Faded Memories

Its been a month since the surgery . My mind has been a blank space since then with no memories. Have you ever felt like a stranger in your own story? That’s what I am feeling at this very moment. EMPTINESS the only word that could describe me right now and I have no idea how long will it take to feel something again.

Hannah was diagnosed with a rare brain condition which was finally resolved fully after 13 years but at the cost of her memories.

Hannah lost in these thoughts didn’t even realize her father has been there all this while.

“Have you packed your stuff.” he said bringing her out from her thoughts. Hannah was going to her grandmothers home for a change of environment.

“I just have to take some more stuff from the attic.”

“Take your sister with you.”

“Arya lets go we have work to do.”

Arya and Hannah climbed the stairs of the attic chatting and giggling all their way. They both always had a very strong bond and ever since Hannah’s accident their bond only grew stronger. The attic has a large box where all the old clothes and toys were stacked one above the other and a book shelf full of books old and new.

As Hannah was going through the books she found a diary with the title “28 OCTOBER” on it. It quickly drew Hannah’s attention because 28 October was the day she was born. She took the diary with all the other things and packed it for the trip. It was a 2 hours drive to grandma’s house.

Grandmas house was situated on the river bank with a sweet little garden at the back side of the house. Hannah and Arya came running hugging their beloved grandma.

“There you are my sweet little girls , you both better be hungry because i have prepared quite a large feast for you two. ” grandma said overjoyed.

She served them with their fav dishes. After the dinner Arya insisted grandma to read a book to her but grandma being old and tired gently refused the little child and put her back to bed. Hannah on the other hand remembered about the diary she found this morning.

“Goodnight Grandma” Hannah said climbing the steps to go to her room.

“Good night my child, its nice Hannah having you here after so long”

Hannah rushed to her room filled with curiosity to read the book. She made a comfortable place near the window, took out the book and started reading.......

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This story is of a girl an innocent one. I cant tell you her name so lets just call her Lily because someone once told her she was the purest soul in his eyes, well that’s another story lets save it for another day.

She was five when she first came to ‘Scarlet High’ the most prestigious school of their city. She tried to make friends but failed miserably , but little did she know she had a secret admirer, a boy from her own class who noticed her when no one else did Caio.

I don’t remember much about Ciao’s childhood. I just know he was a fat kid with a big head who maybe loved Lily. He used to tell her mother and sisters that one day he is going to marry her. He was shy , never really tried to talk to her. As an act of love all he did was coming school early each day just so that he could save a seat, just in front of lily, and not beside her you know why? So that he could watch her all day long. He used to fight all his classmates for her favorite toy and offer it to her sweetly without saying a word.

The Things We Do For Love.

I remember once Caio’s sister asked Lilly to kiss him as a joke , but Lily being an obedient girl was confused at first because her mother once told her not do disobey any elder no matter what. She gathered all her courage and softly placed her lips against Caio’s cheeks and kissed him gently. Caio on another hand was caught off-guard, flustered as red as a tomato if not more. His heart started beating faster , his hands shivering and his mind could not process what just happened. It was their first kiss the purest one.

Their school had a tradition of organizing a play every year. This time it was a love story of a prince and a princess. The auditions began and not so surprisingly Lily was selected for the role of the princess. This made Caio determined to get selected as the princess and eventually he did. His happiness knew no bounds, he went home with the biggest smile on his face and told his mother about the whole incident.

Next day during the rehearsals Caio was surprised to see not one but five prince. That’s when he read the play script and for a moment he could not believe his own eyes. According to the script their were five suitors who competed for the princess : 1 The ugly prince 2 The short prince 3 The Snob prince 4 The Fat prince 5 The Perfect prince .

Caio was given the role of the fat prince, told you he was a fat kid. He somehow managed to get himself together and start the rehearsals.

"NO NO I would never marry a Fat Prince"Lily said with all that hate and disgust in her eyes, she was indeed a good actor.

" I I.....” Caio tried but couldn’t complete his dialogue.

We cant blame him his little heart couldn’t take all this at once. He was hurt but he practiced day and night for the play and eventually the day of the final play arrived . When Caio saw Lily in the beautiful golden gown he was mesmerized and that gave him a hope to perform the best not for himself but for her, to make her the star of the whole show. So he did it.

To everyone’s surprise Caio did a pretty good job in the finale. That was it Caio could not hold it any longer so he ran hiding his tears, all the way through the corridors straight to his sister. As soon as he found his sister he hugged her , tears rolling down his eyes . He told everything he had been feeling but little did he know their was someone who followed him all the way , it was Lily.

She heard everything and slowly approached him. Her heart aching just by the thought of hurting him.

" Its just a play, in reality you will always be my prince ” Lily said

Then she ran as she knew what lied ahead. She knew he can never be by her side or worse she can never be with him.

She had to travel to a different city and she wasn’t even sure if she is going to survive it or not. This was the last time she was seeing Caio . She decided not to tell Caio about all this because she was afraid of hurting him again. So she vanished away quietly from the city and most importantly from Ciao’s life.

Fate does what it does best ‘Drift apart people who love each other’

Caio was confused for a long time . Everyday waiting for Lily to come back little did he know she was long gone.

One day during regular classes when someone asked about Lily that’s when it was revealed that she had been transferred to a different school in a different city. Caio was disappointed as if his little heart was broken for the very first time.

He thought to himself “Why did she leave? Was is important ? Why did she say all those things when she knew she was not here for long ? She could have at least told me that she was leaving.”

Tragic isn’t it we don’t always get to chose the people that stay in our lives.

People would say what do kids know about love. But isn’t kids the one that experience and give the purest form of love, the selfless love without the hurts of past and worries of the future. They just love you without reasons without expectations. Sometimes i feel every person should once in their lives experience a childhood love story which knows no bounds and if you do you will have a person who will become your core memory the sweetest one you will cherish throughout your life.

Caio and Lily are lucky enough to have experienced it but what else did the future hold for them was still unknown. Will they ever meet again or just become each others faded childhood memory. The only way of knowing this unknown was ‘WAITING’.

Waiting , an awful thing its long, uncertain and most of the times its painful. Despite all this we all wait : Sometimes we wait to find the right person. Sometimes we wait for things to get better. Sometimes we wait for the return of our person after an heartbreak. No matter however awful waiting may sound it carries a beautiful ray of hope and a maybe with it which just helps you to keep going no matter what the situation maybe that maybe one day we will find someone to love and be loved; that maybe someday things will get better; that maybe someday our lover will return to us. Its just something we all do for nothing else but LOVE.

So Dear Readers What are you waiting for? Or maybe i should ask......

Who are you Waiting for?