Love

(P.S: I wrote this story long ago, and it was partially based on Something my Friend told me)

It was the break, I was 17 years old, and I was just talking to all my friends. Suddenly Jeff comes to tie a friendship band on my hand. Being polite, I allowed him to tie it, even though big of us were barely acquainted.

The next day, as I was leaving for school, a strange sensation lurked upon me. I thought it was something random, and I continued the day.

During the break that day, I found a note placed in my Maths notebook with the words, I love you, Stephanie. It was written by none other than Jeff. I let out a small giggle by the act done by him.

As a fire spreads wildly through a jungle, the next day, all my friends started teasing me under the word 'Steff'. It was apparent that the actions of Jeff started to spread throughout the class, and some of my friends thought that he had already asked me out.

I was pretty embarrassed that day, and I avoided talking to him for quite a while.

Around an year later, one of my best friends, Anna, who was also a friend of Jeff told me that he only wanted to be your friend, and told me to tie a friendship band to him. She, being my friend and the act of just tying a band seemingly having no ill effects, made me agree with her.

I tied a friendship band to Jeff, and after that day, I gradually started to talk to him more.

Jeff was actually pretty good at Maths, and I used to sit behind him during Maths class for his help. We talked more and more, and gradually I was getting attracted to Jeff. I was never Infatuated, but this feeling of needing to be near Jeff continued for me.

From that day onwards, I would go to Jeff's house regularly, for help in Maths work, but the main reason was my attraction towards him. I wouldn't say I had a crush on him, but I had this feeling to be in his presence. I can just call this love.

Suddenly, one day, everything broke. My parents told me that they had to shift for a business reason. I was struck, struck and shook in ways I couldn't believe I could be struck. All those memories, all these moments, all the times that went by. What would happen to them? Was this the end? Was my life pointless till now? Why?

Well, I was confused, my inside was out and my ouside just died. I couldn't feel anything. It felt like a void in my heart.

Tomorrow was gonna be the last day at school, the last time I was ever gonna meet him. That's it, in just the span of few hours, I was gonna spend the most sorrowful moments of my life.

During the break I told him that I was leaving for another city, probably never to be coming back. He then said,

"Come on, let's run away from this absolute cacophony of the system"

I was confused. He then said,

"May I?", and held out his arm.

I was confused for a second, then placed my arm in his.

Then holding my hand, he ran away with me.

I asked him, "Where?"

He replied, "To Paradise."

We ran away from school and entered the forest downtown.

We ran inside, ran around, sung poorly to the Karaoke tracks in his old I-Pod. We messed around a lot, it was probably the best minutes of my entire life.

We found a tree with Cherries, loads of em. We smilled and realised we hadn't eaten anything.

Jeff wanted a projectile of some sort, but he didn't have it. Jeff asked me to open my bag. I opened it. Jeff began to look inside the bag, but instead of finding a projectile, he found a note. He opened it and read it aloud.

"For the embodiment of sunshine, and the person who I can't stop thinking about. All these memories, even though short, won't ever fade away for me. You have been the Piano for my Jazz Music and the Hills for my sunset. Without you, I don't even wanna imagine my life in Eighth Grade, you literally are the reason that I still believe in this system, where we are forced to fill monkeys in Jars. Thank you for making me the one I am,

With love,

To Jeff."

HE ACTUALLY READ THE NOTE I WAS TOO AFRAID TO SHOW IT TO HIM.

He just replied with, "Is this what you've felt for me?"

"Yes Jeff. You are the same person this note is talking about."

He slowly sat down and teared up. The feeling at this moment was intense, I was silent and tensed.

After a while he came up to me, and told me,

"You know all these months, the only reason I solved problems with you was because the angel right in you couldn't make me resist. You are literally the nicest person this world has created, and honestly, J could not even ask for more."

He leaned right in, even I was ready, and just about he was about to make the move, something came to my mind, and I cried and ran away with my bag.

I ran away, as fast as I could, I couldn't resist my tears. I realised that after this, I would never meet him again. This feeling made me so low, that I couldn't allow more to happen, because I wouldn't be able to handle the pain after moving away. I cried away, the feelings within me and without me just made me hurt.

I was hurt, deserted, felt all alone, all the air around me just disappeared. I couldn't breath. I didn't want to either.

