LOVE STORY 3
I took admission in high school nearby. “I will focus more now on studies”, I promised myself. I chose commerce and my friend science stream and we departed. I was fat. My weight increased and inversely the number of friends. My best friend now used to talk less with me. I think that maybe she wanted someone good looking like her to hang around. I realized that guys too wanted to talk with pretty girls. I was alone. The result was out after few weeks. I scored well in exams. I was happy but had no friends to share it with. I was surprised to see how people change with time. Although I scored good and could change stream to medical but I did not wanted more ignorance in the same class by my friend. I spend about 2-3 months there. Suddenly my one of the entrance test result was out. I decided to leave school and do diploma. I wanted to leave that place so I could make a new start. On the last day, I said goodbye to everyone and left. One of my old school friends too cleared the exam so we decided to attend the council together. We managed to get the same college. I talked to one new girl during council and found that she too got the same college. I left home with heavy heart; it was the first time that I was going to live alone without my family. My friend Mona and her uncle too joined us. Our parents rented us a room and left next day. We were happy but also bit afraid how we are going to manage alone. With time, everything was just fine. Few months later the girl that I met during council joined us and we were three, or I can say The Devil Three. It was the first time I got cell phone. It was the new thing to use. We used it just for attending calls from family. One day I got a call from someone. I mean some unknown number.
“Hello”, he said.
“Yes, may I know who this is?” I asked
“My name is Vicky”
“You want to talk to whom?”
“To you”
“What a pervert”, I murmured and disconnected the call.
I paid no attention and almost forgot about it. He started messaging. Some I ignored some were good. I used to leave phone at home. I got his missed call every day after returning from college. One weekend my both friends were out to meet their relatives. I was alone so had dinner early and slept. Suddenly in the middle of night, I woke up as I had a bad dream. I turned my phone on. It was 1 a.m. I could not sleep. I could hear every sound coming from outside that could possibly scare me to death. I thought to call someone. Then I realized every one might be sleeping at that hour of time. I pulled by blanket over my head and tried hard to sleep. Suddenly my phone vibrated.
“What the……now who is this” I took my head out. Even the vibration scared me.
“Vicky? Why is he calling?” I had saved his name so I could avoid his calls. But at that time his call was like a savior for me. I pick his call at the last bell.
“Hey. I was not hopping for that?” he whispered.
“For what” I whispered too.
“For you to pick my call” he said
“Why are we whispering?” I asked
“Coz my roommate is sleeping,” he whispered again
Then I realized that I was alone and why was I whispering. However, I kept my voice down as the neighbors could hear.
“Why did you call”? I tried to show that I was annoyed.
“I wanted to hear your voice”
“What?” I asked surprisingly.
“Ha! Ha! Just kidding. I actually had a bad dream. I could not sleep after that, so I called you.
“Ha! Ha!” I too started laughing.
“What happened?” he enquired.
“It is so funny. I too had a bad dream. I was scared, as I was alone and could not sleep either”
“Yes that is funny. Actually, I wanted to hear your voice. It is really sweet”. He said
I found myself smiling. It was the first time we talked. I found him sweet. We talked until 4 a.m
“It is 4 a.m. we must sleep now”. I told him.
“I wish we could talk more”. He said sighing.
I smiled,”ok bye”
I slept so hard after that. I woke up at 11 a.m. that day. It was Saturday and holiday. I started making breakfast. My cell phone beeped message tone. I was washing dished. I carefully picked the phone and unlocked it. It flashed his name.
“It was really nice talking to you.” He had texted.
I washed my hands and started typing, “Same here. (-:”
“What are u doing?”
“Makin breakfast”
“now??? It is 12:30 p.m”
“yup I got up late. Soooo”
“Somehow it’s my fault”. He typed
“(-:” I send a smilie.
“ok bye”. I kept the phone aside and had my brunch.
He texted again so many times until the evening I was about to sleep. I had turned off the lights. My mobile flashed again.
“Can I call?”
I kept thinking what to do. He was now messaging repeatedly. Suddenly my phone flashed his name. He was calling. I picked it up.
“Why were you not picking up”.
“mmmmm it is getting weird. I don’t even know you. How can I talk to you like that?”
