We Were Meant To Be Together
Someone, somewhere is made for you ... : Quoting from Dil To Pagal Hai
I was 17 when I first time read this line and frankly speaking ... I laughed out on it ... no offence but I found it really funny and annoying, I mean guys wake up!! It's only true in the world of Raj-Simran and Rahul-Anjali - in short; in the world of cinema where "And They Lived Happily Ever After" and "Made For Each Other"exist but in real life there is nothing called "Love Story" .... be practical!! You have to have a goal set and by that I don't mean to find your "someone, somewhere" ... Come on, be responsible ... you are your parents investment ... they have done enough, time to turn the table and do something for them than finding your "Mr. or Ms. Perfect" ... You may think how cynical it is but this is what I used to preach all the time in my classroom to all my friends when I was in grade 12 ...
In the mid year of 12th, we had a new comer in the class ... whoa!! How can someone join 12th in the mid year .... and in no time poor girl was center of attraction for all the obvious reasons ... now now don't think that a cynic like me was falling in love ... nope, my best friend had a crush on her, the minute she entered .... she didn't have blue eyes or the big eyes or dimple or was fair like snow yet she was beautiful ... long silky black hair ... a beautiful smile ... whenever she smiled her eyes would shrink and that was picture perfect ... she came and sat in front of our desk ... nervousness was visible on her face ... but when she came and sat SURPRISINGLY she smiled at me and not my best friend .... who was the school heartthrob ... he was shocked!!
Rest of the five months went like a whiff of air .... she became our best friend ... we three would always be found together ... bunking, studying, playing, laughing, eating all-in-all everything we did, we did together ... she was the studious one amongst us ... if me and my best friend passed 12th, it was because of her ... all our projects, registers, files were handled by her - she completed her work and then would complete ours ... she would always remind us about each and every thing ... our teachers were extremely happy, thinking that we were in a good company and that spoilt brats were becoming good boys ... hello, no one knew the truth!! She used to talk to my best friend a lot but with me ... she didn't talk much and my best friend felt that 'they' were the next Rahul-Anjali ... frankly even I agreed .. haha ... another love story and that too of my friends how interesting (huh) ... whenever he used to put his hand around her shoulder, she would be normal but when I accidentally touched her .. she would become uncomfortable ... and my observations were telling me that yes, they were in love .... but then I was very happy because I was not being left out .... we (she and I) had a very different friendship ... we didn't speak much but understood each other (I thought so ...), she didn't like me touching her but she would always be there for me ... once while playing basketball ... I had a cramp and she was the one who took care of it and relieved my pain ...
During our board exams - she actually dictated me whole letter in English paper risking her exam ... I was really glad that she was my friend ... she even did the whole MCQ for my best friend .. for the obvious reasons but I was happy for him ... And then we had a party which changed everything ...
It was a party thrown by my best friend ... for our class ... everyone was there ... he was wearing a black shirt and a blue jeans and as usual the girls drooled over him ... I was in a white shirt and a blue jeans looking my best (that's what my sister said) and then she entered ... for the first time she was late ..... she looked in a hurry .... she was wearing a white long skirt and blue kurti with a white crushed dupatta around her neck ... she ran towards my best friend, ignoring me completely ... well I didn't mind it as I knew they were in love .... she took him to a corner telling him that she needed to speak to him urgently ... it was something really important and we knew what she wanted to say - I love you!!! He went with her, I couldn't hear anything but I saw them hugging, I was really happy for my best friend ... hey! I know I am cynical about love but my best friend's happiness means a lot to me ... and after 10 minutes she came to me and giving me a shock - hugged me and said "Goodbye, you were a very good friend, I would miss you there ...." and before I could say anything .. she waved back at my best friend and rushed out .....
