A Gift from The Stranger

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3 min readSep 16, 2020

Sarin lived Tasmania. She was 13 years old and in her adolescence. She was cheerful and good at study. When she was 13 years old her father got her first mobile. She was enthusiastic about it. At first, she only used to contact her friends with the phone for sharing notes and other necessary things. That time Facebook was a new thing on her friends. So, one of her friends forced her to open a Facebook account. She opened her account and started liking using it. She used to share her photos and memes with her friends. One day, she got a friend request from a stranger. At first, she did not accept the request. But after sometimes she accepted the request. The stranger sends her a hi with a sticker. She was nervous but she replied. And their conversation was long and they became a friend in a very short time. The stranger's name was Tommy tang and he was a university student in Sydney. Tommy started to liking Sarin gradually. He wanted to meet her but unfortunately, the could not meet as Tasmania was very far. They fell in love slowly. Only one regret they could not meet. It was Sarin’s birthday and Tommy forgot to buy a gift for her earlier as he had to deliver it to Tasmania on her birthday. So, he bought a gift in hurry and started looking for a courier service. All of them were telling him they could not send the gift in such a short time. He was sad and suddenly he saw a sign, Fast Courier. And he went there and told them about his matter. They were eager to help him and finally they assured him they would send the gift as soon as possible. He was relieved and finally, he could surprise Sarin with her favorite sketching pencil set. Sarin was telling him that she like sketching. But Sarin's mother saw the gift and ask her who gave her that. Sarin’s mother was very strict as they were a typical Bangladeshi family migrated to Tasmania. Sarin said it was one of my friends. But her mother did not believe as the sketching set came with the courier. Her mother snatched her phone and she saw the text of Tommy. Her mother was furious and took away her phone. Sarin was helpless and started crying and her phone was switched off. She was missing Tommy. Tommy constantly was giving her text. But no reply was coming.

A gift from Stranger

Tommy thought Sarin didn’t want to see him anymore. But his inner voice was not believing it. Finally, he decided to go to Tasmania. When he reached the didn't have a clue where can he find Sarin. So, he found the school name of Sarin from Facebook and started to wait for her beside the school gate. For three days straight he didn’t find Sarin. On the fourth day waiting he saw a girl exactly like on Facebook and his heartbeat stopped for a while. He was so happy and approached her. Sarin saw him and she was so nervous. She was walking so fast. But somehow Tommy caught her. Finally, Sarin met the stranger she was in love with. They went to a park and talked their heart out. At first, they were awkward especially not talking to each other for more than 3 months. but they became free with each other. Tommy was furious at her. But Sarin told him about her mother and how she got caught. And then the biggest surprise was waiting for Sarin as Tommy said he was coming to Tasmania as a transfer student for 6 months. Then Sarin was so happy that she hugged him and she was relieved. Tommy said it was hard for him to get permission from the university for a transfer student in Tasmania. But he was successful. They both were happy and the stranger became Sarin’s love of her life forever.

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