Skip to main content

The Half Moon

The Half Moon

The Half Moon 


TIME : 11:00 pm Diana was staring at the half-moon and the stars were twinkling at her. She was in the terrace of her house. She was alone. Staring at the half moon reminded her something bad, which she once decided to forget. Half-moon... Suddenly, she heard footsteps behind her. From nowhere, appeared Jeffrey, her lover. "Hey!" she said, "Who are....Hey Jeff!" she exclaimed with a baffled face. "Yeah, it's me, honey. Whom did you expect?" Jeffrey said as he sat closer to Diana. Diana was still confused thinking how did Jeffrey reach her terrace. But, never mind, love has no logic. "What made you come here?" Jeffrey asked. "I would rather ask that to you, Jeff. Never mind. Shall we talk sometime?" asked Diana, with eyes full of eagerness. "Sure, honey" said Jeffrey, "If you don't mind, can I wrap my hands around your neck?" "I never said no" replied Diana. Jeffrey did then. For a few seconds, they were silent. Then, Jeffrey broke the ice. "You didn't answer my question." he said. "Oh, yeah" said Diana as she let out a deep breath, "I felt lonely..." "Not now, I guess" said Jeffrey. "Absolutely! Why should I feel lonely when you are beside me?" Diana smiled. "Diana..." said Jeffrey, "Did you ever think why the moon reduces herself regularly?" "Just thought we were about to speak something romantic..." said Diana, "But, yeah, I don't know." she replied. Jeffrey smiled and said, "She shrinks as stars beside her move further. When all leaves her , she disappears. Then, she regrows...all leave her once again...but she disappear to regrow." "Kinda stupid, but I like it." said Diana. "Me, then?" asked Jeffrey. "You are made for me, Jeff. No one could separate you from me." said Diana as she kissed Jeffrey. Few seconds had passed. Diana opened her eyes. No one was around her. She was just kissing the empty air. "Jeff..."she searched for him around. There was no one around her. Then the reality hit her. Jeffrey was dead a week before. She was deep in his thoughts and memories. How did he come in front of her? She had no idea... Then, she looked at the half-moon. "She shrinks when stars move away from her. She disappears to grow again." those words of Jeffrey alarmed in her ears. "I'm that half-moon, Jeff. How could I regrow without you?" said Diana with rainy eyes.
Author : Naveen Kumar ( Tamil Nadu, India )
( Instagram Handle : @naveen_the_writer_ )
Lable : Inflame Story
Labels:
Location: United States

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

"Love is in the Air" An English Story in Short

"Love is in the Air" An English Story in Short learning English by story Every summer, Penny travels to a family reunion barbeque. Penny is never excited, and this year is no different. She dreads the drive.  She does not like talking to her relatives. And she does not like the smell of hamburgers. (Penny is a vegetarian.) When Penny arrives, she sees lots of familiar faces. It is July and Uncle Vernon is wearing a sweater. Uncle Vernon is always cold. It’s very mysterious.  She sees her cousin Polly. Polly has six children. The youngest one screams. Then the oldest one screams. Polly’s children are always screaming.  She sees many of her other cousins in the field playing softball. They play a softball game every year, and it always ends in a big argument.  Penny wonders, again, why they never solve it. Then Penny sees an incredibly handsome man. She stares at him. He catches her staring. He smiles and walks over to her. Penny is very nervous. She is nervous because...
Post a Comment
Read more

The Real Pearl Necklace

 The Real Pearl Necklace Jenny was a bright-eyed, pretty five-year-old girl. One day when she and her mother were checking out at the grocery store, Jenny saw a plastic pearl necklace priced at $2.50. How she wanted that necklace, and when she asked her mother if she would buy it for her, her mother said, “Well, it is a pretty necklace, but it costs an awful lot of money. I’ll tell you what. I’ll buy you the necklace, and when we get home we can make up a list of chore that you can do to pay for the necklace. And don’t forget that for your birthday Grandma just might give you a whole dollar bill, too. Okay?” Jenny agreed, and her mother bought the pearl necklace for her. Jenny worked on her chores very hard every day, and sure enough, her grandma gave her a brand new dollar bill for her birthday. Soon Jenny had paid off the pearls.  How Jenny loved those pearls. She wore them everywhere-to kindergarten, bed and when she went out with her mother to run errands. The only time sh...
18 comments
Read more

"AS YOU SOW, SO SHALL YOU REAP" Short Story in English

AS YOU SOW, SO SHALL YOU REAP One night, three thieves stole a lot of money from a rich man’s house. They put the money in a bag and went to the forest. They felt very hungry. So, one of them went to a nearby village to buy food. The other two remained in the forest to take care of the bag of money. The thief that went for food had an evil idea. He ate his food at a hotel. Then he bought food for his two mates in the forest. He mixed a strong poison with the food. He thought, “Those two will eat this poisoned food and die. Then I will get all the money for myself.” Meanwhile, the two wicked men in the forest decided to kill their mate on return. They thought that they would divide the money between the two of them. All the three wicked men carried out their cruel plans. The thief who wanted all the money for himself came to the forest with the poisoned food. The two men in the forest hit him and killed him. Then they ate the poisoned food and died. Thus, these evil people met with an e...
2 comments
Read more