Second Chance !!!

Like every morning, I started reading the newspaper. I was shocked to see my photo in the deads column. Seemed like a  bad joke from someone. 

But then I remembered yesterday night i had severe pain in chest. And that the last thing I could recall. May be I fall asleep after that.

I looked at the clock it was 8.30 Am already. I thought i will be late for office again. I will miss the team meeting again. 

But the home was lot more noisy that day. I went out to the living room. There were so many people. And i know all of them. My friends, my family everyone.....

They all look very sad. I tried to talk to them, no body replied. They were all looking at the center of the room.

There I was, lying in the middle of the room with white sheet all over me. Not moving. But hows that possible, I am standing right here. What is going on....I was shocked.....Not able to understand anything.

Am I dead ? But hows that possible ? I am too young to die. I have still to achive so many things. I have so much life left to live. Life that is out side my office. Life involving my family, my friends.

In one cornor of the room was standing my best friend, with whom I was not talking since long time. We parted ways after a big fight. His eyes were wet. He was trying to put a brave face. 

My mom was speechless, she was not crying, she was not saying a word. My dad was crying loud and my brother was trying to hold him. I wanted to tell everyone not to cry, I am standing right here. But no one was able to hear me. Why ? May be I was dead. 

I had so much life to live. I wanted to tell my mom-dad that I love them which I had never said. I wanted to hug my brothers. I wanted to say sorry to my best friend for parting ways with him. But none of these was possible anymore. I would never be able to do any of these anymore.

I started paying to god give me sometime to talk to everyone......

"Wake up son or you will be late for office " I heard my dad's voice.

I got up and hugged my dad, he was not able to understand whats going on. He just smiled. I smiled back and murmured "Thank you God, thank you for the SECOND CHANCE !!!

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Love Story ???? Part-2

Love Story ??? -Part 1

Naman was still in these thoughts when the door bell rings. It was his roommate & college time friend - Viren. Viren knew all about the relationship of Naman and Sneha.  He was with Naman since the engineering   days. He knew each and every bit of Naman.

In recent times Viren was one of the very few people who were there with Naman.  It was Viren who was giving him the smiling moments these days even if that meant Viren had to make fun of himself.   Viren knew that Naman is not at his usual best so he was trying everything to keep him busy by teasing him, irritating him or even fighting him.

Naman tried to avoid the eye contact him. Without saying anything he gets back to his coffee and picks up the remote and increases the volumes of the television. Viren understand the situation, taps Naman on the back and disappears in his room.

After Viren disappears in his room, Naman again falls in those thoughts of Sneha again.

Although Sneha was not there with Naman in the new city physically, still she was always with him and watching the new city with Naman’s eyes and description. Naman used to tell everything about the new city, new friends and new happenings in the new world of his. On the other hand Sneha used to keep Naman updated about his home town and his friend circle. They used to talk the whole day over the phone, sms or chatting.

They also used to meet every time Naman visited his hometown. In one such meet...

Naman Said “Will you marry me? I can’t live without you.... “

That was the thing Sneha was waiting for....she happily accepted. Both of them decided to talk to their parents about it. Sneha was not sure how her parents will react, she was little uneasy. Naman suggested that let me talk to my parents first.

After reaching home, Naman talked to his dad. He told him everything about Sneha and how it started.

Naman’s father was not really happy with the things and said “Let me talk about it to your mom and other family members first”.


Naman's mom didn’t agree to Naman’s choice, not because she didn’t like Sneha but she had her own choice for Naman.  After long heated discussion and few days of fight Naman convinced them. And because Naman did not wanted Sneha to face any heat he asked his parents to initiate the talk. For the happiness their son Naman’s parents agreed to do that. And they also did it.

After few days Naman got call from his brother. From him Naman came to know that “mom-dad had gone to Sneha’s house with the marriage proposal and her parents have rejected it. And dad is very upset. He is feeling let down. Please call dad, he is very angry.”

Naman called his dad immediately and first thing his father said “You fought with us for this?”