Soon the party was over and everyone was gone ... my best friend had an unusual smile on his face ... and I couldn't stop myself from asking him about what happened ... he smiled at me and handed me an envelope ... I questioned him and he simply said "This is for you, by her ....", I was amused "For me? Uhm ... did you propose her, what did she say?" was all I could say ..... he again smiled that unusual, annoying smile .... "Read it" .... he gave me a command and I knew I had to follow it and so I did .... by the time I finished reading, he was already gone ..... and I was standing alone on the road at 11:00 PM .... I didn't know how to react ... I was numb .... I just went and sat on the marine drive ....and read it again .....
Dear Mayank,
Last 5 months of my life were truly the best time I ever had and I would always cherish them .... till the end of my life ... and you were the most important part of it .... I never thought I would be able to tell you this but I need to because now I an going away from you and I have to confess to you ...
Mayank ... you have become an inseparable part of my soul ... it's not filmy ... it's the truth ... I know you don't believe in love but I need to tell you that I love you ... I love you since the first day I saw you roaming in the corridor ... I was really happy to see you in my class and sitting in front of you .. just increased my happiness ... and losing my control I smiled at you and kicked myself for doing that ... Samrat and you befriended me ... and my joy had no barriers ... I tried very hard to control this feeling but I always failed ... I couldn't talk to you in fear that you might just read my eyes which had pure love for you ... I always shivered at your touch because of the feelings that I had and I feared that I would just turn pink and red and you would question me ... I started knowing you and it just increased the love despite of the fact that it hurt me as well because I knew you didn't love me ... you didn't believe in it and I knew very well that my first love story was going to have "and she lived broken ever after" but still I could not stop my heart from loving the idiot in front of me .... it pained me a lot to see you in pain .... I remember how difficult it was for me to hold back my tears when I saw you in pain due to that cramp ... I don't know what to say ... all I can say is that I don't know what the future holds for us but I know one thing that I will never be able to forget you or give your place to anyone else .....
I know after this our friendship will come to an end ... I just have one request, please don't hate me ... forget me, I'll bear that but don't hate me ... be happy and I wish you achieve all you goals ...
Jo tum chaaho, wo tumhe mile ....
Yours, Nupur ....
I didn't know why but I just couldn't tear it apart .... it was very difficult for me, impossible to be truthful ... something inside me was stopping me from doing that despite my wish to do so .... I just slipped it inside the envelope and went back home ..... After this incident, I couldn't face Samrat ... two hearts were broken because of me .... my best buddies - Samrat and Nupur ... why the hell this had to happen ... I mean why the hell she fell in love with me ... why didn't she see Samrat instead of me in the corridor .... why the hell this had to happen ... couldn't God make a lovey-dovey story of my best buddies ... but no, as I always said - Love is painful and it destroys everything ..... I couldn't face Samrat who would just say one thing "She really loves you, don't you love her?" ... How stupid is that, where did his love go?
I cursed God for doing this to us .... and he very well took the revenge from me by driving me crazy for her ... yes, whenever I closed my eyes, I saw her face in front of me .... I missed her terribly ... I would keep staring at the only snap of her, I had ... I would always think of her, no matter where I was .... and my love-sick sister told me that I was head-over-heels in love with "someone" .... ask how annoying your siblings can be? But God did one thing correct and that was - 3 years after that incidence, Samrat fell in love all over again with the girl who loved him all this while and that was none other than my sister - Gunjan!!! Yes, I knew she loved someone with all her heart (no wonder sh had those weird theories!!) ... I was really happy for them but terrified of my condition .... how could this be? Why was this happening? Why had she conquered me? Why? Why this punishment?
It took me exactly 4 years, 3 months, 2 days and 1 hour to realize my love for her from the day I read that letter of hers .... and I realised that I indeed loved her since the first day I saw her .... and her behavior towards me would always make me feel bad which I hid behind Samrat's feelings for her ... And the cynic had become a lover boy because I had only one goal in my life to find my "someone" who was hiding "somewhere" away from me .... And that letter, you won't believe it, I carry it with myself everywhere and this is happening since that fateful night!!!! And adding to mu image of the lovesick guy, I had written a letter to her after my realisation and carried it with me all the time ....
