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As we say “for when we are in LOVE; age, weight, distance are just numbers”. But is that really worth to miss your love everyday and still not able to see them and hold them ? So what fate is waiting for Aarohi and Aryan in their long distance love affair?

The day had finally arrived when. Aarohi accompanied by her mother was all set to board the train to another city. Her mind was preoccupied with all the thoughts of how she would adjust in a new city? What would her roommates be like? How would her new office be? and whether she would be able to adjust to the working environment or not? She was so lost in all these thoughts in her head that she didn’t even notice Aryan approaching her with a wide smile hiding his sadness and an ache in his heart. He was right in front of her now and Aarohi was still lost in her thoughts.

Aryan chuckled and joked saying that he would be going with Aarohi to drop her off and to check whether all the arrangements were satisfactory or not. Aarohi came back from her chain of thoughts and gaped at him and said okay. Aryan was taken aback by her cold response as he was expecting that she would be all surprised and overjoyed  throwing a huge smile at him. Although hurt, Aryan dismissed her insolent conduct at that moment and boarded the train along with her. Upon settling in the train Aryan’s fears came back as he had already been warned that long distance relationships usually don’t work and college affairs typically end in colleges only. His thoughts were rattling with the sound of the train and tears began to well up in his eyes.

Aarohi noticed him and asked if he was fine? Aryan smiled at her, gazed at her intently as he wished to embrace her tightly and if fate would have it, he would have never let her leave.

They reached the PG where Aarohi was supposed to live and before leaving, Aryan gave Aarohi a mobile asking her to call him whenever required or when it was not actually required. Aryan came back. He felt exhausted and drained. He had to finish one more year of college, but without Aarohi it seemed very difficult. He gathered up all his will and start focusing on his studies.

All the while Aryan was trying to cope up with his life without Aarohi, there in the new city Aarohi was trying to cope up with her new environment. She had never been away from her home,and every day was a new challenge to her. Here she had to sort out her problems on her own, she was accountable for her own actions.Though she was struggling to get things right, she felt amazing earning for herself and despite all the setback she faced, she was enjoying the freedom. This was a different kind of  freedom which was slowly making her independent, confident and more sure of herself. She had made new friends and slowly she was beginning to get settled in the new city.

A true relationship is where no sense of insecurity lies, but we humans are weak creatures and when it comes to love, the only way to hold it near is to possess it.

 

Aarohi bought a new mobile from her first salary and called up Aryan. She asked him to come and meet her as she was excited and wanted to show him the new world that she was part off now. She wanted to show him that she had managed all the things on her own, how she had managed to reach office using metro and city buses, how she went alone for shopping, how good her office and colleagues were, all about her roommates and the gossips they indulge in, her new friends and every small little thing she wanted to tell Aryan. But in all this excitement she forgot that Aryan was alone there and had been missing her desperately and all he wanted was to be with her.

Aryan was happy for her and delighted of her success, but in his heart he was scared and cautious for his relationship. He didn`t wish to sound possessive and selfish but every time he called Aarohi he wished that she should talk only about him and the days they were together and how every day used to be so lovely and perfect and how every coming day would be spent with each other. Juggling with new responsibilities and new attention, Aarohi was always busy and sometimes she ignored the calls from Aryan.

Aryan was getting frustrated and to reassure himself he decided to meet Aarohi. It had been three months, and he had not seen her. So he called her and they planned the meeting. There was no reservation available in the train but Aryan already in despair had no patience left had decided to travel without reservation and for six long hours he traveled, standing in the train, struggling with his sleep and finally reached the city where his beloved was now.

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A minute has passed and all Aarohi could listen over the phone was is the slow murmur as if Aryan was accompanied by some people which she could guess must be his best friends and off course “Friends” do play an important role as cupid sometimes. In that passing one minute Aarohi had a flashback of all the dreamy movies, dying to hear Aryan`s voice and starry eyed as she knew now that she is in Love for that is why her heart was pounding so loud and that is why she could hear her heartbeat.

Aryan’s voice finally came back over the phone and he asked her, Aarohi! Will you be my girlfriend?

What? No? Astounded? She could sense the nervousness behind Aryan`s voice but literally what is to be answered for this question, she was not able to come up with any answer for this was not exactly the way she was expecting to be wished-for by a boy to whom she has fallen for. Her first love,should be special and perfect in every way. But she was smiling and her cheeks were all hot as though heat had been radiated from them.

