Love stories for today

She opened her eyes after long
journey. She had fallen asleep in 4
hours back due to travel sickness and
tears. She knew this was a big decision
that she had taken. Her parents and all
siblings already left the Paris. But she
was coming back to Paris. She had
promised herself that this would be
her last attempt to save the
relationship. War is the obstacle. But
he is more important to her than
anything else. She had made a decision
of visiting him despite the issues. She
wanted him in her life at any cost.
She reached the railway station in the
morning. then to the hotel. She wore
his favorite winter cloth and his
favorite perfume in the evening. It was
a very cold day on month of April in
1940 in Paris, so she wore the wool
gloves in hands and put scarf on her
neck. She dressed up just the way he
liked her. 'One last time' she thought.
She got this tough decision not
considering even her life. She left to
meet him.
She called him by a telephone booth.
He answered. They decided to meet for
coffee shop. She spotted him on her
way to the coffee shop. She called him.
They met. No hugs, no kisses..Just a
plain 'Hello' with a broken smile. They
walked together. The beauty of every
moment they spent together had
disappeared. She had asked the coffee
shop waiter to reserve their favorite
coffee table for them and had pre-
ordered their favorites. Their eyes met
for the first time after months. She
had the same sparkle in her eyes.
Sadly, he seemed distant. They spoke
about him - Army, friends, Soccer,
German invasion and life. He did not
enquire about her. She felt the
distance. He was about to leave but she
wanted to extend the date. She asked
him for a walk. He nodded “Yes”.
They went to the city park. She wanted
to flaunt him. He seemed lost. She got
the hint. They saw lots of people say
good bye to each others. Lots of men
were in army uniforms. Most of the
ladies were hugging their loved ones
and crying on their shoulders. There
were some foreign couples also, and
they talking to each others in rush. She
did not understand the languages. He
took all the pains to translate to her.
She felt the closeness. She held his
hand. She was shattered. Her heart was
broken into a million pieces. They went
to a bench and sat on it. She didn’t
want to pass this time. She wanted to
stop the world right there forever.
Then war will never come and she was
able to stay on his arms forever.
Now it almost around 6.00 PM. He
asked her for a dinner. So she
delighted. They went to their favorite
restaurant in the Paris. They placed
the same order as they always did,
“Chateau Latour” wine with Bacon
sandwich. He didn’t want say anything
rather than eating. Background music
was “Edi Piaf’s Sous le ciel de Paris”.
He looked in to her eyes, and tried to
say something.
“You know this is not going to work
out. You should have thought about this
before traveling so far to visit me."
Look my darling, war is just going to
imminent. Here is not any safe a girl
like you”.
“I love you…more than my life… why
don’t you come with me?”
“I know and I love you too. But it is my
duty to stay here when the war begin”
“You will die, I can’t hold my breath
anymore, oh god please help me” she
cried like a child.
Her heart broke.
All he said was. "This is the last time
we have met." He did this for her. He
did this because he knew she would
suffer the most if this relationship
continued. But he had no alternative
than breaking up with her.
She cried and cried for rivers.
He knew he had lost a big piece of his
heart that day. He knew she would
make his life more beautiful. But he
had no choice. War is going to ruined
everyone’s life in the world. Then they
left the Restaurant. He volunteered to
drop her to the railway station after
the dinner. It was a long walk.
While they walk she leaned on his body
as much as she can. It was late at night
and the roads were empty. Night was
so freezing. Number of policemen were
going here and there almost
everywhere in Paris. The road was lit
by the street-lamp alone. She wanted
life to stop there. She held him tight at
once and cried. Then she felt this
would be their last walk together.
They reached the railway station.
Everything had gone well but she knew
this was not enough to stay with him.
She stood quiet and waited for him to
speak.
He spoke.
“I don’t know whether I survive the
war or not, but I wanted you to
survive. That’s why I asked you to move
from Paris.”
“But…I don’t want to live without you,
my love”
He didn’t speak anything and hugged
her for last time and kissed her
trembling lips. Then she walked to the
train with a heavy head once again.
Train was full packed for leaving. She
got in to the train and disappeared in
the crowd. He was there until train
blow the last whistle for leaving.