9 Tears

Back in her room ,Sandriya was leaning against the door with her back and was crying her eyes out.

She was never the person to show her emotions.But it was not always like that.Back when she was in high school she was very sensitive and she could never keep her emotions locked in.But one particular incident changed everything.She learnt to be more secretive about her feelings.This is the time after a very long time that she has cried this much.

Once she tired herself from crying,She stood up and slowly opened the door to the bed room.She didnt find anyone in the room.So she went to her bed and laid down.Her mind was filled with the argument she had with Merissa."I shouldnt have said all those horrible things to her and I should never have slapped her" her mind was in a mess."She probably would have left after everything i said and sure she will be extremely angry."she thought "I'll pay her a visit at her home and apologize to her first thing tomorrow"she decided.As her eyes were heavy from crying, she soon fell asleep.

When she opened her eyes,She saw the blurred image of a man sitting by her side and caressing her long black hair.Seeing her awake the handsome young man smiled charmingly at her.She recognised him.She slowly stretched out her arm to touch his face and tears started flowing from her eyes like a never ending stream.The youngman held her chin in his hand and wiped her tears with his thumb.

"Do you know how much i missed you?"saying so with tears still streaming from her eyes,Sandriya tried to touch his face.But the moment she touched him,the lights went off and everything around her turned dark.

She woke up in a hurry and tried to stand up.But she lost balance and fell to the floor.Only then did she realise that it was all a dream.But everything seemed real.Just moments ago he was sitting next to her wiping her tears.But now....he was gone.

She picked up herself from the floor and walked towards her cupboard.She then leaned forward and took out a very old suitcase.She slowly entered the 3 digit pin on the suitcase lock.

The suitcase was filled with old pictures and stuff she used in high school.Among the things was an envelope which looked like a letter ,still sealed.She took the letter in her hands.Although the paper had turned old,it still had the faint smell of the iris perfume she had sprayed on it 7 years back.Her eyes started to tear up once again.As she was crying for long she started to gasp for breath and she no longer could keep it quiet.As any sound from her room could be heard down stairs,she used the letter in her hands to cover her face.As result,her tears started to soak in the old paper and started smudge the old ink.

Suddenly she heard a knock on the door"Young Miss,Its already 8 pm.Everyone is waiting for you at the dinner table.Please come down for dinner"it was Stacy.She had come to call her for dinner.Sandriya quickly put the letter back into the suitcase and shoved it back into the cupboard."Yeah.I will be down in a minute"she said, her voice still unstable.She quickly went to the bathroom,washed her face and made her hair into a messy bun and went downstairs for dinner...