The time that I had been waiting for had finally arrived. I was all excited in anticipation. Seeing me animated everyone at office sure sensed there was something special about this day. I had a tough time trying to dodge all the questions that kept coming my way all through the day while I was at office. There were already various stories doing the rounds, and I just turned a deaf ear as I was too occupied with just one thought. I kept looking at my watch with desperation as the wait was intriguing. Work no longer seemed important to me, I didn’t know what I was doing as my mind was too occupied.Today was the day I get to meet her again. It’s been a while since I last met her. 27 days to be precise. I remember the number of days so well, as that was the first time the two of us had spoken. We didn’t speak for long then, may be because it was my first time. I was all scared and sweating, unlike her who was very calm and composed. It’s like it all happened just yesterday, I still remember everything about that day when we spoke first. I guess it would be more appropriate to say the day "She" spoke first. The two of us had met each other on numerous occasions before, but every time the only things that we exchanged were glances. Though I have always wanted to speak to her, I never managed to gather the courage to walk upto her and speak. But last time around, things were different. It was like the heavens had conspired to melt the ice between us, and bring us together. Everything just happened out of the blue that evening.
I had after a lot of pep talk to myself, garnered the courage to walk upto her, but I didn’t know what to speak as I was struggling to stand firm on my feet which was trembling in the just melted ice. My tongue too had fallen cold just like my feet.
Seeing me infront of her, she gently lifted her head and that’s when our eyes met each others for more than a fraction of a minute. She in her elegant best batted her eye lids while I was just not able to take my eyes of her striking eyes that were all appealing in the thick mascara that she applied. Hoping that I would have taken my eyes off her, she looked up again but this time the moment our eyes met, I looked down trying to not make it obvious.
Seeing my discomfort and trying to ease the situation around us, she in her charming voice told me a “Hi!”. I was knocked out of words, as I desperately tried digging deep into my vocabulary so that I could find an apt reply to the most beautiful word that I had ever heard. As her voice kept resonating in my ears, I was lost in the midst of the crowd that surrounded us.
Finally when my mind concluded the most apt reply to what she just said was a “hello!”, her friend just dropped in and pulled her away. I looked helplessly like a young child who was lost in the street. As she was being pulled away by her friend, she reached out her hand towards me as if asking me to hold her back. Our eyes stayed affixed at each other, and very soon I lost sight of her, as she walked away into the crowd.
I did physically walk out of that place that evening, but my thoughts forever lingered around that place. The best moment of my life didn’t last long. But then today the time has come for me to set right things, to put things to prospect. And so I was all excited in anticipation.
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