Her husband, working as a Director of one of the Prestigious Banks in the city is a cold man and always seemed unfriendly. Her daughter, is a sweet and shy person, so shy that she even barely speaks or chats with anyone but her Dad. That is why it’s not so surprising that she doesn’t come today. But Bella, even if you see her looking like she doesn’t care a bit, ...for me, she was a friend that you can depend on. And now, she's thinking that my death is just pointless…well, she doesn’t know the half of it yet.... 


Near the Stafford family, there is Essella Red with her loving and caring husband. We always call her Queen Ella for her life is just like a fairytale. She has a wealthy husband who owns two oil companies, and he always cherishes her with everything she wanted or desired, has a beautiful daughter who's very popular at school, beautiful house, expensive dresses and jewelleries. She trully lives her life just like a queen but underneath it all, she feels lonely. Her husband is almost never at home, and for her daughter, she has more in her mind rather than just to stay at home dwelling with homework or attending some boring funeral. So to erase her loneliness, she spends her spare time doing activities that no one knows....secret activities.


At the head of my coffin, there is Chloé Mortaud - ex secretary. The sweet and thoughtful one who apparently feels a little bit overwhelmed at the moment. Her relationship with her husband is on the edge...but she can always covering it up by saying everything is FINE ( F*cked up, Insecured, Nauseous, Emotional ) when the truth is they both have been desperately trying to have a child for years. And today for the very first time in years, I see tears in her eyes......, and the sad thing is ... she doesn’t have any hug to ease her sorrow … her husband is still working out of town, and leaving her all alone…



At the very back row, there's Clara the hectic one...well, if you count her children you'll know it. Actually Clara is just too soon to be burdened with such big responsibility. She got married when she was very young and then she was left in a matter of years by her husband. Luckily she has help, her older son takes the role as the head of the family. And to tell you the truth, it is very sad to see a parent depends so much on her son while he's still longing for his youth life. Clara has tried to find a suitable man for her family but apparently she failed to find one because all the men were afraid of her children. So now she's just busy dealing with her 'impish' children rather than paying attention to my funeral. 


But perhaps...the most interesting event happens to our newest housewife on the block, Marisol de Luca. From our little chat at my house, she told us that she's married to a Marketing Supervisor, Vincenzio de Luca, and they both have a son Allesandro de Luca. Marisol...well if it's her real name is surprised when a handsome man suddenly approached her by calling her "Lupita!!!". That man is Caesar Augusto, he is a Successful Businessman with lots of companies. His father was my father's best buddy. I used to visit him at his house when he was still a youngster, when he was deeply in love with this girl...LUPITA. Hmm...speaking about Lupita...I just realized now, Marisol sure looks A LOT like Lupita...that is why she looked very familiar when I first met her and decided she could join in our group. 


"I'm sorry good Sir, but I think you're mistaken me with someone else..." Marisol smiled politely.
"No...Lupita....you're still ALIVE!!!" Caesar said with shocking expression on his face, but a happy one.
The red-haired woman by his side had a shocking expression on her face too as if she's looking at a dead person, and that one wasn't a happy one.
"I'm sorry...but I'm not Lupita....my name is Marisol de Luca and this is my husband Vincenzio de Luca" Marisol tried to explained since that guy won't loosen his grip on her hand.
"Lupita...I...I thought you were dead! Don't you remember me...I'm Caesar!" that guy yelled and started to attract attention from others there, they started to whisper each others.
"Look Caesar right? let my wife go! she doesn't know you!" Vincenzio started to lose his patience, and this was the first time Marisol saw her husband like that.
"Caesar....please...don't make a scene...." the red-haired woman tried to pull Caesar from Marisol too.
"Ximena look at her! She looks like Lupita!" Caesar didn't take his eyes off Marisol, he looked deep into her eyes, making her heart beat fast like hell!
"For God sakes Caesar, Lupita is DEAD! I don't think she looks like Lupita!" Ximena hissed to Marisol, looked her from head to toe with a disgust expression.
Marisol didn't know what to do, she tried to take her hands away from Caesar's grip but Caesar tightened his grip making her feel pain around her wrist.
"Look man, let my wife go...or I'll......." Vincenzio threatened him with cold stare.

Everyone didn't pay attention to my funeral anymore and started to notice the more interesting incident now.

Caesar didn't care about Vincenzio's threat, but the look on Marisol's face with pain expression made him finally let her go. Vincenzio just took Marisol to their car as soon as possible and drove away without even looking back. In the car, Marisol just couldn't forget about the incident, so many questions running through her brain now...who was he ? why did he call me Lupita ? why his face looked really familiar to her...and surprisingly...everytime she thought of Caesar's face or his menacing yet so charming glance, her heart beat fast!

Back at the funeral, Caesar didn't seem to want just forget that incident, he grabbed his cellphone and called one of his men. "Yeah it's me...there's something I want you to investigate as soon as possible. I want you to find any informations you can get about a woman named MARISOL de LUCA!!!"

