Love Triangle...

Dilemma soon sets in. He was caught in the middle, should he go for someone he truly loves who hardly respond to him or should he accept the fact that accepting a new love could probably solve all his worries. He sat on the wooden bench facing the picturesque scenery of the lush, green hills across the clear water lake, thinking on how he can make the right decision.

He recalled the school days when he spent his treasured childhood with the ‘earlier’ girl. He met his first love when they were in kindergarten and they have been classmates for decades. He gave her a box of chocolates during Valentine’s Day, she gave him a fond smile and that was the end of it. The following year, he gave him a stalk of rose; again she gave him a smile, no more than that. There was one occasion when she was bullied by the bigger boys, he stood up and stepped forward despite his frail-looking physique. He was beaten up while she escaped. He threw some weak punches with little impact on the bullies and they replied by outnumbering him, bashing him up so badly that blood smeared on the white walls and canteen floor. Teachers soon arrived and stopped the fight. He came out alive out of the onslaught with face battered badly. The girl approached him the next day after school at the courtyard, gave him a letter and kissed him on his cheek as a token of appreciation. But that was all, and the letter she wrote dashed his dreams of getting closer to her.

Teenage years came by; they were still in the same class. He often looked at her from his seat at the back of the classroom, hoping she would at least turn around but she did not. In class, there was never a communication between them making looked as if they were strangers. Her ignorance made him feel disappointed but deep inside her heart; she has some feelings for him although not as strong as he has for her. Both remained just classmates till he was forced to transfer to another school. She approached him again on the last day in that school. His buddies who presented him with a farewell gifts, made way for her when she appeared on the door front of the class. She handed him a small memento, a farewell letter. He read her letter on the spot, realizing that she finally decided to speak her mind. But, the waiting game and the pain of being ignored and rejected seemed to have overshadowed his mind. He returned the letter to her and told her to keep it, “The time is not right, I need time to mend my heart which you have broken into million pieces.” Despite saying this, he still left a room for her in his heart, no matter what he had said.

He took out an old photo he took with the ‘latter’ girl. He met her when he was transferred to the new school. He got to know her when she bumped into him in the hallway. She offered him a tour around the school realizing that he was a new student. He agreed and from there she became fond of him. He compared her with his first love and he found that this girl is simply fascinating. She turned his orderly world upside down, she spoke her mind about everything under the sun and her carefree attitude made him realize that she probably could be the one he has been looking for all these while. Although he could almost feel it right on the tip of his fingers, he was still attached to the past he was unwilling to let go. And he remained dormant about his feelings.

Often, she flaunted her charisma and tried to make him engage in conversation which she has succeeded. She began digging up his likes and dislikes, found out about his one of a kind personality and enjoying being in company with him. She hoped that she would one day melt his heart and make him stop being a dreamer. Through the years, her feelings for him grew stronger but he never responded in the manner she wanted him to. Nevertheless, she kept trying, giving her hundred percent.

The day has finally come, the day to choose between the two. The ‘earlier’ girl was leaving for London to further her studies, waiting for his arrival before she departed. His arrival could probably change her mind to go abroad. The ‘latter’ girl was waiting for him at their meeting place, a French restaurant, hoping to express her true feelings for him directly when he arrived. He looked at his watch; it was ten minutes to five. Time seemed to be running out and he still could not make a decision, he could not bear to let any of them down and his final ten minute decision would determine his future. Only one of them was going to be sharing the holy matrimony with him after a decade of waiting. After some tough decision, he finally decided, “This is who I want to spent the rest of my days with, I cannot hope for any better than just being with her. I will choose…”

The author wants the readers to pick for him who would be the most suitable wife for the character mentioned above and why she deserves to be his wife. Your decision will conclude this story. Whoever you may choose, the two of them will live happily ever after, leaving one broken hearted.