She woke up on the twenty-first of June, she smiled remembering the past year of her life. On this day June 21, she and her best friend had gotten married. Maan Singh Khurana her best friend since high school, was lying next to her. "Wait a minute… where is he?" Geet wondered as she looked around at their empty room. So she got up and made her way towards the kitchen. There he was, her handsome hubby, making breakfast for them. "What are you doing?" she asked. "Making my beautiful wife breakfast," he answered as he reached for her with a bottle of syrup in his hand. "Oh, no you don't!!! I'm going to take a shower!," Geet yelled as she ran away from him and his bottle of syrup. After Geet finished taking her shower, she hurried to get into her, well, Maan's favorite sari, a beautiful plum-colored sari with silver work on it with a hot blouse. As she made her way downstairs, she made sure to bring her hair to the front over her shoulder so that her hubby could see her back, that was covered only by a thin strap. "Now where is he?" As Geet walked into the kitchen she saw her breakfast on the island, but no Maan. She was about to leave the kitchen when she saw a note tucked underneath the plate with an orchid.
Meri Mishti,
You are looking beautiful in that sari. I want to make today special, but for that I have to leave you for a bit. Be back in a while. Miss me.
With all my heart and love,
Tumhara Maan
As she read the note, she became misty-eyed. Me never failed to amaze her. Even after a year of marriage, he came up with the best surprises. For example on her birthday, April 5, he had booked a yacht and took her out for a midnight swim; afterwards, they had gotten on the boat and after that …
Well, if her husband was the king of surprises then she was the queen. She had a surprise for him that was sure to make this day ever more special. Now all she had to do was wait for tonight.
It was nine o'clock, and she was still waiting for Maan. His "while" had turned into twelve hours of waiting. She was starting to get worried. Maan never went anywhere without telling her; not because she wanted to know, but because he couldn't stay away from her. As she thought of him, a smile appeared on her face. Slowly that smile turned into laughter as she felt him trying to creep up on her. As she turned around to face him, he put his hands over her…eyes, silly. "Maan, yeh kya kar rahe ho?" she said as a blindfold replaced his hands.
He carried her to his car and gently lowered her onto the passenger's seat. He came around, got in the car, and started driving. "Maan, where are we going?" "You'll know when we get there" replied Maan, finally stopping the car. Before she could say anything, Maan came around and picked her up and started walking again. While Maan was carrying Geet towards "Destination Unknown," Geet was worrying about… [Don't worry, you'll find out soon enough]. Maan started slowing down his steps; and Geet could hear the roar of the ocean, and smell the sea air.
Maan finally opened her blindfold, and led her towards the white canopy set up on the beach.
"Happy Anniversary!" "I'm pregnant." They exclaimed at the same time…
A beautiful end to a long day.
*Note*This is a condensed version. I may write the longer version later.
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