I Have No Girlfriend

I am twenty-year old man who does not have a girlfriend, I always go everywhere alone. All of my friends have a girlfriend; they always go everywhere accompanied by their girlfriend. Sometime it was really hurt me to see them holding each other’s hand while they were walking. But I am trying hard to throw away that feeling from my mind. It was Monday morning, when I had to go to campus early in the rush hour. With the warm sunshine accompany my step; I came out from my own house door. In that nice weather morning, I stood for a while waiting for a bus to drive me to campus. That bus had occupied with other passengers; most of them were teenagers holding their girlfriend’s hand. Out of blue I felt like the most unlucky man in this world. Even more, I will really get offended when my surrounding people ask me who my girlfriend is; it sounds like terrible thunder at midday. 

Fortunately, I found my old friend when I was on the way going to campus. I do hope he could accompany me chatting each other during the trip. On the rush hour we talked so many things as we had never met, escorted by vociferous sound of vehicle engine and deafening horn in such a boring traffic jam. We talked about our study in college; we shared how difficult it is and how funny it is. We were laughing out loud that time. Suddenly, I got morose when I heard him asking me.

“Who is your girlfriend now?”

I got really offended at that time and opened my eyes widely looking at her face and questioning angrily in my mind

“Why do you ask me such a mocking question?”

As the bus stopped at the stopping place for public vehicles, I ran into the campus as I looked at my watch getting ten minutes late. I came into the class while the lecturer explaining some material. I took a deep breath as I sited on the chair next to my close friend. Actually this was my favorite course, with calm lecturer who does not want her students to get stressed. It gave us more chance to chat each other in the crack of the lesson with the friends sitting nearby. We talked so many things unrelated to the course until I ran out of the idea to talk. We kept silent for a while, paying attention to the lecturer. It was hard for me to understand the materials today. When I shared this difficulty to understand the materials, out of blue he interrupts me by asking.

“Eeerrr who is your girlfriend?”.

That question trapped me into the darkness where I could not find the answer which suited me; I was shy to answer “I do not have any” as well. I tried to elusory that question by asking some other question, but he was still eager to know the answer.

It was the exhausting day for having some courses scheduled in one day. I directly went back home for doing some other household works. On the way to get back home I walked to a stopping place for public vehicles which took five minutes from the classroom. I was still muttering that annoying question which stained my beautiful day. As I came to my home I was welcomed by my brother who was sitting next to her girlfriend in the living room. I went straight to my bed room to dress up and lay on the bed for a while. As I got out from my bed room to take a glass of water, I met my mom who was cooking meal in the kitchen. I had small talk with her, and she asked me without looking at me.

“Who is your girlfriend son? Ask her to visit our home son!”;

Comparing me to my brother; I did not answer that irritating question and went to the backyard.   

I sited in the back yard looking at the waterfall in my lovely small park with few fish in it. It calmed down my irritated mind after having an aggravating question which occupied my day. It was really forced me to find appropriate answer. Even more, I thought it would be better to find lovely girl to be my girlfriend. I do expect that this deriding question would not damage my day anymore. 

Taken from writing 4 project (Narrative essay)