by Sumit Joshi
“I am fine I said standing at a distance”.
“Don’t you trust me” she raised her hand towards me , I looked at her eyes , they were so pure I can even die for those eyes , I went near to them and I touched them .
“See how cute both of them are ?” she said rubbing his fur with her hands .
“Yeah they are very cute , you are awesome Olivia” ,I said we both looked at each other and we passed a smile , she had the most innocent face I ever say
“You know what human beings can control animals easily all they need to do is to find their weakness , you need to find what they like , you need to know how do they behave under different conditions” she said .
“Yeah , seeing you controlling these big wolves I believe on your words” she was just rubbing the fur and I was sitting next to her , a car came and blew up the horn , I looked at the eyes of that wolf the color of his eyes changed suddenly and he attacked Olivia with his claw , I looked at Olivia’s hand ,blood was coming out I kicked that wolf hard and I picked a stone and threw at the another one , they ran and I ran behind them until I was sure they will not return back , I came back to Olivia .
“Are you all right ?” I asked her , I was anxious for her .
“Yeah I am all right what may possibly happen to a girl when she is with a brave boy like you , you really kicked them hard , you are really brave Jack” she said .
“Thanks Olivia but I am asking , is your hand all right? , I saw that wolf attacking at your hand , I saw blood coming out , we must go to the doctor” .
“ I am fine , see ” she show me her hand and blood was not flowing out from her hand .
“But I just saw blood coming out of your hand” .
“You may have assumed see I am fine , look at my hand”
“Oh god you are all right” I said and I wanted to hug her .
She came forward and hugged me , I was surprised but I was happy .
“You saved me today Jack, thanks for saving me” she said to me .
“I will be there for you Oliviaalways; I will fight anything for you”.
“You are really sweet Jack” she said looking into my eyes , we went to the college , I didn’t talked about those cut but I had seen the cuts to occur in her hand .
“How did she did that ?” doctor asked .
“What ?” .
“How did she hide her wound”.
“Do you want to know it now ?”.
“No , you can tell it later” doctor said and a servant came to the room .
“Sir do you want the lunch to be served now ?”servant asked .
“Do you want to eat now , you can tell me while eating” doctor said to Jack.
“Okay I am hungry too”Jack replied .
“Bring it” doctor said and the servant brought two plates .
“Come on join me on the table”doctor said and they sat on the table and they took a slice of it .
Christmas is Near Baby
“Ah its better , its delicious” Gerard said eating the food that I cooked that night , Gerard was really a bad cook , I had to made food myself he was just useless but I was living with him at the night of that day Adam came to our house and knock at our door , I opened the door.
“Give me 100 dollars” he said as I opened the door .
“What why do you want them?”
“Christmas is coming , only 14 days to go , we all celebrate it together” .
“What do you mean by we ?” I asked .
“The ten villages , we cover the whole area with lights and we bring gifts for children’s , I am not going to spend all money from my pocket nor will other sheriffs so you need to pay for that”.
“All right I got that” I said and came out and I gave him 200 hundred dollars .
“Why are you giving him so much money he will waste it” Gerard said to me .
“I am giving this from your salary”.
“What really are you serious ?” .
“I am just joking” I said and smiled.
“Hey Adam listen , this Christmas should be the best one , tell me ,do you invite everyone?”.
“Yeah , we do invite everyone”.
“The ones who lives on the mountains too?” .
“Yeah , don’t bother , you will find your each and every classmate here , unless they don’t go to any other city for celebration”.
“That’s good , thanks Adam”.
“Thanks” he too replied and I closed the door after giving the money .
“Christmas is near baby” I shouted.
“I too want my bonus”Gerard said .
“Oh tell me from how many years you are been working for me and how many hours do you work?”.
“I am here 24*7 , which means I work all the time here” .
“O so you work ? , thanks for telling me because till now I was thinking you just read my favorite novels on my Kindle”.
“I love the kindle , that’s why I use it , and I work when you are not at home” .
“Are you afraid of working in front of me?” .
“No I am not afraid , I just don’t have work to do in front of you” .
“Ok you will get it, you will get your bonus ” I said and went inside , I was happy because I was sure that Olivia will be there too .
“So you were preparing for the Christmas?” doctor asked .
“Yeah we were , will you like to pass some water” Jack said and doctor gave it to Jack.
“Thanks” Jack replied .
“So what was going in the college? , I am missing that part”.
Last day of College before holidays
Nothing fine was happening Rita was getting attracted to me , she used to find ways to talk to me but I was to remain away from her as she was a big trouble , she had been trouble since I meet her because of her boyfriend Steve ,and Steve was getting jealous from me every day as I was good in studies and he was not as much better as I was as a student , he was taller than me but I was better basketball player than he was , soon students begin to talk about me , I was getting famous there , even among the teachers .
