Jane and Sophia
Thankyou so much for what you said in your last letter!
Words just can’t express my gratitude
My grammar may have mistakes
since I just write from my head
and won’t go to check every sentence
Please excuse me for that
(I know you will, hah)
So , let’s talk about something.
Talk about what?
Actually, I don’t know.
I’ll just say whatever in my head.
(And please take in mind that I will use simple past tense most of the time in thisstory, but actually I don’t know which tense I should use in specific sentence)
Jane is a very popular girl.
She is not so beautiful but very pleasing,
Trying her best to be friendly and make people happy.
To do that,
She even gave up her bottom line,
Just to be liked by everyone.
But obviously,
she can’t reach that goal.
She made efforts to listen carefully to everyone’s words, and reach hand toeveryone who needs help, even if she is very busy herself.
Oh, I mean that we all know she can’t do that, but she didn’t.
People she had met so far are just friendly enough to be kind to someone sokindhearted.
But one day she met someone and changed her mind.
Sophia is a quiet and girl, very beautiful.
She is so pretty that Jane fall for her at first sight.
As Jane know her more, she even love her more.
So, she try even harder to get on well with her.
They became good friends, and Jane thought that it was time to declaring her love.
But gentle as Sophia was, she said sorry.
Jane was very shocked, since she never had been declined before.
Jane asked for the reason.
‘There is no reason, Jane. I cherish you very much as a friend of mine, but there isnothing more.’
‘Then what should I do so that you can love me back?’
‘I’ll just tell you the truth. I don’t love you because you are not the one I love.’
‘So you love someone else?’
‘No.’
‘Then I still have chance, right?’
‘I don’t think so.’
‘I can’t make decision to whether you love me, then you can’t decide what I will do,right?’
‘…Right.’
‘So let’s go and have some fun!’
‘Sure.’
Sophia smiled as Jane held her hand.
Jane finally understood that not everyone will love her back.
But she also found that it doesn’t matter.
She would rather that the one she loves loved her back.
But even that isn’t a big deal.
'I love you! None of your business.’
Jane learned to follow her own heart, not others’ words, including Sophia’s.
Actually, friendly as she was, she is a very stubborn person.
When she had made up her mind, nothing would ever change.
Three months past.
They are still good friends.
But this day, Sophia visited Jane and said, ‘I’m about to leave this town.’
‘What?!!Pardon me?’
‘I’m about to leave this town tomorrow,’ Sophia said calmly but with a little sadness, which Jane could feel in her voice, ‘I think I should tell you in advance.’
‘Of course you should tell me. But why are you leaving?’
‘Jane, you know that I’m a traveler, and I’ve stayed here for long enough. I won’t give up my journey, and thus I need to leave, before I become too reluctant todo that.’
‘I see. Then I’ll see you off tomorrow.’
‘No, you…’
‘You won’t go without saying goodbye, will you?’
‘But Jane, I’m here to tell you that I will leave tomorrow, and I thought that’s …’
‘Enough? No. I can’t agree. Maybe I will never see you again because I’m not planning toleave this town. I want to say goodbye to you the last time, can I?’
‘As you will.’
‘Yahoo! Then let’s go!’ Jane took her hand and ran out the door.
‘Where are we going?’
‘I don’t know. But your journey doesn’t always have a destination, right?’
‘Yeah, it makes sense,’ Sophia agreed and changed the subject, ‘Jane, going on ajourney will suit you more than being a farmer all your life, you know that.’
‘Don’t worry, Sophia. I’m on my own path, too.’
‘I see.’
Seeing Sophia off, Jane cried and set her feet on her field, working till the sunset.
The sky darkened, with the moon risen.
‘Thank you for help me to become more of myself.
I have to say sorry though I know you won’t blame me for even a second.
To walk on my own life journey, I have to refuse your invitation to join yourtrip.
And still, I love you very much, my friend Sophia.’
