Cherishable memory

Again 14th February is crawling near and love is on the air. The lovely season makes me remember on of those 14th feb which I like to remember and feel good. Though this day was never very over-rated (as it is now) in my days(I am not very old though) and I never paid any importance to this date/day but still it is special to me in its own way.

I am married to Subhas for 5 years now and still whenever I remember that very special day it gives me immense pleasure . Nothing very eventful happened that day but still that 14th feb is very close to my heart and I cherish it lovingly. Lets go back 8 years and turn on the pages.

I met Subhas for the first time in my way back to home from office, he was sitting beside me as a co-passenger(a stranger) in a Bus. We just shared a smile and a casual talk as our destination was same( I mean the Bus-stoppage- ha ha ). Years passed on and we never met each other in between, it’s very strange that though our bus-stoppage for taking the bus was same but we never seen each other within that span of time. Then one fine , sunny morning I saw this guy coming in the Bus-stand , we recognized each other and exchanged smiles. That’s it. Days passed on and I found this fellow was taking a little bit of extra interest on me but I never paid any heed to that. Now, I agree that I enjoyed that attention ( you know girl’s habit). Within a month came that 14th Feb, I suppose it was 2002 . I was on the way back to home from office and was in a hurry as it was already 9 p.m . When I reached Parkstreet Bus-stand I saw him standing there , I was surprise to see him there. When I asked him , why he was taking bus from parkstreet all of a sudden, he said he came for some work in Chatterjee-International(which was a lie!). Seeing me there he gave a full smile and asked me whether I had some special engagement/ appointments for that day. I didn’t understood why all of a sudden he asked me that question as I was too much a dumb to understand that he wanted to know whether or not I have any special person in my life.
Thereafter his interest on me grew strong and our friendship went tight. Similar tastes, wildly different attitudes. Good recipes for a roller coaster friendship. With time passing by I understood he was waiting for me that day from the evening to know the fact that I am engaged with somebody or not. This sour-sweet feeling I treasure till date and will keep on in the safe corner of my heart till I die.I n this very age of commercialization where cards, expensive gifts , smses and what not dominates the society his expenditure of time, his patient wait touched me that day a lot.