zaya os someone like you

Hello everyone... I was listening to Adele's bestest of best songs... " Someone Like You " and this idea crossed my mind. And I just had to write it down and in two hours straight.. this os was complete.

This os may not have any fairytale cheesy ending but it's all about the reality of life 😕 . This is what happens around and with most of real love stories. Ok... enough of my blabbering. Please like and comment after reading this os and please dont kill me if you get too much upset. Anyway...🤢 jute-chappals or flowers😳 are welcome...

Forgive the mistakes pls.. its not rechecked.

Someone Like You

Sitting in the comfy sit, aaliya closed her eyes waiting for the tenth time in last hour to try and get some sleep. But the excitement to see him after so long was so huge that she couldnt do that.

The air hostess walked across the aisle after making sure that everyone had their blankets and their needs were fulfilled.

Aaliya stared at the cloud outside, nothing other than the foggy outside could be seen. It would be only when the plane would landing, she could finally see her own country INDIA.. after so long.

Six long years had passed by like a blink. And it was before three years, she heard that... that he got married. Zain... he was happily married.

I heard that you're settled down

That you found a girl and you're married now

I heard that your dreams came true

Guess she gave you things I didn't give to you

Back there in san francisco, it felt so odd... a cruel joke of fate when she heard it through a phone conversation with one of her old college friend. But it had to happen someday, it was inevitable. She knew that one day he would move on but the fact that it really had happened was like a shock. And when she recovered from the first blow of shock of this sudden news, it was after a few days that it sank in into her.. the reality. That he was now legally and soulfully commmited to someone, he loved someone else, that he had settled down and maybe had forgotten about her.

Aaliya with her luggage finally made it to the awating car outside airport, after that nerve wrecking air travel she felt sick into her stomach. Or was it the terror of the thing she was getting herself into, of seeing the man once she loved with her whole heart married to some other woman.

After getting freshed in the hotel and a short encounter with the media, aaliya in her decent party attire again sat herself into the car. The media ran behind to catch the international tennis star... to get a glimpse of her. While she loved this attention from the world... at the same time she hated it too. It was a mixed, confusing feeling.

Aaliya entered the party hall to finally see him.. maybe one last time. And as she made way through the crowd of people to the front...

She finally saw him. There he was.. zain.. his hand upon that beautiful womans hand as they cut the cake together, it was their third marriage anniversary. Aaliya kept her face passive and tried to form her lips into a casual smile.. when she was crying inside. Zain looked so happy, there was a twinkle in his eyes of love.. for that woman.

Zain picked up the peace of cake to feed the woman in his arms who parted her lips eagerly. It's when after they had sipped from the champagne glasses, laughing out loud at what inaudible thing his wife had said.. his eyes gazed at the people around went passed her and then like a bouncing ball came back to stop at her. His eyes widened dramatically.

Aaliya smiled and zain smiled back... but that smile of his was... nervous.. embarrassed ?? He looked at his wife wearily and never lifted his eyes up towards her.

Old friend, why are you so shy?

Ain't like you to hold back or hide from the light

Aaliya shuddered. Did he thought that she was here to inform his wife about their affair, no.. it was not just an affair... it was pure and once in a lifetime they shared. But it strangely was now feeling like that... it was one-sided.. maybe.

As zain kept avoiding to look at her in the next half an hour, aaliya felt her heart twist.

I hate to turn up out of the blue, uninvited

But I couldn't stay away, I couldn't fight it

I had hoped you'd see my face and that you'd be reminded

That for me, it isn't over

Then she started questioning her sudden decision to turn up here. But she had to, she had to see him... to see his happiness.. to see him with his wife maybe one last time. She just had to have a glimpse into those dark.. gorgeous eyes once again, one last time. She wished to see recognision and maybe even a tiny bit of that past love they sahred. But it was only awkwardness and embarrassment she was rewarded with. She knew she was a outsider here but she felt like an absolute alien now.

Why he couldnt see that she wasn't here to make a mess. She just wanted to wish him... congratulate him on his.. on their day.

Never mind, I'll find someone like you

I wish nothing but the best for you, too

Don't forget me, I beg, I remember you said

Sometimes it lasts in love, but sometimes it hurts instead

Sometimes it lasts in love, but sometimes it hurts instead

Zain and aaliya... they were childhood friends, highschool sweethearts and then love birds throughout their college life and also a couple of years after that followed. It was when they had to choose their career and hold hands of their seperate dreams, zain started a small business and aaliya left country to fulfill her dreams to train herself and fulfill her dreams into the international tennis world.

