*A FairyTale Ending* - SaJan Story - Page 21

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Paris was gorgeous. I wouldn't use that adjective for any other city in the world. It was so peaceful and people around here were full of sweetness and love. No wonder its called the city of love. The beautiful gardens here make every walk memorable and the shopping is just crazy. You get an urge to buy everything you see. It's been 3 days in Paris and I am already loving it. I have been detached from my life in Dubai completely. I only speak to my mother at night, but otherwise, no one. Though, Dia is in touch with everyone and she keeps telling me what they're up to, but I mostly keep to myself. In these three days I have already visited the Musee d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris twice ! I am in love with that museum. I just love to stare at this particular painting. Its called "quivoque" I could go on and on looking at it. I think it describes my situation the best. It means "Ambiguous" The painting is abstract. That's my life now, I don't know who I want in my life or out of my life. I don't know whether I even have a life. I think its gorgeous. But sadly, you can't buy paintings from museums...

I found myself retracing my steps to that painting again today. Dia didn't want to accompany me, she was bored of coming to this place everyday. She hated it here. So we decided to meet up at the mall after I came here. I felt peaceful here. This was my spot. No one else ever stopped by to look at that painting. And I just stood there lost in my own world analysing my life. In these three days I had realised one thing for sure, no matter how much I try I cannot stop thinking about Samrat. I just can't. He has become an inseparable part of my life and now its just impossible to let go of him. I guess, however complicated it may be this friendship will never end. Maybe I don't speak to him enough but I will never be able to flush him out of my life. In these three days I have become very secretive and I have closed out everyone who I love. I feel more comfortable when I am alone.. When I am here.. Looking at this—"What a beauty, ain't it?" A voice came from behind me, breaking right through my train of thoughts. I turned around to see a man standing in a black suit with expensive looking shoes and a very handsome face. Yes, That is all that I noticed at the first glance. I nodded and taking it as an opportunity to show off my French I started, "Il est en effet l'un des meilleurs" (It is indeed one of the best). He had a soft smile on his lips and he replied, "Il est un de mes prfrs" (It is one of my favourites). "Le mien aussi" (mine too) I said. Somewhere we made a connection. It was like I wanted to know more about this mysterious man who had just walked up to me. "So are you from India?" he asked. "I am Indian, but I stay in Dubai. How did you know?" I asked and then politely added, "Don't tell me my accent wasn't good enough!" He laughed a little and then said, "No, it was your face that gave away. Indians have very beautiful faces." He said in a French accent. "You're French is impeccable" he added. For some reason I blushed. Then I smiled and introduced myself, "I am Gunjan." "Louis" he said in return. I liked that name. "I have been gathering courage to talk to you for an hour now, I have not seen many people gaze at this painting for as long as you do." He said. I blushed once again. "So do you come here often?" I asked. "Whenever I visit Paris, yes." "Oh, so you are from?" "Monaco" he said. I smiled. "So you are here for business?" He nodded. Suddenly a man came from behind him and whispered something in his ear, I couldn't catch the whole thing but I did hear the word, "Grimaldi". I had read about them somewhere. They were the royal family of Monaco. But what was this man telling him? Was he.. Louis.. Grimaldi? "I have to leave Gunjan, it was very nice meeting you, maybe we could meet up.. for.. coffee?" he said and flashed a smile at me. He was obviously taking his chances with me. Well, since this holiday was to try something new I agreed. Ok, not only that.. I liked him! "Sure" and we exchanged phone numbers. He smiled and left with a simple goodbye and I smiled back. There was this excitement inside me to know him more. He seemed like a gentleman. Could he be my dream man? It was too early to tell, but if he was a Grimaldi, then this was surely destiny!

