is it love??????

People say,"love is the most difficult question of the mankind".

Well........here's a small story ..................

You know the way they show in movies how the girl and guy meet,they fought,become friends and fall in love...................

naaaahhhhhh..............nothing like that happen HERE!!!!!!!!

In her early twenties,ayesha facing problems from everywhere in relationship's,her family,her friends etc. etc.

It's not like she doesn't love them,its she doesn't know how to take care of the relationship's.......very carefree or say careless!!!!!

She loved them.............but she don't realize her responsibilities  .........she just use to run away from them................

Being single for almost 21 years.........its because of her failures in existing relationship's....... totally scared her of even to get into one.

Everything going down and down and she feels is there anything she is good at!!!!!

One fine day,passing the notice board of the college she came across a notice"street play",since childhood this acting thing has fascinated her!!!

It was her chance to try her hand over acting that would be something new and interesting to do apart from all the fights and arguments.

She made all the enquiries and convinced her mom and dad to let her join....that Saturday morning when she reached the venue,she was hell lot nervous about the acting stuff...........waiting outside with other students for the class!!!!!

Ayesha entered the class first and the guy who happens to be the director poked her 

and  said,"are you scared?"

ayesha said,"no"

guy said,"then why are u leaking!!"

Ayesha looked down immediately...and looked up and he was laughing along with her assistant.

He looked quite young,maybe in his mid twenties,dark complexion and twinkling eyes...and oodles of confidence. 

His name was AYAAN GEHLOT!!!!!

A well known name in the world of street plays....he has come all the way from Mumbai to take these classes......

wateva

Ayesha was so embarrassed!!!!!!!!!!

Ayesha really disliked the guy at first....she just use to learn and go back.

She was enjoying the classes ....the little technicalities of acting and was totally in love with herself AGAIN........

As the classes went by...the same guy  turned into a charming personality!!

He got a great of sense of humor........that was what missing from ayesha's life.......its been a month that she has shared a laugh ......but the classes seems to be working for her ....or should we say the charm of the guy...

He was explaining something and it just struck her," hes cute..must be in mid twenties"

Let me tell you that's the most safest attribute we give to the GUYS!!!

She so wanted to share it with her other female friends but soon came to know that they all have it too.....woo.........she just kept it to herself.

Every weekend,ayesha went there to learn and learn and to pull her self so that he could notice her and could make a good impression,she use to work hard and practice hard at home,doing her homework.............coming one hour before the class....just to get it right!!!!!

All of a sudden he came up with an concept which was based on some old film,nobody liked it except ayesha...........but her friends convinced her that its not a good idea to show case it over the stage.

As everybody will be bored and they can do something better..........but the worst part was when they put ayesha to tell this stuff to him..

Poor ayesha!!when she raised the voice,all her friends didn't support her who were actually annoyed with the concept.

She felt so betrayed and look like a fool in front of him.

He thought she is the one who's agitating EVERYBODY there to go against his idea..........

All great men have great ego!!!!!!

all the hard work went in vain........and making a good impression looked like a dream.....

Poor girl she could never do that..........he never noticed........he even gave her the tiny role or say participation in the entire play was minimal......ohhhh its horrible"

whatever!!!!!

she kept working hard......because she kept reminding herself that she was there to learn!!!!

In the middle of all these she just forgot about all the trouble she was having in her other relationship's...because here she was experiencing something she hasn't felt before.........

Why is she in all her life want to please somebody who even don't care......why she was even bothered when that guy AYAAN was so harsh to her.........

ANYWAYS..........Always standing at the back and seeing him and other batch mates interacting with him.........but never got the guts to go up on her self and talk!!!!!!

Once or twice ayesha tried but he wasn't bothered to reply or when he did.........he had this disgusting look on his face...always saying no to ayesha's opinion

oh that KILLED HER!!!!!!!!!

She tried talking to him in personal but that's not something one get to get in a class full of admirers!!

Eventually it struck ayesha why not add him on face book!!!!!

It took almost 3 hours for her to decide should i or should i not send a request....will he or will he not accept her request!!!!!!!

At last she did sent and he did accept(unaware of how difficult it was)

Everybody from the class was his friend already........ayesha was late  here again!!!

anyways...........she was so happy.

GOSH! we girls such small things makes us happy!!!!!

That very night she saw him on line she thought, to talk or not to talk(always in dilemma)...........but again she took the risk of embarrassment and he didn't reply!!!!!!!!!

OH MY GOD!!!!!!!!!!!

Enough is enough............ayesha's ego take a toll.............no more this puppy like crush!!!!!!!

She started being strange with him,cum on even if its weird.........she has got that much right after all that embarrassment!

ayesha started responding to him in but more so showing her anger(as if he cares)!!!!

he was annoyed.......

