Fate had a funny way of playing with things Ayesha thought with moist eyes..
Flashback to a year ago...
Ayesha was a regular customer at a coffee shop two blocks from her office. Every day after work, she’d go there not because she loves coffee, she actually hated it... but because of that tall cute guy with to-die-for eyes working behind the counter.
Shirley was her best friend…Sitting at the coffee table, Ayesha and Shirley were discussing the SWOT analysis of being a girl. After a hard week of work with tons of responsibilities, a girl also has to take care of household chores amongst other family commitments over the weekend. After all this, what Ayesha looked forward to was just a glimpse of Sid, the tall cute guy at the counter.
His hazel eyes were so attractive, she thought...He resembled Hrithik Roshan, she thought as her heart skipped a beat. Shirley waved her hand in front of Ayesha to drag her back to reality. This was it Ayesha thought…
It was time to make friends with him. Without hesitation, Ayesha dragged Shirley with her to the counter. Excuse me, said Ayesha. “What can I get for you”, said Sid… Ayesha was awe struck…Her
mind went blank. She didn’t know what to say…She was just staring at him…. It was a moment of embarrassment for Ayesha, so to lighten the mode, Shirley cracked a joke and all of them had a good laugh.
This incident turned out to be the start of a new friendship for all of them. Ayesha and Shirley’s visit to the café increased. Their frequent visits proved cumbersome for Sid working at the café. He had issues with actual working hours and often got angry stares from his manager when Ayesha and Shirley spent more time at the café.
On the other hand, Ayesha and Shirley worked for a corporate giant who had lenient working hours so the café became their common hang out. Ayesha was in love with Sid. She had not yet revealed her feelings to Shirley though.
Unaware of Ayesha’s feelings Shirley also began to develop a soft corner for Sid. As luck would have it, Sid too had fallen for Ayesha. Some days later, Ayesha and Sid were sitting at the café and Sid told Ayesha about his feelings for a girl and that he wanted to spend the rest of his life with her.
When she heard this Ayesha was dumb struck. Her face fell. She assumed that Sid had feelings for someone else. . Why was life so complicated, she thought? Ayesha stood up, quickly bid him goodbye and left the place. She wanted to share her feeling and finally blurted out to Shirley about her feelings for Sid, as well as how Sid had feelings for some other girl.
Now it was time for Shirley to be dumb founded. Not only did she find out that her best friend and she had feelings for the same guy but ironically the guy had feelings for a third person altogether. She was heart- broken too…..
Ayesha couldn’t handle this whole ordeal and moved to USA to restart her life. Left alone with a broken heart, Shirley too went in isolation and stopped visiting the café. Shocked by Ayesha’s behavior that day, Sid too began to believe that it was a mistake to love high society girls. He quit
his job at the café too.
Leap 5 years, present day all of them are thinking that they lost their true love. Could things have turned out any better? That’s a point to ponder on…
Moral: - It was clear example of miscommunication and misunderstandings. Sid didn’t present his thought clearly to Ayesha. Ayesha didn’t read between the lines of Sid’s message and passed on a confusing message to Shirley. Shirley didn’t use her logic sense and got carried away with emotion None of them found true love.
Lessons to be learnt -
- To clear misunderstandings, yesterday is never early but tomorrow is definitely too late!
- When in love seize the moment, put no trust in future.
