A Sequel Of Romance

CHAPTER-1

part 2

AN INEVITABLE SEPARATION

Adrian, the name of the wing through which I flew. Soon we became friends through our naughty child's fight. I can still remember the sudden ways by which he used to frighten me while playing hide and seek. Without my knowledge, he became the freedom which I demanded for.

Everything was going as the way I wanted to, not with mom but with Adrian. I was growing up with all the ways of disappointment showed by mom. The only time I freed myself was the summer evenings with Ady(I used to call him). Life with him was like the clouds sprinkled around the scorching sky indicating the arrival of rain. But without our understanding the sky, the vast fields and the brooks passing by was indicating solitude and separation.

It was the end of summer. One fine evening, I was busy completing my maths homework. Mom was in the kitchen keeping a close eye on me. To my astonishment I heard a voice, "Tiara" , outside the wooden door. I ran through the passage leaving my torn maths book aside. It was Ady, standing with a big chocolate box and a letter.

Before I said him to come in, he said "good bye". His word was like an arrow shot a flying bird.

He went, handing the chocolate box with the letter. I was speechless to ask him where was he going? All I heard was he said his father came to take him from his aunt's house as the summer vacation ended.

He waived his hand. All I did was to stand there with an incapable face. Incapable of losing him. Slowly the figure faded away. Suddenly like an electric shock my urges enforced me to make him come back and I ran. But I found it was too late. All I wanted to say was "come back" but I could not.

Time waits for no one though we want it to wait. After Ady I was left there all alone, with the tough expertise books of history, maths and science; the daily school routines and my mom. I wanted mom to know that her daughter was not fine. However my fear stopped me. Fear of not understanding me, fear of making her more unhappy and fear of losing her like Ady. Days passed, Adrian never came. On my eighth birthday, mom informed me that we were shifting our residence as I was growing.

My parents decided to come and introduce me to the city life. The first thought came to my mind was another new life all alone with new people, new places and the old memories of Ady with the letter he gave.

" Dear Tiara,

I want you to stay good, making new friends. I will be there. One day when you will grow , we will meet. May be we won't recognize each other however I will miss you. I wish I could have taken you with me or could have stayed back. You are the amazing friend I have ever got.

I know I promised not to make you cry by our fights but today I failed to resist myself from crying. Not because of our fight but with the thought of losing the opportunity to fight with you. This letter is to let you know, Tiara is the closest friend Ady has . Ady will eagerly wait to come back & spend another vacation with her.

With love,

Adrian"

I wanted to stay, waiting for another summer evening with Ady but was forced by the domination of my age. I was too small to say mom that I wanted to wait. May be that was a big word unsuitable to my age. We moved. I started another new journey with lot more happenings...................

To Be Continued.