Day #7

Those eyes shone, yes it was love
She was waiting for her fiancée to return
To come back to her so that they could become one
Tomorrow when the festivities begin she would not be able to see him till the wedding day. Tonight was it, their last few moments with each other before they became man and wife. His train was to arrive at 10:00 PM, half and hour to go as she glanced up at the wall clock. In about 10 mins she would leave for the station. She checked herself in the mirror, the hair looked good, the bounce was apparent. Her eyes were kohled and dreamy. She checked her watch, was it time already....

Today she was going to the station, no in-laws and no parents. 72 hours to a lifetime of togetherness, twenty minutes to a glimpse of him. The last time he had left he promised her that this was going to be the last spell of separation. Three months had gone by, and they had seemed long enough but somehow these twenty mins were much longer. They were eternity. He had kept his promise to her, it was only last month that the wedding date was finalized. Let day after tomorrow come, she told herself, after that she will never have to wait to see him ever. And why not, she would be with him every single moment. Swimming through these thoughts, she realized that she was almost nearing the station. Her heart skipped a beat, it was five minutes to living her dream...five minutes to melting in the arms of the man she loved.......

She glanced  at her watch it read 11:30 PM. she looked around, it was surprising that the train had not come in yet. Never had the train been this late before. but why were her in-laws and parents here, was it not decided that she would come alone? Why were the standing near a steel box as if it were their own? Wait...wasn't this box his? Was was he nowhere to be seen then? And, his commanding officer, was the commanding officer already here for the wedding? How impolite that he himself had vanished, was this some hide and seek game? She decided to turn around to look for him or at least ask someone where he was? As soon as she turned around she saw him there...calm and peaceful...the martyr.