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I don't wish to mention anything right now. Read first, the important note is in the second post.
La Mia Bella Donna
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'Love is a smoke raised with the fume of sighs;
Being purged, a fire sparkling in lovers' eyes;
Being vexed, a sea nourished with loving tears.
What is it else? A madness most discreet,
A choking gall, and a preserving sweet
Snap! I clicked before I knew. Parting the camera away from my eyes, my fingers rolled on the buttons to checkout the captured. Satisfied, I kept it back, on my neck it hung low. I rubbed my palms to produce warmth through friction and blew into them, paving the little heat I can amidst the humidly cold aura of the place. Sashaying towards the iron railing before the water valley adorned by the lush green and varied colours of blooms. My eyes wandered around and stuck on the particular board, 'Verona In Love' carved beautifully in italics. The place and the people, all were hopelessly romantic and this four day festive, you may find every common couple turning Romeo Juliet! Verona, the city of love, the place that cherished the irrevocable love of William Shakespeare's 'Romeo Juliet'. You may get such conclusions surfing through sites for the place. Trust people to make fictions a reality! Nah, not me... Fine that Shakespeare man was good but not in my beliefs. That las, Romeo, had he waited for Juliet to get up, the poor guy would have survived but the man wanted to be a legendary Devdas and now I am stuck at this place. If not for Romeo Juliet and these hopelessly overly romantic people I would have fallen more for the place. No matter what, this place I am in, I am head over heels for it. This inevitable aura, its majestic for sure, because I am under the spell. But guys, take my advice never I mean it NEVER befriend filmy chaps and best friends forever is a big no no, or you may be stuck like me at this place for their 'destination wedding'. One more thing, just run for you life if you are asked (ordered) to be the bestman. Amaya and Nakul, my best friends, ya ya the forever ones had this Verona city for their wedding although they are married with all the proper customs yet they wanted this too and this famous festival was just a cherry on the cake. But its okay, I am enjoying it!
My vision wandered around, when a sweet tinkle, a majestic melody fell into my ears grabbing my complete attention. I leaned and peeked to find the source, and it turned out to be female species or a human rather. Only the side profile was visible yet something happened. The aura of the place suddenly reduced and her ambience took over it. I leaned, peeked and jumped, yet I could only grasp a bit of her. There was a sudden curiosity verging up in me. I relaxed back failing with my attempts. The mob in between me and the lady wasn't letting me witness her.
I suddenly felt something different, something weird and I looked up and thud! I felt something strange, spellbound, awestruck and use every word in your dictionary to describe this certain emotion because I didn't knew what word I can ensemble and speak. The soothing evening breeze of Verona caressed my face as I drowned in those hazel honey brown orbitals but something disturbed that vision and it were those raven jetblack long tresses that styled in flicks covered the best part of her forehead and a bit falling on he eyes. She had a face straight out of the artists delightful vision, a vision he would wish to paint and cherish. She looked one of the Italians here yet she stood out different.
I could see a slight dent on her cheeks as she smiled slightly and looked away. A smile crept up on the curves of my lips and too looked away. Yet I kept glancing at her way, and to this strange thing, she kept looking back at me and then looking away. I saw someone whispering something to her and pointing somewhere yet her eyes were locked with mine.
The time went by and before we both could register, I was pulled by one of my fellow friend whom I didn't remember was with me. He pulled me but I kept looking back at the lady, who giggled seeing me and I badly wanted to scream at Ayaan to leave my hand and stop disturbing me. The last I saw of her was that giggling visage and before I knew even I was laughing!
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Yum! The cakes were so scrumptious! Plus point for this festival. I decided to taste the one with those chocolate layers and pushed my head forcefully while I was mentally licking off the cream on the cake platter, the cake I already gobbled up, in my mind though. For a second I wondered of my physique debating on to eat or not, but then a little won't harm, will it now? A little, somewhere the voice mocked me but I neglected. These voices can be pretty dangerous! The moment I looked up to order, I was taken aback and I felt my heartbeat missing somewhere. Something weird happened again, my breathe came out so weird, the rate, the inhale, the exhale and everything, okay guys I leave that up to you, you may know better for now I am too confused and would like to better focus on the same lady again. She smiled sweetly at me and the little piece of cake I had in my hand landed straight on my nose, the bridge to be specific, a bit of it and that's what brought me out of my reverie. A soft giggle captivated my attention and I looked to see the same Lady with a lot of heart shaped balloons, credit to the festive laughing at me pointing my nose. A napkin I saw in front of my face and I saw the same Lady offering me that piece of paper pointing to my nose, she was again the same way when she was selling cakes. I looked at the sight of her with balloons and the one selling cakes. My head tossed between the two, juggling with the images and suddenly I felt a hard blow on the back of my head and I saw Ayaan, yes this time it wasn't that Lady, he gave me a quizzical look and I looked back towards the two images and saw a brunette behind the cake counter and a small girl with balloons. What the hell just happened????
