tHE cALL oF sANTA

Richard took the phone several times, typed "SORRY", "Let's Catch-up", "How are you doing now?" and deleted it every time. And the other window of Rami was showing Richard "Typing" Rami was furiously waiting for his response but she hardly managed to see the profile picture as a source to reduce her solitude. That was a magical moment when Richard and Rami met. Richard was quite fond of the celestial body so the nights at the roof made Rami a traveller; as Richard guided her one star to another.

Rami was driven by her misfortune in every part of her life. The situation made her so melancholic that she always dwells on her situation. She tried so many things and medications but her positive attitude was drifting in a way that she went through the identity crisis.

In this miserable situation, Richard was the sole healer to her. His spark made her eyelashes dry and drew a thin line of a smile in her pair of lips.

The friendship evolved through many ups and downs but the sense of egoism was so strong among them. They were so good to each other but the situational hazards ceased them to express. In that way, they ran their relationships.

In summer evening they enjoy the breeze beside the river. They roam around different places; they respect their passion rather they sometimes come so close to being loved. But it was not everything. Ill-fated Rami was always being deprived by being adorned and Richard was a boy with attitude. Though he felt for her the heaps of earthly responsibilities, principles and family stopped him to express his feelings that pinned Rami a lot.

The festivities wore its vibrancies of color if they got together. Before Christmas, they went through a dangerous fight. That their self-respect stopped them to speak with each other. Though they were dying to interact this time Rami did something very harsh to Richard. Being a lovable girl, she hardly acts so rudely. They got deserted for such a long time. Fourteen days seems to be a decade for them to speak.

Christmas brought a thread of memories to Rami about her childhood, on Christmas morning she laid down her bed with teary eyes and childhood Christmas cards. Those gifts seemed to be a wastage of money for Richard because he always disliked teenage siesta but Rami yet love fantasies. So, she always expected a childish surprise of adoration, like her father used to give her at Christmas.

While thinking all these suddenly the doorbell rang and a cute lad came up with white flowers in a basket and a gift wrapped in sparkling paper. With a note "Call of Santa-Beware of denial". She was in her night suit but she could not wait to change herself, the lad escorted her to the vineyard that seems so magical to Rami even in the morning.

The sparkling sunlight penetrated here in a twinkling form and two old huts used to create an enchanting tower of some fairy tale. Now the lad gave the basket to Rami that the fragrance of jasmine made her spellbound then she had opened the gift wrap which mesmerized her- as it was that stupid Hourglass which used to indicate the Hour as per the partial visibility of Wand_of _Wizard. She wanted to buy it a month ago on which she heard much humiliation from Richard to be stupid, childish, abnormal that she skipped her dinner with grief on that night.

Gradually, she felt the presence of Richard somewhere around and yes he came out of that enchanting tower like a prince of the fairy tale.

Suddenly that earthly ambiance transformed to be magical for Rami.

It was something beyond her imagination.

Richard stood in front of her;  leaving all his ego and attitude aside he bent down his head, held her hand, and said " Let my Christmas spark with your smile, my majesty."

Rami stood still with her sparkling teary eyes, blush on her face, and an overwhelming smile on her face.

She could hardly manage to tell Richard in her sobbing voice " Merry Christmas"