Naman said “Dad, let me talk to Sneha. There must be some misunderstanding”

“If you still want to marry that girl, don’t show me your face.” said Naman’s father.

Naman was shocked but he kept his calm and he decided to first talk to Sneha and then think about the next step.

He called Sneha but she did not answer the call. He tried again and again but no use. He also left messages, there was no reply.  This continued for many days. Naman tried few of Sneha’s friend but no one knew anything. Naman’s family also was angry with him and no one was really talking to him except her sister.

After few months, Naman got to know that Sneha’s marriage is fixed and she is getting married in few months. He broke down. He neither had his love nor his family.  He knew his family is there for him always but he felt that he has hurt them for Sneha and she did not even responded to any of his messages or calls. He felt cheated. As if the pain of losing his love was not enough he also had to deal with his family’s anger. Naman had never thought about losing either of Sneha or his family but now he had none.

All of sudden, Naman comes back to his present, as his cell phone starts ringing. It was some unknown number.

“Hello?”

“Naman, its me Sneha.”

“Sneha, where are you?”

“Naman, sorry I can’t talk much so just listen. I wanted to give you so much of happiness and be happy with you but may be our destiny is not such. I am sorry. Please forgive me, Bye”.

As soon as the phone hangs up, the music channel had a song on it....

“Dil hote jo mere seene mein do
Doosra dil bhi main tumhe deta todne ko”

Naman listened to it with tears in eyes.......

Love Story ????

"Hello"

"Hi Brother, what are you doing?"

"Nothing much, just came back from office and making coffee."

"Ok. Good. And don’t think much. You will be just fine."

"Yes sister. I hope all gets back to normal. I hope at least you are not angry on me."

"Shut up."

“I have hurt everyone"

"It’s nothing like that bro. everybody will become normal soon. You just take care of yourself. I will call you again in the morning and if you feel lonely call me. I am here. Ok?”

"Sis, can I have a hug please?"

"Hmm, I am with you. Don’t worry. Ok."

After the call Naman feels little better, feels he is not alone and someone still cares about him. He prepared his coffee, switches on the television and starts listening to songs on one of those music channels.

With every sip of the coffee, Naman was getting lost in the past and he realizes how quickly things have changed.

Naman’s mind rolls back to the day when he had joined this company. He was very happy and he had every reason to be. After all, he got placed in one of the IT giants in India. Everyone in the family were happy. Naman’s dad was very proud of his son that day.  Naman’s mom was very happy and little sad because her son was going to stay away from her because of his job, still she was happy that her son made it to the top.

On the other hand, Naman was little down as he had to leave his hometown, his friends, his family and also that someone special in his life, Sneha. He won’t be able to meet her, will not be able see her smiling face. He knew she is also happy for him. And as they say “Distance does not matter, if two hearts are loyal to each other”. They had not talked about this relation in their families. Sneha and Naman was in love for last one year and were happy in it.

On that day, when Naman was to leave the city, he and Sneha met and had a lunch together. They spent a lot of quality time together. Sneha gifted him a idol of Lord Ganpati for good luck which Naman still keeps on his work desk. Sneha was showing brave side of her until Naman said “I think we should leave now as in couple of hours I have my train”. Sneha had tears in her eyes with it but she wished him luck and both of them left.

After Naman moved to the new city, he was constantly in touch with Sneha. Both of them shared everything with each other and things were going really nice. They shared everything-the good, the bad & the ugly as well. For Naman, Sneha was the world, if Sneha does not call before going to sleep, he used to get upset. He always said “If I don’t hear your voice the day does not end and it does not start without your text”. And that was true also. First thing he will do in the morning is pick up his cell phone and check the messages from her and if there isn’t any he would send one and wait for her reply. Sneha knew this very well and she was very happy of the fact that Naman loved her so much. Whenever she said I love you to Naman, the reply was “Not as much as I love you” and Sneha loved those words so much.

Everything was going nicely and the world seemed perfect. 

(To be continued.......)