Barely... A Love Story Part IV
Love was in the air. Kimberly was
running towards Matthew in a beautiful royal blue gown, him looking
dapper in a grey suit... and
CUT!
The shoot was
progressing beautifully, everyone was having the best time.
Especially Kimberly, she was in her own little world, this was one of
her most beautiful dreams coming true. Matthew and Kimberly were still not talking. There was something else, Matthew found himself staring at
Kimberly whenever she was around, smiling when she found something
funny, grinning when she got emotional after listening to a song or
after filming a particular scene. She insisted on watching all the movies over and over again and with
her she had an army of Yash Raj fanatics. He was not such a big Yash
Chopra fan, but he found himself watching the movies with her, just
so he could have some more time with her. Also, as
freaky as it sounds, started liking the way Kimberly smelled.
Even if it was shampoo, there was just something comforting about it.
There were days when he just wanted her to run towards him, hug him
and not let go. As filmy as it is, he was turning into a Yash Raj
hero himself!
It was disturbing how
different they were on and off camera, on camera there was this
sizzling chemistry, literally there were people who had gooseflesh
while watching and then, they would dust off and go to the other
direction like nothing had happened.
It was one of those
times, he was staring at Kimberly. "Tere chehre se, tere chehre se, nazar nahi hat ti, nazaare hum kya dekhein..." was ironically playing in the background.
She is so pretty, he thought to himself. I have
never seen her like this, she looks ravishing, and she is a nice
person too. Why would anyone hurt such a lovely person. Matthew you
are the biggest jerk on this planet. As these thoughts
progressed, the
director, his best friend, plonked himself down beside him,
“So why are we
smiling?”
“Nothing like that.”
“Yes, and I am a monkey with a
hula hoop! Will you be telling me now or should I just make stuff up
in my head? I am a creative director, making a love story.”
“I was just looking at Kimberly,
she is so beautiful. Man, I think I am falling for her. She is so
simple, and her simplicity makes her even more gorgeous. I don't know
what it is about her!'
“Matthew, you want her because she
doesn't want you. You are paying attention to her because she isn't
paying any to you. I have known you practically your whole life and I
know what gets you attracted to a girl. She is one of the nicest
people I know, and I won't let you hurt her. What I just told you is
all there is to it. She is the first girl who has behaved in such a
way around you, and that isn't setting in right with you.”
That got Matthew
thinking, was this the reason why he liked her? Was this the reason
why he couldn't think of anything but her? He had to figure it out.
Though he was sure he liked her and it was not because of what David
said, he still had to be sure. He hurt her once and he wasn't about
to do it again. That night, as he was leaving for home, he realized
he had forgotten his bag in the changing room. He could hear small
sobs coming from the room, he knocked on the door, but no one
answered. The door was ajar, so he slowly entered. He was worried
because Kimberly was the one who was sobbing. He went and sat down
beside her,
“What happened?
Are you okay? Did someone say something to you?”
“No I am fine.
Please leave.”
“Kim, I am not
leaving you alone here. There is no one else. Please tell me what is
wrong.”
“It is nothing,
something very silly really. Nothing worth mentioning!”
“Oh God just tell
me already!”
“Well I just
suddenly remembered, tomorrow is the last day of the shoot. I wont be
seeing everyone for a while and also, I will never be a Yash Chopra
heroine again.”
She continued to
sob, he couldn't help it, he started laughing, very loudly at that.
“Well I told you
it was silly,” she said while she scrunched up her nose while
wiping it.
“It is cute Kim,
very cute. It is so nice that you get emotional about all these
little things and that you get affected when someone else is sad or
angry. It is very cute!”
“That is just
another way of saying that I cry too much and I am stupid!”
“No no, I didn't
mean it like that. Anyway, what do you usually do when you feel sad?”
“I eat a big
piece of chocolate cake.”
That night after he dropped her off, he just couldn't stop thinking. He was up all night thinking about
her, about his feelings for her, about what David had said. Finally,
in the wee hours of the morning, post a zillion coffee cups, he knew
what this was. He couldn't wait to go on the set. As soon as he was
there, he started looking for Kimberly. He spotted her at the other
end of the set. As he was running towards her, he bumped into David.
“You're wrong! You're so wrong!,” he moved forward while repeating this to David.
“Hi Matt,” she
said when she saw him standing in front of her. He grabbed her hand
and dragged her to the other side of the set. Still holding her
hand, he abruptly stopped, looked her in the eye and said,
“I have fallen
for you Kimberly and I mean it in every sense. I really really like
you, and I might even love you.”
Ek dusre se yehi kehte rahe...
Kabhi main kahoon, kabhi tum kaho,
Ke maine tumhe yeh dil de diya...
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