FlashbackIt was the winter night, as Serena snuggled closer to me on our bed but we're yet to share that romantic intimacy which would makes us two bodies and one soul. Serena's nose had turned red and puffed due to the cold. As I caressed her arms I realized she'd little temperature as well but nothing serious that my Lady Bond couldn't handle.She had been stressed lately because her semester results were hovering above her head, while she wasn't sure that she did enough or not. I was hating the fact that she was questioning her guts over a silly exam. But nothing was in my hand. Though, what was in my hand was her smile. Her infectious smile that makes me feel alive. Thus, I decided to ease her worry to infinite magnitudes and now after midnight it was the perfect timing."Baby, wake up." I cooed her cheeks with my fingers as she mumbled some incoherent nothing making me chuckle."Darling, I want you to see something. Come with me please." I softly whispered in her ears, brushing
Flashback Time is such a fast moving element, that when it's in full force, one doesn't even realize how it passes in a jiffy. The same thing happened with me. It has already been a year, since Serena and I started dating and now after Three Sixty Five days, it was a remarkable year for us. A year of ups as well as downs; a year of turmoil and love. It held so much power to shake my entire foundation. Once I believed my insomina to be the biggest disability to lead an authentic and impactful life. I'd a change of heart and mind and I have only one girl to thank for: Serena Waldorf. Whoever birthed her certainly knew she was going to be one heck of a woman. My lady; the queen to tame her king who couldn't reason with anyone but her. By the alteration on my interior and exterior self I was totally in awe of this girl for loving me. A man who was heartless enough to hide his family as well as deep excruciating past from her. Her she has never questioned me. She was still patiently waitin
PresentMornings are supposed to be refreshing and cordial or civil; for me they're mindless turn of the wheel of events probably providing the closure from the other days occuring. There's a trend setting moment because today for the first time in my entire life I was having a smile on my face as I laid on the bed, this particular not-so-nostalgic moprning. Serena sleeping on my one side, and Nathan was on the other hugging me tightly. I didn't knew that having a family of my own can be so pleasant that I couldn't help but feel extremely energetic and happy. What is true happiness? I've never known the answer to it but as the sun rays peeped from the sliding doors and touched my tanned skin, I realized this is what happiness feels like. Having my family close and the sun caressing me at my heart. A coincidence as such ios debatable and I lamented if I should disclose this information to John or Serena?After my unexpected confession last night, Serena and I just sat in absolute silen
Oswald!! That was the thing I remembered, when I felt my eyes stretching wide seeing the Skiing resort in front of me. Wonder why? Well because I think my eyes were actually becoming that round in that moment, which was pretty similar to that four leg and four hand, Octopus. Because obviously, my eyes can't shrink to the level of his eyes, but his body was a killer! Don't kill me kids!!*Don't forget the sarcasm Mate*But for now, shouldn't I be worried about myself? Yeah!! Hands up, legs and fingers crossed because I am gonna compete with my mad plus hyperactive fiancee!I eyed Serena from my peripheral vision, and I can see that as much as nerve wrecking I was feeling, she was enjoying it all the more. Why won't she now? After all, I was the one who was her puppet here, not the other way round.Locking the car, she took our bag with necessary stuffs while I stood there gaping at her.When did she pack the bag? Probably when I was busy calculating in my head about the things that sh
FlashbackThe wheel of life turned around infront of me showing me the repurcussions of my godly personality to woo girls and one of them has turned psychologically tormented and was eager to die for me. I felt ashamed of myself. Carolina's fingers were pressed on the trigger while her eyes were shut tightly. My body was screaming at me to run, and save her but my mind was frozen with fear and hatred. In that moment, I kept aside my negative perception of Carolina and only remembered my parents teachings about humanity.Thus, before she can press the trigger, I ran in her direction, and just when the trigger was pressed, I raised her hand in the air letting the bullet explode in the barren sky. "Carolinaaaaaa!!" I yelled seeing her body slump down on the ground. I sat on my knees as she immediately threw herself in my arms causing my entire body to extreme rigidity."I love you so much, Daniel. Please don't leave me". She was begging me. Her lips were quivering while she was pressing
Tired...insanely exhaused and probably unfortunate I felt sitting infront of Serena. She sat stiff and unmoving with a stone cold expression plastered on her face. The cat has been out of it's cage and the worse has been revealed yet I'm uncomfortable to look at her. She looked in my direction, and I was hoping to find a trace of trust in those eyes which have mesmerized me; instead I found nothing...absolutely nothing but her tightly pressed lips warned me of the unforeseen. Loyalty is the foundation of any standard relationship and that has never been my best trait before. How do I mend the pieces of the broken trust even if it's not her whom I've cheated? Though, my loose character is a sign for her to end whatever is brewing in between us. Slowly and silently, something is happening to us...or atleast my shells are opening and I'm allowing her to see what I've always feared. Myself. My authentic version; the one which is capable of lust as well as love; infidelity and fidelity but
