A story..
once a boy met a girl in a beautiful city. they became friends, got along very well. went out for coffee, movies. basically had a blast. they were from different racial backgrounds. they waited for each other at bus stops.....
sang their favourite songs especially the U2 track " you got stuck in a moment, and you can't get out of it". they spoke on the phone often.
christmas arrived..
the boy was all excited for it...
the girl was excited for the boy...
they went for a flee market just before christmas....looked around. just before they were about to leave, it started raining...all of a sudden the girl says " hey, i'll be right back, wait right here"
the boy is puzzled" where are you going? my mom is cuming to pick us up"
the girl says" wait for 5 mins"
she runs inside...
she is frantically looking for a stall..
she is looking looking.. and looking..glancing at her watch every now and then...
she is still looking..
she finally finds it..
there it is! a stall selling small decorations for the christmas tree...
she looks at various things....in the end..she gets what she wants...she spots a very cute blue giraffe made out of blue beads...it was not xactly a christmas hanging , it was a keychain..but it was perfect...she grabs it..pays the man and speeds away in the direction pointing -exit.
the boy is still waiting outside...
"oh great, u r back, anyway my mother is still not here"
"oh, cool", she says , almost out of breath."hey, this is for you", she takes the keychain and puts it in his palm.
"oh...really.." sort of out of words..
it was still raining...
"but you didn't have to"he says
"it's christmas, and i wanted to give you something, and i won't be there on christmas...so i thought"
"Thanks a lot!!!...i love it..it perfectly describes me....tall...cute.."
"..and wierd"she says...
they both laugh...
give each other a big long hug..
meanwhile..the boy's mother arrives....
she drops the girl home....at the girl's door...she says," so i'll see you in a few months"
"yes, sure..i'll miss you loads"
"i'll miss you too"
she kissed him on the cheek....
"merry christmas", she says
"merry christmas to you too, and happy journey..."
"you too, enjoy yourself"
"bye"
"bye".
The girl goes to her hometown. The boy goes to the states for 6 months on a student exchange program.
The boy returns after 6 months...but the girl doesn't she stays back in her hometown due to the circumstances.
That beautiful december evening, when it was raining, and the weather was at it's best, was their last meeting. Two best friends who did not meet each other after that, and did not know that was their last meeting.
for some wierd reason, they do not even have a picture together..
The boy is Zygmunt Szpak, a south african, staying in durban, but a Polish by birth and culture.
The girl is... well....it's me...
12 comments:
hey this is nice... though its evident tht u miss ur pal a lot! sweet stuff, keep writin - chintz ;)
I know you'll hate me for saying this... but at least you came close ;)
This boy remembers the rainy christmas like it was yesterday.
He too remembers the girl suddenly appearing with a beautiful giraffe
in her hands. And remembers how great it was receiving it.
It was indeed a very special present, and even though he was taking no keys with
him to america... he took the giraffe keyring as a reminder of her.
The keyring became fameous throughout his dorm, as many people were curious to see such
an exotic ornament and eyed it keenly. Their questioning about it would always prompt
the story of the girl that gave it as a christmas present.
One day he boy phoned the girl up. He was just looking to chat, and in his mind thinking about the fact that he will be comming home soon and they could catch up on lost time.
However that phone conversation came with a terrible twist.
It was then that he discovered for sure that the girl would be leaving the country to go back home and that he would not be back in time to say goodbye.
Indeed, the only thing that he could hold on to was the giraffe keyring. Since for some strange reason they did not have a picture together.
To this day, he carries the giraffe with him everywhere he goes.
Thanks for such a sweet post... its all pretty much the same way I remember it ;o)
'I am still enchanted
By the light you brought to me
I listen through your ears
Through your eyes I can see'
do i even care????? do i even look as if i care????????/
just got a reply frm the person it was for....purpose served:D
hey zygmunt thanx loads man for the reply..made my day/night...
Got really close... damn. You should've stayed there for the beef at least.
@translucent sapien
if you don't care why u reading the comments?
@anorion
Vegetarians don't like beef!
love it
its kind of complete .
perfect...good for you ...
ruh ... its fleA market... not flee ... lol
damn sweet tho
i rem u telling me about this.
had no idea he meant so much to you or that u miss him so much.
the post is really sweet...u know it makes us think of our past and the very many sweet encounters we cherish...u r lucky now the past and present have merged.
Gr8 post.........this one was amazing.......U r too good.....this is very sweet and touching..
Saala kitna log aake post karta hai re.. chatroom hai kya?
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