Everyday i passed the same old mansion on my way to college. Talking with my friends,walking right past it. The mansion was very old made of stones and really beautiful but no one turned to it even once. It was always locked,no one entered it nor did i see anyone leaving. High walls were surrounding the mansion which had beautiful windows with fascinating design and cherry on top of the cake was its Roman doors which seemed like royalty, its main gate was very huge.
Rumors were that the mansion is haunted but it's the most common thing anyone would say about an old deserted structure. I would walk past it and turn to it at least once. It intrigued me, I felt like those walls concealed a secret and i was pretty eager to know about it BUT THE PROBLEM WAS HOW!
I did try to break in once,alone,but the lock was too strong and tough for me to open or rather break it,i tried for almost an hour but gave up.It was kind of weird that a lock that old did not break easily.I gave up hope to enter that mansion and wander through its hall and get lost in its beauty.
One year later,i was walking through the same path and saw a car entering the mansion.Everyone was shocked to see the car because it was a beauty and it seemed like an expensive car but i was shocked by something else.That mansion was empty for almost 20 years!
That car entered the gates and the owner stepped out,he was driving his own car being such a rich person?He came near the gates to close it and shut the world out once again but his eyes met mine.He looked around 20,my age,tall,smart-looking,hot and pretty good at fashion as he wore a suit.He kept looking at me while closing the gates and then went inside.His first sight got me chills down my spine and this had never happened to me before.
I saw him three times in a row .He kept looking at me with his mysterious brown eyes,those eyes appalled me as well as intrigued me,i wanted to know him more but i was horrified by the way he looked at me.I felt that if i go near him i would hurt someone or get hurt.From that day wherever i went i felt a pair of eyes on me like someone was following me.My friends assured me that i was imagining but i still had my suspicions.
Once my friends planned to go to a park in the evening and i agreed.When we were leaving for coming back home it was quite dark and almost everyone left the park.While leaving i felt a pair of eyes on me so i scanned the garden and saw a figure near the tree.I felt like it was calling out to me.I told my friends to carry on and i will go home on my own. I turned to the figure and walked towards it.I could not see the face but i simply called out asking,"Have you been following me around from a few days?I would appreciate if u just tell me why are you doing this"?
He came out of the dark into the light saying,"I am sorry if i caused trouble to you but i could not help it".He was the same guy i saw entering that mansion in the fancy car.He was flawless and beautiful,i secretly wished i could kiss him and in the flow i said,"No,its fine if you follow me around, in fact i would like that!.......WAIT WHAT?...i am so sorry i should not have said that".SNAP OUT OF HIS BEAUTY!YOU PERVERT!
He simply gave me a formal smile and apologized for following me and said,"When i saw you that day i felt something and i could not stop myself from following you".I knew what he was talking about exactly by "feeling something".So i shyly asked,"So if it is that way then maybe we can go out sometime if you want"?But it was exactly the thing which i wanted! His smiled disappeared along with him as he said ,"I am sorry but that is not possible."
All the way home i was just thinking what kind of guy he is to leave a girl deserted in a scary park and not drop her home when she left her friends company just to talk to him!!!Well he might be a little less formal but he did leave questions in my mind wandering all the time and aching my head.
DID I NOT DRESS UP GOOD?
OH!HELL!AM I NOT PRETTY?
OR IS IT BECAUSE I AM NOT A ROYALTY??
OR I AM NOT HIS TYPE?
AND WORSE OF ALL!
IS HE GOING OUT WITH SOMEONE ELSE??!!!
These went through my mind again and again!
The next time we met when he was waiting for me at the park and left a note that he wanted to see me.He confessed that he wanted me and it still was not possible for us to be together.I did ask him but he said the reason was not the kind i would want to hear.Then without any other word he left.Just like that.Anywhere and everywhere i went i looked around to find him but i did not see him after that 'glorious' meeting.I did not forget him,never.I always turned towards that mansion thinking about him,for weeks,for months....
After almost ONE YEAR when i was coming out of my college i saw the same car outside the gate,i excused myself and went up to it.As soon as i neared it,the door opened and he came out.I started screaming,"HOW DARE YOU SHOW YOUR FACE AGAIN?!FOLLOWING ME LIKE THIS!I HAVE TRIED HARD TO GET YOU OUT OF MY HEAD!NOW DO NOT COME RUSHING BACK IN THERE!"He quietly got down on his knee and said,"I AM SORRY FOR EVERYTHING.I DID TRY TO GET YOU OUT OF MY HEAD BUT IT SEEMS LIKE AFTER TRAVELLING TO COUNTLESS COUNTRIES I STILL COULD NOT DO THAT IN THESE MONTHS.I WANT YOU,SO WILL YOU MARRY ME?"
I was speechless,before he let me say anything,he quietly he got up and said,"But before you give me your answer i need you to see something and then decide."I agreed.
He drove me in his car,he was nervous i could sense it but he did not show it on his face,to calm him i just held his hand.He took me to his mansion and at last those mysterious gates opened.The mansion was more beautiful than i expected it to be.That aisle down the lawn was lined by the most beautiful flowers but it was very horrifying because no one was there to take care of it so how could it bloom like this?
I held his hand as he took me inside the mansion.I said that i knew he was nervous for something but i assured him that i loved him and this would not change,no matter what and he need not do this and that i trusted him.He said that it was necessary for me to know this before any decision.
Those halls were so silent,the chandelier hanging was flawless and our footsteps echoed. He walked me up those curved stairs which led to the first floor.He unlocked an door and we entered the room.He switched on the lights,i left his hand....
I saw portrait of a women,nothing unusual until i walked down the hallway and found a portrait of a women sitting on a chair and i resembled to her....i was petrified and turned to him for an explanation.He explained that he saw that women,in the painting,in his dream and was intended on finding her. He drew her portrait and set out to find her,as soon as he met her and tried to get close to her,horrible things started happening to her and eventually she died.He drew my picture two years ago cause he saw me in his dream too and had set out to find me.He was scared of hurting me.He felt he was responsible for all she suffered and beneath the chandelier in the mansion she was buried.
I was stunned cause this was not possible,that mansion was built 50 years ago and he was just 20.
He knew what that look on my face meant,he smiled and said,"I am not 20.I am way older than you think i am.I just look young."
I asked,"Are you an immortal?like a vampire?"
He replied,"Such things do not exist,but i am something close to it."
I questioned,"Will you harm me?"
"I cant ever think of doing that CAUSE I LOVE YOU.But aren't you scared to be near me."?
"You just said that you love me and you can not even think of harming me then why should i be scared? And about that question you asked me earlier,my answer is yes."
"But i am responsible for a woman's death......."