Eternal Love

IT WAS GETTING TOWARDS THE END OF THE YEAR. ALL THE PEOPLE IN THE COUNTRY WERE COUNTING THE DAYS FOR CHRISTMAS TO ARRIVE AT THEIR DOORSTEPS. BUT ONE GIRL WHO WAS WORKING IN A PRIVATE COMPANY, NEVER EVER THOUGHT THIS WILL BE THE ERA THAT WILL CHANGE HER ENTIRE LIFE UPSIDE DOWN. HER NAME WAS CHATHU. SHE WAS WORKING HARD IN HER WORKPLACE AND KNEW LITTLE ABOUT THE DRASTIC CHANGE THAT WAS AWAITING HER LIFE.

ONE BEAUTIFUL MORNING SHE ARRIVED AT HER OFFICE EARLIY IN THE MORNING AND STARTED HER WORK WITH THE USUAL PLEASANT GESTURE. SUDDENLY SHE SAW A NEW FACE IN THE DEPARTMENT. SHE THOUGHT THAT IT MUST BE A NEW COMER AND DIDN’T TAKE MUCH NOTICE OF HIM. LATER IN THE DAY ONE OF HER COLLEGUES GOT INJURED AND SHE WAS ASKED TO BRING SOME PLASTER FOR THE WOUND. SHE WENT TO FIND THE MEDICING AND BROUGHT IT VERY QUICKLY SO THAT THE MEDICINT CAN BE APPLIED SOON. HER COLLEGUE SAW FAR MORE THAN WHAT HE HAD EXPECTED, SHE HAD BROUGHT EVEN COTTON WOOL. HE HAD TO COMMENT ON THAT, HE TURNED HIS FACE TO THE NEW COMER AND SAID”THINA I FORGOT TO INTRODUCE HER TO YOU, SHE IS OUR SISTER CHATHU, ALTHOUGH SHE IS A SISTER SHE IS MORE LIKE OUR MOTHER TO US”. THE NEW COMER WAS AUTOMATICALLY INTRODUCED TO CHATHU. HE TURNED TOWARDS HER SIDE AND SMILED AT HER. SHE TOO RETURENED THE SMILE AND WENT AHEAD WITH HER WORK.

A WEEK PASSED BY WITH NO BIG HAPPENINGS AT THE OFFICE. THE NEW GUY WAS LISTENING TO A SONG THAT SHE LIKED VERY MUCH. HE EVEN HAD THE VIDEO CLIP WITH HIM. SHE ASKED HIM WHETHER HE CAN GIVE IT TO HER; SHE GOT IT WITHIN 5 MINUTES. THAT WAS THE BEGINNING THE FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN HER AND THINA. LITTLE BY LITTLE HE BUILD UP THE CONFIDENCE ABOUT HER TRUSTWORTHINESS AND BEGAN TO REVEAL HIS ENTIRE LIFE STORY TO HER. HE HAD A GIRL FRIEND AT THAT TIME AND WAS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE AFFAIR. SHE HELPED HIM A LOT IN THIS REGARD, ADVICING HIM TO DO VARIOUS THINGS ABOUT IT.

TIME PASSED BY. IT WAS ABOUT 5 MONTHS LATER HIS GIRL FRIEND BROKE UP WITH HIM. HE FELT HE WAS LEFT ALONE IN THE WORLD. HE DID NOT COME TO OFFICE FOR TWO DAYS. BUT CHATHU KEPT ON GIVING HIM CALLS AND SLOWLY HE RECOVERED FROM THE SHOCK AND BEGAN TO FOTGET EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED IN HIS AFFAIR WITH HIS GIRL FRIEND. SHE BECAME A FRIEND, A SISTER, PRACTICALLY EVERYTHING HE NEEDED AT THAT TIME. CHATHU DID ALL THIS TO BRING HIM BACK TO HIS NORMAL STATE ONCE AGAIN, HAVING NOTHING ELSE IN HER MIND.

