love,actually

The boy was 14. He had a deadly disease. Or rather, he had some kinda, well, defect in his system that'd make him unable to live very long. And that made him have a face which is, let's just say inhuman.

The girl was 13 then and a student at this school for the blind. The first time they met was during lunch one day when one of the kids from the school complained that the food sucked. To this, The boy commented; "you think the food sucked? At least you don't hafta see it!" Everybody laughed. He was funny and smart. Very smart. And as Avril Lavigne would sing out; "need I make it any more obvious?" The boy and The girl grew closer to each other.

One fine day The boy got three pebbles, put one in warm water and let another be boiled, put another pebble in the freezer and some cotton wool inside the fridge but outside the freezer. He put some cotton wool in The girl's hand and said; "this is white", and took out the wool and put the pebble from the fridge and said; "this is blue". He carried on doing this, the pebble in warm water was yellow, then there was red, and the cotton wool in the refrigerator was green. The girl was blind since birth. Then and there, she learned about colours for the first time. That fine day was the day the both of them felt more alive than any other days of their lives, two imperfect human beings who were perfect for each other. She kept the wool and pebbles.

The story ended sadly. The girl's family members weren't (physically) blind and The boy had an inhuman face. Needless to say, IQs and EQs were overlooked. Only The girl remained not blinded by looks. Maybe because she was blind. Maybe because she was pure. But the both of them were fighting a losing battle. There is a limit to the strength of humans, much less two imperfect ones. Now let's just let the ending be an open one..

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This is based on a true story. A story so inspiring a book was written and a motion picture released. I read it at 14 I think, and to this day, I still learn;

1)If a 14 year-old kid with a deadly disease can teach colours to a girl who's blind since birth, I can teach anyone anything
2)Imagination without knowledge would still make a good conversation, but knowledge without imagination is nothing
3)Nobody's perfect..until you fell in love with them

-the hopeless romantic has spoken