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Something….Ended
A, a boy.
B, a girl.
B’s father was in army so he had been posted to many cities including
the city, where A was living. When B was in 4th class, she came to
the city of A. There she met A for the first time on 1st May in the
beginning of a new session. A was her class fellow & he was already studying
there from the very beginning. They both had a Hello…Hi, as they were class
fellows & remained class fellows for next two years. They became good
friends & just good friends. After two years, B’s father was posted to
some other city. So last time they met with each other in 6th class.
4 years later…A was in first year of his FSc. (A-level) By chance he
met with B on Internet while doing random chat. First they introduced themselves
as strangers but soon they recognized each other & became good
friends…again! They kept on chatting for 6 months & became almost best
friends. A sent her his current photograph & asked B about hers’ but she
refuted as she had not scanned any. B’s father was now retired from army &
they had a permanent residence. Now both of them had taken their final exams of
1st year & were enjoying their holidays.
One day A told B that he was going on a trip to a hill station along with
his friends as he had got permission for the first time, from his parents, of
going alone with his friends. A was very happy. He also told B that he would not
be available on Internet for the next whole week. B wished him best of luck for
the trip & they both ended their chat session.
A along with his five friends went on the trip of a hill station. It was a trip of 4 days. He had been at that place many times but it was the first time that he was going with his friends. They reached their destination safe & sound & took rest as they had full 3 days remaining of their trip. A knew a place in that hill station from where the view of morning was very beautiful. On next day, he alone went at that place as his all friends were sleeping. There was a bench there & it was the highest point of that hill station. He sat on the bench. The sun was rising slowly & steadily. Golden rays had started to spread all over the valley. He was enjoying that view & thinking about B. After 20 minutes of his arrival, a young pretty girl came there. She was almost of his age. She came & sat on the bench with A. A was wondering about that girl but he acted as he had not paid any attention toward her. She came & took away the influence of A’s mind from B… First there was silence for first 5 minutes then she broke the silence by saying, ”The view from this spot is very beautiful”. A replied, “Yes!” with a non-confident voice. Then there was again silence …Again it was she who broke the silence & told A that she had been coming to that place daily. Then she asked A about his name. He told her & asked her about her name. So they both introduced themselves to each other. After half an hour A asked her that he had to leave, as he had to bring breakfast for his friends. He left her sitting there & came back to his rest house. He was constantly thinking about that lady but then he tried to forget that incident by considering it as a dream. Next day when he reached there, he found her already sitting there. First he hesitated to sit with her on that bench but she asked him to sit with her. He did so. She told him that she had been living in a city near to that hill station & had often come there in her holidays. She asked him about his residence in that hill station & A also asked her the same question. They both asked each other about their families & friends. After an hour, she left him, as she had to go. A forgot to ask her if she would come there the next day. All the day he was kept in thinking about her. She had a strange kind of attraction. A tried to explore the secret behind her attraction but he didn’t succeed. Next Morning, the last day, 1st May, he again went there a little bit earlier & he again found her there. It seemed that both had been waiting for the morning for whole night. They met with each other, as they knew each other for years. They started talking on different topics like hobbies…zodiac signs…studies…difference between the thinking of boys & girls…about A…about her…
After an hour & a half, A told her that he was leaving that day but she acted normally as she was fully satisfied. At last the moment came…she was just to leave him forever. For the first time A came to know that he had started liking that girl & on the very next moment he became extremely sad, as it was his last meeting with her. He wanted to see her, he wanted to talk to her, he wanted to tell her every thing but he was afraid of her reaction. Question rose in his mind who was she? Why she acted in that way? Why? Why? At last he said, “ Perhaps, it is our last meeting…hmm…nice to meet u…” She replied in quite confident voice, “ Nice to meet u too but…err…perhaps u r wrong”. & She left that place immediately. A was very surprised; he didn’t knew what was happening with him? He came back to his rest house but he was completely lost. His friends were packing their luggage but he was sitting on the terrace & constantly looking at an ant. The ant was moving randomly & it didn’t know where to go? He didn’t know what was happening in his surroundings but he knew one thing…he had started liking that girl. They all went to hotel to take their lunch. After that they had to leave. He was feeling that he had no energy to move. He didn’t eat anything. When he went on the counter of the hotel, the receptionist gave him an epistle. He quickly opened it. The lines written were, “ Perhaps u were wrong…perhaps I was right…perhaps it was not our last meeting…perhaps u know me very well…perhaps… no I am sure…I am B…” Suddenly he got some strange energy…his mind started working again…he got some type of happiness…some type of feeling…or…some type of life. He rushed towards her rest house but she had left half an hour ago. He immediately packed up his luggage & along with his friends he started his journey. He was constantly thinking about her…as he had got the reason to live…or…passion of life.
He was completely lost in all these mixed thoughts when the van stopped. Soon he came to know that the traffic was jam. First he became sad, as it was difficult for him to spend each moment of that time but soon his sadness changed into happiness when he got to know that the traffic was blocked for more than half an hour. He started running to find her car in the long line of vehicles. At last he reached at the spot, a truck was standing in the middle of the road horizontally & it seemed to be a kind of accident. Many people were gathered & looking down. He went there & looked downwards. It was B’s car… she had died…… .......................……………... One week later…he opened his computer & received the message of B,
“I know u have not seen me & so it is the best moment for me to meet u without telling u…a surprise! …the only reason is……I love u!!!!!!!”
Writer…Nauman Khan… 3/12/99
Corrected by Lt Col. Akram Ullah Khan
