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The proposal
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The setting was perfect. Candlelight, polished cutlery and a single rose set in a delicate vase at each table. "Today I must open my heart in front of her"-thought Sameer while sitting at the corner table in an opensky resturant. The clear night sky with the stars twinkling, Moon bigger than its size, Slow jazz in the background and scent of roses, the night is magical as he has always imagined.
He was thinking of the times when he was always been a shy guy, a silly and a dumb guy all at once.
The wait of someone special is always the longest. Sameer was very nervous , how he is going to tell Ishiqa that how much he loves her and how all her crazy things make him fall in love with her more and more every day. He remembered the first time he saw her, she was literally standing in front of him in pink kurta asking him about the time table of class as he was sitting right in the front desk, Her eyes made him speechless and when she didn't get the answer she smiled on that fool, Ohhh....that's where he lost his heart to her.
He remembered getting her number from the class whatsapp group and accidentally messaging her...and even after this she replied with her all joy in heart.
Ishiqa was also into Sameer , no he was not just making these things up by himself, he had asked her best friends about her likes and dislikes where he got to know about him, it's just there he thought to approach her.....He knows it's silly but that's what he becomes around her.
He hears texts ringtones on his mobile and suddenly comes out of his thoughts.
The time is past Eight o' clock and Ishiqa just messaged him, The first message says "The taxi no. MH 03 AY 0689 has started moving towards the destination" and second message said I am on my way just wait for some time as I got stuck in a traffic jam in this fast moving economic capital of India. As a sorry she sent him her photo, she was wearing pink dress because she knew he loved that colour on her.
Sameer once again checked all the arrangements he made for her and checked himself as he wants to look best today.
It's past Nine o' clock she must had arrived till now but she hasn't he called her....the number is switched off he wonders why is it so, he again called her but again the same , he tried and tried but got the same result.
Suddenly on the television there is a News flash- "There has been multiple incidents of bomb explosion in the city, the terrorists specifically targeted the crowded places".
"There is bomb explosion reported in a traffic jam near HILTON HOTEL AND RESTAURANT the famous open sky resturant of Mumbai"
"The suspected vehicle used for this incident is a taxi with a no. MH 03 AY 0689".
Today is 2020 and the last thing he remembers is, only the photo of Ishiqa which she had send him, Sameer has lost his memory because of shock and don't have any other memories.