Saturday, June 25, 2011

Now and Forever...



 Now and Forever...ByPratiba Nair

As she sat alone on the house balcony, many things came across Priscilla Nisha’s mind and as she was looking back at her past, she had a contented life , not wanting anything more than she already has. As she was the last child and the only daughter, Priscilla had the privilege of getting anything that she wanted. Her caring brothers would go to the end of earth to fulfill her slightest wishes while her loving parents would sacrifice anything for her.
            She had a wonderful life, a playful childhood; rebellious teen years where she learned the value of trust, honesty, friends and her parents; and a hardworking (so called ‘hardworking’) and fun (mostly ‘fun’) college life. She always had good friends and family surrounding her. She also found the love of her life, Victor Prasad, at the age of 20. They meet in an office where she was working temporarily as she was waiting for her A-level results. He simply swept her off her feet with his kind heart and stunning smile. Her heart would skip a beat whenever he passes by her and thousand butterflies would flutter in her stomach. She never felt like that before and was wondering if he felt the same as well.

            A month after that, she went up to him and asked for his number as she needed some assistants in her work. But she hesitated to call him because she thought it would be inappropriate for her to approach him and remained silent. Then one day she heard that Victor’s friend meet with an accident and she took this oppurtunity and messaged him to ask if his friend was alright. That’s how they started to get in touch with each other. A month after that he asked her out for the first time. They went to a coffee shop nearby their office for lunch break and lost track of time as they enjoyed each other’s company. Priscilla soon found out that he feel exactly the same way she felt about him. When Victor proposed to her, Priscilla didn’t think twice to say yes as she knew he was ‘The One’.  He would give up anything just to see her smile. He made her feel complete and they were very happy together.

            Unfortunately all this was put to a full stop when she was in the 2nd year of pursuing her undergraduate studies in University. She often fell ill and lethargic, but seldom shows it to her friend, house mates or course mates.  Priscilla knew something was wrong with her and she wanted to know what caused all this. She secretly went to the hospital to find out what was really wrong with her, not wanting to make her friends and family worried. Especially Victor as he could not even bare to see her suffer even a mild migraine. She was sent for several test and checkups and was told to wait for her results.

            After a week, Priscilla could literally hear her heart shatter to a thousand pieces when she received a call from the hospital. She found that her result shows she has cervical cancer. She could not accept the fact that the chances of giving birth would probably be next to zero. The first person who crossed her mind was Victor... He loves children and he adores them a lot. She hid the truth from him and her family. She was totally lost and heartbroken. She thought it was the end of her world and decided to avoid all her loved ones...

            For some time she managed to avoid Victor but he came all the way up to her University to meet her and begged her to talk to him. She tried to put up a stern face and push him aside and lied that she was not interested in him anymore but she couldn’t as her heart cried out for him. Finally she broke down to him and poured her heart out. Victor was extremely shocked from the news that was just thrown at him. It took a while for him to get a hold of himself and with a clear mind he told Priscilla, 'I love you now and forever, no matter what the future holds for us, we would face it together, and i will always stand by your side baby...' From that day onwards, no matter what problem came towards her, she would put up a positive attitude forward and overcome those problem as she knew Victor would always be by her side for her to lean on if she was tired.

           Suddenly, she heard the balcony door open and there was Victor, standing with his stunning smile and two cups tea. And he walked over to her and gave a kiss on her forehead and passed the cup of tea to her and as he was sitting down he said “Dear, I forgot to tell u something in the morning as I was rushing to work… I love you...”

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