【mini小说】A Love Story

【mini小说】A Love Story - by lilac

俺坦白，俺是试图想学唱这首Every Moment of My Life, 结果未遂。情歌没学会，倒是写了个情节非常之狗血的爱情故事。也算是压本周的900句主题吧：love and passion。俺编的故事您可以不看，Sarah Connor的这首歌您不能不听，俺对它是一听钟情。

就是在这首歌的煽动下，俺写的故事。如果您就着音乐看，也许您能勉强看完，耐心呀耐心，如果您泪腺低，也许您还能有一丝丝感动，那俺这个周末码字的功夫就都值了.

He was an engineer in a big northern city where it snowed most of the time. She was an accountant in a small southern town where it drizzled a lot. They met at an on-line photography forum. As avid amateur photographers with similar tastes, they hit it off from the beginning. 

Although not having had any formal training, he was quite talented in photography, especially good at composition and color. Those splendid colors as well as the rich variation of light effects in his photos always captivated her. He shot many wonderful pictures from the magnificent Yellow Mountain, to the beautiful Li River, but he never shot the well-known snow scenery of his hometown. He said that snow was just too common for him to arouse any inspiration, plus that the white color was so monotonous and boring.  

Born and brought up in the south , she had never had a chance to see the real snow. In her imagination, it’s a breathtaking world of unusual beauty. At a serene winter night, snow flakes fluttered and twirled down, like numerous silver butterflies dancing around. All those dirty streets and old houses got tucked under a clean fluffy blanket. All those ugly leafless trees turned into the shy and beautiful brides in the white gowns, groaning and mourning under the weight of the snow accumulating on their branches. Occasionally at the sigh of the wind, the heavy snow deposits on the tree branches got disintegrated, snow powders flying to the silvery ground. It was so innocent and sensual at the same time. She dreamed that one day she could see that in person. “Ok, one day I may accompany you to my hometown to see snow.” He promised casually after hearing her story.  

He assumed that she must be a pretty southern girl with a delicate figure, like those charming landscape photos she shot along the Yangtze River. So he was quite thrilled when he heard there was an upcoming field trip organized by the photography forum. However, on the day they first met, he disappointedly found out that she was such a plain looking girl: short and rail thin with a homely face. Isn’t it true - “Internet romance will inevitably get killed once exposed in broad daylight”? He admitted he was quite a shallow guy. But as a self-claimed  self-proclaimed amateur artist with good looks, he blamed perfectionism for his pickiness and superficiality. 

His initial infatuation for her faded away but he still treated her as a very good friend since she was such a witty and considerate girl, whom he felt very comfortable to chat with and confide to. Once he screwed up an important project at his work after months of hard work and got totally chewed out by his boss. Downright depressed and frustrated, he called her late at night to vent his frustration after drinking a full bottle of white wine. She listened patiently to a drunk’s whining till the wee hours and never teased him about it afterwards to save his face…  

Just like that, they had been writing to each other from time to time for a couple of years, during which he hooked up and broke up with a few girls. They were all pretty girls. Finally he was tired of playing the field and decided to settle down. One day, she received an invitation letter to his wedding with a photo of the bride. That was the most beautiful bride she had ever seen, big double-lidded eyes, rosy lips, and silken skin with a classy snow-white gown accentuating her svelte figure. The bride smiled so sweetly and happily at the lens that she looked like a love-spoiled princess. Of course, it was him who took the picture. What a piece of art, both the girl and the photo!  

Although she felt happy for him, the very thought of how he gazed at his future wife with all the love and care behind that camera shot a fierce pang of pain through her heart. She sent her sincere congratulations to him, but she decided not to go. She cried to sleep that night. She always had this feeble flame of hope flickering deep down in her humble heart. Maybe one day he would fall in love with her; maybe he could remember the trip he once promised her. But from this day on, they could only be friends. She tried to get over him and move on. She dated a few times but all ended quickly. Her dates all complained that she was kind of absentminded and cold.  

After he got married, they communicated less and less. Just when she thought he had forgotten about her even as a common friend, she got an urgent email from him that said, "hey, sorry…. get divorced and very down. Could we meet and talk? ” She put everything down and went to him immediately. Haggard and sad, he told her about his failed marriage, his divorce and why he hadn't written to her for such a long time. As he said, tears couldn’t help rolling down his unshaved emaciated face. The once handsome young man seemed to have aged 10 more years overnight. In order to cheer him up, she invited him to attend another photo field trip with her, during which the lofty mountains gradually opened his mind and the placid valley creeks slowly soothed his broken heart. They talked, laughed and took landscape photos along the road as they caught up on old good times.  

