Dreams into reality
It’s
a story of a girl, Richa who enjoys being in her world of fantasy; where she
has all rights to do anything, where there’s hardly any difference between imagination
and reality, where there’s no time delay between her wishes and their
manifestations.
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Richa
is someone who believes in happy endings. In spite of keeping optimistic views
about life and her future, she had to go through several incidences of
heartbreaks or breakups. Perhaps she was not so lucky in love or her prince charming
was yet to arrive in her life. Life’s
unpredictable, there’s no one who has been successful enough to decipher the
equations of life. So was Richa. When she attained marriageable age, her
parents set out on a path of groom hunting. After meeting a few Rishtas or
proposals, her marriage got fixed with Rohan.
It
was an arranged marriage everything happened so hurriedly from engagement to
performing rituals in Mandap; they barely had any time to know each other. Like
every other girl, she had a lot of rosy dreams about her marriage and partner
which she decided to keep aside for daydreaming in the future. She was wondering
if Rohan would be her prince charming or it would be ever possible for her to
express her dreams and world of fantasy to him.
Just
few days after their marriage, the news of the breakdown of Corona spread like a forest fire. Everyone was unprepared for this uncertain phase which had never
happened before. This pandemic was life-threatening and scary. She had made a
lot of plans for trips which couples go after their marriage; so-called-honeymoon-trips.
She made a secret list of her attires, poses that she would make while posing
for a couple pic; kind of pre-wedding pics which she had always wanted to
treasure for her lifetime and which will be framed to adorn the walls of her
house. She searched for few destinations from the internet along with options for
hotels to reside in. Why would she need a tourist guide when she was so
passionate to research and make all plans?
There
goes a saying, “Man proposes, God, disposes”. Corona was testing everyone’s patience by spoiling all plans.
Richa was no exception in this regard. How can she ever imagine her plans to
materialize in reality when social distancing became the new norm? She
surrendered her wishes to this unexpected phase.
Fast forward to a few months;
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The sound of the alarm clock on the
table, lying adjacent to the bed started to ring. In an attempt to turn off,
Rohan’s hand accidentally slid a diary from the table. It fell down from the
table with a loud bang sound. As soon as he opened the diary to see what it was
about, the following page came to his notice which read as below;
XX.XX.XXXX
4th Lane, 3rd Street
Near Park Avenue
London, UK
Dear Diary,
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Thanks
for everything. Thanks for the beautiful plan and unexpected surprises. I
can never be happier than today.
You
know very well that I have been eagerly waiting for the trip;
so-called-honeymoon-trip, because of Corona, we could never plan it. I am so
glad to write that it happened today I felt as if I was dreaming, I
pinched me from time to time to be confirmed about the fact that I was
neither sleeping nor it was a dream.
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We
went on this beautiful trip to celebrate our first Anniversary. It felt magical
and heavenly. I wore a beautiful
gown. We were on a beach, posed for a lot of couple pics. Amidst the waves,
soothing breeze, and scenery, I had forgotten the fact that I was married, I
felt like a bachelorette enjoying with her best friend. We took a lot of couple
pics on the beach, those silhouette pics are my favorite now which I am
planning to frame very soon, I thanked that photographer for capturing precious moments of togetherness.
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He
slid the ring into my finger and tears of happiness rolled down my cheek. I don’t
know what made me so emotional at that time. I was still in a state of awe, not
being able to process everything happening right in front of my eyes.
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The ambiance was filled with floating candles on the
containers having water and these containers were placed over the sand. There
was soft romantic music to suit the moment and environment. The tent
above glittered with Diwali lights and was decorated with our pics. I loved
every bit of the decoration. I was literally in a fairyland, just the way I
had always imagined.
We
ate the delicious cake together and blew sky lantern which soon disappeared in
the vastness of the night sky. We were celebrating everything that day, our
Diwali, Anniversary and my dream proposal.
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That day I realized that I was quite quick about judging my partner just within few
months of togetherness. To know about someone, his dreams, wishes, aspirations , etc. takes a lot of patience and perseverance. It demands us to put ourselves
in his shoes to analyze situations from his perspective.
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Then
we went to the hotel, changed our clothes, got ready for dinner. He handed
a beautiful box. I opened that to find a stunning necklace set, he put that
necklace in my neck and it suited me so well as if I was already the owner of
that piece of jewelry. It consisted of colored stones, I was wondering how come
he knew about my taste.
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The restaurant was fabulous and the meal was super delicious. I was still wondering if I
was sleeping. It was difficult for me to absorb reality and me-being-lucky
this time.
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I
was thanking Universe again and again for so many surprises. I don’t know how Rohan
had arranged everything to welcome me in a foreign land. The fact which
surprised me more was his secret way of knowing my taste. He knew more about me
than I had ever imagined. Perhaps, it’s love, and this time I was lucky in love.
Richa
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All Rights Reserved
Swati Sarangi
15.11.2020
P.S: This is a second short story under the Series- Lockdown Tales with happy endings which I started during the lockdown. This is purely a work of fiction. All names, characters, places are parts of my imagination. Any resemblance to an actual person, living or dead or actual events is purely coincidental.
This is the first story of the series in case you've missed it ;Lockdown Blessings.
So, Happy Reading!
