A Simple Reminder - Mila's Short Story #1

Mila, Andy, Pierre, Winnie, Sean

One peaceful evening...

"Shit, how am i supposed to bring this home?? ", glanced Mila at the boxes of stuffs in front of her.

She looked around, wondering will there be any kind soul who is willing to help her carrying those bulky pieces. Or at least taking care of the boxes downstairs while she brought down the other boxes. Yet, none of the heads seems to care.

"Where is Andy? Why don't u call him and ask him for a help? Since you are gonna meet him later I suppose?", said Pierre bluntly.

Mila sighed, avoiding his look.

"What? You guys finally broke up?"

"Err, nope... I mean, yeah... We broke up from long time ago, remember?"

"Completely broke up?"

Ignoring him, Mila threw the last book inside the box, seal it and lift the box up.

"Bye everyone", said Mila loudly.

This time everyone replied her loudly. Well, typical. When help is asked, no one response. Thinking back about Pierre's words just now, she can't help but to admit that Andy was useless. Andy. Andy. Not that she did not want to ask him, but asking him to come just purposely to help her brought her stuff home? There is no way Andy will do that. Considering how mad he is when Mila started to talk about her work and office stuffs.

Getting use to it, Mila snapped the thought back and said bye to Winnie on her way to the lift.

"Do you need help?" offered Winnie while she looked at her carrying too much boxes.

"Do you mind? That would be a great help."

Winnie quickly helped Mila with the boxes.

Such a nice person, Mila thought. She and Winnie rarely talk. Yet, she always respects her as she is smart, creative and admirable among fellow colleagues.

To kill the awkwardness, Mila began to ask "Have you done your packing?"

"Yeah, I have done it from few days ago. (silence) At that time my boyfriend wanted to meet me. Since he was driving, I quickly ask for his help to bring back my stuffs."

Damn.

A sip of envy arose from Mila's heart. Yeah right. Mila has seen Sean once. Handsome, trendy - just like Winnie, they sure made a perfect fit - and driving. Mila never thinks that Andy was ugly. He was not handsome either. Andy did not drive, and Mila did not have trouble with it actually. Just that this moment, she really wish that Andy was as sweet as Sean, and driving..

3 months back then

Checking at her facebook profile, Mila can't stop smiling at her new post.

'You have been tagged in one of Andy Septian's mobile upload'

After admiring how great they look in that picture, she closed it, open home in a new tab. Another couple photos popping out. It was Winnie's. Winnie and Sean. They were together just 3 days after she and Andy. She smiled, what a lovey dovey month, she thought.

a month ago

Feeling upset, she checked her email. Opened facebook and her favorite tv show, gossip girl. She was in a big quarrel with Andy. They had been quarreling for like everyday in a week. Scrolling through updates on her facebook, Winnie's photo upload catched her attention. It was she and Sean, having dinner together in a chic cafe downtown. She thought back of herself and Andy. They were happy months back then just like Winnie and Sean. Her heart melted. She texted Andy, telling him that she miss him. And just like that, she and Andy get back together.

"So do you want to call a cab or just flag from the main road?", asked Winnie. Mila quickly put herself back together, nodded.

"Winnie, can you help me to look of my stuffs here while I am taking another box upstairs?"

"Sure, take your time!", said Winnie smiling.

She took the left boxes upstairs, and brought them down. 

Getting back upstairs, she bumped into Pierre again. She lifted her box up, trying her best to press the lift button. Noticing that, Pierre pressed it. He did not help her with the box, and she kinda disappointed with it, considering how often Pierre mentioned that he always be there for her. Well, she knows Pierre never really means his words, but still, he should be gentle and help Mila with the boxes at least. Thanked him for his little help, Mila closed the lift and went down.

Walked along the main road to get a cab, she kept thinking about her life. Her life was a mess lately. She lost herself, she was unhappy and did not know why. Getting into a cab, she asked the driver to stop by the side to pick her stuffs up. Thanked Winnie, she load the boxes into the cab. Unfortunate, one of her box collapsed. Lucky the taxi driver was kind enough to help her.

She keep thinking about what had just happened. A part of her laughed of how stupid she was. Of how she chose to live her life lately. Of everything that had happened to her.

She finally reached home. Giving the driver an extra tip for his kind help with the boxes, Mila tried hard to bring her boxes to her unit. And before she passed through her unit's door, the box collapsed again!

"FUUUUUUCK", screamed her.