Sometimes you get the biggest happiness from the place you least expected from .....
1st July 2010
Samrat and Gunjan's reception .... oh! I didn't tell you, they had a court marriage because they were in a hurry as Samrat was going to Chicago .... so the wedding happened in January and now we were having a huge reception ....
A beautiful full moon night ... a huge garden outside the city and such a romantic weather and I was alone with the letter thinking about the love of my life ... I was wearing a black bandgala ... I don't know but that night was different .... I was feeling terribly lonely and comparing to the thirteen years, I was missing her the most that night .... everyone was enjoying the company of their lovers while I sat alone with my lover's love letter and a reply to it when out of the blue I spot her ..... I kicked myself hard, "Dude, control .... she is just an imagination ....", I closed my eyes and opened them again and surprisingly she was still there on the stage with Samrat and Gunjan ... "She is here!! She is here!!" screamed my heart as it started dancing inside me .... she was in a beautiful dark red sari with golden intricate work on it ... haltered blouse of golden color ....her long silky hair all open and that beautiful smile on her face .... I was so lost in her that I didn't realise when I bumped into her as she was standing all alone ... and she lost her balance but I held her in my arms ... my hands around her bare waist while by hers around my neck .... and as it happens in films .... the time stopped, the wind was blowing, a strand of hair was coming on her face and disturbing my view ... we kept staring into each others' eyes .... I could see the love in her eyes and hoped she saw the same in mine .... I slowly blew air on her face removing the strand ... and then in her melodious voice she whispered "Mayank ....", I slowly pulled her up and made her stand on her feet .... we kept looking in each others' eyes ..... I slowly removed my letter from my pocket and gave it to her .... her hands which were so delicate and looked so beautiful because of the bangles took it from my huge hands ... our fingers brushed and I noticed that we both shivered .... she opened the envelope and took out the letter ....
Dear Nupur,
It's exactly 4 years, 3 months, 2 days and I hour form the day I read your letter ... it took me this much time to realise my love for you which actually crept in me when the first time I saw you .... I am really slow, I know .... but I just need to confess that I love you from the bottom of my heart and it's not a joke .... it's because of this love that I never tore that letter of yours and carry it with me all the time .... I can't tell you how much I miss you .... miss that smile of yours .... you are in me ... you are what I need and you are whom I love .... I know I am a jerk, idiot, moron who broke your heart and I don't deserve a wonderful, sweet, loving, generous and perfect girl like you but if you accept me my first and last love story will become perfect ... but even if you don't I won't stop loving you because I would die the very minute I do that .... I can't live without you ... I love you ... please come back in my life ....
Yours, Mayank
She had tears in her eyes, I felt terrible for doing that .... I slowly moved towards her, caressed her cheeks and wiped her tears .... but my eyes were moist, I didn't want to cry in front of her and make her feel terrible and so touched my forehead to hers .... and said "Nupur, I love you .... do you love me?" and an immediate response was "I love you too, fool!" ... I pulled her and hugged her tight ... my hands wrapped around her waist and tried to pull her more ... her hands were around my neck ... I wanted the moment to never end and we be in each others' embrace all our life .... we forgot that were just in front of the stage ... everyone looking at us while we ... well ... I pulled back from the hug, my hands still around her waist as I kissed her soft lips ... her hands around my neck as she softly responded to the tender kiss I placed on her lips .... We were brought back to reality when everyone applauded and hooted and whistled .... we were hell embarrassed as we touched our foreheads, held our hands together and laughed as Samrat shouted "Made For Each Other" ....
On 22nd January 2011 we finally got married and indeed lived "Happily Ever After" and as she says We Were Meant To Be Together .... and I sincerely believe in what Mr. Yash Chopra said : Someone, somewhere is made for you ...
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