Girl life story | beautifully written by Khushmeet Kaur

Girl life story | beautifully written by Khushmeet Kaur

Present Day at the NGO

It was a nice sunny Thursday morning. It is 12th May 2056, with 3 days left for my retirement. I was going to the office as usual when I noticed a teenage girl sitting in the hallway. She was fair and thin and had braces. Her hair tied in a messy ponytail, tie loosely hanging around her neck, and her shirt was not properly tucked in. The skirt had paint stains on it. It was pretty obvious she bunked the school. “Why are you not in school?” I asked.

She started looking at the floor out of embarrassment and asked “Girls over there bully me, bitches. I just don’t fit in there.” “Why don’t talk to your parents about it?” I further inquired. “They make me feel like I am a disappointment. My elder brother is an A-grader and is also excellent in sports and extra-curriculum activities; I on the other hand could barely pass the standard. I am
dumb, stupid, and good for nothing.” she said. Hearing her life story broke my heart. I asked her how can I help her to which she said “You are the head of this NGO. Please take me in. Mam, “I want to study and live with these kids just for one year.” I’ll fit well in here and also won’t have to deal with my parents anymore. Just tired of everyone.” Allow me to work on my life story my way.

That Angle

I smiled and asked, “How old are you?” “17” she answered. At this point, I started laughing and couldn’t help myself but ask “What exactly do you want from your life story?” “I don’t know exactly but I wish all my wishes come true.” She rolled her eyes down and sighed.
“There is only one way for that to happen – hard work,” I added. “I know but-” she sighed again. “I wish there is an easier way,” she exclaimed. “But that would end the meaning and purpose of your life.

If you got everything you wish for, that would end the thrill, adventure, and zest of life. What makes life beautiful is its ups and downs. Let me tell you a story.” 35 years back, this NGO was nothing like this. We could barely help 10-15 children every year until a god-sent angel decided to donate all her wealth to the NGO. And that angel wasn’t really an intelligent person. She was an addict! come let me take you to her life story.

Her life story

Life can be a real bitch sometimes. No matter how hard you try to fix everything, it just keeps getting messier. She was bullied when she was a kid just like you in fact she even had major family issues. However, despite all the trouble she went through she always found a way to smile and shine. Smart and talented, one thing truly inspiring about her was that she knew her worth and she never let anything or anyone stops her from getting what she wants from her life story. She got her engineering degree and earns quite a sum. Life was all set for her, however, love single-handedly is a good reason for everything to fall apart; she fell in love. For a girl as practical as her, she loved deeply and this changes her life story.

Sad ending

“And let me guess he cheated on her?”, the girl interrupted. No, they loved each other deeply. However, her family did not approve of their relationship. They did not let her marry him. For her blood was over anything else. She married a stranger- a rich stranger due to family pressure. Just after 2 months of marriage, her lover gets married too. She was already kinda depressed when she finds out her husband was cheating on her. Their marriage didn’t even complete 3 months and she got divorced. Her parents – ‘her blood’ rather than supporting her were actually telling her to give him another chance.

They made it pretty clear that she was on her own if she got divorced. Well, she was badass and it’s funny how cold one can get when they are hurt. She told everyone to go to hell and moved to this city- the city of angels. Thanks to her rich ex-husband, she was a millionaire when she reached L.A. But money and depression are not a very good combination. She started drinking, smoking and even substance abuse anything that could calm her mind. Drug parties, poker, casinos and clubs were her life now.

She became Addict

A girl who rarely went to lunch or dinner was now partying until morning. Sleep all day; party all night. Now, this might sound
like fun but it was actually lonely for her. She now started missing – “Her ex-boyfriend”, the girl proclaimed. I giggled “No” She was missing her ex-best friend. Her best friend from high school. He was pretty much her family.

“Did I tell you she had trust issues?” I asked. “No”, she responded. “Okay, she had trust issues and anger issues.”, I added. “Pretty messed I see”, she further added. However, she used to trust him. They were very close to each other until one day her best friend
decided to ditch her for his girlfriend.

To worsen the situation even more he lied to her. When he lied to her face, she could see the truth. He was apologizing and fooling her simultaneously. What next, best friends turned into strangers. Dancing in the club, all by herself made her remember how she and her best friend used to make plans when they were of your age like partying all night in L.A, racing cars, going to Disneyland and riding those crazy rollercoasters.

