This Chapter is continuation of
Chapter 1: The Stepping Stones.
I request you to read previous chapter before continuing, if u haven't.
Let's Start.
Analysing what's wrong
After I broke up with Ananya, I was disturbed. I was hurt somewhere. But this didn't happen to me suddenly. In the span of our relationship, I was able to sense that she can leave me someday. Why did this happen? How did I see this coming? Whose mistake was it? Our span of relationship answers all questions.
During the initial days of our relationship, we had long phone calls and chats discussing how long we had crush on each other, what things we did to attract each other's attention, etc.
Days passed very nicely, She was quite naughty and I was too shy, normally it's opposite right?
Girls are shy, boys are naughty, But I was dumb.
I didn't know what exactly she wanted, I behaved like very understanding guy and never stopped her from doing anything, never.
She wanted me to be cool and understanding but also naughty, dominating and unpredictable sometimes. She asked me whether she can talk to other guys, I didn't mind, because I was madly in love with her, I couldn't refuse her for anything. She wanted me feel jealous of other boys and express my love to her, but I was dumb. She got more interested in one of her friends than me, I started feeling that I am getting less attention. I was a mad and boring guy who used say I love you 10 times a day but never expected anything. I let her find her Mr. Perfect rather than becoming one. One fine day she told me that the guy she used to tell me about, has proposed her, and she didn't answer him back. I understood that she didn't wanted to reject him, so I got the signal. I accepted that it was me who was not able to understand her feelings. I told her to accept his proposal and we shall end our relationship. Since then we stopped chatting and calls, everything.
I wasnt shocked, but I was disturbed, I knew I was wrong, but she wasn't right either. I started seeing Ananya in every girl and started hating girls.
But life changes ...
My roommates and friends helped me come out of the situation and enjoy the life. Everything was going just fine. One evening, one of my friend Shivam called me and passed me contact no. of Gauri, saying that she wants to talk to me. I asked him, why? He said I don't know. I knew Gauri since school days, she was a very simple innocent sincere girl. I didn't observe her much as I used to constantly focus on Ananya those days. I texted her, She said she thought it was my birthday. We started having chats and talks over phone. It was in mid December, around 8 months after our breakup, Ananya calls me, My roommate saw her name on my phone and raised his eyebrow, saying You said you weren't talking to her. I asked Who?? He said it's Ananya. Now I was shocked, I picked up the call and ask formally why she had called, she said sorry for her behavior, and asked whether is it possible to get in relationship again? I thought this moment is to hit her back and told her, I can't imagine to drive a car which led me to deadly accident(sounds stupid right), I am not interested now. Even if I had feelings for, I wouldnt do the same mistake, We didn't talk later.
It was 30th and Gauri wished me on my actual birthday, She was the only girl I was talking to at that time. I got very used to her texts and calls. If some day because of some work she is unable to text or call me, I used to feel restless. I knew that I was getting involved in her, but she didn't look vulnerable to me. It wasn't even a year for my breakup. I didn't wanted to get into another relationship which could break again, I wanted a steady relationship. So I didn't hurry to express my feelings to Gauri.
One night, Gauri called me and suddenly started crying, I didn't have any clue what was wrong, I asked her what happened? Why is she crying? She said that she had fight with her boyfriend and is very depressed and doesn't have any interest in life anymore.
Listening this, I was shattered, I couldn't believe what I heard. I was broken from inside, I didn't even know that she had a boyfriend and if she had, why didn't she tell me before. Why did she lie? Who was her boyfriend? And what happened between them? What about my feelings? What will happen next? Will I find true love?
You will be knowing every secret unfold in next chapter. Please comment if you have any suggestions. Happy reading to u.