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Hey guys !!!
All of you are giving so many lovely updates ...
And I was feeling guilty that I ain't coz of exams ...
So I thought why not an os ??
So here it is ...
Flashback...
"Jalal !!! Jalal where are you ??? ... Look I brought you your favorite !! Now come on Jalal don't hide from me !!! I want to be the first one to wish you on your birthday !!! Jalalll !!!"
"Arey ... Jodha ... Hieee !!!!"
"No go get lost ... Have times changed so much that now I have to constantly call you to give you your present ??? ... Here take it and bye !!"
"Arey nahi ... Jodha wait ... Don't go ... I am sorry na !! Nothing is more important than your presence out here ... Not even your gift ... I am sorry na jodha ... Okay see ... Let's go inside ... I want my birthday cupcakes as my routine every year. Now come. And smile."
3 years later ...
I watched as jalal went up the stage to thank everyone for coming in his birthday party ... Beside him was his one year girlfriend rukaiya ... And she was looking at him lovingly as he gave his speech ...
My heart broke ...
He wasn't my jalal like he was 3 years ago ...
After we finished high school and entered college ... He became the most popular guy in college ... He got new friend circles ... And I still remained the nerd I was like in high school ...
Soon the bullying started ... And I couldn't bear it ...
I had expected jalal to defend me ... Support me ... Help me ...
But he just stood there ...
And I knew he wasn't the same anymore.
Every year this day .. I make sure he bring his favorite cupcakes along ... As the tradition we had three years ago ... I would've made sure that I had kept it on the roof of his car so that whenever he went back home he would receive it ...
But till date I have never received the cheek kiss he would give me after eating those cupcakes like when we were kids ...
I could hear shouts everywhere in the party ... Clinking of glasses everywhere ... The party was in its full swing ...
My eyes followed jalal ... I saw him exiting the door.
And what I hadn't done in years I did that.
I followed him.
I saw him peeking everywhere as he traced his steps ... As if he didn't want to be seen.
My eyes widened as I saw him walking towards the parking lot.
And my eyes watered. My lips broke into a wide grin.
There i saw my jalal. The jalal I knew taking my cupcakes and running away.
To say that I wasn't astonished would be an understatement. But the point was my happiness was nowhere in comparison with my astonishment.
As he scurried off ... I continued following him.
Until we reached a garden.
He last under a tree. And opened the cupcakes .
I couldn't help but sob. He still remembered our tradition.
I wanted to ask him so may things. Why did he ignore me all these years. Why did he never approach me and come to my house for sleepovers like we always did. Why did he forget me? Why had he never realized that I had fallen for him in high school? Why didn't he realize how much pain I suffered when I heard he was dating rukaiya?
As I sobbed ... A Hiccup escaped my lips .
And he looked up at me.
He too was crying.
His eyes widened. As he saw me, he looked back at the cupcakes.
I went upto him and slapped him hard.
"Why jalal why? Why are you now eating this cupcake ? Huh ? Why? I thought I want anything to you but a memory right. I thought you wanted to never know me after high school. I thought you hated me after high school. I thought you were fed up off me after you joined the popular group right ?? Then why now ha? ... As you gave up on me ...then give up our tradition also na. Why are you continuing it ?"
"I never gave up on you jalal so I have the whole right to make the cupcakes ... You gave up on me so you don't have any right to eat them. You don't even know what I went through these years ... You never even bothered to ask me. Don't you know how hard it is to see with another girl when I had already fallen for you and ..."
His eyes widened . I covered my lips.
Holy shit ! Why did I confess ?
Now he will mock me, I know he will, I'll be broken again. He will taunt me. Holy hell why did I have to even say all this?
Not good jodha. Now face the consequences.
"You had fallen for me ?"
"Yes jalal, I had . but no use. I know you don't like me and all and I get it. Why will you, the most popular guy of our college, like a nerd like me. I ams irry I wasted your time. Don't worry I am leaving and.."
I never even realized for a minute that he had placed his lips on mine.
When he withdrawed, he looked at me with admiration. With love. And he hugged me.
"I am sorry jodha. I am really sorry. The truth is, I too had fallen for you. Even before high school. But I controlled them. Because I feared it'll affect our friendship. But when high school got over, my feelings had reached its peak. And I couldn't control them any longer, so I thought to stay away from you. To never see you again so as to lessen my feelings. I even dated rukaiya to distract myself from you. I was so wrong jodha. Please forgive me."
And he sobbed hard. I wasn't sure if they were of regret or of happiness.
I pushed him back. And slapped him hard.
Again.
"So you mean to say after all these years all my tears were of vain? I used to crave for you jalal. I used to want you. In my arms. Always. The way you smiled. The way you walked. Everything, I wanted you to be mine. But i would always cry knowing that that could never happen. All my tears were in vain ?? Ha???"
I began pushing him. But he held me tight.
Wiping my tears off, he rubbed my tears off, fed me some cupcake.
And kissed me hard.
I was lost in the kiss. This undoubtedly is the happiest moment in my life.
As he withdrawed, he looked deep in my eyes and said,
"I love you jodha"
"I love you too jalal"
And we stayed in our embrace for some more time.
As we headed back to the party, I asked him,
"Jalal, what about rukaiya ?"
"Jodha , she knows everything. Everything about my feelings for you. Don't worry, she'll understand "
And then he kissed my cheek.
"Now that completed our tradition"
I flashed him a cheeky grin.
And that is how my life changed in a night,
Hey guys !!! I am done!!! Please comment and like if you like it
This is my first is. So please tell me how it is.
Love,
Tanisha .
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