And while slipping her whiskey out of her glass, she used to hear his best friend saying “I am never gonna let you drink alone ass” in her head. By this time, her depression took the best of her. She gave up on her will to live. She would break things, make a mess, set the table on fire after losing or tipping large amounts after winning bets, drove cars on opposite sides, drove cars at night with lights off on the two-way road and many more such life-threatening stunts. It was clear she wanted to die, however, money kept her alive.

That incident made her introspect

She used to get so high that she could barely walk by the end of her so-called party; thanks to her bodyguard who made sure she reached home. However, one night while her bodyguard was taking her home from the casino, the car stopped due to overheating. The chances of finding a mechanic at 5 in the morning were also not very high. So, the bodyguard decided to take the subway to get her boss home. As planned, they took one.

Lesson in disguise

He made her sit on a seat next to an old lady as of course, she could barely stand. The old lady was knitting. That reminded her of her grandmother as she used to knit for her too. Her grandmother always told her that God’s always watching and He loves us all.

He will always be here even when no one else is by your side. She was so intoxicated that she could not tell if the lady was real or was she just hallucinating. Only her bodyguard could have told us that but he has died. Anyway, she claimed that she talked to her
so let’s assume she was real. She saw her hands; her hands were the same as her grandmother’s, the fold of skin due to old age, exactly the same. She got furious and she could not help herself but ask her who she was knitting the sweater for. The old lady replied that it was for her granddaughter.

A lesson in disguise – her perception

This got into her and she started crying and asked the old lady, “Is God watching us?” “Yes”, the old lady responded but she didn’t seem to be confused even after such an odd question.“Is He watching me too?”, she asked with tears on her cheeks. “Yes”, she replied with a smile. “Then can’t He see my condition? Can’t he see I am a complete mess? Where is He and if He can hear me, why isn’t He helping and if He can’t make my life any better then why doesn’t He kill me?” she cried out loud. “God has his plan. Maybe it was your karma”, she suggested.

“I never did anyone wrong. I might have hurt people I am not perfect but not to an extent to deserve this!”, she said in a very irritated voice. “Maybe you did something really bad in your previous birth”, she said. “So, you are telling me I am getting punished for something I did in my previous birth; something I don’t even remember!”, she cried out. “Yes, my dear. You might have forgotten about the sins you committed but God hasn’t. You will have to pay for each sin”, she told. “I haven’t done any good deeds in this birth as well. So does that mean my next birth is doomed as well?”, she questioned.

That realization

“Well, now that you know you might change it”, the old lady suggested. “Ah, I am an addict. What change can I possibly make?”, she asked. “You can stop spending money on drugs and start donating that to charity, the less privileged. That will make all the difference in the world”, the old lady added. She was thinking about the old lady’s suggestion when the train reached the station. It was her stop and her bodyguard arranged a cab and took her home. She was still thinking about the old lady’s advice. The next day, she came to my father who used to run this NGO before me. Informing that she wants to donate all her wealth and she actually did. She donated all of it even her apartment.

She tries to pay-oof for all her sins

But now MONEY wasn’t the only thing keeping her alive? That night she decides to go on a good night’s sleep. She poops all the sleeping pills. “What she tries to kill herself?”, the girl asks. “Yeah, she attempts suicide. But well, God has his plans and she didn’t die”, I replied. The next morning her bodyguard opens the door. He knows that she sleeps till late in the mornings. So he uses to enter himself.

That morning he notices the empty medicine bottle. He immediately took her to the hospital. He saves her life, but she went into a coma for 2 years. She wakes up saying “I wish he was here.” And guess what he was. He was standing right in front of her; her ex-best friend. He wasn’t that loser anymore; he was a professional doctor now and he has been taking care of her for the past 2 years.

A new bright day

“You f*cking tried to kill yourself?”, he shouted. “Ha, usually when a patient wakes up after I don’t know how many days, doctors ask them how they are feeling!”, she answered sarcastically. However, he had no idea how happy she was to see him.“Not days madam, years-2 years. You have been in a coma for 2 years. Today is 15th April 2021. You were admitted to the hospital on 19th March 2019.”, he told angrily. She was shocked which is obvious. “I will get back to you when you get discharged”, he added. The next day, doctors performed tests and by evening, she was declared good to go.

