Love at
first sight… such an ambiguous feeling right! We may all have experienced but
did not realize it or we may have felt this was it but realized only later that
it is not!!
It was a normal Wednesday morning. Annie woke up with her
morning blues. She did her daily chores meticulously thinking of all those
meetings and client calls. She dragged herself out of her apartment and finally
reached the office at the usual time. She kept muttering curses about her monotonous
life and prayed for a miracle to happen. But to her disappointment, the day
passed by without any excitement. She had the same old canteen food, gossiped
with the same old friends and returned to her cabin by 2.00 pm.
She was just looking around her office daydreaming and suddenly
she felt she saw someone. It took her breath away but he moved swiftly and was
out of her sight. She just kept hoping to get a glance of him. She kept
wondering why her stomach started twitching every time she wondered about him.
He had a physique that was distinguishable. She just felt it was her mind
playing games with her but she wasn’t able to forget that incident. She started
hallucinating and replaying the same situation again and again. But when she
came back to her senses, to her dismay, it was the same old computer in front
of her and nothing else.
Suddenly, she saw a ping from her manager who called for an
immediate meeting. She pulled herself up, cleared all her thoughts and rushed
towards his cabin. And my god… what she saw next astonished her for a minute!
She kept gazing at that sight. She couldn’t take her eyes off. Suddenly she
heard someone call her name and she was back to reality. She was squealing with
excitement inside her head. It was that same physique that she saw before. He was
way more gorgeous than she imagined. She couldn’t stop blushing but she had to
hide it before anyone saw her. She felt like a teenage girl. And then a total
bouncer hit her day when her manager nominated her to assist the guest of the
day. She was happily smiling and more than willing to take up the job.
It was the best week of her life. She spent most of her time
with this distinguishable, handsome, exhilarating person and each word or
action affected her a lot. She would not miss noticing even small actions of
him. She tried knowing the likes and dislikes of her guests. The office did not seem
this interesting in her entire career so far.
It was Friday morning. Annie woke up and felt a gush of zeal
looking at her herself in the morning. She got up soon and got ready like a
cheetah. She wore her best dress, highlighted the right areas of her face and
pinched her face. Why wouldn’t she be excited? She finally decided to ask her
“crush” on a date. She finally realized she was head over heels in love with
her crush. She stalked her crush on all social media sites and found out the
best date location. She was very anxious as it was her first time but she was enjoying
it as well.
She finally reached the office and all her teammates noticed
the new Annie. They were all smiles seeing her and complimented her as well.
The clock was ticking and she was patiently waiting for the dream to hit the
real world. She made quick calls and made all the arrangements ready. She
cleared both of their calendars as well. Anyone from a 250m radius could notice
the spark in her face. Her cheekbones were highlighting themselves with pink.
And yeah… finally, the time arrived. She saw her man coming towards her desk,
all smiles, mesmerized eye contact and silent words being passed across. Annie
rose from her desk and gave him this huge grin. She updated him about office
works for an hour. And yeah she acquired all her confidence and finally she did
it... It was the most romantic proposal ever and yeah she did it…. She felt on
top of the world. She was waiting positively for his answer.
He just stood there;
he was taken aback and stared at her blankly. She was confused about his
reaction. She tried calming him down but with vain. She thought she would give
him space and just vanished from his sight. She was feeling so restless. She
tried avoiding him the whole day. She was feeling desperate but she had to
respect his space. After what went by as ages, her mobile vibrated. She was
nervous for the first time in her life for a message. She opened it as slowly
as possible and her worst nightmares triggered. He had typed a long message and
each word hit her heart like an arrow. He told her that he was seeing someone
else and unfortunately it was the last day at this office. He also mentioned
that he enjoyed her company and was sorry to have misled her. She felt her whole world break down into
pieces. She did not know how to tape her broken heart. She cried her heart out
for a couple of days. She felt incomplete. She could feel the emptiness.
But as days passed by, each memory started fading slightly.
She concentrated on her office work. She at times did not even think about him
for days. Her life seemed to have gone back to the golden olden days. And yeah
time was the best healer and no matter what every heart-wrenching sunset
promises earth a new beautiful sunrise.
A few months down the lane while Annie was just glancing
through her memories she was wondering what that feeling was? Just a crush or
love at first sight or just infatuation. She was confused as everyone else… but
she always believed in miracles and love finding its way… She was definitely
waiting for hers….
