Chapter 1
17th March, 2030
Chapter 1~ Innumerable Changes
“‘Undefined’ is the Word to Define Life.”
There are Moments which may arrive unexpectedly as an Accident, Incident, or a Mistake in our Life that Define Us; Moments - which seemed undecided back then, The Moments we Keep going back to, The Moments which we Desire to Live Again, The Moments which were predestined to arrive in our Lives, Moments which we call ‘Memories’. My life before she entered was Undefined, meaningless, Simple and Just days passing by. But now, After her, It’s just… unbelievable.
I was a Fatalist - leaving everything up to my destiny. But there was a Time when I used to Roam in the Deserted Streets of Delhi searching for someone.
Someone who has a very deep and undefined meaning. Life is never the same. Life doesn’t have a Single meaning - it is described by every single person who experiences life - but it’s Never the same.
Every single person has a different experience of Life - and that’s what makes it different.
For me, Life consists of Love, Hate, Betrayal, Pain, Forgiveness, Accidents and then comes to a Final Stop.
It is not necessary that all the Love-stories begin with a Love-at-First-sight. It may happen when you’re forced into a relationship, when you unintentionally contact each other. Maybe you find a Steak of Love in your Friend? Or maybe when you simply bump into each other.
I was walking near the Shores of Maldives - unaware that it was time for that Moment to arrive.
I decided that I can’t die without finding answers to my Questions, without finding a Perfect definition to undefined things, without fulfilling my Needs and without experiencing that unexpected encounter.
Then She Arrived, leaving me dazed and more confused than ever - for an unsolved mystery that she was - and probably still is. Like Storms come and go, but leave the Impact behind. I was unaware that she is my need, not want. She is my Need to live.
She is the answer to all those questions, Definition to all those things I wanted to define, She was Need, and an Unexpected storm which shook every single thing of my life.
Sitaraa.
Just like her name, she is that star which will still shine when all the other stars diminish, Spreading happiness and brightness everywhere she goes.
She held my hand, and guided me out of that Darkness I was living in and considered as My Life. But a person can’t see in Darkness so Couldn’t I. I needed light, which was meant for me.
It has been exactly Eight years since that encounter, and I am amused how drastically I, and my meaningless Life has changed.
A Young Girl meets a Dashing Young Guy whom she assumed as her ‘Prince Charming.’ Both are Silently dealing with their own Problems, but still help each other overcome their fears - they fall in Love during this process. Everything goes well for a While - they’re granted with immense Happiness. Until one day comes, something terrible is revealed and they’re separated. After sometime, or years, they’re united back, they marry, have kids and The End.
How Simple Does it sound doesn’t it?
Have you heard this story before?
Of course you have!
But this isn’t that story, this is Our Story. Our life in our imperfect ways, twisted like a mess - a beautiful mess. This is Us.
Our imperfect Story - An Eventful Tale of Emotions - beginning from A Night in the Streets of Delhi, Before Two days to that Fateful Encounter.
Everything seemed Normal until the Sun rose to a Fateful Day. 17 March 2022, I was in Maldives for an Event organized by Social Nation.
15th of March, 2022 - The Night when The Saga Begins.
The giggles of little children and The Warm, gentle Breeze of Delhi is what I had always enjoyed. The Honeyed Words which people living here use is something I would term as attraction.
Delhi is a wonderful place, a man’s Dream Place to be specific. Everything which a person could imagine of is what I owned - except something which every person probably doesn’t find.
That something which I was looking for was making me roam the streets in search of it - I knew that it was something which I would get by searching, after all, if a person is determined to find something, he may even find God.
Soulmate. What a wonderful word it is! But sadly, I hadn’t discovered its actual meaning yet, and not even how it feels like having one.
I was searching for my soulmate, in the deserted, familiar streets of Delhi - hoping to feel that intense connection when I see someone.
I was looking up at the incomplete Crescent moon and the twinkling stars, and it felt like I had always known those objects beyond our planet.
The Incomplete Moon seemed to sigh and it felt as if It was in the same condition as mine.
Moon was waiting for that day, when it would be complete when some light is shed on its hidden other half, and when light reaches through the complete moon it would happily shine in all its glory - creating a mesmerizing view for humans to gaze upon.
Similarly, I was waiting for God to shower some grace and blessings upon me so I could find my soulmate too, my better-half, and welcome that genuine smile on my face once again and live happily ever after.
But those last words which I used, my life is no Fairy Tale - but there’s a real possibility that it could turn when I find that someone special. I certainly Did.
I felt like a man who had set out for some never-ending dessert, looking for an oasis which would quench his thirst. My thirst would end when I find that someone special.
The thick tarp of night had veiled the pole, the Moon hid behind the clouds and the brightness of the stars diminished, leaving me behind.
Just to put a stop to my dramatic thoughts, I pulled my little device - my phone out, sat on a wooden bench beside a glowing streetlight and opened Instagram. As usual a flood of notifications greeted me, literally a flood - that’s why I absolutely detest being active on Social Media. I somehow never liked all this attention.
I Opened my G-mail. An Email containing the Details of Social Nation’s yearly Meet-and-Greet was waiting for me.
It was going to happen in Maldives that year - on 17th of March.
It didn’t give me that kind of feeling that something was going to happen - I was feeling really nervous, and I didn’t know why.
Let me tell you something; When you let it out, you’re not Breaking. You’re just Unfolding - unfolding the layers of You. Layers which have been keeping you away from expressing yourself, like a barrier. It is understandable that you don’t want people to know who you really are, what you think - but you can’t betray yourself. Stand in front of the mirror and idolize yourself - the way you want and just unfold the mysterious layers.
“Morning!” Her angelic Voice greeted me.
I smiled at her.
“What happened?” I love the way her eyes reflect those emotions when She speaks.
“Nothing, I was just thinking about these Eight years - Happy Eight Years to Us, By the Way,” I made eye-contact.
Her lips moved to a Great extent.
“Happy Eight years, to Us,” she spoke Slowly.
“What happened to you now?”
“Nothing, I was just wondering how drastically we and our lives have changed in these years…”
“That was exactly what I was thinking!” Her head was resting on my shoulder by now.
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Greetings! I'm Sitaraa, that's my pen name and I would prefer people calling me Sitaraa - you can call me whatever you feel like. This story was first Published on Wattpad, but unfortunately I left there and Started writing here. Please do let me know what you think of this - and shower some mercy regarding the Errors - I'm an amateur writer.
(I'm 13 BTW)
