I still remember that summer. The summer of 2005. I can never forget that time. It was the time when i fell in love for the first time. I was in my high school. The girl i fell in love with was one of the most beautiful girl in our school. But i had never found her attractive or beautiful until i fell in love with her. I had thought of her as just another typical dumb hot girl.
I was then just an above average, good looking, smart and sarcastic kind of guy. So now you all must wonder what could have happened that made me and Megan come together. That is her name, Megan. Well one day i was just reading a novel in my class during a short break when i heard a "OUCH!!OH MY GOD!!". I removed my eyes from the book and looked. I saw Megan sucking her index finger. As she took out the finger from her mouth i noticed blood oozing out of it. I was a nice guy so i wanted to help her. So i took out a band-aid from my bag and passed it to her. She had accidentally poked her finger into the compass while putting her hand inside her bag trying to search for a pencil. She thanked me for the band-aid. Then it was time for our next class.
Later, i was in the cafeteria eating lunch when Megan showed up with her boyfriend, Mike. Mike was a year senior than us. He looked strong and muscular. "This is for you", Megan said as she offered me a bar of chocolate I figured out that it was for my kind act earlier. I refused her generous offer We were not in the first grade or anything to be giving chocolates for helping someone i thought. But her boyfriend insisted too. More like forced. He showed me his fists when Megan was not looking. So i had to take it. But i gave it to Rob. Rob sat besides me in class. He taught me maths and so i told him it was his reward. But the truth was i did not want to eat something forced to me by a stupid bully.
Giving the chocolate to Rob became a mistake. Megan saw him eating the whole thing. She glared at me as if i had committed some crime. After classes were over, she turned to me and said that i was a bad guy for doing such a thing. She said it hurt her. I did not know she would be so sensitive over it. "It did not taste good so i gave it to Rob okay", i said as i carried my bag. "You are a jerk", she said and walked out of the class. I actually felt bad for disappointing her. I could have done nothing about it but i was a good guy after all so i did something that made us friends instead.
The next morning, during a short break, i apologized to Megan. She did not react. Then i took out a chocolate bar. "Let us repeat the past once again but this time with a different consequence", i said as i tried handing her the chocolate. She smiled. "You are funny", she said as she took the chocolate. "Let's share it instead", she added. I nodded in approval. And we became friends that morning. We regularly started greeting each other and even talked during breaks.
But there was a trouble. The trouble was Mike. Mike did not like other boys talking to her during his presence. And no boy dared to talk to her too. But not me. I would just talk to her even if he signaled me to get lost showing his big fists. Slowly, Megan started spending more time with me than that giant monster.
There was something about us that just clicked. I discovered she was more than just a hot girl. She lived with her mom. Her father had left them a few years ago. Her mother was a doctor and worked at the local city hospital. I often visited Megan at her home. We would spend a lot of time talking about everything and anything. She got more beautiful every time we met. One time i could not resist myself from kissing her and so i did. She did not hesitate either.
Now you all must wonder what happened between Mike and Megan. Well, Megan told him that she was in love with me. It was strange that Mike did not create any fuss over it. She said he understood but they would still be friends. But i did not like Mike. Not at all. Soon, our love was visible all over the high school. Megan even made Rob change seat with her so that she could sit besides me. It was all wonderful.
Everything was going all so well until one day something bad happened. It was Megan's birthday and she had invited everyone from our class. And Mike too. I did not care that she had invited him but she agreed to dance with him. She could have just refused but they were still friends she said. I was completely cool with that too but it was when Mike tried to kiss her that i lost my cool. I went up to him with all of the world's rage within me and gave him a hard punch in his face. Everyone was watching us with amazement. Then Mike punched me hard in my stomach. I fell on the ground with just one blow. I looked so pathetic. I looked at Megan. She seemed to be in a shock. "Why did you hit Mike?", she asked. "You do that again and i will hit you harder next time", Mike said holding his nose. "He was about to kiss you. How could i ignore that? You should not have danced with him", i said still in pain.
"You are so stupid. I was not about to kiss her. I was just showing her this small ring that i had pierced into my tongue yesterday", Mike said as he showed his pierced tongue. I felt like an idiot at that moment. I slowly got up on my feet and apologized to Megan. She stood quite. Everyone left with disappointment. The three of us stood in silence. "She loves you man. I would never do such a thing. She left me to be with you. And i let her do it because it made her happy. We are now good friends. I may look like a tough and a bad guy but i am not", said Mike and left. Megan sat on the sofa still not speaking a word. I joined her. "I feel awful", i said holding her right hand. "Well you should! You ruined my birthday ", she said angrily.
"I will never do such a thing again. I promise. Now should i leave or do you forgive me?", i said as i stood up. "Sit down you moron", she said. Then i asked her if she would accept the gift that i had brought for her. "It is your wish", she said still looking depressed. Then i took out a couple of Band-aids. "This is what made us one so this is your gift", i said smiling. "You seriously giving me this as a gift? " , she smiled too. Then i took out the real gift from my back pocket. It was a watch. "It's not expensive but it's better than Band-aids right?",i said laughing. "Cost does not matter. It is a beautiful watch. But i am taking the Band-aids too.",she giggled. Her mood was back to normal and i was happy.
Next day i apologized to Mike for being a jerk with him. He forgave me and we became friends. He turned out to be different from his appearance. He was quite a soft guy. A girl from his class proposed to him and they started going out. He got a new girlfriend. She never left his side. I mean NEVER!. Everything was once again back on track as they say. Megan would always say that one day she would marry me. But i would just ignore her just to tease her off. Our relationship was stronger than anything. It has been eight years since then and Megan and i are now happily married.
