Happily Ever After
Once upon a time, a little princess was born. She was cute, but aren’t all babies cute? She was sweet, but isn’t that what all babies are? Everyone around loved her and wished only the best for her. The little girl grew up with love, care and smiles around her.
Time went on and people noticed that she was not only sweet but smart, not only cute but intelligent, not only lovable but loving and caring. She loved people and trusted them with the unconcern that is only in a child’s nature. She didn’t divide people into good or bad. Everyone was equally good.
She didn’t know about evil and malice, envy and hatred. She only believed that love reigns over the world. And she tried to live accordingly, which was indeed simple for someone possessing a heart of pure gold.
She knew all about her life in advance. That she would get education worthy of a Princess, she would be working for the welfare of her country, she would meet her Prince Charming one fine day, they would get married and live happily ever after. This is the life awaiting every princess, and that’s how our little girl pictured her future.
She grew up into a pretty teenage girl and when she was fourteen, it happened. First she didn’t even realize what was going on. She felt cold and warm at the same time, she played in her mind the same words again and again, her heart and thoughts somehow appeared to rhyme, and just one simple name conquered her whole mind.
She didn’t know if it was what she thought and she asked her best friend about it. Yes, yes, princesses too have best friends. The girl listened carefully to the worries of the little Princess and announced her judgement, If all what you said, dear Princess, is true, then you are in deep trouble my friend… you are in what they call, “love”.
Is it? The Princess thought. How simple it is. One day you are just a Princess and next day you are a Princess in love.
The Princess was very happy to have found her Prince. He seemed to be the one. And she planned how beautiful their wedding would be. If you count all the stars in the sky, all the grains of sand in the oceans, all the roses in the world and all the smiles that have ever been, then you will have a sample of how much I love you, he told her.
And she believed each word of his.
He didn’t promise her the moon or stars . . . he just stood under them with her.
He didn’t promise her all the gold in the world but he made all her dreams come true.
He didn’t promise to stay with her forever, and one day he left.
On that day, the heart of the young Princess broke into pieces, on that day she learned that people might lie, on that day she got to know that the soul can cry too.
But the Princess was a true Princess; she was not allowed to stay lost and sad. So she collected the pieces of her heart, dried the tears of her soul and smiled like nothing was wrong, talked like everything was perfect, and pretended it was not hurting her.
No, she was not hurt that her prince was fake. And she didn’t cry about friends who followed him and left her alone. And she realized what love meant. Love was giving someone the power to destroy you…but trusting them not to. And she didn’t trust anymore.
Years went by; she finished school, received higher education and never again did she trust people, never again did she believe anyone, never again did she cry for people not worthy of her tears. Little by little she learned that the world is full of unpleasant surprises, that people lie, people cheat, people might get angry, might hate, might pretend. She couldn’t accept it but she had no choice other than admit this bitter truth of life.
One day she met a prince. Of course, she didn’t know he was a prince at first. He was wearing jeans and a sweater, looked at her, smiled and said, Hi, I am Prince, What’s your name?
She looked back at him, giving him the coldest glance she could and replied, Sorry, not interested. I am not talking to strangers. And she left.
But the Prince was stubborn, he kept on following her everywhere, talked to her, helped her out in the worst of situations. And little by little she looked closely at him. He was nice, sweet, helpful. And he really seemed to care for her. She started meeting him on a regular basis. They went shopping together, they read together, they watched movies and then discussed them, often up to late in the night. On such days he kissed her gently on the forehead and wished her good night. She smiled silently and when she fell asleep, she thought about him always.
He walked into her life and stayed there like he always belonged to her. He knew her so much that sometimes it made her feel scared. He knew her deepest secrets; he could heal her wounded soul with just a few words.
Days, weeks, months passed. They grew even closer and couldn’t imagine oneself without another. They laughed, they fought, they talked, they got angry, they hurt but still they cared for each other. He was her strength and when everything went wrong he was always the one she would turn to. He taught her lessons of life and she took them gratefully, he gave her a piece of his heart and she kept it carefully as a part of her own soul.
