Malerin. |✔

T H I R T Y

I scooted towards the church with that wedding card crumpled in my pocket. The warm summer air was brushing my skin.

I was totally breathless. My lungs craved for air but I kept scooting. Finally when I reached the church, my heart throbbed uncontrollably. I saw hustle bustle outside the church.

The people were coming out with mixed expressions on their faces. They were whispering and mumbling while making weird faces. I could sense disturbance in the air.

I went straight inside and saw there was no one around. The benches were unoccupied. It felt like the wedding was over.

Malerin was married! No. Please God don't let this be like this.

My heart prayed that may all my apprehensions turn out to be wrong and unnecessary. I frantically tried searching any familiar face, but failed.

Malerin or Dylan were nowhere to be seen. My heart broke into million pieces on thinking about the possibilities. My breath was hitched.

What if all my apprehensions turn out to be true? What if I am late?

Thousands of depressed thoughts bombarded my mind. My vision was becoming blurry over and over again. I'm was anxious. I was totally losing my senses.

I was running here and there hysterically just to find Malerin. All my emotions and feelings were bubbling like a volcano inside me. All the beautiful sentences I thought of saying to Malerin, were losing their significance. My every single positive thought was being put to silence by the negative ones. But my heart and soul were silently praying. Praying of our union..

Those moments were like hell for me. All my hopes were slowly vanishing away but my heart was firm on his belief that we're meant to be together!

I looked inside the church but she was not there too. I ran back outside and my eyes longed for her. I was looking carefully at every passerby just to find my favorite face. Malerin's face.

My hopes were fainting gradually. I felt like I've lost everything. My world has crashed down. There was a strange kinda burden on my heart. I was feeling like crying now. My eyelashes were already drenched. But I didn't want to abandon hope.

Hope was still keeping me alive.

After an tireless search of half an hour, I felt devastated. I fell on a nearby bench and cried. My face was buried in my hands. My mind, soul and heart everything was silent.

Not a whisper.

Silence.

My attention was diverted to a scene playing a few feet away from me. My mind was having trouble in accepting it.