* * *

That night, Vincenzio made love to Marisol like they never made love before....as far as she recalled, it was the best one she had ever had ever since she could remember.



"I love you Marisol...I really really love you...don't ever leave me okay?" Vincenzio said when they're hugging each others.

"I love you too Vince...and why would I leave a great husband like you? " Marisol asked back, but no answer. Vincenzio had closed his eyes and looked like he was asleep already. Marisol just smiled and closed her eyes tried to sleep too. That's when Vincenzio opened his eyes again and looked at her as if he was gonna lose her....

* * *

Somehow, a little misunderstanding can happen in anywhere. A simple question about something that maybe started in unusual places....  

After the funeral was over, Juan, Barbara's husband took his grieve to the nearest Bar. He seemed torn apart and forgot all the unsolved cases at his police headquarters. 

When he was sitting there, emptying his bottle of wine, suddenly there was this hot woman who managed to catch everyone's attention there but she seemed to only put her attention to Juan. 

Her name was Audrey Novak, and she was a slut! At least that's what everyone thought of her. But the truth was ?? there was 'something' about her that everyone couldn't figure it out yet
She knew anything about the 'unspoken'. From the moment you looked at her for the first time, you just knew that you needed to keep your husbands away from her.

"Juan isn't it? I'm really sorry for your lost. But I can assure you that you can ALWAYS speak to me about anything, anytime, anywhere...." she spoke with her sexy voice while caressing Juan's cheeks with flowers.

Audrey was surprised when Juan left her just like that without even bother to speak anything. "Oooh....what the?!" she said to herself. And it was in that moment, Audrey felt something wrong. Really wrong…

* * *

As days passed, everyone seems to live their own usual lives. My suicidal is just a past news that will slowly be forgotten, but to my dear friends....

they just can't forget my death that easily...  

One day, all the women was talking in front of Mortaud's lawn after they waved to Juan who was off to work.

"It's almost a week and there's nothing happened here. It's just like Barbara's death has nothing to do with our neighbors at all" Clara complained.
"Well, we know it's hard to deal with death, but life goes on, Clara. I'm sure Barbara would want for us to forget her death" Bella replied coldly as always.
"Geez Bella, the woman killed herself. And that's something we can't just forget like that. She was OUR best friend" Ella disagreed.
"Well just leave it to the cops. Besides...Juan is a detective right? just leave it to him" Bella said with no expression on her face.
"Bella...you're so mean! Anyway...speaking about her husband, he must have been devastated that he has to deal with his own wife's suicidal case" Clara said.
"Yeah I bet he is...actually I have something to tell you girls. It's about Barbara and it's something that I heard before we found her dead" Chloé told them and they suddenly stared at her, waiting for her to finish her lines. 


"Ehm...I don't know girls whether I should tell you all about this or not...." Chloé said with doubt.
"Oh for God sakes Chloé just shoot!" Bella yelled impatiently.
"You know when she told us that she wanted to get more apples from her garden the day that she died? She was on the phone when I accidentally heard about something that she said when I was on the way to the bathroom...."
"Are you saying that you were eavesdropping???" Bella said cynically.
"Well......." Chloé blushed.
"Careful Chloé with your eavesdropping habit, it may put you in danger someday...." Bella warned her but Chloé shrugged.
"And what did you hear ?" now Essella was curious.
"She said 'JOSE...I WILL COME TO YOU' " Chloé continued.
"Jose? who is this Jose guy? and why we never heard her mentioned this name ? did you tell the cops about this when they were interrogating us for being there when she commited suicide?" Bella asked.
"Nope, I just remember it right now" Chloé said with sad expression on her face.
"Then forget it! you wouldn't want to be involved in this stupid suicidal. We almost got accussed for being responsible of her stupid suicidal" Bella was angry now.
"How could you say that Bella!? She was our friend and her suicidal was unusual since we all know she lived her happy marriage with Juan. Doesn't this bother you girls?" Ella asked, disagreed with Bella again.
"If there was something bad, she should have come to us not killing herself like that. What did she think of us? not her friends? what a bitch!" Bella yelled angrily but deep down inside she was disappointed with Barbara's act of desperation. 


Juan stared suspiciously at the women who were gossiping from the distance. But he put his handsome smile on his face like always before he entered his car and drove away.

"Do you think Barbara chea....." Clara said unfinished.
"For God sakes...look at him Clara! Juan is a young and hot hunk. He's a LOT younger than Barbara. Why would she do that to him?" Ella said.
"Yes, don't make a harsh conclusion yet when we don't know the truth" Chloé agreed.
"Oh Barbara....what did exactly happen? why did you commit suicide ?" the women stared at each others with questions on their faces.



Ah yes...the TRUTH....I know for sure that my case isn't closed..... yet......

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