Chapter 5 - Fly me to the Moon

Part 1

"I want to let you know that I am taking you to my in-law’s house.  I nak check on my children." Hans memberitahu Tika.

"Err…Hans, maybe I should not come along….if you need to deal with your family matters, please do so but I rasa tak sesuai I’m in the picture this soon in our relationship." alasan Tika.

"Why? I thought we’re supposed to share things about each other…." Hans inginkan jawapan.

"Yes, I know but isn't it too early in our relationship? Maksud I, we practically started going out the past 2 weeks…and you are ready to introduce me to your in-laws, or rather ex-in-laws? Segan la Hans…" Tika explained.

 "Ah…so that is the real reason….segan ye….I assure you mummy and babah are very open minded kalau tak takkan I married Marianne dulu…." Hans assured Tika.

Tika serba salah….di rasanya pembalut luka di dahi dan melihat bajunya yang ketat,"I think I am not dressed for this occasion, Hans."

"What? Your blouse looks ok. I like what I see..." dia menjeling nakal sambil memerhatikan pangkal dada Tika yang agak terdedah…Tika perasan and tried to cover her chest with her hands. Hans menurunkan tangan Tika dan memperbetulkan blouse Tika. "There, ok you look smashing...don't worry okay....".

"How about your kids wouldn't they feel intimidated by my presence?", lagi alasan dari Tika.

"Babe, it's going to be just fine, alright....I kan ada.....", again Hans tried to convince Tika that she has nothing to worry about.

Setiba mereka di sebuah rumah yang tersergam indah di Subang Jaya, kami turun dari kereta. Sunyi sahaja….lalu Hans memetik door bell…beberapa saat kemudian terlihat seseorang datang membuka pintu.

"Oh Tuan Hans….sebentar ya….Nyonya, nyonya…..Tuan Hans datang." sambil dia membuka pintu pagar.

We were greeted by an elderly lady perhaps in her mid-sixties with brown permed hair. Quite tall and aging gracefully. Not the usual 'nyonya' I was expecting.

“Hans, lu cari anak lu ka? Mereka keluar dengan Ah Joe pergi Morib this morning (sungguh pekat loghat baba-nyonya nya) Itu pun satu, sudah kahwin 10 tahun pun tak ada anak….".

“Hans datang nak bawak dia orang keluar….in that case then I’ll call Joe nanti….”

"Hans biarkan mereka dengan Ah Joe. Ah Joe tak ada anak dia laki bini memang suka manjakan budak berdua tu. Siapa yang lu bawa ni?"

"Sorry mummy, Hans introduce kawan Hans, this is Atikah. Atikah this is my mother in-law Madam Rozario….",  dan mereka bersalam.

"Mother in-law apa….call me mummy saja", and she hugged Tika.

"Waaaa….banyak cantik Hans. (tersengih Hans bila girlfriendnya di puji) ....Pandai lu pilih. Ah Joe ada beritahu mummy dia jumpa girlfriend baru lu  (Joe kau memang nak kena ni) …..Atikah bila mau kahwin dengan dengan anak mummy ni? …. Hans, lu sudah lama bujang lu cepat-cepat kahwin la tak payah tunggu-tunggu lagi. Lu punya anak pun sudah besar dia pun mau tengok daddy dia happy. Lu punya bini tu sudah gila dengan jantan orang putih. Lari oversea kahwin…Atika lu kahwin sama Hans and make him happy.".

"Mummy ni kalau cakap strainght to the point…", Hans ketawa.

"Ya la buat apa mau bengkak bengkok. Hati sudah suka kahwin la. Mummy tengok satu kali sudah tau Atika very special....lu bukan lagi muda Hans…"

"I am ready mummy but Hans tak tau kalau Tika is ready. (Hans menjeling ke arah Tika) Anyway, babah mana?", tanya Hans.

"Haiya, lu punya bapak ar,…itu orang tua, weekend saja cium itu padang golf la…". Jawapan Madam Rozario membuatkan Tika ketawa.

"Ini mummy Hans ada bawa new games utk budak-budak tu….nanti surah dia orang call Hans ya, mummy…" pesan Hans.

"Ya la, ya la….both of you go….suka-suka. Jangan risau…budak-budak banyak baik." jawab Madam Rozario. "Nanti mummy masak lu datang makan. Bawak lu punya kawan ni....". Hans mengangguk.

Tika tak pasti dia nak ketawa atau feel embarrassed of the conversation that just took place.  Dia banyak tersenggih and mengangguk kepala….wah kecoh jugak mother in-law Hans ni….hihihi….

