The Prelude- Kahaani poori Filmy hai (With due liberty from the author- Neha- For making it even more special with her version..)

Limitations: The authorial voice is that of the girl’s friend so it might concentrate more on her and also may digress.

He was a boy and she was a girl. It doesn’t get more obvious than that. And when they first met, sparks flew. The boy talked to his freaks about the strange connection that he felt while the girl couldn’t stop raving and ranting about this meeting to her loonies. And both smiled non-stop.

Now those who know these two already know that they are incapable of a straight conversation- and so the bickering lingered one conversation after another, and these conversations lingered in their minds… The long distance couldn’t erase the effect of that first meet- and they kept reinforcing the charm through stolen conversations, time and again. And just like cosmos had it planned, they met again.


The girl had long waited to be complete always knowing something was amiss- never once denying that dreams were for real. She cautiously oscillated between denial and delusion while the boy stayed innocently confused trying to come to terms with his feelings. The made for each other bit extended to the fact that both our protagonists were commitment phobic people. But in the city of dreams, they met over movies, dinners and coffees. The closeness, the comfort, the charisma…and Candies transformed into the Lovers paradise, a nest, a refuge.


And while they kept bickering, taking two steps forward and one step backwards, all friends waited with bated breath to see it happen…because everyone knew the girl had irrevocably fallen and the guy’s friends could vouch that he was taken. Like an unsaid bond, like glue they stuck- His work took him everywhere- out of the city and sometimes the country, but he kept coming back to her, while our poor love-sick girl waited much against her own nature, patiently.


And just when I was in doldrums, because of the baby steps these two were taking, I was scared for her- knowing she had pushed herself for him beyond her capacities, loving him like she could love no one else. But as usual, (pardon my cynicism) my fears were misplaced. Yes, dear readers, I saw dreams transform into reality- thanks to these two.


And what less would do for our starry-eyed girl than a proposal more beautiful than any scene shot in any movie simply because of the fact this wasn’t reel. I must applaud the guy’s guts and gusto. He had transformed into a Hero, ladies and gentlemen. He single-handedly purchased a ring beautiful beyond words. He conspired with friends and common friends and went every length to make the moment just right.


And when she got down the car, oblivious of how this was going to be day she would never forget- he stood there, her knight in shining armour- dressed to kill, suited’ for the occasion. Oh what old world romance! The quaint tape recorder played their song in the backdrop with the love soaked picture scrapbook in a corner and flowers strewn over the bench. And a classy bottle of wine to celebrate that what he was confident, God had meant for him in the first place.


No less crucial was the place- Sunrise point, Kasauli. Meticulously chosen, painstakingly located. And here he went down on one knee and proposed to her. And in that moment, we all knew he could die for her, would die without her- eyes brimming with love and a prayer on his lips- He Loved Her.


She could not believe what was happening to her- the world had halted while her emotions moved- all at their peak- smiling nonstop, holding back a tear, turning red, turning numb, being supremely shocked, being acutely conscious, being alive. This was a moment she had waited for without even knowing. Maybe her dream Guy showed her dreams she could not even see for herself. And Dreams do come true. It was a Yes, out and out.


Finis

Special Thanks to:

Valmik Mirani: the best friend, the brother because of whom they met. The one who relentlessly took care to execute his part of the plan and also tolerated the girl’s constant yapping throughout the journey.


Samdisha: For being a great moral support to the Boy (read Man after this achievement) in the crucial final hours- for bringing her effervescent giggle into it all.


Ashutosh J: For rescheduling his flights to fit in with the plan, and more so for his awesome (dangerous) driving on the mountains to make it on time before the sunrise (though the clouds never really let that happen) and lastly for bringing me along to witness the MKP (as they called it) executed, to witness Love take over.

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