She, was a
girl in Luke’s class. She was arranged to be seated next to Luke as he was very
naughty, and his previous deskmate also joined in his mischief, making the
teacher unable to tolerate their nonsense. And, after all, she, being the class
chairperson, could keep a closer eye on Luke to make sure he wasn’t up to
mischief. However, things escalated quickly…
She has a
personality, which can get easily influenced by people around her. Since Luke
doesn’t have anyone to play or joke with him during lessons, he got very hyper,
and can even bounce up and down on his seat at times. One day, she felt curious
of his bouncing action and decided to question him.
“Why do you
bounce up and down?”
“I’m too high.”
“It’s like you’re
on steroids or something…”
*Laughter*
“Well I have
never tasted steroids before.”
And so… that
question, soon became a conversation, where they talked about different things,
from being high to steroids to autistic laughter and so on. The list just goes
on!
“It was fun
talking to you, I must admit.” Luke said to her, just as the bell rang and
students rushed out of the class, to wherever they want to go. After all,
school was over. Whistling, Luke strolled on the road back home, joyous about
the feast Mother was going to make for him today, as it was her birthday. Just
then, he felt someone tapping on his shoulder and turned back, when his
expression changed from happy to surprised instantaneously, as he saw the familiar
face of his new deskmate behind him.
“Hi! Whatcha
you doing here?!”
“Going home,
what about you?”
“Heading home
too! Where are you going?”
Surprisingly,
she stayed near Luke too, and that was a big surprise to him, as he never knew
that they had so much in common. From food, to the taste of clothes, even to
the estate. Wow.
The next day,
they talked and talked again, throughout lessons and after, like they had so
much to say. They soon chatted on the phone, studied together, played together,
did almost everything together. Even got high together.
2 years later,
their relationships got better as they became more matured, from complete
strangers to classmates to friends and to best friends. And, as they grew up,
they did more daring things together, being weird in front of each other, and
so on. However, little did she know, that Luke was already developing a feeling
for her…
Luke knows
that himself. He actually wanted to confess quite some time back, but just
doesn’t have the courage to, after all, he is still not matured enough and he
feared rejection and humiliation. So, he kept it all within himself, fighting
away the feeling everytime it appeared. “We’re just friends. Nothing else.” He
kept telling himself that, everytime they hung out together.
Well, there
was also something about her which Luke didn’t know. She actually… had no
friends. She was the teacher’s pet, who excelled both academics and
co-curriculum activities, where she won numerous awards. However, being that,
she faced many haters amongst her peers, who are jealous of her results and her
looks, and didn’t want to be friends with her. She seemed to have many
supporters, but actually she had none. She didn’t even have anyone to talk to
during recess, since the day when her best friend migrated away to the United
States. She has never learnt the true meaning of friends, until the day Luke
came into her life, and brightened it up. For that, she made up a promise, to
repay Luke in every way she can.
During
International Friendship Day, they decided to try something different, which
is, to write letters to each other. She wrote out all her worries and sadness
in that one piece of paper, while Luke wrote about the happiness he saw in her
eyes when they hung out together, and promised never to let her feel down
again. When they exchanged the letters, Luke read about her sadness in her
life, and smiled at her reassuringly, secretly promising her that he would keep
strictly to his promise. She looked up and smiled back, hoping that he could
keep his promise to her.
One day after
school, they were walking home together, when a car suddenly lost control and
headed for the pavement, and apparently, Luke has no notice of this as he
continued walking forward, talking non-stop. However, she has noticed this. If
Luke kept walking forward, the car would be heading straight for him… Couldn’t continue
thinking anymore, she rushed up straight to Luke, and pushed him away. The car
did not strike Luke, but instead, it stroke her, and made her fly 20 metres
away from the place she stood. Regaining his senses, he turned, only to see her
lying on the ground, unconscious. Crawling up to her, he held her hand, with tears
running down his cheeks. Then, she said something which made him even sadder.
“You know, I
made a promise to myself, to help you in every way I could. Because when you
came into my life, you brightened it up. You weren’t the star in my life. You
were the whole sky…” Unfinished, she closed her eyes, and Luke could feel her
hand slipping away from his grasp.
“And I didn’t even
get to say I Love You…”
And so, I lay
beside her bed everyday in the hospital, waiting for her to wake up so that I could
convey my message to her. Days and days passed, and she did not wake up.
One week
later, there was a steep incline on the cardiac monitor, and his eyes lit up…
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