That Pretty Little Girl On The Night Of January

There’s a famous saying that goes like this” We met and loved each other but fate says we are not meant to be. “

Funny how fate plays with our emotions but let me tell you a story of Jonas, who is an excellent example of this saying.

Jonas and his fiancée are busy preparing for their wedding that they have planned for a year now. Jonas is a respected physical teacher in a private school while Clara, his fiancée is a pediatrician in a hospital not too far away from where Jonas is teaching.

On the night of January fifteen, under the cold breeze of the wind, Jonas and Clara are happily walking down a crosswalk. They shop together and look for furniture and appliances for the house that they especially bought for their marriage.

As the couple enjoys the cold night while holding each other’s arms, Jonas saw a familiar figure passing right through them. Those familiar eyes, nose, and lips, those familiar long hair and a pretty face that he saw.

For a while, Jonas felt the skip of his heartbeat. It was beating too fast, and his cheeks went red. He knew he shouldn’t feel that weird feeling of falling in love with someone when you’re engaged to another, but he just can’t help it.

That pretty girl with dazzling eyes and long hair made his heart skip a beat again.

His eyes went completely dedicated to that pretty and familiar girl with long hair and happy eyes, those dazzling eyes he used to fall in love with many years ago, those pretty smiling lips he used to kiss every day, and that long hair he used to caress every morning.

Jonas wanted to stop and have a little conversation with the pretty girl who is right before his eyes, but his conscience just can’t let him do so because first, his fiancée, Clara, is with him, and second, a guy is beside the girl with pretty eyes. He assumed that the guy was the cute girl’s boyfriend.

Before Jonas and Clara could get past the pretty girl, memories of the past flashed through Jonas’s mind. Those he had and cherished together with the girl with pretty eyes. Those memories of him staring at the pretty girl’s dazzling eyes, those memories of him kissing the pretty girl’s pinkish lips, those memories of him caressing the pretty girl’s long hair, and those memories of him loving the pretty girl flashed through his mind. Before he knew it, the past had come back.

Back then, ten years ago, when Jonas was starting his career as a physical education teacher, he was just twenty-five years old at that time. Twenty-five years old, fresh, young, and has so many potentials. He was so kind and gentle to his students. That’s why all of his students loved him, respected him, and cherished him.

He was his student’s older brother, extra family, and a warm friend. Everyone loved him, including his fifteen-year-old student, who has pretty long hair, dazzling blue eyes, and pinkish lips.

That fifteen-year-old kid looked at teacher Jonas with love and respect in her eyes. She respected her physical education teacher that she would pack the cookies that her mother baked, especially for her. She would pack a lot of cookies not for herself but for her loving and respected teacher Jonas.

She even made sure that she will always be the top student in Teacher Jonas’ class to impress his loving and respected teacher. To make sure her caring teacher eat in every lunch, she would sneakily leave water and burger on top of her loving teacher Jonas’ desk.

For this young and pretty fifteen-year-old girl, her teacher Jonas is more than a teacher or a friend. Teacher Jonas is like her everything, sunshine, and sunset. He is her breath and water.

And these weird feelings of her to her beloved teacher Jonas are not just more than respect but love. With her innocent and naïve mind, she thought of teacher Jonas as someone she should marry right now. She thought of teacher Jonas as the man she would give her everything to.

And those weird and freaking feelings of her started on that cold day of January as the sun sets for the day.

It was almost five in the afternoon, and the class is over. The majority of the students were already home, while a pretty little girl with long hair was left alone under a tree crying and sobbing as she suffered because of her family’s personal problem.

While this pretty little girl is alone and focused on her sobs, a gentleman gently approached her, and with a tap on her back, he said those lines.

“Are you okay, dear?” The gentlemen said in a hot tone and those simple four words that no one asked her, but her beloved teacher Jonas felt good in her ears knowing that there’s at least one person who cares for her.

Her parents never even asked her if she’s okay or was still doing well, and all they did was fighting in front of her.

This pretty and young fifteen-year-old girl just wanted a pat on the back, a simple hug, and a simple question of ‘are you okay?’ but those simple gestures that she never received from her own parents are the gestures the gentlemen did for her.

She never felt how to be hugged or to be comforted by anyone, but everything changed when her loving teacher Jonas approached her and gave her the things she ever wanted from a parent.

