Love with if's..

Submitted into Contest #42 in response to: Write a story that ends with a character asking a question.... view prompt

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A journey where they wanted to be together, but couldn’t be. I would call it an unusual love story. Story of yester years, story of two young beautiful people who were in love and everyone around them was happy about their love blossoming. Being in love is a bumpy ride they too had their’s.Fatima and Zaheer my love birds for both of them sky was the limit and both were drenched in the desire to be together. Fatima & Zaheer confessed about their love for each other. It’s been 11years last they met. Last meeting’s memory was fresh in zaheers mind and whenever he missed her he visits Central Park. Being in Newyork city he visited the park quite often after office hours. Everything was so wonderful with him at the work, he was enjoying every day of his job. Sometimes sitting alone, memory of Fatima crossed his mind he called up his friends to know about her whereabouts but no one knew. Few years back after 9\11 attacks her family moved out to a new place about which no one knew. She and her family kept visiting relatives that stayed back in New York. He was well aware of her old house but could never make the courage to ask her uncle or her cousin sisters.Visisting her house was always a thought. On the other hand Fatima missed him terribly with each passing day. She wanted to be with him but didn’t know how because even she had no idea whether Zaheer was in Newyork or left for London. Zaheer fell in love for the second time, and this time he didn’t want to let his love go anywhere. As time passed. He got married .Fatima also got married and she moved to another state in US. They were happy and busy in their lives but somewhere down in the heart, there was a vacuum .The longingness to see each other, to smile at each other was there. The other night Fatima had a dream meeting Zaheer at the airport .She woke up in the dead of night , once she thought it was just a dream and next morning while she was on the way to her office she received a text ,Hi. This is Zaheer .Her hands froze and she couldn’t beleive her eyes .Volcano of emotions erupted, clandestine meetings exchanging love notes all pierced her heart in a second.Past 15 years turn to a 5 minute movie. Her phone rang, Hi Fatima, zaheer. She had lost words,it took a while . She tried to speak but last night’s dream kept coming in her mind. She read somewhere, if you dream about someone it means that someone is terribly missing you. But after 15 years, why? She kept questioning herself. And the same date, 13 Feburary, when for the first time Zaheer sang a song for her.Was it just a coincidence or surprise planned by zaheer. She loved zaheer from her soul, he was her first love, it was love at first sight for them….Seeing his smile would make Fatima glow. But what next.. Will Fatima make an effort to meet him? Will Zaheer be able to control his feelings for her or will they be just friends. The sun has set; its flush only is left. I’ll give my life for a glimpse of you.

My Fault: I came not when you bade Your love has made me dance like mad The story has just begun..


14/02

On the busy lanes of New York city zaheer sat at the coffe shop messaged his feelings to Fatima. It was a special day for him , this was the day when he first sung for her.Valentine day was not the reason .Today , as well he wanted to sing for her.He knew , Fatima loved listening his songs .It was all what past 16 years did to him how he felt .

Dearest Fatima,

16Years , I missed you each passing day. Some days were worse and some managed to be fine. Love is like a wine , it gets better with time and with me it made me love you more . The craving to see you is beyond my control.

I have everything with me and every one around me but the vacuum of your absence around me , just hurts. On the canvass of my mind ,sketch of our togetherness is what I draw most of the time.But yes, I miss seeing you and your smile. This lifetime is too short to fill the gap of 16 years .Each second,each minute would not be enough to fill those 16 years.

Hoping to hear from you My dear Love.

THE KING HAS QUEEN,THE WISE HAS WISDOM

BUT

I DON'T HAVE YOU.

LOVE YOU TILL ETERNITY MY LOVE.

The message was drenched with his love , tears rolled over Fatima's cheeks . This was not an ordinary day anymore .She wanted to be alone but she was not. She had her loving husband, kids .'How she will hide her feelings when she faces her family.' After reading, she couldn't work. Zaheers's thought kept coming to her mind. Does Fatima also have same feelings as Zaheer.?What will be Fatima's reply to him. Her next step.


His mesaage kept Fatima on pins and needles. The other evening she kept reading it again and again. At this point, there was only one person she could speak to Riana, her soul sister. She called her up, they had a long chat about what happened, and to Fatima’s surprise Riana knew what Zaheer messaged her. Fatima froze. Riana said, Fama, (Fatima’s nickname) he loves you truly .I’m so happy he told you and I was with him when he messaged you. Listening to all this, Fatima was froze.’ I know you still love him. Still love him means, Riana. How can you do like this? Fatima had no clue what was happening with her. She knew whatever was happening was not correct. One question, why now? After 16 years. When the time was just not perfect. But they looked so perfect together. Alas! The time was perfect too.She typed.

Hi Zaheer,

Happy to hear from you .how are you? How’s Merriam and kids? Zian & I are fine doing great.

True love has no ending.

See you soon.

Fatima

Zaheer replied, See you tomorrow at 10:00am at Union square, blue bottle café .

Love was in big dilemma, so were they?

May 20, 2020 06:55

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