 As we walked out of the house I terdengar Hans humming and I said to myself he must be in a good mood.

"Didn't I tell you not to worry...?", Hans bersuara lalu membuka pintu kereta untuk Tika.

"She is quite a character kan Hans?" tegur Tika.

"She’s like that…memang direct tapi you jangan ambil hati apa dia cakap. She is like that with everybody that's why Marianne selalu tak sebulu dengan mummy dia. Marianne degil while her mother cakap direct and sincere.". He smiled.

"And who is Ah Joe?"tanya Tika.

"Oh, Joseph is her son and Marianne’s younger brother. He's the doctor who treated you the other night. Nice guy but belum ada anak lagi. Selalu pinjam anak-anak I for weekend’s out thing…hahaha….I don’t mind, the kids are safer with Joe rather than with Marianne." explained Hans.

Tika berhenti di situ dan tidak mahu bertanya lagi. Nanti apa pula kata Hans….

Sejak akhir-akhirnya aku selalu juga mendengar Hans asyik humming the tune of ‘Fly me to the Moon”. He loves listening to Tony Bennett. Hmmm…what a surprise I love the song too but Frank Sinatra’version which is more upbeat . Pertama kali aku dengar this song was when I watched ‘Once Around’ some 20 years ago. It was a good movie by Richard Dreyfuss and Holly Hunter.  For some reason this song has been in the air quite a lot lately.

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Part 2.

"You keep humming the tune?" tanya Tika.

"What tune?", Hans asked me back.

"Fly me to the moon....", aku jawab.

Hans tersenyum meleret. He has such a good smile membuat ku jantung ku dup dap, dup dap. And he  took his time to answer to my question.

"Nothing unusual about it....why do you asked?"Hans tersengih....

"Entah? Pelik rasanya...well maybe perasaan I je kot...", Tika answered. Hans left the conversation as it is.....

"Anyway, where are we going now?", Tika bertanya.

"I need to drop by my office sekejap to collect my air tickets. I'm flying off to Bali tomorrow with Bapak Yoka." Hans said.

"Oh really? And baru sekarang you are telling me? Besok dah nak pergi and hari ni baru beritahu I?", bertubi-tubi soalan dari Tika. Geram pun ada. No wonder asyik dengan lagu Fly me to the Moon.....

"Sorry Babe it was a last minute thing and Bapak Yoka wants me to view some drawings he design for a private house here in Port Dickson.", Hans explained.

Tika rasa tak puas hati dengan rancangan Hans...."Always last minute...", rungut Tika. Hans buat selamba saja.

Setibanya mereka di pejabat Hans, Tika insist to wait at the lobby downstairs. Dia segan untuk naik ke pejabat Hans kerana takut terserempak dengan orang yang dia kenali, Hans came down after 20 minutes and passed an envelop to Tika and said, "Open it..it's for you.....".

"What's this? "Tika asked.

"Well you wouldn't know if you don't open it....", Hans terus keluar dari bangunan pejabat dan terus ke keretanya. "Come on!"

Tika terkial-kial mengekori Hans dari belakang. Envelop tadi Tika terus masukkan ke dalam handbagnya....

"So you dah buka ke belum?", tanya Hans sambil membuka pintu untuk Tika.....Tika mengelengkan kepalanya....."Babe, trust me open it, you will not regret it....", kata Hans.

Tika pun mengeluarkan envelop dari handbagnya. Di menelek sampul surat berwarna putih dan di intai isi kandungannya. Terdapat 2 tiket penerbangan, satunya tertera nama Hans dan sekeping lagi,....

"You are taking me to Bali? Tomorrow?", Tika terkejut. Hans tersenyum lebar.

"Of course, I will take you everywhere Tika. I only want you to be with me.....".  Hans has a habit of surprising me at the wrong time.

"You always buat surprise last minute macam ni. I have a job too you know and my job is also important to me......" jelas Tika.

"I know....this is very important to me. I want your decision too when we take a look at the designs. Please? " pujuk Hans.

Fikiran Tika melayang memikirkan kerjanya yang semakin menimbun. Rabu dah apply emergency leave, Thursday and Friday Doctor Joe given me 2 days medical leave. Tak kan aku nak ponteng kerja lagi?  And this relationship is moving too fast....sesak rasanya. Maybe I should take a break.....

Tapi macamana nak beritahu Hans?...............

