Unromantic Dream Proposal
All were in cafeteria, as it was lunch time. All were sitting in a group. Tarika was sitting between Abhijeet and Purvi.
Tarika (excited): Shreya, voh story sunao na.
Purvi (requesting): Haan, please na.
Shreya (disbelief): Yar, tum dono 2 din se same story sun rhi ho. Abhi tak bore nhi huyi.
Tarika (naughtily): Hum aaj ka din kaise miss kar sakte hain. Aaj toh humari heroine sunayegi (and winked at Shreya, who shook her head in disbelief and let out a sigh)
Abhijeet (confused): Kaun si story, Tarika.
Purvi (interupted): Sir, aap khud hi sun lijiye (To Shreya) Toh ready my heroine.
Shreya nodded and took a deep breath, while all eyes were on her.
Shreya (narrated): Main bus 5 saal ki thi jab main unse mili thi. Tab voh 10 saal ke the. Actually, unke parents ne humaare ghar ke balal mein hi shift kiya tha. Voh bahut hi shaant aur reserved type ke the. Uske baad bhi, humaari acchi dosti ho gyi. Hum saath mein hi bade huye.
All the officers were listening attentively while sipping coffee.
Shreya (dreamingly): I was in my sweet sixteen when I realized that I am in love with him.
Daya's coffee choked his throat and he started coughing.
Boys (shocked): Kya?
Girls (putting their index fingers on their lips): Shshsh!
Shreya (continued while smiling shyly): Lekin maine yeh baat unhe nhi btayi kyunki mujhe nhi pta tha unki feelings ke baare mein. (serious) Aur mere pass meri studies bhi thi, toh you know, I didn't tell him anything. (dreamingly) He was 21 then. Mujhe unka saath bahut pasand tha. Jab bhi free time milta hum dono garden mein walk ke liye jaate. Lekin unko shaant rehna hi pasand tha. (Sipped coffee) We grew up. Unki studies khatam hui, he found a job. I too moved to college. Phir bhi hum daily evening walk par jaate. (Sighed slowly and supported her head with her fist below her chin and table supporting her elbow) Voh jahan bhi rhe milne aate the aur agar nhi aa pate toh call toh zaroor karte, mujhe lga kyunki voh mijhe apna best friend mante hain. (sighed sadly )Main tab bhi nhi bta payi apne feelings ke baare mein, main unko khone se darti thi (smiled) Voh zyaada nhi bola karte the, main hi unhe apne pure din ka schedule diya karti thi ki meri college life aur studies kaisi chal rhi hai, and all.
Girls (bent towards the table): Phir...
Shreya (shrugged her shoulders): Phir kya... PHir voh shaam aayi. (happily) Meri zindagi ki sabse khubsurat shaam. (sighed and dreaminly continued) Hum log as usual, walk le rhe the. Main hi boli ja rhi thi aur voh apne pockets mein haat daal ke meri baat sun rhein the. Aur achanak chalte- chalte unhone (blushed) 'I love you' bol diya.
(Boys were shocked and specially Daya, whose heart was just burning with every word)
Shreya (continued): Maine bhi dhyaan nhi diya aur unhe dekhkar 'I love you too' bol diya aur phir apni bakwaas karne lagi. Phir jab mujhe realize hua ki abhi kya hua tha, toh main shock reh gyi aur turant ruk gyi. Actually, I froze at my place. But voh thoda aage bda aur meri taraf muda. Meri ankhon mein aansu the. (excitedly) Actually, I was overwhelmed. (Sighed happily) I just ran to him and hugged him tightly, he too wrapped his hands around me. (lostly but smiled) We separated. Maine unke ankhon mein dekha. Mujhe bas apne liye sacha pyaar dikha. (blushed) Then, he caressed my cheek with his thumb and I shivered with his every touch. I closed my eyes to feel it. Then, I felt his breath near my face (Daya kept his hand near his heart) And...
All (curious): And...
Shreya (stood up and blushed): And he kissed my forehead, my eyes then my cheek and was about to kiss my lips... when
All (curious as well as shocked): When...
Shreya (blushed): When I pushed him and ran from there, blushing hard. I am sure, he must be standing still chuckling at my antics (and she moved from there)
Girls (admiring): Awww! How cute!
Boys were still in shock.
Pankaj (shocked): Matlab Shreya has been taken.
Girls (shocked): What! (Disgust) Nooo
When they looked at the shocked faces of the boys, they realized what they must have thought. They laughed at the thought.
Purvi (laughed): Oh God! Aap log ko lga ki Shreya apni love story suna rhi hai.
Boys got confused.
Tarika (trying hard to control laughter); Guys, voh Shreya apne dream proposal ki baat kar rhi thi.
Purvi (giggled): Haan, apne 'Unromantic Proposal' ki.
Boys (confused): Matlab
Tarika (smiled): Matlab yeh ki yeh story Shreya ne likhi thi, apne dream proposal ke baare mein.
Purvi (adding): Haan, jise humne usse 3 baar suna. Parso as 3rd person, kal hero ke side se aur aaj heroine ke side se suna tha humne.
Daya took a sigh of relief when he got an idea.
Daya (thoughtfully): Dream proposal na?
Tarika (nodded): Haan.
Abhijeet (observing him): Kya khichdi pka rha hain, Daya?
Daya (smirked): Bas dekhte jao, boss.
After an hour, ACP came out of his cabin with Daya.
ACP (to everyone): Sab idhar suno.
Everyone gathered near him.
ACP (smiled): Kafi timese humlogon par is high profile case ka pressure tha, but ab ye solve ho gya hai. Toh main chahta hoon ki hum kahin bahar chalein 1- 2 dino ke liye.
Pankaj (suggested): Sir, mere friend ka farmhouse hai Lonavala mein, vahin chalein.
Shreya (excited): Haan, Pankaj, idea bahut accha hai.
ACP (declared): Toh, thik hai hum wahin chaleinge.
Next day, they went to the farmhouse. It had a big garden with a lot of trees.
Shreya was admiring the beauty of the dawn when Daya approached her for a walk.
For sometimes, there was silence between them. Daya was finding a way to break the silence, however, Shreya was enjoying the beauty of the surrounding.
Daya (hesitantly): Umm, Shreya.
Shreya (looked at him): Ji, sir.
Daya (smiled): Tumhare mummy- papa kaise hain?
And they got engaged in long talk. Shreya was talking about an incident.
Daya (in between): I love you (putting his hands on his pockets)
Shreya (turned to him): I love you too (and continued) Aur uske baad...
She stopped, realising what just happened. Daya moved a little forward then looked towards her. She was happy tears. She just ran and hugged him tightly, so did he. They separated and looked in each other's eyes.
He caressed her cheek with his thumb. She shivered and closed her eyes. He kissed her forehead, her eyes and then her already red cheeks. He gazed at her trembling lips and approached it. But she pushed him and moved from there, blushing hard.
He was just standing chuckling at her antics.
She reached her room and sat on the bed. She closed her eyes, realising her dream had just come true. Her romantically 'Unromantic Dream Proposal' had been made.
THE END