I had to meet Dia at the mall and I was already half an hour late. My mood was much better than it had been this morning as I caught a taxi and left for the Mall. Dia had an exasperated look on her face, but I was extremely happy. Her expressions changed looking at my face. "Are you okay?" she asked. My smile widened, "ofcourse! Why would you ask?" "You look happier than usual!" "Oh That!" it brought a blush on my face again. I don't think I have been in such a good mood for ages! "I met someone today, staring at the same painting as me.." I said thinking about Louis, his fine language and handsome face. "Oh my god! Wow. I am so happy you finally found someone!" she said winking. I had to shop now. He had invited me for coffee and I wanted to get some dresses. I hadn't got too many dresses because I didn't really think this trip would be that great or anything. I couldn't stop thinking about him. His words. His smile. Everything. It was like an instant attraction. When you meet someone and immediately you crush on them. Dia and I ransacked the stores and I picked some dresses and so did Dia. We had a gala time shopping together because that is the only thing we both can do all day long without getting bored!

That evening I waited for Louis to call. We were chilling in the room trying out the dresses we had bought and keeping all the new clothes in the cupboard when my phone rang. I jumped up from the bed and with an elated heart I picked up my phone to see who was calling. It was Samrat. For one second I was disappointed. But I decided to pick up anyway. "Hi" I said in a whisper. Dia looked at me anticipating who the caller was. Ofcourse even she had thought it would be Louis.. but.. I shook my head. She sighed and got back to what she was doing. "Hey! How are you?" he asked. "I'm, I'm fine. Loving Paris actually, you tell me?" There was some weird feeling. It was as if we were strangers again. I would do anything to avoid this call right now. "I am ok too..." he said. That was followed by complete silence on both ends. I could hear benji in the background whispering something. That was weird, "So... um.. whatsup?" he asked. "No-nothing. We just came back after shopping.. so.." "You must be tired, we can talk later..!" he said trying to end the conversation. That made me suspicious. Was he alright? Why would he call. I mean we haven't even spoken for so long. "Samrat? You're fine right? Did you call to tell me something?" I asked. There was no answer on the other end. So I said again, "Hello?" "Oh yeah.. Gunjan.. I.. I wanted.." and then it happened, Louis was calling. His call was on wait. I .. I didn't know what to do. While Samrat stuttered to speak I wanted to answer Louis's call, and at the same time I wanted to know what Samrat wanted to tell me. Ah! Why was this becoming so tough. Then I decided, "Umm.. Samrat, Can I call you after a minute.. Something.. Um.. Someone.. Something just came up!" I said not being able to decide what to tell him. I was just excited because for a change something good was happening to me. "Oh, ok.. Bye, take care!" he said. "Bye.." I said and instantly answered Louis' call. But by then he had disconnected the line. I called back. "Hello" I said. "Hi, Did I disturb you?" he said in his cute French accent. "Ofcourse not, was just talking to a friend." I replied. "Oh, So Gunjan, Would you like to.. um.. I know this is weird, but would you like to meet up for breakfast tomorrow?" I was silent for a few seconds. Um, Breakfast? Which guy calls a girl to have breakfast on their first date?! Or did he not think it was one. Was I over reacting? But he totally seemed to be flirting with me yesterday. "Umm.. yes, sure" I replied anyway. Now I have to think of something appropriate to wear for breakfast! "Good, so I will pick you up at 10 tomorrow!" he said. I agreed.

Atleast he called. I thought to make myself feel better. Breakfast wasn't my idea of a perfect date. Well, I guess he's not my dream man after all. I just got too excited too fast. The perfect man for me would know what I love, and would love the same things. We would have similar likes and dislikes ofcourse. "What happened? It was Louis right?" I nodded. "You have to help me pick a dress!" "He asked you OUT!" she asked looking as happy as ever. "For breakfast!" I stated. Her lips twitched and she was on the verge of laughing but she controlled. "What? Really.. What an immature fellow." She said. "Mayank had taken me out for such a romantic date. Breakfast sounds so boring and sleepy!" she said. I agreed with her. I was grumpy now. I didn't want to go for breakfast, why would I even get up so early. I was on holiday. "Should I call and reschedule?" I asked. "Umm, I don't know, do you want to? Maybe he isn't free after that.. do you want to give him a shot?" she asked. "Arghh.. I don't know. Breakfast is not my type. But I think, maybe I should just go this one time.." I said.