"Hans, since the trip is so important to you why not you pergi dulu and I will follow you after 2-3 days. I need to review pending work and settlekan sebanyak mungkin. I will reschedule the flight to Thursday and we spend time together until the weekend....how's that? I belum boleh tune to your 'last minute adventure'."Tika suggested.

Hans mengetap bibirnya tanda tidak berpuas hati dengan cadangan Tika. "You promised you will fly to Bali on Thurdays and we will stay until the weekend? "

"Yes, Hans. I promise......, "sambil mengangkat dua jari tanda girl scout honors. Hans mengangguk tanda setuju.

Tika berasa lega.................

Part 3

Nasib baik cutinya diluluskan as she had already reschedule her flight to Thusday. She booked the last flight out to Bali on MAS at 3:15 pm and expected to arrive Denpasar Airport around 6:20 pm local time. Hans was not exactly happy with the rescheduled travel time based on his response but said he said look forward seeing Tika at the airport. "Don'worry Hans, I will be there....", Tika assured him. I guess he was expecting me to arrive much earlier..........

The flight to Bali was smooth as Tika slept throughout the flight. She opted not to have any meals semata-mata mahu tidur semasa dalam flight. She wants to catch up on her sleep. These past 2 days has been very hectic with meetings, discussions and datelines.

Upon arrival, Hans was already there waiting to greet me with his wide smile and sparkling eyes at the immigration center. We hugged and walked hand in hand as we past immigration and walked through customs without any hassle. The hotel limousine was waiting and directly transported to our hotel.

I can see that Hans was so elated that I was finally in Bali and Hans said, "we will go to the hotel which is about 2 hours drive from the Denpasar."

"2 hours Hans, macam I travel dari KL to Bali (perli Tika...jauh sangat hotelnya.....) sounds very secluded and too far from city center....are you kidnapping me?", Tika was curiuos.

"Kidnap? Well if you wanna put it that way, why not....but I can guarantee you that you will love the place and you don't want to go back to Kuala Lumpur", Hans said. Tak balik KL?.....tak mungkin lah!

After several drinks and small talks in the limo, they arrive at The Damai. Upon checking in the bellboy showed them to their accommodations.

Couldn't see much of what going on as it was almost dark but the sunset was beautiful. It was like walking through a forest. Padanla Hans excited gila....memang taste dia.

"First thing I need to do when I arrive to my room, is change and take a long hot shower. Tika laid out her plans for the evening.

"Mam, we have arrived at your villa......" said the bellboy. Ternganga mulut Tika....she was expecting a room not this.....! Holly macaroons....it is gorgeous she couldn't believe her eyes...."This is where I'll be staying?", she asked Hans....

"Yes Babe this is where you will be staying. I am staying in another unit close by here. Are you fine with this....?"

Tika is still stunned...."Yeah.....yeah....will I be fine? I think I'm falling in love with this place....", she smiled and walked around the villa. There was an outdoor private pool and the bed is facing a clear view of the pool and sky.

"You make yourself comfortable and I see you in a bit."Hans kissed Tika on her cheeks and left her to digest her new solitude.

After unpacking, Tika took a really long shower. When she came out from the dressing room Hans was already standing by the mini bar fixing a drink.

"Hey I didn't hear the door bell, how did you get in?"Tika asked. Hans smiled, "Kat sini all open. As you can see you left the glass door wide open...."

"Seriously...?", Tika was surprised by Hans response. Hans ketawa tak henti-henti...."Yes, seriously Babe." Tika hanya memandang ke arah luar.....

"Memang cantik ya tempat ni..... Thank you for asking me to come with you....", she went over to Hans and hugged him passionately. Hans have been waiting this moment...just the two of them. Then the tilted Tika's chin and kissed her on the lips. Tika rasa lemah dalam pelukan Hans.....I, too, have been waiting for this moment Hans.....

"Thank you, for being here.....I love you so much....."Hans said and kissed Tika again.

They sat down and talk about their plan for tonight....."So, where's the best place to eat? I'm kind of hungry",

"Sure, anything you wanna do, Babe. We'll have an early dinner. Food is halal and I had a muslim chef friend of mine cooked and bring the food to my villa.". Hans explained. "Then if you are up to it, we'll check out the in house live band. Otherwise we can stay indoor, watch a movie and order room service. Tomorrow we will go to Kuta and meet Bapak Yoka. I wanna show the designs I mentioned to you in KL."

Looks like Hans has everything planned for their trip this time. Nice to have everything being taken care off kan? All I need to do is get dress, take a ride and do nothing at all....ooolalala.....