He parks his vehicle outside and slowly opens the gate.The gate squeaks and the dog lying there opens his eye lids and lifts his ears.Several years ago it was the same dreadful creature that had played a spoil sport and destroyed the seat cover. He is even more careful this time not to let this dog come his way.Luckily he is fastened with a leash.
With a big sigh of relief, as he enters the house, she stands there smiling and shy near the kitchen curtain.She looks bright and happy like those blue flowers dispersed here and there on her white chudi top.The blue bottom of her chudi looks like a baggy on the top slowly tappers down to the ankle.
He looks into her kajal lined eyes and slowly lifts his hand up.He then pulls off the kitchen curtain to have a better look at her dress.He had always wanted to buy her a chudi like that after he had seen one of her pictures where she had a similar dress.
Who is going to break the ice? Everyone else had gone out to do some shopping for her niece's Bday.The gentle breeze seeps into the house and bangs the door near the couch.They come to their senses and he takes the seat in the dinning table. It was the same place where he had dinner before leaving the country several years ago.As he sits there, she comes closer and feeling more comfortable takes the seat to his right.
They had been waiting for this day, for this moment.Last time when they were having their dinner they did not know they would come such a long way in their relationship.
Like every other day, they start talking sweet and slowly drift towards pranks and nagging and teasing each other.She tries to tease him all the way saying how she missed her guy friends.She knows that he would feel jealous whenever he hears this from her.
But this time he was right there in person when she tries the age old trick.He picks up her left hand and holds her wrist, palm facing up.She had mentioned sometime in the past, that everything was in his hands. Now he knew his whole world was in his hands. Holding her hands, he knew the whole world was in his hand.
He forgets the teasing she had put him through.He forgets how jealous and upset he was. He feels her finger tips with his right hand.His fingers run through every "regai" as though he wanted to re-write her future and add his name wherever he could.
He picks up the remote and switches off the TV that was playing "Dil deewana" in ZeeThe gentle breeze outside rattles the dry leaves outside the door.He looks into her eyes and asks her "Will you marry me?"He continues, "Honey, I love you so much, you are my world and you make so much difference in my life."
He said, "I have been waiting for you, be with me and we shall redefine our world"He explains his dream again, "I want to hold your hand like this and walk the parks in Paris, the beaches in Goa, the malls in Bangalore" "Jassie has been dreaming of a trip to Europe with me and my wife, I want to take you with me to Europe"
Just then, he gets a call from her sister and she says they are on their way back home.He pats her on her back and says "honey, it is in your hands now, relax and stay cool as you always be"
He switches on the TV and surfs to Zee Music and starts listening to one of her favourite songs "Dil deewana..."Her mom, sister, jiju, nephew and her brother all come in, they all have dinner together and as he is about to leave, she comes to drop him off the gate, she slowly steps a little closer and says "I will"
He looks up to see the moon, the stars. They are no more exciting. There is a whole new world in front of him.He has been lucky he got all he wanted.
He gets back to the house and her mom asks "did you forget something?He says, "no" and looks around. Her sister also now comes to the living room and now he says "yes I forgot something"and continues "I forgot to ask you aunty, Will you let me marry your daughter?"
Before she could reply, he quickly calls up his mom and says "mom, we have decided, you can talk to her mom and find if she wants all these to happen"
It all happened so fast. Their moms talk and decide that is the right thing to do.
from left to right on the stage -Bhabhi, Didhi, mom, him, her, jiju, Bhaiya
sitting, left to rightchota bhaiya, npehew, niece.
Snap! click! frame!
The End of restlessnessThe Beginning of a new world....
