Part 3 …. Struck by Lightning
It was the first day of Royal College, I remember this
day as if it happened yesterday. I was with my gang of school friends, all of
us had shifted a gear from to school to college together, so we went around doing
what we did best, ogling at girls.
“Hey Rayan, check out the girl in pink, she looks hot.”
said Rudra.
I looked around for the source of my friends interest and
that was the first time I saw her.
A beautiful white salwar kameez, no make-up whatsoever, just
kohl lined her beautiful big eyes and her smile!!! I hadn’t seen someone who
had a smile like hers before. Her entire face seemed to glow. It was as if all
the darkness in the world just faded away. I was mesmerized.
There comes a time, but once, in a man’s life when you
realize everything around you just vanishes, time seizes to exist, that was the
moment in my life. That was the moment I was struck by lightning.
Very few people are fortunate enough to experience this,
but those who have will tell you, at that time your senses stop working.
My brain told my eyes, “stop staring, you fool”,
But my eyes weren’t in my control any more. I stared at
her with my mouth agape as if she was the only reason I existed. I stared at
her till she walked into my class. Yes, she had walked into my class, my
happiness knew no bounds.
“What is wrong with you?” asked Rudra seeing me smiling
like an idiot.
“Nothing “, I lied. My heart was doing somersaults, I
wanted to talk to her, I knew I had to talk to her, know her name, know her
family, know her friends……
Her name was Aashi, quite simply a beautiful name, her
nature and simplicity touched a chord in me, I knew this was the girl.
We started talking, we became friends, the more I spoke
to her, the more I liked her. Those first few months when you get to know the
girl of your dreams are the best. Those were most definitely the best days of
my life…….
But as we know,
In life good
things rarely last,
She was
destined to be my past,
A hand was
played by fate,
And then came
our expiry date.
We both were at an impasse, life beckoned us, I had a
career to build, roam the world, see places,
She had to fulfill her dreams, her
parents dreams and achieve excellence.
Our paths may have connected in college but our
destinations were very much apart. We decided to be friends but deep in my
heart I knew ‘it was the end of the most beautiful chapter in my life’
Or so I thought……..to be continued.
