My Awesome Angie

Ada satu hal yang diam-diam kukagumi dari my Lovely Star: dia bisa berteman dengan baik—bahkan bisa dibilang lumayan dekat—dengan cewe lain yang ngaku terus terang dia naksir gebetan—atau bisa juga dibilang ‘mantan cowo’ Angie. FYI, mereka pernah ‘jadian’ ketika duduk di bangku kelas III SMP.

 

(Btw, semoga Angie ga ngamuk-ngamuk karena aku menulis ini di blog. LOL. Anyway, it is a public secret di kelas Angie. LOL.)

 

In the beginning of her study at SMAN 3, Angie found out all of a sudden that boy attracted many girls’ attention, while during the time at junior high school, Angie thought she was the only one who was attracted to him, she was the only one who could see the potentiol in him (he is cute, sweet, and smart). It spurred two contradictory feelings in her. First, she was proud of her own choice (and taste). Second, she easily got jealous. “Kok tiba-tiba dia banyak yang naksir gitu Ma?’ komplain Angie sepulang dari Bantir, dalam acara sort-of penggojlokan anak-anak kelas X beberapa bulan lalu.

 

Salah satu cewe yang naksir that dream boy of Angie adalah teman sekelas Angie. Cewe yang berinisial A itu berusaha mengorek-ngorek keterangan tentang si dream boy ke Angie. Angie berterus terang bahwa mereka pernah jadian waktu SMP. It didn’t stop A to go on having a crush on that boy, though. Emang ga ada larangan juga ya? LOL.

 

I imagine if I were in Angie’s shoes, I wouldn’t be able to make friend closely with A. But my lovely Angie is quite friendly, helpful, and receptive to her. She even lent her ears to A when A needed someone to confide in, including their dream boy. J

 

Some months after they befriended at SMA N 3, A started to feel sort of broken-hearted when the dream boy didn’t “shoot” her, while she was a bit sure that he also had a crush on her. (Apparently it is a shameful thing for A if a girl “shoots” a boy first so that the only thing she can do just wait and wait.) Wanting to have someone she called as her boyfriend, she accepted another boy’s offer to be his girlfriend.

 

Angie seemed relieved when A told her that she already had a boyfriend. She did not need to compete with another girl to get special attention from her dream boy. J I was relieved too to see that. J As usual, a mother is always on the child’s side, right? J

 

Having someone to be called as her boyfriend would make A stop having a crush on the dream boy. I believe this is what Angie expected from A. However, Angie was wrong. Secretly A still tried to approach that boy. She was still obsessed by him, I assume. J When one day Angie’s classmate told her what A did to the dream boy—something quite intimate, according to Angie—in a certain occasion that Angie didn’t attend, Angie was screwed.

 

“How could she do that to me?” Angie confided in me. “Also how could she betray her boyfriend? If she still has a crush on my dream boy, why did she accept another boy’s offer to be his girlfriend?”

 

“She is curious how it feels like to have someone as a boyfriend. Teenagers around your age will feel proud when they have someone they call as a boyfriend or girlfriend, right? And your dream boy is a shy one to “shoot” a girl. That’s why she accepted another boy’s offer.” I tried to explain to Angie.

 

“Why did she betray me? I am very good to her.” complained Angie.

 

“I am sorry to say that she didn’t betray you. That dream boy is not your boyfriend yet.”

 

Angie seemed disappointed to hear me say so.

 

“You know what honey? I admire you because you make good friend with her although you can consider her as your rival to win your dream boy’s heart. That’s awesome. Why? I don’t think I can do it, to make friend with the one that has a crush on a boy I like, moreover she tries to beat you openly.”

 

My Lovely Star seemed dumb-founded to hear me say that. Quietly, she said, “You know what Mama? My best friend also said the same thing to me.”

 

“Look, honey. You are really awesome!”

 

Several weeks has passed.

 

And everyday my Lovely Star goes home from school telling me her experience at school, including how good and helpful she is to A. Angie really has no place for grudge in her heart?

 

And I am amazed how I can have such a daughter?

 

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