The Day I fell In love....

Today i wanna share something special.... something that happens to everyone once in a life, with sumone.... yes it happened to me.... Yes!... I know you won't believe it but its true.... This thursday my Manager Mr. A (names not to be disclosed) as usual had some work for me... Infact for friday also... nd majboori ka naam mahatama gandhi... mujhe friday ko kaam karna he padega.... but is ek din ne meri life change kar di....

There are 7 indian schools in qatar and they were having Inter school competitions on a big scale for which my company had sponsored.... On Friday it was the final which was to be held at Doha Cinema from 9 AM till evening.... I was supposed to reach there by 10 in morning and stay there to make sure that our company's visibility was all over during the programme.... Because in evening our COO was supposed to come and give away the prizes i cud not even think of skipping the programme....

Well it was a usual friday with only unusual thing, that was me getting up by 10... OH Shit!... I was late..... got up from my bed, brushed, took bath (yes i brush and take bath, don't be surprised) and rushed in my car to the Venue.... I reached at 11.30, and as soon as i entered the hall, i cud hear a girl sing maapila pattu (mallu islamic song).... ", Gaya aaj ka din", i thought and entered the hall....

there was a genuine crowd, mostly parents of the participants, but the balcony seats were mostly empty. Neways i went around the area with one of the organisers and checked if everything was ok. Then Mr. O (organiser) directed me to the seats in front as we were the sponsors. I smiled and went towards the seat thinking ",mera dimaag kharaab hai yahan baithunga.... yahan to so bhi nhi skta... sabko dikhega....", I started looking for a seat behind.... and then decided to go to balcony section jo thoda distance mein and khali bhi hai.... I got up and sat in seat in balcony..... competitions were goin on... an invisible woman was announcing names of team for various categories... bache aate ja rahey they, apna naach gaana dikhatey ja rahey they... Main bore hone laga to i connected my mobile to net and entered google talk.... Started chatting wid people wen i felt a shadow crossed me.... ", Yahan kaun aake baith gya yaar....?", thinking this i looked around and saw an angel like girl sitting two seats apart from me....

OMG! Two seats next to me sat a typical Indian girl in a pink salwar kameez which complimented her very well... baal baandhey hue, duppatta iron kiya.... oh my god kya ladki hai yaar.... Aisa nahi hai ki ussey sundar ladki maine nhi dekhi but somehow uske chehre se nazar hattane ka dil he nhi kar rha tha... Koi jaadu sa tha usme.... Mere phone pe IM ka beep bajey ja rha tha par aisa lag rha tha ki bas usi ko dekhta rahun.... Before I could finish admiring her beauty she looked towards me... I realised that I was still staring at her and she had understood that... My mind started screaming", Oh God! kuch bol prasanth kuch bol, dekhta mat reh... Kuch bhi bol," And I did ask....

I asked ", You came to see the competition?", and fir sochne laga ," Wah! How smart.... abey woh kya yahan tujhe milne aayi hai, competition chal rha hai usko he dekhne aayi hogi,"... With a confused expression (thanks to my smart question) she answered ", Yes, My sister is participating in one of the competitions." and then she started looking in to her mobile like reading some sms. I wanted to speak more to her, but pehle he mooh khol kar maine apni akal dikha di thi so i was jst avoiding to spit out more stupidity, when she turned towards me again and asked with a smile ",You are here with someone who is participating?" But i wasn't listening, i was busy admiring her eyes and her smile ", Oh God! kya hasti hai yaar...", when she repeated again realising i wasn't listening. ", Hunh! Yes.. Oh! no no... no one." as i was saying this i realised ki main kya yes no yes no kar rha hun... Meri antar aatma chillai ki abey ek baat pe ruk... Yes Or No....Coming back to senses I replied clarifying ", I mean, I am from CGC, CGC Nokia, I mean we are sponsors."