But ayeshaaaaaaaaaaaa was soooooo happy.............she could actually annoy him after all the embarrassment he caused to her!!!

It felt like  a sweet revenge on him!!!!!!!

hehehehe

The last few days of the course........all of a sudden became fun!!!!!!

On the last day of the batch,when we were doing our last reharsel....he said,"ayesha you were very very good" and she couldn't believe her ears..........is he the one who saying it..........

oh my god!!!!!!

She couldn't stop thinking..........she kept repeating those words to herself.......stupid girls we are!!!!!!!!

The SHOW day arrived..........we were all excited to roll it..........our stage play didn't bag the award..........but performing in front of so many people was an achievement in itself!!!!!!

we all were so proud of ourselves........

That also calls for a farewell to the course and to the  cute mentor..........

he bid us goodbye by shaking hands,a small hug and with a promise to come back again!!!!!!

ohhhhh..........that was sweet.........whatever sour thing was there just faded away from her heart and all she was left was the feeling of seeing him again...........................

strange...........but she has fallen for somebody this time............

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

Broken Friendship stings...

Has this ever happened to you? A friend you hadn't spoken to in a while and you accidentally run into each other. You'll look at each other for a moment and then memories would flood you. Y0u would not know what to say, where to begin, you would talk and then move on with a promise to catch up soon.  Isn't it funny, two people who were once inseparable just can't find words to talk??

Friendship is one of the most beautiful two people share. And we make abundant of them in every phase of life. And in the time of facebook, we make friends in tonnes..! We met today and by the night you have been added to list. Today, we are friends with person we have never met, we talk with person whom we have never seen. We live in the times where a person may have 500 friends online but may commit suicide because of loneliness. Friendship is starting to lose its very foundation... 

But among all this, sometime, you come across people with whom you feel happy. And before you know, you become best of friends and can't think of your life without him or her. And quotes like this starts to make sense...

If you're alone, I'll be your shadow. If you want to cry, I'll be your shoulder. If you want a hug, I'll be your pillow. If you need to be happy, I'll be your smile... But anytime you need a friend, I'll just be me.

But as with everything in life things get messed up. And the person who was so close to you suddenly could not be found anywhere near. The friendship you valued so much does not exist anymore. Often when you think about it, you wonder what went so wrong that two of you can no longer stand each other. How a friendship in which there was no space for sorry or thank you got so bitter? How all of it changed and you never realized ? The reasons could be many but whenever you look back and remember the times,

We always thought we'd look back on our tears and laugh, but we never thought we'd look back on our laughter and cry.

there would be a feeling of regret over those failed friendship. There would be pain of missing out a great friend. There would be heart-aches, an aching guilt that would plague you forever. And believe me, a lost friend, a broken friendship hurts like hell. Whatever you may do, whatever you may try, you would not be able to let go of it. You may forget about it in the daily errands of life but the guilt, the pain would always return. 

Broken friendship stings...

The agony of losing a friend

Eats you up from the inside

For not knowing what you did wrong
They do not care to respond back
Even after you have tried so many times

You have given up, but thinking hasn't

Where was it that you went wrong?

Not being able to find the answer

Ever

For the memory of that last conversation

Haunts you forever...

Heart broken and gloomy is how you feel.

So if you have a friend with whom you've fought for some reason or have simply lost touch due to your busy schedule, then it is time to give them a call or meet up. Life is too short to hold grudges and harbor bitterness. Cherish the people who have been with you and are always with you. Friends are always friends no matter what, every friendship goes through its good and bad phases, but remember the broken ones haunts you forever.

We all lose friends.. we lose them in death, to distance and over time. But even though they may be lost, hope is not. The key is to keep them in your heart, and when the time is right, you can pick up the friendship right where you left off. Even the lost find their way home when you leave the light on. ~ Amy Marie Walz

So, don't wait, don't let it happen to you. Pick the phone and call them, meet up and let them know they were always remembered because, 

the worst solitude is to be destitute of sincere friendship. ~ Sir Francis Bacon

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Poem courtesy of Mr. Kanan

Quotes courtesy of eminent personalities over time 

Love Story 2.0: Definitely more

This is the second part of, Love Story 2.0.
You can find the first part here, Love Story 2.0: Friend or something more??

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"So, what is it that you wanted to say? And why could not you tell it to me over phone?? What is it??" asked Priyanka
"Hmm..."
"Rahul, Tell me. What happened??"
"Priyanka, I have been thinking..."
"Thinking what??"
"Okay, listen. You have been a constant companion for me. You have always been there for me no matter what happened. You helped me with my studies, with my health, and everything. There were times when I was lost in my own world but you ever complained. You were always the same for me,  a caring and loving friend. But as time passed you became much more. Yes, you were a friend but a special one. You became much more, much much more. Priyanka, would you let me to take our friendship a step forward? Would you be my girlfriend?

