My first love part 30 (those 30 seconds)

It was midnight here and when sleep was about to enclose me, I was waken by the loud ringtone of my mobile. Whenever my phone rings at night I am always reminded of her and this time was not an exception to that thought. The answer for that thought was also same everytime. After that stupid,insane act of mine I lost her. I never thought that I will lose her, but I have hurted her a lot and in the end I am the lonely one, in a lonely night always thinking about her. 'Will she ever think about me or would she have moved on with her life?' Thought Suriya Prakash before checking who have woken him up in this time of night. The bright light made his vision blurry in the dark background of his room. After his vision got adjusted to the light, the caller Id flashed his sister's name-Sujatha- in the missed call list. He looked at the time and it was 12.30AM in his place. Since he was now in Singapore, he thought it would be around 11PM in India. He called back and his sister picked up the call "hello"
"hey sister, how are you? Why calling at this time? Any problem?" Enquired Suriya with an edge of concern in his voice.
Sujatha: "nothing brother. It may be your niece. I did not call you"
He let out a sigh of relief and enquired about his family members health and finished the call. Later when sleep went away leaving him alone, he went back to his memories about why he is single at present.
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That day she did not attend the call in a single ring, which she does only when she wants to hide something from me. But she finally attended the call before I could cut and call her again. "Hello" her voice was troubled.
Her voice told me that something was wrong and I wondered what it could be. So I asked her without hiding all the irritation caused by her attitude from morning "where are you?"
Knowing my irritation she spoke in a calm voice "at cinema hall only"
Her replies were short and that made me more angry. "Who are all with you?" The pause that she gave made me suspicious. Surely she was hiding something from me. After few seconds of pause she replied "me,Abarna, Vasanthi, Farah, Reshma and Abarna's boyfriend Nakul". When I heard that name I did not know what I was doing. I shouted at her: "why the hell is he there? You lied to me. You already knew that he was coming. Right? You are such a cheat. You have cheated me."
Since I was in my native,I was not able to go there and beat that fellow and drag Anjana out of that place.
She replied, now with less noise around her, may be she went away from her friends and spoke in a way which only exposed parts of her anger, "listen Suriya.. I did not lie to you, nor did I know that he was coming. I confirmed for umpteenth time that Nakul was not joining the party. He came unannounced. And I am not a cheater. Don't dare call me cheater"
She made more angry and I asked her to go back to college or else I will tell to her mother about this secret outing of hers without her mother's knowledge. Everytime I used to threaten her like that and she used to obey me after my so called threatening. But this time my threatening did not work and she told me to do whatever I wish and that made me more angry and I cut her call abruptly and made the worst mistake in my life.
I had her mom's number long back and this was the first time I am using it. I called her mother. Once she picked up the call I started talking without allowing her to speak "hello madam. I guess you are Anjana's mother. Just hear me out and don't ask anything else. Your daughter Anjana is now out with her friends. And that friends include boys. She is going out with boys and becoming characterless. She has even gone out with me. Just informing you madam"
The call lasted for 30 seconds and I cut the call immediately before the person in the other end could talk.

My first love part 29 (lover boy)

'To hell with you and your interrogation' Anjana thought of saying to Suriya. Since she did not want to spoil the mood of everyone around her including herself and the person on the other end of the line she replied in a very very calm and a soothing voice hiding all her irritation, "don't get upset darling.! I'm not showing any kind of attitude. Please just understand me and I don't lie to you at any moment"
Suriya replied in a much more irritated voice making Anjana flinch at all the abusive words he was using at the moment. He cut the call abruptly and left Anjana to feel low all by herself for the rest of the day.
Suddenly the girls stood up and then only she realised that they have reached their desired designation. In front of them stood a massive ten storeyed building inviting them all to spend all the pocket money saved for the month in a single day. They all went straight into the famous 'LUXE' cinemas as their first plan of the day was to watch a good movie. Once they entered the cinema hall Anjana was the first to see him,the person who Anjana did not want to see today, but internally she knew that he would come. He saw all of them and smiled broadly and directly went to Abarna and hugged her and wished her on her birthday and gave her a bouquet full of red roses. He was non other then Mr.Nakul,the lover boy of Abarna.
Anjana began to tremble inside, because Suriya prakash does not like Nakul,who is 6 feet tall,lean,medium complexed like Abarna and was more charming with an ever smiling face. Abarna shot her  an apologising look because before planning Anjana confirmed for umpteenth number of times that her boyfriend will not be a part of their plan.
She was snapped back to reality by her 'j-lo' ringtone. As if it was some kind of telepathy knowing that Anjana was doing some mistake and will hide something if not spoken now his name flashed across her mobile's screen.

