The Person Next Door

In many places we have seen that the neighbors the next door is very helpful and good, and many find them rude and not a social person. But in the case of Meera it was none of them, she did not even know that someone existed the next door. She only used to see the garbage lying in the morning to be collected, she wondered that even if a person existed why could she not see them but only their garbage. Have see that people meet people but here she is meeting the people's garbage. Meera is a social person, she loves interacting and having fun, and till now in which ever place she has lived she got a very sweet neighbor. Right now she is in her room and doing her work and suddenly there is a knock on the door, "IS ANYONE THERE" Meera asked, but there was no response. She got a little scared as it was 8 at night and right now who can come. She went and slowly peeped out of the door hole and there was a boy standing around her age. She got confused as she saw that boy for first time, she opened the door......

SCENE CHANGE- 

I have been living here since last 6 months and it has been quite good. This is place is amazing, especially the person who lives next door. I guess she is a girl that is why she can cook such delicious food and the smell comes till my room. I see her everyday and I guess she like to interact with people, exactly like me, but right now I have to be a quiet person. I am thinking to go and make her friend as she is my neighbor so it can be useful. The boy said over the phone to someone.

SCENE CHANGE-

Meera opened the door and say a boy, she got a little confused and asked, "WHO ARE YOU?" The boy looked at her in her eyes and she got nervous, why is getting nervous was her question. "HELLO, MY NAME IS SAM AND I LIVE IN THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR." Now everything she was getting, but why all of a sudden there was a remembrance of her in this 6 months. She did not realize that she was staring at him while thinking, she looked away embarrassed. "HI, MYSELF MEERA. NICE TO MEET YOU" She replied. "I know that you must be confused and wondering why all of a sudden I came to meet you in these 6 months, but I was so busy that did not get the time to interact with anyone." Sam said. Meera was amazed that how did he read her mind, but she thought to be friends with him as sometimes somethings happen late. Meera welcomed him inside her house and he complimented how she managed to keep her house so good and like this they talked a little and went to sleep in their respective house thinking about each other.

3 months later- 

In these three months everything changed for Meera and Sam they became best friends, they were supportive to each other, helped each other and cared for each other. If someone would have seen they must think that they were a true soulmate. But there was something that made Meera bothered, like Sam never invited her to his house even when she asked he used to always avoid it and when she talked with him outside some people used to stare at her weirdly. Today there was meeting with all the member who lived over there and they had to meet at 8pm at night. Meera reached there and saw everyone there but Sam was not there. She thought that he might be late, so she thought of informing the Secretary. "Sir the person from house 101 has not yet come, I think we should wait a little." Everyone looked at her as if she said something wrong, "Mam I guess you have some misunderstanding there is no one living in that house for the past 9 months, you live beside that house you must be knowing." The secretary said. Meera got confused and irritated that these people were indirectly calling her mad, she sat quietly. The meeting ended and she rushed to his house and knocked the door, there was no response. She started banging the door but still no response, she quietly went in her house and tried sleeping but sleep was far away from her as what the secretary said was running in her mind. Next morning she went to the Secretary and asked for that house key and he gave it to her. She put the key inside the hole, her heartbeat beating like a marathon race, she opened the door and the house was empty. Meera could not believe that nobody lived here she got shocked and tears started coming out from her eyes, Sam was her hallucination, she was dreaming that there existed a person even though that person was not there. Why? It was her question, Why did something happen with her like this, why there was a boy who came in her life and made it easy and then went off making it even more difficult? 

1 year later-

She had left her house the next day itself not because she was scared but because there was memory of the person she had been with and that affected her a lot. Now it is a whole one year and her life has changed but still her heart beats for the person who she met that day.

Somewhere else there is a boy rushing to go and he bumped into a girl, yes that girl was Meera and she got confused as that boy seem new to her. He bent down picked her stuff and said sorry and went away. Not before looking in her eyes.

Like this there takes a turn with her life again...