RHEAHis mother made me sit beside him.I could feel his gaze upon me but i didn't look up, i was still not ready to see his face...to meet his eyes.My mom and dad were asking him about his work,his likes,his dislikes and he was answering but occassionally I could feel he was looking at me.His voice was clear...it was confident.His mother was also talking to me but i was keeping my restraint while answering.My mom almost understood my uneasiness and wanted to cover it up by saying "she is very shy,even at home she does not speak much..".Yes,true,i speak less at home but she only forgot to mention the reason...it is because my parents are too busy arguing..there is no one to speak to...no one to understand me and now i m so in fear of people that i cannot even look into his eyes.Suddenly his mother suggested an idea which made everyone quite relaxed but not me.
"Why don't you guys go alone and talk among yourselves?At the end of the day its you both who have to take the final decision, its about your life.I think you all should talk.."
I just didn't know how to react.I expected this to happen but a thousand questions came to my mind.What will i tell him?what answers will i give to his questions and what questions do i have for him?Will i just tell him i am not ready for marriage yet...and maybe never will i be.Suddenly i heard him say in his deep voice
"Shall we go to your open terrace?...it looked beautiful from outside..."
AYANYes,yes i wanted to speak to her alone.I could feel she was feeling very uneasy in front of everyone so much so that she didn't even look into my eyes for once.I was dying to look into her beautiful hazel eyes but she was looking down.May be we both talking alone in the terrace would make matters easy.
She very slowly got up and we both walked into the terrace,her gaze still on the ground.Did she like my voice? As we sat down i waited for some time so that she could speak but she was silent so i started the conversation...
"Look i know this is awkard,it was a tad bit too fast for me too..specially now that arranged marriages are so uncommon but believe me there are no pressures...you can tell me anything you want.."
I again waited but still there was no answer so i again went back to praising her terrace "Your terrace is really beautiful."But everything was again quiet so finally i had to tell her.
"I have met many people in my life but no one actually told that my face is frightening.You can actually look at me once..."
And then finally she looked at me for a slight two seconds and again looked down.Gosh!that was enough for me.Those were the two most beautiful pair of eyes i had ever seen!She was just so beautiful!But i wanted her to speak to me so i told again..
"Hey Rhea ,i think you are not ready to talk about the marriage part...so lets talk about books?Your mother told u love them.So what genre do you like?fiction,horror or romance?..."
But again she was silent.Now I really needed to know the reason for her silence .She needed to tell me why could not she speak to me..So i finally asked..
"Are you not ready to talk at all?..."
After five seconds she looked at me and her lips moved...but the words which came out made my heart break into a million pieces..
"Please reject me....I can't marry you...."
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THE LESSON OF LOVE
FanfictionWhat happens when the language of love is very differently read by a girl.Hate,broken promises,anger,fights,disloyalty are all part of her language of 'LOVE'.Can someone come into her life and give a different lesson of love?