May 26, 2009

Someone's love story

Let me tell you a love story today. What I am about to tell you is absolutely true, the fact that I am stressing on this is that it may seem untrue at times. But, life is weird we must agree.

Some time back when I just finished college I got talking with a very old school friend of mine. She was very sweet , I thought so , further, I was excited at the prospect of our first meeting. I concocted some weird story about luggage and got my train ticket through Delhi. First time in four years I changed my route to home. But, in love you do many things for the first time.

I landed in Delhi and her sweet voice echoed in my ear. She insisted we meet at her house first. I was ok with anything just a little scared to meet her parents. And as me and my chaddi buddy rode from Noida to Kausambhi in a tattered scooter and ill fitting helmets, I felt the air amusingly inviting and head lighter than normal.

She lived on the 12th floor, and I took stairs to make a more permanent mark in memory. And, wow, when I saw her beaming face I forgot my own name. I won't get any mushier here. Love at first sight, of course it happens ,like a thunderstruck man i followed her into her house. We sat and talked of old memories, I was laughing unnecessarily now that I think of it but she seemed to like it so I didn't stop.

And that was the start of my own sweet love story. I never turned back , I did everything a good understanding boyfriend would do for her sweetheart and even more. That 'boyfriend' part I assumed unknowingly, blind to the fact that realities could be grossly different. So was life, happy, I visited her sometimes and I called her always and that was good.

As magically as this romance had started it started to fade away. I tried to hold on, I tried to fight, I tried everything. Ah! a fool I was because in the matters of the heart there is no trying, only things happen and they don't. And they didn't.

Last month I got a call from her. She is getting engaged to some family friend's rich son, rich son of a bitch. She says life goes on, you must move on too. I said the love was mine, let it be so.

6 comments:

  1. nice.. is it fiction?

    the thought is nice.. and the way you elobrate it its great..

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  2. I dont thimk its a fiction....
    Good use of words Abhri......
    Good attitude towards life.....
    "Life goes on" loved it very much.....

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  3. Thnks guys... as I always say truth is stranger than fiction :) so illusion and Kumar no comments about that part :)

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  4. Mindtree... u never use bad wrds fr anyone dear,,, not even in ur writes.... then y this ??

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  5. ouhhhh !! The bridge couldn't be built here.

    He was really upset Pratibha, and that's why perhaps the usage of that word.

    Yet, Abhrajeet kept it to good limits, had I been there, my failed love stories reminiscenes would be soaked in slangs !!

    He's cool.

    The write is cool, saddening in the end.....

    The words are good as always.

    :)

    ((((( HUGS )))))

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  6. hmmm, pretty hurtful, could feel the ice wedging..

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