CHAPTER-9

Next Day

 Evening-

Misti's Point of view-

I called Arnab at the evening for the first time I was calling him at the evening usually  I called him at night. I was really very nervous but I could not able to wait till night. I did not know Arnab will get angry with me or not but I could not able to control my anxiety anymore, from yesterday night I was anxious about what he wanted to tell me. He was the love of my life, I wanted to know what was waiting for us in the near future.

His phone was ringing but he did not respond yet, I started to chew my lips in anxiety. I tried to call him two more times and the fourth time he picked up my call and he said “Hello, Darling.“

“Sorry, I disturb you in the evening,” I said to him.

“ No problem, I am thinking to call you soon but before that, you call me,” Arnab said to me.

“ Arnab, you wanted to say something yesterday,” I said to him.

“ Yes Darling,” he said to me after a few seconds pause he said to me again “ I love you, Misti, I want to live the rest of my life with you, but…,” he said to me.

“ But what?” I asked him.

“You know that my college is about to finish next month after my final exam and I am going to Delhi for preparation for the Civil service examination. I will return after I get the job, if you agree to this relationship Misti it will be a long-distance relationship. Will you be able to continue this?” Arnab said to me.

I was practically holding my breath for such a long time as soon as he finished his sentence and asked me without wasting any second I gave him to reply, “ I will Arnab, as long as you love me there is no problem in a long-distance relationship, I know we can work on this after all I love you too. Moreover Ma, Baba also had a long-distance relationship and they made it together.. now they have a happy life together.”

“ Yeah, you are right,” Arnab said to me I also felt that he was happy.

“But one more thing…” he said to me.

“ What?” I asked him.

“Let’s keep it a secret, I mean do not disclose it in front of your parents until I get the job,” Arnab said to me.

I did not hide anything from my parents, I said to him “But..” before I could finish my sentence,

Arnab said to me “I know you do not hide anything from your parents but for my sake please do it.”

“Okay,” I said to him hesitantly.

“Do not worry Misti, once I get the job I will personally inform your parents about us,” Arnab said to me.

“Ok, I love you so much,” I said to him.

Nine months Later – 

Misti's Point of view-

The past two three months were not good for me, I did not know what happened in the last two, three months Arnab was continuously avoiding me whenever I called him he always said he was busy I did not know what I did or what mistakes I made.

I decided that I would ask him today why he was avoiding me.

At night at about 10.30 P. M I started to call him, I tried several times, as usual, he did not pick up his phone, I was heartbroken, at about 11.30 P. M he called me back and when I saw his name on my mobile phone screen, I was practically overjoyed after two, three months he called me back.

I instantly picked up his call and said “ Hello, Handsome, how are you? Are you……. . “

But before I could finish my sentence Arnab said to me in a calm voice “ Misti. “

The moment he referred to me as “Misti” I knew that something was very very wrong. But his next few words broke my heart completely, he said to me “ I do not think we will be able to continue our relationship anymore, long-distance relationship is not working, I am losing my focus on my study and I want to be successful in my career.”

I choked my tears and managed to say “ What do you want Arnab?”

He said to me “ Let’s break up Misti, it is good for both of us.”

I asked him “ Do you not love me anymore?”

Arnab said to me “ Sometimes love is not enough Misti, I have some goal in my life which I want to fulfill.”

“ So, I am the obstacle who refrains you to fulfi your life goals?” I asked him.

“Yes,” he replied me nonchalantly.

“For you, I got distracted and can't able to clear my interview round for my dream job,” he said to me bitterly.

“ Arnab….” I said to him, I was so devastated I could not even finish my sentence.

“This is over Misti, I do not want you in my life not even as a friend,” he said to me.

His words stabbed my heart but I said to him “ You also do not want me as a friend in your life!!! “

“No, I do not want you even as a friend because I know you will keep nagging to re-start this relationship again and I do not want to repeat my mistakes besides that I think I am in love with someone else, I do not want you in my life anymore,” Arnab said to me.

His cruel words broke my heart completely and he shattered all my dreams but somehow I managed to say “Do not worry Arnab, I will never bother you again and I promise you that.”

After that I said to him “ Have a successful life. I wish you good luck.” and I cut off the call and after that, I broke down and started to cry uncontrollably, Sristi was staying at Tulika's home for two days. Sristi was missing her friend, so, Ma Baba gave her permission to go there and stay there with Tulika for two days.

I thanked God silently because if Sristi was here she would see me in this condition and I knew that Sristi loved me too much so, she would burst into anger and I did not want that because then Ma, Baba would also know my condition and I did not tell my Ma, Baba about my relationship with Arnab because he wanted to keep it a secret, he wanted to disclose our relationship in front of my parents after he got the job. But now I knew that day would never come in our life. I did not know what wrong I committed that my love story ended on a bitter note and my first love show me as his burden and to make it worst he considered me as a reason for his failure.

I remembered the moment when he was leaving for Delhi, we met in a nearby cafe he promised me that day that we would stick with one another always, he was even worried that I would forget him because he was going to stay away from me for a longer period of time and I had to reassure him over and over that, I would never forget him but today he cut all the ties between us as if I meant nothing to him.

I laughed at my fate. I always wanted a perfect love story but instead, I got a broken one.