The next morning, Dia picked out a perfect dress for me. It wasn't too blingy it wasn't too subtle. It was just made for breakfast. That thought made me giggle a little. It was beige and had a very summerish effect of yellow with a little red. I liked it. I wore my stilettos with it and got ready. A limousine was waiting outside at 10 o'clock sharp. Wow. He was rich. Check. He still had to do alot more than this to impress me..

I walked up to the car and instead of Louis there was a driver waiting. What The Hell. Now this was totally pissing me off. He didn't even come to pick me up. "Sir envoie ses excuses pour ne pas tre ici aujourd'hui, il sera vous attend la maison" (Maam, Sir sends his apologies for not being here today, but he is waiting for you at the Mansion..) I nodded. He was not just rich, very rich. He stayed in Monaco but had a Bungalow here. And then it struck?! What was that? We are having breakfast at his house? Was he going to make me meet his parents on our first date or something. Or was he still a kid who wasn't allowed to go out. God! This wasn't going how I had planned it. I felt like going back and cancelling our date but I was already in the car and we were driving to his house now. What else could go wrong. Maybe he is just rich. I don't think he has any other qualities.

We stopped by a real looking mansion. My thoughts were running faster than my heart beat. Could he actually be the Prince Of Monaco? A Grimaldi? Or maybe he was related to the Grimaldi's?! He had Limousine after limousine lined up in front of that house. A servant opened the door and politely told me that Louis was waiting in the backyard. Another servant guided me to the backyard.

I was taken aback when I entered the backyard. It was decorated with flowers and there he stood making breakfast. Oh My God. I took back everything I had said till now. He sure knew how to impress me. Another quality I always looked for in my dream man. Check. He walked over to me saying, "I am so sorry Gunjan, I wanted to make breakfast so I couldn't come to receive you myself." I shook my head. It couldn't be better. "Its perfectly fine.." I whispered. I couldn't believe that a man would do that for me on the very first date. This had just proved that no matter what, he did think I was special. Check again.

He offered his hand and I took it. He kissed my hand and like a gentleman pulled the chair for me and then sat in his chair. This was just like a fairytale and I was beginning to believe in God again. He had done this. All this, for me. "Allons-nous commencer?" (Shall we begin) "Bien sur" (Ofcourse) I replied. It was fun talking in French with him. I loved it. He had made Hamburger for me, with cheese and lettuce. He served everything and then we started to eat. My mouth was salivating looking at that Burger. It was special. Really special. "Gunjan, I hope you like it" he said in his accent. I am so obsessed with his accent. I love his cute French accent in which he spoke English. It was just adorable and I can guarantee that any lady would fall for him just by his accent. "I love it" I said after taking a huge bite. He chuckled looking at me hog the food. There was Juice for us and apple pie. "I know, this isn't the perfect meal where I should have taken you but I was busy in the evening and I didn't want to wait. So I decided to make it a breakfast date.." he said trying to read my expressions. There. He had said it. It was a date. "Louis, please, this is the best date I have ever been to, in my life. No one has ever done so much on the very first date. Thank you!" I said. I meant every word I had just uttered. He had surely touched my heart.

"You know what I think, I think I haven't done enough for someone as special as you..." he said making me turn dark red. He slowly and carefully placed his hand on mine, "Gunjan, I really like you, and believe it or not, those two days when I saw you staring at that painting, I was looking at you and thinking, where has she been all my life" he said laughing a little and then added, "I even muttered those exact words." I smiled. "I have never seen someone as gorgeous as you, and someone with such a clean heart. I think this is fate, that I met you in the city of Love..." he said. All I knew was that he had made me happy. I was so upset all this time and he had brought that smile on my face. He had made me forget everything. All I could think about was him. I wanted to tell him so much, but I couldn't find the right words. "Shall we?" he asked holding his hand out. Probably he thought I didn't think the same way. But I did. I wanted to give this a real shot. I wanted to make this work. Somehow I felt that our hearts connected. I held his hands as we got up to move. "I like you too Louis," I said, finally finding something to say, "Its been a very long time since I have been so happy. You are the reason why I am smiling.." I confessed.