Swivel! Whirl! Trundle! Twirl! Undulate! Are these adjectives enough to describe what my precious eyes have been doing since the instant Serena has thrown her another nuclear bomb at me?If not then, let's say it has become A Ferris Wheel. I guess that word did gave out too much information to state the torture on my poor eyes. From Oswald they have turned into a Ferris Wheel. I wonder what was next and when did this 'mission open Daniel's heart turn into a humor zone?' Clueless, I tried to recall her exact meaning of my name and I swear I think I'm a pig being pushed into the drain while the onlookers are going to have an entertainment dosage along with Serena and Nathan, who're too caught up in this game. He's a child forgot sake, I told my subconscious plenty of times but it's unnerving to keep a calm demeanor when Serena throws her ultimatum at me. What is she trying to get from this? A playful life or she's making up to me for our lost time. Denial is not in my mind for today but
Greatly appalled, I still gaped between Serena and Nathan wondering which of the two was upto mischief. The thought hadn't subsided when Nathan ran towards the other kids who were playing on the other side in the scrutiny of the care takers as well as their parents. Ofcourse there was tight security around but fuck, he was only my boy and I sure as hell don't want to risk his safety. 'Amm...so does every parent, you jerk,' my subconscious reprimanded me. Ignoring the self-bashing and listening to my awakened fatherly instincts I was ready to march in Nathan's direction, when someone grabbed me by my back collar, and pulled me back. Holy shit! How did I forgot about this Cow face who'd been glaring me, certainly calculating my next move! I pierced my eyes in hers but she was mad at me. Should have expected this from Mother bear!"I swear I will dump you in this sea, and won't even pull you out if you dare to stop him from playing. You idiotic man, you don't like going in water and p
Carolina's POV (From Hell) Closure! 'What are these earthly creatures talking about?' I mused, eyeing the devils lingering around the foggy atmosphere. The realm has been freezing lately and it's impossible to step out to take a look. I sat in my chambers, staring at the mirror displaying the happy faces from Derena's wedding. It stunned me to know that the residents up in the fire have been keeping tabs on the two pathetic lovers and have given them a combined name. They have divulged from having a secretive live-in relationship to an official wedding taking the vows of sickness and health. It disgusted me to discover the insomniac's sleep cycle tattered. I ablaze the flames from beneath. They scattered in flickering venomous fireflies before they went off and the realm got covered in a silence as murky as the daunting night of our souls lurking over one another. This humbug of promises are making me itchy and edgy. 'What do they have that I don't? How did this life became so fair f
Carolina's POV (From Hell) There are no timelines in Hell for I'm the unlimited invincible force to reckon and beckon. Satan is in authority but in his absence I take the charge to pour sense into the little devil's roaming around with a vibration of an independent soul. I hate it and so does, the lord of hell. Hell is about codependency on each other; empowerment is destructive coping mechanism around here. We don't preach or teach; we probe and lead to a highly classified mission of ruining the lives of those who caused us to descend at the lower level. The pitch dark web is our prison to initiate the activities of explosive thoughts and nightmarish emotions into the earthly humans we detest. I rarely see the reflection of my charred face in the mirror; it's spooky and ruthless. At times, I crawl and crib to the magical flying beasts in the chambers, storing endless wrath. They're not long or amusing; they're power boosters rising from the fire like volcanic eruption. Sometimes,
Carolina's POV (From Hell) Withered cage. Hollow air. Silicon powers clouding the invisible realm, obscured somewhere where the human souls would come along as the hostility takes over. Monsters are cooked here; monsters are banished here and monsters seek monsters. What I think is not what I see for my vision is either protruded or the arising monstrosity within me has shielded the cone of volatile fire captivating my chambers. Satan's punishing me for defying him. I was instructed to let go off the war and interaction with the human world but I can't let my fatal enemy Daniel Price get a happily after with my newly found sister, Serena. Mommy dearest hid from me the treachery of her existence. How could I ever let it go? I was only her baby girl; she knew I loved to fight over Daniel; how could I have lived to see him sway away from the path of comeuppance? Streaks of fire tinge me on my stone walled body. It carries the weight of my deadpanned soul awaiting a release in the