The most amazing thing happened in college on 15Decemberten days before Christmas , it was the last day of college before holidays , everyone was surprised to see Olivia in the class , I was the most surprised person , teachers were also surprised , they had nearly forgotten her face but yeah she had the full attendance on the register , according to which she was a regular student
Do you want to know more about that day ?
“Yeah we have a lot of time” doctor said looking at his watch .
She came near me and sat on my seat
“You seems surprised , why are you looking at me as you are seeing me for the first time”she asked looking at me .
“I am seeing you for the first time” .
“Are you mad? , we are meeting each other regularly” .
“No I am not , I am seeing you coming in front of everyone like this for the first time Everyone is surprised, see how they are looking at you ”I said with a smile as I said she looked around .
“Would you like to bring a chair and bench for yourself from another class” she said .
“Yeah I must but are you sure that you want to attend class?”.
“Yeah , I am sure this time” .
I went outside , when I return everyone was quite , no one was looking at her , It was like I entered a different classroom , I was surprised , I placed my chair and bench next to my previous chair and table .
“I think something happened when I was out” I said to Olivia.
“Nothing much happened , I just shouted and all of them became silent” she said raising her eyebrows and smiled .
“That’s good , so are you coming at the Christmas celebration ?”.
“Just wait a second” she said and looked inside her bag , there was a calendar inside her bag .
“No Jack I am sorry , I can’t come there at night”she said looking at the calen
dar .
“Oh come on you can’t do this to me , you can’t do this , what am I going to do there without you”.
“Am I that much special to you ?” .
“Yeah ,more than anything else and…… you are the only friend I have in here”.
“I am your friend too” Rita looked back and said.
“Rita you changed your seat”I asked her .
“Yeah I exchanged it with Jennifer just for today , you don’t need this girl Jack , she is a careless girl , who just not give importance to anybody , she just live alone , she don’t like to live with anyone else, she lives like animals , no friends , no family”.
“Just shut up your mouth Rita” I said and looked at Olivia , she was strong , she was very strong but I don’t know why there was tear in her eye , I removed it .
“So you know how to cry , Jack believe me you are just wasting your time with this girl , she just lives on mountains , trees , I don’t even know in which part of this city she lives , she is just a stupid girl , I don’t know why this college principal even gave admission to her”.
“Just shut your mouth” I said and I don’t wanted to slap her but somehow I did , I had always respected girls , the next moment Steve punched me in the face , it was so hard I fell down , Rita was holding her face she was crying too .
“How did you dared huh” , he said and punched me again , he was just punching me and I was looking at Olivia.
“Were you expecting her to help you ?” doctor asked .
No , but I was looking ,as she removed her tears , I punched Steve and I punched him back again hard , It was the heat of the moment , I just started a rally of the punches , punching him was releasing my pain and anger and I was feeling light , so I continued punching , till the teacher came and separated us .
“I will see you, you can’t run away from me punk ”Steve stood up and said .
I just said , “ You can see me , I am not going to hide inside my house”.
Teachers made the matter settled and made us shook hands and they also made Rita and Olivia shook hands , according to the teachers the matter was closed but it wasn’t for Stevenor for Rita .
After college was over ,Olivia and I marched towards home
“I am sorry Jack you had to fight because of me today ” she said
“Its fine , I am happy , I wanted to punch Steve for so long, I was waiting for this moment for so long , thanks for giving me this chance today” .
“I am sorry for getting your mood off, maybe we should visit some beautiful places , it may help you overcome from bad mood ”.
“Do you know such a place?”.
“Yeah I know, I know many of them” she said and looked at me .
“ So lets go ”Olivia and I went to the woods , we were just walking , I don’t know where she was taking me , I stopped .
“I can’t walk a step now” I said standing there.
“Then I will carry you on my shoulders” she said and smiled .
“You can’t carry me on your shoulders”.
“Yes I can , I can carry you easily”.
“Really?”.
“Yeah”
“All right I will walk , I don’t want to give you a back pain ” I said and she laughed then we kept moving finally we reached at a beautiful place , it was in the middle of the forest , there was no snowfall over the ground yet the trees were covered with the snow , the violet flowers all over the place were adding the beauty , there was a river too and the water had not freeze to snow , it was a different kind of place , the kind of one I was looking at for the first time in my life.
“Do you like this place?” Olivia asked .
“This is awesome, how did you find this place” I said looking all around .
“I live here , I know every place in here , even the places in the dark forest’s” .
“Oh you are an explorer then , the Indiana jones of Alaska , hah” .
“Yeah I am a kind of” Olivia smiled looking at Jack , then she looked at water .
“So we should sit next to the stream and we should dip our feet in the water , it will give us relief”Olivia added .
