Time to fly - 4

CHAPTER 4

My USA trip was almost finalized and I had to fly on 14^th Jan to Chicago. 4 months before, the situation was very different. I used to be very excited about my onsite. But today, I had mixed feelings. I never thought I will feel so bad. I started thinking if Sneha was the reason. When I first met her, I honestly never thought she would be so important for me.

Since last few nights, she was very quiet. I knew she didn’t want me to go but she wasn’t telling me. She badly wanted to stop me but didn’t want to come between my career. Don’t know guys if this is a negative point or a positive one, but she never spoke her mind out. I wanted her to stop me but didn’t want to make her sadder. I decided to go to Delhi one day before flying to Chicago, to spend some quality time with her.

12^th January FB conversation:

Amit   : Hi

Sneha: Hi (after 10 mins)

Amit  : See even though I am going, you don’t have time for me. (I know this sentence will provoke her to say something)

And here it was-  Boom !! Boom!!

Sneha: What do you think? Only you miss me? Only you love me? Do you even know what I’m going through? Did you ever ask me before taking this decision? Do you know for how many nights I haven’t slept? You don’t know anything Amit

Amit   : But you never told me these things..

Sneha: Oh plz .. Even before our relationship started, I told u I am very very bad at expressing things. Sometimes you have to understand. And somewhere I know I didn’t want you to go

And then I realized that yes, she had told me she is bad with expressing things.  

Amit   : should I cancel my trip?

Sneha: No

Amit   : are you sure ?

Sneha: Don’t you know whether I’m sure or not? You go and sleep. You have a morning flight to catch.

Amit   : wait Sneha …

Sneha: I’m sleepy. Gn.

I knew she was not sleepy but she didn’t want to discuss more on the topic. I wanted to talk to her but did not want to upset her. We closed the chat box. I was not at all excited. I could only see her every time I tried to close my eyes. What should I do, I thought. I committed to my company and was not in a situation to cancel anything now. I never thought I would encounter such a situation in life.

Somehow I managed to sleep for a couple of hours and set for Delhi next morning. Wanted to see Sneha badly, but was also scared to see her sad face. After landing in Delhi, I got a call. It was Sneha. For the first time, she had reached before me. She came to receive me.

As I walked close to her near arrivals, I could see she was wearing my favorite dress. She had left her hair open. She had a nice earring. I smiled and said, “Hi”. It did not take me even a second to figure out that thought she smiled, her eyes were wet. I gave her a hug and said, “You look stunning”. She passed a dull smile.

We started from the airport. All the while she was looking outside the window. Usually otherwise, she used to look at me and talk about my journey. I wanted to break the silence. I said, “hey look what happened to my hand. See here”. She saw and said, “I know nothing happened. Please Amit. I’m not in a mood to crack jokes.” She started looking out of the window again.

Suddenly, the driver applied brakes and she fell on me. He almost hit a cycle guy and started shouting on him. I said “jaane do bhaiyya”. Then I lowered the window and thanked the cycle guy for coming on the way. She smiled. Finally! So, finally I started to discuss about her, Micky Di (her elder sister) and her parents. She also asked about everyone at home. The conversation was on. For the first time, we were going to a confined place.

We reached my favorite hotel…the same Holiday Inn. I asked her to come with me but she denied. I quickly checked-in to my room, freshened up and returned. When I returned, I saw tears in her eyes. But as she saw me coming, she wiped them off and started to smile.  Guys, let me tell you. You have to be lucky to get a girl like this. She was hiding her pain for my happiness. It is a big sacrifice, not everyone can do that.

I went close to her and said, “I can read your eyes. If you want to cry, do it, I’m prepared”. She turned the other side. But she couldn’t control. She held me and cried. I didn’t speak a single word. After 5 mins she said, “hey, leave all this. Let’s forget it. Let’s focus on spending quality time.”. We ordered coffee. My mind kept saying, “Ek baar bol do Sneha ki don’t go, I won’t go”.

After an hour, we went to have lunch. She had ordered non-veg food for me. I was like, OMG! Sneha and non-veg! But I didn’t want to eat it. I asked for the menu and said, “Aaj aapki pasand ka”. As she liked palak paneer, she ordered it. After lunch, I asked her if she can come to my room for some time. She agreed this time.