"Oh! so u r not a malayalee?" she enquired. Mujhe apne mallu hone pe itna garv kabhi nhi hua tha. I replied with a smile ",Arey nahi, I am a mallu, I mean malayalee." (kar di thi maine gadbad bol k mallu). tabhi khayal aaya ki naam bta de to shayad wo bhi naam bta de.... I said bending on her side ", Oh! by the way I am Prasanth... and you?" ",I am radhika, Radhika Menon." she replied. Radhika, kitna pyara naam hai.... Mann he mann socha Ma tere liye bahu mil gyi.... Wo uth k mere saath wali seat pe aake baith gyi. Aisa laga ki aaj bhagwan se lottery bhi maangu to shayad wo bhi de dega....

When she came next to me we started talking. I came to know that they were from Calicut and her parents were settled here. Her dad is working in Qatar Petroleum and she just came back after completing MBA and was searching for a Job. Her parents had gone to kerala, dats why she was here accompanying her sister. Mann he Mann main sochne laga ki yaar sab kuch set hai, kerala se hai, pyaari bhi hai, shaadi kar he leta hun. We were discussing about each other when she said ", I have seen you before also." At that moment of involuntary reflex, my brows raised and mouth opened with an expression "How... What?? She continued saying "Yesterday you came to BPS (birla Public School) with some colleague of yours." I replied "yeah, it was me and our Visual Merchandiser." I could not believe that she remembered because i was there for just an hour and there were so many people. How did she remem me. I wanted to know but darr bhi lag raha tha ki kuch bakwaas pooch lunga.. But u see, I was not able to resist asking that idiotic question of mine and asked her “But how do u still remember me, having seen me only once that too in that crowd?” She did shy for a while, before revealing that I was very impressive that day. She said that her friend noted me first as my dark blue shirt was striking enough to make heads turn! She also said the way I carried myself in style that made her friend fall for me! I seriously didn’t know how to react, as I was bemused thinking if only that style of mine made her fall for me?? I was not convinced with the reply but I did not want to make her feel uncomfortable asking more about that day. Anyways I felt good, though that was not what I expected. I mean not her friend fall for me. Nevertheless, in that next moment of honest confession she said, “Yeah true …Even I felt you were really good that day”. Hmmm.. Now I realized that she was really interested in me and from somewhere I got some confidence to move further.

She was not done yet. Her confession continued as she told me that she saw me sitting alone here so she came around so that she can speak to me and she was really being attracted towards me. I cud not believe my ears and was njoin every moment at that point. Yaar koi ladki mujhse attract ho rhi hai... Kya baat hai.... Aaahun Aaaahun, Aaaahun Aaahun.... Maine apne dil ki party ko jaldi se khatam kiya and then I looked into her eyes. She was feeling very shy on admitting everything to someone she spoke for the first time. I could see the love in her eyes and somehow i was feeling from inside that yes she is the girl. My heart was shouting that take her home with you. Dil se zor zor se awaaz aane lagi abey pata le, pata le, abhi propose karde, she will agree....." It seemed everything was happening so fast.

I regrouped myself for the brave act I needed to do tonight. I started “Radhika..When i was came here i thought what i was doing here wasting my day but now everything is falling into places” in my trademark idiotic way! She smiled with a slight confused expression and nodded her head. I continued adding some sense to what I said “ Yeah. I mean that I found you and i realise without you sitting next to me, my day wud not be so beautiful. Thank you!” She said in a girlish way “Come on Prasanth”! and stretched her hands, relaxing. I did not know what I was doing, but I clung her right hand… so tightly with my both hands and in the next second, trying to be romantic I opined, “Do u love me and can we marry each other”?

I did not feel I did a mistake, after seeing her expression not so harsh. She was bewildered though! May be she did not expect my proposal so soon. I could feel she was not comfortable! But I was wrong! She thought for a while and she placed her left hand upon mine and said “I feel I m lucky”! Now this confirmed that she has accepted my proposal. I was on cloud nine! I stood up and jumped high in the air and THUD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I found myself on floor in my room. I checked my watch and it was 12 in the noon and i realised i haven't gone to the programme. As usual i already reached programme but in my dreams..... OH god! I am late for that programme.....

I got ready thinking about radhika and what i dreamt.... I went to the competition but I didn't find any radhika.... Hopefully kabhi to milegi... Yahi soch ke khuda hafiz kaha ki shayad this is what it means to how you fall in love..... falling from your bed in your dreams......