Rekindling!

An email notification popped up and Bob jumped out of excitement. He’s been waiting for this day for years now. This calls for a celebration and immediately called his best friend to share this news with him.

“Jacob?”
“yeah! what’s up?”
” I received the mail.”
“No. You haven’t. Have you? “, he shouted in disbelief.
“Yeah. Meet me at 11 in the morning. okay?”
“Duhh. OKAYS.”

He’s been dreaming to write his book for too long since he remembered. He’s always been a studious child living in his own small world. His writing journey began when he was in grade-6. His teacher forced him to write something for school magazine every year. He has also participated in unlimited online writing competitions. And when he was 16, he won 1000$ and the best fiction.

He’s been a dreamer always. It was 03 years back when he started writing his first book. His book was closest to his heart and he wrote every word with so much love. And today, he finally received an email from a well-known publishing company. They asked him to mail few chapters and the editor would read it and if she finds it worthy, they’d publish it.

It’s 11 in the morning when he got up. He was up all night and couldn’t sleep with excitement. Now, he was running late.

“Bob! Hurry up! I’m waiting outside.”
He read Jacob’s message.

“COMING!!!!”

They are in cafe 1969. Jacob has arranged a party for his best friend and invited everyone from college. He’s having the best time of his life. As a souvenir, Jacob gifted everyone a pen.
“Gossiping, laughter, partying, and games – what a fun-filled day it was!” Bob whispered to himself on his way back home.
He is the happiest today.

When he reached back. He was shocked to see his place. A novelist’s greatest work was lost in a fire that consumed his home and he was helpless standing outside. His face turned red and he was looking at the burned house with tears rolling down on his cheeks. His heart was bleeding without any sign of blood.
It was his whole life crashed down in front of his eyes.

His neighbors were telling him how it happened but he seems to become deaf. He couldn’t listen to a single word. They told him that they called him but his phone was unreachable. Fire brigade officer before leaving told him that it was due to a short circuit.

It’s almost a week after when his house gets renovated when Jacob came to visit him. It’s 9 at night. He went straight to his room where he was sitting in the corner of the darkroom. Drapes are shut with light off. His eyes are swollen and lips are dry as if he hasn’t drunk water over a week.

“Bob?”
“_“
“Bob you can write it again. You know the concept and I know you can.”
“I really want to write again but do not find enough motivation to do so. I try to write but I couldn’t. It feels like I never would write again.” Bob said with tears in his eyes.

Jacob took him forcefully for a drive.
They were eating dinner when a child Leo came to sell them flowers. Jacob offered him to eat with them.
Leo joined them and told them that he lives in the street and has no parents and he loves to read anything. Sometimes, he picks up torn pieces of newspaper from the street and reads it.
Bob looks at him with amazement. He feels that God sent him to open his eyes that how people struggle and still have their hopes high. At this moment, He promised himself that he’d write his book again.
When he went back home, he wrote a line after that incident.
“I WON’T QUIT.”

“Today my first book is published and I’m dedicating this book to Leo and kids like him who aspires to dream big.”
Bob went on.
” I want my words to be a ray of hope for every dreamer out there and I hope that I would continue writing till my last breath”
he continued that:
” As a writer, I always feel that it brings people together and breaks the shackles of time. I hope you would enjoy reading it. Thankyou”

He looked at Leo and smiled and Jacob captured this moment for life.