THE DAY PALLABI ACCEPTED ME

Dear Palak,

I was thinking of writing this letter yesterday but I was too busy celebrating. Pallo has said ‘yes’. After me pestering her for almost 2 years. I guess I have wore her down.

I was confused about what happened between us the other night when we made out and all. It was bothering me. So I asked her what it meant and she said that she loved me.

This is the happiest day of my life. It still feels just like yesterday when I took her number from you. It was Saraswati Puja and you had come to Dharmanagar. You, me and Nishant were sitting near the school gate. You were in a saari – it was a light green one and you looked absolutely gorgeous. I was worried that I might give away how madly, hopelessly, desperately, I was in love with you. So, instead I pretended that I was not at all interested in you and was looking for some other girl to be my girlfriend.

I asked you to help me find a girlfriend from your new school. “Give some pretty girl’s number no?” You gave me two numbers – one who never disclosed her name. Called herself ‘Honeybee’. The other, Pallo.

I texted her a week or so later. And that’s how this friendship started. We were just friends for a long time. Anyway, she was with someone named Arindam back in those days. And I was still in love with you. But we did become best friends eventually. And then after almost two years, I realised I was in love with her. She was still with Arindam and so, I never proposed.

A year later she came to Bangalore for her studies. That’s when she and Arindam broke up. We met for the first time. And eventually, I proposed. Took her two years to say yes. But better late than never.

You know what’s the best part? In a way, she is a gift from you, a gift from the only other girl I ever loved. That’s something. I guess in a way, you are in my life. Through her. But I wish we were in touch and you spoke to me. I wish I could tell you all these in person.

I still miss you.

With love, hugs and other things,
P