19th February, a day to go for my eighteenth birthday. It was 2 o'clock in the night, Whole city was under the blanket of sleep busy in the dreams... Except for the two people. First one was me and the other one was Shreya.
I was in my room preparing for my upcoming board exams, but I was hardly interested in those books. My mind was just wondering why..?? Why on earth I did it...?? I just wanted to undo it. But it was too late. This is all Niharika's fault, I shouldn't have listened to her.
"If I say that I love you... from the core of my heart and will love you always like this... Will you let me be your lover...???", I texted her ten minutes ago.
And was regretting my decision as soon as I texted.
I peep into the phone, Shreya is typing flashed on the screen. My heart skipped a beat, my hands were trembling, in the mid of that cold night my whole body was drenched in sweat. She sent it to me.
I didn't have even a little bit of courage to open her text, or I should say her reply to my proposal.
It took me seven years to say, and now when I finally did all I want it to be undo.
How idiotic can someone be...??
I closed my eyes and took a deep breath and relaxed myself. And then tapped on her name.
"Of course, how can I reject your proposal..??! After all I really respect your feelings... But what happened..?! Suddenly...??!!!", She replied.
My heart stopped beating, my eyes were widen and fixed on the screen. For some time I forgot to react, I was shocked, I was surprised, I was astounded. This can't be true, how that could be possible...?? Shreya Nanda accepted my proposal..!!! Not a chance. I wanted to confirm it once again. But she was waiting for my reply, as she wanted to know what happened to me suddenly.
And then a long time awaited conversation started, feelings were finally expressed, emotions were finally shared, and love was finally confessed.
As I narrated her the whole story of these seven long years , her eyes were just on the screen diving deep into the words of my feelings.
What a wonderful night was that!!!
We talked whole night, still none of us wanted to end this beautiful conversation. But everything in this world which begins, comes to an end. So is that conversation and my love story.
How cute!! Na..?!! Finally both of them are together, unconditionally in love with each other. A happy happy ending.
Right...?!! Wrong...!!
What exactly happened was that I, out of excitement, asked her that if it was a yes or not. Only then I came to know that it wasn't what I have been thinking of. Though she do have some feelings for me, for her I was not just a casual friend. I was someone special for her. But she wasn't ready to be in a relationship yet. For her, her family was more eminent than any of the other relationship. She wanted her family to be happy and proud of her choice for which we both need to do a lot of hard work. We didn't promise each other that we'll be together forever. But we did make a promise that we'll always be each other's strength. No matter how hard luck turn on us.
With this promise we took a break from the conversation and went to sleep.
There were mixed emotions in my mind, I was happy as I had confessed my feelings but sad on the other hand that she rejected my proposal.
But she asked me to wait for the right time, and I think that wait is great.
With a hope of the right time, I slept and she was once again right there in my dreams.
I smiled here. She smiled there.
A beautiful future waiting for us....