TWO STATES REVISITED in CEG

Every story has a beginning, but some stories never have their end. This excerpt can perfectly describe this CEG Love story which can be related to TWO STATES (gender reversed in connection to their natives) at places.

‘You fall in LOVE with the most Unexpected Person at the most unexpected time’.

It goes without saying that college is a great place to get an education. However, this couple reminds me that college can be about more than just going to class and studying: It is also a life-altering experience. The benches in SnH have already given me many lovable stories for this blog. Now I have another one in my memories suitcase since the narrator sat there around 7 PM to express her love.

His not-bad pick-up line, “I heard people exclaiming about a pretty fresher within the department. I tried searching you during Fresher’s Day and Inauguration. Luck gave me thumbs down”, ‘This is how he tried to meet me initially’, she smiled till the cheekbones hurt. ‘It was on the last day of the symposium. He was hosting the informal session. My eyes slowly started to admire the way he spoke and the way he smiled. This moment I realise that when I had described my type of guy, I had actually described him unknowingly.

I tried to get his name without my friends noticing it, which was printed on his collar but it went in vain, since only half was visible. Then he suddenly called me to dance for a song. With mic in hand, guys do all kind of atrocities in the informal stages. Since I was already bored I just went and danced a little. After that we didn’t have any source of contact. Though sometimes when I used to be alone I used to imagine what it would be like if I talk to him. The stereotype that girls should not start conversations stopped me from doing it. Yes of course I came to know his name later. But I still didn’t gain the guts to text him. It was on the Tamil New Year when I had no work in connection to the festival, I unconditionally wanted to talk to him that I took his number from common department group and texted him ‘Are you the 4^th year, XXX?’ I asked it because I just did not want him to know that I waited so long to talk to him. He felt both surprised and shocked to receive a message from me.  Our texts became more frequent from then. Now a days, the cutest love stories start with tons of whatsapp texts.He rarely started the conversation, that’s when I texted him more, leaving all ego. We both shared every day happening and as he knew that I love to go for bike rides ,one fine day he took me for a bike ride on one in his friend’s bike followed by a dinner night at the roof top restaurant.

When we were getting so close, he shifted to another state for his work. The summer holidays followed. I thought that we would stop talking, but that’s when we even started talking more and got to know each other much better. The entire hours with him went really pleasant. When he looks at me and smiles, my eyes were not ready to miss a single look of him. During one of my assessments when I was immensely bored and had no one to talk to, I asked him to call me which went on till 4AM in the morning. He slowly started to open up about his personal life. I started feeling that he gave me more importance and rights to his life. Every single step of improvement in our relationship hierarchy made us discover that we are more than just friends. We started to meet often and go out for lunch and dinner.He always got me a chocolate whenever he met me and called me his lucky charm.

During the pooja holidays when I went back home, I suffered from Dengue fever. Later I learnt that he freaked out, didn’t sleep and eat properly and prayed that I should recover soon. So much love he had for me, though it was not confessed. The path between discovering the love and confessing it is when feelings and love for each other is at its peak’, she paused for a moment. ‘He would come here two times a month and take me out. He gifted me a beautiful white top for my birthday as his favourite colour was white. It was during diwali time when I went home and his sister’s marriage was on the next day, he spoke with me throughout the night even though he had his sister marriage work the following day dawn. When your guy starts forgetting his responsibilities when he is with you, without any second thought, he is the man for you from heaven. This is when we both confessed that we liked each other a lot. But we were scared to propose each other thinking about our future and fearing if those three words would destroy our friendship. At that time I came to Chennai airport and got stuck there due to the December flood. He panicked and worried a lot about my safety. Aftermath of the flood made him realize the intense love he had for me and proposed me. I was in confusion, afraid that what future could bring to us. With a rough heart, I said no to him. He proposed me again during the month of January, my reply was no again, worrying about our family background this time. Then he told me firmly, that the day I get a ride on his own bike, I will be his girlfriend. March 11’ she paused ‘It was the day, when my senses dilated, I went for the bike ride with him indirectly confessing my YES to him. Since then we have had lot of fights. I am little short tempered, but he understands me and takes care of me like his own kid. Yeah he usually mentions that I am a kid’, she giggled.

Love is not about being inseparable, it’s about being separated and nothing changes. Love is not about finding a person with the same character; it’s about knowing the differences better.

This CEG love story proved it in reality. Wishing them a great life together..!