House party

I never understood house parties

Or parties in general

I was never one for parties; ever

But in a new city when you have nothing to do

Or no one to talk to

You do anything to stay social

Hence, I went to this place suggested to me by someone

I immediately regretted my decision

It was one of the busiest places I’ve ever been to

Everyone looked at me as if I were an alien

And I realized why I never went to parties

But then destiny had other plans

Standing in the corner, sipping on my drink

I saw her, coming towards me

I could feel the butterflies

She stood in front of me as if she owned the place

Amidst the crowd and the noise, I could clearly hear her voice

“Why are you standing alone?”

Answering that question was difficult

I’m not social?

I don’t know anyone?

Why do you care?

I didn’t know the correct answer to the question

Why are these questions always in English?

With a trembling voice, an answer came out of my mouth

“I don’t know, I guess.”

The pause between the question and the response was interminable

After another long hiatus, I asked her

“Who are you?”

She looked at me and grinned

I couldn’t understand the reaction, but I smiled too

She extended her arm towards me

“I’m Naitee. Welcome to my humble abode!”

So, she did own the place

“You wanna go somewhere quieter? The stairs, perhaps?”

“After You!”

As I followed her towards the stairs

I noticed the red dress she was wearing

You can’t blame me for not observing the dress before

You just can’t take your eyes off her face

Wasn’t the dress the most beautiful thing in the world

Or maybe it was only fair just because she was wearing it

In any case, she was easily the prettiest girl I’d ever seen in my life

We sat on the stairs near her house

And it didn’t feel like I was new to the city

It was as if I belonged there

With her

In that moment

We started conversing, and it didn’t feel as if we were talking for the first time

I hadn’t met her before

But it sure felt like I knew her since the beginning of time

And it was not just the conversations

The prolonged silences in between the talks were also comfortable

I thought I had fallen for her

In the very first meeting, I was in love with a girl

And I didn’t know anything about her except her name

We talked for what felt like hours

And strangely no one asked her back into the party

We were all alone there

And without thinking much, I told her how I felt about her

And this time she laughed loudly

I failed to understand what happened; hence I grinned, again

She dragged me back into the party

And in there, everyone was looking at us

“He fell in love with me, again” She announced

Again? What was that supposed to mean

I just came to this city from….

From where?

I don’t remember anything

Why did I come to this party?

That someone, who suggested me the place is standing right over there

I don’t even remember where I was from

Everyone looked at my puzzled face, and Naitee started explaining

The Amnesia I had suffered was due to an accident

I was at my home

Naitee was the one with whom I fell in love with years ago

I had fallen in love with my soulmate once again!

The red dress, the butterflies, the conversation

It all made sense now

The city is weird indeed

But I’m thankful for the city

For it had granted me the love of my life

Not once but twice!