IT WAS THE DAWN OF A NEW YEAR. EVERYBODY WAS WISHING CHATHU THROUGH SHORT MESSAGES. SHE SENT HIM ONE AS WELL. BUT THERE WAS NO REPLY FROM HIM. SHE THOUGHT THAT HE WILL SEND A REPLY LATER IN THE NIGHT SINCE HE WAS AT HIS HOME TOWN. SHE WAS WAITING FOR THE REPLY ANSIOUSLY BUT NO REPLY CAME THROUGH. THEN SHE SENT A MESSAGE ASKING WHY HE DIDN’T REPLY. THEN THE BIGGEST FIGHT OF THE YEAR BEGAN. HE GAVE HER A CALL AND BY MISTAKE SHE HAS SWITCHED OFF HER PHONE. HE WAS SO FURIOUS WITH HER THAT HE SCOLDED HER AND ASKED HER NOT TO CALL HIM EVER AGAIN. SHE CRIED AND CRIED THE WHOLE DAY. ONE OF HER EXAMINATIONS WERE CLOSE BY AND SHE WAS STUDYING HARD FOR IT AT THAT TIME. BUT ON THAT DAY SHE COULD NOT STUDY. SHE FELT AS IF HER WHOLE WORLD WAS FALLING DOWN. SHE COULD NOT SLEEP AT ALL. CHATHU WAITED FOR A CHANCE TO CALL HIM. DURING THAT LONG, LONELY NIGHT SHE REALISED HER TRUE FEELINGS ABOUT THINA. SHE REALISED THAT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HER LIFE SHE HAD FALLEN IN LOVE WITH A GUY. IMMEDIATELY SHE KNEW THAT NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENDS AROUND HER, HER LOVE FOR HIM IS NEVER GOING TO CHANGE.

EARLY NEXT MORNING ONCE AGAIN SHE ATTEMPTED TO CALL HIM. LUCKILY HIS PHONE WAS SWITCHED ON. HE ANSWERED THE PHONE IN A FAR BETTER TONE THAN THE PREVIOUS DAY. HE WAS RELUCTANT TO BELIEVE THAT SHE HAD DONE A GENUINE MISTAKE, BUT HE TALKED TO HER FOR SOME TIME. LATER DURING THE WEEK SHE GOT TO KNOW THAT HE TOO WAS FEELING VERY UPSET ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED THAT DAY, AND HE HAD SPENT THE WHOLE NIGHT TAKING ALCOHOL WITH HIS FRIENDS TO AVOID THE HEARBROKEN FEELING. IT TOOK THEM ABOUT ONE MONTH’S TIME TO GET OVER THEIR QUARREL. ONE DAY HE GAVE HER A CALL AND SAID “WHY DON’T YOU START AN AFFAIR WITH A GUY”, IT WAS A SURPRISE FOR HER AND HER REPLY WAS THAT SHE WAS AFRAID THAT HE MIGHT LEAVE HER AFTER SOME TIME. THAT CONVERSATION DID NOT GO ANY FURTHER.

TIME PASSED BY WITH DIFFERENT HAPPENINGS BETWEEN THE COUPLE. ONE DAY ONE OF THEIR COLLEGUES BOUGHT SOME FOOD BELONGING TO TWO QUALITY LEVELS. HE WANTED CHATHU TO DISTRIBUTE IT AMONGS THE TEAM MEMBERS. BUT SHE WANTED TO TEST THE TWO TASTES BEFORE DOING IT. THINA WAS ASKED TO TASTE IT, BUT SURPRISINGLY HE REFUSED TO PICK IT UP AND TASTE. SO IN THE END SHE HAD TO FEED HIM WITH HER HAND. LIFE FLOWED ON WITH MANY SUCH INCIDENTS, MANY EYE CONTACTS, MANY LOVING LOOKS, BUT NOTHING EVER SEEMED TO HAPPEN BETWEEN THEM. SO SHE DECIDE TO LEAVE THE PLACE AND GO AS SHE WAS FINDING IT VERY HARD TO HIDE THE FEELINGS SHE HAD FOR HIM.

SHE GOT A GOOD JOB OPPORTUNITY AND DECIDED TO LEAVE THE OFFICE SOON. THE NEWS SPREAD EVERYWHERE, BUT THINA WAS KEEPING HIMSELFT AWAY FROM ALL GATHERINGS IN THE DEPARTMENT, KEEPING HIS THOUGHTS TO HIMSELF. THE FINAL DAY ARRIVED. CHATHU WAS READY TO LEAVE THE PLACE FOREVER. MANY COLLEGUES WISHED HER GOOD LUCK. MANY GAVE HER NICE GIFTS. TOWARDS THE END OF THE DAY SHE WAS INVITED FOR A DEPARTMENT GATHERING IN WHICH SHE WAS GIVEN A NICE GIFT AND EVERYBODY WISHED HER GOOD LUCK FOR HER FUTURE. THINA TOO CAME ALONG AND WISHED HER AND AFTER HAND SHAKING WITH HER, HE TOOK A QUICK GLANCE AT HER HAND WHILE HOLDING IT AND WENT AWAY. NOBODY NOTICED THE ACT, BUT CHATHU AND IT SURPRISED HER.

