Jakarta Arts Season 2 Episode 4

Jakarta Arts Season 2 is classified PG, it contains sexual references, for general reading, but may be unsuitable for young children.

“Looks like we’re having another delicious menu, mate!” said Chris while lining in line with Edwin, Jordan and Remy waiting for lunch, he took the tray from the stack of trays “After all, Edwin, your aunt dishes are extremely delicious, she should enter MasterChef someday.”

“Yeah, mate!” Jordan cheered as he took the tray after Remy did “Wow, grilled chicken with mash potato and some salad.”

“Anyway the announcement of the cast of Flop Love is today, right?” asked Remy.

“In the Square maybe.” answered Edwin, he then greeted his aunt “Assalammu alaikum, Auntie.”

“Waalaikum salam, honey.” Amina replied with smile while giving the dish to them “Here’s your favorite, grilled chicken with mash potato.”

Edwin added “Your signature dish! I love it! Thank you, aunt.” He said to the others “You better try it, this is her signature dish.”

Jordan praised “Looks really great!”

Chris said “Yummy!”

Remy said “Wow, five star dish!”

“Thank you very much, Aunt.” Edwin said before leaving the line bringing the lunch alongside Jordan, Chris and Remy.

Jordan suggested “You better meet our friends, they’re also Christian and Freddie’s best friends like me.”

“You’re right, we have never met them, except Oliver and Katie, directly. Especially Ally Sanders, she’s so pretty anyway.” Remy said.

“Okay, let’s sit next to them.” Edwin asked.

Meanwhile, Oliver was talking to Ally next to Will, Katie, Amber and Fearne “So it’s okay if you didn’t make it to the chart, you can do better than that!”

“Yeah, I’m still considering recording some of my original songs, but at least my producers have to approve my songs.” Ally said.

Will replied “They obviously have to! They have to because your songs are really wonderful, your YouTube channel has many positive feedback from your fans!”

Then Jordan, Edwin came with Chris and Remy, Jordan asked “Do you mind if these two guys join us?”

“Sure, we don’t mind.” Oliver answered.

After they sat, Jordan introduced “Gentlemen, I know some of you haven’t met these two guys, they were Freddie’s roommate who rarely met all of us, so… Chris and Remy, Remy is the Chinese face.”

Ally introduced herself “It’s really nice to meet you, guys, I’m Ally.”

Chris replied “Yeah, I know, I’ve watched your YouTube video, I’ve downloaded your new single and it feels good after listening to the song.”

Remy asked “Is that blonde girl really pregnant?”

Edwin answered “Yes, she is, but Mr. Henderson let her in this semester.”

“So tell us about you both, guys.” Fearne suggested.

Meanwhile, Amber saw a black guy who was bald, wearing white t-shirt and black pants, she exclaimed “Oh my God…”

Ally was curious with Amber’s exclamation “Is something wrong, Amber?”

Amber was shocked when she saw that black guy who was standing in the front door of the canteen “Oh no…”

Will asked “Amber, are you okay?”

Amber noticed that the black guy was missing right after Oliver called her “Amber! Amber!”

Amber said “I’m full.” She left the canteen.

“Amber, you haven’t completely eaten…” Fearne said.

“What’s wrong?” asked Remy.

Fearne answered “It’s not usual, Amber always finished eating her lunch.”

***

At 1:11 PM, Casey walked to Jakarta Arts Square bringing the paper, he saw several students were having their activities there, such as studying, playing games together and most importantly, waiting for Flop Love cast list, he walked to the announcement board and sticked the paper there, he then walked away from the board. Most of the students ran to the announcement board, seeing the paper that turned out to be Flop Love cast list, most of them were disappointed didn’t make the cut.

