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*Beeeeeppppp* *Beeeeeeppppp* *Beeeeeeppppp*
Neil slowly opened his eyes and turned off the alarm annoyingly.
Neil Craig, is a student of Senior High school in Chicago, works as a software developer trainee in a reputed organization as well, a very hardworking trainee he is indeed; lives in a rented apartment near his work place by himself and loves social media.
He was annoyed because it was Sunday and he forgot to turn off his alarm last night. His parents live in Chicago as well but very far away from him hence he visits them twice or thrice a month.
After getting fresh and filling his stomach with some english breakfast, Neil called his mom and chatted with her for couple of minutes. He felt his phone vibrating so he bid good bye to his mother and hung up the call. He immediately scrolled down his notification bar and there were notifications from every social networking sites. Neil dived into his phone and posted pictures of his breakfast on different social sites. Neil spent most of his Sunday by completing his home chores, eating and spending time on his social sites. Something felt strange, as if something was missing from his life; he solaced himself that it was some aimless thought.
Neil felt hungry all of a sudden, he checked the time and it was eight pm, he ordered some mac and cheese. All of a sudden a name struck his mind. Luna, Luna Brown, his girlfriend, the love of his life. It was not something but someone was missing from his life today. The day is about to end and there was no call or message from her. Not even a single one. Neil thought 'how careless of me, I forgot her, how can I forget her? Am the worst person'. He immediately opened his messenger but wait! Where is her chat? Neil scrolled his messenger but there was nothing. Neil took a pause and told to himself that 'maybe I have changed her name into something else so let's just check the phone contact list' but again he was shocked. He checked his every single social networking sites but there was not a single trace of her in his phone. Neil tried so hard to remember her number, kept asking himself 'What's her number?'. He even searched his notebooks, that, if by any chance he ever wrote her phone number on any paper but this modern technology has completely made us dependent on it.
He immediately called his mother and told her to call Luna and tell her to call Neil as soon as possible but to his aghast, his mother asked him that who is Luna. "Mom! Is this a joke? Please do as I say, am seriously not in the mood" Neil said. "Honey, why would I joke with you in middle of my cooking? Is this Luna girl your new girlfriend? Why didn't you tell us?" his mother replied with agony in her voice.
"Oh my god mom! Stop annoying me! Are you all playing some prank on me? I know this is a prank, you all just planned this, isn't it? Uhhh!! Bye!" He hung up the call. His mother called him back immediately many times but he was so vexed that he didn't bother to pick it up. The door bell rang suddenly, he jumped on his feet; Neil started pacing back and forth near the door and told to himself that maybe it's Luna on the other side of the door and wanted to surprise him so didn't contact him throughout the day. He happily went to open the door but to his surprise it was a man. "Yes? How may I help you?" Neil asked. Then the man replied, "Sir this is your order for mac and cheese. Mr. Neil Craig, right?".
"Oh shoot! Yes yes it's me. I was so caught up in something that this completely skipped my mind. Just wait here"
Neil went inside, picked up his wallet, paid to the delivery man and took his food; kept it on the table and slouched back on the couch.
Now he opened his gallery and there was no sign of Luna Brown even there. Neither her individual pictures nor her pictures with Neil or anybody, there were no videos of her either. Neil couldn't believe his eyes. He was so perplexed about this situation that he kept checking from one app to another. Horror struck him, he was blank, he neither could believe nor he could understand that how it was possible. Neil pressed both of his temples with his fingers, started rubbing them slowly in a circular motion as if trying hard to remember her; Luna's face, her features, their memories. It felt like as if it was fading away slowly from his memory.
'No no no no please Luna, my baby, please don't leave me. Come back. Am sorry. Am so so sorry for not giving you the time and attention you deserve. You've always supported me, you were always by my side through thick and thin and in return I don't even text you, reply you or talk to you properly. Pleaseeee, I have realised my mistakes. I will give you the time and love that you deserve. I promise you. I will do as you say. Just come back to me. I cannot live without you, please Luna', Neil was continuously crying and begging to her as if she was in front of him. His forehead started aching badly, his eyes were swollen. He slowly laid on the sofa and slumbered there without even realising it
*Beeeeeppppp* *Beeeeeeppppp* *Beeeeeeppppp*
Neil woke up with a jolt. He looked around, it was morning and there was a box of food on the table. He looked at his hand, his phone was there, Neil clicked the lock button and saw that it was Monday, eight in the morning. Terror charged him once again, he found himself on the sofa and realised how he ended up there but the question came back again, why he was on the sofa? Neil was about to unlock his phone when the door bell rang, he felt a thrill on every nerve of his body. He didn't move. The bell rang again, twice this time. Neil got up to his feet and pushed himself slowly towards the door. Now there were loud bangs on the door. He grabbed a table lamp near the door in his defence, he gulped hard. The bell rang again. He slowly opened the door and the lamp fell on the floor from his hand and shattered after what he saw infront of him. Neil couldn't move, it felt like someone has seized his foot from under the floor. He opened his mouth to speak but felt like someone had steal his voice. Tears started rolling down from his eyes.
