Unopened Letter

Unopened Letter
(I just thought I would like to share this short story)

"If love would be a game show, I’m sure I’d be the winner."

I have dated almost all the hot guys in the campus. Plus some other cool guys outside the school. I don’t know why but I feel I’m the epitome of an expert lover. I believe that I know love more than anyone else. That’s when I’ll stand corrected.
Dan, my current boyfriend, he’s somewhat awesome but I’m planning to dump him in about 2 weeks or so. Compare to others he’s different. He taught me something I thought I already knew.

“Jean, let me help you with that” Dan said while running towards me. “You want to grab something to eat after school?” he said. “Um, sure let’s meet up later ok?” After our date at a fast food, he decided to walk me home because as he said, he don’t want something bad to happen to me. While walking side by side he said “You know what, I have never expected to feel this extreme affection for you” I blush quite a bit and felt nervous at the same time. “Really?” was all I could say. Suddenly he slipped his fingers through my cold hands. Unknowingly I felt warmth and secured something that I have never felt before. Something I never felt before with my past boyfriends. As we walked hand in hand under the stars all I could wish for was for this night to never end.

After that night, I forgot that I have a plan to dump him. Every moment happened to us that night, all the words he said kept repeating on my mind and I’ve thought that I don’t want to hurt him at all. Dumping a guy like him is such a big mistake for a girl to do. That’s when I’ve realized that it’s my first time to love someone. I mean, to really love someone. That’s the time when I have fully seized the true meaning of love.

Time went by so fast and the day for our 8th monthsary came. After our perfect dinner, the usual, he walked me home with his hands holding mine. But then he faced me “Jean, I have something to tell you” hearing the tone of his voice and having the feeling that it might be bad I turned my back on him “What?” my voice sounding so shaky “My parents decided for us to move away and live in the U.S, they told me that everything is already planned out and we’re leaving by tomorrow. I told you this now because it’s the right time..Jean..” I didn’t let him finish. I slapped him really hard and said “How could you do this to me?! I thought for once everything is different between us. You’re just like those other guys. I’m foolish for even loving you. GO AWAY, GO AWAY!” I ran as fast as I could without even looking back. I felt my world crushing towards me as I ran towards the unknown.

Moving on and forgetting Dan was the hardest thing to do. It has been 3 years and I’m almost over him but then I found an unopened letter. It says.. “Jean, you know that I love you and I’ll never leave you. But last night you didn’t give me the chance to explain. You didn’t even let me finish what I’m about to say. But that’s all right, I love you anyway. But when you told me to go away it hit me so hard, you broke my heart apart and so I didn’t run after you. What I’m about to say last night was that I told my parents that I don’t want to go with them in the U.S. I told them that I want to live here and if that means that they’ll resent me, then so be it. It’s all for you Jean. I’m leaving tomorrow because that’s what you wanted me to do, to go away. But please bear in your heart that I love you. If you still wanted me to stay please go to the airport tomorrow before noon. If you come, I’ll stay. If you don’t, I’ll understand. I’m hoping Jean that you’ll come. I love you, DAN”

And now, I’ve realized. That if love would be a game show, I’m sure I’d be the loser. I’m bound to lose the prize. And now I’ve lost you.

Author: One of my co-writers in school