We went to my room. I sat on the bed while she sat on the sofa. I asked her to sit comfortably as I was a good boy and won’t break her trust. I asked her what gift she wanted from US. And here comes her statement: “Jo chiz mujhe tumse dur jane pe mile, wo cheez mujhe nahi chahiye” (If I’ve to go away from you to get something, I don’t need that thing). I could not tell anything again. But I got up, took out a gift from my suitcase and gave it to her. It was an iPhone. I always wanted her to use an iPhone and also wanted to give her something before going. She doesn’t accept gifts easily. She kept denying. It took me very very long to convince her. I said, “If you ever loved me for a moment, please accept this”. At last she did.

I pulled a chair and went closer to her. I wanted to see her enough before going. I am generally strong but that day, tears started flowing. My love got to know it. She said, “it’s just a few months. We are anyways getting married. Then will never let you go like this.” I calmed. Then she got up and checked my luggage to see if I had not missed anything. Sneha is a cutie pie. She is a kid but also behaves responsibly and maturely sometimes.

She asked me to sing a song for her. I agreed on the condition that after that, she will romance. She said she doesn’t know how to, but will try. I started first:

“ kitna hoon betaab main
Aankhon se aankhe mila ke chura loon tere khwaab main
Mere saaye hain saath mein yaara jis jagah tum ho
Main jo jee raha hoon
Wajah tum ho.. wajah tum ho.. ”.

She praised my song and said wish, she could come with me. Then I reminder it is her turn now. She started laughing. For the whole day, this was the first time she was laughing this way. All this while, she was coming close or going far from me. I finally pulled her towards me. She became serious. And here comes one of the most memorable moments of our lives:

I said, “You also love me very much, but you won't say that ... you'll wriggle without me but you won't show that ... you want to come to me, you want to hug me and cry, you want to stay in my heart but you won't stay ... but I'm not like you ... I can't live without saying that I love you…”

She replied saying, “I don’t know how to romance, but yes I can say whatever I feel …..Sometimes I can’t see myself when I’m with you. I can only see you.  I saw a boy just like that ... one shine and I lost my heart ... I think I am completely in love with that boy... now there is only one wish ...that I want to stay in his heart . I don’t know Amit how I will live without you. Please come soon. Someone is waiting for you like a mad person.”

For the first time she spoke this way. I was wondering if it was really the Sneha I knew. I was stoned. I was on cloud nine. I felt like kissing her. I held her hand and said I can’t live without her and would come back soon. I saw her lips closely. She doesn’t need a lipstick, she already has nice lips. I said, “ek dark handsome ladka, ek so so ladki, akele, ek room pe, tumhe kuch kuch ho raha hai kya?” (A dark handsome boy, with an ok ok looking girl, alone in a hotel room…are you not feeling something). And she replied, “I am not so romantic, and anyways I don’t see any handsome boy in this room J I was like, oh, she can crack jokes too!

I asked her if I can kiss her. She said only after marriage. I agreed and hugged her. I went near her ears and whispered, “I can’t control”. I kissed her ears. She didn’t react but I could feel her heavy breath. I went ahead and kissed her cheeks. She kept her eyes closed. I asked her to open her eyes but she didn’t. She didn’t speak too. I held her face. We were just millimeters away. We could feel each other’s breath. She opened her eyes. I took permission to touch her lips with my eyes. She agreed. And I touched her lips with my lips. She realized it was going too far, and she suddenly pushed me aside. It was awesome moment. I can’t explain this in writing. We spent a nice time together.

Now, it was time for her to go. My flight was at 3am from terminal 3. Sneha had convinced her Micky di and her husband to accompany her midnight to see me off in the morning. Her eyes were wet. I hate seeing my loved ones cry. I said, “If you do like this…..”. She stopped me in between and said, “Khushi ke aansu hain”. I went to drop her. She was quite and just kept looking at me. I asked her to say something and she only said, “kya kahu”.

I dropped her near her place and said bye.

I came back to my hotel. While coming back, there were many questions running in my mind. Should I really go? Will long distance relationship affect us adversely? I came back and tried to a nap. The 18 hours journey was going to be really long. But I was unable to sleep. Only Sneha was running in my mind. I was not able to imagine her sad face. I tried chatting with her but she forced me to sleep.

