Memories We Hold Together

"By your side"

There was no reply.

She was crying continuously.

"Tell me what happened Reema?"

She place the clothes on the bed.

"Ma...mama rehan is getting married..."

She was speaking with a heavy heart.

"So...?" Rabail's heart sank,

"I-I don't want him to get married, b- because I love him."

There was a tremor in the words.

Saying this, Reema covered her face with her palms.

She was crying like a child.

Both Rabail's body and tone went cold, She was staring at her with clenched fists.

Rabil opened her lips to say something but stopped.

"No Rabail! not like that... Not everything should be handled with anger or emotion."

Taking a deep breath, putting her anger to the side, she looked at reema with soft eyes.

"Look here! Look at me." The tone was calm.

Reema tilted her head towards Rabail, she was smiling softly, Reema was confused.

"Come here! Sit here." Rabail made her sit on the bed.

"Well! stop crying now, hmm?"

She sat beside her, wiping her tears.

Taking a deep breath, Rabail took her hands in his own.

"Well, tell me, how did all this happen? How did you know that you fell in love with Rehan?"

The tears stopped flowing from the eyes.

"Just a few weeks ago since Rania's marriage, or maybe when I found out about Rehan's marraige."

The voice was low on the last sentence,

"Hmmm. Well tell me what do you call love? if I ask you what is love, How would you describe it to me?"

Reema was completely silent, perhaps she had no answer.

"Let me tell you."

"Love is the name of wanting someone quietly.

It is a reality that can never be see, it is one such wealth, which can never be bought.

There comes a time in life, when we gov through so many mental, physical, and emotional conditions, which is known today as the "teenage years..."

Rabail felt that perhaps Reema is also going through same teenage phase.

"You are still young, you may not understand. But what you call love right now, maybe, it is just your temporary attraction.

And this attraction will fade with time.

I am saying all this because I have gone through this phase, everyone does.

It happens, that we get heavily influenced by many people in life, but there is a big difference between being influenced and falling in love.

Let me tell you one thing, and remember it always.

"Attraction" fades away with time. While love lives on.