Then Katie, Fearne, Jordan and Edwin ran to the announcement board to see their fate on the cast list., as did as Chris and Remy. The finally saw the cast list:

FLOP LOVE FINAL CAST LIST

Katie Nur Witoko as Claire Van Den Dungen

Edwin Mohammed Arkenbout as Mark Kane

Paul Henley as Trev Ricca

Angie Robertson as Melissa Joan

Fearne Mills as Lola Van Den Dungen

Jordan Ray as James Monroe

Chris Mason as Kyle Monroe

Chloe AnnaSophia as Julia Van Den Dungen

Ashlee as Britanny Clearwater

Sophia as Susan Harley

Candice as Emily Maynard

Remy Chang as Ben Martin

Congratulations for the students who got the role, the script and more announcement will be given in drama class, check your class schedule!

Upon seeing the cast list, Katie couldn’t get happier when she found out she got the lead role, as did as Edwin, he was really happy, while Fearne and Jordan were glad getting the supporting role, so were Chris and Remy. While Chloe saw the cast list, she was shocked.

Chloe questioned in dismay “Julia Van Den Dungen? Julia Van Den Dungen?!? Who the hell is Julia Van Den Dungen?!”

Chris whispered to Remy “Looks like someone doesn’t accept her role.”

***

Ally entered room 233, she saw Amber was lying in her bed, she looked something wrong with Amber.

Ally asked “What’s wrong, Amber?”

Amber replied “I… I’m okay.”

“You’re not.”

“I’m okay, Ally.”

Ally sat beside Amber “You’re not looked good, Amber, you left us in Asphalt Canteen during lunch, Will thought you looked really not good at all. Are you sick?”

“No, I’m fine, it’s a long story and you won’t understand.”

“Just tell me, tell me.” Ally said.

“I don’t want to talk about it, Ally, I don’t want to.”

Fearne then arrived at the room “Amber, you looked not so well, what happened?”

Amber then saw the black guy standing in front of the opened door “Oh, not again!”

“What’s wrong?” asked Fearne.

Amber then saw the black guy was gone “Oh, God, I need a rest, I need to go to sleep.”

Ally told Fearne “Probably she’s tired.”

Fearne added “She looked really worried, like I found out I was pregnant with Deacon’s baby, after all, Deacon is expelled for an escort service in Jakarta Arts. Oh thank God!”

“You got the role too?” asked Ally.

“Yeah, so did Katie, who got the female lead.”

***

Katie walked arriving at drama class, she saw Casey sitting on his chair in front of the piano.

Casey greeted “Katie, come here.” Katie walked approaching Casey, he said “First of all, congratulations, you got Claire Van Den Dungen role, you made the judges surprised by your rendition of Cups on audition, and you once again made your best shot singing Tonight from West Side Story, I’m sure Alyson and Shawn are really happy to see you acting as the lead.”

“Oh my God, thank you very much, Mr. Spencer, I still can’t believe it.”

“Okay, first of all, I want you to be the first to receive the final version of my script, here you go, the script is also already included songs that I’d written for the musical, well the songs might be added as the cast wish.”

Katie got excited “Thanks, sir! Thank you!”

“Katie, I would love to go on duet with you now, I want to sing a duet with the sweet girl like you.” Casey got excited “So, here we are, open your script and find Movin’ On song.” Casey started playing the piano and singing as Katie opened the script “Some believe fairytale love exists in real life, I used to believe the fairytale love exists. but I realized it the love is not always true, I thought I’m having a fairytale story. But it turns out to be a real-life nightmare, so I can’t feel the fairytale ending anymore, ‘cause this is not my fairytale.” Casey then told “Sing the next verse, Katie.”

Katie sang with her pitch perfect and beautiful voice “The charming prince said he truly loved me, I could feel the same love with him... But then he stayed away from me, I know he’s movin’ on... I can’t see your true smile, but your fake smile, so that’s why I can’t feel the fairytale, I’m movin’ on…”

Casey sang the next verse “It used to be the love life that I’m happy about, but it was changed by the text I got… I know it wasn’t really for me, it was for the another man… The man whom she cheated with destroyed my fairytale… I’m such a stupid man who believe in fairytale love, so I’m movin’ on…”

They both sang “I’ve just dumped the charming prince who turned out to be unfaithful.”

Casey sang “My lover really broke my heart.”

