Love's Unexpected Moments!!!!

Prem's unrequited office love affair, 

Prem finished his day’s work, locked his computer, put on his bag, swiped his card to exit the office and waited for the elevator in the lobby. It was late night and Prem was in a hurry to reach home as it was pouring outside. The lift was coming from level 0 and before it reached level 3, he took out his earphones, put them on and started scrolling down his favorite songs playlist on his phone. Prem could hear the door opening and he tried to step inside while still looking down at his phone trying to select a song. Prem's foot hit her foot while she too was stepping out of the still half-opened door. She lost her balance, gave a half cry “ouch” and tripped on him. She had her handbag in one hand and a phone in the other. Prem lost my balance too and fell on his back, but didn't get hurt because of his bag. She fell on top of him. Her face was a couple of inches in front of him. He looked at her eyes while she gazed at him. Her BBB (beautiful big black) eyes were piercing prem's soul unknowingly. Her long untied hair were brushing his face. He could feel her breathe against his face. He could smell her fragrance.

Oh! She always carried that magical fragrance she always which was so unique that he could never forget it. Prem never thought he could smell it for more than 1 second. Every time they crossed paths in the office corridors or in the cafeteria, he would take in that fragrance for about 1 second and revel in it for a long time afterwards. She was his crush since she had joined the company a year back. She had an irresistible charm about her which was difficult for any guy not to notice.

She was quite friendly and gelled with everyone on the floor. It was just a matter of getting introduced to her by someone or by some situation…that time of his life never came! He was one of those few guys who were still hoping to talk to her casually every chance they got. But Prem was also afraid of that moment. He never could talk to any of his crushes with comfort and smoothness. It was the same since as far back as he could remember. In all of the chances he got to talk to his crushes so far, the only thing Prem remember is that he could never come up with a topic. The topics would hover around in a queue in his cloud of thought and he would say no in his mind for all of them one by one, until his crush decided to ignore his presence. In rare cases when he zeroed in on a topic, he was too confused in trying to guess what she would reply; and would try to make up an answer for that reply…until she ignored his presence.

Raindrops from her beautiful wet hair were dripping on Prem's face. No.. today, there was no need for any topic…not today. Prem realised that he had accidentally played a song during those nanoseconds they were falling down... "I don't wanna wait in vain for your love"...was buzzing in his head through the earphones. Prem realized this was his carpe diem moment and tried to look at her entire face but he couldn’t from such a short distance. After her eyes, he glanced down to look at her lips…and they moved…they started to become wide and she smiled as if that smile was a tool to love-assassinate him. He thought he could get a heart-stroke at such an young age (24). He could feel her body pressing against his. He smiled back involuntarily. Hey, smiling is infectious!

They lay there right in between the elevator floor and the lobby floor, which did not allow the lift to close. Prem's left hand was on the floor holding on to the phone and he placed his right hand instinctively, yet lightly, on her waist after they fell down. She supported her body mainly using her left hand which was pressed against her handbag that fell on the floor beside his right shoulder. That bag was the reason their heads did not collide and they didn’t hurt each other.That bag was the reason their lips did not touch! Should Prem be thankful for that handbag? Or should Prem hate it? Would she have shouted and slapped him,if he had kissed her accidentally? Did the handbag save him? Or did he just miss a chance to kiss the favorite crush of his life, even though accidentally?!

5 seconds had passed. She was wearing a red color top and she had a red hair band on top of her head. Prem loved it whenever she wore red even though black was his favorite color. Her lips were red.

What did her smile mean? It has been 5 seconds and she still did not intend to get up…Carpe diem…Prem tightened his grip on her waist over her wet top ever so slightly and lifted up my head just a little. Her eye balls were rapidly moving around my face as if a tiny pizza with ant-legs was moving around my face and she was hungry. She was grinning, blushing, shy and hot…all at the same time. How does she do that?!

The 6th second entered Prem's life. She kissed him! Is this a dream? Am I dead? Mom, please don’t wake me up now! A rush of electricity-like-indescribable-something passed through his body. Some parts of his body were aching due to her weight. She was heavier than him. Prem moved his lips and kissed her back. Is she going to involve some tongue or is it just a peck? She did. For the next shortest 10 seconds of his life their tongues were tying and untying with each other and their mouths were sealing and unsealing in a hustle. She tasted sweet. Why do they say honey is sweet?!

She lifted her head and they smiled again. They got up and he helped her pick up her fallen things. There was no one in the lobby except a security camera on one corner. They kept looking at each other for sometime. Prem didn't wanna talk. He couldn't. She didn't wanna talk either. Or couldn't?! Was she just like prem? They gave a silent yes to each not to talk and spoil the moment through our new found secret eye communication method. She walked slowly towards the glass door of our office and stepped inside. She turned back and kept looking at me with that murderous smile before disappearing from my view.

I took the stairs while keeping my right hand on my chest hoping it would slow down the pace at which my heart was beating...