Short Stories. .. Love After Love

Love After Love.....     

     

My phone rang again...I feel a bit sleepy and was tempted to almost ignore the call..but I know it's HER...and she definitely needs someone to talk to... and she always tells me that I am the ONLY ONE who could understand her situation...  

 

And so i had to answer the phone to listen to her stories again..and the voice on the other end was so excited! and in between her giggles..i can hear the sound of true happiness in her voice..as she tells me that her present love just called her and sweetly promised her the stars as well as the moon..I said to myself..NO DOUBT..this woman is indeed in love!

 

On the back of my mind..i also have doubts...that her love for the man she just mentioned will not last...Why? Because I have seen her fell in love so many times and fell out sadly after a month or two...but don't think she wasn't serious when she entered the relationships..in fact she is always MADLY IN LOVE! You will hear the sincerity of her love in the way she laughs and the way she gives details on how they dated and said sweet nothings to each other...but i always wonder why she also fell out each and everytime she fall...  Until one silent evening...I didn't know why I thought of HER - my friend ANNA- who was never out of love...since I knew almost all her experiences with the loves in her life..I suddenly found myself trying to figure out why her relationships did not last as she hoped for..   

The first man was Tanny.. who never treated her as the lady he loves..he would be cold night and day and doesnt want to spend time with her..Tanny would even call her names a lady wouldn't want to hear...   

Then came the second man named Ariel... He was definitely thoughtful! He would always check on her from the moment she wakes up till the time she goes to bed...but Ariel wasn't that fair in love - he would always complain about how hard-up he is and that bills are filing up and he can't settle them...how meager his income is and that his kids need this and that but he can't buy it for them...and so, Anna with all her love for Ariel would voluntarily spend for him and the needs of his kids..she would spend on their dates, too!.. until almost all her hard-earned money was gone! I was relieved when Anna broke up with Ariel...but a week hasn't passed and Anna was telling me stories about a certain Teddy! Oh my! this woman is really looking for something... 

 

She told me that Teddy is the exact opposite of Ariel.. because her new found man is intelligent, very responsible, so matured but the big problem is.. he is based in a far place and can't definitely spend as much time as Anna would want him to... After exchanging "i love you's" Anna thought that her relationship with Teddy is going to last...she would disturb me in the middle of my sleep just to tell me that "he had called"...and I heard those giggles of love again.. My friend is really crazy about this boy..  

 

But my recall of events doesn't end there...after three weeks..Anna told me that she is in love again! I couldn't believe what i heard...I asked her why? And she told me she doesn't know but when she met John.. she couldn't resist his charm..she said he was as intelligent as Teddy , equally responsible and nice to talk to and they already dated! It shocked me honestly..because I couldn't understand how someone could easily fell out and fall in... I would understand why she fell out of love with Tanny with his coldness and Ariel with his ill-motives..but falling out with Teddy is something I found very hard to explain...but Anna simply told me..it's the distance that keeps them far apart! I completely understand her story...And Im so thankful that Im not in the same shoes... I couldn't imagine falling so many times...but Anna doesn't sound a bit bitter about everything that happened...Somehow I felt sad because my friend is a nice person..she just ended up with the wrong guys!   

 

But what I admire about her is that she doesn't get tired of loving and loosing someone...I know that maybe after a week or two she might tell me a story about another love of her life...but she is my friend and who knows she is just a victim of wrong choices.. I just hope that one day..she would meet her TRUE LOVE.. SOMEONE who will satisfy her needs from her emotions up to her very soul.. someone who won't treat her coldly...won't let her spend her hard-earned money...won't stay so far from her because she is just a little girl who needs someone to hug her tight in the middle of a cold lonely night...  

 

I love ANNA..but i cannot be that SOMEONE... so I just pray she soon will find THE ONE! Anna may experience love after love until she turns very old..but I'm glad that she doesn't get tired of her quest...   

 

And until now..I haven't heard her say "The search is over...."