I hate my birthday

            "Hey, wake up. Time to take a bath now, Andy. Your Dad is waiting."

            "Alright, Mom."

            Gosh, if I could, I just want to stay at home and not go to school. Today is my birthday, and school is not the place I want to go now.

            I always do something crazy to my birthday friends. I remember what I did to my friend Agus. He wears thick glasses. And when he had his birthday, I told him that I had a special gift for him. In one condition, he had to close his eyes and took off his glasses. I hid his glasses and replaced with another glasses. I gave him a black-pitch painted glasess. And when he wore the glasses, he could not see anything.

            And how about my other friend Wili? I did something that he will never forget. He always bragged that he is the relative of famous sinetron star, Nikita Wili. He said that their names are the same and that's a proof that he is so closed to Nikita Wili. I'm sure it was just a lie. Nikita Wili is so beautiful. And my friend, Wili, is so far from good looking.

            So on his birthday, I asked Emak Siti to wear a special T Shirt. I gave her a t-shirt with a note "Happy Birthday Wili". Emak Siti sells food in our cafetaria. And I asked her to sit nicely in the cafetaria.

            Later I sneaked to the teacher's room. It was quiet because all the teachers were teaching. I approached a mike that is used to make announcement. I grabbed the mike, and announce, "To Wili Kuncoro, student of Grade VA to go to cafetaria because your famous relative Nikita Wili is waiting for your birthday."

            And that made the whole school in great chaos! Everybody went to the cafetaria. They did not find the beautiful Nikita Wili, instead they found an old woman wearing pink t-shirt with a note "Happy Birthday Wili".

            I just I could not remember other crazy things I did to my friends. Today is my birthday. And I'm sure my friends will do 'something' to me.  What if the whole students get together and plan something super crazy for me? Oh no! Gosh, I hate my birthday!

            I have no choice. Dad is waiting for me. I join his car and go to school. When I arrive, I rush to my class. Before I sit down, I check the desk and the chair. Hmm, they are safe. Later Ms. Rahma comes to the classroom. It's a habit that teachers who teach in the morning will check the birthday's list on the wall. She checks and later she sits down. "Hey, it's my birthday, Ma'am. why don't you say something?" But of course I just say that to myself.

            And after the school is over in the afternoon. Noone comes to me and congratulates me.  Hey, what's happening here? Do they forget my birthday? Impossible, the list is on the wall! How come they ignore my birthday? That hurts...

            "Hey Andy, let's play futsal," said Dendy.

            "Hmm, okay. Why not."

            "You go first, I'll catch you up later," said Dendy

            I go to futsal room. It's dark. And when I turn on the lights, suddenly...

            "Surprise! Happy birthday Andy!"

            All my friends are there and singing "Happy Birthday" song. And I just could not hold my emotion.

            "Happy birthday, Andy. Well you must think that we forget your birthday, right? said Ms. Rahma.

            "Yes, Ma'am. And honestly, I'm so sad. I don't know what to say now, previously I was so scared to go to school. I was so worried that my friends will do crazy things to me.

            "Well, that's what your friends feel when they have their birthdays. They are so worried that you will do something bad to them. Now you get the lesson, right?" asked Ms. Rahma wisely.

            "Yes, Ma'am. I got the lesson. I promise that I will not do something bad to my friends anymore."