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Love in Two Different Backgrounds

Written by Putri Melco

There was a rich and royal family that had a daughter named Clara. At that time, Clara was studying in a university, her major was linguistics. In the last semester of her study, she must conduct a research. Then she decided to make a research about ‘language lost’. She came to a village, Tabanan, where there was a language that had not used by many residents there.

Clara’s parents were formal people. They never told each other, like a family did, because of their business. They were too busy with their job. On Tuesday morning when Clara wanted to get their permission to come to a village, they did not agree because they just wanted their daughter stayed in a city. They were very arrogant, and they did not want to have such kind of relationship with poor families.

“Mom, dad, trust me! I can keep myself there.” said Clara.

“No Clara, No!! You must not go to a village. There are so much dangerous and bad things that you will find there, like criminals, poor people, and dirty place. Oh, no. I can’t imagine that.” answered her mother.

“Mom, I come there to conduct my research, it is for my future. Please mom,, please.” Clara begged.

          

“Okay, but never fall in love with someone there, someone from a poor family.” her mother said.

“Yeah, Clara, we are a rich family. So, if you want to have a man, he must be from a rich family, too!” Clara’s father continued the conversation.

On Thursday morning, Clara arrived in Tabanan, she met an old woman. She asked about the language lost, surprisingly, that old woman could use that language. Clara was so interested with her. She asked her whether she could stay in that old woman’s house or not. Luckily, she let Clara to stay in her house that had built from the woods. She was so kind and helpful.

When they arrived in the old woman’s house, Clara was shocked. There was an old man that looked like an angry person with her thick mustache and beard. Clara was so afraid. Suddenly, the old man smiled. She was welcomed by him. In fact, that old man was an old woman’s husband, he was so friendly and open minded. He also could use the language lost. So, Clara could study about that language from him and his wife.

One day passed, someone knocked the door. Clara and the old woman were cooking in the kitchen.

“Oh, let me open the door for you.” Clara said.

Then Clara opened the door. In front of her, there was a man with a cap on his head was standing. He looked like an angel than fell down from the heaven. He was so shine like the sunrise in the morning. Clara just looked at him without saying anything.

“ehmm, ehmm,” the man started the conversation.

“Oh,,” Clara stopped looking at him, “sorry, who are you looking for?” asked Clara.

That man was surprised, and he just smiled. Someone asked him in his house. It was crazy, wasn’t it?

“Sorry, this is my house. Who are you?” answered Bima, the owner house’s son while smiling.

Bima had already returned from another village to study. Clara was so shy, her face looked like a crab that has been boiled, red.

          “Oh, sorry. I am Clara.” she introduced herself.

Then Clara told about what she was going to do in that village. Bima was really excited with her because it was hard to find someone that want to study about language lost, especially young people. Clara was so interested in Bima, too, It was because Bima could use that language, too. A young man could use that language, it was amazing. Clara thought in her mind. Actually, Bima was a smart man.

In that small house, Clara studied about the language lost because there was an only family that still used that language. Besides that, she could feel what a family was that she never felt in her house because her parents were too busy with their own business. Clara also fell in love with Bima because he was so charming, easy going, and he has good senses of humors. When she studied about language lost with Bima, Bima always explained it seriously. He looked like a perfect man for Clara.

During their conversation in a dinner at night, she felt the happiest moment that she never felt before. It made Clara sure that family was the best one. She was not wrong to love Bima.

What a happiness thing for Clara, Bima loved her, too. It was because Clara was a good girl and friendly. She was not arrogant like other girls from a rich family that Bima ever seen.

          Three months had passed, Clara should return to his house in a big city. She promised Bima that she would explain about their relationship to her parents. Bima believed in her.

          What a disaster for Clara, when she arrived in her house, there were many people and flowers every side in her house. She entered the house, and she was shocked. Her parents had already prepared her engage party with a rich man, Clara’s parents’ choice.

          “Mom, what is this?” asked Clara disappointed.

          “Honey, just come to your room and prepare your beautiful appearance, then back here to meet your man!” Clara’s mother answered.

          “No mom, no,” Clara said.

Then she ran to her room and locked herself inside. She cried and cried. He was really disappointed. Her parents never tried to understand her.

          “Dear, open the door!” Clara’s mother shouted.

          “No, mom. It is better if I die than get engage with someone that I don’t love, even I don’t know him.” answered Clara while crying.

          “Do not ignore your mother, Clara. Open the door!” her father said.

          “You never understand me mom, dad. Please, listen to my explanation first!”

          “Okay, okay, but open the door, dear!” answered her mother.

Then Clara opened the door and her parents entered her room. Clara started telling what she should explain.

“Mom, dad,,, I’m 22 years old. I know which one is the best for me. Before, I never asked anything and always did what you want. Now, I beg, please let me choose someone for my future. Do not force me mom, dad,,” Clara was crying.

Clara’s beg touched her parents’ heart.

Her mother also cried and said, “our daughter is right dad, this is for her future.”

“Dear, you are mature now, we’re really sorry, we used to force you to do what we want. Your mother is right, and this is for your future.” said Clara’s father.

“No dad, I know you did it because you and mom love me.”

          “oh, dear” said her parents.

Then they were hugging each other.

          “So who is the lucky guy?” asked her mother.

          “May I invite him and his family to come to our house?”

“Sure, we promise we will accept him and his family to be a part of our family.” Clara’s father promised.

“But, he is not rich anymore???” answered Clara.

“It doesn’t matter anymore, honey.” her mother said while smiling, “the most important one is you love him and he love you.”

Clara was so happy. Her parents had already changed. The engage party had been canceled.

          On Saturday afternoon, Bima and his parents came to Clara’s house, and they were welcomed by Clara’s parents. However, Clara was still in her college. Sudddenly, Clara came. She brought a piece of paper on her right hand. Her face was so shiny.

          “Mom, dad I did my research well, I could pass my study.” She was very happy and then she hugged her parents.

          “ehmm, ehmm.” said Bima.

Clara was so surprised. She said thanks to Bima and his parents, because of them, Clara could conduct her research and could study about language lost well.

          Finally, Clara’s parents became friendly to all of people, including poor people. They omitted their bad behavior.

          “so, when will you get married?” asked Clara’s mother.

          “Mom??? you…”

          “Of course, I wanna have grandchild soon” she continued her speech.”

All of them were laughing. Clara and Bima were so happy.

          “Just wait until my graduation” Clara said happily.

#the end#

How Could I Make This Story??

I made “Love in Two Different Backgrounds” based on my friend’s experience. Actually, in our daily life, there are many couples that have different backgrounds, such as physic, religion, education and social status. When someone falls in love, different backgrounds are not the important thing to be a problem for him.  However, most of the families, especially parents, of different couples do not agree with their relationship.

Unfortunately, the experience above happened to my friend in my hometown. She had a boyfriend that came from a rich family. In addition, she was not as rich as her boyfriend. As a result, her boyfriend’s family does not agree with their relationship. When she told about her experience to me, I imagined making a story based on her experience. Because of that, when my lecturer asked me to make a narrative text, my friend’s experience came to my mind and I started making this story. As a result, this story is coming. However, in this story, I make the girl becomes a rich one that comes from a rich and royal family. It was because I think it will be more interesting if I change the main character becomes a rich one.

After I finished making this story, I asked my friends to check whether the story, including grammar, coherence, unity, punctuations, transition words and others, is good or not. If all of my friends finished checking my story, “Love in Two Different Backgrounds”, I revised all of my mistakes and then published the new revision of my story to my blog and invited my friends and my seniors to comment them and you too my readers. After I got all of comments, I revised my story again and then I submitted it to my lecturer.