Dear Journal,
It is the first of April again. I laugh as I am reminded by friends of the post from exactly one year ago. Well, I don’t know what people are expecting but I have been asked to pull a prank to mark this day. I cannot do it, I said. I do not even know how to pull pranks! But then I thought my readers might want to know about the one prank I pulled that still ranks the top on my pranks list.
Sitting in front of the dressing table, I looked straight at the mirror through to the man sitting behind me and smiling. He had just made me really upset. And this was two days in a row and he showed no remorse. Given that I am not one to ‘hold a grudge’, I almost let it slide until a thought flashed through my mind.
I stood up from the dressing table and headed to the bathroom. Half-way there, I swooned and hit the carpet like a sack. I came to few minutes later to find I was wrapped in the arms of Jamie who was clearly terrified. He was trying to call 999 with one hand while his other arm held me to his chest. (yes, before you comment, I have to say it was 999 he tried to call, not 911. This is not America :))
He kept saying ‘Sweetie, please be fine’ over and over again. I slowly stood up to his dismay and said I felt better now. Of course, he didn’t believe me as anticipated. I carried on the whole day under his watchful eyes. During that day, he saw me tightly hold on to a few chairs in the house for fear that I might faint again but he kept quiet.
I jumped out of bed the next morning and headed to the bathroom where I started to retch. Jamie knocked on the door a few times asking what was wrong and begging to let him in. As I opened the door few minutes later with weak knees, he lifted me gently and laid me on the bed. As usual, I told him that I was fine and he should just get ready for work as usual.
As expected, that brought out the fire in those clear blue eyes of his. He glared at me for what seemed like forever and calmly said, ‘we are going to the hospital’. I thought if we go to the hospital, things would get out of hand real quick so I said the only words that could stop him in his tracks.
‘I’m late jamie’ I said with trembling lips. At first, he did not understand what I meant as he was staring at me blank. As my eyes fell on everything else but him, I saw realization and then panic slowly dawn on him. What??? he asked. No answer. I sat quiet watching him with a blank expression. He paced for a few minutes and I could see his hands run through his hair. Are you sure? he asked again, this time his beautiful eyes were begging for a ‘no’. I simply nodded with trembling shoulders and put my face in my palms.
A sigh. And then a hug. ‘Its alright babes, he said into my hair. we are in this together’. At that last statement, I lost the willpower to keep a straight face or to contain my laughter. For a minute he thought I was hysterical. He lifted my face and stared into my eyes and he saw it!
You’ve got to be kidding me Sharon! That is not funny! Thankfully, jamie is not one to raise his voice so it didn’t attract undue attention. Why would you joke about that? You scared the daylights out of me, he said. As planned, I looked remorseful and apologised profusely.
Thankfully, he forgave me in the end (bless him) with a promise to never pull another prank like that. And I have never pulled a prank ever since then. So dear friends, it would disappoint a few of you to know that I had no prank lined up for today that people call ‘April Fool’.
As always, I would love to hear what you think. More importantly, I would love to hear your own April Fool pranks if you have ever pulled one off.
Love
Sharon
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