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Knight In Shining Armor

I had always had a strong belief that if I ever get married, it will be my choice and not my parents, since the place where I belong, parents always had their way in fixing up their children. To marry out of your own choice was looked down upon. A decision only the very few courageous take.

By the time I was thirteen and understood what love was all my friends and classmates at high school had a boyfriend to boast off. I was the odd one ” poor thing with no boyfriend”. Though it used to hurt me a lot that no one loved me and that I was an ugly duckling, it was never the be all and end all of life. Studies was always a priority for me. School gave way to university, where too all my friends were busy with their boyfriends. There were occasions when the ” ugly duckling” was proposed to by guys. But they were never to my tastes. I had always dreamt of my knight in shining armour who will sweep me off my feet and the wimps who proposed to me didn’t hold a candle to my image of my Prince Charming.After five years I graduated from the university. Parents were busy trying to fix me up with anyone who had the “right’ educational qualifications.And I was under the impression that my Prince Charming will always remain a dream.

However life was not so cruel to me, I got admission to Business Management in a college far away from home. The place was god forsaken and only the hope of a Business Management degree and a way to get away from marriage proposals that led me there. I thought I will never find even the least interesting person in that place. But life is truly unpredictable. I realised that my Prince Charming truly does exist in flesh and blood. I still remember the day when I first set my eyes on him. I had seated on the first row in class and had latched on to another girl. We became fast buddies since we shared the same room in the hostel where we stayed. We were passing comments on all the wimps that came through and by the second my dreams of finding my prince was shattering, and to my surprise the last person who entered was just the person I had dreamed off. He was quite tall, a thing I find a must in guys since me being tall I hate even taking to teeny guys. And he seated himself at the back of the class. Fromt hat second onwards life became very interesting. however he hardly took any notice of me. I had become used to it since by now being the ugly duckling was a part of life for me.

Days passed where I would just wait for one word or action from his part, just an acknowledgement that I existed. he talked to all the other girls except me. I was totally bewildered. what is in me that a person does not even like the sight of me. Then it was the time for holidays and we were planning to go home. I was never left unchaperoned so for the first time my dad came to pick me up from the college and he did the unexpectable thing. He requested my dream guy to chaperone me to college and back home during vacations. That w as the ultimate insult. One hand it was great getting this guy all to myself, but pushing me down his neck if he didn’t like it was another matter. Even during our travel together we hardly talked while all our other friends had the time of their life.All we ever talked was in bits and pieces. Most of the time I was on the verge of crying. Here I had met my dream guy and he cannot even see me eye to eye. I was constantly crying to god why he had let this happen.

Finally all our friends at college planned a short trip to the beach. that was final s traw. While all the other girls left to be with their boyfriends, i was left alone like usual.I was walking along the beach when i heard the familiar voice behind and god his voice is to die for, deep and authoritative, i turned round to see him behind me asking if I want company. I felt God has answered my prayers. There was no looking backa fter that, we talked and talked of all the misunderstandings and by the time we had to go back we were the thickest of friends.

From that day we became best friends.We used to discuss everything on earth. he told me about his past relationship and even her photo, that was ultimate for me. I couldn’t express my feelings, was always the shouldere for him to cry on. I dont know how i managed to listen to all that gory details of his past relationships without breaking down, coz i realised then i had competitiona nd he never was mine. On reaching home I broked down unconsolably. Couldn’t express my emotions to anyone. Time flew and one year had passed. I never discussed my feelings, but i felt he was drawn closer to me. But i never did keep my hopes high for fear of getting dashed.

Then on our trip h ome for vacation he told the three little words for which i had waited a lifetime. We were from diffrent religions and he said even if he had a relationship it will be with no strings attached that he will leave me once our studies are over. I was willing to grab even the tiny bit of hope, coz if i had let him go i knew i woul d never get him back, so i was happy with whatever little i got. i still wonder how being so adamant i agreed to a no strings attached relationship. But by the time our course finished we were too much involved, my parents were looking out in earnest for bridegrooms and neither of us had a job, so eloping was the last thing on my mind.

By the grace of god i got a job and escaped from home. He too followed suit. Finally we decided to break the news of our relationship at home. We were expecting mayhem but it was just violent outbursts from everyone. We stuck to our decision no matter what. Finally he got a job abroad.

My parents finally saw their attempts in keeping me apart was futile and so decided to get me married to him . So after 7 years of being together we got married two years before and I felt that I have been the most blessed by god.Am scared to be too happy, wonder if god will take away my happiness from me. I feel truly blessed now.

While we were friends he used to often joke that he will fix me up with some one and that my knight in shining armour will cross the seven seas and ask for my hand in marriage.
True to his words he crossed the seven seas and came to marry me. It just makes me realise that dreams too come…..

- A dreamer -