The Moment I fall for Him

OMG! It was a great day. The most difficult thing in this world is being a fifth-grade student. Please god, let me grow and be happy. I am carrying a bag full of burdens, getting all the scoldings from the teacher, solving all my maths problems daily, and having no time to play. If God asks me a wish, definitely I will ask him to be a fifth-grade student once. Especially to attend my maths class, if he didn't sleep in it, I will refer to his name for the Guinness Book. The best part of my life is my friends, who are living next to my home. They are twins and sometimes I get confused in identifying them. They both are very naughty and never leave me alone. The elder one is Shiva and the older one is Muthu Ganesh. I use to play a lot with them. Always they both are very special to me.

My friends are the best gift that has been given by God. As we grew up our friendship also built stronger. We all got promoted to 8th grade and we all are happy together. One day, in my class, my teacher beat me for my horrible handwriting. After stepping out of the class I started to cry a lot. Shiva came and asked, " what happened?". I told everything that happened in the class. He consoled me and wiped my tears. I showed my hands and it was very reddish. I started to cry a lot and he suddenly held my cheeks in his hands and said "it's ok, stop crying", "I am here", by looking into my eyes. He held my hands and said, " let us say this to our parents, they will raise a complaint". He accompanied me to my house by holding my hands. I felt comfortable when he held my hands.

When I reached home I told my mom about everything that happened today. Then the next day they made a huge drama in the school. After the fight, the teacher apologized to me and went to the class. I was so happy at that moment. That evening they decided to join me in a handwriting class. But I tried to stop by saying a few reasons like "It will be boring. I will be alone there. I don't have friends there". Always, in the war of love, our parents will win it by saying "Whatever I am doing is good for your future". Unfortunately, even my neighborhood friends joined me in the handwriting class. It was a great relief for me. Shiva and Muthu accompanied me to the class daily. After the class, we three will hold our hands and walk home.

All the road we sing some songs and even sometimes we use to dance. Only our friends have the power to change boring things into crazy ones. When we are with friends the time flows like a water, when we are sitting in our maths class, it's like a pipette experiment, we have to wait for a long time. Both of our families gets closer and even we became very closer. Most of the time I used to spend my time with shiva's mom. Especially on Sundays, I use to help his mom with cooking. My mom will be screaming my name from outside of the house to help her. What can I do, she will give me some hard household works like sweeping, washing the plates, etc. But in shiva's house, I can do whatever I wish. Most of the time I will be playing Shiva. Then our families became family friends and we use to go out together. One day Muthu was not well and only shiva came to the handwriting class. I asked him "what happened to Muthu?". He said, "he is not well and he is suffering from chickenpox". So, Muthu didn't accompany us for almost three days. My mom and dad went to a family function and left myself and my brother at home. While leaving my mom gave me a phone and said "call me every two hours and take care of your brother". I shook my head in all directions. My parents also informed shiva's family to care for us. In the evening I didn't even go to handwriting class. Shiva pinged me 

"Hi, what doing?. 

I said "doing nothing". 

He replied "Then". 

I asked, "you didn't go to handwriting class?". 

He replied "no"

I asked, "why?"

He replied "you are alone"

I said "you idiot. My brother is with me"

He replied, "you are really an idiot". Then he send me some of the fill in the blanks questions like "I am your ________, I want to be your _________. The answer for both the dashes are the same. Then I filled the dashes with the word "friend". Then he pinged two more fill in the blank questions and at last he texted me "I love you". While opening this message, I don't know how to react. I couldn't even believe it. Do he really loves me?. Are my eyes are really reading the wrong text. After few minutes he pinged me "If you say no, I won't disturb you again and I won't talk to you hereafter". This dialogue was a real shock to me. I like him a lot and don't want to lose him. At this moment many thoughts were wandering in my mind. How am I going to face this?. I like him as a friend but will it work as a boyfriend. After thinking for about two hours, I texted him "I love u". He pinged me "Today I promise you, I will protect you and I won't hurt you at any cost". By hearing these words I flew like a butterfly in the sky. I use to watch this kind of scene in cinemas but now I am feeling it. Wow!, is this what they say love is!. Right now, I wanna hold his hand, lay on his shoulder, and say the three magical words. People say love is magic and now the magic has happened to me. I am so excited and want to see him now. This is how the love story started. People are lucky when they get their best friend as their boyfriend. After the 8th annual leave, he returned to his hostel which is located only 5 miles away from his house.

