Present Day
‘You love me! I know you do! Admit it already...’ Prem said.
It had been almost a year, (11 months 30 days to be exact) since they had
shared their first kiss. The minute their lips met Prem was off to dream land
and so was Laila. This was the most magical kiss they had ever had. The
fireworks and all the other stuff that all the romance novels boasted about was
not present. But they could feel each other deep down. With that one kiss they
could feel each other’s soul. After a little while Laila realized what she was
doing and pulled away. She looked embarrassed, but that was soon turned into
laughter after she saw Prem’s face. He was still in dream land and his facial
expression was priceless. Without wasting anytime she removed her phone and
*click* she clicked his photo. The flash from the mobile brought Prem out from
his dream world and he looked shocked for a minute. Later he realized what had
happened and looked cunningly at Laila. Laila knew that look, she knew she was
dead meat!
‘Keep it low
please.’ the nurse came and told them off. The position that the nurse caught
them in was weird, Laila was laying flat on her back on Prem’s bed and Prem on
top of her trying hard to get her mobile. The fight was disturbed due to the
nurse and after she left Laila and Prem looked at each other. They had never
been this close before. So close, yet so far. They looked at each other’s face
yet it felt like they were looking at each other’s soul. Gradually Laila moved
around looking uncomfortable. Prem got off her and looked at her
apologetically. They looked at each other for a minute and blasted into laughter. They laughed so hard like there was no tomorrow. They tried to help
each other to keep quiet so the nurse wouldn't come again, but all in vain.
Laila till date thinks to herself, why didn't the nurse comment on the weird
position she found them in? Life is weird. That night a new bond, a new
understanding was created between Prem and Laila. Laila knew now that Prem was
hers and she was Prem's. Yet she was scared.
Laila finally admitted to Prem that she was in love with him but didn't want to
tag the relation yet as she wasn't ready. Prem readily agreed and said he
didn't want anything from her other than her happiness. As long as she was
happy, he was happy.
Today was new years eve and Prem had asked Laila to be his
date to the annual ball.
‘Why should I go with you?’
‘Cause you love me! Duh!’
‘Says who?’
‘Oh! Come on! I'm not having this talk again! Your coming
with me! I don’t care’
‘Bossy much?’
‘Yes! I'm going to pick you up at 8 p.m. sharp! Do you
understand?’
‘Fine! Mr. Bossy Pants’ Laila mumbled under her breath.
‘Hey! I heard that.’
Later at Laila’s house
‘Leela, my friend! Happy new year! Hows it going???’ Laila
said over the phone. She wanted to call her best friend and tell her about her
love.
‘Laila? Oh Laila! I've missed you so much where have you
been?’ Leela said almost in tears.
‘I;m sorry yaar. Been busy. But what’s wrong?? Is Manish
alright?’ Laila inquired about her best friend and her husband.
‘.....’ There was a long silence over the phone. All Laila
could hear was sobbing.
‘Leels please talk to me love? Whats wrong? Is Manish troubling you? Just tell me. I wont leave him!’ Laila said assuming the
worst.
‘You have to leave him Laila because he has left us all and
gone away.’
Not understanding what her friend meant Laila asked, ‘What?
I don’t quite get you?’
‘He's dead Laila. Do you get me now? Or should i make it
simpler for you?’ Leela said angrily and banged the phone down.
*beep* *beep*
That's all that Laila could hear. Her friend didn't even give
her time to let the news sink in. For nearly 2 minutes Laila was frozen with
the receiver still in her hand. Suddenly a vibration in her pocket got her out
of her state. Keeping the receiver aside she took out her mobile from her
pocket and stared at her screen. The photo of the one she loved was flashing
along with him name – Prem.
Receiving the call she cut Prem’s sentence of and said, ‘I
want to see you right now’
‘ Hello to you to my love. Its only been an hour since we
met. Miss me already?’
‘Prem I'm not joking! I want to meet you right now.’ Laila
said seriously.
Understanding that something was wrong Prem said, ‘Laila we
are going to meet in 3 hours anyway. Cant it wait?’
‘No Prem! Right now. Meet me at our usual in 10 minutes’
Laila said before cutting the call.
She needed to tell him how much she loved him. Life is
uncertain. She knew that after her brother’s death. But instead of making the
most of the time that she had she wasted it thinking about the future. She came
to her senses now. She didn't want to lose anymore time without Prem being in
her life. She wanted to marry him as soon as possible and start living the future
she had always dreamt off. Taking her car keys she quickly left her house and started
her car. All the way she was smiling and was so happy. She wanted to see Prem so
badly. She crossed all the speeding limits and broke all signals. She was 5
minutes far from the place. Just one more signal she said to herself. Going blindly
she didn't see the red light, she didn't see the truck coming from the other
side either. All she saw was her future with Prem. And thats all she saw too
after she went unconscious after the big collision.
TO BE CONTINUED
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