To You

I've always been a very timid person, I was a fresher, and she was also, her best friend was my friend, and we all become friends automatically, we used to take the same taxi, my stop comes earlier and hers later. Those 2 years were the best time of my overall college life. This is how things have been over a year. Then one day suddenly l realized everyone was keeping something from me and something she had told everyone that I don't know and after a few weeks she eventually told me she was engaged and married at the end of the year, and she got engaged in the mid of that year I was shocked to hear that, frankly I never believed in marriage and relationship, I didn't understand why there were many questions running through my mind. Actually, it was the wish of her father, but she sounded content, yet I thought she was fulfilling the promise of her father somewhere, as he had promised her daughter to his friend's son.

That day finally came, her reception, that day I realized that her husband is little older than her, she hosted all of us at her receptions, he must be in his mid-twenties where my friend was about 20, but she doesn't seem to mind, so I also figured that a mature man could take care of her well. The day ended as soon as it began, and then we eventually said goodbye to each other after our inter-board exams and vowed to keep in touch, but somewhere I knew it wouldn't happen, we all had dreams to follow.

Few of us had been in contact with each other for a while, agreeing on colleges, but she never picked up my calls, not just mine, but also others. After a while the subject got lost, days passed and turned into a month. I used to talk about her with our mutual friends, somewhere I also got lost, busy with college, stopped contacting our friends for a while. But I was still curious how she would be, calling or texting her sometimes, to which she never replied.

One day I finally got her call after a year she told me she was a mother now I was stunned, so surprised that I didn't know what to say for a few minutes she kept calling my name may be asking if I wasn't on the line any more, I was happy, but she was still too young, again she sounded happy I complimented her and asked her if one day I could meet her baby, so she sent me a photo of her baby, baby seems very adorable. I don't have that photo anymore, somehow it got deleted. Another thing she told me was that her father died a few weeks ago. I could relate to her because my father was suffering from Blood Cancer. The day he got diagnosed, doctors told us that he has only half a year to live, other than me, only my brother knew, we kept the news hidden from our mother and father himself. I told her about my dad. She was the only friend who knew about the situation of my father at the time, I asked what college she was attending, she told me she was going to start college soon, we spoke for a few more minutes, and then we gave each other a greeting and finished the call. I figured we would be in touch, but that was the last call I got from her. I kept messaging and calling her and her best friend as well, but she never picked up or answered our calls. 

I kept trying until one of our mutual friends told me that she could be very busy and hold many responsibilities now, after all, motherhood is the greatest responsibility of all, and I got persuaded with it and I finally gave up, Furthermore, I wondered, while composing, if she might read this. She may never be, but I hope she will one day relate this to herself, but I don't think she'd be able to say who wrote this, and I want to keep it a secret as well. I think she's not the only one to relate to, few of my classmates have also got married, maybe they're also living as a wife and mother in another universe. I don't know what she's doing now, but I hope you're happy and safe with your baby and husband. And finally, thanks for being a friend of mine. This is probably our farewell.