Yes, the distance between our love is only 5 miles. Before leaving he promised me that he will call me. But time passed and I didn't get any call from him. One day I was helping shiva's mom with cooking. The phone rang and it was shiva. His mom was talking for a long time and hunged up. I became angry and I asked his mother "Aunty, your son told me that he loves me, but he doesn't even call me, can you pls ask him to call me?". Her face was turned reddish and her breathing was like a pressure cooker. But she didn't show her anger to me, instead he consoled me by saying "I will ask him to call". At the weekend she went to see shiva. She asked about me to him. After celebrating his Diwali, shiva called me from an uncle's phone who is working in nearby construction work. After attending the call I asked, "how are you?"

He replied "are you mad?, why did you tell this to my mom, she scolded me a lot" Then I said, "you told me that you love me and you forgot me just like that, tell me the truth. Do you love me or not". He replied, "yes, I do. But don't do this again. My mom scolded me a lot". I replied, " ok I don't do this again". Then the quarrel ended in a smooth way. As our love story continued. We are not like other lovers. We didn't go on an outing and had no romantic talks. We were almost like friends. When he comes home from the hostel, he use to wander around my house in his cycle. Sometimes, I wandered outside of my house only to see him. Even if it is a single moment, I just love it when our eyes meet. Only love can make the eyes shine and make the smile beautiful. Whenever I see him, I smiled without knowing it. While thinking about him, I felt I am the happiest girl in the world. I repeated imagining his face and writing our names in water. Seeing the mirror and imagining him behind me. Is this how love will be?. Wow, love is amazing!. I was on cloud nine, but life is a miracle. It won't give what we expect.

One day he came home from his hostel to give me a surprise. I was texting him and he too. After some texts, he stopped texting me. So, I called him and without hearing his voice I shouted "why you have stopped texting?". His mom replied, "he went to the shop to get some groceries, I will inform him once he is home". Then my voice is like a cat that stole the milk. I replied, "I called to talk with you, aunty". I know no one can manage this situation, this horribly. Then I greeted her and asked some formality questions. As I guessed she scolded shiva after I hung up the call. She told him not to talk with me. Then he stopped talking with me. I called him back, but he didn't pick it up. I am getting nervous and tears fell out of my eyes. Everything is over. No, is this way my love story ends. I felt really bad and cried for many days. Sometimes unfortunately we meet, and even at that time, he won't speak to me. But he sees me in an affectionate way. Small fights can't hide our affection for someone. He doesn't want to speak but his eyes speak. We didn't talk for almost 2 months. But life always gives us a second chance, even I got it.

On my 9th half yearly leave, our parents planned for a trip to Rameshwaram. Both of our families traveled together in the car. I was sitting in the last seat and the second one was occupied by my mom and shiva. I was so happy and in the gap between the second and the last seat, I was continuously disturbing him. Suddenly, he held my hands, I was really shocked and has no words to express that feeling. This is the first time, I was holding his hands. Then after reaching the place we worshipped the god and went to the seashore. It was really crowded and I was staring at his every move. When we are in love we even forget to blink our eyes while seeing them. It was like a movie, other things get blurred other than my man. Our parents went to buy something and we both were playing in the sea waves. The sun was about to set and suddenly all the sound around us has been stopped. I heard his voice and I turned back. He held my hands and told "sorry" by looking into my eyes. The single word explained all his pain and worries. His eyes told me how much he missed me. The sun was about to set but the affection within us was rising back. The moment I felt, he was my whole world. When He held my hands, I remembered the day I cried and he consoled me, but at that time he was my friend. But now he is my husband. I wanna hold his hands forever like this.