While crossing the road, I was so engrossed in my depression, I didn't notice a car, and that hit me.

Rest was darkness, I couldn't remember a thing.

The next thing I saw was a doctor along with his assistants in a room in our Local Hospital. The injury turned out to be luckily really minor. The doctor told me, if not for the person who saved you, it might have been much worse.

My next question was, who was that person?

Before I could even ask the doctor about that, he told me to meet the person who saved me.

As much as I didn't expect it, the person who saved me was Jeff.

He leaned in, whispered the silent words into my ears before I could say anything,

"Be it as you were"

And before I could even reply, he walked off the room. Then I met my parents, and talked to them.

After a while, I was discharged.

That night was the most tense night ever. I kept on thinking about the words he said.

The next morning, we had to leave. I packed my clothes and then we left. In that car. Down the highway. Never to come back again.

Now this would be the end, but it turns out whatever he said meant so much. He wanted me to be who I was before meeting him. I was still sad, this was something I couldn't get over.

After all these years, now I work as a Lawyer, and I had quite a bit of early success. But here's what happened;

I was on duty to New Orleans and as I was walking to my hotel......

I saw Jeff walking out of the hotel door.

The first thing I did was just scream loudly. And apparently that was the best thing I did, because I caught the attention of everyone around, including Jeff.

Jeff just shouted,

"Is this you Stephanie?!?", abd he screamed, even louder than me.

Well, we talked a lot that day and we remained in touch.

And as time passed by, I won't go into the details, but;

One fine day, the Priest said,

"Now you may kiss the bride"

And Jeff leaned on to Kiss me.

