Depth of Delight

Prerna: She, who is meant to inspire!

And then, she held his hand for the first time.
The touch… It was so magical; moreover, so real that her mind stopped reacting. Looking around at all those people who were gazing at them, for the first time ever, she witnessed insecurity in her eyes. She felt scared. Scared of losing him! She could sense what it feels like to possess someone. She wasn’t wrong at her part. He belonged to her. She had all her rights over him. She wanted to hold him close. Her love for him was pumping hard and fast with every heartbeat. Her nerves had the fire of pride marked with showoff. She thought she was a princess for that moment; that particular moment!

A young girl like her who had always behaved so well and sophisticated, all of a sudden felt this sudden urge of screaming out to the universe how she felt they both were entwined and destined to meet. What she felt then, was no less than Love. She could see her ‘Complete Happy Family Picture’ right in-front of her eyes.

He was quiet. Ir-responsive!
Her heart ached to listen to his voice. But he never did speak a word at that very moment. He simply could not. He was finding it so difficult to gain his senses and realize what exactly was going around; to analyze the people around him; and most importantly, to understand her. And she! She couldn’t just get her eyes off him. Her hand gripped his even more firmly, still so softly. 

And then suddenly, he shivered a bit. She felt cold.
 He yawned. She felt drowsy.
 He turned sides. She felt restless.
 He smiled. She felt happy.
 And then before he could, she wrapped her arms around him. She felt like the very thin line that forms the horizon had dissolved and the Zenith had hugged Nadir for the very first time.

“Wow! What an amazing day!” she said to herself. For her, it was like God bestowing the blessings and joys of the whole universe upon her, a major part of which, she decided to gift him throughout her life. The innocence and divine purity on his face that day, made her realize how life could be better. His eyes assured her that with him, she would live at her best. His embrace made her believe that the thunderstorms of life and devils of haunting loneliness would disappear only to lead her to a brighter, happier, more beautiful life, which she thought could never exist. To her, he was an Angel with an ocean of love to share that could even beat Cupid to death.

Words oh words… Everything I write won’t be much enough to describe her love that rolled down her eye for him. It was like the first gift of her blessed childhood; like the first drop of rain over a barren field; like the excitement of the first salary; like the butterflies in one’s stomach before the first kiss; like the satisfaction after a breathtaking stage performance; like the anxiety of learning the first teenage lesson; like the overwhelming joy of a father watching his child take the first step holding his finger; like the nervousness before the first menses; like the sweet pain of wearing those heels when you know you’re the most beautiful lady around; like the LIC Life Insurance policy with a promise for a whole lifetime; like the dream of your knight in shining armour rescuing you; like the fantasy of a kid reading a Disney tale; like being on ninth cloud when you have conquered the whole world. It was like every mind numbing and at the same time dumb striking feeling one can think of. For her, it was a complete “Sankalpistic” effect that was leaving a deep alluring impression on her life with every passing second.

“Sankalpistic” is a word she invented that day after meeting him. She wanted to bring it to the time’s acknowledgement that the moment which she was living then was peculiar and special in its own ways. It had to be different. She bent down a bit till her lips reached to the side of his ear. Brushing her cheek against his, she affectionately whispered, “I never knew that one day an Angel in your disguise would knock at my door to make it brighter with such twinkling eyes, to hold me tight and walk beside me in the miles of life to ask thousands of questions and to teach thousands of life changing lessons everyday. Believe me, I am dying to learn. I am dying to answer every query you have. I am dying for your celestial touches, to walk through all journeys with you, to tell you my stories and to listen to yours; to laugh, to shout, to fight and also to cry with. I love you.”

She marked the day as the best day of her life.


5^th August 1999.

And now, today when she is looking at him again, she senses a lack in her efforts that he has overpowered with his utter determinations to turn her dreams into reality. He has a reason to worship her. She has a reason to live for him. They both are each other’s life line. His smile is what kills her sorrows. Her appreciation is what brooms away his guilty conscience. He hugs her. His strong arms are a curtain to her tenderness. He knows that she has been through a lot. All her dreams have always been whole solely for him and not even herself. Watching him reach the skies, her sacrifices feel so content as if she is the one touching the acmes.

A few minutes ago…
He enters the room with a serious look on his face. Looking at that face, her heart starts to pound. She frowns in nervousness. He takes out a letter from the inner pocket of his coat and reads aloud,

To 

Mr. Sankalp Sharma

Dear Sankalp,

I feel so honored to inform you that your project has been accepted by the Board Committee. You are expected at the International Conference for the purpose in Dallas on the upcoming 23rd December. You will be representing our firm as the new CEO of the company. Kindly log in to the official website and fill in some of your details for official database. Your official log in id and password has been sent to your mobile. The invitation letter and the joining letter shall be delivered to you in next few days. Take this as the confirmation letter.
Congratulations once again.
P.S. I had to write this myself to express how glad and proud I am to have you working with us.

Regards & love 

Jesse Eisenberg 

Founder 

Bull’s Eye Microsystems.

She doesn’t believe her ears but this is true and she cries out of joy. He screams laughing and celebrating along with her. She can feel her eyes getting wet. He lifts her up. And she kisses his forehead.
“I am so proud of you. I am speechless and so happy.”

He knows how eagerly and patiently she had lived through all those years waiting for this day to arrive. And finally when it is here, it seems to be no less than a heavenly dream. He kneels down at her feet and with weeping eyes, he looks up. She asks him to get up. Wiping off the tears, she asks him to get fresh while she’ll get the dinner.

He switches on his laptop and browses the company’s website. He checks his phone. Yeah it is there; the id and password-

Username: sank@bemicro
Password : *******

There he goes.
Logged in successfully. He then fills up the details.

Date of Birth- 5th August 1999

Suddenly he hears her calling out for him, “Dinner’s ready. Hasten up!”
Shutting down the laptop, he shouts back, “Yeah coming.” As he heads towards the dining table, he is thinking and wondering-
To him she has been the only and the best friend. The darkest secrets of her life as well, aren’t much hidden from him. She is afraid at times. She feared what if she turns out to be the wrong inspiration for him for she has committed several inevitable mistakes which would be hard to confess. Although he knows all of them, she doesn’t want him to learn anything from her life which is not at all worth learning. But he! He is another smart guy. He believes that whatever wrong happened to her wasn’t because she is a bad soul but it was all because it had to happen. And it did. He has seen her fighting her fate. And today the place from where he sees her, she is the “Perfect Elder Sister” he could ever ask for from Thee. 

Because love is when you feel inspired. hai na? :)