Doomed in Love!

It was the first day in 11^th standard. New school, new atmosphere. She was a little bit scared. But was excited that she is finally getting relieved from a girls only school. Always she wanted to study in a co-ed. But her parents didn’t think so. Now finally!!!!! She looked around at the sea of men-folk around her… did I say men. No, they were all boy-folk!!!  Oh! I can’t wait. And suddenly she bumped into a very handsome guy…he was tall, not too dark, he was well-built and he was charming. And above all he didn’t look “boyish” at all. She was like “WHOAAA”. She passed him and looked back and prayed “oh, God pls let him be in my class”!!

 

She found her class. Went inside, took a seat. And looked around….only to find the handsome hunk sitting on opposite row!!!!!! YIIPPPIIEE….her heart made a somersault.

He was her first crush after Amir Khan.

 

She nursed her feelings for him, inside, going doe-eyed with fluttering eyelashes every time he came in front of her. Never did she tell him about it. One day she decided to take his usual desk in Chemistry lab. One thing she never knew was about his temper. When he found his desk occupied by her, he threw a test tube full of copper sulphate solution at her, in front of the whole class. First she was stunned, then cried and then stormed out. Love turned into revenge. That evening she sneaked into teacher’s room and tore his chemistry record book. No one found that.

 

Her love was doomed!

************************* 8 years later ***********************

One day thru a group mail, she got his email id. She mailed him under a pseudo name. Soon they stuck a new friendship, he still unknown about her identity. He even started calling her; still she didn’t reveal her identity. She soon realised one thing. He was not that handsome hunk anymore. He had lost his job. He had lost his love 3 yrs back. He had taken to heavy drinking. He was lonely to the core. But nothing mattered to her.

 

And after 6 months, she told him, who she was. And she told him one more thing. That she was in love with him from the first day at school. He was thrilled. “You should have told me this earlier. “ He told sorry for that copper sulphate incident. But she didn’t admit that she was the one who tore his chemistry record.

 

Her relationship grew. She felt good that he was finally on her feet. She didn’t love him. But she enjoyed this new thing. She told “If I don’t get married after 30, I will marry you”. He agreed. He was getting more attached to her. He started calling her at odd times. She stopped taking his call and gave him excuses. It was a sweet revenge for her, but he was obsessively in love with her. He spent hrs in phone with her.

 

Before her 25 th birthday , she got married to a guy whom her parents chose. He tried to call her, when he knew about her engagement. But she had changed her cell number.

***************************** 3 yrs later **************************

She came into the drawing room to read the newspaper, after putting her toddler to bed. There was a familiar picture in the obituary anniversary column. It was him. She felt happy and relieved that she wasn’t 30 and unmarried.