“If you will talk then only you can know me better”, he said sweetly.
“hi hi”, I giggled.
I disconnected the call. I heard the doorbell. It was Dimps on the door.
“I am back”, she said
“I will not be talking to you. You left me alone” and we hugged.
Next day Mona too returned from her relative’s house. I narrated the incident of the night I was scared but not everything. I did not tell them about Vicky. I did not attend his call but sometimes replied to his messages. One evening we were doing some college assignment and I got his message.
“miss you”
I smiles as I read it.
“ooooo why are you smiling?. Mona snatched my mobile and started scrolling the messages.
“miss you.. who is that?”
As I ran towards her, she handed over my cell phone to Dimps.
“we knew you are hiding something. Won’t you care to share” and she too started exploring the messages.
“handover it then I will tell you everything”, I pleaded.
She gave me the phone and narrated everything.
“You got a lover” they started teasing me.
“No. there is nothing like that. I am not that much beautiful to be loved by anyone” I said
“don’t say like that. You have a beautiful” dimps hugged me saying.
I know it was not true. He did not know how I looked. How could he fall in love with me? But my heart was saying may be he is the one. Every time we watched any love story, I would imagine myself. He did not texted for next few days. I was like looking every second on the mobile screen if it blinked. One night I had a beautiful dream that we met. He when saw me said that it does not matter for him how I looked. He loved me for who I am. He hold my hand brought me closer to him and was about to kiss.
“Ammy Ammy we are late for college. It is 8:30 already” someone woke me up and the kiss remained a dream.
It was mona and we really were late for college. “
“These are the consequences of sleeping late”. I said and we headed fast to college.
There was no message for one week. I was bit tensed. I decided to call him.
Bell rang for long.
“hello”
“hello. Hey how are you?”
“I am fine. I am surprised you called”. He said slowly.
“I was bit worried that why you did not messaged”. I said.
“I was suffering from fever”
“what? How? Why you did not tell me?” I did not understand why I spoke like that.
“don’t worry I am fine now dear”
“I am sorry.” I disconnected the phone. I could not understand why I shouted at him. Did it matter to me? I was bit lost.
He texted me that night. I was unable to sleep. I picked my phone. I opened his message.
“I love you”
I was confused. Why, how could he love me? I did not reply. Suddenly my phone started ringing. I picked it up quickly so that it would not disturb my friends.
“hello” he whispered
“please reply” he said again
“why are you crying” it did not take him time to understand that I was crying.
“nothing. I don’t want you to love me. I am not worth it.”
“shut up” he said.
“I love you. That’s all I know.”
This is how that all started. We used to talk whole night. I loved the way he showed his care for me. Call me every time before sleeping. He used to call me repeatedly when I was travelling to home to make sure that I reached safely. Then the day came when he asked me to meet him. I told him that I could not meet him. I knew I was not good looking and thought what if he did not like me. He wanted to see me. There would come when I would agree. One night I decided to send him my photograph. I posted him my photo. We did not for next few days. I had told him that I had sent him my pic. He was happy to know that.
Few days later he called me.
“hey I got you parcel”
My heart started beating faster. ”do you like it”. I asked
“yes of course. Ok bye I will talk to you later” he disconnected the call.
I was happy to know that he liked me. We could not talk for next few days due to exams.
One night I was dreaming that he was going to kiss me again but I woke up by the vibration of phone. He called me and asked me talk to him lonely.
“hello”
“hello”. I said.
“how were your exams”. He asked
“They were good. So when are you coming to meet me”. I asked him excitedly.
“mmmm about that I wanted to talk to you.” He said
“yes say” I said happily
“Ammy I think we should not continue.”
“What do you mean by that” I was confused
“I mean we cannot be together. I mean it will be good for both of us. I hope you will understand”
I could not understand what just happened. I burst into tears. Dimps heard me crying and came to me.
“hey Ammy” she turned on the lights.
“What happened? Why are you crying?”
“He left me. Why this happens this with me. What was my fault?” I burst into tears.
Mona too woke up. She brought water and tried to console me.
“no one loves me. I hate myself”
“stupid we love you. Leave that bastard”. Mona hugged me.
They slept but I could not. I kept crying the whole night. My heart was broken so were my dreams.
