"Will you say it or do you want me to take the chance away from you?", Karan whispered in her ear.
"Karan, stop it now and please let me watch the movie", she pushed away his hand in mock frustration.
"Oh come on Aditi. Say it now and I will keep gifting you DVD's of all the movies you want to watch, for my entire life." Karan continued to bother her.
It was a friend's birthday and their party plan included watching a movie followed by lunch. Karan and Aditi were pushed to the corner seats, their friends wanted to watch the movie in peace and not be disturbed by their never ending chatter.
"Aditi, So you want me to say it?", Karan kept on nagging her with his non stop questions.
"I will tell you once the movie is over Karan. Now keep calm and let me watch the movie.", Aditi replied back.
"Oh, so you agree to be the one who is saying it first. Good" Karan slid back into his seat and closed his eyes. The movie was just an excuse for him.
"So when do you plan to say the magical words" Karan asked Aditi, as she was driving the vehicle. Karan was pillion riding on her two wheeler and sensed the chance to raise the question again. Aditi looked as if she was uninterested, but the grin on her face gave away her feelings.
"Stop it Karan. How many times do I tell you not to start this discussion. Can we talk about something else?" Aditi shot back at him. Karan just nodded as if to say okay.
"Hey Aditi, can you stop for a second.", Karan shouted from behind. Aditi immediately stopped the vehicle by the side of the road, not sure why Karan wanted her to stop.
Karan got down from the vehicle and started searching his pockets frantically.
"What is it Karan, did you drop your keys somewhere?", Aditi quizzed him.
Karan seemed to find what he was looking for and held it up proudly.
"A Chocolate?" Aditi was surprised and angry. "Is this why you wanted me to stop in the middle of the road".
"Yeah a chocolate. Just for you. I thought you would be hungry." Karan replied calmly. "Here take a bite."
Aditi grabbed the chocolate to throw it but held it back. "Go on open it now", Karan prodded her.
"Can I take it home".
"I will get you another one to take home. Now open this Aditi.", Karan sounded as if he was tensed.
As Aditi unwrapped the chocolate, she was taken aback. It was a personalized chocolate with "Happy Birthday" written on it. "Thank You Karan, but don't consider this to be my birthday gift", Aditi retarded.
"Flip it to get your birthday gift Aditi", Karan said, almost in a whisper.
"Stop kidding Karan", Aditi said flipping the chocolate and was left searching for words.
On the back of the chocolate, written in white were the three magical words.
As Aditi looked up in surprise, Karan fell on one knee, "I Love You Aditi. For the rest of your life, will you spend every birthday with me.".
Aditi stood there, a mixture of emotions running through her mind. She was too awestruck to speak. Every word she tried to speak, seemed to escape as a tear from her eye.
"Hey Aditi, can you say something quickly, my knee seems to be going numb", Karan tried to bring her back to her senses with the pathetic one liner.
But Aditi was lost in thought. The moment felt magical. She had dreamt of this every night for the last one year and it was happening right now.
"Madam, this is the location you asked for", the cab driver's voice broke her stream of thoughts and brought her back to the present. The one hour drive from the airport to the hotel seemed like a few moments, as she relived the past.
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