Katie sang “So I’m going to move and find another prince… Oh prince…”

Both sang again “I’m going on an adventure to find my real charming lover… The lover who is always faithful in the love will make my happy ending, so I’m leaving this big rich life… That was plagued by the awful ending, so long, big rich life… Because I’m going to be movin’ on…”

Casey finished playing the song on the piano, Katie asked “How was it?”

“It was wonderful, but next time, you’ll sing it for real, so practice harder as not only this song you will sing.” Casey said “So, do you want to try to sing it solo this time?”

“Yes!” Katie replied excitedly.

***

Back to Room 233, Oliver and Will took a visit to see Amber whether she was okay, they were worried with Amber’s strange behavior, as were Ally and Fearne, who asked them about her problem.

“Amber, you acted really strange, we believe there’s something wrong about it.” Will said.

“I’m okay.” Amber denied.

Oliver told “Amber, we know the strange behavior shows you it’s not who you are, just tell us what’s going on? Or else we should go to the doctor to check you up.”

Fearne said “She’s not sick, she’s healthy, we know it.”

Amber denied her strange behavior “Look, guys, I’m okay, and there’s no strange things happen to me.”

Ally asked “No, you must’ve been distraught, so tell us what went wrong.”

Amber then saw the same black guy standing in front of the door looking at her, she said “Denny… Denny…”

“Denny?” repeated Ally “Who’s Denny?”

Amber no longer saw the black guy after Ally asked “He… I don’t want to talk about it. I really don’t want to…”

Oliver asked “No, Amber, you have to tell us, tell us who Denny is!”

Will said “Is something wrong with him?”

Fearne told her “Amber, tell us about him, what’s wrong with him, is he related to your strange behavior?”

Amber finally explained “I was 12 at the time, Denny was my best friend, we… we go on a date after he asked me to, at the same time, my family also faced family problems, including my dad cheated on my mom, he then tortured my mom. I was so angry, I was so uncontrollable, I wanted to be wild and get away from them. So I went to his house, we had a talk, and we ended up sleeping together.”

Oliver was shocked “No!”

Ally asked “Really, Amber?”

Will asked “How was the sex in the age of 12?”

Amber answered “It was strange, I thought the sex is amazing like we saw in the movies, but I didn’t feel that way. And I forgot to tell you that at that time, Denny was 14.”

“What happened after that? Are you ended up pregnant like me?” asked Fearne.

“No, I wasn’t pregnant at that time.”

Oliver asked “So what happened to Denny?”

“It was when I started my final year in my middle school, I heard from my friends that…” Amber started crying “Denny died in a tragic accident, he was… I can’t tell, he died after the accident, I was brokenhearted after hearing the news, the guy who I used to love died…” She broke down in tears.

Fearne hugged Amber “Amber, I’m so sorry…”

“We’re so deeply sad to hear your lover died in the tragic accident.” Oliver gave his sympathy.

***

Meanwhile, Edwin was reading a book in the library, the library was really quiet, despite many students went there only to hang out or read something to refresh themselves, the teachers also went there to find some inspiration for the next meeting with students, including Jake, who saw Edwin and immediately sat in front of him.

“Edwin, I heard you got the lead role on the musical, congratulations.” Jake greeted “Well, you deserve it, I saw your performance, you really nailed it, you made me, Delta and even most of the audiences, including the judges giving you standing ovation.”

Edwin replied “Thanks, sir.”

“So what are you going to do tonight?”

“I don’t know, maybe practicing with my friends.”

Jake told “Edwin, you’re really lucky, you’re one of the new students of the semester, and you got the lead role already, that’s wonderful!”

Edwin replied “Mr. Jake, wow, man, I have never heard that praise before, I have never heard that when I was in Netherlands, where I got low GPA there, now I’m here, the place where Islam is accepted, Indonesia, the country with the most Muslim people. I wasn’t get accepted as a Muslim in my old school.”

Jake gave the bump to Edwin’s shoulder “You got the right school, you want to be an actor, here you are, Jakarta Arts, where diversity is proudly accepted, no matter you’re different than the others, you’re still yourself and you should be proud with that difference. I think for those who hate you being different do not understand what you’ve suffered with that differences you have, shame on them.”