My first love part 28 (attitude problem)

She was back to hostel that day by ten pm. All the girls were tired nd worn off and was done for the day.
It was one of the most fun filled, happiest day for them. Except for Anjana, who was drained physically and also mentally. All she had in her mind was 'telling the truth will never help in my relationship with him'
Abarna came to her and said "hey girl. Just don't worry thinking about him. He will as usual come back to you. After all you are made for each other and cannot live without one another. Just sleep peacefully now"
Anjana did not want to think about anything regarding Suriya prakash that happened that day.
12 hours ago...
They all boarded the bus and as usual Abarna sat in the window seat with Anjana besides her. Anjana usually preferred window seat but since it was her bestie's birthday she lent her favourite spot for her friend. They all started to sing aloud happy birthday from behind and was finally joined by the people in the bus which made Abarna in verge of tears. Suriya called in middle of these happenings "where are you?"
Since it was too loud outside she was not able to hear him properly and asked him "I can't hear you. What did you say?"
In a bit of irritated voice Suriya asked "I am asking where the hell are you? Why is it so louder there?"
She replied "I am in bus only pa. All are singing Abarna happy birthday song so only it's loud here.and Abarna Is only sitting near me." She added before he could ask his all time favourite question of who was sitting besides her.
SP:" why is everyone singing? Are your class boys coming with you? You lied to me?"
Anjana :" I already told no boys. Then why are you asking that question again? Whatever..all are singing because they all have humanity and may be wanted to make the birthday girl happy by singing the birthday song along with her friends. And the 'all' I told does not contain any boys from my class. They all are the people travelling in the bus"
SP: "see this is why I will always tell you not to go out. Once you go out you start to show attitude"
Anjana thought the war has started and she did not know how big the war was going to become.

My first love part 27 (girls day out)

Spending time with friends has become lesser and lesser since his entry in her life. So when he allowed her to go out with her friends she was more than excited to finally have a girls day out.

The day was more cheerful to begin with cool breezy November climate and all her friends were having a fashion parade and took hell of a time on choosing which dress to wear for this last but not the least outing. Anjana chose a peach colored salwar which had dark blue embroidered border which she got as a gift from Suriya for her birthday that year. Whenever she goes out she has a habit of wearing or having something he gifted her, by that she has a feeling that he will always be along with her.

All the five of her friends were ready, as usual late by couple of hours then planned and finally started from their hostel but not before stopping in their messy mess to have upma for breakfast, which in normal days will be neglected because of its taste(less) in their taste buds.

Anjana called Suriya before leaving from hostel "hey. Just now starting from my hostel "
SP: "hi. Okay go safe. Send pictures of wherever you are"
Anjana : "okay pa. I will!" She said with a cheerful voice reciprocating her mood.
SP: "okay fine. Only girls na? Promise.?"
Anjana: " yes baba. Only girls.you don't have to worry. And I promise to behave" she told trying not to get irritated, by the infinite number of promises taken by him for the same issue and spoil her mood on the day she has been waiting and getting prepared for the whole month.
Before she could even cut the call, her friends were nudging her to end the call and move out of the gate.
Finally when the call was over, thankfully without any quarrels, she saw the bus which they have to aboard came to a stop in front of her and they all hopped in to the bus with lots of smiles and giggling, waiting to create another memorable day celebrating their friendship.
But less did Anjana know that how much of an impact this day was gonna make in her so called wonderful life.