At 1am, I got a call from Sneha. She, with her sister and brother-in-law, was waiting outside my hotel. I quickly freshened up and left with my luggage. She had also booked a cab. While Micky di and her husband went in their own car, Sneha came with me. Thanks to her di for providing us the required privacy. I held her hand. She kept her head on my shoulder. 

She asked whether everything is in place like my passport and stuff. She asked me to have proper food there in US. She told me to take care and to sleep on time. She told me everything which a caring wife says. Her words made me forget that she is still my girlfriend, and not my wife.

I also told her not to work till late night and to have proper lunch daily. I also requested her to come on Skype daily.

Then came the most difficult part of the day. Time to say good bye to each other. I got down from the car. Micky di had also reached. I was just not able to move towards the departures entry. I spoke to Micky Di. She said, “my sweet sis is waiting for you here. Don’t forget that….and come soon to take her with you.” I said, “bas yun gaya aur yun aaya.”

Now it was her turn. I mean, my love Sneha’s turn. She couldn’t speak a single word. She just said “bye, take care”. I held her hand and assured her I’ll be back soon. We said bye to each other – and I walked towards the departures. I turned back to see her once…she was crying. Her sister tried to console her. I came back running and hugged her. I said, “ok fine, I won’t go”. She said, “Please Amit. Please go you will run late. If you stay any longer, I’ll keep crying.” I left. I kept thinking why I was going.. What is the fun when you are not happy? I decided to come back in a couple of months.

I got a message pop-up:

Sneha: Don’t go

Amit: I will come soon my love

Sneha: All the best. Love you.

Amit: I love you too. To meet and depart is the way of life. But to depart and meet is the hope of life. Bye.

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OFFICIAL DATE - 3

CHAPTER -3

And here comes my first official date. At last I convinced her for a date. But still she did not accept my proposal. She just said ok lets have a date, let’s see whether we are compatible or not? :) Guys I was going good...

I convinced her to come to Bangalore. She is a very mature girl; and does not like wasting money anywhere. And that was really a positive point in her. We booked the flight ticket from Delhi to Bangalore as she had to return the same day.  We booked the return ticket too.

Since the last one week I was discussing about buying another gift. Some friends suggested a ring, some said a golden chain, some asked to buy dresses. But we couldn’t arrive at any conclusion. I had something else running in my mind as I knew she wouldn’t wear Indian dresses very often.

But then I thought, she anyways will wear what she likes. This time, let me give her what I like. I had imagined her in a dress, something for my dream girl…. I wanted the same combination for her. What I wanted to gift her was a white cotton kurta, with small blue print and blue colored leggings to match. Also, a blue watch to go with it, pearl tops, blue bindi and a matching sandal.

Now the question was how will I buy all these things alone? I had to take help from someone. The only option I could see was Jyoti, my friend. I called her and explained everything. She kept on laughing as she couldn’t believe a guy like me had actually thought so much. She said my imagination was awesome and she would love to help.

We were lucky. We got the kurta in the first shot. It took us another 2 days to arrange rest of the things. I was thankful to Jyoti as she took out time from schedule.

Now I was all set for the D-Day!

Here’s what we spoke the night before:

Sneha: Hi Nautanki

Amit: I am so excited...

Sneha: me too

Amit : u r kidding na?

Sneha: yes

Amit :(

Sneha: ha ha

Amit : yaar don't make jokes all the time

Sneha: seriouly baba, I am also excited

Amit : waoooooooooo

Sneha: ok , what did you have in dinner?

Amit : everyday, you ask me the same question

Sneha: Because I want you to be healthy.

Amit : oh .. please don't show so much care. I’m already crazy about you. What if I go mad

Sneha: he he.. so filmy…really

Amit: didn’t u like?

Sneha: I like everything, I mean all ur jokes

Amit : Ahem Ahem

Sneha: chalo, i am going to sleep.. Will have to get up early in the morning

Amit : u know I was waiting for this day from so long… please come ASAP

Sneha: close ur eyes, by the time u open ur eyes, I will be there

Amit: I won’t be able to sleep 

Sneha: Amit please sleep 

AMit : ok last question. Did you go to parlor today?

Sneha: nooooooooooooooooooooo

Amit : ok 

Sneha: why?

Amit : i thought at least once, even you wanted to impress me

Sneha: oh! Are you still not impressed?

Amit : I am 101% impressed

Sneha: idiot.. go now , see u soon

Amit : Dying to see u

Sneha: Gn sd

Amit : gn , sd ..umaaaahhhh

Sneha: oye what is this

Amit : what ?

