8. First Delivery

I tried to concentrate,  I process what Lidya has said. The lecturer was young and she has black pair of eyes? But why I saw different? I blink my eyes, trying to process her sentence. "What did you said?"

Lidya cross her hands in front of her chest. "It should be ME, Laila... to ask you that question. You better sleep at night... you ARE hallucinating in bright day, and worse-at the class."

"I'm not hallucinating or even dreaming!!" Now I'm confused. "That was... English, right? Our previous class? Teaching tenses?"

Lidya nods her head. "YESS." Her eyes are bulging big, she has a bad temper after the lost-opportunity to flirt with DeVille moments ago. 

"So it was not a dream!!" I said agaibn.

Lidya frowns her forehead... and laughs. "Maybe there's something wrong with your eyes, you better wear eyeglasses!! Or... You need a vitamin, are you sick?"

I gulp... shoot!! This must be Blaze's magic trap!! He made me crazy!!

"Maybe...yeah," I save all my books and pens littered on the table into my backpack. We walk side by side to the parking lot. "See ya! I must go to the laundry," I sit on my bike, ready to row the pedals to my first part-time job. Can I do this? 

"Kay... be careful, Babe. Don't stay up again... kayy? I can't handle another crazy day with you!"

I smile after her and left her at the parking lot. She used to be picked up by her cousin with a car, but today her cousin absent can't pick her up, so she go home by her motorcycle.

When I arrive at Sleek Laundry, I get my first job from the owner--Miss Fia, to deliver an order from  a nearby apartement, because the delivery guy is sick. I take the clothes wrapped elegantly to be delivered. She told me that, there will be a driver to take me there, my main job is to take it inside.

The driver park the laundry's car at the apartement's parking lot. I take the packet of clothes-wrapped elegantly with each hanger which has unqiue writing "Sleek Laundry". 

I look up-admiring the skyscrapper that was designed marvelously. If I do have a lot of money, I won't stay at this kind of place, although I must agree that the apartement look sophisticated, but I prefer a warm house with a front and backyard-full of herbal plantation and dozen flowers. This apartement, although looks amazing I felt cold, like there is no happiness inside.

I shake my head, erasing my dream-and smile. I remember what I'm here for. I take my first delivery inside the apartement. I carry it by my own hands, and walk calmly into the lobby.

I ask the security where the management office is and he asks my id-card and gives me a detail explanation about the place I'm looking for. I smile at him, the dark and tall man smiles back at me. I thanked him for his help. 

I carry the clothes packet energically and go to the direction mentioned by the nice security. I take the lift to the second floor and make a right turn, he said this will lead me to the management office. It will be about 6 metres from the lift, he said.

An old man with elegant glasses welcome me warmly when I show him the packet. After asking my working place and ID, he said I can put the packet at the first floor directly, the packet will be delivered to each owner by the apartement's worker. Heissh... why I went up here then? So I go back and head to the lift. What a waste of time and energy. 

When the lift finally open, I enter the empty-fresh scented lift, even the lift smells good... still in my own thought, I feel someone push me forward to the lift-wall... I'm flipped in a blink of eyes--I'm trapped to the wall, my back is cold from the wall and from the shocked. In front of me... the one who flipped me and trapped me to the wall... is the devil! It's Blaze!! I stare hard and angrily at him. Why he must be everywhere? 

"GET OFF ME!" I said angrily, though I must admit that I'm in a panic state, with the closed lift and being alone with him.

"No." He lift my chin with his powerfull hand, and in a second, his lips meet mine. His lips are punishing me. Harsh and fast. 

I don't know why--and it feels like magic--because I can move!! I push his chest as hard as I could, but he doesn't move-not even flinched. He kisses me harder, biting my lower lips asking for entrance-which I refuse and I knee-kick his stomach hard, and it's working, he stumbles backward-without wasting the chances, I run.

I thank God, because when I kicked him, the door was open, I run outside the building and enter the car, the driver take me back to the laundry, by the time I arrive, I realize that... I lost the laundry packet inside the lift. I am in trouble! My first day as a partimer is in danger. 

What should I do? I see the sky darken and lightening strike on the sky-there will be a storm tonight. I enter the outlet and greeted by Fia, the owner. She looked grim and angry at me, her hands on her hip.

"There was a call from the apartement. And he said that the clothes hasn't arrived, they were angry Laila-what happened?"

"I...I.." My brain is working hard right now. Trying to find a reason. A good reason. 

A phone ring when I try to find the perfect reason. Fia picks it up, glares at me and hands me the phone.

Confused, I take the phone from her, "Hello?"

"This is Blaze, your laundry packet is with me."

"A... a.. I but.."

Miss Fia glare at me again, "Okay I will be there in five minutes!"

The glare had fanished, but I blamed myself for my stupidity. Now I must face the devil again, after a very long tiring day avoiding him.