"Neil! Oh my god! Why are you crying? Are you okay? And why are you looking at me as if am a ghost? Okay okay let's go inside and talk" said the person who was standing at the door.
The person took Neil inside, made him sit on the sofa, gave him water and started caressing his back slowly and then asked again, "Now tell me what happened".
Neil jumped on the person, hugged and burst into tears, "I am so sorry Luna. I am very mean....I never give you the time and attention you deserve but please please please never ever leave me or even do anything like that to me".
They released eachother and Luna asked him that what is he talking about and then Neil told her every single thing that happened yesterday, how the mac and cheese was still on the table and how he passed out on the sofa last night.
After patiently listening to everything, Luna said, "I have told you many times to live in the practical world, cherish and love the people who are in front of you, care for you, love you and not the people on social media, who only waits to criticize you. I have told you many times, that, time can never be rewind, once it is gone then it is gone forever. I have craved for your time and attention so many times but you were always busy, well, you were never too busy to excite the people on social media to my surprise. Hmmm what to do? I think everything happens for a reason. Sometimes people learn through the hard way. Have I not told you to value people when they are alive, instead of showing grief when they are gone?".
"Baby! I know and am really sorry but am still clueless that how it happened" Neil said while wiping his eyes.
Luna replied with rolling her eyes, "Who knows? Maybe a witch jinxed you".
"What rubbish! These aren't real. Stop making fun of me"
"Am not making fun of you love" Luna said with a smirk but Neil didn't notice that
"Witches? No, they aren't real. Do you really believe so?" He asked anxiously
Luna looked dead into Neil's eyes with a devilish grin, blinked and then replied, "Well, Maybe".
Neil slowly opened his eyes and turned off the alarm annoyingly.
Neil Craig, is a student of Senior High school in Chicago, works as a software developer trainee in a reputed organization as well, a very hardworking trainee he is indeed; lives in a rented apartment near his work place by himself and loves social media.
He was annoyed because it was Sunday and he forgot to turn off his alarm last night. His parents live in Chicago as well but very far away from him hence he visits them twice or thrice a month.
After getting fresh and filling his stomach with some english breakfast, Neil called his mom and chatted with her for couple of minutes. He felt his phone vibrating so he bid good bye to his mother and hung up the call. He immediately scrolled down his notification bar and there were notifications from every social networking sites. Neil dived into his phone and posted pictures of his breakfast on different social sites. Neil spent most of his Sunday by completing his home chores, eating and spending time on his social sites. Something felt strange, as if something was missing from his life; he solaced himself that it was some aimless thought.
Neil felt hungry all of a sudden, he checked the time and it was eight pm, he ordered some mac and cheese. All of a sudden a name struck his mind. Luna, Luna Brown, his girlfriend, the love of his life. It was not something but someone was missing from his life today. The day is about to end and there was no call or message from her. Not even a single one. Neil thought 'how careless of me, I forgot her, how can I forget her? Am the worst person'. He immediately opened his messenger but wait! Where is her chat? Neil scrolled his messenger but there was nothing. Neil took a pause and told to himself that 'maybe I have changed her name into something else so let's just check the phone contact list' but again he was shocked. He checked his every single social networking sites but there was not a single trace of her in his phone. Neil tried so hard to remember her number, kept asking himself 'What's her number?'. He even searched his notebooks, that, if by any chance he ever wrote her phone number on any paper but this modern technology has completely made us dependent on it.
He immediately called his mother and told her to call Luna and tell her to call Neil as soon as possible but to his aghast, his mother asked him that who is Luna. "Mom! Is this a joke? Please do as I say, am seriously not in the mood" Neil said. "Honey, why would I joke with you in middle of my cooking? Is this Luna girl your new girlfriend? Why didn't you tell us?" his mother replied with agony in her voice.
