Writing For Fun 2

“Ring!” Almost instantaneously, only the sounds of pens clicking and writing could be heard. It was the Mathematics End Of Year examination. I answered question by question, breezing through the paper as I felt that it was relatively easy.

After finishing the paper and checking through it multiple times for careless mistakes that would cost me marks, I took a few glances around me, only to see that everyone else was hard at work with the math paper. “Is the paper really that hard?” I wondered to myself when a suspicious action caught my eye. “Wait a second, what is he doing? Out of everybody, him?”

I rubbed my eyes and took a closer look. My eyes were not playing tricks on me. It was really him. But why? I am sure my best friend has the right mind not to cheat in exams, especially such an exam like this? I knew I had to do the right thing by telling the invigilator. Just as I was getting ready to put up my hand, a thought flashed past my mind and I put down my hand, realising the gravity of the situation. What if I lose my best friend? What if he is going to hate me? What if…

Suddenly, a thousand and one “What if’s” flooded my mind. If I tell the teacher, he will get penalised for this exam and then hate me for betraying him. But if I don’t, he will never learn from his mistake. But I will lose my very best friend whom I have been sticking to during the past 5 years. These 19 words have been stuck in my mind, causing me to lose all the courage I have mustered to raise my hand.

I took another glance at him, secretly telling myself that if he stops his cheating methods, I will close one eye and let him off. However, he could still be seen peeking at the notes which he has hid very secretly under his table. Should I or should I not…

Finally, after many rounds of repeated thought, I felt that it was a need to do so. And so, I took a deep breath, and raised my hand…

Truly, after this incident, he is ignoring me and walking away whenever he sees me. Although it really hurts me to see him doing this to me, I felt that I had done the right thing as I had shown integrity. I also hoped that my best friend will learn his lesson and stop using cheating methods to score well in tests.

Writing For Fun 1

“No! What reason do you have to be able to make friends with our priceless daughter? You, a filthy little peasant boy, better keep your presence away from our daughter, do you understand?!” Without looking at him for another second, her mother forcefully drags her away from the boy. The last thing the girl saw, was the door closing on the boy’s tear stricken face.

Tears dripped from his face as he ploughed hard at the little piece of land that belonged to his family. He did not understand why did her mother behave like that. He wished to meet the girl again, and is willing to go through a huge extend just to fufill his wish.

The same goes for the girl, who spends most of her time lying on her bed and thinking about the boy. She too, could not understand her mother’s behaviour. Why must her mother interfere into her own life? Why can’t she have the freedom of living her own life? On days, she would cry on the staircase, thinking about the day when he was taken away from her. While other days, she would be in her room, folding paper cranes, thinking about the day when they finally meet again.

One day, while her mother was not looking, she sneaked out of the house to see him, holding his hand, and bringing him to a secret garden that belonged to her, somewhere in the field. It was where she poured out all her troubles and frustrations to him, who would sit there quietly listening, occasionally encouraging her to cheer up.

He is just like a pillar of encouragement for the girl, constantly giving her strength to endure all the hardships, without giving up. She longs for the time spent in the secret garden. She longs for someone to listen to her. She longs for someone to be there for her. He has done it all.

Days, weeks and months passed, and the boy was always there for her. He has said “I’ll be beside you when you need me” and has indeed proved it.

One day, the girl brought the boy to the garden again. This time, she said to him, “Save me, they’re telling me how to feel, this is difficult, but it’s real, but don’t be afraid, we’ll make it out of this mess. I trust us.” She put her hand on his.

Suddenly, he knelt to the ground, held her hand, and said “You’ll never have to be alone, I love you and that’s all I really know. I talked to your mom and she said ok… It’s a love story, baby just say yes…”

Seeing how much effort the boy has put in to maintain this friendship and now, a relationship, the girl took a deep breath, and with all her might, screamed.

“YES!”