Story Time: Part 4

Feb 14th 2006, Mike was 23 then. He was 2nd year student at the local university. He was not really active in the school activities but this year was different. He had to take part in some activities in order to earn points for him to stay in the hostel. If he did not have enough points, he will be kicked out of his hostel. Reluctantly, his hall mates and he organized this year’s orientation program. ‘Come on, Mike, don’t pull such a long face, there will be lots of hot girls coming this year’ exclaimed one of his hall mate. On the day of the orientation, the usual ice breakers games started the program off. As the day goes on, Mike was involved in a game that tests the stability of the hand and balance. He had to walk with 1 foot tied together with a freshie while balancing a spoon with an egg on it. He had to walk 10 meters and place the egg unbroken into a bowl. As he was only 1 meter away from the target, he heard a voice. It sounded like Tim. The second of hesitation made him trip over his partner’s leg and caused both of them to fall. The girl fell on top of him and the egg got squashed in between them. It became a major embarrassment for them at that moment in time. Quickly they got up and went to wash up. Moments later, they met on the corridor of the hostel. ‘Hey I am real sorry for that slip up’, Mike apologized profusely. The freshie replied, ‘Its okay, it was just an accident but it was real fun, don’t you think? By the way, I am Laura. You are?’

It is strange that sometimes love is really at first sight. Mike had never seen such a sweet girl smiling at him. Laura liked the look of silliness on that boy’s face. Soon enough, they were always hanging out together in school, doing tutorials together, having lunch or simply chit chatting. Their affection for one another soon developed into something much deeper and just 2 months later, they were seen holding hands in school. Mike likes to give Laura little gifts and notes to make sure she knows he is thinking of her and missing her every single day. Laura really likes the attention being showered on her by Mike. If only her parents could do that. Their love grew deeper day after day and soon, late nights out together is very normal to them. When their parents asked, they just answered that they are having extra classes in school and doing projects and stuffs. Their parents did not suspect anything at all initially as they knew the tough life of being an undergrad.

As the months goes by, they spent almost their entire free time together. The honeymoon period of their relationship was really simple and sweet. However, they began to neglect their studies. The 1st term examinations came and went. Mike flunked 2 out of his 5 subjects and felt sad. His parents were disappointed in him. They were afraid Mike had not gotten over Tim’s unfortunate incident and somehow it affected him. Laura, being a gifted child, had no problems with the 1st year exams and got 4A+ but unfortunately, got a B+ for an elective subject. Her parents were mad, real mad. B+ is considered a bad result and they chided Laura for that. Laura cried and sat down and thought about it, ‘Are results that important? Why can’t they show me the care and concern Mike gave me?’ After drying her tears, Laura looked into the mirror. Her face was covered in blood. She smiled and wiped away the blood from the razors and went to wash up and bandaged her wrist.