1984 : A Love Story by Gurkaran Singh

                                     Episode 3




Farewell of the seniors




It was the farewell of the seniors. Divya was selected in one of the dance performances’ which was the last presentation of that day. Divya was paired along Sarthak, a classmate of Divya and Rajwinder. Divya practiced really hard for her performance as she really wanted to perform well in front of the whole college. Rajwinder also motivated her as well as Sarthak to give their best shot. The day finally arrived but there was a huge problem for Divya.



Sarthak sent a message through his friend that he would not be able to come as he was down with fever. He also said that he tried his best to come but the doctor had strictly advised him a complete five day rest. Now Divya was in a big fix and looked quite worried. Suddenly Rajwinder came there and asked Divya why she looked so worried. Divya told him the reason and said that all her efforts would go in vain and she won’t be performing today. Sushant and Avi also joined them and Rajwinder told them that Divya won’t be performing today because Sarthak is not coming today. They all got worried and were really sad for Divya. Suddenly Avi had an eureka moment and said to Divya, ”Divya sun humare pass ek dancer hain jo smart hain aur tere sath uski chemistry bahut sahi banti hain vo apne school ka bhangra captain bhi tha aur vo aaj tere sath perform kar sakta hain” as Avi looked at Rajwinder. Rajwinder declined the offer saying that, he has not rehearsed for the performance and performing in the school and performing in the college are both different things. Divya looked at him with pleading eyes. “For the happiness of these eyes, I can do anything. This is the moment. Be the hero” rajwinder thought in his mind. “Magar agar kuch galat ho gaya phir” Rajwinder said. “Jo ab ho raha isse galat aur kya ho sakta hain Rajwinder” replied Divya. Rajwinder obliged and both of them did a little rehearsal in whatever little time they had. And finally the moment of their performance arrived.

Rajwinder and Divya walked on the stage with their heart beating really fast. They were even able to hear each other’s heart beats. They looked into each other’s eyes as the music started. It was some instrumental romantic tune and you would have thought that Rajwinder would struggle but to everyone’s surprise Rajwinder performed really well matching step to step with Divya. They got a standing ovation and Divya was quite happy. There were talks about their brilliant chemistry.
Time passed and Rajwinder developed feelings for Divya and decided to propose her on Valentines Day.



How he proposed



It was Valentines’ Day. Yes in those days also Valentines’ day was celebrated. It’s a day of lovers and hence Rajwinder also chose this day to express his love and feelings to Divya. He had just bought a new Lamretta Scooter and therefore decided to give a small treat to Divya on that (Valentines’) day.  He called her to that same old bus stand from where they used to go to college together. She as usual was ten minutes late and he waited patiently, rehearsing his lines. He had not slept the previous night in anticipation of the coming day. She finally arrived wearing a jeans and a long kurti. That was her style. She kept it simple and that’s what drove Rajwinder crazy. He liked simple girls as he himself was quite a simple guy and Divya was the perfect choice. He had known her for three years now and he had the full support of his family. He had waited for this day for quite some time now. He made Divya sit comfortably on the back seat and most of the times applied breaks so that the jerks make Divya leap on him. (As most of the guys normally do). This is quite an old trick with the Punjabi boys; “Mera dil karda main hauli hauli breakan maari jawan te tu mere upar digdi rahe


He drove her straight to the Rajender Palace Lake and then pretending to bring her some chips disappeared for some time. He did it intentionally to see how Divya reacts. He in the mean time bought some flowers and chocolates for her. She now got worried and what she saw next was Rajwinder bending on his knees with chocolates and flowers in his hand. Rajwinder said,”Hun lagda nahin tera bina jee hun ban ja tu sadi heer seedhi gal boal taan I love you”. Divya also got into romantic mood and said yes but in a different style, ”Kehne ko jee mera karda tere sath zindagi bitane ko mera jee karda”. Rajwinder was on cloud nine and unable to control his emotions hugged her publicly. “Abhi sirf haan hui hain sardar ji abhi high command se permission bhi to leni hain, papa maan jayenge na”. To this Rajwinder replied,”Sardar hoon nahin manenge to sab ke saamne utha ke le jaunga. jatt tere liye purey jahan se ladh le, tera baap kya cheez hain phir” and to their surprise Divya’s father agreed without showing any resentment and soon it was their ring ceremony day.


TO BE CONTINUED.......... STAY TUNED




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