She woke up. She slept only few hours. She was so tired from the last night that she was feeling her body dead. She couldn’t open her eyes yet. She felt the nature calling her but she thought that she could sleep a little more. She covered her head with the blanket and tried to take a nap. Impossible. Once she wakes up it is difficult for her to sleep again and she hates that. But she loves staying in bed in the morning, for hours, and that she was going to do. She went to the toilet and she came back quickly. Many minutes passed. Again with closed eyes, in her bed, she was thinking how much nice spent the last night. Huh, she smiled. These girls are crazy, she thought. It was good idea to call them for a drink in her home. She needed them. They drank wine and they laughed till late.
They tend to meet often and have fun. Usually in her house, because she lives alone. It is difficult for her to see them every week because they all have their own families, but they talk on the phone almost every day. She couldn’t have better friends. The four together make the best team.
Almost three hours later she was still in her bed. But with open eyes and shutters. The light of the day made her feel alive and positive. But was she really positive? She brought again in her mind the last night. It has some time that she took a decision and last night she announced it to her friends. She needed their support. But still, she wasn’t sure.
Stretching her body, she decided to get up. She went to the bathroom and she put water on her face. Wiping it with the towel she looked at herself in the mirror. She was still beautiful. Her youthful skin didn’t betray her age. Her hair was still in their natural brown color. She smiled. Holy genes, she thought. She went to the big mirror and she observed herself a little more. She had a nice body from the nature but she wouldn’t be in that good condition if she wouldn’t do aerobic exercises every now and then. She was looking and looking at herself and she realized that her friends were right. Why she was so insecure? Why she have to care what people say? People always say. Why she was feeling so embarrassing? She was 45 years old, still young to make her life, even if it would be with a younger man. Why she had to feel shame? It is not shame to feel finally completed and happy. In the end, she doesn’t need anything more than the love and the appreciation of her beloved ones. She smiled again.
It was already noon and she felt her stomach empty. She had a breakfast and then prepared her bath. She filled the bathtub with water putting her favorite shower gel and she sank in the lather. That made her feel calm and awesome. After bath, she shaved her legs, she put beauty mask on her face, she put body milk on her body and she painted her nails. Time passed quickly. The sun was going down. She wore a nice light green dress that made her look bright. She didn’t want to make her hair. Her hair was long and wavy and she liked it. She made up her face with natural colors and she put a lipstick in a light pink color. As she was getting ready she was whispering a song that she liked very much, changing the words a little bit.
Are you, are you coming to the tree? Where a man was waiting for his love to see... ...strange things did happen here, no stranger would it be, if we met at midnight in the lovers’ tree.
She put her favorite perfume with vanilla smell. She wore simple shoes and she took her bag.
Are you, are you coming to the tree? Wear a necklace of hope side by side with me...
She was ready. Standing in front of the mirror she realized again how beautiful she was. She was feeling confident like never before and full of hope for the tomorrow. She deserved a better life and she deserved a better life with him.
He was 12 years younger than her, full in love with her and he wanted to marry her. A year ago he proposed to her and she would have accept it if she wouldn’t afraid the opinion of people so much. He tried to change her mind but after some times she forbidden him to talk about it. He was hurt but he respected her decision. She, even she didn’t want to talk about it, was wondering all this months if she did the right. She spent much time thinking about it. She wanted to marry him too, but she never felt strong enough to do it.
Most of the times she was sitting under a mulberry tree and she was sharing her thoughts and feelings with it. It was a big tree without berries but with a big nice shadow. It was their favorite place of meeting. In a distant neighborhood, near to a little beautiful café, away from social places with many gossipers. Every time that they were meeting there, the tree was hugging their love. If this tree could speak, it would tell her how wrong her way of thinking was. It would tell her how much she hurt her man.
Overthinking all these months made her took a decision. Today, in his birthday, she had a surprise for him.
She closed the door and she went straight to the mulberry tree where he was waiting for her. As she was walking, a big smile formed on her lips without even she understood it. She would marry him. She was feeling so free and happy and she continued singing...
