"Did you take the tablets?"
"Um. em..No."
"Are you kidding me!? Do you want to keep doing this forever? Why cant you do the bare minimum? "
"Aww. C'mon. I want it..as much as you do..."
Raised eyebrows.
"Did you check your temperature?"
"No."
"Did you log the symptoms? I can't believe you! Do you want to go through that torture again?"
"I don't knowwww! I don't feel ready yettt. I know you feel the same too. And you don't even have to go through anything. I have to give up everything I like doing...I am not ready for this phase yet.. I dont knoww...Every month, I suppress my deepest fear --- what if the wriggly little thing made it this time?"
"Look, I understand, but we cannot let this go on forever. Things will only get complicated. Lets just decide. Do you wanna be, or not?"
Thank you for dropping by :) The theme of my posts this year, for the A-Z challenge, is To Show, Not Tell. I hope you enjoyed this piece.
Keep well Sampada..
ReplyDeleteHmm.....half-hearted beginnings can very well ruin the future, I tell you!
ReplyDeleteGood job Sampada. I was a bit confused about this sentence "Why cant you do the bare minimum?"
ReplyDeleteWell written. I'm assuming this is about someone's life threatening disease. I could feel the characters' anxiety.
ReplyDeleteCheers,
CRD
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Are they trying to avoid pregnancy? or get pregnant? or something else? That's what the dialogue seemed to imply..
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You've not updated your blog since a long time now. Was eagerly waiting to read your stuff. All well?
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ReplyDeleteAwesome work.Just wished to drop a comment and say i'm new your journal and adore what i'm reading.Thanks for the share
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