They say falling for someone the first time is easy… it’s the second time around, after you have fallen and trusted someone to catch you and they didn’t… when it becomes difficult to let yourself fall again. Our Princess was falling without any assurance of being caught. But she shouldn’t have had any worries. Because on one sunny day in spring, her Prince in the middle of some fun conversation said, I think I am in love with you. She was stunned but after a minute asked him, You think or you are? I know, I am, he replied and she smiled before she answered saying I am in love with you, too.
You would think that’s time to say that they lived happily ever after? Maybe it is, as today I am somehow in the mood for a happy end.
So yes, they lived happily ever after. Because I want it so.
So much to Tuesday Love Ramblings this week.
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There is no happily ever after.. atleast not in my world or my dictionary!
Cheers!!
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The Colors Magazine Reply:
December 8th, 2009 at 9:03 am
You know how I think about your negativism
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minace Reply:
December 9th, 2009 at 2:02 pm
there is always chance of happily ever after. Thanks heaps for making it that way..cant help but love u forever just for that. TA
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The Colors Magazine Reply:
December 12th, 2009 at 6:03 pm
I guess it is better to believe in chances than not to
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but ya… i wish for you… there will be a happily every after. Amen!
Cheers!
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The Colors Magazine Reply:
December 8th, 2009 at 9:03 am
thank you for the wishes
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‘They laughed, they fought, they talked, they got angry, they hurt but still they cared for each other’. That’s what i always wanted to happen in any relationship…that after a fight, you would realize you still care for each other and i am sure that is a sign that you really love each other…:)
i always dream of a happy ending…:)
may you also have one my dear Lena!
good morning!
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The Colors Magazine Reply:
December 8th, 2009 at 9:04 am
I guess caring for each other is the basis of all relationships
thank you for your wishes
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i loved this story & i love happy endings :)))))
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The Colors Magazine Reply:
December 8th, 2009 at 9:04 am
I am glad you loved this one, Xeenu
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Good one
Good they able to live up together…
Nice write up leena!!!
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The Colors Magazine Reply:
December 8th, 2009 at 10:28 am
thank you
in my stories I can always make happy ends like that, life is so completely different
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This story seems perfect but I wish life also could be more perfect like this fairy tale.
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The Colors Magazine Reply:
December 8th, 2009 at 1:07 pm
Even I wish the same… at least in my stories I am able to choose the ending
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i read it before na??
loved it then and loved it now
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The Colors Magazine Reply:
December 8th, 2009 at 2:39 pm
you did read it before, sweets
I just changed it a bit
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Hi Lena,
loved the post - thumbs up to happily ever after!!!
Guess am coming here after a long time… hope to drop by more often - Cheers!!!
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The Colors Magazine Reply:
December 8th, 2009 at 10:28 pm
Hi
It has really been a while but it is good to see old reader back
Glad you likrf this story.
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Happy endings are so nice…loved it lena :)..
urs..hemu..
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The Colors Magazine Reply:
December 8th, 2009 at 10:28 pm
Thanks Hemz, glad you liked it
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Once bitten, twice shy…. But your princess was lucky the second time. Do everybody get lucky? Niways, as the story proceeded, I expected her heart to break for the second time (so cruel of me na
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But thanks for making it a Happy ending
Nice story
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The Colors Magazine Reply:
December 9th, 2009 at 9:13 am
Someone is indeed cruel! Maybe next time I’ll write something more cruel, for now let’s go with the happy ending
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I love this story! Happily ever after is what we would all love to have and I love the pictures and such with this. It is funny that I was just thinking of you today and you got over and posted on my blog. Tweeting a story this evening, not sure how I am doing with it, but it seemed like a fun thing to give try… 140 characters only!
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The Colors Magazine Reply:
December 9th, 2009 at 9:14 am
See, thoughts connect over time and distance
Would love to read your twitter story, sounds kinda tough me - 140 characters!
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Very nicely written. If prince & princess love each other I love the story. Thanks for sharing.
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The Colors Magazine Reply:
December 9th, 2009 at 9:14 am
I am glad you loved the story
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I always love the happily ever after endings… You are so right when you say how easy it is to fall the first time ….Wonder how people can do it over and over again.
