When I held your hand...

When I held your hand, the sun shined
Murky waters glistened, I was over joyed
Ectasy crept in, nothing else mattered,
Still remember the day, I was in tears.


]When I held your hand, our hearts came closer
In your mystifying eyes, I helplessly wandered
And as I danced to the tunes of Love,
There were moments I truely savoured.


When I held your hand I said a silent prayer,
That we would be together and together forever
You gave me a reason to smile
Enriched my life & made it worthwhile.


And as I still hold your hand
and walk over the golden sand
I make a promise, I'll hold your hand
and walk a thousand miles till the end.

Short Story [PART I]

It has been quite a while and i didn’t receive any call from her. I was getting irritated now. She was supposed to arrive an hour ago but there was no sign of her. I tried her number it said switched off. Her mum has called me at least twenty times and this was making me more pissed off. It was anything then my phone rang, i tell you one thing the moment my phone rang my heart started beating faster. I took my phone out and it was her call. It said “lavanya calling” and i let out a sigh of relief.

“Hey where have you been?” i roared

“I am about to reach. Where are you? Are you there at the station to pick me up?” she said

“Yes i am.” I said and disconnected the call.

I was still at my place and she was about to reach. She is gonna kill me now. I jumped off my bed, took my wallet, and rushed downstairs where i found my cousin Ayush and Piyush sipping something.

“Where were you asshole?” said Ayush

“Nowhere. I am going to station; lavanya is coming, so in front of her behave like gentlemen.” I said

“No need, bhaiya is off to station already to receive her with chote papa (my dad).” Said Piyush.

“What? How come they got to know about her arrival?” I said

“I don't know. But Pranay bhaiya said he’s going to receive some of your friend who is coming alone from Mumbai.” Piyush said

I didn’t replied and i moved out. I was still in a state of shock; nobody knew anything about her arrival then how come they got to know.

Lavanya was my friend and she was coming to my hometown to meet me all the way from Mumbai. I won’t fake you here; she was the love of my life. She knew everything about my feelings but she was not ready for any relationship yet. So we were very good friends for now. She was the only one who stood beside me in my hard times and was always there with me in my happy times. I was in love with her from past 16 months and i was ready to wait for her for the rest of my life. She always use to say that i am mad. It was quiet true, i was mad in her love.

Pranay bhaiya, Piyush and Ayush were my cousins who were at my place for few days. Even my elder brother Mrinal was there but at that moment he was not at home. Everything was fine but one thing, which was eating me, was how come Pranay bhaiya and my dad got to know about lavanya? Let her come i won’t talk to her. I went upstairs and entered into my room i got a call from Pranay bhaiya.

“Hey where the hell are you?” he said

“At home. Where are you?” i said

“Lavanya is with us and we are coming in few minutes.” He said

I was least interested about her now. She didn’t even bother to tell me anything. Let her come i won’t talk to her. I sat on my bed when i heard some noise downstairs. Finally, she has arrived and everyone was damn excited to see her. After a while Pranay bhaiya came to my room,

“Hey she is waiting downstairs for you and you are sitting here? What’s the matter with you now?” he said

“Tell her i am not interested in meeting her. How come you got to know about her arrival? I thought i would go and receive her.” I said and he understood why on earth i was so pissed off.

“Oh so that’s why you are so pissed off. Actually when you were enjoying your nice nap she called, you were in your deepest of slumbers so i didn’t bother to wake you up. I received her call and she told me everything about her arrival. I conveyed the same to chote papa (my dad) and he asked me to come along with him to the Railway station. That's it it’s not her mistake. So for god’s sake now, go and meet her. And get ready we are getting late for that show.” He said

“Yes sure” i said and rushed downstairs.

When I reached downstairs, i found no one there except Piyush and Ayush. I searched the rooms but no one was there. Suddenly my phone started ringing; it was my elder brother Mrinal on the other side.

“Yes” i said

“Hey i am sorry.” He replied

“Sorry?  But why?”

“Actually we were getting late for that show so mum asked lavanya to get ready and we all are on our way to that show. I know you wanted to spend some time with her so i am sorry for that i couldn’t argue with mum then.” He said

“Whatever” i said and disconnected the call

Now i had a reason to be pissed off. But before anything else, i wanted to meet her. I wanted to meet her and i just wanted to meet her. That's it. So along with my cousins i went to some place for someone’s musical show or some crap like that. We reached after an hour there and i found it hard to believe my eyes for what i saw next. The moment I stepped outside the car, i saw one huge building with no elevator and the only way was the staircase, which looked like a million stairs. I looked at my cousins and they were pretending as if they knew that place since their birth. The show was going on the top floor. We started climbing stairs and after a while, i was panting like a dog. After all the eee’s and ooh’s i managed to reach the top floor. But fate had something else in store for me. When we reached the top floor, we got to know that the show was going on in the ground floor. God was testing my patience and i decided to be calm out there. Without giving it another thought, i rushed downstairs as i was getting irresistible to meet lavanya.

Finally, we reached the hall where the show was going on only to find it was over as we were busy climbing stairs. I hardly cared about the damn show all i was worried about was lavanya. I was afraid that she might have left with mum and my elder bro but fortunately, they were still there as i saw my mum there. I stepped inside that hall and as I was walking past a group of people, i heard someone calling out my name. I turned back and couldn’t believe my eyes, it was SRK. My god Mr. Shah Rukh Khan was calling me. I stood there numbed when he came and hugged me. I didn’t say a word there I was too numbed to do that. All i wanted to do was meet lavanya that's it and in front of her, nothing seemed to have a meaning. So i asked Mr. SRK to wait as i have to meet someone and he understood what i was talking about. Even he has fallen in love with someone at some point in his life. People go crazy to meet these celebrity stars, no one gets this chance again in their life, but i refused it coz it didn’t seem to have a meaning in front of her. Nothing seemed to bother me when she was there with me. We spent countless hours on phone calls, sleepless nights in texting one another yet we use to miss each other like anything. But the thing was it was one-sided traffic, she didn’t have such feelings for me. She loved me as her best friend, the best thing in her was, knowing the fact that how much I care for her, how much I love her even though she didn’t reciprocated the same feelings, she had respect for my feelings.

So coming back to the story I had just refused SRK to meet coz I wanted to meet her. I saw my mum and went straight to her. And to disappoint you again I couldn’t meet her there. She was in the washroom and while I waited for her to come out someone told me she already left with my family. I was too tired to think about any other possibilities so I took an auto and made my way back to my place. I reached my place and rushed inside. I didn’t ask anybody about her as I was afraid she might again disappear with my mum or who knows maybe with my dad or cousin or oh god what has happened to me. Am I making sense? 

TO BE CONTINUED...........