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That Puppy Love
#WritcoStoryPrompt42
She chose her cleanest piece of clothing to wear. It was a festival afterall and she wanted to celebrate with everyone else. When she stepped into the street a speeding car drove by splashing dirty water on her.
A tear fell down her cheek. The poor had no right to celebrate the festivities. But that same car again came towards her and stopped. A man came outside and gave her 500rs note and apologized to her after looking towards her saari.
But she said no and went running towards her home. She could not believe he didn't recognized her but how come he will as they were still very small when he went to study abroad. Tears start rolling her eyes when she thought about her puppy love that made her childhood memories flashback one by one in front of her eyes.
That day she realised there is no true love. However all her childhood memories came to torture her that day when she remembered her father who used to work at Ajay's house as a guard. They used to live in servants quarter and she used to play with her best friend Ajay each day. She used to study with him when he came back from school as she was not that privileged to study in even a government school. Her father used to treat her like a burden. One day while playing with each other in his beautiful garden Ajay told her that he will marry her when they will be adults. All of seven he was at that time and she thought as if he will actually marry her. Days became years and he was big enough to go abroad. Before leaving he gave her a bracelet with his and her initials and promised her he will come back for her. He never came and she got married but today when she saw him all her memories came to haunt her and she realised that we poor cannot even dream.
She changed her saari and started her rituals for the festive day with her husband and kids giggling all throughout the day.
She chose her cleanest piece of clothing to wear. It was a festival afterall and she wanted to celebrate with everyone else. When she stepped into the street a speeding car drove by splashing dirty water on her.
A tear fell down her cheek. The poor had no right to celebrate the festivities. But that same car again came towards her and stopped. A man came outside and gave her 500rs note and apologized to her after looking towards her saari.
But she said no and went running towards her home. She could not believe he didn't recognized her but how come he will as they were still very small when he went to study abroad. Tears start rolling her eyes when she thought about her puppy love that made her childhood memories flashback one by one in front of her eyes.
That day she realised there is no true love. However all her childhood memories came to torture her that day when she remembered her father who used to work at Ajay's house as a guard. They used to live in servants quarter and she used to play with her best friend Ajay each day. She used to study with him when he came back from school as she was not that privileged to study in even a government school. Her father used to treat her like a burden. One day while playing with each other in his beautiful garden Ajay told her that he will marry her when they will be adults. All of seven he was at that time and she thought as if he will actually marry her. Days became years and he was big enough to go abroad. Before leaving he gave her a bracelet with his and her initials and promised her he will come back for her. He never came and she got married but today when she saw him all her memories came to haunt her and she realised that we poor cannot even dream.
She changed her saari and started her rituals for the festive day with her husband and kids giggling all throughout the day.
