The jet touched down on the runway… I was woken up by the jerk… thrown into reality from the dreams…

Walking out of the airport… I collected my baggage & hired a taxi… we were driving through the outskirts of the city… soon we passed by my school…

The image of my school set against the clear blue sky brought back a lot of memories… there were children playing in the ground… years back… I was just like them… playing… with my friends… with her…

I don’t remember for how long we had been friends… she was there with me throughout my schooldays… saving me from a lot of problems… & getting me into many more…

And then we joined in the same college… only because I couldn’t stay away from her… I don’t know if she ever knew my liking for her… we survived through the college together…

Soon college days also came to an end… I wanted to open up to her… the day of our convocation… we got our degrees… threw high our graduation caps… we walked out of the college together… reaching the gate, I told her I had something to tell her… she stopped… I told her what I had in mind… she started walking away from me… without speaking a single word…

The car horn brought me back to the present… the gates of my home swung open… I was back after a long gap of 3 years… there were a lot of activities going on in the house… lots of relatives & friends… I was welcomed with lots of love… my mom was really happy to have me back at home…

There were lot of greeting cards spread on the coffee table… from my friends & relatives… I was flicking through them… suddenly an invitation card caught my attention… I picked it up… it was of a marriage set for the coming Sunday… it had her name with the bride’s tag… it sent me bouncing back to old memories…

After the convocation I tried to contact her again… she didn’t respond to my proposal… I was taken by grim… soon I received an offer from abroad… I decided to run away from reality… working there, I made many of my dreams come true… a home… a car… & much more… except one…

My mom derailed my thoughts… she brought me a cup of coffee… anything made by mom has a speck of love in it… I was sipping the coffee & scanning through the card… with a smile… the card had my name… at the groom’s place… yes… my biggest dream coming true…

Suddenly my mobile started vibrating… her name flashed in the screen… I took it up & started walking out…