Sneha: just now… what did you write?

Amit : me? What?

Sneha: do u think u r over smart?

Amit : yes

Sneha: chalo Gn

Amit : gn

I could only see her face whenever I tried to close my eyes. I decided not to sleep as I kept trying hard but had no luck. After an hour, I get a pop-up.

Sneha: Even I am also not getting sleep"

 (For the first time, here comes a mature answer by The Amit :P )

Amit : have some water and take a deep breath. U need to travel tomorrow.

Sneha: ok :)

I could hardly sleep for 2 hours when I got a call from the cab driver. I had booked a cab last evening. He asked (as far as I could recall), “Sir yen addressa”. Don’t know why south indians always add “aa” after every English word ;)  I communicated my address and started to get ready. I called Sneha.

Sneha:gm

Amit: where r u?

Sneha: airport

Amit : cool .. see u soon

Sneha: ok

I took the cab and headed toward the airport. Bangalore airport was so far…felt like I was travelling to Andhra Pradesh!! She would reach from Delhi in 2 hrs. 20 min and I would reach the airport in 2 hours.  I knew she would reach by 7:20am and I had to rush.

I was waiting outside for her. I kept looking at every one exiting from the airport and here comes the beauty of my life "Sneha". That was beauty! She walked like a model. As she promised, she had not tied her hair. She was looking gorgeous in her pink dress. I was not able to take my eyes off her.

She gave me a sweet smile and said "waiting from a long time?" I just nodded. I wanted to tell her how good she looked but I knew she would again call me a nautanki. But since I couldn’t hold anymore, I just said “u r looking damn gorgeous”. But to my surprise she replied, “Thanks, you are also looking good".  Ah!! She always manages to surprise me with her words...

We sat in the cab asked where we were going. She knew I lived with friends. I asked her not to worry as there was no one at home. I asked her to take some rest, have breakfast. I promised to play a song for her and take her out later. She said "oh big plan haan?" .. And there was my filmy reply "main toh saari duniya tumhare kadam mein lakar rakh du". She said Oh Mr Romantic. I was constantly looking at her. She said she was with me anyways and I can look at her for as long as I wanted. I wasn’t looking at her intentionally- her eyes were seriously killing me!

I didn’t know what happened that day. The glaze on her face was awesome. She was already beautiful and topped up with light make up. I thought I would be dead that day.

We reached home. I had cleaned everything properly the last night. As soon as she entered she was impressed. She said “Wao, boys house and this clean!”. I replied, “Anything for you ma’am”. I ordered South Indian breakfast for her. She loved experimenting with food types, so thought she would like kannada style breakfast and she did!

I took her permission to stare at her. She started to hide her face. I was a bit angry with this. She understood. She came to the sofa where I was sitting and started to stare into my eyes. She said, “If you want, you can look at me for the rest of your life”. I couldn’t speak. It was like we spoke with our eyes. Sounds a bit filmy but yes it was. She became a little shy. We sat quietly for 5 mins.

I broke the silence. I said, “I got something for you. But please do me a favor and close your eyes”. She kept asking why and then agreed to close. Oh my!! She looked prettier that way. Anyways, I kept my gift in front of her eyes and a big bouquet of flowers too. I hoped she would like flowers. I asked her to open her eyes.

She was pleasantly surprised. She opened the gifts one by one, as I requested. In a particular sequence.. She started with the kurta and ended with opening the box that contained sandals. She loved everything. She asked me why I wasted so much money. I said, “this was nothing. There were more to come. This is my love…a way to show my love.” She smiled.

Then came my request. I asked her for another favor. She asked what? “I want you to wear everything and then come with me ....” She asked, “Everything ????”  I said "yes". She looked at me .. a loving one. I showed her where to change. All rooms in my house were anyway free.

After 15 min, the door opened and she came in her new attire. Guys, I should tell you. I had never seen such a beauty in my life. She really was my dream girl. For a moment, I was stoned. OMG! I asked her to marry me right there as I couldn’t wait. I bent down on my knees and asked for marriage. I asked her to accept me. She said I was the type of person she wanted to marry. But she asked me to wait for our love to mature. We both smiled.

