Most Romantic Evening

It was silent... Very silent... unusual at this time of the day. The silence was frequently broken by the sound of thunder. Little drops of water had started knocking the windshield of my car. I could observe the splash of each drop on my windshield but soon the drops of rain got heavier and suddenly I could see only the flow of water on the windshield. The most unusual thing about this was, we were in the middle of road and none of the vehicles seemed to move an inch. Inshort we were in middle of a traffic block most commonly known as Traffic jam. "We" would refer to me and my "would be wife". This was our first date after our engagement. Infact we had just come out of watching a movie and then I had to drop her to her aunt's home which was around 25kms from my place. We had started our journey an hour ago and just after half an hour of journey we were stuck in this Traffic block. Initially we could hear lots of honking from other verhicles (including mine), but slowly everyone started realizing the honking would not clear the traffic on road. So one by one everyone had turned off the engine and it was very silent now (apart from the noise of rain falling over the rooftops). So with nothing else to do, I turned towards her, she was busy admiring the heavy rainfall outside the windows. I wanted to start some topic for discussion, but just kept looking at her for sometime. Guess she realised that I was watching her and she tried to look back at me. Realizing that, I started the conversation -

"So as you see, this is how our overcrowded city looks like, unlike your calm city."

She: "Hmmm... yeah our place is so calm and silent when compared to yours."

Me: "Well, I guess for sometime tough, our city has become silent anyway" and I start to laugh.

This did not amuse her to some extent. So clearing my throat again I start thinking on my next conversation topic. "So you liked the movie?" ... She: "Yeah... it was good".

Now there it was a typical situation where you are searching for topics to talk and make use of this good time and the topics are not coming out. Also the situation is worse since SHE is not helping in getting a new topic either. SHE is just replying to my questions without giving anything back for me to answer and find some time for next topic. So my mind was again racing to get on with some good nice topic and nothing was coming out. I had to spend some time asking her some basic stuff like Favourite food, Favourite hero etc... This helped since she gave her answers and responded with "What's yours?". We spent around 20-25 mins on this "Favourite" game and then it was silent again as we ran out of all "Favourites".
The rain outside had reduced a bit but the traffic was standstill yet. There were no signs of traffic getting cleared in near future, when suddenly she started the topic of "how was your college?". Aaaahhaaa... That was nice, more relieved now, since this topic could be extended further to pre-university college, high-scool and primary school. So there was plenty to talk. So we got started with this and as expected it lasted for more than an hour and was still going on, when suddenly we heard few car engines getting started. Finally the time had come to start my car engines as well to proceed to the destination.
This journey of 25kms took us 3 and half hours to complete in turn starting a new journey in our life symbolizing the beginning of a new relationship in which we are committed to each other.
By far the best evening of my life till now, hoping many more to come in our way...

Proposal - 2 -

Missed the first part. CLICK HERE to read the first part.

So we reach the front door and Mr.Everything now rings the bell. The door opens and the man himself is standing in front of us.
"Hi Uncle. How are you? This is my friend and we have come to meet... Ms.Lovely. Is she at home?"
"Hello. I did not recognise you. WHO THE HELL ARE YOU?"
"Uncle... its me... Mr.Everything... Ms.Lovely's friend uncle... "
I was almost on my way back to the gate when I thought Mr.Everything would get beaten up, but then Mr.Uncle somehow seemed to recognise my dear friend and finally he called us back and let us into his house. Then he called Ms.Lovely who came and took us upstairs with the permission from her dad. So here we were on the terrace of Ms.Lovely's house. It was quite a huge house with lot of space to waste. They had beautiful green lawn in the backyard and lots of flower pots on terrace. This was just the perfect house to lead a retired life.
"So whats up. How come u r here? Who is this guy?" - She started.
"Oh yeah.. forgot to introduce u to my close friend.. Dear buddy" - He replied
Then the usual hello Hi happened and then there were lots of talks between us about general stuff. This made Mr.Everything frown a bit and he had to make up a fake cough to interrupt us. And then suddenly this guy bent on knees in front of her and started -
"Ahem...uh.. Ok... Can I ask you something?"
"Oh Sure, why do you have to bend on knees for that?"
I could not stop my laugh coz I knew exactly what he was intending to do, but poor girl did not even realise this. Everything stared at me and then turned back at her to continue -
"Ahem.. Will you marry me?"
That hit the girl as a bullet and suddenly she came down on knees. She was totally in confused state and could just ask "Excuse me... WHAT?"
"Ahhheeeem... I just wanted to know that if I propose you, then will you accept it?"
"What IF? You have already done that!!!!" - I spoke and realised this was probably not the best time for logistics. I got a cold stare from both of them and then they continued to stare at each other.
"So....?" Our hero was still waiting
"Wait a second... I mean... I just cant accept it now... U see... I am not sure... Actually I dont know... I need some time..."
To make things worse, her dad ends up on terrace. He sees both his daughter and Mr.Everything on knees. He is totally confused.
"Is everything alright?" - he asks.
"Yes yes.. everything is fine" - Both my fren and she speak up at once and get back on toes.
"So what happened?" - Dad asks still with a confused look on his face
"Oh..Uncle, I was just looking at this flowerpot here and she was just showing me how to sow a seed into this flowerpot"
Dad looks at them and then stares at me expecting some truth from me...
Taken by surprise.. I speak out saying - "Uh..I am actually not interested in flowers uncle"
"Ok... You all can come down... Tea is ready and have some snacks too"
Realising that her dad had probably not listened to any of the proposal conversation, we all proceed downstairs. While going down the stairs, lovely asks Mr.Everything to talk to her dad about the proposal. I could see Mr.Everything already shivering. But neverthless, this talk has to happen in any case. So we are in the Hall and uncle has started general talks about the daily work in Software companies and then he starts explaining some techniques in gardening. The talks were getting boring and I was just waiting for the moment when Mr.Everything would speak out about the proposal. The girl standing behind her dad indicated through her eyes to my fren forcing him to interrupt the uncle's gardening techniques -
"Uh...Uncle... I need to ask you something..."
"Yeah sure.. go ahead my boy"
"Uncle I want to marry your daughter.. Ms.Lovely"
Suddenly the frown comes back on uncle's face. I am all set to run towards the gate for the second time today but then something unusual happens. The girl speaks out - "Dad, I think even I like him very much and I would want to marry him, only if you are willing to agree"
Dad, gets more angry now and then calms down a bit realizing there is no point in getting angry and starts asking the general marriage questions to Mr.Everything. Ofcourse he is able to answer since he has come well prepared for the general questions.
Then there is a moment of silence for sometime and then Dad takes his daughter to some room to have private conversation.
"So... would you like to have some snacks? I am feeling hungry" - I say
My fren gives stares at me. I realize that he is probably not hungry but nervous. He has done everything fine and now there is the room door behind which probably the most important decision of his life is being discussed. He is totally restless. I enjoy my cup of tea and some snacks kept on the table. Finally the time comes when the room door opens. Our hero is anxiously waiting for the answer. Dad has mixed emotions on his face with mixture of worry and anger. The girl is crying behind.
Dad comes to Mr.Everything and says "So you want to know if it is a YES or NO from my side right?"
"Hmmm.... I would like to know the answer uncle."
"My son... The answer from my side to you is ..... "

[THE END]