"Oh my god mom! Stop annoying me! Are you all playing some prank on me? I know this is a prank, you all just planned this, isn't it? Uhhh!! Bye!" He hung up the call. His mother called him back immediately many times but he was so vexed that he didn't bother to pick it up. The door bell rang suddenly, he jumped on his feet; Neil started pacing back and forth near the door and told to himself that maybe it's Luna on the other side of the door and wanted to surprise him so didn't contact him throughout the day. He happily went to open the door but to his surprise it was a man. "Yes? How may I help you?" Neil asked. Then the man replied, "Sir this is your order for mac and cheese. Mr. Neil Craig, right?".
"Oh shoot! Yes yes it's me. I was so caught up in something that this completely skipped my mind. Just wait here"
Neil went inside, picked up his wallet, paid to the delivery man and took his food; kept it on the table and slouched back on the couch.
Now he opened his gallery and there was no sign of Luna Brown even there. Neither her individual pictures nor her pictures with Neil or anybody, there were no videos of her either. Neil couldn't believe his eyes. He was so perplexed about this situation that he kept checking from one app to another. Horror struck him, he was blank, he neither could believe nor he could understand that how it was possible. Neil pressed both of his temples with his fingers, started rubbing them slowly in a circular motion as if trying hard to remember her; Luna's face, her features, their memories. It felt like as if it was fading away slowly from his memory.
'No no no no please Luna, my baby, please don't leave me. Come back. Am sorry. Am so so sorry for not giving you the time and attention you deserve. You've always supported me, you were always by my side through thick and thin and in return I don't even text you, reply you or talk to you properly. Pleaseeee, I have realised my mistakes. I will give you the time and love that you deserve. I promise you. I will do as you say. Just come back to me. I cannot live without you, please Luna', Neil was continuously crying and begging to her as if she was in front of him. His forehead started aching badly, his eyes were swollen. He slowly laid on the sofa and slumbered there without even realising it
*Beeeeeppppp* *Beeeeeeppppp* *Beeeeeeppppp*
Neil woke up with a jolt. He looked around, it was morning and there was a box of food on the table. He looked at his hand, his phone was there, Neil clicked the lock button and saw that it was Monday, eight in the morning. Terror charged him once again, he found himself on the sofa and realised how he ended up there but the question came back again, why he was on the sofa? Neil was about to unlock his phone when the door bell rang, he felt a thrill on every nerve of his body. He didn't move. The bell rang again, twice this time. Neil got up to his feet and pushed himself slowly towards the door. Now there were loud bangs on the door. He grabbed a table lamp near the door in his defence, he gulped hard. The bell rang again. He slowly opened the door and the lamp fell on the floor from his hand and shattered after what he saw infront of him. Neil couldn't move, it felt like someone has seized his foot from under the floor. He opened his mouth to speak but felt like someone had steal his voice. Tears started rolling down from his eyes.
"Neil! Oh my god! Why are you crying? Are you okay? And why are you looking at me as if am a ghost? Okay okay let's go inside and talk" said the person who was standing at the door.
The person took Neil inside, made him sit on the sofa, gave him water and started caressing his back slowly and then asked again, "Now tell me what happened".
Neil jumped on the person, hugged and burst into tears, "I am so sorry Luna. I am very mean....I never give you the time and attention you deserve but please please please never ever leave me or even do anything like that to me".
They released eachother and Luna asked him that what is he talking about and then Neil told her every single thing that happened yesterday, how the mac and cheese was still on the table and how he passed out on the sofa last night.
After patiently listening to everything, Luna said, "I have told you many times to live in the practical world, cherish and love the people who are in front of you, care for you, love you and not the people on social media, who only waits to criticize you. I have told you many times, that, time can never be rewind, once it is gone then it is gone forever. I have craved for your time and attention so many times but you were always busy, well, you were never too busy to excite the people on social media to my surprise. Hmmm what to do? I think everything happens for a reason. Sometimes people learn through the hard way. Have I not told you to value people when they are alive, instead of showing grief when they are gone?".
"Baby! I know and am really sorry but am still clueless that how it happened" Neil said while wiping his eyes.
Luna replied with rolling her eyes, "Who knows? Maybe a witch jinxed you".
"What rubbish! These aren't real. Stop making fun of me"
"Am not making fun of you love" Luna said with a smirk but Neil didn't notice that
"Witches? No, they aren't real. Do you really believe so?" He asked anxiously
Luna looked dead into Neil's eyes with a devilish grin, blinked and then replied, "Well, Maybe".
