Then everything started to feel normal again — just like before.We talked late into the night, shared so many things, and laughed like old times.
Then one day, our grade 10 results came.Anas scored very well, but my marks weren't that good.Still, I didn't care much — because something had already changed inside me.
On 14th August, it was both Independence Day and Anas's birthday.By then, my heart was full of love for him.So exactly at midnight, I sent him a long text.In it, I wrote, "You were once my crush, but now you're just my friend,"because deep down, I was scared — scared that if he knew the truth, he might leave me.
He was offline when I sent the message.The next day at school, during the function, he seemed so distant.When I looked into his eyes, I felt like he was angry because of my message.
After the function, I went near him.I couldn't even meet his eyes; my heartbeat was out of control.But when I finally looked at him — those eyes, ufff… they said everything.For about 30 seconds, we just stood facing each other.He asked me how I was, and I got lost in his eyes completely.That was the last day we ever really spoke face-to-face.
Later, when I reached home, I saw his reply.He had written: "I see you as my sister."And just like that, he refused me.
After that, everything became "normal" again — at least on the outside.Then we joined college.My dream was to become a captain, so I chose Computer Science.Anas wanted to be a surgeon, so he took Medical.
Sometimes we talked, sometimes we didn't.Then came the winter vacations — and somehow, we got close again.Anas once said to me, "I wish you had also chosen Medical."That one wish changed everything for me.
That day, I decided I wouldn't appear in my 1st-year Computer exams.Instead, I would switch to Medical — just to fulfill that one wish of his.And I actually did it.
I stood against my entire family — just because of his one "wish."My parents were angry and disappointed,but I sacrificed my dreams, my studies, everything — for one boy.
The exams came, but I didn't appear.Anas was happy, thinking I'd prepare for MDCAT and become a doctor.And the girl who was once playful and carefree — changed completely.I got deeply attached to books, to studies…all because of one wish, one boy.
But then…(to be continued tomorrow) 💔