Heart'n'Soul
Thursday, April 9, 2009
For Now and Forever - V
A LOT LIKE LOVE
Ding Dong - The huge clock tower struck 7, startling Josh as always.
He looked at the exit gate, not nervous at all… waiting for her, as the crowd started pouring out.
In this moment, he knew she would never surface from the crowd… he knew that his heart will always long for it but he will never be able to hold her again…
In this moment… he knew.
___________________________________________________________
More from the series - For Now and Forever:
For Now and Forever - I: If Only...
For Now and Forever - II: PS: I Love You
For Now and Forever - III: You've Got Mail
For Now and Forever - IV: Shall We Dance
For Now and Forever - V: A Lot Like Love
For Now and Forever - VI: As Good As It Gets
For Now and Forever - VII: Gone With The Wind
For Now and Forever - VIII: Message In A Bottle
Ding Dong - The huge clock tower struck 7, startling Josh.
Josh leaned against his car, nervous as hell... waiting for Grace to come out of her office complex. His eyes constantly shifting between the exit gate and his watch. He felt the same anxiety every time he came to see her… Every time.
Moments later, Grace emerged from the gate. Smiling, as always. Grace, not just by name... but elegance personified. Something lit up inside him the moment he saw her walking towards him.
She came and hugged him "Hello Happiness!” planting a cheerful peck on his check.
Amused, he asked "Oh Wow! What was that for?"
Grace "Just like that!"
Josh "Oh Common, you never do that. Now out with it."
Grace looked at Josh, her grin widening "No really, for no reason."
Josh "No No No. There IS something, tell me... NOW"
Grace "No"
Josh "Yes"
Grace "No"
Josh "Yes"
Grace "No"
Josh "Yes"
Grace "No"
Josh "Yes! Yes! Yes!"
Grace "Well! If you really want to know..."
Josh "Yeaaaah... I really want to know..."
Josh leaned against his car, nervous as hell... waiting for Grace to come out of her office complex. His eyes constantly shifting between the exit gate and his watch. He felt the same anxiety every time he came to see her… Every time.
Moments later, Grace emerged from the gate. Smiling, as always. Grace, not just by name... but elegance personified. Something lit up inside him the moment he saw her walking towards him.
She came and hugged him "Hello Happiness!” planting a cheerful peck on his check.
Amused, he asked "Oh Wow! What was that for?"
Grace "Just like that!"
Josh "Oh Common, you never do that. Now out with it."
Grace looked at Josh, her grin widening "No really, for no reason."
Josh "No No No. There IS something, tell me... NOW"
Grace "No"Josh "Yes"
Grace "No"
Josh "Yes"
Grace "No"
Josh "Yes"
Grace "No"
Josh "Yes! Yes! Yes!"
Grace "Well! If you really want to know..."
Josh "Yeaaaah... I really want to know..."
Grace moved closer to him and murmured softly in his ear "I just had a fortune cookie" and handed over the fortune paper to him.
Josh looked at her surprised and mystified "So?"
Puzzled, he opened up the crumpled paper to read it. It said "Stop searching, happiness is just next to you."
He looked at her with all the love in his heart and smiled with all the warmth in his soul. He gently held her hand and locked her close to his heart, in a tender embrace.
In this moment, he knew that it was either her or no one.
In this moment, he did not know why and how... but he just knew.
In this moment, he knew he wanted to hold her, just like that, next to his heart... For Now and Forever.
Josh looked at her surprised and mystified "So?"
Puzzled, he opened up the crumpled paper to read it. It said "Stop searching, happiness is just next to you."
He looked at her with all the love in his heart and smiled with all the warmth in his soul. He gently held her hand and locked her close to his heart, in a tender embrace.
In this moment, he knew that it was either her or no one.
In this moment, he did not know why and how... but he just knew.
In this moment, he knew he wanted to hold her, just like that, next to his heart... For Now and Forever.
Ding Dong - The huge clock tower struck 7, startling Josh as always.
He looked at the exit gate, not nervous at all… waiting for her, as the crowd started pouring out.
In this moment, he knew she would never surface from the crowd… he knew that his heart will always long for it but he will never be able to hold her again…
In this moment… he knew.
