Collection Of Short Stories

Her time

It was another busy day at Queen Publishing. In the corner of the room, was an employee getting a lecture from her boss. “ Can you not do anything right? Is it that hard to perform your job correctly?” Her boss shouted at her. She looked down at the floor,biting her lip, trying her best not to cry. “ Im sorry.” She mumbled as she ran to the lady’s room. She looked at herself in the mirror, her eyes red and swollen from her crying her eyes out.’ I am so pathetic. I cant handle this litte bit of pressure.’ She thought. She tried smiling in the mirror. She looked at her dimples, her brown eyes and her shoulder length black hair. People have praised her beauty since she was a little kid. When she was a little kid…..
How carefree life was as a young kid who knew nothing of the pressures of society. The only problems they faced was that the latest gameboy game was not available or that their parents wouldn’t buy them candy. She thought about her fun times with her sister, playing barber barber. Then ,her only worry was that her friend didn’t come to play and now she was worrying about how her client never appeared for an interview. How fun it was just playing on the wet grass in the bright sun, laughing and laughing till your stomach hurt. Running with friends, talking about absolutely silly things and having sinide jokes that none of the elders could ever hope to understand. At that time, there were no barriers between friends. It didn’t matter if friends were of different religion, age or gender or not. People, situations,ideas of happiness, it all changes with time. She sighs again and then says” I wish I could be a kid again!”
Just then, a lady walks out of a stall, and asks,” You want to be a child again?” The girl replied,” I didn’t mean for you to hear that, but if I could I would love to be a child again.” The lady smiled calmy and replied,” Child, don’t you think there is a time for everything? That was the time for you to enjoy and not to worry about societal pressure and now, it is time to become older,wiser and more mature, to work for all your daily needs. This is the time that you must accept that you are now older and must work even harder than before. Don’t you agree? “ The girl was surprised for a second but knew that she was right. She smiled and said” Thank you, for those words that were so true which even I knew somewhere in my heart but refused to accept. You have given me inspiration to work harder. Thank you.” The lady just smiled, wiped her hands and walked out. ‘ Who was she? I wish I could have at least found out her name. Oh well, some things are meant to be.’ She walked out more confident than ever,ready to face all the challenges and obstacles that could come her way, knowing that it was her time to shine. Her time to do great things, her time to work,her time to be mature and to worry. The lady on the other hand, lived her life with content because she had just prevented someone from brooding over such a matter and wasting her life and time just like she had. She hopes that that girl will one day, do the same for someone else, so that no one makes the same mistake that she did and that they will use that time to make themselves a better,wiser and more mature person.