Remember?

Remember brown paper with sticky labels? Remember gulmohar buds? Remember the red flowers? Remember having a fringe as a child? Remember pigtails? Remember OshKosh? Remember blood-blood? Remember the violence? Remember the green jumpers? Remember the swan walk? Remember Head Over Heels? Remember Summer Funk? Remember when lays were 'ruffles'? Remember life without Facebook? Remember the blue fish on the bathroom walls? Remember 'giggle,giggle goodnight', 'ickle me pickle me tickle me too' and dancing jeans? Remember holi parties? Remember playing an actress in a play? Remember the pink fairy dress and the silver wand? Remember the gossip? Remember Payal? Remember the shower? Remember the big, big house she owned? Remember madness? Remember Daniel Radcliffe? Remember the phone calls? Remember the fake photographs? Remember learning to use the word webcam? Remember hotmail? Remember pointless MSN conversations? Remember the secret diary with the sugar bag from Mocha in it? Remember your 13th birthday? Remember Suraj in all blue? Remember the VIP chocolates? Remember e-pals? Remember the phone booth? Remember Trisha fainting? Remember your first time saying 'anorexic bitch'? Remember Devika? Remember the broken friendship with Vishruta? Remember the fights? Remember Aaron? Remember the American school? Remember your first "Pass" grade? Remember your first teachers? Remember Josh? Remember that darkness? Remember Sanjana? Remember the blue lightning strike? Remember waving at her? Remember the first sleepover? Remember the black skirt with the white flowers? Remember pimples? Remember skin rashes? Remember failed gothic makeup? Remember the wooden room? Remember Buffy? Remember Josh and Sanjana? Remember the lie? Remember trying? Remember My Chemical Romance? Remember AJ? Remember Green, Size 12, Tahoma? Remember HEYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!? Remember coercion by "Josh"? Remember the first phone call? Remember the sound of running footsteps? Remember the grandpa? Remember your grandmother's death? Remember love? Remember love, so much of it? Remember the graffiti, the wall posts and Facebook? Remember the red nightdress? Remember your first cellphone? Remember piczo? Remember Joggers Park? Remember Srushti? Remember Cafe Coffee Day? Remember the camera in the blue case? Remember six months? Remember the white skirt and the strategically wet swimsuit? Remember the almost-eroticism? Remember the almost-first kiss? Remember the breakup? Remember the pizza delivery? Remember the black ballet flats with gold polka dots? Remember the red Mango t-shirt? Remember the first kiss? Remember having breasts? Remember the unofficial tag? Remember the 'never want to hurt you again' text message? Remember what a big, fat lie it all was? Remember the stolen moments? Remember Carter Road? Remember grossing all your friends out with the details? Remember 'goodbyes'? Remember Year 10 finals? Remember only 2 A*s? Remember Srushti's first boyfriend? Remember his stained teeth and tight clothes? Remember his best friend? Remember the White Swift? Remember 'Ankur'? Remember Phoenix Mills? Remember the hi-tech sound system? Remember marshmallows in chocolate? Remember all of Marisha's parties? Remember Nostradamus? Remember the black tie? Remember the stupid text messages? Remember Sunny's visits? Remember the cheating? Remember Pooja? Remember Vatsal? Remember Powai? Remember go-karting? Remember getting a cut? Remember the fear of blood, passing out in classes? Remember the plaid skirt? Remember someone watching? Remember the crappy food? Remember Shlok?

Remember IB? Remember Year 11 Orientation? Remember Keegan falling to the floor? Remember Bantry-White? Remember Anjana? Remember the table? Remember being the opposite of balanced? Remember subjects? Remember blocks? Remember timetables? Remember new teachers? Remember Mrs. Wilcox? Remember her sunshine smile and gold hair? Remember the pants? Remember the skirts? Remember the Colour Purple? Remember Miten? Remember the IOPs? Remember the dance? Remember Cookie Jar? Remember your first SAT? Remember getting back with him? Remember the fights? Remember the cheating? Remember the lies? Remember the cheating? Remember the cheating? Remember the cheating? Remember the cheating? Remember losing it? Remember the handjob? Remember what happened later? Remember the stolen house visits? Remember the sheets? Remember Megadeth? Remember Nymphetamine Fix? Remember your first haircut? Remember This Heart of Mine? Remember Dryad of Woods? Remember annual days? Remember CAS Fetes? Remember exams?

So much more to remember.

I can't record the rest because thinking about those things is painful now.

How easily we forget.