Love On The Way...

Love On The Way...

  Copyright 2016 Rikky Lastname

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  Love on the way...

  Mumbai - Whenever I return to this city and board the trains from Dadar, those unforgettable days of my life comes flashing back in my eyes, though with the passage of time the memories have faded to some extent, but I never happened to forget that incident which happened in my life seven years ago, but it seems to have been occurred just the previous day whenever I see a girl boarding a train, I imagine the first time I saw her boarding the train and the way we both stood in front of each other.

  Nine years ago... In the month of June, 2006

  It was another ordinary day of my life when I boarded the train Number 13514 from Dadar to Santacruz sharp at 6:20 pm on my way to home, and as usual I stood near the gate, because I had only five stations to travel. I never thought that this day would bring a big change in my life, the next station a very pretty and beautiful girl boarded the train and stood near the gate on the opposite side facing towards me. There were less people between us, as it was not a rush hour and we were in the 1st class compartment. By her attire I could easily guess that she was also returning from office. I was kind of attracted towards her but restrained from looking at her, as I didn’t want to be called a stalker. I noticed she also unboarded the train at Santacruz and then disappeared in a few seconds.

  The next day again she boarded the same train and stood on the opposite side facing towards me. Today I couldn’t restrain myself from looking at her, so I did looked at her but without letting her know, I kept on looking at my cell phone pretending to be reading messages and time to time looking up thinking what to reply. I noticed she was also looking at me when I was looking at my phone; she had a little smile on her face which she was trying to hide.

  In this way few days passed by, with both of us returning home at the same time, in the same train, standing on the opposite side facing each other, looking at each other when the other is not noticing and then smiling slyly, without bringing it to the notice of other. It became our routine and I started to feel this meeting and to see her smile as if a necessary part of my day, if any day it happened that I could not meet her, I felt it to be a wasted day, her smile in the evening would take away all exhaustion of the day and filled a fresh feeling.

  One day also same thing happened like the previous few days, but today, both of us caught each other while looking at each other and then smiled, the fast air entering the compartment was blowing her hair and she was trying to control them with her fingers. We were unable to take our eyes off each other. Today she was looking very happy, a lot more than the past days, I asked her the reason for it in an expression from my face, that marked the beginning of the our eyes talking to each other as I learned that she got her first salary as she took out a cheque from her purse, looked at it smiled and then turned it to my side while keeping it back in the purse, and then looked at me and smiled again.

  The next two days she didn’t turn out in the train, but then she again boarded the train at the same time. I was kind of having a feeling that she also liked me, just like me, as she also had a glow and smile on her face as soon as she saw me, though today she looking tensed and a little lost. I felt as if she was also uncomfortable like me. I was unaware of the reason of her discomfort, but the reason for my discomfort was the news that I received today afternoon from my mom, regarding the girl my parents met yesterday, who have accepted me for their girl, and not only this if the girl also likes my photo in the evening, then I will be getting to see her photo tomorrow and meet on weekend.

  The next day, in the afternoon, my mom called me to inform that the girl has also approved me and they have sent her photo for me to approve, this news which should had made me happy, actually saddened me. In the evening everything was same, we both were looking at each other, she was smiling and even had a hint of blush on her face, but I was unable to smile today, so just gave her a formal smile and started looking outside the gate. Her expressions today were exactly in contradiction to mine, as she was happy. She was even trying to look in my eyes but was unable to do so as I continued looking out throughout the remaining way. I thought that she must be wanting to ask my reason of being sad just like the way I asked her the reason of being happy, but I didn’t want it to happen as I won’t be able to reply her the way she did. When the train entered the station and we left it, I noticed that she was trying to say me something, but I didn’t want to talk to her so I rushed towards my home leaving her behind.

  I could had easily talked to her today and tell her what was going within me, but I chose not to do so, as I was in a condition of dilemma, I was unable to decide whether it was correct or not, whether I should talk to her or not, whether I should smile at her or not, and what if she takes me wrong? What if by smiling or talking to her makes her feel that I love her, as I knew that a bond was created between us within last few days, and that too without exchanging even a single word, without knowing anything about each other. I was sure that even she knew this, and, if this was love, she was also in love me, her looking at me this way and blushing were the clear indicators, but then the very thought of that second girl, who has approved me to be her better half, forced my mind to keep away from doing all this, as it said it was wrong. I was getting filled with a sense of guilt, so that time in the train I decided not to talk to her and also not to smile at her.

  I reached home with a sad expression, I was thinking about her all the way from station to home, I was thinking that my today’s behaviour must have hurt her, and maybe from tomorrow she won’t ever smile at me. As soon as I got fresh my mom handed me the photo of that girl, I was shocked to see it and was happy by double intensity to find my smiling travel partner to become my life partner, at that time I understood why she didn’t meet me in the train for two days, as she was the girl my parents went to see for me so had to be at her home, and also why she was tensed yesterday, as she was in the condition in which I was today worried about the response and our unspoken relation, it also made me realize that why she was blushing today looking at me, and even why she wanted to talk to me. I was like on ninth cloud and immediately gave my positive consent to mom.

  My parents immediately called her house to let her parents know about my acceptance, and after a few minutes she came to me with her number in case I would like to talk to her. I could had called her but at the same time I also wanted to feel the way she must had been feeling from yesterday, I also wanted to taste the sweet taste of waiting to meet her so I decided not to call her but dream about her and started waiting impatiently for next day to meet her.

  The next day which was a Sunday, I was waiting for her at my home, just like the way I used to do in the train from past few days, but this time there was difference in the wait, the previous waits were just wait for an unknown girl who was no one to me, and there was no certainty whether she will come or not, and it was quite certain that this wait may end up as waiting forever, in case if any day she didn’t turned up and for always, but today I knew she will definitely come and I will be able to see her, my would be life partner, and my wait will end forever. While I was lost in this thought she appeared in front of my eyes, she was looking really amazing and had that familiar smile on her face and her eye
s talking to me, her eyes were asking me whether I had realized why she was happy yesterday in train, she was brought close to me and within a few minutes we were officially engaged. We sat close to each other but were not able to talk freely and comfortably due to the presence of everyone around us, so we decided to talk in the evening next to tomorrow evening i.e. Tuesday when we meet as usually during our way back home, as tomorrow she was not going to attend her office.

  On Tuesday every moment was passing like years for me till the evening; I wore my best formals to