Friendship in full bloom

Friendship is one of the greatest blessings that not everyone is lucky to have. We meet a lot of people in the journey of life but there are only a few who leave a mark on us. A best friend is one such person who has been able to make a positive impact on one's life.

I and my best friend have been a part of each other's lives for the longest time and our friendship is still developing. Most importantly we both feel extremely fortunate to have someone as a best friend in our lives. In this story on "friendship in full bloom" I will share that how I and my best friend became friends and about my best friends qualities. The name of the special person of my life is Suchitra Pradhan.

Our friendship started when I came to reside in the house beside hers as her neighbour. She is a teacher of a government primary school and I was a student of graduation during that time. She is 3 years older than me. My nephew used to take tuition from her in her house. At very first my elder sister started talking to her. My di and Suchitra became good friends with passage of time. As they both became good friends she started to visit my sister very often to our house. All was going good.

On contrary, I don't used to like her at very first. I was not liking her coming to my house very often. It used to irritate me. She used to sit with my sister,gossiping. At the beginning Suchitra also never tried talking to me. But one day something strange happened.

One day,while she and my sister were gossiping in the room,I just passed beside them taking a glimpse of her. But surprisingly I noticed that she was also looking at me with a smile on her face. But I rolled my eyes because I thought there was no use and we wouldn't hit it off.

However, to my surprise,one day she came to talk to me by her own. I still remember that day when we started our first conversation. I was sitting outside of my house with my Di. She came to sit with us. As usual ,I felt irritated by her action. But on that day she started talking to me. At first I felt a little hesitated but with the passage of time I begin to feel comfortable with her. We started to meet daily. Slowly slowly the feeling of hatred which I used to have for her in my mind gradually changed in the feeling of respect care and friendship for her. We exchanged our phone numbers. Daily meetings also added up to daily SMS conversation and phone calls. Slowly slowly we came so close to each other. Then I realised age difference is just a number in friendship.

Now she used to come to my house Daily but not to visit my di but to visit me. Now I don't used to feel irritated by her coming to my house. On contrary, I used to wait for her that when she will come and we will spend some time together.

Gradually we became best friends by the end of the second month of our friendship. I still remember on friendship day I tied a friendship band on her wrist and in reply to that she hugged me tightly. That was the best feeling.

As every coin has two faces - head and tail, similarly every friendship has two faces - good moments and bad moments. Our friendship is also the same. Everything was going good but suddenly misunderstanding started to take place in our friendship. I still remember the day when I made her cry for the first time. While sitting beside me she was continuously talking to another friend via phone call. I felt irritated and I asked her to leave. After sometime I saw my phone beeped up with a message from her. The message reads," thanks mala for such a behaviour. I didn't expect such a behaviour from you. And I am really sorry for hurting you. Good night!" After reading this message I immediately rushed to her but surprisingly when I went outside my house I saw that she was sitting outside her house alone and crying. Seeing her in such condition shattered me from inside and I really felt guilty for what I did with her. I went to her and I apologized for what I did and asked her to stop crying. That day I understood that she is so innocent from inside.

But the misunderstanding didn't stop here. It was increasing day by day. We started ignoring each others phone calls, messages. Everything was devastated. Finally, one day came when we stopped contacting each other. Months and months passed away but neither she tried to contact me nor I. When one day I heard that her newborn baby is suffering from some serious illness from one of our common friend. After hearing this I couldn't control myself and I finally messaged her after four months. And surprisingly she also replied to my message. Again we started to message each other everyday. Everything was going well. Once again we came close to each other. But still somewhere in my heart there was a little doubt that again my friendship will break because of misunderstanding. So one day I thought of taking test of my friendship.

The next day I intentionally didn't reply to her message. When I ignored her first message after 2 hours she messaged me again. I ignored her second message also. Again after an hour she messaged me. Finally after 3 hours she herself messaged me that "maybe you are thinking that even you are ignoring my messages but still I am messaging you". Finally this time I reply to that "because you care for me and our friendship a lot". After messaging her there was a cute smile on my face and I was feeling so relaxed and heavenly in my heart seeing her search caring nature towards me.

Finally on that day I realised that yes she is that only friend of my life on whom I can be reliable my entire life. That they I realised even if I treat her worst in my bad days or in anger, she is not going to leave me alone and she will never break the bond between us.

Every person we get close to changes, at least one thing about us. And my best friend has changed me as well. I no more care what others think about me or talk about me. My human is enough to understand me support me and take care of me. Just one best friend is enough for me.

In short the bond I share with my best friend is one of the most prized possessions. Both of us inspire each other to become better humans. We push each other to do our best and we are always there in need. A best friend is indeed a precious gem and I am fortunate to have found that gem of my life.

IF FRIENDSHIP THAT IS STILL BLOOMING AND DEVELOPING. THE LOVE AND CARE THAT WILL NEVER FADE AWAY........

SPECIAL MESSAGE FROM ME TO MY BEST FRIEND:-

Hey my best friend,

       Thanks for coming into my life and making it beautiful. You have been the guiding star that took me to light from the darkness I have been living in. You stood by me when I needed a shoulder to cry on you made me smile when I was losing hope you stayed by my side when I was trying to push everyone away and you loved me when I even couldn't love myself.

              But now I promise that I will be the person you always wanted as your best friend and hopefully one day I will be able to prove myself that I DESERVED YOU.......