Yes, Aarohi had not heard those three magical words and nor was she enchanted in any beautiful way either. But her Love for Aryan was something that can’t be deciphered through words. It was a divine feeling that can be felt within two souls that have merged into one. And that Love had unfolded its way in front of her on its own. All Aarohi could say was “YES”.

The next day Aarohi met Aryan early in the morning and Aryan gave her the gift he had bought for her.He was smiling and every bit of him was elated convinced that Aarohi belongs to him now. For the first time he noticed her black long hairs loosened untied and flowing in the air, her bright eyes shining and her unadulterated pure friendly smile. He had known her for past six months but today every fragment of her looked new to him. For he understood that Love is not about physical attraction. It’s about being in love bonding emotionally and mentally with the other person.

Time flew. College years passed by, each one making their love for each other stronger day by day. Aarohi got busy for the preparations of campus job recruitment and Aryan was pushing himself to study hard as now he had to accomplish something in Life so as  to make himself worthy for his Love.

Aarohi got a job in another city and Aryan had still one more year to finish in the college. They had never thought of that there would be a time when they would not be able to see each other or even not talk to each other. The college days had seemed perfect, every morning Aryan used to pick Aarohi from her home chatting all the way to the college. They used to sneak out for a cup of tea or maggi at the road side shops around college. Tea or maggi, however, were just excuses, for all they needed was each other’s time, all they needed was the reassurance that they were there for each other. The evening calls which Aryan made without fail completed their day. Getting all wet in the rain on bike, stealing a glimpse of each other and making fun faces while spotting each other in college at each other in college, holding hands they made plans of their future and laughed hysterically without any reason. The silly fights when Aarohi pretended to be angry at Aryan and the trivial jokes that Aryan used to pacify her.

They had lived a life time in those years and all this was going to be changed suddenly. Long distance relationships is a word they had heard of but never thought that they would have to go through the same. Aarohi had to move and she was nervous and scared for she was going to step into a new world leaving even the edges of her known universe.

A Silent Death

Source: A Silent Death

A Silent Death

Oh! you were the one,

Who made me feel Special.

Oh! you were the one,

Who made me feel Beautiful.

Why have you turned into the one

Who wounded my Heart.

Why have you turned into the one,

Who ripped my Soul apart.

Still my Heart weeps for you

Answer me why I am so weak for YOU………

 

 

 

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Enchanted

 

Hey Friends!! A big thanks and love to all of you for constantly encouraging me and providing their valuable feedback on my Blog, which is certainly helpful in improvement. Many of my friends have said that Aarohi will definitely say “YES” and this will mark the beginning of their Love Story. So let’s find out….

“Mujhse Shadi Karogi” is this really a movie Or is he making it up? Before Aarohi could make out her mind, the college bus had arrived. She knew that Aryan had been following her as such rumors always blow out of proportionss in college. With butterflies in her stomach and a blush on her face (for she was not able to hide her excitement) seeing Aryan waiting for her answer so enthusiastically, totally bewildered, she said “No” and rides on the bus. Not expecting a blunt denial, Aryan was flabbergasted at the  impoliteness of her response and decided not to see her anymore.

That day after reaching her home Aarohi was restless and at every ring of her landline she hoped that it was Aryan so that she could listen to his voice. She wanted to apologize for her senseless behavior. Several days passed and all she could hope was to see Aryan just once.  An internal connection between them had been established and no uncertainty lay in their feelings for each other. Aryan was  agitated and that feeling of unfulfillment grew more and more as the days passed.

The College was gearing up for the Annual Day Celebrations. Some students were preparing and rehearsing for their performances, some were busy finding sponsors, others were running for event arrangements. The whole college seemed to be engrossed in the gaga of this event. And amidst this madness Aryan spotted Aarohi in a red dress. Enthralled, he shouted “LAL PARI” (Angel in red dress). Aarohi turned to that voice completely in awe and blurted out “BLUE BHOOT”(Ghost in a blue dress). They laughed and moved towards each other like no one else existed. They were talking, chuckling , giggling and nothing else mattered in that moment. This was the start of their “friendship”, the start of an “affair of the hearts”.

