Steal Love……. away from Time

It is raining…...he was sitting beside the window….trying hard to break free his mind…the cool breeze that passed through his ears, he felt the blistering cool water drops over his face…it actually pulled him back to the days when he shared the lovable moments with his girl friend….now his beloved wife....whom he loves and the most valuable gift he have in life.

Suddenly he was taken back by the time, how the time has stolen his memorable moments with his wife…not thinking for one more minute….he closed the windows, sign-out from all the applications, packed the lap-top and moved towards the lift…the time is 2.45 pm.

Rushed home…parked the car….ok now …he wanted to make a surprise for his wife….so what to be done….he just looked at all the places in his home…..what makes my wife happy….what brings the smile on her face….a movie of her favorite hero, candle light dinner at her choice of restaurant and long-drive…..no these are all so artificial…..in all of these he is not playing any role…not putting any efforts that makes her feel his love……something I have to do….for her….he looked at everyplace again…..the hall with drapers and well decorated…..the bedroom with candles and the colors close to her heart……all of her choice….the kitchen where she will spend her next 2 hours after she comes back from office…very tired….yes…this is what I have to do….I will do this…..time 4.30 pm…

He quickly opened the refrigerator and checked out what is stocked up…..next a book about cooking, pulled out from the storeroom…..and suddenly all the ingredients and everything have come up to the kitchen table…yes…..the mission just started…….

For the next 2 hours, everything went well, the perfect dish, sweet more sweet than his love…..now the next….lets keep the place clean and arrange everything she does that everyday, time 7 pm….

“Tring..tring…..” the door bell made the noise……he rushed to the door, he knows it is her….ready to say ‘surprise’ ….and the door opened…..”Honey! are you home! What happened? are you fine? Is everything normal? Why did not you call me if you are coming home early? We might have planned to go for a movie or to my friends place…and I called you on mobile at 6 why did not you answered….first tell me what are you doing at home, so early?” came without a stop from her

The little simple word ‘surprise’ still have not come out to this world, it is just there in his thoughts. ‘Sweetheart…I came early…..and you know what, I prepared the dinner for you…..now get ready to taste the best food you have ever in your life….” finally he was able to say this.

“What! you have done the dinner, oh god! Thanks honey! But have you spoiled all the kitchenware”… the reply from her.

Is this what he expected from her, No. “Did you got hurt, why did you taken so much pain” something like this is what he expected to be the reply from her.

Ok, cut the next 1 hour…now time 8.30pm…everything is set well on the table for the perfect dinner…they have started it…no comments or passes from anyone…the topic started about the work on that day at office to the new dress store in town and now it is about the recent injury of Sachin.

“God! Why on earth these men always end up the conversation with cricket….!” She felt in her mind.

“But where are the compliments for my dinner!” he is eager to hear from her and said ‘honey! How is the food”!
Yeah! It’s good. Just a pinch of salt missing in Daal and some oil need to be reduced veg-fry. You know it, I do not eat oily food”.
“Ok, then it is not good!” he said with a brim look on this face.
“No! Even I had not done it so good when for the first time I started cooking, I am just saying this so that you will improve on this….as tech-managers like you always concerned about the feedback and improvement” she said to make fun of him.

“What! Why should I improve? I am not going to cook everyday!” came suddenly from his side.

“I know you will say this. Just pulling your leg, honey! Look at your face, how it became red, now I like this more than the dish you prepared for me” she completed her turn.

Ok, let’s go for a walk. They both moved hand in hand……enjoying the cool breeze as the rain stopped.

Someday in August –
“ok, now the kitchen plan is over, I have to do something else…..yes….now I will plan for the second option….he took that days newspaper and brushed through all the latest list of movies, hot happenings in the city, art galleries, new restaurants on town, fashion shows, shopping and everything is covered.
Yes, 2 tickets for the latest movie Krrish, the muscular look of Hrithik with the hot and spicy Priyanka, after that the candle light dinner at her favorite restaurant – Rivera and finally a long drive, yes this is the prefect plan.

