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I re-focus on the sweet beauty in front of me. "Hi!", I greet her back, and immediately realize how rough my voice sounds, and I know exactly why. However, the next moment she smiles 'knowingly' at me - a somber smile that clearly says that she thinks that my voice is rough out of the fake throat-clearing stuff.

Oh, really? How I wish it would have been true... But I have already realized one thing, if I have to have at least a short chat with her, I will have to be as normal and amicable as possible.

I smile back at her, sheepishly, almost as if she has caught it all right. For the first time in years, I don't know what expression my face is wearing; or my eyes, for that matter. My whole heart and soul, whose existence I am feeling after quite a while, are literally screaming at me to be as honest with her as possible.

Maybe, that will open a road full of new possibilities - you never know when destiny actually hits you.

I just decide to listen to my true self for this once, and be a