Disclaimer from author: The characters and events depicted in this story are fictious and any similarity to actual persons, living or dead, is pure coincidental
Love fills everything. It cannot be desired because it is an end in itself. It cannot betray because it has nothing to do with possession. It cannot be held prisoner because it is a river and will overflow its banks. Anyone who tries to imprison love will cutoff the spring that feeds it, and the trapped water will grow stagnant.
It was 29 December that the wings of Harris had to take flight with the entry of first ever dream girl in his life. His fate was to be tied to his elementary crush. Harris and Hellen were shortlisted for an interview for some program. The two were supposed to give the interview through skype and thus were added into a group. The clock was ticking and the time for the interview was approaching. The two were eagerly waiting for their turn. Brother of Harris, Jacob, seated besides Harris sent a contact request to Helen to know about her status of interview. But Helen herself sent a text inquiring about the interview. Then the interview was over without any further conversation. After sometime Jacob sent a text to Helen asking her about the interview. The other day Harris sent his first massage to Helen asking her ” What questions did they ask you?” The questions in the reply were same as he had been asked. There was exchange of contact numbers and social networking sites user ids and a screen shot containing news about Helen with her pic was also sent by Helen to Harris. Then there wasn’t much conversations between the two till thier exams began on 2nd March. Jacob had sent a text to Helen asking about her examination. Besides telling about her examination she sent a belated happy birthday wish to Harris on his so called official birthday. It was unusual for Harris to get wishes from outside family and that too from a girl.
Now the entry of cousin of Haris, Nudu marks the real event. It was Nudu who got better of mobile phone of Harris and stole Helen’s user id and sent her texts that aimed to propose her. Harris was not used to these matters. So without wasting any time he logged into his facebook account to send an apology to Helen. To his surprise it was a text from Helen that requested him not to give her contact no. to anyone. In reply to his appology he got that these issues are common over these sites. This reply aroused Harris and he began to chat daily with Helen. Day in and day out they used to chat. His texting her daily turns out that he had a lot to say. He became involved with her on a more personal level and as he befriended her, he wondered where his future actually lied. He secretly liked and and loved Helen and her cute accent. He used to see her pics on watsapp and one day a “school ready selfie” got better of him and he had an elementary crush. He used to write cheesy lines in his beloved dairy about his secret beloved girl. But his cousin this time too got better of his diary and sent all about it to Helen. Helen in turn contacted Harris and sought clearification which Harris denied but later on accepted hesitatingly. Thus he accepted defeat before his love.
Now he designed a pic for wishing Helen on Baisakhi festival. To his utter dismay Helen only saw this and replied after three days of the festival. On the same day, 17 April, Harris proposed her. He got “okkk” in reply to his three magic words. He was unsatisfied by the response and sought clarification to which Helen told her that it was better that they remain friends but also sent a text asking if he felt disappointed. To this Harris replied in a sad tone which showed his disappointment and in reply got love stickers which too failed to satisfy him and then he sought answer in words. It was a day spent well. Then there was all common chatting going on between the two till one day Helen told Harris that they had no future and thus they should breakup. But somehow Harris emotionally blackmailed Helen and they now began to exchange and dedicate songs to each other. This brought them more closer. They tried to put up conversations about their future. They were perfect for each other. The two were upto each others level. They seemed to know how to respect their differences. A boy and a girl from different backgrounds fell in love.
Harris used to force himself to have Helen on his mind for most of the time so that he could dream of her and one day he really dreamt her dream girl in a romantic dream in which he and Helen were seated on a same sofa in front of their families. They could rarely steal a moment to look at each other. Helen told Harris about the ring ceremony to which Harris replied that it will take place immediately. Then they moved to cinema and in the midst of a romantic scene Harris took out a ring from his pocket and hesitatingly held the beautiful soft hand of Helen and the ring ceremony was over with the unfortunate and untimely alarm from mobile.
Then Harris emotiinally thought these lines- This love is difficult but it is real. Don’t be afraid, we’ll make a way out of this mess. Love is the greatest off all. Marry me Helen, you’ll never have to be alone. I love you and that is I really love you. You are really unique and most beautiful girl in the world. I won’t be able to traverse the path of life withouy you. So never leave me.
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