After my SSC examination I had lots of time to spare. I
lived with my parents in a fifth floor of a flat building in
Dhaka. Being on the top floor of the flat, we always
had a very good access to the roof. Most of the
afternoon me, my mother and my younger sister used to go to
the roof to get the fresh wind. It was very pleasant
up there, we talked, laughed and had fun.
A new five story building just finished and rented out the
new families. That building was very close to ours
building, you could almost jump one roof to other. As
usual, one day I went up on the roof in the evening, I saw
the most beautiful girl in my whole 16 years life. She
was just walking on the next building roof from one end to
other. To make my story short, my first teenage
love affair begin from here. Really.
From that day I went up on the roof everyday. She was also a
regular on up there too. I waitrf all day just for the
evening. After few days we started talking, just hello
and how are you kind of talk. I got to know her a little
bit. She also finished SSC exam as well. Most of the
time my mother used to comes up with me along with my other
neighbors, that became a problem for us. I had to make
many excuses for my mother not to go up. It was really
a very exciting time. We never could have a 2 minutes
conversation alone.
After a month or so, she started not coming to the roof.
I went up on the roof everyday and waited for her. But she
was nowhere to be found. She never came back
again. It was so sad for me. I waited and
waited day after day. For some reason, I still believe
that she will come back and I will see her again on the roof
top.
Even today, I continue to go up on the roof. Miracle
do happen. If you read this story, you know who you
are. Please come and see me on the roof again. I am
still waiting for you.
Rafique
(nor my real name)
Raf2000@webbangladesh.com