It was the break, I was 17 years old, and I was just talking to all my friends. Suddenly Jeff comes to tie a friendship band on my hand. Being polite, I allowed him to tie it, even though big of us were barely acquainted. The next day, as I was leaving for school, a strange sensation lurked upon me. I thought it was something random, and I continued the day. During the break that day, I found a note placed in my Maths notebook with the words, I love you, Stephanie. It was written by none other than Jeff. I let out a small giggle by the act done by him. As a fire spreads wildly through a jungle, the next day, all my friends started teasing me under the word 'Steff'. It was apparent that the actions of Jeff started to spread throughout the class, and some of my friends thought that he had already asked me out. I was pretty embarrassed that day, and I avoided talking to him for quite a while. Around an year later, one of my best friends, Anna, who was also a friend of Jeff told me that he only wanted to be your friend, and told me to tie a friendship band to him. She, being my friend and the act of just tying a band seemingly having no ill effects, made me agree with her. I tied a friendship band to Jeff, and after that day, I gradually started to talk to him more. Jeff was actually pretty good at Maths, and I used to sit behind him during Maths class for his help. We talked more and more, and gradually I was getting attracted to Jeff. I was never Infatuated, but this feeling of needing to be near Jeff continued for me. From that day onwards, I would go to Jeff's house regularly, for help in Maths work, but the main reason was my attraction towards him. I wouldn't say I had a crush on him, but I had this feeling to be in his presence. I can just call this love. Suddenly, one day, everything broke. My parents told me that they had to shift for a business reason. I was struck, struck and shook in ways I couldn't believe I could be struck. All those memories, all these moments, all the times that went by. What would happen to them? Was this the end? Was my life pointless till now? Why? Well, I was confused, my inside was out and my ouside just died. I couldn't feel anything. It felt like a void in my heart. Tomorrow was gonna be the last day at school, the last time I was ever gonna meet him. That's it, in just the span of few hours, I was gonna spend the most sorrowful moments of my life. During the break I told him that I was leaving for another city, probably never to be coming back. He then said, "Come on, let's run away from this absolute cacophony of the system" I was confused. He then said, "May I?", and held out his arm. I was confused for a second, then placed my arm in his. Then holding my hand, he ran away with me. I asked him, "Where?" He replied, "To Paradise." We ran away from school and entered the forest downtown. We ran inside, ran around, sung poorly to the Karaoke tracks in his old I-Pod. We messed around a lot, it was probably the best minutes of my entire life. We found a tree with Cherries, loads of em. We smilled and realised we hadn't eaten anything. Jeff wanted a projectile of some sort, but he didn't have it. Jeff asked me to open my bag. I opened it. Jeff began to look inside the bag, but instead of finding a projectile, he found a note. He opened it and read it aloud. "For the embodiment of sunshine, and the person who I can't stop thinking about. All these memories, even though short, won't ever fade away for me. You have been the Piano for my Jazz Music and the Hills for my sunset. Without you, I don't even wanna imagine my life in Eighth Grade, you literally are the reason that I still believe in this system, where we are forced to fill monkeys in Jars. Thank you for making me the one I am, With love, To Jeff." HE ACTUALLY READ THE NOTE I WAS TOO AFRAID TO SHOW IT TO HIM. He just replied with, "Is this what you've felt for me?" "Yes Jeff. You are the same person this note is talking about." He slowly sat down and teared up. The feeling at this moment was intense, I was silent and tensed. After a while he came up to me, and told me, "You know all these months, the only reason I solved problems with you was because the angel right in you couldn't make me resist. You are literally the nicest person this world has created, and honestly, J could not even ask for more." He leaned right in, even I was ready, and just about he was about to make the move, something came to my mind, and I cried and ran away with my bag. I ran away, as fast as I could, I couldn't resist my tears. I realised that after this, I would never meet him again. This feeling made me so low, that I couldn't allow more to happen, because I wouldn't be able to handle the pain after moving away. I cried away, the feelings within me and without me just made me hurt. I was hurt, deserted, felt all alone, all the air around me just disappeared. I couldn't breath. I didn't want to either. While crossing the road, I was so engrossed in my depression, I didn't notice a car, and that hit me. Rest was darkness, I couldn't remember a thing. The next thing I saw was a doctor along with his assistants in a room in our Local Hospital. The injury turned out to be luckily really minor. The doctor told me, if not for the person who saved you, it might have been much worse. My next question was, who was that person? Before I could even ask the doctor about that, he told me to meet the person who saved me. As much as I didn't expect it, the person who saved me was Jeff. He leaned in, whispered the silent words into my ears before I could say anything, "Be it as you were" And before I could even reply, he walked off the room. Then I met my parents, and talked to them. After a while, I was discharged. That night was the most tense night ever. I kept on thinking about the words he said. The next morning, we had to leave. I packed my clothes and then we left. In that car. Down the highway. Never to come back again. Now this would be the end, but it turns out whatever he said meant so much. He wanted me to be who I was before meeting him. I was still sad, this was something I couldn't get over. After all these years, now I work as a Lawyer, and I had quite a bit of early success. But here's what happened; I was on duty to New Orleans and as I was walking to my hotel...... I saw Jeff walking out of the hotel door. The first thing I did was just scream loudly. And apparently that was the best thing I did, because I caught the attention of everyone around, including Jeff. Jeff just shouted, "Is this you Stephanie?!?", abd he screamed, even louder than me. Well, we talked a lot that day and we remained in touch. And as time passed by, I won't go into the details, but; One fine day, the Priest said, "Now you may kiss the bride" And Jeff leaned on to Kiss