Louis walked me till the car. It was already 1, I had barely realised. "Gunjan, I have a confession to make.." he said. I looked at him expecting some big truth about him. "I haven't been completely honest to you about myself, I wanted to be sure where we stand before I could tell you." He said. He held my hand and then continued, "Gunjan, I am Prince Louis II Of Monaco, and I am going to be inheriting my father's title since I am the only son.." he said. My eyes widened. I could not believe my ears. This was a real fairytale. I was the poor girl and this was my prince charming. I remembered the description of my Prince Charming -- A person who is independent, not too proud and not one who thinks he's superior, he should be handsome but also honest, someone true to me, someone true to himself, who would love me & treat me like a princess, who would be nothing less than a prince himself and who would always be near me, morning, day or night. It matched Louis so perfectly that I was in awe. Could this really happen? Had I just met my life partner. I always thought that I would recognise my dream man the minute he came before my eyes. I think this is it. This is him. He has all the qualities I ever looked for in a man. I had no words and Louis was just staring at me wondering if I had lost my tongue. "I..I.." I stammered not knowing what I was supposed to say. "Are you scared?" he asked softly. Scared? Yes, maybe I was a little scared, but more than that, I was nervous, I didn't want to mess this relationship up. "I don't know Louis, this is a really big thing for me to digest at once.." I said. I was confused. I was happy but I wasn't ecstatic like I should have been. After he mentioned it I realised that I was scared. "I know, I can understand, and I respect your decision whatever it is. Think about it, and maybe we could meet over dinner tomorrow, like an actual date?" he asked. I nodded.

As I entered our room, I went and hugged Dia. She was astonished. "I thought you wouldn't enjoy at all.. but it seems like you had a great time.." "Diaaa you have no idea. No idea at all.." I said. "You won't believe it, I found him, I found the right person for me, I found my prince.." I said. She looked confused. "What? What prince? And in one date you figured out everything about him...?" she asked. "I know its fast. I know that I barely know him. But he is the man. He fits into every description of my prince.." I said. "Really? How is that?" she asked. "He is Prince Louis II of Monaco, and just now I had breakfast with a Prince, and Louis had made breakfast himself! Which prince would ever do that?" "NO WAAAY!" Dia shrieked. "Are you serious? A Prince! He.. he made breakfast.. if I was a princess I would buy expensive gifts for the love of my life not make breakfast!! He seems totally down to earth.. I can't believe it Gunjan. I still can't believe he fits all your descriptions!" Dia said with her eyes bulging out as if she was in shock. "You have to meet him, you have to!" I said. "Yes, ofcourse I will!" she said.

After a while when my excitement had lessened she told me that Samrat had called when I wasn't there. I were supposed to call him back yesterday.. Shit how did I forget? I am sure it must have been important. He wanted to tell me something and I didn't listen to him. I decided to call him. He picked up instantly, "Hey!" I said. "Hi, you remembered to call back soon enough!" he commented sarcastically. "Yeah yeah, sorry. I forgot, but atleast I don't go to sleep while someone is talking..!" I replied bluntly. He chuckled a little and then said, "So, what did you want to tell me yesterday?" I asked. "Umm.. nothing, nothing much. So when are you'll coming back?" he asked. "In a week, but don't change the subject! What did you want to tell me? And how are Suhaani and Radhika Aunty?" I asked. "Uhh, Gunjan.. Actually, they couldn't come this summer. Suhani had exams and Mom didn't want to leave her alone in US so only dad's here, even he'll be going in 4-5 days.." he said. "Why don't you go over?" I asked. "I don't know, I don't really feel like and plus we're preparing for graduation here." Samrat said. "Oh yeah.." Thinking about college just killed my mood. I ignored that thought. I started thinking if I should tell Samrat about Louis, but then something happened and .. um.. I thought maybe I should tell him once I am sure what this relationship means to me.. Its happening too fast for me to realise and "Hello??" Samrat said on the other line. "Sorry.." I said. "What happened?" "Nothing, Was just thinking about going back to college..." I said. Silence again. "Anyway, come back soon. See you!" he said. "Yea, See you. Bye"