Carolina's POV (From Hell) Peace. 'What is it? Why is it and who brings it?' I sorted to find out in my larger than egoistic life on earth. Mother had said, "there's no peace in the human family. It's hell."Hell. Black inky island. Faraway from human contact, food, water or emotions. The place I am scattered and trapped; a home of my darkened, defeated and dead soul. It wasn't the place for life. It became my after life when my soul left the planet in the accident I caused in my obsession for Daniel. I rested in one of the chambers of the aflamed open terrace of a roundabout endless fire, situated beneath the plateau…little demons with tails crawled up from the ropes held out through the gate of hell. The big guy with those giant white scary eyes, let me in after I wandered into the abyss for days. 'All hail Satan!' No fights. No fun. No feeling and no one to hate except for the memory of my trickling death. What an award winning scene and plan it was to mop out the entire Pr
Eight years LaterSleep! My eternal love. My lifetime friend. The only thing now I can do without fail. How peaceful it is to sleep like a log of wood and snore my way in the office at bizzare days and meeting hours. I have recognized this feeling as heart blazing. I never knew I would brim with gratification after attaining the peaceful slumber, straight for eight hours. But now that I have actually gotten into the habit of drowning in the heavenly world for eight years I concur nothing can be more blissful than sleeping in between a day exhausting me or after work. As I squirmed to find a comfortable position on the couch, whispers resembling the wind whooshing, kissed my either side. I tried to shun them away but when I didn't budge, an ear bleeding shriek traveled in my ears. "Ahhhhhhhhhhh," tumbling down the couch, I stared at the two reincarnation of Satan's, who faced me with hands on their hips and glint mischievous smiles circulating in their eyes. They scanned my face
"What the fuck!" The intensity of our curse matched. We gawked at the other, and reluctantly brought an inch or two distance between our bodies. Confronting the man behind us, I recognized the intruder as the inspector who arrested us on that frick of a night. He flashed his badge and glared. Serena scooted closer to me, eyeing me from her peripheral vision in embarrassment. "The universe does love you, Darling. It's conspiring to fulfill your outrageous wish. How do you think I should proceed now?" I taunted in her ear. "You two again!" The inspector exclaimed. "That too on your wedding day?" It was more of a reprimanding query than a statement for he pointed at us in disbelief and shook his head. His military eyes switched off my manliness and my confidence to explain the compromising circumstance tunneled down. I dare not open my silky mouth to squash some chocolaty words to this machoman who can outwit me in strength corporeally. So silky chocolate. Suits my personality. '
Our reception controversy was unavoidable. Guess, I am willing to shake hands even with the reporters to curb down the juiciest details of the encounter with the prisoner and reposition the focus on the cake which got everyone to piss in their hearts. They smiled devilishly at me, driving a wedge of discomfort in my demeanor. Perambulating upto the team leader of the Zee Cafe, I pitched, "Hey Rita, mind having a private word?" "The great Daniel Price is giving us his precious minute of the hour. It's my lucky day, indeed." She clapped her hands in joy. "How can I help the dapper groom?" She flirted, moving in my space but far enough to not cross a line. "Stick to the report on the cake, decor, and Serena's skills. Avoid the orange buzz, will you?" Straight to the point, I ordered in an authoritative way. "I got the bite from your side for the first freaking time and you're robbing me of that chance to publish it to my readers who are crazy about this place and owner." "I will giv
A miraculous waterfall emerged from the guests attending the ceremony. Sallowed than the boiled egg-yolk, Serena weeped her lungs out, dismaying me for I'd expected her to glow bronze. "You're not gonna puke, are you?" I asked, checking her temperature. "It's too much emotion for me for one day and everyday with you is a challenge," she bit her lip, apologetic to feel the way she did."Amm…you wanna go ahead, right?" "Yeah…damn yeah. Fuck yeah…I am crazy for you. Thank you," she whispered, flicking her hands infront of her face. She was flustered with compassion and gratitude. Tonight, on the bed I can finally show her my entire being and the certainty of her loving it, crowded my rock sized brain. Since I literally left my official wife in making speechless, she demanded the pastor to allow her to present her commitment from the book of vows. The intent counted and she sealed the promise in her sincere and affectionate voice. No sooner we exchanged the rings, and said our "I do'
Bringing the topic of wedding two months back wasn't an appropriate choice. A bed of hassles awaited resolution such as sorting out the differences with Mrs. Cavelli; bidding final farewell to Mrs. Rodriguez and exiting the loop of insomnia and its effects on my mental body. All that went for a toss when Serena agreed to marry me and the next day itself, I placed the ring on her, taking the stage for five minutes during the grand reception and closing out the deal for life. The reception couple and their audience were ecstatic and gleaming with passion after receiving our finest hospitality and once again, the Price Inns became the manor of hot discussion on the tabloids and news channels. The bride's blogger friends were more than forthcoming to leave the five star reviews on the website; spread the buzz wherever they could and they booked us in advance for their upcoming respective weddings. Overnight, I became a sensational figure of Times Square from a depressed lonely man who wall