___________________________________________________________
More from the series - For Now and Forever:
For Now and Forever - I: If Only...
For Now and Forever - II: PS: I Love You
For Now and Forever - III: You've Got Mail
For Now and Forever - IV: Shall We Dance
For Now and Forever - V: A Lot Like Love
For Now and Forever - VI: As Good As It Gets
For Now and Forever - VII: Gone With The Wind
For Now and Forever - VIII: Message In A Bottle
Labels: broken heart, desire, Heart break, hurt, Letting go, Life, Love, memories, Missing you, moving on, nostalgia, romance, soul, think, want
36 Comments:
too good a post :)
@Divay - thanks... glad u liked it!
dis was awesome..i like such ndings..
totally awesome post .....
probably , u need to make this into a compilation , and call it "A Page of Love" . would be a major bestseller , i am sure.....
(cos most of these articles come more or less to a page na :P )
I have heard the DING DONG 1...
I never want to hear the DD2 :(
take care mate... cheers...
@Anwesa... thnks, for lkin it :)
@Karthik - well its already a series, bu m not too sure bout te book, needs to much patiencec:(
@Arv - amen, hope u nvr hav to!
so he realized...good for him :P
Kash everyone cud daydream like him and realize who's the one for them
Lovely as your all other now and forever stories:)
Really nice!
@Peter - he realised and then found nothin at the end... stupid, theek se padho :P
@Meera - thnks a lot for the encouragmnt
@Blogeshna/Sudu - thnks, especially comin from u...muah
Awwww!!!
bt y dos it hs to end so sdly all d time???
vry wll exprssd
-Simi
This is Beautiful.. Visualization is extremely wonderful..I loved it to the core..
This comment has been removed by the author.
quite beautiful
tha twas beautiful till d last para...mujhe endin samjh nahi aayi :(
oooopssss...that hurt! Lovely series. And I really like the name 'josh'
beautiful post... loved it... how do you come up with all of that??
i so wanted to believe it will have such a beautiful sweet happy end!!
too bad it was not!
but beautifully written as always :)
loved it!
wha kya baat hei supaa as always.
:)
here after a long long tym :(
:P
itna sad?
happy ending bhi kardo abhi..
This comment has been removed by the author.
dat was b'ful...lovely...
awesome...m fallin' short of adjectives...
heyy.. i love open endings.. therez always so mch to picture evn widout de pictures..sparks d imagination and brings an upper curve on my lips..fanx :)
I luv Grace.
Really!
:)
Awww... so touched..beautifully written.
I could only sigh at the end...
just came ard to check on ya...Im glad ur still writing :)
Hope all is well with ya too.
TC
Keshi.
amazing! no words...
Amazing...!
I am shocked.
Reason : why dont you and few others write movie script.
You are excellent.
Wonderful..
the realization part of Josh was written superb...
Loved it...
Though it ended in a sad note, my imaginations went ahead and ended up with a happy note..
:)
i always end up with a lump in my throat everytime i read your posts..
how d'u depict pain in such palpable words?
@Sims - thnks darling...luv ya
@Charu - glad u likeds it
@Niti - thnks a ton, n thnks for visitin
@Mayz - yeh thoda flash back type tha...LOL
@Rachna - its actually shrt for Joshua :)
@Swayam - lets just say that i am inspired by real life
@Lena - i wish life had a happy ending too :)
@Priya - thnks... n now i am back aftr a looooong time :O)
@Fali - jab hogi to kar denge!
@Pooja - thnks, m glad u like it
@Aint no saint - thnks for visitin, n welcome :)
@Deb - u love grace??? for ditchin Josh?? LOLz
@Charmed One - thnks
@Kesh - thnks gal... not been too gr8, but back for good
@Vishesh - awww...thnku
@Nithz - thnks for visitin :)
@Hobo - thnks, but not tht good :)
@Vinu - atleast imaginiation is no slave to realities of life :)
@Usha - thnks girl :)... life teaches a lot of stuff i guess
Although it had a sad ending, I really like this short story that you made. It's like you can put emotions into words and I'll give you props for that. Keep writing =)
Post a Comment
<< Home