Story 2 - Blogger Love: Part 1

First part of the story.. full story is ready.. it would be too long to publish at once. So split into two. Since this is my first fictional story, no great twists in it; in line with my previous post. The second part would follow a little later.. the fun part of splitting into two is to give you friends a chance to see how you would end it.

He was getting bugged up with proposals from his folks. He was not sure he would be satisfied with an arranged marriage. He had a few wishes on how his wife should be - modern, outgoing, broad-minded, sensible, with sense of humor, intelligent, caring, and charming. He wanted someone equal to him. He is a comp. engineer, working in the US of A. He is an active blogger.

He came across the blogsites of a lot of Indian girls - some of them from India, some from abroad, some married, some unmarried, some in love, some in single. He liked the blogs of a handful of girls and would visit often. They would reciprocate too. Within a few months, he had set up a 'family' of bloggers involving guys and girls, most of whom he has never met/talked to. He liked the blog of one girl in particular. She seemed to be 'THE ONE' he was looking forward to. From her posts, he could make out her intelligence, and other qualities mentioned in the first para. One day she displayed her foto and his liking became complete. And then there was a tag post (7 X7); he liked her answers.

They were good friends. He didnt want to propose to her and end up with the possibility of losing her forever. She was single and lived in a city a few hundred miles away from his place. He wanted to know the maximum about her, so on a weekend, he sat down, read all posts and comments, including the ones she wrote before they became buddies. He was convinced of her. Just wanted to know whether anyone has entered her life. He was worried about that because he didnt want to look like a fool falling in love with and proposing to someone who is already engaged. She had mentioned in a post that she would be watching a new tamil movie that saturday.

He drove to her plaec and was anxiously waiting for her near the movie hall. She came with two of her friends. She looked more beautiful in real than in the foto. He was bowled over by her. Their eyes met and she too seemed to look at him a big longer than usual. He stood behind them in the line and bought the tickets. She was full of life, with a smile always on her lips. She looked true to the image he created based on her posts and comments. He sat on the next row so that he can be near her. The movie ended. With mixed feelings, he came out, had one final look at her and sat in his car. He had made up his mind. A few days later, she posted a Q&A tag. He covered himself as an anon and asked her "what would be your reaction if one of the blogger friends proposes to you?". Her answer was she was not into love marriage, so she would politely say no.