Adolescence to Elegance

It was a pleasant Friday evening. Alone at home, I was waiting for him. With a myriad of thoughts, whether he really loves me? Will we end up marrying each other? What will he think about me? No matter what, a minute spent in his company is worth a life time. The ring of the door bell shattered the ceaseless thought mesh.

I could feel the surge in me. The pulse rate shooting all time highs, I opened the door knowing that, that wasn’t going to be the day’s high, because I knew there was more to come.

Just after he entered, I locked the door behind. It was a sign that we were on something private, and the rest of the world doesn’t bother us. He came near me, his hands around my waist his eyes meeting mine with less than an inch gap between our lips. He said, “I love you”, all I could reply was, “Forever sweetheart”.

There wasn’t anymore waiting, I filled the gap. I felt like fainting, the first kiss of an adolescent, with the hallucination of love. It felt like an eternity, and I wished ‘Let the eternity continue’. Feeling his warmth, I realized that there was more to eternity...