Rejection

The sun was shining bright outside as a beautiful girl was sitting on her chair inside her small apartment. She looked at the two unopened letters which she had received early that morning. The letters were pleasantly scented. Both of them bore a distinct odor, signifying their specialness. The emotion of love was sprinkled on them, and the girl was trying to absorb the vibrancy which filled the room. She was trying to feel the same, with an unusual smirk on her face, a smirk that could kill a man.

She picked up the first letter, stared at it momentarily and then cut it open. It was from Anuj - a happy go lucky guy who was in his early twenties.

“I love you since the day my eyes first met yours…” The letter began. It went on declaring his unparalleled love for her. He praised her beauty and compared her to beautiful maidens of fictional world - Laila, Shireen and Juliet. He thought of love as immortal. She laughed at it. Her reaction was inexplicable to even the most ardent stone hearted person. His Love didn’t appeal to her. She felt a need for oxygen and started pacing up and down the room.

Her name was Anna. She was a beautiful girl of eighteen, who was as pleasant as sunflower and as soothing to the eye as greenery.

She drank a full glass of water and then picked up the second letter. It was from one of her other secret admirer who finally had the courage to give ink to his feeling.

“How happy I am that I found the love of my life in you…” The letter began. He described his feelings like Shakespeare was in love and had decided to write a sonnet in prose. She laughed again and this time louder than before. The smile on her face just widened and widened as she read it till the end.

She did not want to be loved. She detested this very emotion. It was an anti-elixir to her. On the other hand, she wanted to love – love someone like flowers love the season of spring. When leaves are no more, yet it is more beautiful than before. She wanted her love to fail and cry a thousand rivers. She wanted to embrace the pain of rejection because she believed rejection would make her life more fulfilling. The history tells us countless tales about failed lovers who have left their mark in one way or the other. She too wanted to be listed amongst such illustrious company. Love is mysterious. When one gets his love, they live a happily ever after life. It’s the dejection that brings the best out of a person.

She paced up and down the room contemplating over the two letters and decided to take matters into her own hand. Picking up a pen and a piece of paper, she started a letter of her own.

She began, "I know, I am a naïve girl but I can’t resist my love for you. Your charisma has swept me off my feet. Ever since I saw you, you are the only thing that occupies my mind… She went on and on and confessed her love..." She didn’t have any such feelings. There were no violins and no summer breeze tickling her ears.

She only wanted to feel the feeling of love, no matter whether the feelings were genuine or not. She addressed it to Amit – a man in his mid-forties who was very harsh, always strict, intelligent and like to do his own work himself. She knew him very well and also knew beforehand that her advances had as much chance of succeeding as stars have of outshining the sun. His rejection could only made her more bold.

Next day she duly dispatched her letter and waited hopefully for the reply. In some days her heart would be broken and her prayer fulfilled. It finally came when she got an instant message in messenger. She received the letter with a twinkle in her eye. Pouring a cup of coffee, she started reading it. It was a reply from Amit. "I am flattered by your interest in me. It is a strange feeling that I have never felt before. Though you might hate me for I don’t have any such feelings for you. You are a young and beautiful girl who will surely be accepted by a man much able than me. I hope you forget and forgive me."

His response was short and objective. Her tender feeling of love had been crushed brutally by Amit. She always knew his response and had been prepared for it. She was disappointed. She had always wanted to be rejected but when finally her wish had come true, she could not take it. The more she thought over it, the more disappointed she became. Slowly, she fell into an abyss of despair. Her eyes became wet and tears started running down her cheeks. It descended like rain from heavens.

She picked up the two letters from her lovers and started reading them again and again. By the end of it, her wish did come true. She cried a thousand and one rivers.