My first love part 26 (happy bird)

'Idiot' she thought for herself. 'How can I even belive those jerky friends of his words.' After everything that happened in the beach, Anjana was still thinking that he would not betray her. 'Suriya prakash is the love of my life. Will he even betray me? Right!they are just jealous of his constant companion.' When those strangers said those words, she was so angry and just wanted to beat them blue, but instead her anger only made her eyes teary. The most romantic moment was totally spoilt.
But the saddest thing of all was that he did not say anything to his friends and instead immediately took her away from that place back to her college. This act of his made her worry but the joy of meeting him for the first time made her forget it totally.
For next few weeks Anjana was a happy bird singing her own love story.
But then she did not know what was waiting ahead of her to destroy her happiness and love out of her life.
It was almost a month after visiting Suriya and it was her roomamate's birthday and so all her friends along with her planned to go on a memorable-last-outing of the year since their college days were coming to end. So she informed Suriya about their plan to chennai city mall and their favourite spot, beseant nagar beach. He as usual instructed her to behave and got lots of promises that she was going out only with girls. But the day awaiting ahead had some other plans for her.

My first love part 25 (Suriya Prakash)

<after 2 years>
He was working at a private company as a production manager in Singapore. He earned well, enough to support him and his family. He got new set of friends, but he did not forget his old buddies who were the sole reason for his breakup with Anjana.
At the beginning of his conversation with Anjana, he was aiming only to get some physical relationship with her. But now he was a changed man, she changed him and disappeared from his life. She was the most beautiful part of his boring life. She was like a moon giving him the light in the dark night, which was itself getting scorched on the other side, by protecting him from getting burned by the blazing sun.
He still felt her hug which was first and last around his neck. Her sweet scent was still hanging inside his senses. He could not forget her, but she did not needed him anymore. She was happy not around him. She hated him now with every cell in her body. At the same time he wanted to reach out to her and wipe away her tears that ran down her cheeks caused by him.
After they met in her college for the first time in their love life, he took her to the beach were they were happily sitting along the shore and she was enjoying the view of the vast ocean and the sounds of waves crashing under her feet. He was enjoying the sight of her, her smile and even her stubbornness made him fall her all over again. That was when it happened. The thing which he thought that he could erase of her memory. The most worst incident that was still haunting his memory like a deep thorn prick.
Except for his close friend who did not accompany the other bunch of losers who came to the beach, no one else knew about Anjana. They just asked a single question "Hey bro..! What's up man..? Who is this new chick? Until last month you were sitting in the same place with another one right?"
The most favorite thing of his, her smile, was totally gone and was replaced by tears welling her eyes, that she refused to let out in front of strangers.

My first love part 24 (the magical moment)

She was so excited about what he told, at the same time her mind warned her not to get excited. So she cleared her throat and tried to bring out the voice which stopped once he told her that he was waiting down to see her and asked him “what did you say?” he laughed heartily, her favorite laugh which she does not hear so often, and replied her “hey dummy, I know you would not believe it, but it will be better if you come fast, because there are so many girls standing down and discussing about me”. Anjana ran down to see him ignoring her mind’s warning and there she saw a silhouette which she was not able to see clearly as it was obstructed by the sun. After getting some more closer she saw him, the love of her life, standing there with his favorite ‘apache', a tall figure about six foot with a medium fair complex and a wavy black hair which was mildly disturbed due to the helmet which he was now holding on one hand with his mobile on another waiting for the response from her. She stood there still and everything around her came to a pause as if someone forgot to press the play button. She reluctantly went to him and when he flashed his smile she felt a tear rolling down her cheek due to happiness and at that moment her mind stopped working and her heart told her to do whatever she wishes for. 

She ran to him and hugged him so tightly forgetting the place and time and cried heartily on his shoulder. When he pulled her saw her face,  he told "Now.. You can breathe.!".  That was when she realized she has been holding her breath for so long and breathed out a relief.