Class 10...
As I sat there in English
class,I stared at the girl next to me. She was my so called 'best friend'. I
stared at her long, silky hair, and wished she was mine. But she didn't think
of me like that, and I knew it. After class, she walked up to me and asked me
for the notes she had missed the day before. I handed them to her. She said
'thanks' and gave me a kiss on the cheek. I want to tell her, I want her to
know that I don't want to be just friends, I love her but I'm just too shy,
....I dont know why.
Class 11...
The phone rang. On the other
end, it was her. She was in tears, mumbling on and on about how her love had
broke her heart. She asked me to come over because she didn't want to be alone,
so I did. As I sat next to her on the sofa, I stared at her soft eyes, wishing
she was mine.She looked at me, said 'thanks' and gave me a kiss on the cheek. I
want to tell her, I want her to know that I don't want to be just friends, I
love her but I'm just too shy, .... I dont know why.
Second year...
The day before a college
dance festival she walked to my locker. "My date is sick" she said,
"he's not gonna go" well, I didn't have a date, and in 7th class, we
made a promise that if neither of us had dates, we would go together just as 'best
friends'. So we did. That night, after everything was over, I was standing at
her front door step. I stared at her as she smiled at me and stared at me with
her crystal eyes. She said- "I had the best time, thanks!" and gave
me a kiss on the cheek. I want to tell her, I want her to know that I don't
want to be just friends, I love her but I'm just too shy, ...I dont know why.
A day passed, then a week, then a month ... and more time.
Before I could blink, it was
graduation day. I watched as her perfect body floated like an angle upon stage
to get her diploma. I wanted her to be mine-but she didn't notice me like that,
and I knew it. Before everyone went home, she came to me in her smock and hat,
and cried as I hugged her. Then she lifted her head from my shoulder and said-
'you're my best friend, thanks' and gave me a kiss on the cheek. I want to tell
her, I want her to know that I don't want to be just friends, I love her but
I'm just too shy, ...I dont know why.
After Few Years
Now I sit in the pews of the
church. That girl is getting married... the one I have loved all my life is
getting married now !!! I watched her say 'I do' and drive off to her new life,
married to another man. I wanted her to be mine, but she didn't see me like
that, and knew it. But before she drove away, she came to me and said 'you
came'. She said 'thanks' and kissed me on the cheek. I want to tell her, I want
her to know that I don't want to be just friends, I love her but I'm just too
shy, ...I dont know why.
Years passed...
I looked down at the coffin
of a girl who used to be my 'best friend'. At the service, they read a diary
entry she had wrote in her high school years. This is what it read: "I
stare at him wishing he was mine, but he doesn't notice me like that, and I
know it. I want to tell him, I want him to know that I don't want to be just
friends, I love him, I wish he would tell me he loved me. But he's just too
shy, ...I dont know why."
'I wish I did too...' I thought to my self, and I cried. Everyone... this
is one of those timeless tales which might have happened at anytime... might
even be happening rite now in your life .. maybe !!! So do yourself a favour,
tell her/him you love them 'cuz they just won't be there forever.
