My heart is beating so badly that my face expressions can tell what is wrong with me and I do not want this to happen. It is 10 in the morning, and I have to get ready to go to park with my friend, who is the closet person to me in the whole world, with whom I can share whatever I want to, and he knows everything about my life and me. A really close friendship does not just happen. It takes time to build the kind of trust and respect that makes a friendship long one. I feel nervous, but this is not the reason of my nervousness. The reason of my fear is that I have to meet somebody, for the last time, at the park.

            While I am trying to reach the park, suddenly, I go in flashback, and I remember the beautiful moments, that we both had spent together. First day of college, I did not know anyone in this college when I came here. But then, suddenly, I got to know some of the students from my country, Pakistan. First time, I met him in cafeteria. We both gave introduction about each other and became friends. I used to do chatting through text messaging with all my friends and of course, I text messaged him too. He thought that he is the only one with whom I do text messaging. We both used to chat till two at night and by this way we knew a lot of things about each other. Everyday, I talked with him no matter what happened. He made my new name and that was Daggi, which means stupid and I hate that word. When the time passed, we became good friends.

            One day unexpectedly, he messaged and proposed me through sms. I was shocked because I also liked him but only as a friend. Is that just friendship? I asked myself. It is then why did I chat with him till two every night. All night, I kept thinking about him. I did not want to hurt my friend, so I met him and told him politely, “You are my best and close friend but not more than that.” After that day, he was afraid to loose me, but I treated him, as same as, I did before this all happened, but he felt very heartbroken. Next day, we both met in college and he said to me, “ Daggi, do not worry about it. I will be fine. Please no hard feelings about this. Just enjoy life and always keep smiling.”  I felt very bad, and on Valentines Day, he came to college to meet his friends. He came to me and said, “ Hey Daggi! Why am I getting a feeling that you want to say something to me?” He proposed me again and gave me red roses. I accepted his proposal, and he looked so happy.

            Friends are those people who touch one another’s heart and become part of them. Who teach each other learn to share happiness. They share their deepest secrets and fondest dreams. We both used to go to park and made dreams about our future. At that moment, everything felt so nice. Three months later, my mom told me that she is really worried about me and wanted me to get engage with a nice guy. I closed my eyes, and I saw his face. I wanted to tell my mom about him, but she was a narrow-minded person. She asked me, “ Do you know any good guy from your college?” I was so scared of her that I could not say yes. Next day, I showed her my birthday pictures in which he was captured too. I gave my mom a hint about him but she refused it. I was so worried and told him about this situation but he gave me courage. A week after, my mom told me that she had found a guy for me and we are going to meet him. I was only 18 and had no idea why my mom is so worried about me. I accept my mom’s proposal because in my culture, the girls always go with parent’s decision, and I had did not want to make her sad.

            I was so confused that time because I either had to pick my mom’s wish or my lover’s wish. I did not sleep all night and kept thinking about the situation. Finally, I decided to go with my parent’s decision because they are first priority in my life. I called him and said to him to meet me at the same park where we both used to go. He came to park and asked me what’s wrong. I said to him, “ I respect my parents and want to do whatever they will tell me to do, and now I will get married with a guy whom my parents want me to get married.” I told him that I still love him and always love him from bottom of my heart, but I could not go against my parents, and I wanted to sacrifice my love for my parents. I told him, “Good Luck in your life and please keep smile.” He was quite and did not say anything. I was about to leave, but suddenly, he said to me, “ Hey Daggi! Listen now, the sky may change from blue to gray; Leaves my change from green to golden; A summer’s afternoon becomes a sparkling winter day’s. However, the only thing in my life will stay remain same is my love for you.” My heart was crying when I heard his words. I could not control myself and want to leave as soon as I can from the park. He wished me Good Luck and said to me that he is happy because I am going to fulfill my parent’s wish. We both left the park as soon as we could because we did not want to see each other’s tear, which always made us weak. 

            When I was going home with my sadness I received a text message, in which he wrote, “Friends are those people who touch each other’s heart and live and makes them brighter and happier as time goes by. Thanks you for being such a wonderful friend…. Thank you for being my Daggi!!!!”