When Jonathan Meet Erin
White Rose

Hands open while praying for the body that has been buried. Neighbors and relatives present say goodbye to go home only until only 3 people remain. Jonathan, Jihan and his father Jo are still not expecting the passing of his mother Jo, who is very short of life.

Jonathan felt remorseful during his mother's life, he was still not a filial son and had not returned kindness and had not realized his mother's wishes. So does the father who feels this is still difficult to digest with the departure of the wife who is loved so much.

The inscription that reads his mother's name and the date of death on the tomb is a clear proof that their loved ones are gone.

"Jonathan let's go home." The darkening sky dripped some water that soaked the ground, signaling it would rain soon. " It's raining soon."

"I stay here, pa, leave me alone." Since the death of my mother even to this day Jonathan is still reluctant to be familiar as before, still can't accept why his father had the heart to hide the disease mama Jonathan deserve to know but it's too late and Jo's grief mixed with anger.

"You don't pity Jihan ? She's exhausted and cold, at least do this for Jihan and don't let you make her sick."

Jonathan sees the girl's pale face, he forgets that a Jihan also needs to remember her own body condition. Even since they were in the hospital, the girl always accompanied Jonathan in the worst moments.

"Well let's go Jihan we go home, ma Nathan will be here often to see mama."

The ground was getting wet when in the drizzling girly, they left the mama who had been in the protection of the Power.

Day after day passed but no change, the house that had been crowded with smiles now disappeared after one of its residents left for good. Jonathan and his papa are getting far away like there is an invisible boundary that neither of them can cross.

Trying to forget and forget but can not, indeed the person goes but the wear will not be lost. Jonathan and his papa lost their passion for life even Jihan is sometimes very difficult to meet Jonathan despite having visited the house.

"When do you go back to school ? It's been almost 2 weeks." Jihan tried to remind Jonathan not to be sanctioned because it had not been in school for a long time, even though the school understood the condition of Jonathan who was mourning but there was still a limit as well.

"I don't know, I'm not ready to lose Ji's mom but she's gone."

"I know it's not as easy as words but how else, that's all we can do."

"But I can't afford it." Jonathan looked at the picture frame on the wall where his mother was smiling beautifully. He misses the smile that always nourishes his heart. "I miss cooking, smile even angry mama too, I'm willing to be angry every day as long as I can still see mama."

"I'm sad to see that you're such a gini, what should I do so that you can rise ?."

As usual Jonathan kicked Jihan out even though the girl was his girlfriend. Jonathan's condition is increasingly concerning and does not open a gap for Jihan to make Jonathan smile or rise again.

The girl's footsteps seemed heavy, she looked back to make sure Jonathan called her name to stay here but as usual the man needed time to adjust all this.

*****

Jihan returned but not empty-handed, she carried a white rose that was still in a small pot. Without knocking he went into Jonathan's room and found the man still soundly asleep.

"Nathan get up, come on." The hand was pulled tightly until Jonathan woke up and almost fell down because he was on the edge of the mattress.

Closing his eyes several times when the window was opened and exposed to direct sunlight, he was coercion for him and he did not like it but what in the word could not be angry Jihan. "What's up ?." He asked still with a hoarse voice typical of people waking up.

"I'm going somewhere today and you need to come with me." Without bathing and washing his face first, half conscious Jonathan just resigned and continued his sleep in the car when Jihan took him somewhere.

"We need to get there, let's get down." Jihan had to shake Jonathan's arm several times for the man to wake up.

"Where are we ?." A tomb becomes Jihan's destination but Jonathan is still at a loss as to why they're here. "Why to the tomb ?".

"We're going to visit auntie's grave, your mama." His word.

After passing through several other tombs they finally arrived, the ground was still wet and Jonathan was still sad. Prayers are said and Jihan moves the roses from the pot planted to the grave of her mother Jo to grow there.

"Why do you have to do this ?."

If this rose flowers and blooms just think of aunty smiling, promise you will always take care of this flower. Let's just say this rose is a form of affection aunt to you then the bigger the flowers, the greater the affection aunt to you.

"Yes I promise, thank you after this I will be eager to rise."

"That's dong, that's the new Nathan I know."