“Really you want me to dip my foots on the water , in this cold , I don’t want to freeze up my legs”.
“Tell me one thing do you trust me?”.
“I do but doing this..”I looked into Olivia’s eyes and there was a truth in the eyes .
“Just believe me”.
“Okay” I said and removed my boots , she too removed her boots we sat near to it .
“ You can still change your mind ” I said again .
“We will do it together ,ok , just hold my hand”.
“Okay”
“1,2,3 now” she said and we dipped our legs in the water .
“ It’s hot” I said in a surprise .
“Yeah it is , thanks for believing me and not returning back ”.
“Thanks to you for bringing me here I am liking it here, if I would have not believed you I would have never came to know that , there is hot water stream , so is it coming from underground?” .
“Yeah I guess so, whenever I fell depressed I come here and this water wash away all my tensions and pains ” she said looking at me , she was just moving her legs in the water , she opened her bag and took out my I pod and she played some romantic songs“
“I am liking this very much” I said feeling the waterand broke the silence
“Yeah its nice” she looked at me , her eyes were speaking more than her mouth , I was somehow feeling uncomfortable , I was sitting with a girl like this for the first time , I was looking here and there , I could not fix my eyes at a particular spot ,I don’t know what to do sitting silent was my only tool at that time , I was looking back she threw some drops of water at me .
“Hey what are doing” I said removing those drops .
“Just making you mood good ” she said and again threw water at me .
“Hey” I said and threw water at her , she laughed now , she threw water at me from both of her hands it directly went into my eyes .
“Are you all right” she said and came close to me .
“You have to pay for this” I said and threw snow over her , the snow turned into water when It touched with her .
“Please forgive me Jack, I was just messing with you” she said and she ran laughing.
“Not this time” I said and ran after her , I wasn’t wearing any boots , neither she was but at that time I was thinking more about getting her than that of that cold, “you can’t run away from me ” I shouted and I got her , I just hold her , she laughed.
“I am not letting you go now , you are not going anywhere ” I said .
She suddenly stopped smiling and she looked into my eyes and kissed me on the cheek , I was surprised I touched my cheek
“Oh that was sweet”I said smiling .
“Yeah it is was your prize for catching me up,it’s much for now I think so” .
“ It’s much if you think so ” I said and I became silent , I felt cold on my feet , “oh god my feet’s , what a mad I am I ran after you on the snow without wearing my boots .Aren’t you feeling cold?”.
“No , I am habitual , I am living here for years ,you must put your feet again in the water ” she said .
“Yeah you are right”we went back to the stream and I dip my feet’s in the water again that’s how I felt some relief , she came and sat next to me and this time she hold my hand.
“Jack I will like to come at the Christmas party” she said laying her head on my shoulder .
“Thanks Olivia , that would be a great favor”.
“But I have a condition”.
“What is it ?”.
“I will return back before getting dark” .
“Why ? , the party will start at night, Don’t you want to enjoy the party ?” .
“I don’t like parties at night , I will return back”.
“But why ? , it’s a Christmas party not
any normal party” .
“Jack if you want me to come there please don’t ask the reason , and promise me you will not force me to stay till night”.
“It will be hard for me to spend that night without you but I will not force you to stay, I will be there for you at the party, I promise you , you will love this party”.
We hold each other’s hand and remained there , now it was getting dark and was the time to go
we sat there for a while then we went towards our home, like every day she didn’t invited me to her house but promised me that she will meet me tomorrow at 10 in the morning , I was happy ,it was a nice day for me as I got to spend a lot , a lot of time with the girl of my dreams , the girl I love, I returned back home late at the evening , Adam was hanging the lights on the trees .
Adams Story
“Hey Adamhow’s the preparations going on , iseverything going all right I asked him?”.
“Yeah everything is fine Jack” he said as he came down from the ladder .
“You continue working I will see you later” I said and I begin to go .
“Wait Jack” he said and stopped me , “you are coming late at home?”.
“Yeah I was with a friend of mine”.
“It’s not safe to be out here in the dark”.
“Yeah you are right , I just saw two wolfs today , they attacked us today , and I somehow saved my life”.
“There are more dangerous animals than the wolfs”he came close to me and said .
“Are there tigers and leopards?” now I was getting afraid .
“No more dangerous?” .
“Which animal is dangerous than them?”.
“Werewolf” .
“What ? Are you kidding there is nothing like werewolf” now I laughed .
“You don’t believe me ?” he said drinking liquor .
“No one will believe you on this ,your words are not letting me believe you on this, just look at you that’s why they call you mad”.
“I am not telling a lie lad” he hold my collar and said , there was truth In his eyes , he left my collar “do you want to hear a story” he stepped back and said , he was feeling sorry for grabbing my collar .
“I am getting late to home , I think”I said , I was in no mood to stand there with Adam .