I couldn't sleep at night. I was just thinking of how stupid I was. I met him yesterday and today I think he is my dream man. How is that even possible? Its just too fast. For all I knew Louis could be lying. No, he wouldn't do that. Why would he? I have to give him more time. I have to take this really slow. Its happening too fast. I need to analyse first. But what if this is destiny? If I wouldn't have had a fight with Samrat maybe I would have never liked the painting as much as I do. I would have never met Louis in the first place and we would never have this connection which we share. Could all this be planned for me? Was this my fate that led me to Louis? Was this all done so that I would meet him? I didn't know. But this couldn't happen so fast. I needed to slow our relationship down...

The next day, Dia and I met Louis for lunch. He took us to one of the best places, ofcourse. He had made all arrangements to impress Dia too. He wanted everyone I cared about to like him, rather approve of him. Seeing his try so hard to like me made me feel overwhelmed. I didn't know how to respond when Louis started asking me about my family and how it would be great if they were here too. He had really started to scare me. I was trying to slow things down and he was making it go ten times faster. I just smiled at whatever he was saying. "So Louis, what about your family, tell me about it.." I asked. "Umm.. I have a younger sister and my mother and father. Thats all. Our family isn't very big..." he replied. Our lunch was pretty quiet because Dia was there and Louis spoke seldom in front of her. Dia realising that she was intruding, she told them that she was done, so she would have a look around by the time we finish. I couldn't help but agree. As she left Louis asked, "So till when are you here?" "For a week." I replied. He nodded. "And you?" "I will be going back in 3 days." Great. So I just had 3 days to figure out whether this was real or just an attraction?! That wasn't enough time. I didn't know what to do. Why does EVERYTHING in my life happen so fast. I know time doesn't wait for anyone, but here my life doesn't wait for the right time, it just gushes as fast as possible, like it wants to reach the end as soon as possible. We talked a little more about ourselves, about our relationship. And Louis was the one who brought it up that we should take our relationship slowly. That made me relax and then I could freely talk to him about things. He told me that Dia and I should come with him to Monaco and spend our remaining days there. He said Monaco was a beautiful city and that we would feel like we're home. I told him that would ask Dia and tell him. Ofcourse I would love to go to Monaco, but I had to ask Dia. It would give me some more time to think about everything. My mind screamed every instant that Louis was the right man and my heart nervously begged for time.

"Monaco?" Dia asked once we were back at the hotel. "Yes, he invited me.. us.." I said. "Look, I don't know Gunjan, do you want to go?" she asked. "Dia, its not my decision to make. Are you willing to go?" I asked. I wanted her to be comfortable. "If this is important to you, then I have no problem, but... are you sure you want to go ahead with this?" she asked. I was confused, why was she speaking in such an unsure tone? "You like Louis right?" "He was okay, didn't talk too much, so I can't judge. But you like him, so I guess we can go!" she said. "Ok, so I'll tell him!" I replied. "And we'll get nice princess treatments!" Dia said seeing the bright side of going to Monaco. When I told Louis about this he was delighted. He started to tell me all the places we could visit together and how happy his mother would be to have us there since he had told her so much about me. He also told me that his sister was very excited to meet me. He told me that this meant alot to him and if it did mean so much to him then I was more than happy to go.