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Children's
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Predicament Of Love
Sameer was totally
confused. He went about doing his work like a robot. He had to get back
home. He had to sit and think and clear up the confusion in his mind.
Sameer filled out his half day leave application in a trance. Thankfully
his boss sanctioned his leave without asking too many questions. Sameer
hurried out of his office so that he could take a cab to reach home. His
actions were that of a desperate man.
As soon as he reached home he flopped on the sofa and let his mind free to
think out what had been happening in the last one month. He had completed
his MBA and later joined this multinational company. It was a well paid
job and the work was interesting. His colleagues were very helpful and he
settled in his job with ease.
His office was located in
a mall and so lunch was never a problem. The food court where he had lunch
was always crowded. A climb down the escalator and he would reach the vast
food court which offered a variety of foods from various countries. Lunch
was like an experiment for him as he tried out different cuisines. His
colleague, Lisa always joined him for lunch and he had gotten used to her
company. It was on one of his lunch expeditions that he had seen that
girl. She had passed by him to cross over to the other table. Her perfume
had mesmerized him.. Lisa was sitting across him chattering away and he
had kept on nodding, not actually listening to her. He could not take his
eyes away from that girl. Who was she?
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He had seen her for the
first time. There were quite a few offices located in the mall and most of
the staff usually had lunch at the food court. Sameer knew most of them by
face, but this girl was new. Maybe she had come to the mall for shopping
and was having lunch. Or maybe she was a new employee in one of the
offices. It was only when Lisa tapped him on his hand that he awoke from
his reverie. Lisa thankfully, had not noticed his interest in that new
girl. They both finished their food and rushed towards their respective
departments.
Sameer had too many
deadlines to meet. He had to attend two meetings too. It was only in the
evening when he was leaving for home that the girl’s face flashed across
and he was reminded of the waft of her perfume. His parents were
pressurizing him for marriage since last month but he had kept on
postponing the idea. He was hardly 24 and he did not want to marry so
soon.
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At college many of his
friends had fallen in love and were married now. But he had not felt any
special feeling for any girl, so far. But, today it was different. He had
felt attracted to that girl. If the girl had come for shopping then he
could very well forget about seeing her again. He felt depressed and sad
that his momentary attraction would end like this.
It was only when he happened to see that girl again the next day at the
food court that his hopes enlivened.. Surely, she was an employee at one
of the offices. He felt quite cheerful at the thought. She looked young,
but didn’t look like she was newly out of college. She must have been
working somewhere else before joining here. Today Lisa was on leave, and
Sameer was enjoying the chance of glancing at the girl again and again.
Suddenly, the girl looked back at him and smiled. Sameer was so shocked
that he had been caught staring that he barely managed a nod. She had a
great smile. Sameer felt even more attracted to her. He just couldn’t stop
thinking of her. He had to approach her. Maybe tomorrow he would casually
make acquaintance.
The next morning he just couldn’t wait for the lunch hour. At the stroke
of one he rushed to the food court looking eagerly across the table,
searching for the girl. Where was she? After a quick glance, he realized
that she had not come in yet. As he moved the food across his plate with
disinterest, he heard “Hello isn’t the food tasty?” Sameer
instantly turned towards the girl and felt his heart beating loudly. She
was even more beautiful up close. He barely managed to speak up words of
invitation asking her to join him at his table. She readily agreed and
started a conversation. Sameer couldn’t believe his luck. She was quite
talkative and went on telling him all the things he wanted to know. Almost
all the things………
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She had joined recently in
one of the offices in the mall. She was earlier working with another firm
and had joined here for better prospects. Sameer felt that she was maybe
older than what he had thought. He guessed her age to be around 26 or so.
He too joined in the conversation and enjoyed every bit of it.
This tęte-ŕ-tęte continued for a couple of weeks. Sameer’s attraction for
Saumya (that was her name) had not faded but in fact grown tremendously.
He felt more close to her than to any girl in his life so far. Maybe this
was love. He eagerly awaited lunch time everyday and hated the weekends
when he couldn’t see her. Lisa had called in sick and had gone on a
month’s leave. He was getting to know Saumya and falling more and more in
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Must he propose to her? It was while he was thinking of all this that the
world came crashing down upon him.. It was the regular lunch hour and
Saumya was sitting across him eating lunch and chit chatting. Her cell
phone starting ringing and she started digging in her purse for it. She
spoke fervently on the phone and suddenly her face lost all colour and she
turned pale. After disconnecting the phone, she told Sameer that her son
was sick and she had just now received a call from the school. She also
went on to tell that she had to take her son to the doctor. She added that
her husband was out of station since last month and wouldn’t be coming for
another month or so. Sameer just stared at Saumya in a state of shock.
Saumya did not notice the expression on Sameer’s face, as she was worked
up herself and needed to rush to the office and take permission for leave
of absence. She hurriedly waved goodbye to Sameer and walked out of the
food court. Sameer felt like his life had come to a sudden halt and he
felt waves of shock pass through him as he saw Saumya walk out of the food
court and his life.
He had not seen her after that day. It was two days now and Sameer felt
totally depressed. He had to go and see her at least for one more time.
Surely, she was on leave or he would have seen her at the food court. Lisa
was due to come back tomorrow. His mind floated images of Saumya and he
felt a wave of regret. She was married with a 12 year old son! He had made
a wrong guess about her age. She must be around 32 or more. But she looked
so young and youthful. Now that he thought about it, she had never made
any physical advances or flirted with him. She had always been nice and
polite to him. In fact she treated him like a kid and showed concern and
care. Now that he recollected, she had even asked him about marriage
plans. All the while he had not bothered to ask her whether she was
married or single. He had conveniently assumed her to be a young unmarried
girl. It was totally his mistake. Once, in his life he had felt so much
love and affection for a girl, and the girl was married with a child. How
was he going to come out of this depression and self pity?
Why was he behaving like a love struck teenager? He was independent,
holding a good job, with great future prospects. Surely, he would find a
nice girl to marry and live his life with. He had to forget about Saumya
and the attraction he felt towards her. She was married and out of his
reach. He would be friends with her as she was truly a nice sweet person.
He had to come out of this predicament of love and start living his life.
With this positive thought, Sameer walked across the room to open a window
and let in the breeze to soothe his nerves. His future with many more
opportunities was waiting for him. He just needed to look. There was no
point in trying to reach out for the rainbow. Life had to go on
and ‘when one door closes, another one opens……
Contributing
Story Teller
Naina Nair,
Dubai, UAE. II completed my Post graduate education in Mumbai, India and
am presently residing in Dubai, UAE. Writing has been my passion since
childhood. I have been writing poems, articles and stories of which some
have been published in newspapers and magazines.
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