She arrived at the mall at the decided time. It was 11 am in the morning, a bright but rather sunny Wednesday, and the mall had just opened. As she entered inside the mall, she, glanced around, her eyes searching for someone intently. Reaching the central gallery of the mall, she checked her watch; it was sharp 11:10 am. She hovered around for a while, her eyes still scrutinizing every guy around, as if it was him, but thankfully there were very few people in the mall at that particular instance owning to the early morning timings, as the mall has just opened. She seated herself on a bench placed in the central hall, checking the clock in her mobile now, as if it would show some different time, than her wrist watch. After a few minutes of gazing at every person coming inside from the main entrance, she noticed a guy, wearing a white plain un -tucked shirt, sleeves rolled up to his mid arms, wearing a pair of denims, not so loose or low waist, just perfect, wearing a pair of black sandals, a loose silver metallic watch in his right wrist, entering through the main entrance. Her eyes all of a sudden got fixed on his face. He was in his mid-twenties, wheatish in complexion,small,round faced,average height, not so ruggedly handsome but not at all ugly or bad looking, his hair neatly cropped, though the growth of his hair less intense towards the sides of his head, clean shaven with eagerness so visibly clear in his eyes and face, his head moving in every possible direction as if he too was looking for someone. She was dead sure, it was him.
Her eyes glittered with joy and happiness at his very sight. Though he still was not able to spot her, she decided to make a move herself and got up from where she was sitting, walking in his direction. As she reached near him, she saw him facing her in opposite direction, his back towards her. She was still some steps away from him, and thought of surprising him. She dialed his phone number. She heard his ringtone, the very ringtone he has kept for her as he told her once, the song he associated with her, ringing not so loudly but loud enough for her to hear it. He panicked and searched the pockets of his jeans reaching for his phone, instantly taking the call. He seemed pretty excited and she could notice the vibrancy of his voice when he asked,”Hey, where are you???”.She smiled and said, “Turn around”. As soon as he heard her, without even disconnecting the call, he immediately turned his body around, now all of a sudden facing her. He saw her face, his eyes lightning up, his lips widening into a huge smile. He disconnected the phone call, kept it back in his pocket and now he moved towards her. Now they were facing each other for the very first time, ever since the past one year they have known each other. At first they stared each other for a couple of minutes, each of them figuring out how to react and what to say. Even before meeting they had decided upon certain things and rules so as to what they will do, when they will finally meet. All those talks and discussions, vaporized from her mind at that particular moment, her mind completely blank, unaware of what to do, as if it had lost all control over her. She didn't knew why,but,she couldn’t wait any longer to feel him, and at that very moment ,she caught hold of his shoulders, dragged him closer to her body and hugged him tightly. He, as if shocked didn’t react for a split second but then he too reciprocated and put his arms around her ,touching her back, she feeling the warmth of his body and his breath so closely for the first time. It was as if like a dream, a moment which she wanted to crystallize,desiring that the world and the time should freeze at that very instant. A truly magical moment embedded in her memory forever.
