But God had done all the magic. Now he couldn’t take a step
back. Neither Mannu nor Pia had ever thought that one day their story would
turn up with a sudden meeting like this. They had become accustomed to sharing
their emotions on phone. Meeting each other seemed completely strange just out
of the blue. They didn’t wait for this to happen. A call was waited more! Mannu’s heart beat was struggling to reach
near seventy five as he took the shower. All throughout the morning he
practiced songs that he would sing for Pia. One side of his head was afraid for
missing lines. This thought shuddered him.
Oh God! He needed courage. Gazing outside the window he saw a distant
cloud. As if it said still some cold difference existed between Mannu and
Pia. Mannu covered himself with the
thick towel, wet and lost. He increased the volume of the Guns ‘n’ Roses song
that played on his mobile. It filled him with hope. The happiest thought that
in a few hours Mannu and Pia were going to see each other for the first time
after the five months long love brought a decent smile on his face.
So, finally the perfumed day had arrived. Without a pinch of
doubt, he was living it. He paid eight hundred rupees at the reception for the
stay which included rupees 100 extra for their favour to hide his identity.
Savings had really saved him.
Whooa aaa!!! Bags packed and he left to see the love of his
life.
The glittering golden and silver decorated streets and shops
had further pinked the beauty of the pink
city. Every man had a smile on his
face and Jaipur was decorated more beautifully than Ayodhya to welcome the home coming of Sri Rama, to celebrate the festival of Diwali. On his way to the
railway station, where Mannu and Pia were going to see each other he wondered
how beautiful she would be looking; tired by the overnight journey, locks
flying away east and west, half of them hiding behind her two little ears. Even
after all this Mannu knew that she would be smiling. He stopped in front of
every piece of reflector that came his way just to check whether he would be
able to compliment her beauty.
A gift from our loved ones really helps us to
bring alive some past moments of happiness. He put the diary and a rose in
front pockets of the bag. She liked roses.
It was still unknown how he would hand them to her. The journey to the
station gave him the feeling that he was alive and he should be happy.
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