Oh my friend...!!!

I was standing at bus stop waiting for bus. It started raining - meanwhile some face disturbed me, I searched it all over the platform and I was not able to find it out.For a second I felt happy - as that is the face which I am missing since long time.

Meanwhile somebody closed my eyes from behind and said " Guess me?"

How can I forget this sweet voice, a simple smile wrose on my face - Nanditha.

We were speechless as after 7 years we are meeting. She has same charming face, her slant eyes attrackted me again - shall I kiss her forehead or chiks. No stupid what are you thinking. Her Mangalsutra disturbed me.

She took my cell phone number, Mean while her bus came, she said I will call you and went off.

I stepped into my bus, got window seat - My mind rewinds all the memories a sweet memories.

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It was drizzling.

She ran from her place and started dancing in rain. She is my best friend Nanditha and ofcourse I am her. Always since from her childwood she loved to play with rain drops. And nobody has dare to stop her. Whole college knew we are best friends, but they never knew that I was in deep love with her not even Nanditha.

Her slant eyes, her kiddish smile and the kindfull, truthfullness always attracted me.I better stop telling about her might be it may take whole day if I start speaking about her.

I had fear that I may loose her because after college her parents will look for a guy - and marry her, slowly she will forget me. It hurts me if I think more about it. I decided to prapose her finally - I went to her when she was busy dancing in rain.

Holding her right arm I said : " I love you "

She saw deep into my eyes and " I too love you buddu, you are my best friend" She said and kissed my fore head.

" Will you marry me?" I asked her seriously, She stopped her dance looking at me with a strange expression, she had no words. We just saw deep into each others eyes. Stood silent and dumb.

Lightning strikes, which interrupts their silence.

I had no words and I kissed her forehead, started moving away from there, thanks to rain which helped me to hide tears. She stayed looking at me without blinking her eyes.

Next two days we were literaly speechless, we never called each other and we never met but why? I don't know, there was some sort of fear, I guess same would have happened with her.

It was a last day of college and we were about to leave the place carrying all lauggages. And I packed mine, but still I was feeling to meet her but how, I am the reason to break our beautiful friendship.

My cell phone bipped and as I expected it was nanditha " I am waiting at basket ball ground"

I dont felt to reply, I just ran.

A hug had different meaning before but today it is different. I can't hug her, but what if she does. I saw her eyes getting wet, wipping her tears - she said " Why did you got changed - you are my best friend and be my friend always" She hugged me. I left long breath. Shall I hug her, my insight told no.

"Our caste is different and we cant marry, our parents will never agree and I cant do anything which hurts them" she spoke and I knew it.

I was dumb and I just kissed her forehead as I did usually whenever she needed support.

Again drizzling started - we had no words, we sat in the middle of ground back to back and without words for more than hour - Everything which made noise was our tears and our silent feel.

" Dont leave me, Marry me" I asked her.

Suddenly she came and sat infront of me and started crying like anything - without looking back she ran away without turning - and that was the last day I met her.

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I knocked the door - A small kid came saying " Pappa" I took her on my arms kissed her chicks. My wife came. And I wanted to share the matter of nandita with her but felt no.

Early morning I got call - it was nanditha and she wanted me to meet her. I said okay.

That evening I was waiting at stone bench in the middle of park. She came half an hour late. But I observed her eyes were wet.

Suddenly she slept on my ties and said " My husband died 6 monts before, I am finding difficult to look at my kids"She was crying like anything.

And as usual I was silent, she still looked beautiful and why god played with her. She got up I too did. She hugged me and asked " Will you marry me?"

Meanwhile my cell phone bipped, It was my wife. And meanwhile her cell phone bipped that was her elder son.

She understood that I am married and had no words - Standing infront her I sent her a message - ' You are my best friend - I am always with you in any time '

She understood eveything - Kissing my forehead she went smiling.

I wipped tears from face and with a smile, I just walked away from there.

The End