With just a one button push, he dialed her number and its ringing ‘honey! What happened?” the reply came back.

“Sweetie, can you windup by 6 today, I have planned for a movie and candle light dinner”, he answered for that.
“Yes, its ok, reach at my office by 6 and we will go” she agreed.

Whroom! The car rushed and stopped at the parking at Inox then at Rivera by 10.00.
Reached back home at 11.30, ‘honey I am very tired. We will talk in the morning”, she said walking towards the bedroom.

Someday in January –
Time passed by…..weeks, months had gone by. Time is a big thing to be counted if it is left wasted.
He actually lost sight of his mission and rather their surprising ending.

He is busy and deep inside the coding and testing of the project; his mind filled with the color codes of the project, should bring the project in green status, get the appreciation from client and the promotion in appraisal. These are his new targets set.

Its lunch time and he just looked out, climate is changing fast, dark clouds and the sounds of the early thunders. Yes, the rain may start at anytime. “It is not the season for rains then why…..” he thought himself.

Time 4.45, by mistake his sight fallen over the window and noticed the rain is just awful. Trees are swinging with the fierce winds and the roads nearly buried with rain water.

“Yes, I have to go”. But it is 5 now; she may leave in another half-an-hour. Shall I call her and ask her to stay back till I reach there. No, I can reach by that time and will call her if I get struck in traffic before I reach there” he though, pressed the ‘crtl-alt-del’ option and left the desk.

She is in his thoughts all the way in his drive and he left back all the brightness of thunders and winds throwing him away and reached her place, the time is 5.30. “Yes, I have done it” he felt a bit proud of his achievement.

“God! Is that her! She is waiting for me”.
She looked at her husband step-down from the car and the smile on her face lighted up brighter than the thunders.

She has taken a few steps more than him and finished the distance more quickly.

“Honey! I love you. I miss you so much” she said as she hugged him and closed in his arms.
“Hey what happened?” he replied.

“But first, what happened to me? Am I asking her a question when she is expressing her love and affection? I just heard the words which are so sweet and memorable to me and what a stupid thing I am doing, replying her with a question!” he thought to himself.

He quickly realized what he has to do and said “Yes honey I love you too!” in her ears.

“Can we go now? I am thinking about asking you to come here for me since the lunch time. But did not expected that you will be here, you just came here and I am really moved by this” she said, while sitting in the car.

There was no reply from him, he just looked at her eyes and read what they are saying to him.

On the way home, the words started itching in this mind. Ok, lets ask her.

“Honey I tried to impress you before twice. Did you remember that candle light dinner I prepared and later the movie plan in the weekend? I tried those to make you feel about how much I love you and you know one thing, at both the times I expected that you will say what you just said now” he said trying hard to make concentration on driving as he has not yet came out from that moment and words she said to him.

She made a little spicy smile and said ‘Jaan! I can clearly read you. I know when you cooked the dinner for me, I felt how much you care about me and about the movie, I know how much you trying to make my taste. I felt your love for me, there is no doubt in that. But you can feel my love when I express it with heart. Now, I wanted you to be here for me and you just done that even though I had not asked you to do. That really made me feel how much you love me.

I did said these words at those times too, when you had cooked and went for the movie but why you had felt this moment so heartfelt; because in both of those times you were actually expecting my love and when you hear what you expect from me, you felt like, ‘ok now I heard that’; so that does not make the moment special for you. It actually makes the feel of love a bit impure. Love can be felt intense when you do not set any expectations in your feelings.

Love is very simple to understand; but we mix the human emotions like Anger, Ego, Jealous, Sympathy and the rest and make ourselves confused in identifying the true essence of love.

Love is small and easy to be felt when you have bigger hearts. Love from mother and friends, love for food, clothes, movies, dance, and music; there is love in everything what we do; but we concentrate more on the results rather on the essence of the process.

We usually ignore love as we make ourselves busy with time. Time is a part of life and love is the path towards life, everyday is a day to live; love the life and stay away from time; rather make the life memorable by stealing love away from time.