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Ayaan left me in such a way that he was about to solve a case of CBI, The same way he ran after seeing an insect while actually he was running behind the vendor who sold some XYZ thing. I scrolled and tapped on my phone when something weird happened again! I felt something down in my stomach as if someone was watching me and I instantly rotated my neck in every direction yet I was the only one on the street. I shook my head, this place was scaring me with this sudden sensations. I retrieved my gaze back on the radiation machine, my phone but after a second I felt that again. Okay now it was giving me creeps. I saw two men holding a huge mirror passing by and on an instant when I looked up, I knew now where that stare can from. Behind the turn on the lane, hid that same Lady, the Italian one, peeking from behind the walls whom I saw everywhere staring back at me with such innocence in those big honey orbitals that I felt something near my chest swooning, dancing and twirling. My eyes never left the face and I slightly turned to see her reaction and she quickly cloaked herself behind the wall. I smiled, this was something new. The game went on for a while but as the huge mirror came to an end, to my bad fortune she saw me staring at her, her eyes widened and some of her fringes falling on her eyes. I turned back completely now but she was nowhere in sight and I traced the same path. She was walking at a good distance yet in vision. She stopped, I stopped. She looked back once and probably seeing me still chasing the lane she quickened her pace and I did. There was something, something that made me follow her as if an impalpable string attached between us. The lane I turned into, she was nowhere in my vision. I moved my head back forth yet couldnt find her. I suddenly took in my surroundings, it was filled with people and realization dawned upon me , leaving me surprised, I was standing below the balcony, Juliet's balcony! What was that? I followed her and landed up here? I shook my head and was about to move when something caught my attention. On a board in italics it said :
'Did my heart ever love anyone before this moment? My eyes were liars, then, because I never saw true beauty before tonight... '
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I tossed and turned yet sleep was adamant to be away this night. I buried my face in the pillow, this Shakespeare!! Urghhh the Lady was already haunting and chasing me in my thoughts and dreams and this quote, like love? Seriously man, love? I sat up straight but why was this quote affecting me and that lady, why I mean? Like whose that lady why is she affecting me, for gods sake I don't even know her name! But she was so beautiful... Nai? Oh God save me! I slumped back, buried my face in the pillow and kicking my legs in frustration in air when Ayaan threw a pillow at me asking me to shut up and let him have some slumber, ya right, here I was at no peace and he wants to sleep, great! Friends forever huh?! Had that Shakespeare been alive I would have sued him for snatching my sleep, mental harassment would have been perfect!
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I strolled down the lane, checking out things, something worth buying or else my sister would bury me alive. Okay she isn't that bad but you know girls, okay okay chillax zip it up! I heard someone's frustrated voice, a female I guess, shopping, women and frustration, that was such an amazing joke for me! I did let out a chuckle and turned back and horror struck I shook my head, no no no..shit shit shit! Okay its bad swearing but gawwwdd!! Okay I didn't see a ghost but it was still frightening! That same lady who was now after me everywhere in my thoughts, chasing me. I did turn my head a bit to confirm but never dared to look at her, no Asad no, she isnt there, you are again imagining her. No she isnt, I chanted yet my mind was in a debate to look back or not. No Asad no! Dont look back, she and shakespeare are injurious to your health. The shopkeeper gave me a look as if there were two horns grown on my head. I smiled sheepishly yet he gave me a look. Shaking my head and thanking him, with a fake grin plastered and stuck in my face I moved ahead. Gosh! That was embarrassing. I kept walking and turned again but the Lady wasnt there by any chance. Who is she, correction what is she? Is she a human even or some spirit? Aati hai jaati hai gayab hojaati hai??? God! That's scary, a ghost behind me? Mummaaa!! Unaware of what my destiny held for me I kept looking back, trying go find one in lots, I walked into someone and before I could register I was back on ground with a weight on me. I instantly fluttered my eyes up and saw something brown staring at me. Slowly my mind registered it to be someone's eyes but my heart was playing its own games, strumming some unfathomable strings. Phir se!!! That weird thing happened again, those eyes were so deep, so soulful that could pull one just like a moth does for fire. So intense yet so innocent. A perfect mixture of the darkest and the lightest shades of brown. They seemed so familiar.. And the my mind worked at the speed that even my phone doesn't, in spite its so new! Oh no! She was the same Italian! My eyes wide in horror and immediately I got up! Italian means that girl, that girl whose a ghost, a ghost! A freaking ghost! I shut my eyes and screamed out aloud and I could hear a volume matching mine at the same pitch. I opened my eyes for a nanosecond and witnessed the ghost covering her ears, shouting with her eyes shut and jumping on the same place! Oh my God, the ghost mirrors my actions!!! Mumma and I heard my voice going even louder! I suddenly heard my voice dying. My breath falling back on my skin, the warm sensations against the cold aura. I let my eyeballs take in the sight, rotating it towards my mouth and then in front where I saw her face and downright her palm covering my mouth. I let my eyes do the work, resting on my favorite spot, those eyes. I am sure by now you are familiar of her eyes, because I am in no mood to describe them for they so deep that you just want to stare at them.
