We Need To Talk : PART II

Short Story 06

HER

I’m glad you opened this conversation. We couldn’t have had this conversation face-to-face or via WhatsApp. Truth be told, we’re so used to instant communication that we forget some things need time. It took us time to fall in love, to get serious about it and it will certainly take us time to deal with the bumps and crashes that come our way.

We make choices, not the other way round. Or that is what I would like to believe.

She took a deep breath, trying to conjure her next words. After a few seconds, she went back to typing,

We’ve reached a stage where we’re using words like ‘reconsider’ and ‘reconcile’. We can take this as the stagnation of the current or the harbinger of the new. Because only through an upheaval can the new emerge. The question is, do we seek to continue and evolve? Or do we wish to separate and quit? I would stick to the former. Because as much as you say about change, we’re still the same people. In the niche of my heart, the image of yours is still that of the man who would stutter while proposing to me. That I find it adorable still is a testament of the love that was and the love that’ll remain.

We can fall in love over our our similarities but to sustain that love, we need to accept our differences.

And given some time, we’ll learn to do it. Once again.

P.S. I disagree with the Stars Wars part. For love is just like a Star Wars film. One that makes us live and believe in a different world.