Dream Smile
Episode 3

I've got an opt-in card to take the class-up exam. So for the next few days and a while I was not troubled by the cost, but focused on studying to face the test itself.

Along with that there is another task that I will start, which is to work part-time. It starts when you get home from school and ends at eight in the evening. Unlike the weekend, I will be there all day.

The first day of work, this was my first experience in dealing with various characters of people. As where the buyer is king, I am now preoccupied with their choices. Inevitably because this is part of my duty, repeatedly I helped take what they pointed to. Then they started trying one by one the products sold in this store. Find the right size, suitable color not to mention if their taste does not match.

It felt like I could only stroke my chest, even though in my heart I grumbled at their request that made me shake my head.

"Sir please bring it," said a middle-aged mother who was calling me. Today the store is quite crowded, while some employees are also busy serving others. I myself am actually also helping other buyers, but inevitably because of the call of the middle-aged mother, I send myself to the customer who is now calling me.

"Mother, there's something to help," I said as gently as I could.

"Please get that," point it towards the shoe that is in the highest position.

I looked up with my eyes slightly wide open, the tiredness that now requires me to go upstairs, it felt impossible. "Mom, if I may suggest there is a better model of shoes," I said trying to divert, maybe this mother wants to change what she wants.

But it is not surprising that this middle-aged mother is now spraying me with her sarcastic words. "Where's your boss, I'd like to meet. This lazy employee is still being nurtured," he said with eyes pinched at me.

Another customer now looked up at me standing up. I also tried to fix the situation. "Then I will get it," I said and passed taking a special seat that was used to go up and down to pick up the goods located above.

With a slightly vibrating body I climbed one by one the footing of the high chair. One of my hands tried to grab it while one of my hands squeezed on the shelf.

I handed the shoes to the mothers, and without the scene I or the shoes fell. After changing hands, the mother noticed the shoes in her hand, and she returned them to me.

I was amazed, with one eyebrow I raised now he said, "I don't fit."

Slightly gawking and mastering the situation I received a thread of those shoes. I tried to convince myself I could control myself even though my emotions were a bit high. Maybe the buyer's slogan is king will not apply, if the king is as good as his eyes, my mind grumbles.

Five hours have now passed, after my work today. Enough draining energy, emotions and soul, plus my stomach that was hungry made me now weak without energy. This is what it's like to work, I think as I see it on the television screen they play the school scene while working just fun, but for me this is too heavy.

I sighed, after the store was clean and the store door was blown, I rushed home. There is still a distance that I have to travel with my bike, and of course the energy I need to pedal my bike to get to the destination.

"I'll take a shower and eat" my mother said after I got home. I nodded and then passed into the room.

Time seemed to pass quickly, it was already late when I had just opened my textbook. Tomorrow is the day I take the school exam, but just read a few paragraphs, the feeling of fatigue is now getting whackier. Moreover, my eyes are hard to open.

Not wanting to waste a lot of time, I also now move to clean up my textbooks and tidy up into the bag. Get ready to go to school.

"No need to force your work Ayu, you just learn diligently. Let me work" said Mother while preparing breakfast for me.

"Let's try Mom first, after all I've only been working there one day. Who knows if it's been a week or two so made up," I said trying to convince Mom that I'm okay.

"If there's any story with Mom," said Mother to me who is now feeding Zahra.

"So does Mom, tell Ayu if there's a problem. Ayu is an adult, I don't always keep my own problems, I'm here" I said, and Mom looked at me for a moment and nodded.

I hope so, I want to share. Although I can not help adult problems that seem complicated but as unwilling as I exist to be a friend and listen to the complaints, my mind.

I also started saying goodbye to going to school. As usual, I went to school with my best friend Risty and we were close. The journey from home to school is about thirty minutes.

At seven or less a quarter we arrived at the school, then headed straight for the exam room. Prepare to also reopen the textbook waiting until the time of the exam arrives.

"Where was your workday yesterday?" asked the Princess who had just come and now took a seat beside me.

"Yes, like that," my ambiguous reply now provoked the curiosity of Princess and Risty.

"Work— Yes tired," I said again with a grimace.

Instead they were silent not responding to my ringing, what I saw from them was a sympathetic gaze. "Stop, please. I don't want to be pitied" I said flatly and looked back at the textbook I was holding while memorizing the words there.

"I've said it, studying while working is not so heavy, I was worried about you," said the Princess to me.

I nodded while closing my book. "Some of it will only get one day, maybe if I get used to it, I'll enjoy it. It's money to work anyway" I replied trying not to make them worry about thinking about me and again comforting myself. Because it's true to work it feels really tired amazing.

Kriiiiiiinggggg

The school bell has now begun to ring, it's a sign that the school clock has begun. Me and my other friends are now preparing to sit on their respective benches according to the bench number that has the number of the examinee. Not long after the teacher came and distributed the exam paper, we also began to solemnly work on it.

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