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Vibha and Parth are both reading books... Vibha resting her back against a tree, sitting on the lush green grass, with the bright rays of sunlight dissipating on them through the leaves on the branches... Parth has his head on her lap, and continues to read his book, not bothered by the sun-rays glistening on his face every now and then with the gentle breeze swaying the leaves... Vibha gets distracted by the birds chirping away...
Vibha - (closes her book and runs her fingers through his hair) Parth...
Parth - (continues to read his book) Hmm...
Vibha - Lunch ke liye kaha chale?
Parth - Hmmm
Vibha - (says in a slightly elevated tone) Parth!
Parth - Ha...
Vibha - Tumne suna bhi maine kya poocha?
Parth - Kya?
Vibha - Tum ladko ki yehi problem hai... Kabhi bhi koi baat nahi sunte... Aur tum, bas ek book mil jaye to phir tum usi main kho jate ho! (looks away from him and crosses her arms to give a blatant displeased look)
Parth - (knows how this conversation is going to end to quietly closes his book and looks at her, while slowly moving her hair away from her face, which leads her to look at him...) Okay baba, sorry... Ab bolo...
Vibha - (melts away as he caresses her face and also apologises, she gives out a faint smile) I was asking about lunch... Lekin yeh bhi theek hai!
Parth - (smiles at her) Toh phir yeh hi karte hai... Phir mat bolna ki bhookh lagi hai...
Vibha - (smiles back at him and holds his hand that was caressing her face) Theek hai... chalo
They both get up, and slowly, and just as they dust off the dirt and are about to start walking, Parth slowly moves his hand closer to her and holds her hand, and she looks up at him, smiles and interlocks her fingers and they start walking hand in hand...
As they are having lunch, Vibha starts to think how she will live a whole year away from Parth...
Vibha - I feel really sad Parth...
Parth - Don't tell me its about the same thing...
Vibha - Its not unreasonable Parth... Is saal ke baad, hum roz roz to nahi mil payenge... Tumhara college ka final year hoga, aur main shayad job, ya phir...
Parth - Maine pehle bhi kaha hai, aur ab phir se keh raha hu, ki agar humain roz bhi milna pade, toh I will make it happen...
Vibha - But its not practical Parth...
Parth - Practical or not, leave that to me...
Vibha - (instantly thinks he is so sweet and looking at the sincerity on his face, she is happy and now less worried) We will see (she gives a cheeky smile to Parth)
As they spend the last few lectures in their respective years, Vibha keeps having flashbacks of all the wonderful years they spent in college together... She looks back at how she met him for the first time in school, he was like an angry young boy, with lots of attitude and a built body... But there was something about him that separated him from the rest and for her his one moment of concern, one moment of care, one moment of kindness was enough to like him... And as time passed by, his tiniest of gestures kept making larger and larger impact on her mind, body and soul... Her heart was melting away for him and soon enough she realized that she liked him so much to not go without telling him how she felt, and deep down she knew he felt the same way...
They had been together for two years at college and now that she was about to leave, it all seemed to unnatural... It was hard to imagine not seeing him everyday and worse to think how days would pass by without seeing him... She didn't know what to do... It would be perfect to make time stand still...
As the day was about to end, and as they met, Vibha was again overthinking life after college...
Parth - Vibha...
Vibha - Hmmm
Parth - Are you trying to imitate me?
Vibha - Huh?
Parth - Never mind, kya hua?
Vibha - Nahi, kuch nahi... tum nahi samjhoge...
Parth - Come on... Sari promises jo maine kari hai, woh sab main fulfil karunga...
Vibha - I know Parth, its not that I don't trust you... but...
Parth - But what Vibha? Ab kya hua?
Vibha - Things just won't be the same...
Parth - (takes her hand in his) Woh dekho... Dubte hue suraj ko... (she looks at the setting sun) Kaise roz jate jate andhera kar jata hai... Lekin phir, har subah ke saath roshni bhi le ata hai...
Vibha - Toh?
Parth - Toh bas waise hi, main roz...
Vibha - (puts her finger on his lips) Ha, theek hai theek hai... Aur romantic mat bano...
Parth - (gives a crooked smile) Smile?
Vibha gives a faint smile and he puts his arms around her and hugs her tight, as if to never let her go... She slowly wraps her arms around him too and thinks things may not be as bad as she envisions... He then kisses her on her forehead and as they walk away hand in hand, she looks at him and smiles...
