Short Love Stories...

Christmas Bells

It was a chilly winter evening in the month of December.

I was shopping for the prom night to be held by the end of the week. Being a high school student, I had to take care of what I am spending on my clothes. I lost my parents in an accident. My only legal guardian was my dad's friend. We didn't have much of a connection. I didn't share everything interesting in my life. I was more of an aloof person after my parents died. But there was this girl I liked since I was in first grade. Her name was Shanaya and her parents also had the same tragedy as mine.

I remember one incident from first class when I boasted to a guy that I have kissed Shanaya and the guy claimed it to be a lie, as it was, asked me to do it again. I was baffled decided to kiss her in the end. I still remember that I kissed her on her left cheek and she was standing in the last seat of the middle row. I have had a huge crush on her since then, I suppose.

I have had a lot of girlfriends since then but I don't know why, I could never get her out of my head. I know she was way out of my league but I kinda had this feeling for her for a really long time. But I accepted the fact that she was extremely hot and a Ten, while on the other side, I was average looking, 6 or 7, So Its never gonna work out. Also, almost all the boys were into her.

But then, I didn't want to regret my only chance to take her to the prom, so I decided to ask her as soon as possible. When I went to her room, I saw through the opening, there were flower bouquets all over her place sent by the boys as to ask her out for prom. She was discussing with her friend as to whom should she say yes. She was feeling as every guy was offering her flowers as a bait to come to prom with him. Well, there were a million bouquets, if I remember correctly. So, I got even more scared of the rejection and went back from the door itself. Fear of rejection is very common, but it was eating me all over because I wanted to take her with me.

It was 22 december, and I was flabbergasted to know that Shanaya hasn't said yes to anybody yet. I thought I was still in the league. I was putting my hopes into the Christmas party to be held at my friend's place on the Christmas eve. I had planned that I was surely gonna ask her this time. I still had a bit of a doubt about my abilities of talking to a girl.

When the day pulled over, I thought that I would look better than anybody else in the party but others were looking equally good or maybe better, I suppose. As soon as we entered the party, there was booze, food and chicks. I was thrilled. My friends and I had fun for a couple of hours until they passed and all the other sober people were playing Spin The Bottle. The rules were simple, when the bottle stops, the people on both the ends of the bottle have to kiss each other. First stage was kissing on the cheeks, second the lips and the third was the use of tongue.

Well, I was very excited to play such a game since it gave me goosebumps to even think about the chance I can have. Also, the twist in the game was that everybody playing had to be blindfolded, so half of the people backed out. It was only six of us, three guys and three chicks, but the best thing was that she was still playing. First time the bottle spun, a guy kissed her, second time, a girl kissed her and by the fifth time everybody, but me has kissed her.

I was in despair, not because I wasn't able to kiss her but because she was already kissed by guys who I thought were better for her, than me. But then, something happened. Something unexpected, unpredictable, something nobody could think of. The bottle spun towards us thrice in a row. The first kiss was fine, but kiddish. The second took my breath away and the third blew my heart. As my lips touched hers, I felt as if I have been transported to heaven. I remember the feeling, it was warm, and the lips tasted sweet and she even tried to bite me once. It was so intense that I lost control over my mind and asked her then and there, in front of everyone if she wanted to go to prom with me.

I expected the reply which would make it a perfect story but what happened was on the contrary. She didn't say a word and left. But the night wasn't over yet. I tried calling her, but she won't pick up. So I went to her room and not knowing what to say made the situation more awkward. I wanted to ask her, why she left me humiliated in front of everybody. I wanted to yell at her for making me a joke in front of everyone. But moreover, I started feeling for her and that was when I realized that she means more to me than everybody including myself. I decided to put her emotions over mine and asked her what's wrong. I was astonished to hear what she said.

She said , "I never expected someone to ask me to prom like this. This is the best thing ever happened to me." And she came to the prom with me as my date. I still couldn't believe that the hottest girl in the school came to prom with me. It worked out well for a couple of months but then she left for London to study further. It kinda made both of us sad.

But the story didn't end here. She's coming back today after three years. I am waiting for her here at the airport for two hours now. I am never ever gonna let her go, she's the best thing ever happened to me.