From Childhood Crush to Lifelong Friendships

I don’t know whether I should call it a crush because it happened long ago, and I was not even in my teens then.

I was in the 2^nd standard, and a girl my age joined the school in mid-semester.

Her father’s transfer made her change schools.

I still remember that she was standing on the ground, looking for her father, who was coming from the school admin office.

One of the peons then took her to our class.

In those days, talking to girls, even at that small age, was not that common.

But, don’t know why, I always liked her to be in the class.

She was a talented girl, which made me study harder.

The competition between us, going forward in the next classes, kept on increasing, and that also made a way to have a chat with her.

It was the good old days, we were together up to standard X.

By then, we had become good friends. But after the 10^th standard, we rarely got in touch. She was still in my town, and whenever I used to see her, my heart used to beat faster.

I didn’t know why it used to happen that time, but then I understood what it was. A few of my school friends still tease me with her name and in connection with her.

Then life happened, and she is not in the country now. She is married and happy.

Me too happy with my family. I also told my wife about her.

Thanks to the school WhatsApp group, we are there together now. We seldom chat about a few things.

Thank God that I am still in touch with her.