Short story by Juju's Pearls : “ Must have been love !”
“ Must have been love !”
In
one corner of a country, a boy was born after three girls in an affluent family.
It was festive like feel in the entire village. Month long celebrations went on
and literally none of the household in the entire village cooked any meals for
a month.
This
blue eyed boy, Jared was everyone favorite. He was brought up with lot of love
and pampering by his parents and sisters. He was not used to the word “No” being
said to him as everything was in affirmative as far as he was concerned.
Years rolled by and time came to leave the nest. He was an average student in academics but excelled in sports. This helped him secure a admission in country ‘s reputed college. It was the first day in college. Jared’s heart skipped a beat and he experienced butterflies in his stomach when he saw a beautiful girl with long hair, holding books in her hands crossed against her chest, come towards him. She seemed like a fresher just like him. She asked him very politely, “Please help me in finding the lecture hall for first year.” Jared could not control his excitement. Trying to keep his calm and compose, he just guided her in the wrong direction.
Later
in the lecture hall, his eyes kept searching for the girl. After lunch break,
he saw the girl in the hall with red, swollen eyes. He mustered courage and walked
up to her. Immediately, she looked up and spoke, “Please let me know the real
reason why you misguided me? I entered final year lecture hall and was ragged.
You have hurt me a lot. I missed my first two lectures because of you.” She sounded
sad and left without a word.
Jared felt deeply hurt. The girl who had stirred some different feelings in him was angry with him. He befriended her best friend with aim of getting to know her and to apologize. He came to know Jass came from an educated family and was a topper in her state. Jass was very clear in her goal in life. Jared sent her sorry notes, flowers and chocolates. Jass was oblivious of Jared’s feelings towards him. So, she assumed them to be for her friend Lim, as she had seen Jared and Lim together few times in cafeteria. The flowers and cakes kept coming on regular basis. Both Jass and Lim thought, it was for the other one. Finally, one day, both decided to talk about it openly. Jass told Lim, “Jared was not as good as he looked. She felt he was stalking her too inspite of being committed to Lim.” Hearing this, Lim bursts out into laughter in disbelief and spoke, “Jass, how could you ever think like this ? Right from day one in college, ever since Jared saw you, he knew you were the one. “ She continued, “ Jared was just seeking my help in delivery of flowers and chocolates. Now I see why you never touched them, Hope you must have read his sorry notes which were addressed to you?”
At
this point, Jass was in tears and she hurriedly went inside the room to search
for sorry notes. All the sorry noted were addressed to her. Almost, like a
flash of lightening, everything became clear to her. All this while, Jared had
his eyes only for her. She misunderstood him as she had seen him with Lim few
times sipping coffee together. Deep inside, she had liked him a lot and was jealous
of Lim.
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