Right Decision(Part-3)

So, Payal reached the temple in a hurry and found that no one was there.She knew that Om might reach there anytime.Her heart was beating faster as for the first time she was doing something like this.She just prayed for two minutes and began to return back and then she saw Ajay Jadeja coming .He was smiling at her only as if he just understood her plans and Payal stopped for a while to look into his eyes.She really loved to look into his eyes and for a moment she forgot everything.His eyes were like a huge sea of emotions and Payal wanted to swim in that sea.But, after a while Payal said to herself that now she should go home and she left the place promising herself that now she would visit the temple regularly.

Now, it became a regular practise for her to visit the temple in the evening to see her GOD’s lovely smile .Sometimes if she had to go somewhere in the evening,she used to feel like as if she had missed a very important thing that day .Sometimes, in collage also she used to get a chance to see him but somehow she did not get  the same pleasure.It was very pleasurable to watch him when he used to visit the temple.Both did not have courage to talk to each other but their eyes were doing all the talking.

It was conference time in the Chemical Engineering Department and Payal and her classmates were there as volunteers as their department was also a branch of chemical engineering.She was just distributing a souvenir and a bag to the participants.She was happy in doing this as she knew that Ajay would be there as he was a student of chemical engineering and today she would know his name as every participant was carrying his identity card around his/her neck.And yes, after a while she saw Ajay standing near her.She handed over the souvenir and the bag to him and smiled at him.This time he did not smile at her.She was very upset .She was expecting a great smile from him.But,instead of smiling, he became serious.She could not understand the reason but she was happy coz she now knew his name.She saw his identity card and now she knew that his name was Om Prakash.In the conference, the first lecture was of the IIFCO chairman and she did not want to miss the lecture.She entered the conference hall in time and after a while Ajay also came there and sat next to her.She looked at him.This time he smiled but did not say anything.She was feeling very differently as he was very close to him.Now, she forgot her anger as now again she was able to see him smiling.
She told to her friend that the real name of Ajay Jadeja was Om Prakash.Her friend started laughing.She said that it’s not his fault that he used to stare at her,but the problem was there with his name .She could not understand for a while.Then her friend remined her that how their Biotechnology teacher whose name was also Om Prakash used to praise her a lot.When she used to miss even a single Biotech class, he would inquire her about the reasons.But, for other student she was not even bothered.Pyal was his favorite student.On remembering all this,Payal also started laughing .
So, the smiling and staring session between Payal and Om Prakash continued for next 4-5 months.During this period Payal was feeling as if she was in some other world.But sometimes, she just used to wish that Om  could speak to her, could  express his love to her which was clearly visible in his eyes.But nothing like this happended between them. One day he saw that one of his classmates was talking to Om.When he finished his talking ,his classmate told that that fellow was a final year student and he got a job and would join his  job after his final year exam.His classmate was worried about their placements as the placement record of their department was  not very good.But, at that time Payal was worried due to a different reason.She knew that from the next week, she would not be able to see Om.Next week ,his exams would be over and he would leave the place for ever.But, she did not have courage to say anything to him Once or twice ,she thought of conveying her feelings to Om, but stopped herself as her father was a professor there and she did not want to take a step which would effect his father’s reputation.She also convinced herself that this might be the reason that Om too was not able to speak to her as he also knew that Payal was a Professor’s daughter and might be possible that he too did not want to take a chance.
So,now he was gone…but Payal did not stop visiting the temple in the evening .She knew that she would not be able to see him in future but she used to feel his presence in the temple.His beautiful smile…his beautiful eyes…all were there in the temple.Whewnever she was sad ,she would just remember his eyes filled with passion and she would be able to forgot all her tensions. She knew that she would not be able to see him again…but somehow his smile…his eyes touched her heart…her soul.
After completing her postgraduation, she too got a job in Delhi.She was enjoying her job.Sometimes she used to think that it might be possible that Om too was in Delhi as often students from her institute got jobs in Delhi or Bangalore.She just wanted to meet him again and often used to song the song,’AE AJNABI TU BHI KABHI AWWAZ DE KHANI SE’……but that ajnabi did not listen though Payal was in Delhi for the past 04 years.And now another ajnabi entered her life as she got engaged to a sotware engineer named Brajesh.After her marriage, Payal moved to Bombay and started enjoying her married life.Brajesh was very caring husband.But he did not believe in expressing his love in words….he would give her gifts,would take her out, but very rarely said ILU.Her friends used to say that she was lucky as their husbands would say ILU, but never gave any gifts to them.She was happy as she knew that nobody was perfect.During  this period she forgot about Om untill she saw him again.

(Next part will be followed soon)