I
was getting married that day. No, I was not excited. Trust me a Girl is excited
only by the thought of getting married, on her marriage day she is just
terrified. Okay, agreed!! I was terrified unlike other girls.
Must agree, best
thing about Indian culture is exquisiteness. My marriage was not just an
occasion for my family members, for them it was that larger than life
celebration they were longing for almost 24 years. I was happy seeing the
satisfaction on their faces. And why I shouldn’t be? If my parents can dream of
a happy marriage for me, I have also dreamt of them being more happy than me on
my wedding day. And they were!!
Everyone
who came inside my room had two emotions, First being ‘Amazed’, With smile on
their face “ she grown out to be so beautiful, She grew up so fast!!” and the
second being the “Heart break-skip a beat emotion” with tears in their eyes. “
she grown out to be so beautiful, She grew up so fast!!”
Well,
Credit for my look must have gone to my beautician. She managed to make me look
like the best bride on this earth that day. Exactly the way I had thought.
Heavy embellished lehenga with embroidered silk and gold work. Jwellery stood
equal in competition. Fingerlet, kundan neckpiece, gold nath etc. and all the
important jewels elegantly loaded on me. I had my first look after I was done
with my eye makeup. For me out of entire attire, this was the best jewel.
Dreams filled in with elegance in those pretty eyes made me fall for myself.
Those eyes also had many secrets hidden which made it look even more beautiful and
more mature.
I
was busy touching up everytime I found anything was going light, and then
suddenly I received a message!! It was from him.
Yes,
bride’s best passtime after she gets ready is going through the messages and
feeling right there, that this is a last message as a Miss before becoming ‘Mrs’.I know its
lame, but it is!!
Okay,
so it’s him. 'I want to meet you. Right now!!.'
I
asked him to come inside where I was getting ready, if it is possible. Well
that was the only option he had.
He
knocked the door, I asked everyone to give me a moment and they all left. I
don’t know how he managed to come inside in such hustle bustle. Did anyone ask
him, why he wants to meet me now? Or didn’t anyone stop him while yelling,"You
are not allowed! Why are you going inside??" Etc etc…
While
all these questions were taking over my mind I also had this weird kind of
anxiety!! And that awkward feeling!! Looking at myself in the mirror and wondering
if….and there he was…
He
was left stunned!! Ofcourse! I looked that beautiful. He couldn’t take his eyes
off me and he kept on starring while he moved ahead. I couldn’t bear the sight
and I lowered my eyes. With a mixed feeling and my heart beating faster than
ever before, I somehow gathered courage and tried to look up into his eyes
trying to decode what he wanted to tell, what was so important he needed to
tell me right before the marriage?
Sound
of his footsteps coming close to me gave me goosebumps. I again looked down and
pretended to be calm.
Suddenly,
everytime spent together , every chat we had, everything we shared over the
call, every little thing we cared for started flashing in front of my eyes. He
stood in front of me, lifted up my face, his hand below my chin.
I
couldn’t stop rolling out all my secrets. And him, witnessing them. There was a moment of
silence.
He
leaned forward and with soft spoken voice in my ears I heard him saying,“ Today
I woke up and realised that you were perfect!!! That Guy is lucky to know that
already. You have got your man.” The hammering of his
words so hard in my ears that he could have sensed it in my silent tears.
He
had no further words to say but I could see it in his eyes, he had lot many
things to say.
A
knock on the door signified I had to leave for the ceremony. And I bid him a good bye which I never wanted to.
-Thankyou Shiwani Agrawal, Jyoti Lalwani and Pooja Shirke...
