Sweetness

"This will be the last time you let me down, understand!"

His voice pierced through my ears. I swallowed hard, looked at my father's eyes and I saw the anger in them. I could understand his anger and had expected the day will come. I know that I deserved all those scolding. I was so sorry, I really didn't mean to let my parents down, it had just happened like that.

It had begun one month ago. I was walking back home from school when I met Kelly, she was an ex-student from my school, she had dropped out the school last year because she had lost all her interest in studies. Her mother had died after Kelly was borned, so her father needed to take care of her, he often neglected her as he was too busy with his jobs. After she left the school, she spent her time shopping with friends. In the past we were best of friends, so she would ask me out every day after school. I wanted to reject her, but she was my best friend and I liked shopping too, so I would accompany her to shop till evening. My father was not informed about that and he always took my words, so I had no trouble convincing him that what had kept me in school were extra classes. My mother trusted me too much, so no questions were asked. In fact, everyone was in sympathetic that I had to work so hard in school and stay in school for practically the whole day. At the start, I felt bad cheating on my parents, but after doing it a few more times, I did not feel bad or guilty any more but I enjoyed those escapades.

Things come to a head when my marks took a plunge. My father was very disappointed in me. The next day, after I presented my report book to my father I was called to report at the principal's office after school. A cold feeling gripped me when I saw my father standing there looking very glum, the fact that there had been no extra classes after school came to light. Having been caught, I made a confession. My fater said nothing on the way home.

It was only upon reaching home that he stood me in the middle of the hall and in the presence of my mother, told me whatever was in his mind. I felt miserable and throughout the session stood there with a bowed head. There was nothing I could say to either of them.

Deep within me I blamed no one but myself. I realised that were right, I had let them down and very badly. That day ead the most memorable day, I remember it so clearly as it had just happened yesterday. It had really give me a lesson.

Wednesday, March 26, 2008