His First Friend

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Hey Lovely people,

In this part,Naina's thoughts,which I would like to call 'Mind Voice', will be in Italics.

"Naina,Do you take Rishab to be your lawfully wedded husband?"

"I do"

"Rishab,Do you take Naina to be your lawfully wedded wife?"

"I do"

"I hereby pronounce you man and wife.You may now kiss the bride"

Rishab moved closer to Naina and just as he was about to lean in to kiss her...

"WHAT?! "Naina sat up in shock and wiped the sweat beads on her forehead.

'Rishab and Naina?I mean.. Me! Marriage? Church?'

Her mind was still disoriented and she switched on the bed side lamp and drank water from the bottle on the side table.

She took a deep breath and tried to calm her racing heart. Why the hell did she get such a dream?! Why were they getting married in a church?

'So you would have been fine if it had been a temple ?' her mind voice questioned her, effectively making her bid goodbye to her night's sleep.

What followed,was a thought provoking conversation between her and her mind voice.

"Okay,it's just a dream. Rishab is my best friend! I can't marry him! I am pretty sure he doesn't like me that way either".

'How can you assume?'

"Oh come on! I know him inside out!"

'You think so?'

"I know so! What's your problem anyway? Making me think about things I would have never thought of otherwise?"

'Well just a perspective,you know?'

"Whatever! I am sleeping. Don't make me dream anything on those lines again!Got it?"

'I don't have a control over your dreams,sweetheart!' her mind voice smirked at her.

"Argh.Go to hell!"

'Sweet dreams,' her mind voice chuckled,knowing pretty well that sleep was far far away,probably planets away.

And Ms.Mindvoice was right! Naina kept tossing and turning on her bed but all she could think of was the wedding scene. Her mind kept playing it as if it was a DVD that had stopped working and was stuck at one place.

Finally realising that it was pointless to try sleeping anymore,she let her mind wander to all the moments spent with her best friend,aka,the hero in her dream.

The initial phase with a silent and hesitant Rishab,the way she had initiated the first conversation ,him opening up to her slowly but steadily,his voice which was nothing short of pure magic to a listener,his sense of accomplishment after the culturals,his giving up all inhibitions and befriending the gang,the birthday surprise which he never stopped talking about,the innumerable conversations between them,Rishab being their lecturer and their group study sessions,the number of places they had visited together and Rishab getting to experience most of the things for the first time and his excitement about it,their most recent trip to the marine drive with the scenic sunset that gave a sense of calm..-she relived every single moment and didn't realise until her cheeks started hurting,that she had been smiling broadly.

'Nice memories,I know!'Ms.Mind voice was back.

"Go away! Oh no..How will I react when I face him tomorrow? I hope I don't remember this dream in the morning.Dream dream go away,come again another day. Actually, don't come back at all! I don't want to think of things that won't happen."