Chapter 2: The Sunday Calls
We all passed 8th standard successfully with good marks and now I was in class 9. Riddhi was no more in my life but her lesson was still with me and I can see small differences in my life due to that.
Life has many surprises for us and sometimes we get someone special in our life as a surprise.
It was our winter vacation and I was at my home and during that vacation I got my personal cell phone of my choice. That was a time when getting a sim card issued was difficult as it needed a lot of documents and age verification. So my sister gave me one of her sim cards and she bought a new one. My sister is 4 years older than me and she studied in our home town in a day school. Back then social messaging apps and smart phones were not so popular and Whatsapp was not there in market. So, normal sms texting was famous and everyone used to chat via text messages only.
Since mms was a bit costly, everyone used to send jokes only in text formats and one day I also received one such funny sms. I was at my relative's home at that time. We all had finished our dinner and were enjoying a TV show.
My phone beeped.
It was a funny sms related to some commerce stream and the number was unknown.
I replied, "Sorry, who is this?"
And in the next few texts I get to know that she was my sister's friend and she was unaware that my sister had changed her number. So I gave her my sister's number and in addition I said, "By the way, I am from the science stream. I did not understand this joke." She replied thanks and tried to explain me that sms and gradually our conversation started in text messages.
"I haven't seen you with your sister," she said and I explained that I study in a boarding school.
This conversation went on and on. It was 2am, everyone was sleeping but I was busy with texting and waiting for the reply, smiling at the replies and this conversation was becoming so interesting that I forgot to charge my phone and the phone got switched off. (Only men can understand this feeling) Well, there was no charging point and I had to search for a point. I got a point in the living
room which was at a distance from sofa set because of which I had to stand and text. That night I understood one thing that everything feels comfortable if it is of your interest.
Well, we did not sleep that night. It was around 5am when we decided to sleep as I had to leave for my home that very morning. Around 11am I woke up and left for my home. During the journey I was thinking all about her. I had not even seen her, I had not even heard her but still I was feeling very connected to her as I have never felt so special till now.
Finally I reached my home and after an hour she also woke up and our texting started again. Both of us were feeling something for each other. I don't know what that was but it was really special and since I lost my last love due to my slow approach, I texted her "I love you". Yeah, I know that it's too early but I just did it without any second thought.
The phone was silent for 10 minutes and my heart was pumping, thinking about all the possible thoughts that she might be getting and after 10 minutes the phone beep.
"Are you serious?"
"Yes."
"But you have not even seen me. I am not beautiful."
"Yeah, I have not seen you but I have talked to you and that makes you beautiful."
"But is it not too early? We should take some time."
"We will take time but I just said what I feel."
"Actually I also feel the same but what if you will not like me after you see me."
"I love you because of your nature and I'll always love you."
"That's so sweet of you. I love you too."
This is how our love story started. We planned to meet each other but it did not work out due to some issue and in a few days I had to leave for my hostel. Now the only person who can help us to meet each other was my sister. So I told her everything. She told me it's true that she is not beautiful by looks but she has a beautiful heart and I said this is all I want. My sister was also a bit uncomfortable about our relationship as she was 4 years older than me. But she supported me and promised me that she will plan a get together. Unfortunately we failed to
meet again due to some reasons and I had to leave for my hostel and the serious problem is that we cannot use our cell phones there. We only get a chance of weekly call from our home but I was helpless.
Now it was a time when I used to wait for the weekend so that I can talk to her and that we get only incoming calls. We were not allowed to call someone by our self. She used to call me every Sunday. We used to have one phone room with a landline and whenever she calls, my friends who attended the call shouted in their full strength, "Sanjeev, it's your call," and it was the moment I was waiting for the whole week. I rushed to the phone room and talked to her for hours. Whenever my wardens ask me why you talk so long on call I had only one answer.
"Sir, she is my sister". This continued for 6 months and then we had our summer holidays and the time came finally when I was gonna meet her.
In this span of 6 months, it was a blind date.
We have not seen each other but we loved each other.
We don't talk daily, but we loved each other.
We don't plan surprises and give gifts to each other, but we loved each other.
We know that our journey will be difficult, but we loved each other and loved with total purity and loyalty.
I was travelling back home, excited to meet her, see her for the first time and was thinking all about her. In these 6 months, I learned one thing;
"We should find happiness in small things"
It's not necessary that you meet every day, talk to your lover every day, and send her gifts but whenever you meet or talk to her show her your love, care and the respect she deserves.
It's not about how much you talk and how much time you spend. It's just the quality of time you spend which creates a good bonding and a better relation.
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