From that day onward Aarohi started coming to college with Aryan on his bike and in the evening like some ritual Aryan always used to call on her landline.  They talked for as long as she could manage to be unaccompanied. They started spending time with each other, sharing each big and small happenings of the day, every day. The day seemed incomplete and imperfect if they didn’t get chance to see or talk to each other. They were in a relationship; a strong commitment that enables you to be an open book in front of each other and allowed their two hearts to be woven together, love eternal and everlasting. Yet still,  this needed to be revealed to both of them.

It was Aarohi`s Birthday and Aryan had bought a gift for her. He had never felt so nervous but he was also compelled, anxious but determined, implausible but convincing. Aarohi was wide awake and sitting next to her land line phone convinced that Aryan would be the first to call her and wish her a birthday that she knew would be fantastic if Aryan would be there..

Tring Tring…the bell rang, she picked up the phone in an instant…….Aryan said A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU. Can I ask you something?? She said of course, say it..

What is this Aryan going to say? Aarohi froze on the other side of the phone, her heart leaped to her throat…….

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First of all i would like to thank all my friends who took out time to read my blog and provided me with valuable comments/feedback. And i hope you guys are equally excited to know the names of our protagonists. So without delaying much let the story unfolds….

The boy started towards that strange accent and when he reached to the girl he said, ” hey! myself Aryan“. The girl turned and replied, ” yup me Aarohi“. For a moment they gazed towards each other and nothing unusual , no fluttering and absolutely no excitement. They talked for a while and just before leaving, Aryan asked Aarohi for her contact number. Aarohi asked Aryan to provide his contact number instead as she didn’t have any personal number. Aryan wrote his number on her hand for she was not carrying any writing pad.

Days passed and no call from her and comes the Fresher’s party. In a crowd of hundreds of students crossing, jostling and moving here and there at random; two eyes were locked for a while amongst that crowd as if searching for each other. They both knew at once that they are looking at each other although they were far apart. For Aryan he knew that something is pulling him towards her, this is the precise moment that he realized that “SHE IS THE ONE“.

Determined and eager, there was no choice left to him, he left no stone unturned to find everything about Aarohi. From checking her out from a distance to running his bike upto her home he was totally stunned out of his senses. Finally he managed to catch her in the college corridor and asked her as why she had never called him. She smiled and said that by the time she reached home that day, she could only see some jumbled up scribbling and could never make out the correct number. So this time, she gave Aryan her land line number and asked him to keep a note of that.

Excited and overjoyed Aryan read that number several times until it was printed in his brain. Several times he punched the number from his cell phone but could not make a call. Still more months passed, he was getting more eager and impatient and than one fine morning he saw Aarohi standing at a bus stop waiting for the bus to college. Anxiously he approached her and offered her to drop to college on his bike. She smiled and though he was expecting and hoping for a yes (for what else could come out of lips that could make such a wonderful smile), Aarohi declined. But this time Aryan didn’t want the opportunity to just go like that, with all his courage he asked her whether she would want to go to a movie with him. Aarohi asked which movie. He said” Mujhse shadi karogi” (Will you marry me). Expectantly Aryan was looking at her as if  his life depended on her answer.

Will Aarohi say yes? Does she already know that Aryan is stalking her and this is just Aryan’s excuse to get closer to her? All I can say now is you can fall in love with the most unexpected person at the most unexpected time. Keep guessing my friends…

 

An Ordinary Girl – 1

This is the story of an everyday Indian girl. It talks about falling in love, getting married, searching for love and searching for herself….there are no full stops as Life is still thriving in HER. So you don’t know what will come next.

Here it begins…A private engineering college with lots of boys and a fewer girls in proportion. First year freshers ganging around at some corner; laughing hysterically noticing and naming every girl passing through. A group of three girls passed by, a year senior to them. When everyone was eyeing the two of them which obviously were the smarter one, one boy noticed the third girl. Slender built, pleated hairs and very ordinary in appearance. He was not taken aback or was gasping in awe, but all he felt was something different.

Fast forward, comes the Fresher’s party celebrations preparations. All potential performers were gathered in the auditorium. Among all the laughing, flirting, discussions, hullabaloo comes a voice notorious and a very strange accent. That boy surrounded by many girls turned to that voice and saw the same girl mimicking and laughing in strange ascent. Is this the Karma or are they made for each other or God has already planned something for them and this is the beginning…..

Hang on for my next blog and do suggest the names for this boy and girl. Although this is my story but i would like to reconstitute this story with new names to relive the experience fresh.