I'll Teach You, Marianne.

With his favorite car, Aaron went to Anne's old apartment which had changed hands to a new owner. He stood beside his car looking at the unit where Anne once lived in. Aaron then closed his eyes slowly as he recalled the moments he spent with Anne in that room, starting from eating together, when Anne took care of him while he was sick, when he proposed several times to Anne to marry him. All the good memories really felt like they just happened yesterday, even though it was actually 2 years ago. 

"How are you, Anne? I'm still here. Waiting for you to come home to London, hurry home, Anne, I miss you," Aaron said quietly as soon as he opened his eyes. 

Knowing that Anne went to Luxembourg, initially Aaron wanted to pick her up when she returned home at the airport. But when he was about to go to the airport a few days ago, he received news from Professor Gilbert that Anne was in Germany because she wanted to visit her parents' graves. That was why she couldn't return to England at the time and the news was enough to make Aaron surprised and confused, because he didn't know where Anne's hometown was. He only knew that Anne had lived in Berlin when she was married to Leon, but that didn't last long, because their marriage only lasted for one year, and after that Anne moved to England. That was why he didn't know where Anne's old house was. 

"Come back home, Anne I miss you, it's been a long time since we chatted together.. Even though you rejected me many times but I won't give up, Anne. I will still fight for your heart. Come home, Anne, I'm waiting for you here." Aaron spoke again in a barely audible voice. 

After standing for a long time in the parking area of ​​Anne's old apartment, Aaron rushed into the car. The cold air outside was piercing his bones, but when he was about to get into the car, suddenly someone hit him. 

"Ouch!… It hurts!!!" screamed a beautiful woman as she fell backwards when her body couldn't stand against the strong body of the man she hit.

"Are you okay, Miss?" Aaron asked spontaneously when he realized a woman had fallen in front of him. Without waiting, Aaron then stretched his hand towards the woman and helped her get up again. 

With the pain of her buttocks hitting the hard paved road, the woman was able to stand up again. Her face red with shame and guilt.

"Sorry!!"

Thump!

Aaron and the woman said the same sentence at the same time, which made both of them smile. 

"Rose," the beautiful woman said introducing herself to Aaron.

"Aaron," Aaron answered simply.

"Hmm you can let me go, Aaron, I can stand on my own." 

Aaron's face immediately changed when he realized he was still hugging Rose. With a quick movement, Aaron removed his hand from Rose's waist and stepped back to keep his distance from her.

Seeing Aaron's nervous attitude made Rose smile. "I'm sorry. I was in a hurry so I didn't see you getting into the car."

Aaron moved his hands together. "No, it's not your fault, Rose. I'm the one who have taken up too much space, so you can't pass."

"Then let's go to my room," said Rose suddenly.

"Sorry?"

"What I mean is that you come with me to my room as an apology. I'm hungry and want to eat. But I don't want to eat alone, so you can accompany me to eat in my room," said Rose quickly, trying to clear up the misunderstanding that occurred. 

Aaron immediately smiled at the words of the girl he had just met. "But it's late, Miss, and I'm a stranger you just met. Aren't you afraid that I might do things to you, especially since you invite me to your room like that?"

Rose chuckled. She then pulled out an ID from under her jacket to show Aaron. 

"I'm a cop, so I'm not afraid if you want to do things to me because I have a deadly weapon," said Rose jokingly. "Come on, Aaron, my stomach hurts so bad, I don't want my old ailment to relapse and I can't eat by myself, I need company, especially at night like this."

"Need a friend to eat? Why?" Aaron asked quietly trying to hide his surprise when he heard Rose say that she was a police officer. 

Rose grabbed her shopping bag which was still lying on the paving block after she bumped into Aaron. "Because I don't want to be fat alone."

"Huh?"

"Come on, Aaron, I'm hungry!!!" shouted Rose who was already walking towards the apartment building. 

Like people who had known each other for a long time, Aaron followed Rose's steps towards the elevator. Without another word, the two of them entered the elevator with several other people. While in the elevator, there was no conversation between them, because Aaron was confused about what to say. He was still very awkward with the situation he was currently in, plus there were several other people in the elevator which made him even more awkward. Not long after, the elevator stopped and Rose immediately stepped out, followed by Alan from behind. 

"Okay, here we are. This is my room," said Rose excitedly when she arrived in front of a room that was very familiar to Aaron. Although it had been more than 2 years since he had visited the unit, he knew very well the room which was occupied by Rose now. 

"How long have you lived here?" Aaron asked subconsciously as Rose entered her unit door password.

"About 2 years, since I graduated from college, obviously," answered Rose excitedly when she entered her apartment. 

Aaron was still standing in front of the door even though the door to the room was wide open.

"Come in, Aaron! Close the door, I'm hungry!!"

Rose's screams managed to wake Aaron, who was in a daze as he recalled all the events that he went through in the room that now belonged to Rose, because the room he was now in was Anne's room.

  "I'll just reheat this pizza for a while in the microwave," said Rose excitedly as Aaron closed the door.

"You've lived in this room since college?" Aaron asked quietly.

"Yup! I bought it from a kind woman 2 years ago," answered Rose half-screaming from the pantry.

"Why did you go to college? Didn't you say you were a police officer? Then why did you go to college?" Aaron asked again. He felt something was off with Rose's words.

Carrying a plate of preheated pizza, Rose walked briskly to where Aaron was. "I am a cop, but the police officers are corrupt."

Aaron raised an eyebrow at Rose's words. "Corrupt police officer? What do you mean?"

"I'm a journalist, Aaron. My job is to seek news from corrupt officials or sneaky businessmen who don't pay taxes. That's why I call myself a police officer. Those rogue officials and businessmen will definitely be afraid to face me and I don't know why. Well, if the officials or businessmen did nothing wrong, they shouldn't be afraid of journalists, that would be weird. Let's not talk about my work, let's eat the pizza, I've warmed it. You'll like it," said Rose, laughing broadly as she grabbed two pizza-sized slices. It was quite big and she ate it in one bite. She looked very hungry. 

Seeing how Rose ate, Aaron was tempted. He then grabbed a slice of pizza and immediately enjoyed it like Rose. 

"Slow down, Rose, don't eat in a rush. There's still a lot of pizza," Aaron said quietly. Aaron felt a little uncomfortable seeing how Rose ate.

"I have to fill my stomach with food soon, Aaron, or else I'll be rolling on the floor," answered Rose with a mouth full of pizza. 

"Why is that?" Aaron asked confused.

"I have an acute ulcer. If I eat a little late, my stomach will feel like being stabbed with a knife, that's why I have to eat this food as soon as possible."

Thump! 

"Ulcer... you have ulcer?"

Continued