As teacher Jonas tapped her back and asked the pretty little girl if she’s okay, the fifteen-year-old girl couldn’t help herself but look up to teacher Jonas. She stared at his perfect and warm eyes with his comforting smile and his gentle taps.

Those little gestures of the loving teacher Jonas made her flattered. She smiled as she gazed at teacher Jonas’ warm eyes, and it was comfortable as teacher Jonas taps her back.

“Are you okay? You know teacher Jonas is always here for you, dear.” Teacher Jonas said in a very warm and loving tone making the little girl’s heart skip a beat.

It was not respect, she thought. It’s love, and at her young and naïve age, she had fallen in love. She knew that it’s not just mere infatuation but deep affection, and she knew that she’s in love. The fifteen-year-old naïve girl with pretty eyes and long hair was in love. She loves her teacher Jonas, not as a teacher but as a man.

“S-sir” She mumbled.

“Yes dear, it’s okay. You can tell me” Teacher Jonas said as he wipes the cheeks of his pathetic and crying student.

“You know that you can see me as an older brother, right? What’s wrong, dear? You can tell me,” He asked.

“M-my dad” The pretty little girl mumbled as teardrops started to invade her cheeks again.

“He left home, and he’s leaving me. M-my dad will leave my mom for another woman,” She mumbled as she tries not to cry, but she just can’t control it, and tears kept on falling.

Teacher Jonas, because he’s loving and warm, he gently hugged his fifteen-year-old student to at least comfort the crying pretty little girl.

And that very moment made a significant impact on pretty little girl’s memories. For her, it was wonderful and comforting having someone beside her listening to her rants and cries; having someone beside her trying to understand her is the most precious thing, she thought.

And that very moment, her simple feelings for her beloved teacher Jonas went deeper and deeper. As days went by, seeing teacher Jonas smile made her day, seeing Jonas eat makes her tummy full, and seeing Jonas with other girl students made her really jealous.

She’s jealous to the core that she fought and argued with them.

But behind those gentle and warm smiles from teacher Jonas’ face, behind those friendly gestures and those shining eyes, was a lonely Jonas.

Just like any other adult, he is also lonely, barely living, and tired. As a teacher, he knows he shouldn’t live like this, but he doesn’t have a family or a girlfriend to spend his life with.

Everything was so dull for Jonas, and every day is nothing but yesterday, and everyone is no one but just people he meets and leaves.

No one cares about him, he thought, but everything went totally different when suddenly, a pretty little girl with dazzling eyes and long hair entered his almost blank and grey life and who would have thought that that fifteen-year-old kid would be the one who can turn his gloomy days into a rainbow. And it started in that simple tap and hug that he gave to that fifteen-year-old pretty little girl with dazzling eyes and long hair.

Since that very day, he was amused because of the extra care that his pretty little student gives him. For him, those little gestures are golds. They should be treasured because caring for someone is extra special that no one can easily do, especially for him, who never gets to experience how to be cared for.

Since that day, that pretty little girl started to bring snacks and drinks for his beloved teacher Jonas, she gave more attention in his lectures, and she made sure that she is the top student in teacher Jonas’ class and these efforts of his pretty little student made teacher Jonas’ day extra special.

It was six in the morning when the pretty little girl decided to come to school early because she knew that her beloved teacher Jonas had been coming to school earlier than six to play basketball alone.

And she was not wrong. The pretty little girl, with a smile on her face, saw her beloved teacher Jonas in his plain white shirt and simple jogging pants soaked in wet playing basketball alone.

He’s sexier and gorgeous in those plain white shirts and wet hair, especially in the mornings, she thought. She smiled as she enjoyed the view of her beloved teacher Jonas. When she figured that teacher Jonas was exhausted, she rushed to bring him a bottle of water.

“Water, sir?” She said as she gives her a bottle of water that she especially bought for teacher Jonas.

With a smile on his face, he extended his arms to receive the bottle of water “Thanks, why are you here so early? Our first class will start at 8:30, though,” Teacher Jonas asked.

The pretty little girl smiled as she sat down beside teacher Jonas, who was panting and exhausted.

“Sir--- “She murmured as she stared at her beloved teacher Jonas.

“I like you,” She said without hesitation. With those shocking and flattering but dangerous words, teacher Jonas was speechless and was not able to say a thing for a moment.