It was my first long-term relationship. I had always been a fun loving guy when I met Anjali for the first time through the internet. I was a10th grader when I first talked to her. I still remember it was our vacation after the ‘sent-up exam'. We used to have long talks on the phone and on MSN even though it was our time to prepare for the ‘Iron Gate' (S.L.C). I was hoping to see her as soon as possible after our exams as I started to fall for her because of her lovely voice. Unfortunately, we had a long strike and those 21 days of curfew. Those were the hardest days for me to spend. As days passed by, we decided to meet for the first time on the start of the year. 2063 Baisakh 1st. As we all start a new year with new things, I started my new year with lies. Along with my friends I celebrated hard on the eve and because of the hang over I lied to her that I wouldn't be able to see her on that day. She was most depressed...even more than I was. As she was more eager than me to meet up of course. But then luckily my tongue slipped and confessed that I was roaming around New Road. She rushed from her home and said that she was on the road to see me. I was totally nervous. I didn't have a single thing running through my head. I didn't know where to take her... what to do... what to say. But then she asked me to walk with her instead. She also said that she had to go to her uncle's place to stay over. I had to agree to her. The same year I also started with a new life...that turn which I did not know where it would lead me.
We had a long talk on the phone on the night of the same day...enquiring about each other about ourselves. The usual "how was I? What do you think of me?" I was in cloud nine when she said that I was the cutest guy on earth for her. It was the same for me...or rather the feeling was mutual! She was just the girl I had been waiting to enter my life. She was the one I wanted to be with and I would do anything in the world. As the days went on we started to see each other alternately and those were the days that still reminds me which brings back the smile on my face. I had one last day to see her for the next three months. She had to leave the country for her aunts wedding. Just like in the movies, we walked in the rain holding each other warm and tight. The gloomiest day of the year. I gave her a ring and asked her to come back soon, though I knew it was just a matter of three months. Within that time, our SLC results were out and in the absence of her, I had already joined college. She came back. I was the happiest person on earth. She said she was tired because of the long journey and promised to meet me the very next day for lunch. Crazy me for her. Early in the morning, I went to her neighborhood and asked for her mother with another name. I thought of giving her a surprise but it failed. But we met for lunch and when I saw her face...that chubbiness Wooh !. I really love it to an extent that is inexpressible.
Days... Weeks... Months... and now years...
It's been exactly three years that we have been seeing each other. Being with her means leaving everything behind and the thing that's in my head is none other than her. Thy kisses ' Touch of her lips tastes like being killed eventually. We did everything like other couples do... walk in the rain, hold each other, roam around, shopping, movies and stuff that young people in love normally do. I always think that she is someone worth spending my life with, someone whom I can count on to live happily ever after though I had heard people saying that love normally doesn't last more than three years.
May be this is the time to test our love? She says she has a classmate who can even die for her. She usually talks about him on the line. How can I, the boyfriend bear that? My only love talks about another guy? Today, another day of college... I wanted to give her a surprise and walk her home. It was raining. I was waiting for her college to get over. And when the time finally came I saw her driving by with the same friend of hers that she constantly talked about. It was a surprise to say the least. I failed.
