Today Laila thought it was a normal day. She wasn't
expecting anything much or exciting to happen. As usual she woke up and
finished all her morning chores. Later she sneaked out of her house and went to
the cemetery to meet Sam. Her little brother. He had died in an accident 5
years ago when he was just 10. Till date Laila blamed herself for her brother’s
death. Weird part of the day was while walking back home she couldn't get the thoughts of the sweet
stranger out of her mind. She knew for sure she hadn't met him anywhere before
now but she felt as if she had known him for ages. After reaching home she took
a shower and left for the market. While walking again thoughts of this stranger
crept into her mind. She jabbed her earphones into her ears and increased the
volumes. As Atif Aslam sexy voice flowed into her mind all the thoughts of the sweet
stranger drowned out.
Singing and
step dancing to the beat Laila closed her eyes and lost herself to the music.
Music always calmed her down. If it wasn't for her music she would have never
been able to overcome the grief of her little brother. But she was rudely woken
up from this dream heaven of hers as she bashed into some person. Her earphones
fell out of her ears as her I-phone dropped to the ground and broke into two.
Angrily she looked up to find the very person who had been invading her
thoughts from this morning. He had a cute startled look on his face. This cause
Laila to giggle and she looked away blushing. Standing in front of her she
found her sweet stranger – Prem who had fallen flat on his butt.
On his way back
home he was singing and dancing. He was so happy. Through out his childhood Prem had
seen his parents together. They were truly what people called soul mates. When you saw them together you could help but let out an ‘awwww’ sound. Prem always
longed for his soul mate. He wanted to feel the happiness his parents got by
being in each other’s company. He wanted to feel the joy they got in fighting
with each other for no reason. Mostly he wanted to understand how his mother
felt the presence of his father even after he had gone. And today he could feel
all of that. He wanted to be with Laila. He wanted to make her happy. He wanted
to bash up all the cheap guys faces who dared to flirt with his Laila. He
wanted to fight with her for no reason. He wanted to take her in his arms and
dance for joy. What a day to find her too! Just when he asked his father for
someone Laila came along. He was ready to become anything for her. Thinking to
himself he started laughing, another Majnu fallen in love with Laila.
“Gone out.
Please go to the market and buy vegetables for lunch.” This was the note that
Prem found outside his house stuck to the door.
‘Sure mom’ he said
aloud. Walking towards the market suddenly a thought struck his mind. How was
he going to find Laila again? This made him sad. Mumbai! A city filled with
thousands of people. Hundreds of Laila's. How was he going to find her?
‘Dad! I need help” he
said looking towards the sky! Next minute he found his butt slammed to the
floor. He was startled and shocked for a minute. Then he looked up and saw that angelic face again. When he looked up he saw his soul mate – Laila who was laughing
at him! What irony!
To Be Continued
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