We started from my place. She liked my car…my Ford. I wasn’t able to take my eyes off her. I wanted to call my mom and tell her that I found her bahu ;)

I didn’t know where to take her in Bangalore, so decided to start with ISKCON. Actually I wanted to spend as much time as possible with her and I knew Iskcon would atleast take an hour or two. We started to talk. I asked her “kab shaadi karogi”. She gave the same answer as always, “don’t know”. We continued to talk. She told me she liked reading books. She asked me if I will ever cook after marriage. I accepted because that was my hobby. I would have experimented (bad ones :P) and made her eat. But guys, Sneha was an awesome cook.

I asked her to cook atleast during weekends and she said, “why weekend…I can cook every day. But let us marry first. Conditions apply”. Ha ha.

I delivered a shayari as I always do. It goes this way:

"Samandar peer ka andar hain lekin ro nahi sakta

Yeh aasu pyaar ka moti hain isko kho nahi sakta

Meri chahat ko dulhan tu bana lena magar sun le

Jo mera ho nahi paaya woh tera ho nahi sakta"  .. :)”

“Wah! Wah!..” she said.

Seriously guys….her smile. I get a sort of positive energy from that. When she smiles, I felt like all problems in the world have been solved. And her blue bindi. …I felt like singing songs for her, like a filmy hero.

We reached ISKCON in 2 hours. As we both entered, we saw a beggar waiting outside. He was old. I gave him some money and got his “aap dono ki Jodi salamat rahe” blessings from him. I told her see, we are indeed a perfect match. I was not a big fan of puja, but I felt good that day. When your beloved is beside you, the whole world looks and feels good. I would have forgiven even my enemies that day.

We went inside and saw her praying with full concentration. I recalled one song “tujhme rab dikhta hai, yara main kya karoon”. After spending half an hour, we came out. I asked her whether she would like to go to a mall or a park first. She said, “take me wherever I can sit in a place and talk to you.”. Even I wanted the same… After thinking, I decided to go to 13^th floor (a beautiful restaurant in the 13^th floor.

I booked two seats in the restaurant. We could talk for the whole day there. She liked the place a lot. We took the corner seat and adorned the awesome view from the 13^th floor. Slowly, we started talking. Here is the summary of our talk:

Amit : can I say something

Sneha : Yes plz

Amit : Am I not perfect for u?

Sneha: u r perfect , am I perfect ?

Amit : you are more than perfect.

Sneha: initially everything looks like that Amit , we should always give time to understand.

Amit : agreed. ok tell me what do u want in ur perfect life partner ?

Sneha: Brad Pitt

Amit : :( , ok I will try to be Brad Pitt for you

Sneha: So sweet of you , no need… u r perfect..just give me some time ....

Amit : but I can’t wait .. let’s get married na ...

Sneha: I am here only .. don't worry will not marry any one else

Amit : you can't

Sneha: why ?

Amit : I will kill him

Sneha: ha ha.. intense haan ??

Amit : danger wala ... you are mine ..

Sneha: oooo

.....................

I did not know how time passed by. We ordered food. I only observed her eyes, her lips, her face while she was eating. She looked so good every time. Once done, she insisted we go back home. She wanted me to play her a song. We did so as I could see she was very tired already. I asked her if she would want to change her dress. She said, “I would want to be in your choice”. Wow! I played the song “neherbaan” for her. She said if I sing that way, she will have to accept me very quickly. I said, “Then I would sing my whole life for you”.

Time flew. Then the painful time of departing arrived. I did not want her to go. I hate departures. We started our journey towards the airport. As per my plan, I told her I would stop by at one place on the way. We stopped near Agara lake – my favorite place. She asked why this place…what’s the secret now? I told her to come with me.

I said, “this is my favorite place in Bangalore. Please make this the favorite place in the world for me”. She replied, “Usually I don’t talk to guys. In fact, after a very long time, I’m talking to someone. I don’t know how the days went by. I will never forget you. ..Should I tell?” “Yes, Sneha, please”, I requested. She said, “I’m crazy about you Amit. I like you very much”.

Don’t know what happened…I said “I love you”. She held my hand and said, “I love you too”. Waoo! I was on cloud nine. Unable to control my happiness. Wanted to hug her, but couldn’t.

We started to move towards the airport. Time to bid good bye. I saw tears in her eyes. I didn’t want to make her feel more bad. I said, “hey…fir kab milogi. Aar aha hoon baarat leke”. She smiled and replied, “Nautanki”… and left. 