After that trip, their communication resumed. They continued to share what happened in their lives and exchange ideas on the new photo projects. She got to know he left his hometown; he found a new job in N city; he made new friends. Every bit of news from him made her feel at ease. Things seemed to be picking up for him…He became busy and active again. Sometimes he wouldn’t contact her for quite a few days.  

One day, suddenly he didn’t reply her emails any more and he no longer visited the photography forum. Days turned into weeks. Her heart sagged. Maybe he already moved on, had a new girlfriend and forgot her again like before. She was just a plain foolish girl who had been hopelessly waiting for an unreciprocated love.  Emotionally overdrawn, she decided to preserve her last strip of pride by refraining herself from contacting him this time.  

At the same time, she got a better job offer. She moved to a new apartment. She started to have a new life with him out of the picture, till one night she got a call from their mutual friend, who told her that he died in a car accident on his way to the airport two months ago. No words in this world could describe how shocked she was. After hanging up the phone, she sat still in the darkness, feeling numb for the whole night until the first ray of sun stung her dry eyelids. It was not a horrible nightmare. He was out of her picture forever this time. She broke down in uncontrollable sobs... He was such an excellent man and did not deserve to die so young. That was the reason she didn’t hear from him all these days.  

A few days later, a mailman knocked at her door and delivered her a long delayed letter due to the change of her address. The familiar handwriting on the envelope was nobody’s but his. Did he write to her from heaven? She thought in a trance. With shivering hands, she opened the letter.  

"Sorry for not writing to you for a while. Got really tied up with work recently. Just came back from a business trip. Don’t worry. Everything here is fine with me except a bit of homesickness. N city is so damp and gloomy in winter. I can’t help missing the dry blue sky in my hometown. I especially miss the heavy snow there; miss that silvery world you once described. Guess I’m just too used to it to sense its beauty and to realize it’s already a part of my life, a part that I can’t part with, just like you, my dear.  

Sorry, I sneakily took a picture of you on our last trip. The moment I took it, I just thought that I might want to have a look at you when I miss you someday. It turns out that I find myself look at that picture more and more often as days go by. I can’t help reminiscing those happy days we were together ….I know I am a stupid man who has made lots of mistakes in his life, and a blind photographer who has long ignored the real true beauty in his world.  

But this time, the stupid man opens his eyes and looks right in your eyes: If you like, I’d like to accompany you to my hometown to see snow this winter; If you like, I’d like to accompany you to see snow year after year till the end of my life…  

Actually, no matter you like it or not, I will come to take you with me this time. I won’t let happiness slip by us again. 

P.S. included are my two best pieces I wanna share with you." 

The letter was dated just a day before his car accident.  

From the envelope, two photos dropped out, flying slowly to the ground like two silver butterflies. One was the breathtaking snow landscape of his hometown. The other was an ordinary young girl in a casual white sports suit, laughing goofily under the blue sky.  

That winter, she finally took a train ride to his hometown. She saw snow for the very first time and also for the very last time in her whole life.

所有跟帖： 

• 大顶！先占位，晚上看！我没有砖头了，要学表扬专业，：） -非文学青年- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/19/2011 postreply 17:52:54

• 完了完了，几天不来，就被当外人了~~ -lilac09- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/19/2011 postreply 18:08:51

• 不是当外人，这两天工作上忙了点儿。挑了几颗砖 -非文学青年- ♀ (1191 bytes) () 09/20/2011 postreply 12:11:44

• 谢谢班长这么忙，还帮俺看文，敬礼 -lilac09- ♀ (10103 bytes) () 09/20/2011 postreply 12:47:21

• 恩，我跟你悄悄说，别让Carpediem和其他哈金的粉丝听到哈 -非文学青年- ♀ (403 bytes) () 09/20/2011 postreply 14:18:07

• 哈哈~ -lilac09- ♀ (1624 bytes) () 09/20/2011 postreply 14:54:27

• 哦，好像是。 -非文学青年- ♀ (184 bytes) () 09/20/2011 postreply 15:32:04

• 沙发！！！等着lilac唱Every Moment of My Life！！！先顶后看！！！ -beautifulwind- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/19/2011 postreply 17:53:18

• 谢美风，真唱不了，给大家鼓掌加油煽火吧!! -lilac09- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/19/2011 postreply 18:06:17

• lilac似乎不是以前的lilac了。我耐心等着给你鼓掌加油！！！ -beautifulwind- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/19/2011 postreply 18:22:25

• lilacMM又有新作啦，组团欣赏，我也坦白，我是你博文粉丝。 -bingli- ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/19/2011 postreply 18:06:54

