Keeping one's word
By ayanmisra
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It is exactly five years since Ian and Sonaa first met.To begin with they were students at university.Ian was studying catering while Sonaa was a philosophy major.They seemed an unlikely pair.Ian was from a very ordinary family that had little money in the bank.Ian had made it to university with the aid of manifold and various scholarships.Despite his humble background Ian had always been rather focussed about making it big in life.He was sure about having his own restaurant by thirty years of age.Well he was twenty eight years now and owned a hotshot boutique eatery downtown.Sonaa on the other hand came from a business family.Her father ran three car dealerships.All her life she had spoken about her prince charming who would conquer her heart and sweep her off her feet.Well,she tried very hard to find this person.It took her some time to realise that other than being average-looking she was haughty and downright rude at times.Not too many boys wanted to be seen with her.But then,there was Ian.Eligible,handsome and eminently promising.She let her ego go for a walk and proposed to him.He said yes but agreed to marry her only after living in for six years.Sonaa and Ian had been living as man and woman for five years now.
As always Sonaa wanted a special gift for their anniversary,for the day they started their relationship.Ian first said that he would buy his girl a sports car.When she pretended not to hear Ian suggested a new house by the beach.Sonaa smiled a little but said nothing.Then she began speaking,"I want something really special this time," she said," I want flowers dropping from the sky!"At first Ian didn't know what to say.He thought and thought for days.Then,on the appointed day he had a brainwave.He met Sonaa with a bouquet of five thousand roses.Sonaa merely said,"Where is my present?" Ian replied,"We will go to the flying club for that."
The flying club is some distance outside the city.Ian had some old friends there.He and Sonaa stood near the main airfield.He had already spoken to the club commissioner about his present for Sonaa.Suddenly a plane took off from nearby.As the plain gained height the door suddenly oppened.About fifty skydivers jumped out.As they descended to the earth they slowly formed the shape of a flower.When all the parachutes had opened it did look like a beautiful flower.Ian pointed this out to Sonaa,"There is your flower from the sky".The skydivers began dropping rose petals on them.Ian went down on one leg and addressed Sonaa,"Will you marry me?"Sonaa merely smiled and said "Yes."
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