AFTER THE GATHERING ENDED MOST OF HER COLLEGUES WENT HOME. BUT ALAS CHATHU COULD NOT GO. HER LEGS BEGAN TO PAIN A LOT. SHE GOT A CRAMP IN HER LEGS. IT WAS PAINING LIKE HELL. MANY FRIENDS HELPED HER TO OVERCOME IT, BUT IT WOULDN’T GO. BY THIS TIME THINA CAME ALONG AND ONE OF HER FRIENDS ASKED HIM TO STEP ON HER LEGS SO THAT THE PAIN WILL GO AWAY. HE REFUSED THAT AS HE THOUGHT HE MIGHT HURT HER, BUT IN THE END HE HAD TO DO IT. HE WAS HOLIDNG HER HAND WHILE DOING IT AND SLOWLY THE PAIN WENT AWAY. THINA WAS CALLED BY HIS FRIENDS TO GO HOME, HE GOT READY TO GO, BUT COULD NOT LET HER HAND GO. HE HELD IT TIGHT AND AFTER SEVERAL MINUTES HE LET IT GO, AND HIS EYES WERE FILLED WITH TEARS. THOSE TEARS CAME POURING DOWN, WHICH MADE THE SAME THING TO HAPPEN TO CHATHU AS WELL. SOMEHOW HE ESCAPED FROM THERE. BUT BOTH OF THEM COULD NOT FORGET EACH OTHER. HE SENT HER SEVERAL SHORT MESSAGES ASKING WHETHER SHE WAS OK. DURING THAT NIGHT CHATHU REALISED HE DID LOVE HER SOMEHOW, BUT WAS NOT READY TO TELL IT STRAIGHT TO HER FACE FOR SOME WEIRD REASON THAT SHE DID NOT KNOW.

TIME PASSED BY, NOW SHE WAS WORKING IN A NEW PLACE, A PLACE WHERE SHE COULD NOT SEE HER LOVER. A PLACE WHERE SHE FELT VERY LONELY WITHOUT HER LOVER. ONE DAY SHE GOT A CALL. SHE WAS OVERWHELMED “IT IS HIM”, SHE THOUGHT AND EAGERLY ANSWERED THE CALL. BUT THE HAPPINESS IN HER FACE FADED AWAY SOON. SHE COULD NOT BEAR TO LISTEN TO HIS WORDS. THOSE WORDS HURT HER DEEPLY. HE WAS TELLING HER ABOUT A GIRL IN HIS OFFICE THAT HE WAS INTERESTED ABOUT. CHATHU LISTENED TO HIS WORDS KEEPING ALL THE PAIN IN HER HEART AND SILENTLY CRIED FOR LOOSING HER LOVER. BUT SHE ENSURED HIM THAT SHE WILL HELP HIM AT ANY COST. THAT WAS SOMETHING SAID FROM HER HEAR. SHE WAS SAD, BUT SHE WANTED HIM TO BE HAPPY FOREVER, AS HE WANTED THAT GIRL BADLY SHE DECIDED TO HELP HIM WITH THAT AND MAKE HIM HAPPY. “I DO NOT MIND ABOUT WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO ME HEREAFTER” SHE THOUGHT. “IF HE IS HAPPY I CAN BE HAPPY TOO. I WILL HELP HIM IN THIS AND MAKE HIM HAPPY”.



THAT IS THE TRUE NATURE OF LOVE. IT WAS A LOVE THAT COULD NEVER BE CHANGED. A LOVE THAT CAME FROM THE BOTTOM OF HER HEART. A LOVE THAT WOULD LAST A LIFE TIME THROUGH. STILL SHE IS WAITING FORM HIM TO ASK ANY HELP, WITH A FAINT HOPE OF GETTING HER LOVER BACK. SHE DOES NOT WISH FOR IT, BUT KEEPS A SMALL HOPE IN THE CORNER OF HER HEART. IS SHE DOING THE RIGHT THING? WELL FOLKS THAT IS FOR YOU TO DECIDE. THINK ABOUT IT NOT ONCE, NOT TWICE, BUT A HUNDRED TIMES…………