Her best friend, however, suggested she come along with him as they had to talk. She refused. She is still pissed about his betrayal. After 2 minutes of continuous requesting, she agreed to go to the café nearby. The reason they were so close in high school was that he lost his mother then and was all alone. She helped him get through. Showed him, love, when he wasn’t feeling it, made him fight when he was giving and made him laugh when he was losing it. She never gave up on him and now
that she needs him, he wasn’t going to give up either.

The conversation keeps going on

He apologized for being a jerk and explained that he was a kid back then and the only reason he lied was he was afraid to lose her. He thought this was the only way she would stay since the truth would break them for sure. She looked confused and said “You shouldn’t have lied. You broke my trust” and sighed. It was always hard to convince her.

Then he finally tells her that he had made his redemption for being an asshole for one day by taking care of her for 2 years. The doctors gave up on her after 6 months since she was not showing any signs of recovery and her body was already that of an addict. Moreover, 6 months in and no one came to visit her so doctors decided to put her out of the ventilator but he did not let them.

Things become better

He took care of her all by himself and now she was sitting right in front of her. He really did care for her. Anybody could see that, how wouldn’t she? She busted into tears and hugged him tightly. They talked and laughed for like an hour when he finally asked her, why she attempted suicide? How did she go from such a bright, intelligent and smart person to an addict? Why didn’t anyone come to visit her? He had a lot of questions and she told him the entire story.

“So, you don’t even have a place to live?”, he questions anxiously. “No, I donated my apartment as well. I thought I’ll be dead so why would I need it.”, she replies. “Well, you can come and stay with me for now until we find you a place and job to live. Moreover,
some habits of yours that needs to change.”, he insists. “Umm, okay”, she responds. It is like she didn’t has many choices.

She moves with him

“It’s two bedrooms apartment. Don’t worry!”, he said while smiling sarcastically. “Good for you”, she replied cleverly. “For me?”, he asked in a bewildered voice. “I am not going to sleep on the sofa, you see”, she replies laughing. As soon as they reach his home, he gives her strict instructions. “No smoking, no drugs, no daytime drinking. You need to eat healthily and have to take medicines on time. Go to the bed early and wake up early because you’ll be going on a morning walk with me.” “You sounds like my dad.”, she said in an irritated voice. “Have to. Someone is acting like a kid.”, he replies.

Old habits die hard

“Since when did you get so bossy?”, she asks sarcastically. “Learned from the best.”, he answers with a grin while looking at her.
It is midnight. She is literally craving drugs. But she has no money so she wakes her best friend and asks him if he could lend her some money. He isn’t stupid. He knows exactly why is she asking money for but despite that, he still asks her why she needs money. To which she answers that she wants to eat pizza. He orders pizza but it couldn’t be delivered because of the
thunderstorm outside. She strongly insists that she will go to the pizza place and pick it up herself. However, he put on his shoes and went to get pizza himself. He asks her to rest. Meanwhile, she tries to find cigarettes or liquor or money in the house but she couldn’t. He comes back with pizza.

“Oh there is a thunderstorm out there, are you okay?”, she asks. “I am”, he answers. “I have been talking to my pizza”, she rolls her eyes and smiled. “Okay, enough. I want a joint. Just one, please. I won’t ask you ever again”, she exclaims in frustration. What next, he isn’t going to let her smoke. He sits explaining the ill effects of smoking. Also informs her that if she smokes at that time, it will only make it difficult for her to quit smoking. With a lot of effort and requests, she finally agrees and went to sleep.

Days pass by. She starts improving. Isn’t an addict anymore. Becoming healthier than ever. Life is a lot easier with your best friend. She has a lot of fun and makes a lot of memories but vacations are over. She now has to find a job and place to live although her best friend has no problem with her staying she can’t live there forever.

Time to get back on her own

So, one fine day, she goes on giving interviews all day long. It was dusk, she was heading to her last interview for the day. It was a pretty romantic evening. You can easily see couples all around. Standing there on the side of the road waiting to signal to go red so that she could cross, she was astonished by the big building and she wished she was rich again. While she was still waiting and an old couple came and stood beside her. She looked at them and missed her lover. She is sober again and now she is missing him too. They were so adorable that they made her wish that she had a loving and caring husband too.

