CHAPTER 1: LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT

This is story of my mom. How she met dad,fell in love. How she gave birth and raised us. This is story of a passionate girl,a beautiful wife,a great mom and a brave woman.

-"Sorry!"said the girl who just bumped into an older man.

"It's ok. But be careful next time"

"I will be.I am sorry again."said the girl as she bowed again and continued towards her destination.

Her red hair that seemed to reaching her hips were swinging from side to side as she walked gracefully. Her right shoulder carrying a bag that had a butterfuly key chain. Her soft pink lips humming a song that reached her ears through earphones. The source of which was attached to her pink coloured jearsy that was open from front revealing a white coloured T-shirt. She wore a blue coloured mini-skirt underneath. She came to halt as she reached her destination. She took in the sight in front of her and entered the building that had a sign of "THE NATIONAL UNIVERSITY" on it.

My mom was a student at THE NATIONAL UNIVERSITY in the outskirts of Tokyo. Her scholarship covered her university fee. She worked part-time for living expenses.

She entered her class and chose to sit at the back bench. She unplugged her ear phones and she put them in the bag and took out her textbook and about 10 minutes later the lacturer entered the class and everbody took their places. After what seemed to be a long time of taking notes she looked at her watch.

"Only 10 minutes left."she thought.

And decided to pass the remaining minutes by looking around the class. She saw a couple cuddling at a bench two benches in front of her to her left. In the same row seated a young man who was only turning the pages of the book again and again. Then she looked to her right...

-It was an early summer morning when mom saw dad for the first time.

-... the first thing she noticed was blue hair that seemed to be shining due to the sunlight that entered from the window that the owner of those shining hair was sitting next to.

-He wore a wide collar black T-shirt taking notes without a textbook on nothing but a notebook. She thought he was very different from other students.

-She didn't know why but she liked the sight in front of her and just like that the time passed and by the time she came back to the real world the lacturer had already started erasing the board and everyone was getting ready to leave so she followed their lead and gathered her own things in her bag.

Before leaving the classroom she put a small piece of paper on the teachers' desk as everyone else. After she put hers she looked towards the classroom only to see the blue haired boy's back leaving from back door. As he left she looked towards the similar piece of paper in her hand and then to the door and went after the boy.A few seconds later she fastened her pace to catch upto him. By the time she reached him he was already down the first flight of stairs and was taking turn to take another one downwards when she called out to him...

"Excuse me!Please wait!"

Just as he heard her he stopped. She was standing at the first stair as she looked down at him. As he stopped for some unknown reason her heartbeat became fast and as he turned to face her her,her heart started pounding hard against her chest,so hard that she was afraid that she would get a heart attack right then or worse that he would hear her heart beating so loud.

When he faced her the first thing she noticed was the red tatoo above and below his right eye that made him look even more cooler. After about what seemed to be an eternity for her she came back to her senses and noticed the questioning look on his face with a frown and suddenly remembered why she called out to him. She held out that similar small piece of paper for him to see as she said...

"This is attendance ticket. If you don't sign and turn it in you won't be marked present. So ..."
"I...am not a student here."he interrupted.
'What?!"
"If I am an eyesore I won't be coming again."he said as he left her sight.

She let out a breath and gazed at the attendance ticket taking in what he said just now. After a few seconds of thinking she followed him to the exit but stayed behind in the corridor of the building watching him leave.A small group of children was playing near the area he was passing,suddenly a small boy tripped while running and started crying. The blue haired man suddenly turned around and helped the kid up and patted his head while smiling as the kid stopped crying before his friends came to take him.

As she saw him interacting with the kid his smile made her heart beat faster against her chest. She could feel butterflies flying in her stomach. A deep shade of pink covered her cheeks and a smile crept up her lips. It was then she knew...

-Mom fell in love at first sight with him.

-She was well aware what those feelings were. She had met a dozen of handsome boys before but non of them ever made her heat go this crazy. It was not just a simple crush. It was not just his appearance,it was something else that attracted her towards him. She wanted more of this feeling. But right now she wanted to talk to him to start a conversation ,to make a connection between them even as just friends would do for now. She didn't want to leave a bad impression on him from their conversation earlier. When she approached him again he was already out of the main gate.

"Please wait!"she called out walking towards him but stopped at a fairly average distance between them.

Recognizing the voice that called to him earlier he stopped and turned in her direction. Her heart didn't stop for a moment from then and it kept on beating faster and faster but she didn't care,she finally mustered up some courage after having a conflict with herself to talk to him. While she was making her way toward him she had already come up with a topic to start the conversation,remembering it she continued...

"I don't know if you are a student or not,but at that lacture you didn't have a textbook so I thought it would be a bit hard to study. Why don't we share mine?"

It was a long silence after that and he kept staring at her as if thinking over the situation. Her heart kept beating faster and faster with some cold feeling. There were no butterflies in her stomach. She was nervous, very nervous for his reply,for his rejection. After a while she met his eyes,her heart stopped at the sight. They held so many emotions but the most prominent of them was loneliness.

A knot tied in her stomach. Before she could see anything else in them his voice brought her back to the current situation.

"Fine.I would like to take up the offer. It is pretty hard to study without a textbook. Thank you for being concerned.I really appreciate it miss..."he smiled

His voice was just like a man's voice should be she took notice of that earlier. He was so polite,so formal. Her heart wouldn't rest. His smile was breath taking.

"Erza Scarlet."

"Miss Erza."he said completing his sentence.

"And I am also sorry for earlier for what i said was rude. And in return of your favour if you want something from me you are welcome to ask."

"Then...Erza."

"Hmmm?"

"Call me Erza you don't need to be so formal."

"Ok.. Erza.I am Jellal. Jellal Fernandes."

"Jellal."she said as if testing his name on her lips.

"It was nice meeting you Erza. Well see you tomorrow."he said as he turned to leave waving his hand in her direction.

"Yeah. See you tomorrow."she replyed as she also turned the other way to go to her part-time. During her entire journey her heart didn't stop for even a second,her face flushed,a smile spread across her lips and shyness adored her eyes and even after that during her part-time,when she went to buy ingredients for dinner till she went to sleep only one thing occupied her mind... Jellal and with that thought she went to sleep hoping to see him again the next morning.

-Mom was so happy at that time. She found life even more beautiful. She was so absorbed in those feeling but at the same time she didn't have a slightest idea what awaited her in near future.

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