I stood at the balcony of my office watching people moving up and down like little dots. Some wrapping gifts for their lovers or whoever those gifts are for, anyway who cares? Others dressed in red and white holding hands and taking pictures. The streets seemed busy with all the hustling and bustling. "Happy valentine's day " I heard a man tickle his girlfriend from behind. She let out a soft giggle from her lips as she placed a tender kiss on his lips. "And you have a very special place in my heart" They both burst into joyous laughter as they wrapped their arms around each other and walked away. They both seem very happy and so much in love.
Crap! why didn't I think of it before. Today is valentine's day. No wonder most people are dressed in red. It really escaped my mind."What's so special about this day anyway? Why do women expect a lot from their men on this day?" I thought to myself and it made me smile. This day I wished would be cancelled. It holds such painful memories that only amnesia can make me forget.
I remember a year ago a day before valentine's day, I had dinner with Calvin at my house. We never went out like most lovers did coz he never had time for dates and he never bought me flowers or send me love texts on valentine's day like most guys did. He wasn't the romantic type of guy but we loved each other ,that I was sure of. Calvin just had a different way of expressing his love but with every little fight that we had i just knew that he loved me . He was always there since my teenage years. He was my annoying next door neighbor. he was always there to give me headaches and find a way to cure those headaches he gave me with his jokes. He never stopped teasing me and even when we were together as a couple. He'd always pull my hair for no good reason .And when I had asked him why he did that he just laughed at me "just the sound of ouch! from you makes me happy. it's like music to my ears " I'd always chase him around. Those were actually good memories with him.
"Chelsea, i don't see the essence of we celebrating this valentine thing" he said that to me when he had passed by my house for supper. He was going to make my valentine's day boring again and I wasn't up for that. "You ain't...