Chapter Vi

I could feel life sliding out of me , the feeling that the slow end was near ,did not make too much of a difference , I still could hear commotion around me ,Yet in all the craziness that was around me ,all I could make out was her face ,stained with tears ,everything else was slipping away into nothingness.

I was bleeding profusely ,her hand was pressed against my side trying to stop the bleeding,nothing mattered , I was past the point of pain of feeling ,there was nothing to regret about ,nothing to complain for,I lived my life for myself ,I never appeased to please anyone,yet the only thing that was pulling me back to life was her , the desperation she was showing to bring me back to life.

The journey we took through the past two years , reenacted itself before my eyes,every moment of it seemed to be repeating itself ,hazy at first but as the time passed through ,the memories were solid as stones to me, from the day we tied the knot ,the day my daughter Swapnika was born ,to the day Swarnisha said enough is enough time for us to be friends rather than be married ,to this day where I lay lost within her grasp ,everything went by in my mind.

Looking into her eyes ,I managed to smile and say ,"Don't be sad ,Bysun has finally been run aground ,Just promise me that ,you never will look back. I didn't even have the time to reach her hand ,it was the light for me,never to look back again.

Chapter V

"Is this some sort of a joke?" Those were the words , that ran out of my mouth the moment ,I came to my senses .

The shocked look, must have been stuck to my face ,for I saw a glisten of worry in her eyes, No I am not playing a joke on you ,neither I intend to treat it so lightly , but give me a chance to explain ,if still you feel the same , I will walk away.

Not knowing how to respond to her ,I sat quiet waiting for her to respond.She began , all my life I came across too many men ,who saw me for what I was and panicked about their individuality,finally leaving me lonely,but last night you saw me at the worst possibility and still admired me in your own element.that meant a lot to me and for the first time really brought out the woman in me .the feeling that i wanted to be with someone ,if not for anything else just to be there and enjoy the company,Anvesh I just cant get that feeling out of my head neither do I want to lose it .The moment you left me last night ,i felt a sudden emptiness which I could not handle well,so the first thing I did today was to convince myself that, its you that completes me ,and so I am here asking you ,no! begging you to marry me . Saying that she lowered her head and spoke again,I know its being pushy but I would appreciate it if you would consider it ,and neither have I done this with every man that I came across.

In the silence that followed all I could do was smile and to say I was thinking would be a lie ,but the words rushed out of me as if I have been possessed ,I dont know how in the first place to react to this ,but to be truthful ,you could have a million men million times better than me and , I have not done a thing to deserve this honour ,Its like God appears before you granting every dream in life to be turned true,All I have to say is you do not know about me ,I have always been a hawk flying the skies free,I never really knew what or who I was,not an aim in life a wanderer to be exact .Even after this brief description of me if you think I am worth it ,what man could say no to heaven if God is offering it without qualms.

She looked up grinning and in the middle of the session came to my side ,landing a small kiss on my forehead ,saying two words which "I Do".

From here started the journey, my journey , We got married by the time the calander turned over and , to this day I never regretted to what or where our relationship led me to.

CHAPTER IV

I heard her say ,"thought you would have come to understand who I am ,but still seems you need me to assure you, so how about I do it over a cup of coffee." still in schok I agreed to meet her ,all I heard was good 3 pm ,the lobby of your hotel, and the line went dead.

Still hazy , from the conversation I had , I tried to find some sensible conclusions , to all the events that happened , and all those that will happen. With not much to do I went to the bath and took a long shower.

As the water dripped over my body, the recollection of the night came to me, every time I tried to find some sort of an explanation, all I could come across was a blank.

After the shower, I ordered some coffee and turned on the tube ,they were showing a rerun of her telecast ,the more I looked at her ,the more she enticed me .

Never knowing when I fell asleep ,I woke up to the grouchy bell boy announcing the entrée of the lady, as I shooed the fellow off he reciprocated with a disgusting look .

The same woman appeared to be different now, the aura she cast was pulling me out of consciousness, and step by step as I walked to her the feeling grew stronger. I couldn’t place my finger on what was happening at that moment but I knew it in every nerve of me that ,I am linked to her for life.

The moment she looked at me and smiled ,all that was me vanished into a never seen mist ,and I was hers totally, and then she spoke “So is this look better than the one I had last night? ‘,grinning big I settled down in the chair by her, all the while never missing an opportunity from taking everything that she was into me scanning her intoxicating look ,the magic wouldn’t have been there if it was just the way she looked for she was like every other woman I ran into ,but the ingredient that held me to her was her attitude ,the way she spoke the way she carried herself ,she was childish at one moment but grew up to being a intellectual in the next moment. Noticing that I was staring and gaping at her she took the opportunity to embarrass me more by ordering the coffee ,as the waiter went to fetch the order.

The moment the waiter was out of hearing range , she spoke the words that changed my life forever.I dont know what you think of me Anvesh for what I am about to tell you may be taken by most of the society as insane but it doesn’t matter to me ,I was still in cloud nine when she pulled me down to reality with something she said, pardon could you come again Swarnisha,thats when I heard her say I am an orphan but am a self made woman, I know there is some bond between us ,and I will be selfish enough to hold it for life ,”Anvesh WIll YOU MARRY ME ?” ,all I had left was a dumbstruck look on my face.