You know how the time flies

Only yesterday was the time of our lives

We were born and raised in a summer haze

Bound by the surprise of our glory days

Their inseperable relationship since childhood suddenly turned upside down. And the next moment they found themselves into a long distance relationship. It was no ones fault that this distance gradually dragged and tore their bond apart. Long tiring days made the regular phone calls and online chats... just obligations.

Who knew... out of sight means out of mind... out of heart too. But not from her heart, it was zain who slowly started the ignoring game. She felt like a fool later that she didnt notice it before. Or was she too adament to not agree it to herself ?? It was when zain said on phone that he couldnt do it anymore and also a lot of things... a bundle of complains and that it is over. And the pain that followed... the tears that were flowed... aaliya didnt want to recall the heartbreak and go to that hell hole again.

It might be over for him but her... she was still stuck. Everytime she would go on a date with someone, it was only zain whose face he would see. She would compare those every man with zain.

I hate to turn up out of the blue, uninvited

But I couldn't stay away, I couldn't fight it

I had hoped you'd see my face and that you'd be reminded

That for me, it isn't over

And she knew that she was self destructing. Time doesnt wait for anyone and it was unfair to stay stuck in the same place for the rest of her life. She had to move on.. like zain did. Because at the end of the day... life goes on.

Maybe one day.. maybe soon after this trip ended.. she would find someone else... someone like zain. No no no... she slapped herself mentally, scolded herself for the millionth time... stop thinking about him.. stop searching him in everyone.

But if it were that easy.

Never mind, I'll find someone like you

I wish nothing but the best for you, too

Don't forget me, I beg, I remember you said

Sometimes it lasts in love, but sometimes it hurts instead, yeah

Aaliya sipped on the chianti wine, the woodsy taste heaven blasted in her tongue but she was destructed from her thoughts by a familiar voice calling her from behind. And the way he took her name, it was like they time travelled in the past. Like the years apart from each other had been just a dream.

Aaliya didn't turn around, her back was facing him.. she stared blankly infront as the only movement was her hand trembling a little making the wine to waver slightly.

He called again... in that childhood pet name he gave her, when they were the bestest of friends.

Aaliya breathed in a long gush of air and turned around. Her voice composed, result of being a confident celebrity for years.

For the first time that evening, a genuine smile broke onto his lips. He sighed...

Zain placed his own wine glass on an empty table beside. Looking sideways aaliya saw his wife engrossed in a smiley conversation with a few people, the ease and humour in their face made her assume that all of them must be friends or cousins.

Zain smiled.. looked down at the floor in a thoughtful way and then lifted his head to look at her.

Aaliya smirked in a sad.. unbelieving way. Zain paid force upon his words again..

Aaliya stated feeling the need to clarify her intentions.

Zain leaned back againt the pillar behind him, they were standing close but at a decent distance.

It was as if zain wasn't asking aaliya, he was asking himself. Aaliya too answered dazed away a little...

Years of fog were as if clearing slowly and they knew both that they needed this matured conversation... this clarification.

Zain said this looking at his wife across the room, aaliya followed his gaze.

Nothing compares, no worries or cares

Regrets and mistakes, they're memories made

Who would have known how bittersweet this would taste?

Aaliya felt a weight lift up from her shoulders, this was what she needed. A closure... to her past. She needed to see him.. his present one last time. So that when she could return to san francisco now.. she could really move on.

Never mind, I'll find someone like you

I wish nothing but the best for you

Don't forget me, I beg, I remember you said

Sometimes it lasts in love, but sometimes it hurts instead

After she bid him and his wife adieu with a smiling face and was walking towards the exit.. leaving behind her past.. her first love, she tunred back one last time. She looked at zain not looking at her anymore, he was again engrossed in a talk with his wife which was obviously making the beautiful woman blush crazily.

She stood under the starry sky breathing in the fresh midnight air for a while. It would be easy from here on, or hurt less from now on.. would it ??

Never mind, I'll find someone like you

I wish nothing but the best for you, too

Don't forget me, I beg, I remember you said

Sometimes it lasts in love, but sometimes it hurts instead

Sometimes it lasts in love, but sometimes it hurts instead

Originally posted by: Jyo.

Painful indeed, but a beautifully written piece! Love how you incorporate the lyrics into the OS and their story. Amazing :)