The Stranger Whom I Love – AR OS!
The stranger came early in January one wintry day!
It was snowing out there…. And I was all alone at home….
I heard a knock at the door and since there was no power, I had to use the candle! The knocks increased… I moved towards the door at a faster pace!
That's when I tripped on something but was saved from falling as I held on to the table for support!
Finally reaching the door, I asked, "Who's there?"
But I didn't get a reply and the knocking had also stopped….
Thinking that the person would have gone, I slowly made my way back into the study where I was busy reading the newspaper about the crimes taking place and of course the latest buzz – Terrorist attacks in India!
Just yesterday i.e. 13/7/11, there were 3 bomb blasts in Mumbai! Before that Mumbai was attacked again on 26/11. That was sad…. Really sad…
As I sat there pondering over these thoughts, I heard something break and at that moment, I jumped out of my chair!
I was petrified…. But I tried to keep myself calm…
I knew there was someone in MY house!
Who? Let's find out!
I moved out of the study with my gun in one hand and the candle in the other and made my way towards the living room thinking I had heard the sound come from there!
The landline numbers weren't working and as for my cell, it had died out and there was no power unfortunately!
I tried to see if there was anyone there in the room but nope! I couldn't see anyone…
I then moved to my own bedroom and as soon as I opened the door, I was pulled into the room and I banged into something hard or rather someone and the next moment, I was lying on that "someone" with my eyes closed…. But then I could feel something hurt my eyes…. Slowly I opened them and saw the most beautiful sight ever…. BLUE EYES! My favourite! The candle flame added to its beauty! I was left mesmerized! To my bad luck, the moment lasted only for a minute and the next moment he pushed me and got up! That's when I came back from my world!
"Who the hell are you? What are you doing in my house?" I yelled with my gun pointed at his forehead!
"Woah! Chillax lady! Chillax!" I heard him say that….
I scowled….
"Who are you?"
"Hey… I'm your guest now… This is not the way you treat your guests…"
"Oh really? Well guests are those whom we know…. Unlike you who just barged into my house and broke my window too! And now speak up!"
" Yes ma'am! Well I had been knocking at your door for quite some time now and since it was extremely cold outside, I thought of barging into your house! And hey! Sorry for the window!" he said with a smile playing on his face…
"You better be! Do you even know who I am?"
"Well no…"
"I can put you into jail for getting into MY house! I'm a senior police officer you see…." I said with pride!
"Ooh… I'm scared!" his reply full of sarcasm!
"Oh mister I'm serious!"
"Really? Police and you? Well I want proof!"
"And who do you think you are to ask me to give you proof?"
"Well I'm just curious you know!"
"Oh that's good! But NO!"
"So you aren't a police officer eh?"
"Ughh… Pata nahi kaise pagal insaan se pala pada hai! Uff…"
"Kuch kaha?"
"Huh? You know Hindi?"
"Haan yaar! Fine! I'll tell you who I am Riddhima Gupta!"
"You know my name?" I was shocked out of wits! How the hell did this who-so-ever know me?
"I know a lot about you darling!"
"Stop flirting loser! Who are you?"
"You don't recognize me do you?"
"Agar jaanti hoti toh kabhi poochti nahi na?"
"Hmm…. Woh bhi hai!" he said pretending to be very serious about it!
"Oh please tell me who the hell are you and what on earth are you doing in my house here in London?" I was damn pissed and I was pretty sure that if he didn't reply properly, I might just end up shooting him!
"The name's Mallik! Armaan Mallik!"
"WHAT? Is that really you? Armaan? Delhi wala Armaan?"
"Yes Madame! It's me! Finally you know who I am! Itni desperate thi mujhe jaan ne ke liye haan?
I was sure he had winked!
"Oh don't give yourself too much importance Mallik!"
I was totally shocked! Could it really be him? The guy with whom I spent my college days with and the guy with whom I fell in love with? Why was he here? What did he want?
"Well I wouldn't have if you wouldn't stop staring at me like that Ms. Gupta!" and that brought me out of my thoughts!
"Woh…. Nahi I wasn't…." I fumbled with words…. I was trying to register the fact that HE was here!
"So still wanna shoot me?"
"Of course! You broke my French window!" I was still pissed off at him from breaking into my house!
"Ooh… So you're still the same OLD Riddhima! Gosh I missed you so much man!"
That surely melted me…
I surely had missed him too and maybe a lot more than he did but I chose to irritate him a bit!
"Why?"
"Why?" he asked confused…
"Yes Armaan… Why did you miss me?"
But what he said next was surely not what I had expected him to say!
"Coz…. Coz I LOVE you!" he stated simply….
"Hmm…. Ok…. WHAT?" I hadn't expected that of course!
"Yes Riddhima…. I am madly in love with you! Don't ask me when, how and what! It's just that I've always been in love with you but then you shifted here and we weren't in touch after that! I had no idea where you disappeared…. So I wasn't able to tell you how much I loved you then… You've heard about that saying, "Loved you once, Love you still…. Always have…. Always will? Well the same applies to me… I don't really know whether you love me or not but I had to confess! I had to tell you about my feelings…. I LOVE YOU!" he ended with a small smile…
I was shocked would be an understatement! I felt myself go numb! I could feel tears forming in my eyes…. Of course tears of joy mixed with a little bit of sadness but my happiness over-powered it!
I couldn't help it! I shifted closer to him and hugged him tight! I felt his arms on my waist, which pulled me closer to him, and I swear it felt HEAVENLY!
I realized that our face were just inches away and that made my heart do a flip-flop! I heard him say and I love you again and this time, I replied "I LOVE YOU TOO Armaan! I love you more than my life!" and FINALLY our lips met! Finally we were together!
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"This was how we confessed our feelings to each other for the first time Diya! And uske baad we got married and you know tum paida hui and our family was completed! Abb aur kuch sunna baaki hai meri choti si pyaari si baby?" I said as I pulled Diya, Armaan and my daughter's cheeks! Well she wasn't a kid! A 12 year old
"Awww…. This was surely one of the weirdest but adorable way of confessing! Hehe! Love you guys!" Diya said with eons of love filled in her sparkling blue eyes just like Armaan's!
Armaan & Riddhima: Love you too baby!
And they lived happily ever after!
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