Ediwn laughed “At least they understand why I moved here besides my parents got killed in Islamophobic violence.”

Jake said “Mate, I’m so sorry about that.”

Then Casey greeted them “Edwin,”

“Mr. Spencer, why don’t you join us?” asked Edwin.

“No thanks, but I want you to come to my classroom right now, I’ll show you something.”

“What?”

“You’ll know when you get there, c’mon, mate, let’s go.”

“Mr. Jake, I’ll see you later.”

“Good luck with that.” Jake greeted Edwin.

***

In Ashpalt Canteen, Ally bought Cadbury Dairy Milk chocolate bar from the vending machine, then Jordan greeted her.

“Have you talked to Amber?” Jordan asked.

“Excuse me?”

“Well, about her strange behavior this afternoon.” Jordan inserted his money into the vending machine to buy Coca Cola from another vending machine, he took the Coca Cola can.

“He remembered Denny.”

“Who is he?”

Ally explained “He’s Amber former fling from middle school, she had sex with him after frustation.”

Jordan said “Hell no, that is sick, having sex in middle school?”

“Now Amber is really reminded about him, especially when she told that Denny had died in a tragic accident, but thank God she’s not pregnant.”

Jordan asked “By the way, Ally, are you supposed to be in the studio after school?”

“I’m recording every weekend, Jordan.” She left after opening her chocolate bar.

While Jordan sat down as he opened the can, he drank a cup of Coca Cola there looking around the canteen.

***

“Here’s your first song of the musical.” Casey gave Edwin a paper of lyrics of the song “It’s your first song of course, you will sing that song in your first scene.”

“That’s really great, Dream, Here I Come!, great title for a song.”

“Thanks, it’s one of the core parts of the musical, Edwin, so you should take this sheet home, you better learn, tomorrow, we will practice the song face to face after the first day of the musical practice together with the cast, and…” Casey gave Edwin the final version of the musical script “Learn your lines, learn how to express it, and tomorrow, we will practice together for the first time with the cast.”

“You told that already.” Edwin replied “But thanks, I’m really excited to practice with the cast, I’m looking forward!! Like the title of the song, Dream, Here I Come! And anyway, I would like to sing it, I would like to try, I learned the song already, it’s your original song on YouTube.”

“Go ahead, I play the piano.” Casey started playing the piano.

Edwin sang “I will work hard for my dream, so I’m coming for you, dream. I need to keep working hard to reach my dream. So dream, here I come… Dream, here I come… Dream, here I come… You can make fun of my so called crazy dreams, you can make fun of my impossible dreams, you can knock me down like a chess piece, you can take me down like I’m the weakest one, but believe me I will make it though… I will work hard for my dream, so I’m coming for you, dream. I need to keep working hard to reach my dream. So dream, here I come… Dream, here I come… Dream, here I come… You can humiliate me by telling everyone all my dreams, you can push me by backstabbing myself, if it’s about my dream, you can think it’s impossible, you can think of that, but whatever, go ahead make fun and I will prove it. I will work hard for my dream, so I’m coming for you, dream. I need to keep working hard to reach my dream. So dream, here I come… Dream, here I come… Dream, here I come… I know that nothing is impossible, I know that nothing is impossible. I will work hard for my dream, so I’m coming for you, dream. Oooh… I will work hard for my dream, so I’m coming for you, dream. I need to keep working hard to reach my dream. So dream, here I come… Dream, here I come… Dream, here I come… Oooh… Dream, here I come…”

***

Back to room 233, Amber was sitting in her bed as she saw Denny in front of her, she yelled again while she closed her eyes “No! You shouldn’t be here! You’re dead! You’re already dead! I know you’re dead, so you’re not supposed to see me alive! C’mon, just leave me or I… I…”

Fearne came and asked “Or what?” Amber closed her eyes once she asked “You want me to leave?”

Amber replied “No, I’m really sorry, but I need to be alone, Fearne.”

“Okay.” Fearne left.

Then Amber turned back and realized that Denny was sitting behind her.

“I’m here for you, Amber.” Denny said, much to Amber’s surprise.