It started with writing! It initiated as the hero
read, thankfully he likes to read. He surfed through her blogs and got promptly
fascinated by the writer. Though she had mentioned earlier that she was a
blogger but the impression of everybody becoming one these days, made him just
mock away this whole idea as it was bogus!
While munching through his snacks on a lazy Sunday afternoon he read one
after the other, he was enthralled enough by then. The ensuing step was to
quickly message her; that her stories were overpowering. It was as if every
word that she wrote on the blog pages, had cast a spell on the walls of his
heart. They just had met once before, a formal meet up, fixed by the respective
parents. A close and strange affair was being set up in the evening that day. She
wasn’t taking it too seriously; she came tired after work, thus just ransacked
hurriedly through her wardrobe and simply dressed in a pair of black denims and
a striped black and beige top. Her hair left loose and fell on her shoulders, she
was conscious of her graceful gait and simplicity she was carrying. Yes, the
top had dangled quite tastefully on her. Wearing deep black kohl and a hint of
gloss she had arrived at the meeting with Aman. She luckily caught a glimpse of
him dressed up in a blue check shirt, walking looking a bit conscious but
charming. His blue denims hung on him casually and added appeal. He was really
tall, that sight just clenched every inch of her skin and spoke for joy,
putting one tick on the checklist she had mentally prepared once. Her family was warmly welcomed inside by theirs’,
as they all sat, a sudden silence broke in, which was embarrassing. Sitting
undecided and clueless across the table she tried to look here and there, smiling
more than usual, just because she smiles when she is nervous! The boy engaged
himself overhearing his father and her father talking with each other now.
After some exchange of greetings and introduction was
done, the boy and the girl were asked to go away for a while and talk. Sanvi
had all the apprehensions, the butterflies were teasing and tickling her inside
out, she was guessing wild about the course of their conversation that was
about to take place between absolute strangers, apart from what they know about
each other through that matrimonial website that had brought them together,
atleast till here today! They sat on the sofa and it started with the writing
again! He asked about her likings, and she mentioned about blogging. His
business administration degree also had set some great expectations before the
meeting, but after they talked she was wafted away by the aesthetic sagacity
his dialogues reflected. He started appearing to be a gentleman now, a journey
he had measured just in minutes of beginning their tête-à-tête. His talks
weren’t sugar-coated, that’s what she appreciated. Returning home she was
hopeful of a yes, though her mind had some arguments as against the anxieties
of her heart. She wondered if he was as genteel as he had seemed; else why
would he ask for the girl’s phone number on the first meeting? But, she was secretly
delighted at this and cherished foreseeing the sequence to follow only if her
phone rings.
The messenger on the phone beeped once and then tooted
till the finger tips hurt. May be the buds were up-and-coming and the love blazing.
She was bowled over his wit, his approach and curiosity to know more about her,
she was giving in, while he was amazed by her impulse and honesty. Neither of
them was trying to know anything that was superfluous, it was a long drawn plain-speaking
banter between two adults, who must be anticipating to turn into soul-mates,
from strangers. The honest confessions, the prospects, the viewpoints, leisure
likes and dislikes, places have seen/bucket list, all that was required was
being conferred. They clicked!
A family picture all dressed in bright reds, pinks,
oranges, blue, greens under the chandeliers of the nuptial hall hanging proudly
on the ceiling, was further clicked in the month of December, following a six
month courtship period. They had successfully shown their souls bare to each
other while the thought of being in each other’s arms forever, must have kept
them delighted through this period, a love that was arranged to be culminated
into marriage that was destined to be on this day.
PS: Some
writings can paint the right picture for life, while some strangers turn into soul
mates. Yes, their story was made in heaven and they continue to live happily
ever after…
