Scarlet POV

It is time to go to sleep, did all the prayers at church, we wont be attending the night prayers, so guess what? I get the chance to talk to my boy, isnt that just marvellous? So many questions. I should cease the number of questions that’s upon me on a daily basis by me. Let alone the outside world’s mercy.

Annabelle ; hey scarlet I just gotta know something? Am I not your bestie?

Scarlet ; well I got one you know, like I said my boy is my bestie, I am sorry annabelle you are a very good friend of mine but he is my boy, he has that spot.

Annabelle ; your boy?

Scarlet ; well he is my boy..

Annabelle ; is there something you are not revealing to me?

Scarlet ; like what exactly?

Annabelle ; like Pathum Nisansala! Who is he for you?

Scarlet ; he is my bestie ! he is my boy and I love him, I love him a lot.

Annabelle ; come on , scarlet he is not your bestie anymore isnt he? He is something more than that right ?

Scarlet : Ofcourse he’s my everything.

Annabelle : Something more than right?

Scarlet : My left side, my soul mate.

Annabelle : are you sure you told me everything.

Scarlet : Yes ma’am.

Annabelle : Comeon Scarlet, don’t hide it just tell me already

Scarlet ; cant hide anymore and don’t need to hide anymore.

Annabelle ; why didn’t you told me this before?

Scarlet ; I never got the chance, but I was waiting till the right moment.

Annabelle ; Abigail told me that you both arent besties anymore, I didn’t believed it until you started calling him your boy recently .

Scarlet ; like I said you got me ! hehe!

Annabelle ; hmm why didn’t you told me this before? You know I deserve to know about it. Anyway..

Scarlet ; I’m sorry Annabelle ! there are somethings that I need to tell you about. I don’t know what will happen afterwards.

Annabelle ; like what ?

Scarlet ; you know except Abigail you are the only one to know about this, and I need you to keep this as a secret.

Annabelle ; ofcourse I will keep this as a secret but why are you being scared? Whats wrong? Tell me you don’t have to be scared, I will keep my word, promise!

Scarlet ; my mom doesnt know about our relationship, and we need to keep it that way for sometime, If mom get to know about our relationship we are in trouble.

Annabelle ; whats wrong with your relationship?

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Scarlet ; he is not christian. He is buddhist , so we have questions laid on faith. Mom wants me to marry a christian, not else . so you see we do have a problem.

Annabelle ; so are you fine that he is not a christian? That he doesnt love Jesus as much as you do .

Scarlet ; he loves me more than anything annabelle and I think that is more important . he loves me , he always does.

Annabelle : But if he doesn’t love our lord isn’t that already a red flag?

Scarlet : No I DON’T THINK SO!!!

Annabelle : It doesn’t make sense to me though if I am being honest.

Scarlet : WhAT exactly isn’t making sense to you?

Annabelle : how come he claim to love you if he does not love god?

Scarlet : How come his mother never left him?

Annabelle: I am sorry what?

Scarlet : How come his mother never left him?

Annabelle : That’s irrelevant isn’t that so?

Scarlet : Just answer my question.

Annabelle: I don’t know how she stayed with him.

Scarlet : it’s one word in the english dictionary.

Annabelle : what is that?

Scarlet: Love!

Annabelle : I don’t quite get it, what are you trying to say.

Scarlet : His mother is not a christian but still she loves him despite the matter she have no idea who our lord is or despite the fact she doesn’t love god does not limit her from loving her only child. Its love Annabelle. You may not understand it now but oneday you will and when you do you will realise the truth as it is. My boy doesn’t have to love god inorder to be qualified to love me, he love me and he is being deadly honest. He doesn’t want to fake it and marry me. He wants to be true to his reality and marry me. He may not love god but he loves me. And that’s what matters. It doesn’t matter whether he love god or not. He love me.

Annabelle : God! I don't know what else to say.

Scarlet : You got nothing else to think or say. Just know he loves me so so much and that’s all you ever need to know.

Annabelle : I will leave you with this? Didn’t you mother married your father despite him having no faith towards god and guess what their marriage didn’t went as they planned. Just remember that.

I felt so mad at her words. How come she disrespect my parents and most importantly disrespect Pathum? Rubbish !

After talking for few more minutes she left for her chores and I didn’t texted her as I was overwhelmed by her utter blindness. Just because my father failed doesn’t mean Pathum would follow his path and end up like him. Such rubbish! I could have slapped her for this.

Dear lord please enlighten them with some wisdom , will you please!

Amen!

I fell asleep afterwards. And in morning we were busy with chores. I helped washing the dishes with sister and we fell into that discussion quietly .

‘’ Did you told Annabelle about pathum? ‘’ I asked her directly.

‘’ I didn’t.’’ she shook her head and contined washing.

‘’ she told me that you did.’’ I said bit suspiciously.

‘’ yeah but I didn’t told her about your relationship I told her you guys might be in love , thats all I said. Whatcha she saying now?’’ Abigail looked at me ,with a dish in her hand.

‘’ nothing !I just told her we are indeed lovers.’’

‘’ did that caused you any troubles?’’

‘’ nope!’’ I said washing my hands .

“Okay?” she stared at me as if to referring to my instinct.

“She has a problem.” I said finally after few minutes of silence.

She didn’t said anything but kept glaring at my direction so I told her how she talked about mom and dad and about Pathum.

“I don’t think she is wrong, not at all.” she said breaking eye contact.

“So you are okay with her disrespecting dad?” I asked sick and tired of her unusual behaviour.

“There’s no point arguing with a truth is there scarlet?”

“Huh!” I exclaimed. She finished her work and left me without further notice or any words of excuse.

Such a sister!

I texted pathum, he was busy studying for his exam but whenever I text him he always replies. Yes it is true that he doesnt love Jesus as much as I do, but that don’t matter he loves me and he will do anything for me, he might not have any faith towards god but he has a huge faith to me, thats all that matters.

Pathum : I am so sorry for being a loser.

Scarlet : You are not a looser.

Pathum : I wish I could have some faith on god just like you do and to make you happy but that only would be a freaking lie if I claim that I have connection with god, because I don’t. I am trying but still I never found it. For me buddhism makes more sense that any other religion. But the thing is I can be a buddhsit but also believe in god, there are no restrictions in Buddhism such as to not respect other religions. Infact lord buddha preached us to respect our old religion if we ever had one before buddhsim.

Scarlet : Listening to you makes me wanna seek Buddhism more in depth for my spiritual path.

Pathum : I will definetly help you.

Scarlet : I know you will sweetie.