He wanted to say those words to her. Bad luck! His plans… all that hard work went into waste. He hadn’t noticed that his legs were aching due to constant practice. He kneeled down in despair. “ Wait a minute! What did she say? I was going to be her dance partner. Cool!”, he said aloud. He jumped with euphoria. All the prospect of getting her back brightened.
She ended the class soon. As she walked out, she saw him waiting for her. She placed her hand on her head due to anger. What does he want now? She walked towards him. “ What is it?”, she asked sternly. He fell back for words. He didn’t know what to say though he wanted to know why she selected him when she knew that he was a beginner. “ Well….Well…”, he replied, searching words badly.
He looked at her. Her eyes stared back at him. “ How can those warm chocolate eyes seem so lost and cold?”, he wondered, admiring her eyes. She gave him a ‘ Are you done’ look. He nodded his head like as if he knew her expressions. “ I… I wanted.. to ,, know when is our practice or when is the competition?”, he stammered. She thought for some time and told him the details of the competition as well as the practice timings.
He took six days off from office to focus on the show. Fortunately his manager was happy to give him a week off though he sulked inside for losing his precious employee ( Mohit) for six days. They practiced every day for ten hours from morning seven to four in the evening. The closeness was developing between them. But Molly didn’t quite open up though she would laugh at his silly jokes or pull his leg by calling him various funny names. He wouldn’t mind. At least he made her smile in the end of the day.
The D-Day was fast approaching in another 12 hours. He was developing weak knee for only reason that he wouldn’t get chance to be so close to her as he was for past 6 days. He had to tell her before he loses her. And he would tell her soon within these 12 hours. Love is simple but it becomes difficult to communicate it to one we love.
It was last day of practice. They had worked it out well. They had done the dress rehearsal. Everything was running smoothly. It was time to leave when he knelt down close to her. He took her hands in his and proposed her, “ I am not sure what you are going through. I don’t want to know if you are not willing to share. But I will promise that I will never break your heart or let your smile vanish from your face. Your happiness matters to me. If you are not ready to accept my love, I won’t hold any grudge against you. I will wait ..wait forever.”. Her face colour changed and her heart was beating faster. She ran away as fast as she could. She stopped only after her legs pained to stop.
( To be continued)
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