In the cold breeze of the seashore, we both lost our pain and bad memories. I slowly lay on his shoulder and hugged him tightly after seeing the sunset. The moment was like the waves were clapping and the wind was cheering us, the clouds were smiling at us and the sun was leaving by giving us a blessing. When a girl was within an arm of a man, she forgets the whole world and enters his world. I was imagining my whole life with him. But I am a little bit scared, what will happen if someone notices us. My heart told me, "Enjoy the moment. precious moments can't be repeated". In this fake world, he is my true gem. I heard his heart beating for me. After some time he unheld me and told me "I love you and you are my wife". The moment he soaked me in the sea of affection. I don't know what to reply, then we heard a voice "come let's leave. The work is over here". Then everything goes in a smooth way. I was in 10th grade and my parents pushed me to get more marks. I was studying, studying, and studying, not more than that. Even switching on the TV, they immediately raised the question "are u done with your studies?". Actually, it was irritating but as a parent they were scared. My mom told, "I can't get any words from your relations, so study well and get more marks". Our parents don't want to push us, but only the relations who make them do. If God asks me a wish definitely I will ask "Can you please give me a world without any relations so that I don't want to study hard?". My father didn't raise a single question because he thought definitely she won't score marks. Thinking like this is not his mistake, because I am an average student. I was sincerely preparing for my board exams. One day I was preparing for my model exams and wanted to talk to shiva. So, I texted him, but another boy was answering my text. I was so confused. I know the slang of shiva and pinged "Who the hell is texting me from my boyfriend's phone?". Then that boy replied, "Don't talk like this. Then I will show who am I". I replied, "Do you know to whom you are talking?". The quarrel went extreme and we both were scolding with bad words.

Suddenly, my father came into the, I don't know what to do and immediately I tried to hide my phone under the pillow. But my father has noticed. My thoughts were like "this is the last moment that I am going to live in this world. If he asks what should I reply. Should I say the truth?". my father held the phone and read all the texts. He got angry and said "Keep studying, I will be back" in a very angry tone. Then he asked, "what the hell you are doing?. to whom you are talking?". Then I agreed that "it's shiva's friend and it was a quarrel between us". Full of anger, my father gave me some beating. I couldn't bear it and I fainted. Every girl in her lifetime, definitely at least one time she would have got beatings. Especially if you are in a relationship, you can't even count it. When I am opening my eyes, I was in the hospital. Even I couldn't get up and I heard a sobbing sound. When I looked behind, it was my mom. Our mothers are beautiful souls, that will cry for us, but it doesn't matter for a girl. Then my father stopped talking to me. It hurt me a lot. I just love my dad like something. He is my first hero and the first man whose hand I held. I tried many times to talk to my dad, but he ignored me again and again. Yes, I agree that I hurt him, but dad please don't hurt me like this. I couldn't even tolerate it. Even the hell will be better than this. When we truly love someone, we can't accept their ignorance. I prayed to all the gods, to fulfill my wish. In every girl's life, our dad is the first man we love, kiss, and hold hands with. Our dad is the one who keeps pure affection without any expectation. After some days, I stopped trying and started to concentrate on my studies. My dad has told these things to shiva's mom. She scolded him a lot. Then shiva stopped talking to me. 

 With a heart full of pain I completed my 10 standard board exams. It was the result day. My mom was eagerly waiting with the broomstick in the kitchen. It was like a live-or-die moment. But unfortunately, I scored 465 marks in my tenth board exams. Even my parents were in great shock. My father came home with a ring and sweetsCover image suitable. His present was really nice. But the actual present is he called my name and said "very good". He spoke with me. I was really happy and there are no words to express it. When our feelings are extreme, tears speak instead of words. I hugged my dad tightly and said "I love you appa". I understood that I love my dad more than my shiva. When a girl lay on his husband's shoulder she feels protected but when she lay on his father's shoulder, she feels the whole world. Yes, my dad is my whole world. In the affection of my dad, even the sweet loses its sweetness. The bond between a girl and her father is always priceless.