That Moment Was All; That Moment was Enough

That' moment changed everything

It was when  self- respect and ego came between them . The argument which they had on  Saturday night ruined everything.  She said  she owned the credit of the work, because he did nothing . She rebuked him , he was hurt , hard and deep within. Nothing could crush their hearts and rip their souls apart.

That's all when it changed, that's all when all of it transposed and made them upset and cry . It was when their one year old friendship fell apart.They were the friends who were now strangers with memories.  The glances of the past surrounded her, their friendship was comparable to nothing. They were strong together, the moment she fell, he used to held her hand and pick her up. Today,  when she falls , she cannot find his arms which would pick her up. The moment she used to  become sad, he used to pamper her and tell her that all would be fine like before though that was the lie nobody would ever believe , but it was him who was talking. His words always comforted her. Today she misses those words , because 'that' moment changed it , which transposed it all and made them upset and cry.

No one knew how they became friends, how just a talk on a lecture made them buddies! Those late night talks and casual flirting , she  misses all of them. He was hurt , the clouds of doubts were all above him . It had hit his convictions hard this time , nothing could make him as sad as this.  He still couldn't believe that she was the reason of his sadness , the one who used to be the Venus and lightened up his world , when he used to feel horrible and ugly.  To her the world seemed worse than Chad would be for its natives. They did not talk for a month . She knew what she went through , she was feeling sheepish at what she did . The fit of anger and the words spoken in 'that' one moment had broken their friendship  , the moment when all of it happened she wanted it to get  detached from her life . She wanted that when she would walk on the memory lane , that very moment doesn't exist. She wanted their time back . 'That' moment snatched away the only thing she had conviction in,  which was her friendship with him . The voice ridiculing him was reverberating right in his head and never made him forget what she did to him , because 'that' moment changed it , transposed it all and made them upset and cry.

Those food treats he used to give and shared his happiness with her. Today , he shares his happiness with his new friends . The last day of the college when he used to give her a chocolate bar and a warm farewell hug that could make her day. Today she misses those chocolates and those arms which used to give her happiness. The times when they used to run around the college and beat each other hard . She misses those slaps and beatings . She misses it all. The times when he used to have her part of the scoldings  and used to cushion her like no one else could, Today she doesn't have him beside her to tolerate the chiding  because 'that' moment changed it , which transposed it all and made them upset and cry.

The times when they used to gossip and rebuke the world together and felt that they were the only lordly people sustaining on the planet. Today, she doesn't have him beside her to feel high-handed. 
They invented the "I am going craazy" dance and danced like maniacs . Today, he is not there with whom she could match their dance steps . The times when he used to pay for all her expenditures and bug her that did not pay him back when she used to . Today , he doesn't annoy her but his very absence is very annoying because  'that' moment changed it , which transposed it all and made them upset and cry.

Life taught her something and left her to decide , she grabbed her glasses and purse and went upto him . Today they are back together. She knows she has lost him , but he still tells her he would be there by her till her death bed but this couldn't make her feel her the same . His words , couldn't comfort her this time. Because 'that' moment changed everything . For them it was all over . Her friendship was the 'interwoven mesh' of such happy moments , which had now turned to mere acquaintance. But as they say "Friendship is a delicate glass, once broken it can be fixed but there will always be cracks", probably she is living with the cracks now. He is changed, they do spend their time together but she still feels the vacuum and is waiting for the day that he would hold her hands again and they actually might go back in their happy times.

Prachi Nirwan

Batch 2013-18