jhonerliz

(After writing a simple story about the “My Perfect Pair of Shoes”, I realized that I can be able to make a story out of shoes ^_^… Then, I remembered another person that became part of my life and I made a story about shoes that fits to what happened to us”. Here is the story…..)

When I was a child, my mother always got angry at me for walking in the streets barefooted. She always told me that my feet might be hurt if I will not wear slippers when I walk outside the house. But since I was just a little naughty girl, I ignored her yelling at me and continuously playing with my friends barefooted. Until I learned to use slippers and shoes when I started to go to school.

When I was studying, I didn’t care if I wore a beautiful or new pair of shoes. Maybe because I understand that I was grown up in a poor family and my parents can’t afford to buy me a new pair of shoes. Sometimes, what I used for my schooling were just the old things used by my aunt in her office.

Until one day, while waiting for a jeepney in our way home from school, I saw my best friend and my other classmates looking and laughing at my old pair of shoes. It hurts. It really hurts to see your best friend laughing at you because of having that old ugly pair of shoes. I walked alone to my house crying. My parents saw my tears and asked me why I was crying. I told them what happened.

The following day, I didn’t come to school. My parents gave me money to buy a new pair of shoes. When I was in a small market, I saw a beautiful pair of shoes. I really wanted to buy it but my money was not enough for it. I saw another pair of shoes which my money can afford and I thought that it was more durable than the first one. So I bought the second pair of shoes I saw.

On my way home, I was still thinking for the first beautiful shoes that caught my attention. I felt a little regret and told myself to save my money so I can buy it. When I have enough money, I went back in the market to buy the beautiful pair of shoes. But regret comes last. The beautiful pair of shoes that I really wanted to buy was already bought by the other person.

It really hurts when we admired or loved a person and we didn’t have the chance to show our feelings. It is much painful that the person you once loved was already in the arms of someday. But what do we need to do? Whether we like it or not, we need to accept that he is already happy with his someone else.

I felt the feeling of regret when I admired my classmate before. I was not able to show my feelings because I had no guts to say what I feel for him. I told myself that maybe in perfect time, I can express my love for him.

But time passed and the love also faded. It faded without having the chance to say that I was once admired and loved him.

But we are just living in a small world. Our paths cross once again but this time, I already married. He, on the other hand, is preparing for the coming of his baby.

I can’t understand why my admiration for him never fades. Though I want to control my feelings, it’s hard. It really makes me crazy.

But I come up to a decision. And that is to tell him what I really feel.

To Him, I know it’s too late. I don’t care. What I care for now is to tell you that once in my life, you were really here in my heart. You were the beautiful pair of shoes I missed to buy and I regret that it was already bought by somebody.

I know that you need to continue living with your owner, and I do to need to continue living with the shoes I have now.

Take care always. You will be forever here in my heart.