By: Tabassum Chowdhury
year 2000: She walked into the library to look for a love story and came out of it becoming a part of one. She lifted her feet to get the book with the crimson cover, but even before she could manage to lay her hands on it, a pair of hands wrapped themselves around the book. she looked behind to see the face, she wished she could look at all her life.
year 2001: As they sipped coffee, the bitterness of the beverage made her throw out everything that was within her. she talked about her childhood, how she used to carve on the trunk of the willow tree and that she used to bring home stray puppies knowing that she would get scolded. She talked about her dreams and let him know that she aspires to become the author of a bestseller. he listened to her blabber with the kind of look in his eyes which reflected the immense degree of attention he was paying her.
year 2002; As they cuddled on the couch after college, he gently brushed off the strand of hair dangling on her forehead and landed a peck and she knew she was in love.
year 2003: Th clicking sound of the typewriter filled her house. She was finally prepared to commence the career she had dreamt of ever since she won the first place in her kindergarten's story writing contest. with all the events in the story arranged in a chronological order in her head, she didn't withdraw her fingers from the keys for the next 2 weeks.
year 2005: she was a prey to her own emotions. Fear kept her from publishing the book. But she was overwhelmed with curiosity to flip the pages of his one. she was taken aback by the strange familiarity of his words like they were her own. as tears welled up in her eyes, for an instant she felt she contracted Parkinson's disease. The daydream shrank into a tiny ball and hit her in the form of reality. He stole the words she wrote while she couldn't speak the words to tell the world she built with her own words.
year 2015:
she was the author of three bestsellers in a row. she achieved what she desired. She walked into the library to sign her novel. the desks, the coffee cups and the books brought back a chain of memories.
From the love her life to her muse, he never failed to occupy her mind.
(Image from here.)
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