Warning: Its not my best piece of work and im not very happy with it but i still posted it as i wrote it ages ago The beginning is not very good. Please leave comments at the end.
OS- Yaadein
Gazing out a window stood a middle aged woman. She could see a young couple in love, teasing each other and laughing outside. The boy was continually tickling her and she was squealing, laughing and telling him to let her go. He picked her up and twirled her around. She pretended to be angry so he got a rose and knelt down on the floor and handed it to her. The girl smiled and made him get up as they stood there in an embrace.
The woman smiled and thought back to the time when she was in college.
"Heer, get up!" Teji yelled from the kitchen. "You're getting late for college!"
Teji sighed. It was the same thing that happened every day and today was no different. She filled her jug up with water and headed towards Heer's room.
"Heer, I'm warning you, get up now or you know what will happen..." Teji warned.
"Ma please, let me sleep!!
"5...4... 3...2...1..."SPLASH!! Teji emptied the jug on Heer's head and Heer woke up with a shock.
"Maa! I was having such a good dream, you just ruined it now" Heer said with a pout.
"Oh, so you don't want to go to college but want to dream all day. Fine do as you please" Teji said and walked out of the room.
Heer thought about her dream and smiled shyly as her dream was about her love, Prem. Heer blushed and got of bed.
Heer quickly got changed and had a hard time choosing what to wear. She wanted to be noticed by Prem and make herself look good.
She chose to wear a simple top and jeans and grabbed her bag as she was getting late.
It was chemistry first and Heer got there just on time. Prem was already seated there so Heer fidgeted with her hair to make it look right and casually walked in.
All through the lesson Heer's eyes were on Prem and his deep brown chocolaty eyes and his huge million dollar smile. She couldn't help but smile but quickly jumped out of shock as she felt someone tap her shoulder.
"Miss Heer Maan, were you paying any attention to what I was saying?" asked the teacher.
"Yes, Ma'am" Heer replied.
"Then stop gawping at others and get on with the experiment. Find a partner and start".
"Yes Ma'am "Heer replied and went off to find her partner.
"Come on Heer, I've got all the equipment sorted out" called Prem.
Prem and Heer had been friends for a while now and had been together through thick and thin. When Heer had first joined the college then Prem had helped her and since then they had been the best of friends.
Over the years, Heer had developed a feeling for Prem, something more than friendship but she didn't have the courage to tell him, thinking that something may happen to their friendship and she didn't want to lose it.
"Let's have a bit of fun with this experiment now" said Prem with a smirk on his face. He poured too much of a chemical into the mixture creating a loud BANG that deafened everyone for a moment. Heer got scared so she clung onto Prem and then she realized what she was doing. She was clinging onto his shirt and hugging him really tightly and he was actually hugging her back!!
Even though Heer knew that everything was fine now, she didn't want to let him go and just wanted to inhale the sweet smell of his aftershave. But she had to let go when she heard the teacher screaming at the top of her lungs.
"PREM AND HEER GET OUT OF MY CLASS NOW!!!" she yelled. Prem and Heer just ran out laughing.
A few months later, the time at college was ending and the talks about the prom had started. Everyone was really excited and were busy finding their partners to go with them. Heer hadn't found someone to go to with yet and she was sitting with a book in the library, quite dejected when Prem came and sat by her side.
"Have you found someone to go with yet?" asked Prem.
"No!" she replied with a scowl, "Unfortunately i'm not as popular as you" she said while pulling her tongue at him.
Prem smirked."Well, to be honest, I don't actually have a date". He studied her surprised face and then spoke.
"I mean we could go together, It will be fun, I mean if you want to that is" he asked awkwardly.
Heer was surprised but for some reason she was jumping with joy from the inside.
Heer came out of her trance and smiled as the wonderful memories came rushing back to her. Soon her smile faded and she made her way towards her closet. She opened it and her gaze fell upon the prom dress that she had worn on the last of college. She hesitated to touch it. It was an elegant red, full length, strapless dress that had fitted her curves perfectly. It had a small design made of silver beads near the top. It was simple but graceful, just as she had wanted it.
Her mind raced back to the night of the prom. Heer was determined that she would tell Prem her feelings today as she might not get such a chance again. Prem had come to pick her up and he was dressed in a black suit, looking really smart. Heer couldn't help but admire him.
Prem couldn't help but stare at her. "You look really beautiful, Heer" he said.
"You don't look too bad yourself" she replied.
They arrived at the gigantic hall filled with red and black decorations to fit with the theme. It was an amazing sight and everyone was present and enjoying themselves.
The music was playing and everyone was dancing along. Prem asked Heer for a dance and she was more than happy to do so. It was a slow and romantic song with a gentle rhythm. Prem and Heer swayed to the music. Prem's hand was on Heer's waist and Heer's hand was on Prem's shoulder. Prem's hand moved down Heer's back making her shiver and she looked up at him to see that he his eyes were already fixed on her. When the song had finished, both were standing really close to each other and Heer could feel Prem's breath on her neck. Prem couldn't help but admire her red cheeks, he had developed feelings for her a while ago but never showed them as he was afraid that he might lose her, but today he wouldn't stop and it would have to be now or never.
He held Heer's hand and led her outside into the night sky. The stars were shining brightly and the atmosphere was quiet. "It look so beautiful" admired Heer. "Yes it does" he replied but not as beautiful as you". Heer was amazed at his actions, "Since when have you started to compliment me so much." She laughed.
"I don't know, maybe since I've met you. You were really different and I got attracted to you. Your smile was so sweet and your cute antics just made me fall for you". Heer couldn't believe her ears, was Prem actually saying this or was she hallucinating things again?
"What?" replied Heer, making sure that she was hearing correctly.
Prem swallowed. "I don't want this to affect our friendship. I'm sorry..."
Heer couldn't believe that he had really said that, she ran and hugged him. "I always liked you too but I thought that you might not feel that way and I didn't want to ruin our friendship but I really wanted to tell you today but you already did".
"I love you Heer" said Prem
"I love you too" said Heer.
Their hug loosened after a few a minutes and Prem inched closer to Heer's face making her blush again. He captured her lips in a kiss and Heer roamed her hands through his hair and his hands on her back. After a few minutes they parted and Heer was blushing as hard as ever. They had held hands and spent some more time together before he dropped her off home.
Several months had passed and everything was fine until one day Prem came to meet Heer looking really worried. His mother was really ill in India and he had to go immediately to meet her and he didn't know when he would be back. Heer was really upset but she knew that he had to go and tried to console herself.
Days had turned into weeks and weeks had turned into months and months had turned into years but Prem didn't return. Heer had broken from inside and always had a hope that he would return but he never did. Heer's mother had found a suitable groom for her and this time Heer didn't reject the proposal because she thought that she had to move on. In the following months she had got married to Preet Sharma and he was a very nice person. He had loved her a lot and she was happy with her life, she couldn't refuse that but occasionally she did remember Prem no matter how hard she tried to erase his memories.
Heer sighed as she placed the dress back inside the cupboard and headed out of the room as she heard her children Aryan and Arushi enter the house after their day at college.