The One I've Loved 46 Missed Calls

I've always seen him in news channels , that the heir of Ames group of industries is the youngest and the most successful business man who is ruling the business world today. He was twenty two years old when he took over his father's company and I was in my final year at that time .

Sometimes I think , what if we meet one day by chance . Will he be the same person like he was in the school ? , or will he be a different person ? These kind of thoughts often run on my mind whenever I see his pictures in the newspaper or in Television .

After completing my course and working in x.x.x country for almost three years , I thought of returning back to my country . Before coming here , I applied for a job in Sanchez . After a month , I was called to present my designs and then I was selected . It has been three months since I started working in Sanchez . Sanchez is a famous clothing brand in the world . I've always dreamt of meeting Sanchez , she is one of the famous designers in the world. I admired her since I was in sixth standard . I always buy her magazines and read them . I don't know how she looks and how old she is now because she never showed her face unlike other designers , she keeps a low profile . One of the main reason why I wanted to work in Sanchez was because of her .

I was in fourth year at that time when my aunt and my uncle came to know about Justin and Rachel's relations.h.i.+p . Justin took Rachel to her house to ask her mother's permission to date her openly instead of hiding from their parents , she happily agreed to it . Justin and Rachel knew that they wouldn't be able to hide their secret from their parents for a long time so they thought of letting them know before itself . The news spread like a wildfire by the time he reached his home . Rachel's mother Clara called my aunt and told her whatever happened as soon as he left after dropping Rachel at her home . There was no need for Justin to ask for his parents permission to let him date her . My aunt was very happy when she came to know about them . They both actually planned to marry after turning twenty six but my aunt had different plans for them . She wanted them to marry as soon as possible and they had to agree with her at the end . I had a small hope that Austin would come to his best friend's wedding . But he didn't . That was the time when he took over his father's company so he didn't attend their marriage . That day I felt that I lost my chance again . I returned to the place where I work the very next day after the wedding took place .

After gaining three years of experience in fas.h.i.+on designing and working hard since three months in Sanchez I finally got the opportunity to try my designs on the models where my company will be presenting my designs in the fas.h.i.+on show which is in the month of June . Rachel is excited more than I am , she is excited to buy things for my new house too . We planned to go today for shopping but couldn't go because of the heavy rain . I thought of cleaning my room and sleep but I ended up going through my old diary . I feel nostalgic after reading this diary which I wrote when I was a teenager . I still have the paper he gave me that day . It is still on the wall like it was years ago . I decided to leave few things here in my room as they were and I know my mother won't change my room when I s.h.i.+ft to my new house . The reason I'm s.h.i.+fting to my new house is because my home is very far from the place I work . Hence , I thought of s.h.i.+fting to a house which is ten minutes away from my work place .

It's already dark and I've no idea what time it is now . I've been reading my diary since morning and even skipped my meals . I searched for my phone and found it under the towel which left on my bed after coming out of the bathroom . I saw my phone , it was seven in the evening and there were more than fifteen missed calls from Rachel . I guess I put my phone in silent by mistake after talking to her . I don't even know when the rain stopped pouring . I called her back only to hear her scolding me for not taking up her calls .

Open the door , she said on the phone and cut my call .

She must've been worried since I didn't take her calls since morning and hence she came to my home to check on me .

I went to the living room to unlock the door before I could open the door completely she barged in and yelled at me again .

I'm sorry , I was busy , I said .

She took twenty minutes to calm down . After she was fine I told her what I did the entire day .

She knows that I used to write a diary and she doesn't even know the pa.s.sword to unlock it .

I remember this diary , it was your birthday present right ?, you wrote it whenever you were free and it was mostly about Austin and you , she said looking at the diary which I locked it after reading .

Oh please , I wrote about you and Justin too , I corrected her .

I'm starving let's eat something , I said and was about to take the diary from her .

Before I could take it from her I saw her trying the pa.s.sword to unlock it , I thought she won't be able to open it but she did . She unlocked it and looked at me with a mischievous smile on her face .

So , my guess was right ,your pa.s.sword is Austin's Birthday she giggled .

How did you even guess it ?, I asked her in surprise.

Because I know you Jess , she said .

Fine , since you know me give it back to me , I said .

She shook her head and opened the first page and read it out loud only to embarra.s.s me . I was in tenth when I wrote that first page .

She continued to laugh till she read the last line of the first page of my diary . I took it back from her to stop her reading further . It wasn't because I wanted to hide it from her . It's just that I didn't want to get teased by her .

After taking it from her I placed it in the wardrobe and locked it .

Jess , she said holding my hand and I knew what was she going to tell me .

I know , I need time Rach , I said .

Jessica you don't have time , you have only to options . One is to meet him and second is to forget him which you can't do , she said .

Meet and say what ? , that I like him ? , it would be really awkward to tell a person that you like him as soon as you meet him , that too after seven years , I said .

She sighed and said , you do know that your parents have someone in their mind to give your hand , right ? , she said .

Her words p.r.i.c.ked my heart .