Beautiful (An Original Story)

mindfreak (67)in #story • 8 years ago

Be-YOU-tiful

“I love you,” he said.
“No,” she replied.
“No?” Troy raised his eyebrows.
“You can't say that,” Shai stated.
“Why not?”
“It's not true.”
“Not true? What do you mean? They're my feelings,aren't they?”
“They're not true because I'm not who you think I am. You hardly know me. If you did, you'd have no reason to love me.”
“I hardly know you? Goodness, we've been dating for almost a hear now. How could I not know you?”

“Oh sure, you know somethings about me. You know that my favourite colour is indigo, and that I love French Fries, and that my favourite band is The Fray, along with a multitude of other random things. but none of those really matter, do they? You might know things about me, but you dont know me. You don't know who I am. And so how can you say you love me?”

“All right then. So tell me. Who are you?”

“Who am I? I'm a series of flaws and mistakes and mess ups. Everyday, I compare myself to every other single girl and wish I could look like her. I look in the mirror and see this girl who will never amount to anything. I see my pudgy stomach and my plump thighs and I think, why can't I just be like everyone else? I cry myself to sleep every night, knowing that I'm not good enough for anything or anyone. Everyone else is just so perfect, and I’m over here with my broken, oddly twisted shapes.
That's who I am. I'm not pretty, or smart…
I'm just me.”

“That's really how you feel?”
“Yes. That's how I feel.”
“Well that's sad. Because none of that is true.”

“See. because whenever I look at you I do not see series of mistakes. I don't see any of those things you hate about yourself. When I look at you, I see a girl who's different from everyone else. She’s radiant and sweet and lovely.She believes in other people when they don't believe in themselves. She brings out the good in people. She is the chocolate chip in a bowl full of raisins.”

“Troy, you can't say that. I'm not-” Shai started.

Troy interrupted.

“Stop. Let me finish. okay?”

“Shai.. when you look in the mirror… I think you don't see how beautiful and amazing you are because you look and you see everything you're not. You see what you think society wants you to be. You never see the beautiful things you actually are and who you are as a person.

Mirrors are just a glass, Shai. You are more than that. You are a living human being with thought and feelings. You are capable of loving and being loved.

“Yeah, you've made some mistakes. That doesn't makes you a bad person, Shai, that just makes you human. We all make bad choices. You are so much more than mistakes you have made.”

“You have no idea how you make other people feel, how you make them believe in themselves, that they could be worth it. You have never seen things about you that I love. You have never seen your eyes light up when you talk about the things you love and you have never seen the way you look in awe when you are seeing something breathtaking.

I know you are not perfect. Who is? Your imperfections are what make you different, they are what makes you YOU.

No, you are not pretty. You are beautiful.”

“Yes , Shai, you're beautiful. I love you. You can't deny that. I know who you are to me and how you make others feel and I love you for that.”

Shai looked up at him him with a half smile.

“Troy….

I love you too.”