Are you, are you coming to the tree? Where a man is waiting for his love to see...
Some months ago I started writing a funny story for Luci’s writing challenge with funny stories and I ended up writing a romantic story, lol. So, I left the challenge and continued with it. As I was thinking and writing, I remembered a song that I like very much and I mentioned it in the story. Here is the link with the original lyrics. It is from the movie Hunger Games.
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Onee, yes, I agree, it is rare. Madonna, Jeniffer Lopez, Demi Moor and others had relationships with younger men and they broke up. Bad example, because of their life style but I believe that simple people also who make relationship with such difference of age they broke up in the end. Because they have different needs or just because the relationship is frivolous (frivolous? I hope I used the right word).
This story is just from my imagination and I am glad you like it :))
Yes, I mean about the age.
The love story like that, two people rarely dare to continue the relationship..... That's why I said it is rare. If they dare to face that, how cool they are! So great! ^_^
I like the story! ^^
Onee, there is no continuity. The story ends like this. She is going to tell to her boyfriend that she will marry him. She is happy for that and she is singing. It is a short story, or if you want, a part of a big story that is easy to imagine. I focused more in her feelings and I just mention what will happen next.
Why is hard to approve? :) What is it hard to believe? Could you be more specific? I didn't understand. You mean you can't believe that society judge this kind of love nowadays, or you mean that you can't believe that they loved each other with this difference of age? I didn't understand what you mean. :)
Thank you for your comment dear ^_^
Luci! You are a source of inspiration! What can I say! I am happy you liked it. I will try to write more nice stories :)
Rosemary, yes, it happens. I think the most of these cases ends up in a division because of the different needs that the partners have (different age, so different needs) and because their feelings are not so deep. But there is always the minority who lives happily! Thank you for your comment :)
Evangelina :) Thank you so much for your words. You make me feel better. :) I wrote it three months ago and it seemed good to me but after Risty's story I felt that it is silly because it is girly as you said and romantic. It is very "pink" story, If I can say that. But I think I succeeded my goal which was to make readers picture every scene :)
Hmm... romantic stuff huh? Sure, a romantic girl like me could do it. :D Just a little inspiration needs :)
I chose the title "The mulberry tree" because it is something like symbol of their love in the story. It is their favorite place of meeting and the place where she will tell him that she will marry him. I chose mulberry tree and not another tree because I have it in my yard and I know how nice it is :)
Thank you for your comment! Hugs!
Dear Risty, what do you mean May-December love? The inspiration of the story came suddenly, and i was satisfied with just that, I didn't think at all about the other sides of her life, profession etc and why she was single till that age. Every reader can imagine what he wants. Your thought about the success in her job I think suits very nice :)
No, there is no second part. She goes to meet her boyfriend and tell him that she will marry him and the story ends like that.
The tree is like a symbol for them, it is the favorite place of meeting. But what they don't know it is that the tree feels them. It listen to them when they sit there and talk and it knows all their feelings, their problems and all their bad and good moments. So if it could speak, it would tell her that she hurt her man when she refused to marry him. That was my thought when I wrote about it.
Thanks Risty, for your nice comment :)
I love it! Thanx for posting it, dear Elen and hahaaaaaa it is funny you started like this my challenge and turned to romantic love story! Write more, dear, I m curious to read you!!!
Elen,, :))) This story.......is hard to approve. :D
I mean....it is really hard to believe, but, I'm sure there are some stories like this somewhere in the world. ^^
Do you mean to continue the story?? The girl was singing the song, didn't talk with the man yet. But, I'm glad to read the happy ending. ^^
Dear Elen, this is a May-December love affair, right? Is this another story of a successful woman but still single? Is there a second part?
You wrote the story in a very clear manner. Every scene is easy to understand, but what is she really doing to her man? 'Cause the tree saw something different from her point of view.
Thanks for sharing my dear Elen. :)