• "No,This can't be.I refuse to believe",Runa said.Runa was an average 14 year old girl,who lived in the city of New York.She had a perfect life,lived with her divorced mom in a nice suburban house with a pretty good school life but it was soon about to change.She had a puppy named Bullet,a German Shepherd.She got this puppy when she was five years old.When Runa first held the puppy,she stared at him in his cute brown eyes and hugged him vowing to never let him go.But all was lost when her mother told her that a car ran over him when he ran outside to chase the ball.She felt like the earth had slipped from away under her feet.Her hands started to shiver really rapidly as if she was at the Antarctic.Feeling a little light headed unable to cope with the sadness she sat down on the sofa,her emotionless face was now pale and looked colorless with her eyes filled with tears.She tried very hard to stop but she couldn't.All those memories of him just flashed into her mind which made her more depressed and she started to hold herself responsible."Why,why did i leave him alone..Why?",she would mumble out every minute and pull out her hair in anguish.Her mother couldn't see this so she softly grabbed her by the arm and led her to her room,helping her lie down as she was still in a trance.Her mother sat by her for awhile running her fingers through Runa's silky brown hair.When Runa looked a bit tired,her mother kissed her forehead and left the room quietly."It will be alright,just forget about him dear.",she said with a fake smile before leaving knowing that she couldn't do it.

    In her bed,she looked a little relaxed.Her eyes still numb and her lips still chapped but now she could think and try to understand what had happened and what should she do but as she was about to sleep,memories of Bullet began to circle her mind again.At that moment she shot up,sitting in an upright position with her eyes wide and numb again.Her head started to ache a lot like something had hit her head real hard but all she could do was cry for he was gone and with that her happiness and nothing could bring it back.

    The next morning,she was getting ready for school.Her eyes were shrunk and dehydrated due to lost of too much water,her lips had also lost its moisture.The day went like anyother day in her life but there was still something new,something missing.She would still wait for bullet at her door before leaving like she used to do,waiting for him to jump out any time but this time he didn't.After a while,realising she was getting late for school she left without saying goodbye to her mother which was really new.Seeing her daughter leave,her mother cried because she couldn't bare the change her daughter just went through,so she decided to do something that will make her daughter happy again.

    When Runa came back from school,she expected a soft welcome from her loving mother to somewhat cheer her up.Her day had not gone so smoothly as always because she had gotten herself into much trouble for dazing off in class,no one understood her condition not even the teachers.She expected the teachers to be a little supportive and caring but sadly they weren't so she needed her mother to make her feel better play her role but she surprised to see no one there.After a housewhole search,she found a new sticky note stuck at the refridgerator.She took it and began to read it.It was addressed to her from her mother,"Something came up so i had to go immediately.Food is in the fridge.Will see you soon honey,Love Mom"read the note.She felt a little lonely reading this,she felt as if her mother wasn't even their for her.She threw the note aside and jumped at the sofa crying real hard even the sofa became wet with water as she had cried so much on it.Unable to cry more,she stopped and wiped her tears off her face sitting up on the sofa with her neck hanging of the edge.Her eyes became heavy and she couldn't resist more so she closed them and dozed off.


    After two hours,she woke up to the sound of the car engines.Her mother had come home,"Oh no,its Mom.I better get myself together"She said wiping her tears and straightening her hair with her fingers.She saw her mother with a variety of Khaki bags indicating that she had gone shopping for supplies.Her mother saw her and pointed towards the car.She stood up and walked out of the door towards the car but she was caught off guard by a small figure jumping out straight at her making her slip down at the ground.After a series of licks,she opened her eyes to see a brown colored Labrador puppy panting and barking at her.Her eyes suddenly flashed with excitement and happiness as she grabbed the puppy in her hands and began to circle around slowly.She stopped after a while feeling dizzy then suddenly remembered that she hadn't named her dog,seeing his cheerful and active spirit she thought of naming him "Sparky"."Yeah thats right,i will call you Sparky.Do you like it?",Runa addressed the dog in her hands at which he started licking her face to give an approval.In all this excitement,she realized that she didn't thank her mother.At that moment,she ran inside with Sparky in the arms and jumped on her mother hugging her really tightly."Thank you mom.Oh thank you",she said kissing her mother a hundred times before her mother pushed her off,"Its no problem dear.Now go and leave me before you kiss me to death.Hurry up and go play with your dog.I got a lot of cooking to do"Her mother said smiling and a little breathless.

    Runa nodded at her mother's command and ran off with Sparky towards the park.Still thinking about bullet,she stopped for awhile and looked at the evening sky."I will never forget you.You know that",she said with a sad tone before she was interrupted by her dog.Looking at the sky again,she smiled and ran off with Sparky which would always remind beautiful memories with bullet which will always be imprinted in her mind.