It is time for the leaving party of the final year students, a bonfire in the college gardens with food, music and dance... Vibha is reluctant to go as she wants to spend time with Parth...
Parth - Humain jana chahiye... You know how much I hate these parties, but for you, its your last party at this college...
Vibha - Lekin agar main hi nahi jana chahti, toh phir...
Parth - All your friends are going to be there, aur mujhe pata hai ki tumhe ye sab parties kitni achchi lagti hai...
Vibha - Lagti thi...
Parth - Yes, I know...
Vibha - Tumhe pata hai Parth, school ke woh sare din yaad karke mujhe bahut hi ajeeb mahsoos hota hai...
Parth - Ajeeb kyu?
Vibha - Kyunki main tumhari teacher thi... Aur main kitni badal gayi thi... Lekin phir tum mile, aur ek naye ehsas ke saath main jeene lagi...
Parth - Hmmm...
Vibha - And isn't it strange... Tab tum kitne chup chap se the, kitne mature, aur abh bhi shayad waise hi ho, lekin phir bhi, tumhari baato se, tumhare har ek gesture se mujhe himmat milti thi... Aur phir school ke baad, jab papa nahi rahe, toh tum hi ne hamari help ki... Ha Anvesh Maam ne bhi bahut kuch kiya, lekin agar tum nahi hote to aaj main is college se degree...
Parth - Lagta hai tumhari baatein khatam nahi hongi, aur waha party pata chali khatam ho gayi...
Vibha - Are, I'm being thankful to you, aur tum ho ki...
Parth - Ha, theek hai, thank you, mera matlab hai you're welcome...
Vibha - Mujhe chup karne ke liye bol rahe ho...
Parth - Nahi... (puts his arms on her shoulders and looks into her eyes) Jaisa tumne kaha, waise hi tum meri life main ek nayi roshni lekar ayi thi... You always trusted me, aur tumne hamesha mujhe samjha aur mera saath diya... You don't know how much that means to me...
Vibha - (looks at him with almost watery eyes) I love you Parth...
Parth - (smiles and cups her face) I love you too... (Vibha holds his hands) Ab chalein? (she nods and smiles)
They both get ready and head to the party... She talks with her friends while he waits in the corner, chatting with a few other guys and then staring at Vibha, wherever she goes... She keeps meeting people and then tries to steal a glimpse or two of Parth to make sure he is still around and not getting bored... After a while, there are a few students who start to play a few tunes on their guitars and people gather around to dance, Vibha joins them and then notices Parth standing by himself under a tree with a drink in his hand... She goes towards him and holds his hand and brings him to the group of dancing people... He initially resists, but he wants her to have a good time, so he gives in... They dance together, and soon enough, a soft mellow tune starts to play... People start dancing in pairs and Vibha interlocks her arms around his neck while he gently holds her by the wait and both start swaying to the tune, along with other couples...
Parth - You look so beautiful tonight... Aur tumhe pata hai, what the most amazing thing is... Tumhe khud hi nahi pata ki tum itni sundar ho...
Vibha - (looks down, blushes, and smiles and then looks up at him) Aur tum bhi bahut handsome lag rahe ho...
Parth - (smiles and then gives an expression to show that he doesn't believe her as he doesn't think he can ever match her beauty) Hmmm...
Vibha leans in towards his face and quickly places a peck on his cheek... He is surprised, and feels shy, looks around and then looks at her, and bends his lips a little, and she looks at him with a blank question mark as if to ask why he is feeling embarrassed? He then smiles softly and hugs her, she smiles and then they walk away from the bonfire...
Vibha feels the happiness of being in the arms of her loved one, no more worries of what the future will be, as she is assured by him that things won't change, he just won't let them, and will always be there for her... And just then, she wakes up and realizes all this she saw, all that she felt, all that seemed so very real was in fact just a dream... She is happy that she felt everything but then gets sad to know reality is far from it! She wonders if this could really happen in future? She asks herself why she is letting her mind carried away to this extent! How can something so wrong feel so right? And how can the prospect of something, rather someone make her so happy?
(This part is now complete... Will try to write the next one soon... Coming back to school life... And back to reality... Hope you enjoyed this dream sequence)
Edited by rosabelle - 10 years ago