Inspired by the quote:
“Life is what happens to us while we are making other plans.”
-Allen Saunders
The weather was very quiet on a blustery cold night and the clocks were striking one. I was done with my office work and was about to sleep. As I was shutting down my PC, my phone started to vibrate. It said, “You have a new message”. I commonly unlocked it to read the text. It was from her. To my surprise, it was all blank. Not even a single word was written in it. I didn’t know what she intended. I was puzzled. I started thinking whether it was a YES or NO for her. My mind started wandering at the top gear. Ambiguity accompanied me for the next few seconds. As I was waiting for the second message, I travelled into the past. Almost 8 hours ago, exactly at 18:32, I proposed her at the Time Square, New York. All the happiness on her face disappeared listening to it. She never wanted to invite me into her life, I felt. She decided to go, putting a question mark on our faces. Another beep and I’m back to present. After a very long time of 2 minutes, my phone vibrated again. I felt as if I waited hours to get the second one. This time, something was written. I started going through the lines. The text in the message said “It’s a YES for me Ankit. I love you too”. There was a heart emoji at the end, seeing which, my heartbeat reappeared normal. I was more than happy. I felt like flying in the world of heavens. At this point, I texted back. “I love you, not just today, but for a lifetime”. I felt as if I had lived thousand years, only to gain her love. She soon rang me. We kept on talking for the next four hours. I soon realized she wanted me to be the one for her, forever. I never expected that a day would come, and bring so much love to my life in the form of Avani. I asked if she was ready to come out with me. In a flash, she said yes. We both greeted good morning and ended the conversation.
It’s 8 in the morning. The sun was shining brightly. It was a pleasant atmosphere everywhere. Dr.Karan, my uncle, called to remind me of my appointment at ten. I was suffering from unusual coughing and persistent back pain for the past two months. Weight loss added to the above in recent times. He said he needed to examine. I promised I would be there on time. I decided to meet Avani after lunch. I texted her the same.
It was 2:15 in the afternoon. I turned Quicksilver, a fictional superhero who runs very fast. I was waiting to see her for the past few hours. Finally, there she was, wearing a white top and blue jeans. She was the same old girl to everyone. To me, she was different. She was the paradise, my heart wanted to reside in until the end of time. I was staring at her little by little. She was laughing and trying her best to take off my eyes from her. All her efforts failed. I was wearing a smile on my face. With utmost warmth, I calmly uttered “I love you”. She paused to my words. She didn’t know what to say. She became so emotional that she started to weep. At this point, I held her hand and took her into my arms. That was the first, promising hug of ours. I really loved it. A hug is one of the best ways to express love, I believe. I’m sure that moment never fades as long as my soul lives on. That was something happened 12 years ago. Every time I recall that incident, I start counting the drops coming out of my eyes.
That day, we spent some time watching a movie and then went shopping. We were dining at one of the city restaurants. That was when I realized more than 6 hours passed. It was getting late. I decided to drop her home. I then went to the hospital to collect my reports. My uncle left to Sydney for operating a brain tumor patient. I took the reports and returned home.
I opened them and started to skim through the lines. I couldn’t understand much Medicine. I reached the bottom part of it to know what it was all about. To my disbelief, I found something in bold and capitals which almost killed me. It said “GROWTH OF CANCER CELLS: POSITIVE”. Shocked!! I was taken aback. My entire world turned upside down. I felt as if a heavy storm had hit me out of nowhere and I was struggling to keep myself alive. I was out of my mind completely, reading those breath-taking lines. Everything around faded in no time. I could see nothing. For a moment, I almost reached the entrance of afterworld. I fell on my knees lamenting. What else I could do. In such a hard time, Avani hit my mind. I was more bothered. I was more distressed. “What should I do now?” Had I waited one more day of my life, her life would have been colourful. My life turned turtle all of a sudden. I said to myself “I shouldn’t have proposed her. I ruined her life. I am such an idiot.” It seemed like I was traveling in a path that doesn’t end in reality. “Should I tell her? Or should I hide it? How will she react if she ever knows about my complication? How can the story of ours end this way?” I started to cry louder than ever. Tears continued to leave me…
(To be continued…)
P.S: Characters are completely fictional.
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