waiting

"Will u both keep quiet for a while " mom came screaming on us finally frustrated by me and my best friend angela's high pitched laughter and shoutings . . . we were childhood buddies . . . she was my neighbour,my classmate,my father's best friend's daughter and my best buddy . . .
Well this was the daily scenerio of my home . . . we both enjoyed each others company and totally forgot the world till my mom made us remember dt if we didnt stop now then it may result in red cheeks . . one day angela said me when we were in class two "when u will get married to your dream girl than who will play with me" and i said "i will take u wid myself dear wherever i go" . . actually that time we both didnt knew what marriage is . .
She was the most gorgeous girl of our school. But i never felt anything cute or gorgeous about her. . maybe because i never judged her . . well days and years passed . . our friendshp became more deeper and there was no day that we didnt meet up . . . we did our engineering in the same college . . i was brighter in studies and she was intersted in everthing like singing dancing drama . . just not in studies . . i used to teach her sometimes . . and always loved to see her innocent face after not being able to solve a sum. . may b that was the first tym there was a surge in my heart and i felt each and ever beats . .
After our b.tech completion i somehow managed to get a job and as angela was not interested in furthur studies . . his family decided to hook her up wid a boy whom she would call her as husband and his wealth her password to unlock happiness . .angela did resist but in vain because she also knew inside deep that she had no choices left. .
Soon her marriage was arranged wid a software engineer having a very wealthy family
Meanwhile me and angela did not meet for several months as i was busy with my new job and she with her wedding plans . . . but deep inside we missed each other. . . but not im the same way . . i missed her as if i have left my soul to her and nothing is left inside me . . .but she didnot had that "love" feeling for me . she was more practical than me . . so she accepted the things got married . . i got the news about her marriage but i didnt turn up on her wedding . . . i had not much strength to control my feelings in front of her . . so i kept this one sided love as secret
Today i still miss her and may be sometime somewhere somehow we may meet up i want a last laugh wid her only. . my love i still wait for you

Reviews

[barleygirl]

I love it when a person from a different culture writes a story that helps us understand the humanity beneath the cultural norms. We in the USA know about arranged marriages, but it's abstract, almost unfathomable to some of us. Your story shows how these things go & what emotional adjustments must be made to follow your customs rather than your heart. I loved that you expressed your sense of loss with feeling, yet you also showed us how it is necessary to accept the inevitable. Good details to show how your two lives were parallel, but then went different ways.

Many younger people use "slang" & "abbreviations" when texting & messaging, which is fine. But for a formally written & posted piece of writing, I believe it's better to use correct English & not the short cuts like "u" and "may b" . . . it makes your writing feel choppy & informal to me.

[Pravir]

Yes . . actually its my first write . . . i neither have good grammer nor skills. . . jst have a great motivation to improve day by day and b perfect . . . and using shrtcut is the verdict of overuse of facebook and chatting . . i will surely take into care next tym . . and a great thanx to u for taking out your precious time and review this friend

[Pravir]

Thanx a lot . . . dese reviews mean a lot to me. . . its my first post n m disappointed dt u"ll did not point out my flaws. . plz do ctricize honestly and harshly too. . . so that it would motivate me for improvement. . thnku

[Surya]

Sometimes love ends up the way u expressed, but am sure the love for Angela is something that everyone wants to experience and precious, enjoyable too..
Thank you pravir sharing....

[Pravir]

Yes its the best feeling of the world . . . love wid no boundaries no conditions. . . dts one sided feeling

[Miss Sharon]

(i missed her as if i have left my soul to her and nothing is left inside me . ) Wow...how very romantic! ~Sharon

[Pravir]

Well thnx for ur review. . actually dese lines come directly from ur heart . . . dts y dey get expressd so beautifully

[Miss Sharon]

I agree! ~Sharon