me. It was the break, I was 17 years old, and I was just talking to all my friends. Suddenly Jeff comes to tie a friendship band on my hand. Being polite, I allowed him to tie it, even though big of us were barely acquainted. The next day, as I was leaving for school, a strange sensation lurked upon me. I thought it was something random, and I continued the day. During the break that day, I found a note placed in my Maths notebook with the words, I love you, Stephanie. It was written by none other than Jeff. I let out a small giggle by the act done by him. As a fire spreads wildly through a jungle, the next day, all my friends started teasing me under the word 'Steff'. It was apparent that the actions of Jeff started to spread throughout the class, and some of my friends thought that he had already asked me out. I was pretty embarrassed that day, and I avoided talking to him for quite a while. Around an year later, one of my best friends, Anna, who was also a friend of Jeff told me that he only wanted to be your friend, and told me to tie a friendship band to him. She, being my friend and the act of just tying a band seemingly having no ill effects, made me agree with her. I tied a friendship band to Jeff, and after that day, I gradually started to talk to him more. Jeff was actually pretty good at Maths, and I used to sit behind him during Maths class for his help. We talked more and more, and gradually I was getting attracted to Jeff. I was never Infatuated, but this feeling of needing to be near Jeff continued for me. From that day onwards, I would go to Jeff's house regularly, for help in Maths work, but the main reason was my attraction towards him. I wouldn't say I had a crush on him, but I had this feeling to be in his presence. I can just call this love. Suddenly, one day, everything broke. My parents told me that they had to shift for a business reason. I was struck, struck and shook in ways I couldn't believe I could be struck. All those memories, all these moments, all the times that went by. What would happen to them? Was this the end? Was my life pointless till now? Why? Well, I was confused, my inside was out and my ouside just died. I couldn't feel anything. It felt like a void in my heart. Tomorrow was gonna be the last day at school, the last time I was ever gonna meet him. That's it, in just the span of few hours, I was gonna spend the most sorrowful moments of my life. During the break I told him that I was leaving for another city, probably never to be coming back. He then said, "Come on, let's run away from this absolute cacophony of the system" I was confused. He then said, "May I?", and held out his arm. I was confused for a second, then placed my arm in his. Then holding my hand, he ran away with me. I asked him, "Where?" He replied, "To Paradise." We ran away from school and entered the forest downtown. We ran inside, ran around, sung poorly to the Karaoke tracks in his old I-Pod. We messed around a lot, it was probably the best minutes of my entire life. We found a tree with Cherries, loads of em. We smilled and realised we hadn't eaten anything. Jeff wanted a projectile of some sort, but he didn't have it. Jeff asked me to open my bag. I opened it. Jeff began to look inside the bag, but instead of finding a projectile, he found a note. He opened it and read it aloud. "For the embodiment of sunshine, and the person who I can't stop thinking about. All these memories, even though short, won't ever fade away for me. You have been the Piano for my Jazz Music and the Hills for my sunset. Without you, I don't even wanna imagine my life in Eighth Grade, you literally are the reason that I still believe in this system, where we are forced to fill monkeys in Jars. Thank you for making me the one I am, With love, To Jeff." HE ACTUALLY READ THE NOTE I WAS TOO AFRAID TO SHOW IT TO HIM. He just replied with, "Is this what you've felt for me?" "Yes Jeff. You are the same person this note is talking about." He slowly sat down and teared up. The feeling at this moment was intense, I was silent and tensed. After a while he came up to me, and told me, "You know all these months, the only reason I solved problems with you was because the angel right in you couldn't make me resist. You are literally the nicest person this world has created, and honestly, J could not even ask for more." He leaned right in, even I was ready, and just about he was about to make the move, something came to my mind, and I cried and ran away with my bag. I ran away, as fast as I could, I couldn't resist my tears. I realised that after this, I would never meet him again. This feeling made me so low, that I couldn't allow more to happen, because I wouldn't be able to handle the pain after moving away. I cried away, the feelings within me and without me just made me hurt. I was hurt, deserted, felt all alone, all the air around me just disappeared. I couldn't breath. I didn't want to either. While crossing the road, I was so engrossed in my depression, I didn't notice a car, and that hit me. Rest was darkness, I couldn't remember a thing. The next thing I saw was a doctor along with his assistants in a room in our Local Hospital. The injury turned out to be luckily really minor. The doctor told me, if not for the person who saved you, it might have been much worse. My next question was, who was that person? Before I could even ask the doctor about that, he told me to meet the person who saved me. As much as I didn't expect it, the person who saved me was Jeff. He leaned in, whispered the silent words into my ears before I could say anything, "Be it as you were" And before I could even reply, he walked off the room. Then I met my parents, and talked to them. After a while, I was discharged. That night was the most tense night ever. I kept on thinking about the words he said. The next morning, we had to leave. I packed my clothes and then we left. In that car. Down the highway. Never to come back again. Now this would be the end, but it turns out whatever he said meant so much. He wanted me to be who I was before meeting him. I was still sad, this was something I couldn't get over. After all these years, now I work as a Lawyer, and I had quite a bit of early success. But here's what happened; I was on duty to New Orleans and as I was walking to my hotel...... I saw Jeff walking out of the hotel door. The first thing I did was just scream loudly. And apparently that was the best thing I did, because I caught the attention of everyone around, including Jeff. Jeff just shouted, "Is this you Stephanie?!?", abd he screamed, even louder than me. Well, we talked a lot that day and we remained in touch. And as time passed by, I won't go into the details, but; One fine day, the Priest said, "Now you may kiss the bride" And Jeff leaned on to Kiss me.