Yes
this may be surprising , I was only 13 years old that time.
But, don't know how or why it happened to me so early. I
fell deeply in love with a guy, who I used to think was
annoying 2 months ago.
It
was 1997, in Chittagong, Bangladesh, me and my family have
just moved to a new apartment in a new area. So, after few
weeks have passed, I started going back to school, since
it was during Ramadan we moved. Well, I made some new friends
in the neighborhood. This girl who was always hanging out
with , her name was "IVY".
One,
day when I was going to school , I bumped into IVY on the
way out of my building, and she was standing next to this
guy , he lived in the building right beside mine. He said
hi to me , and we just asked each other "how are you
and blah blah." then I had to leave. but I noticed
that guy was looking at me. It was a different kind of look
, look with love in his eyes. Few days later, I noticed
whenever I go to school and come back from school, he is
standing in his balcony , and smiling at me. If he is not
around, and one of his friends see me, they start to yell
out his name. Oh yeah, by the way, his name was Mamun.
So,
I was very annoyed by those things. and I even told IVY
to tell Mamun to stop these foolishness. After my exams
were over, I had a break. so I used to go to the roof and
read
books to spend my time. Mamun used to come to their roof
also and both roofs where so close to each other that you
can just jump from one to another.
Once I was reading a book, and I noticed Mamun come to their
roof and he looked at me, and smiled. OH MY GOD! I don't
know what happened to me. That sweet smile just took me
away. I smiled back at him , for the first time. I could
never forget that moment. We used to smile at each other
whenever we saw each other. but never had a chat. I was
sure that he liked me a lot,
because, anytime he would see me on the roof from his balcony,
he came up to the roof right away. I fell in love with him
very deeply. I was surprised that I did. The feelings I
had was so beautiful and made me so happy.
Mamun
did come to my roof one day to talk to me but I wanted him
to go away. I didn't want any one to see us talking. As
you know, in Bangladesh rumors go around so fast. When we
talked, I saw deep love in his eyes. I always smiled at
him, I didn't talk to him much. Still,
life was going on so wonderfully. Mamun never told me he
loved me. I thought that was because, I was 5 /6 years younger
than him.
Very
soon, I found out that me and my family are leaving Bangladesh
and coming
to Canada. I was devastated. I cried all night but there
was nothing to do. When Mamun found out, he asked me on
the roof, if it was true. When I said yes, he asked how
long will I be in Canada. The answer was maybe forever,
we were going to settled in Canada. He looked depressed,
all he said was "oh", then I told him out flight
date.
The
next month, it was Ramadan again. Mamun came to say good
bye to me on
the roof, he was leaving to spend his Eid with his family.
That day, I was so sad, I felt like I lost something very
important in my life. We said goodbye to each other, he
said he thinks I am such a sweet girl, he hopes I have great
life in Canada. Oh my god, I couldn't hold myself, I
think my eyes became watery. I didn't want him to see that
I was crying. I said "you too" and tried to smile
and left the roof right away.
That
was the last day I ever saw my first love. Now 4 years later
,here I am in CANADA. I have guy in my life now, whom I
am deeply love with after Mamun. I never lose him.
I
am ...over Mamun now. Everytime I remember those days, looking
at each other on the roof, talking, I feel really down.
I wonder where he is now, if we will even meet again. .....
I can never forget my first love.