It was a bad idea- my mind kept telling me the moment it started ringing. I thought I should hang up, but then, it would come up as a missed call and she would eventually inquire about the reason of my call. What made matters worse was that I had also sent a text shortly before calling saying I would call. That wait seemed like eternity, but in a few hours time, I was about to truly understand what the last phrase actually means.
Yes, this is my story. It is not just about exchanging words in the chat box of Gmail; it's about how I met the someone who was meant to be mine, or so I felt. Now that I look at it, it's surprising how the very first meeting between us was highly improbable! The intersection between our lives was a mere wave of the wand by God Himself (or wait, does God need a wand?)
Those were important times, believe me- and each and every moment has been etched in my mind. Times when I lost my appetite for even my favorite food; times when I lost my scoring touch in the video games I was so proficient in; times when I would check my cell phone for new texts every twenty seconds! Is that what you call love?
This was certainly the first time something like this had happened to me. I didn't know what to do. I didn't know what she had in her mind. I had certainly no idea what to expect. I would like to believe I was prepared for the worst, but in truth, was I?
A lot depended on that phone call. A lot. It was perhaps a thin line separating me from sanity and craziness. I had always been pragmatic, thinking a lot at every point before taking a step, and yes, I thought a lot before pressing 'Dial'. However, all the previous thoughts turned irrelevant and felt like a thing of the past as soon as it started ringing!
There was a turmoil of thoughts in my mind, perhaps a bit too much to handle. As it kept ringing, my mind went through every single possibility and the corresponding results, which ranged from very happy to the scariest. The link was suddenly broken by a very curious "Hello?"
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