She blinked I blinked. I felt that warmth under those fingertips as they loosened and a second later she stepped back bringing me out of my trance. She looked in daze and shook her head, why? Was she experiencing the same thing I did? My eyes wandered around us and saw a few people gathered around us. Crowd, for what? A moment of rewinding, I think would suffice. Me, her and the crowd, staring session and even earlier... Ghost! Yes the lady is a ghost.
'Bhoot! Ghost! Bhoot bhooot!'
I screamed shouting my lungs out. I saw the ghost holding her head shaking it with utmost frustration. I pointed at her screaming.
' Shut up! Just just shut up!'
I heard her and I stopped, it was the first time I heard her voice, yes the laughter is still clear in my head and heart yet this was the first time she spoke in words yet it wasn't much sweet I mean she was screaming. I yelled in my head and then continued my job and I saw her moving her fingers towards my neck, that one would do if you want to strangle someone.
' Look! She wishes to strangle me, the ghost!'
I yelled and she slapped her forehead with her palm.
'Will you stay quiet, for a minute?!'
I shook my head and she glared me that for her fortune quietened me. She looked up and sighed, probably thanking God, woah! Devils too believe in God? She looked too good to be a ghost yet we know for a fact, that looks are deceptive, aren't they? I saw her murmuring something to the crowd. I launched my feet forward and tried eavesdropping but she spoke some really weird words, that were too good to be understood. I gave up and stood there receiving weird looks from the mob who further dispersed. Oh no I was alone with this utterly beautiful ghost!
'Are are! Kaha jaa rahe ho? Mardalegi mujhe yeh, kaccha chaba jaegi...'
I screamed but I saw her rushing towards me, holding my forearm and dragging me until we reached a secluded corner. Oh no khopche me maregi?
'Bachao bachao'
I screamed for my dear life, my end was near.
'Shut up!!'
She screamed and I stopped.
'What the hell is your problem dude? For God's sake I am not a ghost!'
She screamed and I stopped. The beautiful ghost looked at me.
'Then how come you disappeared very now and then?'
'When did I disappear?'
'When you were staring at me! And why were you even staring at me?'
She went quiet for a moment and looked back at me and I was a goner then. She certainly had a magic in her that every time casted a spell on me.
'Don't you know?'
I looked at her as she whispered. Did I knew what it was? The emotions her eyes said, her look her language said, was I familiar to? I kept staring at her and slowly she stepped back and then turned around. An instant smile appeared on my face, a sly and small one.
'Juliet!'
I called out to her. Come on I am yet to know her name. But wait! Juliet? Like seriously? But I bet she is prettier than Juliet, she had an untamed aura and ambience that would pull you. To my utter luck she stopped and slightly turned. I slided my hands in my pocket.
'Are you sure, you aren't a ghost?'
I asked an saw her smile growing wider. She shook her head and bit her lips.
'Then I would like to confess something!'
I walked towards her and by now she completely turned back.
'Umm yes?'
I neared her and stopped whispering in a tone audible to her.
'Sei cosi bello...'
(You are beautiful)
She looked at me and I flicked her nose with my index finger and moved ahead. The smile never disappearing from my face. There was something so sudden, so immense in me that the curve never dared to leave my the stretch of my lips.
'Romeo!'
Her voice fell into my ears. I chuckled, Romeo? I turned slightly and saw her smiling. I raised my brows, she smiled a huge one and was about to speak, but stopped suddenly. She gazed up at me for a fraction of seconds and then looked away chuckling. She shook her head and waved me through fingers before disappearing back into the daze of the dawning twilight. The fog of the verging eve had her disappear through the mist yet it left me in an utter haze when the board in front of me read :
'When I saw you I fell in love and you smiled because you knew'
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