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After effect - 2

CHAPTER 2

You know first time in my life; I had no interest in any Air hostesses onboard. I wanted to go back to her. ..to Sneha. I wanted to talk more to her.

I had closed my eyes. During my entire journey, I was only thinking about her. I was startled by the sudden announcement “please fasten your seat belt as we are about to land”.

I didn’t know why but after a very long time, I didn’t like Bangalore anymore. I prayed from my heart “God kaash mera job Delhi me hota….”

I landed. While coming out of the airport, I suddenly happened to meet a regular friend of mine. He looked at my face and asked if I had any break up recently, as I looked that way! I asked what the F, why? He told me I looked all depressed. I thought, does depression mean break up? Is it so common these days?

We chatted for a while and I proceeded to hire a cab.

Suddenly, my phone started to ring. It was Sneha. Wao! She asked, “Hello, have you reached safely?” Her voice was as innocent as ever.  I told her I was in a cab. She asked why I didn’t call her. I was like “seriously, were you waiting for my call?” “Obviously Amit” was what she replied. I could imagine her expression. I asked her if I can shift to Delhi. She was like “again nautanki” J. I said, “tumhare liye kuch bhi ban jaunga”. She asked me to go home and take rest first and promised me to call at night.

I told “please don’t keep the call..” and she said, “Ok  tell”

That nature of her killed me….the sweet way in which she said “Ok tell”. I said nothing, will call you later and I disconnected the call.

I was scared.. she was so loving, so caring, will I ever be able to justice with her? But anyways, chalo Delhi door hai… I don’t even know whether she loves me or not.

I reached home. As soon as I entered my flat, my friends started bombarding me with questions. How was she? What did she say? What gift did she give you?

Oh Shit!! I then remembered about the gift I had taken for her was still in my bag…. My friends started shouting because they had spent 3 hours looking for a gift and I came back without even giving it to her…..

I thought how will I even remember….her eyes were not leaving me. But I didn’t tell this to my friend as they would make fun of me asking me not to give filmy dialogues.  But that was the truth. Her eyes…

Anyways, we decided to send the gift by courier. Although I wanted to make one more visit for giving the gift. Once this settled, my friends had started the same old thing again…rate her on a scale of 10. I said she was not like any other girl…she was different for me. When forced, I told “no such scale has been made till date through which I can rate her. She is just awesome”. All my friends were like ‘oooooooooooooooo’  :P

I went back to my room. I didn’t know why I was feeling so bad. This was happening to me for the first time. I wanted to spend more and more time with her.

Many questions were running in my mind which only Sneha could have answered. I didn’t want to call too many times. I was waiting for her to come online on Whatsapp.

But then “jab pyar kiya toh darna kya “.. I dialed her number—tring… tring.

 “How come you got to know .. I was thinking about you only”.

“We’re connected Sneha, made for each other”.

 “Yes we are”, she said... Wao! I was feeling so happy but inner Amit said Dude, control! I took a deep breath and asked her to come on Whatsapp. She agreed and here starts our chat:

 Amit : I am missing u

 Sneha : Is it ? Why?

 Amit : Very funny , don’t you know why 

 Sneha: I seriously don't know

 Amit : Then why did you come online?

 Sneha: I thought something urgent was there :)

 Amit : Please yaar, be serious.. 

 Sneha: Do u think I am kidding? I’m serious (Miss diplomacy L)

 Amit: Ok bye, I am going

 Sneha: Ok bye 

 Amit : I am seriously going

 Sneha: Ok

 I got irritated and closed Whatsapp. After 1 min, got a new pop up on my mobile screen

 Sneha: "Missing you too" (waoooooooooooooooooooo)

 Amit : Why do u do like this yaar?

 Sneha: I can imagine ur face

 Amit : Don't imagine too much, I might end up coming in your dreams

 (and here comes her awesome statement)

 Sneha: I was waiting since a long time but you were not coming in my dreams. Please come.

 Amit : Yaar plz don’t tell all this ... I will come now itself to Delhi

 Sneha: Then come

 Amit : Wish I could

 Sneha: What did you have for dinner?

 Amit : umm.... (Oh my god! was not able to re-collect what I had..)

 Sneha: ????

