• Finally!!

    After an hour of tedious labor, she had come up with a masterpiece.

    Poor exams- just perfect to hide the truth.

    Especially for a girl like her, a class topper.

    Even the thought of failing was enough to drive her to suicide.

    No one would even suspect.

    She neatly folded the suicide note and kept it on her study table, where it could be easily noticed.

    Then she went upstairs to the terrace, and in front there laid a breathtaking view of her city.

    There were both small and tall type of buildings. Some were made of glass and steel, and others of brick and cement. Her country was still in the process of development.

    In the darkness of the night the lights of the city glimmered like small but precious gems.

    Her eyes shined from their shine.

    She took out a picture of a girl from her pocket.

    With her long black hair, her so fair skin, her pink rosy lips, she was just perfect.

    Aarohi kissed the photo.

    “I love you.” She slowly whispered.

    It was a week ago that she had found out that she loved her best friend. And since then a strange feeling of guilt and disgust had filled her heart. She didn’t care about the others, no. But the respect she had for herself was shattered. She was disgusted by herself.

    She knew that this was normal, but it didn’t matter to her.

    To her and this was a sin, but now she herself was a sinner.

    It was totally unacceptable by her.

    She climbed up the railing and looked down below. It was a long way down alright.

    She stood straight, her arms wide apart. The wind played with her hair, the cold made her slender thin nose red and her eyes to water.

    She had a broad smile on her face. For some strange reason she wasn’t afraid of the great height, which was highly unlikely of her.

    She felt peace and happiness after a long time. It was like a day had dawned after a very long night.

    She closed her eyes and for the last time she whispered “I love you.”

    And finally she jumped.