Naina looked beautiful, gorgeous. She looked like Cinderella looked on the day of the Big Ball.
As she stepped down the decorated staircase, everyone looked at her, as if they had never seen her before. Alekh was there. Every beat of the heart of both Naina and Alekh felt heavy now. They were nervous, almost dead with a happy apprehension. Funny, but it was like that. You know, they were excited, yet, they were terrified. Yes, they were excited because now, they had started liking each other. They had started meeting more, in the past few days, and hence, knew each other's positive side now. Nervous because, they thought, that how would it be like to live one's life with one's biggest ex-enemy! Let's go back to the few days they spent with each other, likes and dislikes, a part of them…
"Naina!" "Yes mama?" "Bete, aren't you getting late?" "Kyun?" "Arrey! Tujhe Alekh se milne nahin jaana kya?" "Haan mama, jaana toh hai, par woh toh abhi 4 baje naa!" "Hello, Naina, kahaan reh rahi hai beta? Time pata hai kya ho raha hai? It's 4:30!" "Kya? Meri, meri, this… this STUPID watch! Par ismein toh time sirf 2 baj rahe hain!" "What? Acha chalo, now, don't waste anymore time and quickly get ready. He'll be waiting for you." "Hmmmm… Abhi jaati hoon."
(After 15 minutes)
"Bye mom, I'm going. Jaldi aa jaaongi." "Kyun? Why would you come early? Aaram se aana." "Yaya right, whatever! Bye…"
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"Hello, Alekh?" "Haan, Naina?" "Hm!" "Kahaan ho tum? I've been waiting since half-an-hour now", said Alekh, calm, yet worried! Uf! Contrasting combination! "Well, sorry, my-…" "Acha, acha. No silly excuses. Ab aa jaao. Where are you?" "Well, I'm just about to reach. Jaldi aa jaaongi. I think, I'll take another 15 minutes. "Alright. I'll be waiting for you at CCD." "Yeah, fine, I'll be there."
CCD, was a total Lovers' point. Romantic ambience, milkshakes, mocktails, guitarists playing beautiful tunes, etc., etc. Hmmmm… Must say, Alekh had chosen a BRILLIANT place! Hmmmm… You know what, I was just wondering, that Naina, who, till yesterday, couldn't even bear to talk to Alekh, and couldn't even tolerate him, today, was speaking to him so shyly, and so very politely!
Anyway, now, as it was time for them to 'properly' understand each other, they OUGHT TO behave quite politely, isn't it? Hmmmmm… I surely think so.
So, now, Naina had reached, and yes, this was REAL test for her. How would she behave, what would she say, what would she do, what all-… Uh! Enough of this nervousness, after all, it's only Alekh na! Just chill, chill, just chill! Yeah, that's right!
But still, one think, which bothered me was that, Naina was wearing a SALWAR-KAMEEZ! Shocking, isn't it? A girl, who, since her birth, hasn't ever worn anything like that, though that's another thing, that she loves wearing short kurtis,she was today wearing a suit! Ooooo! Hmmmm… Oh shit! She's reached! Ab kya hoga!
Edited by praks - 18 years ago