A Day I Laughed Through Tears

I didn't realise how these 10 years had passed, how the last day of the school reached so near? I was feeling like I'm still a kid, I was feeling this nervous feeling of leaving school and beginning my new college life. That day all our classmates came to see each other for the last time, we were like one whole family, always together like a team, all were each other's friends regardless of gender, nature, opinions, religions, etc. without any attitude, we were each other's mood makers, entertainers, fighting enemies, tiffin thieves, khokho-kabbadi-badminton-football players, musicians, dancers, etc etc. We never could've imagined leaving without each other. Those times full of laughter, annual days, sports days, fun, picnics, crushes, peace, competitions, cheers, teasing each other and teachers had come to an end, and the real life was about to begin.

Last day 22nd February 2017, we signed and scribbled on each other's uniforms, we hugged each other, we bowed down to all our teachers no matter how boring or interesting they were, we clicked thousands of pictures, we banged the desks for one last time together with the whole class, we drew and wrote everything on the blackboard for one last time, we went to washrooms to gossip one last time, we teased each other one last time, we emptied tiffins and bottles, we ate together at the canteen, we wished each other best of luck for boards and life, we promised each other to keep meeting once in a month, we exchanged whatsapp numbers, we made a whatsapp group, I don't know why but that weird feeling wasn't going from my heart.

I don't know why was it feeling like this is some end, I don't know why despite having all my school friends around me that day, I was feeling a bit lonely, I don't know why I was looking at my school like it no more will be a part of my life, I don't know why I was seeing all my school friends with a separation feeling, I don't know why I was thinking that after this very moment those precious souls will never be with me anymore. To my surprise, tears welled up in my eyes but my last benchers and entertainers made me laugh with their funny faces and crazy talks. I was laughing through tears. And at last, we said to each other a painful goodbye!