He looked up just in time to find Priyanka smashing his face hard and thus waking up Rahul from his slumber. He looked at clock and realized he was, once again, late for college.

It had been three months since Rahul realized his feelings for Priyanka were not limited to being just friends. For him, Priyanka was someone who has changed his life, someone he care about most, and someone who meant more than anything to him. He tried to ignore his feelings but they didn't subdue. He tried to avoid her, stopped picking her calls, stopped replying to her messages and everything else, but he can't stop thinking about her. He just can't. And finally he decided to have a talk with Priyanka.

But he was scared to approach her directly. He didn't want to ruin his friendship. But also what he could see was by not confessing his feelings, their friendship was getting affected. He could not make up his mind on what to do and what not to do. So he decided to leave the decision to universe. If they were meant to be together, they would be together. 23rd December was the date he decided to seek his answers from universe.

23rd December 2011
For the first time in months, Rahul reached college on time. (1-0, positive sign leading negative). And as soon as he entered class, he collided with Priyanka who was looking for Miss Monika to submit the assignment, much like the way when they first met all those years ago (2-0). On returning home, he read his horoscope ...Love is on cards..... (3-0). He was very much sure that universe had spoken up and he and Priyanka are meant to be together.

"Yes, we are meant to be together.” And he jumped with joy...

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23rd December 2011
Priyanka has been trying to connect to Rahul for over 10 hours now, but he was not picking his call. She has left hundreds of messages but there was no reply. And she was getting restless thinking, where is he? Can't he just answer once? Where he is so much busy that he would not even reply to her?? Don't I deserve a message at least. (Little she knew, at this very same time, Rahul was trying to come to terms about his new found feelings for her.)
Thinking it all, she called up, Ananya a common friends of theirs. And thus she narrated the entire episode to ananya. How she had been trying to reach Rahul but to no avail. And lately it has become a frequent phenomenon. How it looks to her that he is no longer interested in being friends with her, let alone best friends. And she started crying...

Ananya, like a Zen master, tried to counsel her,
"So, what?? He must be busy, and if you really feel he is ignoring you, you do the same. Just ignore him and forget him. He doesn’t deserve your friendship".
"No, I can't ignore him. He is rahul, my best friend."
"Don't worry, you would find someone else. It is clear by his behavior. he does not want you anymore. You are just someone who was part of his life and clearly he has moved on. Dear forget him. He’s gone."
"How can I forget him so easily? How could I forget someone with whom I have been forever? How could I forget a person whose mere thought bring a smile on my face? How could I forget a person who is my friend, my companion, my everything? How ananya? HOW?"
"Priyanka? What are you saying? Is he more than a friend?"

Priyanka with tears in her eyes, for the first time confessed her feelings for rahul to someone. For the first time since that fateful day in 2009, she told the truth about her feelings. For the first time, she let her heart talk.

"I don't know since when I started to like him, I don't know how it happened, I don't know when he became much more than just a friend. I don't know. What I know is my love for him and I can't forget him. I just can't." said Priyanka.

Ananya was dumbstruck, she knew rahul was someone special for Priyanka but this special, she never knew. She asked priyanka, "Do rahul know?"


"No, he has no idea."
"You got to tell him priyanka. Just tell him." 
“Listen I know it’s’ tough. But this is something you got to do. You got to let him know. Believe me, this is the best thing to do.”
“But how? How do I do it?”"This is something you got to think yourself. I can't help you with this."

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Rahul was over cloud nine. He had finally decided to convey his feelings to Priyanka. Also he has decided when he’s going to confess his love for Priyanka, the 24^th February 2012, three years since he first met her. And at the same time he was worried how she is going to react but now he was clear. He’s going to let her know and then leave everything on universe.And thus began another tedious job, how to tell it to her? Should he go down on a knee? Or should he write a letter. Should he ask her out over a phone or just hold her hands and tell her? He was confused, worried but finally knew what to do. He looked himself in the mirror and told himself,

“So, 24^th it is.”
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Finally priyanka smiled and thanked ananya before keeping the phone down. She decided to tell rahul about her feelings on the same date they met, the 24^th February. And she told herself,


“So, 24^th it is.”
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To Be Continued...

Love Story 2.0: Friend or something more??

"And you are coming with us to Goa, right??"
"hmmm, have not though of it, would confirm you by night". So, Rahul ends the call, still waiting for a universe sign that could help him decide upon his for Goa. And suddenly, he watches the news on television, showing mass killing in Goa. Now, he was decided, the universe has given him the sign, he is not going to Goa.

