My Special Someone

We all seem to be in search of that"special someone ", or so they call it. I had found my special someone a little early than normal.

My name is Victor. I am who Ed sheeran described as an antisocial. I was born into a family of five (three children), me being the first child. While i was growing up,i could never just understand went i just loved being alone. I loved being in a quiet place and just enjoying the silence. Most of my age mates regarded me as a " weirdo", but it didn't really matter. Mum was always saying i needed to get out and hang out with my peers, that i couldn't stay cooked up in the room doing nothing or listening to music.I remembered one of her proverbs at that time because she had this funny and unusual way of saying it. She would say "man was not meant to be an island", but at that time,i was to young to understand.

My attitude and character began to change when we moved to a new neighbourhood. Our neighbors were so noisy and that was one of the reasons i hatred the neighbourhood. Our neighbours just like our family had three children( all girls).Their father was an engineer while their mother was a nurse. They were never really around, leaving the girls to disturb the peace of the house. Due to the noise, we got into quarrels with the girls on regular basis. I and my brothers never got along with the neighbours.

On this fateful day, on getting home from school,i met ruth(the eldest daughter of our neighbour) at our house. My mum told me she was Ruth's new tutor. As if my mum tutoring her wasn't enough, she and her sisters would be staying with us anytime their parents were not around, which was like everytime.

Days turned into weeks and weeks into months and i and Ruth were already close friends. Even after mum stopped tutoring her she still came ro our house. No day passes without us seeing each other.

Soon afterwards,i realized that my feelings for Ruth was more than friendship. I had fallen in love with ruth, but i couldn't just summon the courage to tell her how i felt.I was scared that she might not like me the way i liked her, that she might turn me down.

Ruth began to notice my change in character towards her, but i just lied that it was pressure from school as we were about to take our exams.

Few weeks after that, by uncle invited me to stay in his home for the holidays, which i accepted. On the night before i was to leave Ruth told me she had something to tell me, but i told her to wait for me to get back.

To cut the long story short, when i got back, Ruth and her family had moved out of the country. I was so sad because i didn't even get a chance to tell her how i felt.

Over 10 years now and we have not communicated,i have searched all over the internet, all to no avail,but i have hopes of seeing her again.But till then i pray she stays safe.