 Amit : Don't remember

 Sneha: Mad boy

 Amit : :)  (.. I know)

 We continued our chat for another hour. She asked me to go to bed as I had office the very next day. I said Good Night and ended my chat. Just when I was about to fall asleep, another pop-up comes “Please come in my dreams today".

I didn’t know whether I would be able to sleep anymore or not….I was super excited…..

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FIRST MEETING - 1

CHAPTER 1

I was sitting n Starbucks, Connaught Place, Delhi.  A beautiful morning. I had started today morning from Bangalore to Delhi, just to see her. It was the first time we were meeting. Till date, we had only talked over the phone, on whatsapp and FB. I was damn excited. I wanted to call it a date but she said it’s a meeting. So I told her “aap jo kaho”.

I was sitting all alone when suddenly I saw a lady coming towards my table….my heart had started beating very fast. I seriously didn’t know how to react. An orange top, a blue jeans , with a simple hairstyle.

From far she was looking quite simple, but as she came closer…OMG!! I had never seen such a simple girl but beautiful girl. I could see her ear rings. As she came closer to my table, I became speechless. I said “Hi,” struggling to speak. I felt like I was giving some random speech in a housefull college auditorium. She sweetly replied, “Hi, How are you?”

I wanted to say “abhi tak toh thaka tha par ab jaise energy aa gayi ho”. But as you know, truth does not come out so easily. Calmly I replied “I am gud, How are you?. Please take the seat.”

She asked, “how was your journey”. Now Amit tried to open up. I said, “this is my first journey in flight and I was praying to god that please god jaldi land kara do”

She smiled. Oh! What a smile! I could see light pink lipstick on her lips. She asked  me, “What did you have for breakfast. Let’s order something, you must be hungry.”

I was thinking “oh my god, she is such a caring lady, if she is caring so much now, how much will she do after marriage”. But inner Amit shouted, “Beta thoda dheere , delhi door hai” J.

She asked, “Hello where are you?” “Oh yes …ummm nothing” I said. She said, “ok have some juice and sandwich” . I agreed. She was going to order when I realized dude this was Starbucks, will I have juice here.

I called her “Sneha.. “. She turned and with her, everyone in Starbucks  turned . And I was like “Oh shit.” She came back fast and asked, “what happened ?”  “I want coffee.” “Oh I thought something happened” she said. Again she smiled and this time with a different look.

But let me tell you all her smiles were killing me. Then again Inner Amit shouted “dude you should pay.” I went behind her …and gave my card. She looked and told “its ok whole life is there.”

I was like “is it?” She said “will meet again. You can pay that time.” 

I replied “I thought something else”. And again with a smile she replied “nautanki”.

We sat at a corner table facing each other. And as you all know I always give philosophy. I could not control myself and told “you know I always like to sit facing people so that I can look into their eyes” Bingo … She replied “I caught u. So with how many gals did you sit like this?” I told “no I meant, you should always  look in the eyes and talk.” Somehow I managed the awkward situation but I knew Sneha was pretty intelligent.

Then we started some idhar udhar ka chit chat .. I asked about her sis …and whole family. She also asked …. First time she asked me about myself. Before this, it was only me asking her.

And I started, “I am the only son of my parents. My dad is a senior manager. My  mom is a housewife. About me, I used to be a good student  in school… anyway after that I moved to Nagpur and completed my engineering in Computer Science from a chota mota college.. Blah blah…”

And the best part was, she was listening to it with utmost attention. I suddenly happened to look into her eyes….and OMG!! I was gone . I bet she had the most beautiful eyes. It looked like her eyes wanted to speak something . I was continuously looking into her eyes. And she told “Amit stop.”

I said, “don’t know when we will meet again.” She said, “we will meet.”

I don’t  know how  4 hours passed and it was time for me to return. My return flight was in the evening , so I had to rush. I told her “will meet again right” and with a sweet smile she replied again “definitely”.

And surprisingly she said, “can I come to drop you?”. I was like “I wouldn’t mind”. We then took a cab. I said, “atleast now allow me to look at you.. no one is here” and she said “have u gone mad..”. I said, “yes”

She said no and this no/ yes continued – at last I tried and convinced her. But after few minutes, I said, “Ok fine leave it if you are not Ok”.

She said “you are a gentleman know….?”

We reached the airport and it was time to go.

And then I realized her eyes were talking. They were telling me not to go. But…..shit, it’s too late….

To be continued …..

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