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Joe's fairy tale!

A teenage girl's love story

By Keerthana RajaramPublished 3 years ago 5 min read

Joe, an Indian teenage girl who is studying in school. She was a kind and determine girl who love and respect her parents so much. For them, she is the whole world. They make every possible wishes of her to come true. But one vity thing is that they don't accept love marriage, like a typical Indian family. Stil our Joe's wish to have a love marriage, with their parents acceptance but she knows that will never happened. She will always stand by their parents decision and never wanted to oppose them.

Her routine was like going to school, attending class, writing assignments and finally goes to sleep. Yes, it's seems too boring! But this is what a teenage girl could afford. As broad exams were too near, she was fully focused on studies. Joe finally gave all her exams and endup finishing her school journey. She returned home with mixed emotions of joy and sarrow since it was final day in school. As Joe too tired, she went to sleep. It was deep sleep without any anxiety of exams.

As Days passes on.....

Joe joined in the college that she dreamt for and she was too excited about her dreams and adulthood. She met lot of friends. Among all Akash was her best friend and everytime they keep on fighting for a silly things just like tom and jerry. Joe was a straight forward girl who talk on the face. But Akash was a soft spoken guy.

Joe always stood up for Akash in every possible situation. As both them were studying as a hostellers, they remain as a emotional support to each other in that unknown atmosphere. Both of their families adore them a lot as friends and treated as their own son & daughter.

As time evolved, unknowingly their friendship was turned out to be a love. Akash felt that it was merely not a friendship but couldn't acknowledged it. Suddenly everything seems to be weird. Both of them were talking to each other with the same bond as in early still there remains an unspoken feelings for each other. Funny is that apart from them, everyone could able to see their love for each other and got teased by their common friends. Joe always refused strongly and she used to say that 'we are best friends forever and that's it nothing else'. Even though she says like that something is disturbing her. Akash on another hand understands the feeling for her and ended up with a smile. He never thought that Joe was going to be her life partner and every thing falls place. From that point akash saw her as girlfriend. He didn't even proposed her but the tone and modulation of akash gradually changes when he talked with Joe.

Joe could able to sense akash's feelings for her and she too love him a lot. But she prays God that, "God, please don't make akash to propose me as I don't have a guts to hurt him and my parents". But her wish was not fulfilled.

On January 1st, new year eve at 12.00, Akash proposed her by hugging & said that, "I always wanted to be yours and you to mine and I'm sorry". She fell in tears of joy. Holding all her emotions back she went out without replying anything. She cried a lot in room thinking of her parents trust and her boy's love for her. She don't know what to do and how to respond.

Akash was left alone in that new year eve and he was emotionally drained because of her reaction.

It was all emptiness left between them no talking and chating. One day Joe was suffered from severe fever. Her father asked akash to look upon her. But he was embraced to see her, so he asked one her common friend sherya to take care of joe. After few days she recovered from the fever and got to know that akash insist sherya to take care of her. As day went on, both were busy in their project, placements and academics. Event though they stop talking, love for each other keeps on increasing. On final day, they meet each other. Akash said that, "I know that you love me so much and you loved your parents more than me" and he smiled. Joe left speechless and thought that she was unlucky to miss him.

As day passed, their parents sensed that something was fishy inbetween them. They don't even have clue that her daughter chosen them over her love of her life. Without knowing anything Joe's parent invite akash to celebrate Christmas and they planned to resolve the fight between the friends. Akash initially refused and on compulsion he accepted the invitation. Joe's parents said to Joe that you've a surprise today but Joe didn't bother anything about it.

On Christmas Eve in Joe's home, she was busy in welcoming all her guest. Her father asked her to open the door as his friend is arriving. Without any clue she went to open the door and whom she saw was her best friend and love of her life. Not expressing much she invited him. Her parents were so happy to see akash after long time. Throughout the party they didn't talk much, not even a eye contact. Joe's father noticed everything, as soon as all the guest went off he make a conversation with both of them and why they are not talking to each other before. Both of them gave lot of reasons, on hearing all the silly reasons her father replied that, ' Are you guys loving each other?'. On hearing from her father, both were shocked. Left by saying nothing. From this their parents understand their true love for each other and how much they respects them. So their skepticism transformed into acceptance.

Now, again akash proposed joe infront of their parents and everyone around and she replied, yes!. Their beautiful love flourished everywhere and endsup in marriage.

After their marriage rituals both of them went to get blessings from their parents. On that time Joe hear a voice which says that, "come on joe, wakeup it's too late and just left you to sleep since you're tired of your board exams", said by her mother. Yes guys, all her love story was her dream not the reality. Joe realized her fairy tale was just the dream. Despite the bittersweet of awakening, she could not shake the magical feeling of her dream.

Now you all have a doubt that, Was akash an imaginary character of her dream? No, he's her best friend in her school.

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    Written by Keerthana Rajaram