The signal was red. She let the couple cross first and while she was still crossing the road, the signal turned green and she was hit by a car. It wasn’t a severe accident but she got a cut on her right arm. The owner of the car apologized and insisted she let him give her first aid. When she looked at him, she was mesmerized. He looked like the most handsome man in the entire world. His eyes, his smile, his charms, his personality; her heart did a backflip. She was blushing and her heartbeat was fast.
She let him clean the wound and stop the bleeding as she was getting late for her interview. The man wasn’t only insanely handsome but he was smart as well. He could make out that she was in hurry. So, out of guilt, he asked her if he could drop her somewhere. She was already getting late so she agreed.

A new life

During the ride, she remains quiet. It seems as if she wasn’t the only one whose heart did a backflip. The man is captivated by her beauty too. He couldn’t help himself and starts conservation. “The file tells me you are going for an interview” he inquires.
“Yes, I really need a job”, she answers nervously.“Do you mind if I take a look?”, he questioned. She handover her file. He just wants to know her name. However, he is genuinely impressed by her qualifications and offers her a job. “Who are you?”, she asks anxiously. “I am sorry, I forgot to introduce myself. I am Christan Dore.”, he answers. “Christan Dore as in Dore industries?”, she further questions. “Well, you get that right.”, he smiles. While she is still processing all this, he says, “Now that you
have a job, you don’t have to go your schedule interview you are heading to. So if I can take you to coffee?”

She smiles and exactly after one year, they married. And she is marrying a billionaire both her wishes come true. Her life story becomes normal again, enjoying casinos and won every single damn time. It starts feeling weird. It is like all her wishes are coming true. During the dawn, her husband and her best friend run in the park. She is laughing and having fun with her best friend while her husband sitting on a bench. A young and beautiful girl came and sat next to his husband and talk to him. She saw both of them smiling and feels quite jealous which made her say, “I wish a bird poops on her head” and to her amusement, her wish came true. “I wish she is chased by a dog.”, she further wished. And there came a dog out of nowhere and started chasing her.

All her wishes come true

“How are you doing that?”, her best friend asked shocked and confused. “No clues.”, she said. “I wish that old man finds a $1000 envelope.”, she added. “Wishin’ that she drops her phone and it breaks”, she further added pointing her finger at a girl. “Aaah, I don’t like her.” The next thing they heard was the old man shouting since he found an envelope having a grand in it but the girl did not drop her phone. This confused her even more. She wishes again. “Oh God, I wish that she drops her phone and it breaks.” This time she actually drops it.

They conclude she has some supernatural powers as a new life story begins that make all her wishes come true. She can make only one wish at a time. This explains her winning every single game in the casino. Now, this might sound fascinating, wherever it’s devastating for her. She realizes her best friend coming back, her husband, her living, her winnings. Everything is because of her powers and not because she deserves or meant to be. Now, she gets everything very easily which is killing all the thrill and excitement of her life. She can’t enjoy anything because she is literally the one manifesting everything. Sensing no purpose or meaning in her life, now!

Is she happy

Her best friend isn’t sure why she is upset about it and finally asks her “How can you be sad when you get exactly what you wish for? Isn’t that exactly what everyone ever asks for?” She replies, “You won’t get it. It’s like I wish to go to dinner, and he takes to me to dinner. I wish we go on a ride and takes me on a ride. You see if I wish for it; it is going to happen. So, there is absolutely
nothing special about it. Ah, how do I explain this? You can’t enjoy good moments if you don’t go through bad ones and you cannot purposely ask for bad ones and in my case if I don’t ask; it doesn’t happen.”, she cries out of frustration.

“I am sorry, I don’t follow”, he replies in a very confused tone. She said “I don’t feel good. Don’t know if I deserve any of it. Am I am living someone else’s life! Now, after this I realise, do you actually care about me or not. Does he actually love me or it is just my wish power? I am clueless.”, she said downheartedly. This is not my life story for sure. Her friend response immediately “I know exactly what you need. You need tequila. We are going to the casino. Get ready”, he proclaimed.

Yet again loss

“I don’t wanna go”, she responds. “I am not asking, I am telling. Get ready”, he replies. They reach the casino and win every game. It is a good day for her best friend; she is habitual to this. Both are drunk and lands themselves in a major argument on their way home. “Ah, I wish you were dead”, she said angrily. “No. No, no, no…”, she exclaims with tears in her eyes. “Driver, turn the car around and take us to the hospital. Fast!” “Am I really gonna die?”, he asks with wet eyes. “No, this can’t be.”, she shouts. She is crying out loud.