• 俺也坦白，您的那篇粤语朗诵“散落一树的烟花”也让俺很惊艳，虽然俺听不懂~~ -lilac09- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/19/2011 postreply 18:15:41

• 先顶！明天看。 -NewVoice- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/19/2011 postreply 18:08:08

• 谢声姐，声姐一定不要把俺当外人,先谢了~ :) -lilac09- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/19/2011 postreply 18:18:25

• 俺一定不把 Lilac MM 当外人. -NewVoice- ♀ (3612 bytes) () 09/20/2011 postreply 09:28:21

• 谢谢声姐的讲评和砖头~~ :D -lilac09- ♀ (7061 bytes) () 09/20/2011 postreply 11:21:26

• 检讨一下。给了一堆乱砖头。没看清楚就仍出去了。下次一定注意。 -NewVoice- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/20/2011 postreply 18:30:35

• 声姐太客气了，有些东西大家一起讨论讨论就更清楚了~~：） -lilac09- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/21/2011 postreply 08:59:11

• What a touching love story you wrote! -好学又好问- ♀ (341 bytes) () 09/19/2011 postreply 19:38:27

• 好高兴好学MM喜欢，就怕太长了，穷聊了，都没人能读完 :) -lilac09- ♀ (1528 bytes) () 09/19/2011 postreply 21:02:25

• 回复：好高兴好学MM喜欢，就怕太长了，穷聊了，都没人能读完 :) -beautifulwind- ♀ (440 bytes) () 09/19/2011 postreply 21:56:07

• 谢谢美风，你真是个热心人，有你在，这个坛子就很温暖 :) -lilac09- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/20/2011 postreply 08:44:02

• 谢谢lilac褒奖，你的美言让我感到很温暖--来美坛真是一种享受。 -beautifulwind- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/20/2011 postreply 09:29:50

• Love and death, permanent source of happy and sorrow. Nicely don -走马读人- ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/19/2011 postreply 19:49:22

• You're right, 走马兄弟~thank you~ -lilac09- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/19/2011 postreply 21:04:21

• Touching love story. A beautiful writing, love it. -jennea- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/19/2011 postreply 20:06:45

• 谢谢Jennea鼓励，很开心您喜欢~ -lilac09- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/19/2011 postreply 21:06:59

• Thanks,Lilac!!!Such a sadly beautiful love story... -beautifulwind- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/19/2011 postreply 20:10:21

• 谢谢美风MM的一贯支持，好嗓子要多给大家唱歌 ;) -lilac09- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/19/2011 postreply 21:09:16

• 顶原创小说。 -EnLearner- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/19/2011 postreply 20:43:17

• 谢愚教授辛苦组织的各项英语学习活动~ -lilac09- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/19/2011 postreply 21:12:09

• So touching...... -小麦熊- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/19/2011 postreply 21:28:31

• 谢谢熊熊~~ -lilac09- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/20/2011 postreply 06:27:20

• 真挚感人的爱情小说，文笔是如此的自然流畅，可谓是精彩佳作。 -婉蕠- ♀ (32 bytes) () 09/20/2011 postreply 07:52:19

• 谢谢婉妹，同祝秋天快乐 -lilac09- ♀ (192 bytes) () 09/20/2011 postreply 08:37:20

• Thanks. The Same to you. -婉蕠- ♀ (3113 bytes) () 09/20/2011 postreply 09:06:30

• WOW~~很美很美，谢谢Sis这么精美的礼物! :D -lilac09- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/20/2011 postreply 11:23:36

• 俺砸块砖 -- 初学者水平 -mingke- ♀ (163 bytes) () 09/20/2011 postreply 08:05:57

• Ok~ 哈哈，瞎编的成自传了，看来还不是编的太离谱... -lilac09- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/20/2011 postreply 08:40:27

• 楼主好雅量。表扬一下。 -mingke- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/20/2011 postreply 12:07:06

• 用词精准到位 -sugarcoat- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/20/2011 postreply 10:03:11

• 谢您果酱~ -lilac09- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/20/2011 postreply 11:24:30

• Your beautiful writing made this love story more touching~ -everyday- ♀ (79 bytes) () 09/20/2011 postreply 13:36:37

• 谢您喜欢~~ -lilac09- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/20/2011 postreply 14:04:40

• Very good English; Too sad a story. -冲浪潜水员- ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/21/2011 postreply 01:49:36

• 谢您美言~ 好在只是个编的故事 :) -lilac09- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/21/2011 postreply 09:02:05

• 文笔好，写得好感人！ -yy888- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/21/2011 postreply 18:55:52

• 谢谢圆圆，谢谢你动听的歌声~~ -lilac09- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/24/2011 postreply 07:50:33