
this is a tiny "onepage" lovestory.
i hope you all like it:
she looked at him, with such depth that at that moment instaneously he understood. He understood everything. He understood her. He understood how much he meant to her. He understood her love. All this long when words poured out from so many dozen people out he had failed from sensing anything. He was flawed. They say that some of the greatest things can happen with a blink of an eye. But it was that look…that moment left unblinked…that thought passed with such nerve and deep, deep desperation had transmitted such understanding to his mind and slowly to his heart. As growing warmth spread across his chest…a shiver ran down his spine. The warmth ultimately emulsified into a bright spark in his heart setting a question unanswered…At last I had done it. I had looked straight into his eyes abandoning all fears all covers of unholy shyness beneath…I had dug into his blunt vision. This was what everyone had told me. Look into his eyes…make him love you. But I was afraid…afraid of what might happen…afraid of his thoughts…afraid of…Everything perhaps. Even now I wasn’t sure whether that look had done it but...I felt as if that one second had lifted this huge boulder of my chest. Leaving me free once again like a year back. Why was it was that I loved him so deeply, I never knew and perhaps I never would. It was one of the things that are best left unanswered. Was it really love? I couldn’t answer…I didn’t know. But ask me do I love him?...yes I very much do…
When? Why?...everything seemed to get muddled up. His mind roller coasted over this conscious feeling of uneasiness. Did he love her? No. but he couldn’t tell her so could he. Not because he did have a soft corner for her…he himself didn’t know the possibilities of any love that could blossom. But because he had never felt a stranger could so long for him. That look in her eyes had not only told that how much she longed for his love. But it also gave him pool of mixed feelings…that surrounded her. They were filled with fear. Even after crushing so long. This was all she dared to do. He felt like petting a lamb he was going to slaughter.
Tears filled me as I opened my diary to fill in things. Because even after all that people told me that he wouldn’t deny my love. I knew deep inside that was far to happen. When I looked into his eyes…I saw everything but love. Sympathy, anger, madness…but love. I couldn’t fake that…could I? Some how, I always knew this. Not always but long enough to look back and regret. Why did I happen to see him.,. know him…and fall helplessly in love. I would come out of it, sure. But the question was when? Perhaps it would take forever…thoughts haunted me. My head ached I filled in a glass of water…drank it along with my thoughts. I was amazed a look in his eyes could create such a big ripple in my heart. Wow.
He tapped on the table thinking what to do. Ruffling his hair he picked up the phone and dialed a number he had not used for a long time.rings kept going until it felt like years when someone picked up the call. And he heared a voice he was expecting hard for. He hesitated a moment and then told “hey Sarah, its Mark here…”
They talked for about a long time…perhaps not the longest conversation they had had…but the most revealing. sarah told him, everything about her…and how he loved him. How she would die to see him. Like how she cried for him so bad. Like how she fumed to see him with other girls. It brought tears and laughter to him…and he was amazed whether anyone could keep track of someone like she did of him and smirked at it. He could feel a tear glisten upon his cheek…he felt heavy…she really liked him. How could he break her heart. He wasn’t sure why he felt like this. She didn’t mean anything to him. But he knew after all this time that he meant almost the world to her right now…
I opened the balcony door encountering the cold breeze. I switched on my i-pod like I always did. I looked into the night sky, the darkness spreading thorough me. My mind was blank my head was frozen…for a moment I couldn’t breathe…I was numb with tears. As the wind hit me. I could feel the weight of my tearstained heart. What ever it was I wanted him happy. And I was ready to do anything for it…
He rolled the basketball and slowly thumped it on his bed. Sitting on his bed…he slowly closed his eyes. His mind raced. All she wanted was a smile. A pretence. A company. He could fake that. He didn’t have to hold it to long…she would soon move on. That way he neednt have to be harsh…he opened his eyes…and he threw the ball into his basket, and for the first time…it missed.
Yes, all I wanted was for him to be happy. Happy. How would he be happy if he was enslaved into a relationship. I felt like the boulder fell back in place. But then I knew what I had to do. This relation would maybe not remain forever. But he was going to live much more than it…and so was I and so was my love. I was firm in standing up for my love…but I was determined to do what I wanted…to see him happy. This wasn’t a sacrifice…just like what Herman Hesse said “Some of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go.” I had to do it…because it was how things were supposed to be.
Pulling on his shirt…he looked in the mirror. And for the first time he realized he had grown. Today was going to be long…and important, yeah important. He felt helpless. He needn’t have to do this. He could simply tell the truth. He never bothered about these things. But somehow deep down he felt burdened with annoying guilt. And he didn’t even know why. Hours passed and atlast when it seemed like ages the lunch bell rang. He hurried passed people rushing…some of the school left earlier. Untill what seemed like a quarter hour he found her, leaning on one of the school buses clasping something that looked like a sheaf of papers. He opened his mouth to call her then paused. He was seeing her for the first time properly. Yet he could sense she was worn out. He felt a tinge of uneasiness…then “Michele could i…could I talk to you for a minute?”
“yah…me too” I was so thrilled when he came and spoke to me but all I could squeeze out was that. He turned and led me towards the main school building…climbing the stairs in a sort of harried manner. He was almost there when he looked down where I was climbing slowly…he came down and slightly touched my shoulder and took me with his hand to the terrace. He stopped. Looked away and ruffled his hair. I felt a surge of cold waves gush through my spine…a kind of breeze hit across my face. I felt like pulling him towards me. I looked down. And then at last he spoke, “michelle…I don’t know how to put it…but”
“Just say it…openness often helps.”
He grinned but still looked grave…a sort of maturity had taken over him. For the first time I could feel his eyes carry weight.
“i..”
he turned away again. Ruffling his hair, this time turning towards me suddenly he said. Or rather asked, “could you, could you Michelle be my girlfriend.”
For one second I felt like grasping the dream and sticking with it…no matter what the consequences were. I felt my senses spin. i couldn’t stop myself from waves of elation inflowing me. I felt like…I felt like having entered heaven. But then abruptly I zapped back to reality. I closed my eyes. Then opened it almost the very second saying, “no..”
Ignoring his look I continued. “no not because I don’t love you. I love you like no one can love. but because I have started to love you so much that I can sense you…what you really mean to say.”
“I don’t understand.” He said
“yes, you wouldn’t…”slowly I could feel tears seeping…I sucked them back just in time…and continued. “see, I love you…and perhaps..i can never love anyone else this much…but…” I paused…I looked at him…this time I held it. “mark…just be happy, that’s all I want”and under my breath I added “all I ever wanted.”
I didn’t even realize climbing down the stairs. All I realized was bursting onto the free air. It might have been a more romantic ending if it rained. But it didn’t. perhaps this wasn’t the end. Perhaps…I still had much more to go. I walked on. I looked around the brown scene around. I smiled. I wept. I looked above at the sky remembering “Him that I love, I wish to be free -- even from me.” – Anne.M.Lindbergh