“Hey, I just want you to know I love you. You are undoubtedly the best thing that has ever happen in my life story. I regret the years we lost because of my stupidity but every moment spent with you was worth it. Just know I’ll be looking at you all the time now so you better start behaving. Don’t become an addict again. Hey! I love you.”, he said peacefully with a big smile on his face. “I really do love you so much. So so sorry. Nothing will happen to you I promise this to you.”, she said with a shaking voice. “It’s not your fault. If it’s meant to be it will be. And I am glad I am dying with you sitting next to me.”, he whispers with tears rolling down his cheeks. “My arm hurts.”, he complains. “Maybe my life story…” he said, “Shut up” she exclaims!

“What? We are almost there, just stay with me.”, she said. They just enter the hospital, when he starts feeling pain in his chest. She keeps crying and screaming but what’s done is done. They barely walked five steps and got a heart attack. He was immediately taken to the emergency. The doctors said they need to perform surgery. While doctors were inside the operation room, she was weeping continuously. Her husband came running to the hospital. “I killed him! I killed him”, she shouted. Her husband tried to calm her down. He thought she was just in shock. He kissed her forehead to calm her.

She regrets

My father was volunteering at a blood donation camp. He recognised her. She looked awful and lifeless. My father couldn’t help but go and ask if she needed any help. He was genuinely concerned and would be delighted to help a lady as kind as her. Her husband asked my father if he could look out for her while he went to get some water. My father agreed. It was a deafening silence. To kill it my father said “Don’t worry, God never let anything bad happen to good people. You are so kind. God will hear your wish.” Hearing this she started crying.

“I am an awful person. I killed my best friend.”, she said. Her eyes were red. “You are not awful! You are the reason 101 children could get basic needs like food, clothes, shelter and education. The money that you donated was used to construct a building that would a home as well as school to kids who have absolutely nowhere to go.”, he told her. “You changed their lives and they see you as an angel. Did you know on their first day at school, after their prayer, they pray that all your wishes come true. Most definitely you are a good person.”, he said.

That fact reveals

“What did you just say?”, she asked curiously. “You are a good person.”, he answered. “No before that”, she questioned.
“On their first day at school, after their prayer, they prayed that all your wishes come true.”, he repeated. “What was the date on the first day of school?”, she inquired. “15th April 2021”, he answered. She was astonished. “Let’s go”, she said. “Where?”, my father asked. “To the school”, she answered in a great hurry.

On the way, she told my father to tell all the kids to pray that her wishes never come true. My father was clueless. Why would anybody want that? He was confused. But he did what she told her to. She was restless and acting like a crazy lady. My father was actually concerned about her. After the prayer was done, she hurriedly left after thanking my father.

While she was driving back hospital, she received her husband’s call. The surgery was successful and her best friend’s life was saved. She cried out in relief. She came back to the school to meet my father later and told the entire story. Soon everything was back to normal. She became the mother of a beautiful daughter and everything was ‘normal. Her best friend got married and they all lived happily together.

Power of goodness n blessings

“Wow, who thought getting every wish fulfilled could be a trouble”, the girl muttered. “The whole point of the story is that life is beautiful because of its ups and downs. You may feel like it’s unfair sometimes but it’s the bad times that make you appreciate the good times. It is what gives meaning and purpose to your life. Think it this way if everything was good, wouldn’t it just become new normal? Getting everything you want in your way would kill all the desires and dreams. It would kill the excitement and zest of life. What is to live a life without any dream?”, I said.

“Remember, how much worst your life story gets; the best is yet to come. Never give up. Never stop hoping.” I further added.
“I guess you are right. I will try not to run away from my problems”, the girl said with a shine in her eyes. As she is about to leave when I said to her one last important thing, “Don’t forget to smile today.”

THE END

Khushmeet Kaur – Our Storyteller

She is a winner of the story writing competition, held by Retorica in collaboration with the storyofsouls.com Her story is selected on the basis of her ability able to understand the dark moments of life story. Which are deep and intense. this life story may be fictional but it is much relatable to the present world’s life story of the people. Today’s youth must understand how one decision can affect their life story. Such thoughts coming from youth is the indication that life and its understanding has nothing to do with age.

 

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