Thinking of letting this story as well begin with a question. Does everything have an expiry date? Does love or for that matter friendship have an expiry date? I do not know the answer. Maybe. Of course, I have not done a PHD on friendship. But ours had. It is not over but you know I can see it getting over in front of my eyes but am helpless.
Let me tell you how it all begin. Me and Aashima, best friends forever. Atleast we thought so. She was literally my whole life and vice- versa. I couldn’t even imagine a life without her. Then we were transferred. Me to Kolkata and Aashima to Indore. We kept saying that we would never leave each other but had to. We were helpless and heart- broken. We promised to keep in touch and call each other everyday. Though we tried our best to but were quite unsuccessful.
From that day where I thought I would have died without Aashima, or Aashi as I fondly called her to today where we feel we are better off without each other everything has changed. Earlier I used to talk non stop with her for 2 hours but now talking to her for even half an hour seems like a challenge. She wants to talk about Durjoy Dutta, a writer whose work I have never read and me, I want to chatter about one direction, the band which almost describes me, which she dislikes. (with due respect to both Mr Dutta and one direction.) We have nothing in common now. It is not her fault but neither is it mine. The problem is not with me or her but with us. We have a new life, new friends and a new school. Moreover I don’t know much what is going on her life and she doesn’t know about mine. We can only talk about our past life but for how long. It is over and so are the stories and episodes. One day we have stop, and I am afraid it is going to be a forever full stop.
I still care for her but she isn’t my life anymore like she was before. It is hurting me but it is reality and the faster I accept it the better it is for me. She is still my best friend but I have to question myself that how genuine is it? Some people have best friends forever but unfortunately I am that lucky. I have got awesome friends over here but Aashi was something different. She wasn’t a friend but a part of me. That is why I am sad because I am not complete, I am missing a part of me.
But I hope everything will get Okay, like it always does.