Rahul, 22, was in his final year in college pursuing B.Tech. He was a firm believer of Universe and tell all signs, and whenever faced with a dilemma, he would leave his decisions onto universe. It has worked so far and he hoped it would continue to work for him. As he was on crossroads in his life and looking for some answers from universe. No, it was not the obvious, 'Post Graduation or Job', question which a final year B. Tech student  is expected to be worried about. The question was much more complicated, it didn't involve a job or a M.Tech degree, it involved Priyanka, his best friend and their friendship or something more..!

2009
Rahul was in his third semester when he first met Priyanka, a lateral entry student to their class. She was this petite girl with gentle face and over-expressive eyes. Her hair always in a tangled mess tied back and a smile pasted on her face with confused expressions. It was like calmness of sea mixed with the falling waterfall. Her confused state was the reason why Rahul and she met for the first time.

Priyanka : "Excuse me, could you tell me to whom exactly do we have to submit the assignment?"
Rahul : "With Miss Monika, the Embedded Faculty."
"And where can I find her?"
"She must be in her cabin. The first cabin on the right in ECE department".
"ECE department...??"
"Hehe, You are so dumb...! Come, I would show you. By the way, I am Rahul."
"Hi, myself Priyanka..."

And thus started a new phase in Rahul's life. A phase which involved Priyanka, a phase that started without consulting with the universe, a phase where he took a decision on his own, the decision to be friends with Priyanka.

Rahul and Priyanka both hit off instantly. Both of them shared interests in having fun, watching films and talking endlessly over random things. They could be often found sitting in the college lawns talking about latest movie or in canteen arguing over the best 'samosas' in Delhi or near the metro station talking intellectual over a cup of roadside mocha or in the classes just sitting together and talking with silent winks and smiles. It was going great and for them friendship was finally personified. And then...

And then, one fine day sitting with a bunch of friends, (Yes, they had other friends too..!!), the dark clouds gathered and lighting struck as one witty fellow in the group singled them out as love birds. "Rahul and Priyanka, two person so much in love that they don't know life exist beyond the other person", this was what that fellow said. What??

"Rahul is just a friend..."...
"Priyanka, Priyanka, Priyankaaa.. ??? Neah, Neah, Neahhhhhh...." said Rahul.

Both of them later laughed over it but the cogs had started to move. Now, the equations have changed, it was not the same between them. They were best friends, yes. But they could be more, more than just friends. Both of them refused the thought to come in their mind, laughed it over, tried to forget it. But whatever they did, the thought lingered in their minds. "Is Rahul/Priyanka more than just a friend..?"...

Months later, the things have faded out. Both of them still were best friends, still spent hours together, first with each other and later on the phone. Still chats over a cup of coffee or a plate of samosas continued. And the thought was forgotten as a joke.

2nd August 2011
Gooooooood Morning..!!!
And Rahul was awake as his alarm clock again screamed, Gooooooood Morning...!! Out of habit, his hands traveled to his mobile to check for any messages or missed calls.

7 missed calls.
1 unread message.

More specifically, it was seven missed calls from Priyanka. He instantly called back but the phone was switched off. He tried again but no luck. He was worried so he tried for her land-line, but no one picked the phone. Now, he was scared. What could have happened? Why is she not picking the phone? He was cursing himself for not waking up. He cursed his cellphone for not being louder. How could he have slept when his phone rang? It  was not one call but seven. And he didn't wake up. Now his thoughts were scaring the hell out of him. He kept on trying her phone but no response.

Again and again the same screen flashed in front of him, 7 missed calls. What could have been so urgent that she called him 7 times? He called to every friend of theirs but no one had any news of her. It had been an hour when he could not take it anymore so he drove to her house. 

Standing on her gate, he though of giving her one more call. He took out his cellphone, unlocked it, and was about to call her, when a message came. It was some random message from his network carrier. But this made him notice another unread message on his device. It read -

"Hey Rahul, I am going to meet my cousins in Nanital and would be returning back after two weeks. See you later, Priyanka... :)"

He felt relieved and then laughed over himself for acting like a fool. And went back.

Later in the college he was narrating his experience to a friend of him, Paras. And Paras gave him a cheeky smile. On Rahul's constant niggling, he finally said," See man, for someone like you who always keep his phone on silent, missed calls is a daily phenomenon. There have never been a time when you had picked your cell on first ring. 4/5 missed calls is like normal. But you have never acted like this. Okey, she's your best friend and you were worried for her but still rushing to her home? Don't you feel it's more than just a friend?". And saying this Paras walked away, leaving Rahul engrossed in his own thoughts. And now Rahul realized, Priyanka was something more. She was special and she was not only her best friend but something more...
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To Be Continued...