The little bird

It was the twilight.. Jenny was standing on the pedestrian way looking at a distant mountain and thinking how much she loves the mountains.. She was born in the mountains.. She has been living in this beautiful township called Mething. This place has gathered all the beauty of nature in it. Jenny studied in the Rion Private school of Mething. The school days have built some unforgettable memories for Jenny. The school, the corridors, the teachers, the study, the playgrounds and most importantly Jake, Jenny's first and only love.

Those days when Jenny was too small to understand the feeling of love, she did feel what excitement is when Jake joined her school. She was probably 8 when she first saw Jake. Schoolmates are meant to be the first friends in one's life and Jenny had her friend Jake.

It was easy to talk to Jake and to play with him in the initial days. They were so loyal friends to each other. The difference started afterwards when Jenny started getting signs of a woman in her and Jake started getting excited about adolescences.

What happened !!Jenny was not able to talk to Jake as before. They used to see each other from the two corners of the corridor and go to class separately and sometimes get caught while staring at one another. Jenny never got the courage to talk to Jake.

Everyday she would decide to talk to him as normal as they have always been. But, then the face of Jake looking at her from a different corner always made her nervous to talk to him. The puberty, the adolescences, the fantasy, the different thoughts that these two young people had in their minds never let them talk to each other.

And then the day came. Jenny was walking her way to home when some one called her "Jenny". Ohh, it was Jake. He was standing there on the way. Jenny did not know what to do, how to respond. But Jake made it easier for her.

"Jenny, can I walk with you?"

"Yahh. ofcourse."

"I was thinking of telling you something for quite some days. I dont know how to say"

Probably Jenny knew what exactly Jake was trying to say. But, she thought to pretend a little and said "What happened Jake? Is there anything that I can help with?"

Looked like Jake did not know how to say. All that Jenny saw was a teenager boy standing before her with a dry throat, looking at here and there , trying to concentrate on the former's face and then again staring at somewhere else.

They were standing quite close on the pedestrian way in a busy road in Mething. And then finally Jake held Jenny's hand and said " see, Jenny please not any more"

Ohh God. Jake just held Jenny's hand. That was the first time that Jake ever touched Jenny after they have gotten into the indescribable feeling between them. Jenny was thanking the authorities to have the pedestrian ways shielded by the iron rails, else she would surely have fallen of the mountains that day.

Then she managed to gather herself to pull out her hands and tried responding to Jake.

But, wait. How possibly she could have responded except a smile at Jake.

How can Jake let her go without answering.. Jenny saw Jake's helpless face asking many things to Jenny and what Jenny can say in this busy road which apparently goes to her home and she fears of meeting her father on the way..

" Jenny, please.. Dont make me more embarrassed. You know what I want to ask. "

"Jake, please. Its my way to home and its the regular road that my father takes to market."

"So, when can I expect the answer from you?" Jake came closer to Jenny while asking this.

Two teenager young souls, in school uniforms talking to each other at the middle of a pedestrian way in the busy road of a township which is apparently built on the mountains.. What could have been more romantic..

But, Jenny had no intention to understand the unspoken words of Jake..

However she had to answer. So she kept a little distance from Jake, looked at his face and said" The day when you can ask the question, you will get the answer . Now I need to rush to home." Jenny gave a naughty smile to Jake and started walking towards her home.

And then Jake realised that he had not really asked any question, but was demanding answer from Jenny...