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The Colors Magazine Reply:
December 9th, 2009 at 9:15 am
I guess people just search for true love and never lose hope to finally find it
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And happily ever after. Good post.
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The Colors Magazine Reply:
December 9th, 2009 at 9:15 am
Thank you!
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Hi Lena. I love this story. Sadly I’ve had too many of faux prince one and none of real prince two. But still I hope for him at age almost 50! I’m glad you wrote this because I see we have a similar dream.
I’ve been out of the blogging loop for a while, but I’m back with a new blog. Come by and visit sometime.
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The Colors Magazine Reply:
December 12th, 2009 at 6:04 pm
Hope never dies, does it? Welcome back to blogging world
I will drop by your new blog soon
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i luvd it. especialy the last line!
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The Colors Magazine Reply:
December 12th, 2009 at 6:05 pm
Glad you did!
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I really don’t undrstand these things, so don;t know what to write.
Sorry for that.
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The Colors Magazine Reply:
December 12th, 2009 at 6:06 pm
It’s ok, no need to say sorry
But I believe you understand more than you accept
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I always love happy ending..i guess stories are the only places where ending happens in a happy manner
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The Colors Magazine Reply:
December 12th, 2009 at 6:07 pm
Maybe you are right, but on the other hand, some life stories are truly better than any fairytale!
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just loved it… more practical and beautifully written… so many girls out there would be able to relate to it… “Happily ever after” is all in our hands i think…
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The Colors Magazine Reply:
December 12th, 2009 at 6:08 pm
I believe you ar right, sometimes though we cannot control the situation and choose what we want to choose in life.
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Beautiful story, Lena.
And I love happy endings. 
I think the whole dating experience come from finding mates who have things in common. Many times the things in common aren’t enough because there are too few. When someone comes along more in sync, magic happens.
Hugs, JJ
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The Colors Magazine Reply:
December 12th, 2009 at 6:09 pm
Keyword is here “magic”.. love will be really it, when it is true and when it is meant to be, then everything just goes the best way possible
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Hi
I loved your story immensely coz I love fairy tales, I love happy endings…and I always hope (like the Princess) that if only the world is a better place with people like her whose intensions are always positive. Utopia…may be someday the world’ll be so…
Good Luck to you.
Deepa.
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The Colors Magazine Reply:
December 12th, 2009 at 6:10 pm
I also hope for the world to be like this
Utopia or not, but we have all the rights to dream 
Good luck to you too
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Good one! Very well written!
keep it going!
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The Colors Magazine Reply:
January 5th, 2010 at 5:13 pm
Thank you
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Aren’t we glad you’re in a great mood.
I’ve been wearing my happy shoes lately too. Maybe coz its december… Love is all around me, and so the feeling grows…
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The Colors Magazine Reply:
January 5th, 2010 at 5:13 pm
someone sounds happy indeed
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Not always all love ends well and not always the boy’s a jerk
but i love happy endings…and I know it is hard to keep the guards down for the second time …
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The Colors Magazine Reply:
January 5th, 2010 at 5:12 pm
who does not love happy endings?
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Hi Lena! Very good write up! Simple, it stirs up a chord.
BTW, endings are always good, happy… but only we should see it that way.
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The Colors Magazine Reply:
January 5th, 2010 at 5:12 pm
Thank Kulpreet
I believe in happy endings even if life sometimes proves me wrong.
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yay yay…
haapy and happy and more happy
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The Colors Magazine Reply:
January 5th, 2010 at 5:11 pm
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I repeat again, you need to bring out LR on paperback.
Wonderfully poised and flows like a lil brook on a track to destiny’s colors.
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The Colors Magazine Reply:
January 5th, 2010 at 5:10 pm
Maybe one day I will, Cindy
Thanks!
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Merry Christmas & a very Happy New Year to ya Lena!
X
Keshi.
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The Colors Magazine Reply:
January 5th, 2010 at 5:09 pm
Thank you, Keshi
And the same for you
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