ABOUT THE AUTHOR 

Tejasvi Pandey is a 15-year-old storyteller and poet currently studying in Class 10. She finds joy in weaving emotions into words and believes in the quiet power of stories to touch hearts. Whether it’s through a heartfelt poem or a gentle short story, writing has become her way of understanding the world and expressing what often goes unspoken.

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The first meeting became the last.

I was having a wonderful dream, but suddenly the doorbell rang. I woke up and went to open the door and what I found was a postman standing. I thought about who sent a letter to me. I took the letter, I was surprised to read the letter, I was reading the letter but hearing someone else's voice, I thought I was feeling that the person was only speaking who wrote it. The letter made me a little bit happy but angry too. I was not able to react to those words. The letter tells,

'I'm so sorry for leaving you. It was my mistake to leave you for another girl. No one is better than you for me. No one can make me happy as you do. Please forgive me. Can we make a fresh start? I'll explain everything to you. Please come to meet me at our favorite place today at 6:00pm.’

How I was supposed to react after reading the letter from the boy I loved so hard but I only got deception. I couldn't make any decision as to whether I should go or not. It was 10:00am and I had only 8 hours to think about this. It was a hard choice to make. Many questions were popping in my mind but the most important was "Should I give him a second chance?"

It had been just a few months since I moved on from him and started enjoying my life again, therefore being happy again, smiling again. But now what should I do when he is trying to enter my life—again? I was speechless. Where was he when I was crying all night, when I was dying to talk to him. But as I finally moved on he was there to give all the pain back. But everyone makes mistakes. Regretting, apologizing and accepting one's mistakes are the most important things. And he did the same. 

I should go. I decided.

A fresh start with him would be all my choice but just knowing the answers of all questions in my mind will definitely relax me from this stress. I thought of going to meet him!

I was getting ready to meet him. I still remember his favorite colour. Blue. I wore a blue dress. I still have the perfume he gifted me, I wore that perfume. I was ready to go. But a thought waved in, we haven't met for the last 2 years but I still care about his choices, his gifts?

There was a battle inside me. 

My mind forced me to accept that I didn't love him anymore but my heart still whispered his name.

My mind was stopping me from meeting him but my  heart begged to give him a second chance. 

Did he still live in my heart?

I left for our favorite place. It was a garden where we met for the first time! I didn't know how I was feeling but I was angry, happy, sad, anxious and everything. Happy to meet him, sad to meet him again, angry because of what he did, anxious about what would happen. 

I was on my way to meet him, I was on time but suddenly saw a huge traffic jam on the road I was traveling on. I was sure it would be cleared in some time and I would reach my destination on time but expectations rarely meet reality. I was stuck in the traffic for too long. One hour passed— I was not able to reach the said place. 

I was worried. He must have been waiting for me for one hour but it was God's decision. God's plans. And God's plan was different. He wanted us to meet not at our favorite place, but at his own place. As I was stuck, I couldn't reach the place to meet him. So I decided just to visit the church. And I found a church nearby. I parked my car and went to church. I saw a boy praying to meet a girl whom he left for another girl. And he was definitely very lucky because God fulfilled his wish just in seconds. We met at the church!!

When I didn't reach the said place he was disheartened, hence knocked God's door. He prayed from all his heart and soul to meet me and God answered his prayer like magic.

We both talked for 2 hours straight out of the church. We haven't cared about the people, just cared about each other. He accepted his fault and apologized as well as promised me he will never leave me. 

My heart was already begging to give him a second chance but at this moment my brain also approved Mr Heart's decision. I gave him a second chance and started a fresh journey again. We both were happy and hugged each other. And again our first meeting was enchanting. 

I came back home, tonight I was unable to sleep after 2 years because of happiness. I couldn't stop smiling and was not able to forget our meeting. 

Tomorrow we will meet again. Tomorrow will be a more beautiful day but as I woke up the next morning I heard news that gave me intense sorrow. I heard about a car accident in which a guy died.

It was his car! The car which he held last night while returning home. I was unable to say a word. We thought that life had given us another chance to make a new fresh start from today but who knew what was gonna happen. Our first meeting became the last again. 

I was devastated but a part of me was calm about one thing— he repented, he apologized, he cleared the misunderstandings. And I have forgiven him. He left the world with no guilty conscience, no regret, no burden of breaking my heart. 

Thank God, I was one of the forgivers and he was one of the remorseful. 

That moment was the blend of pain and relief. It was again God's plan and his plans are always different from our expectations. God gives us different lessons from time to time. And this time I learned that no one knows about upcoming time, anytime could be your time. Just apologize from everyone you hurt and forgive everyone who hurt you. Everyone deserves a second chance!!