THE FIRST GIFT

First things in every field are the most memorable ones be it first time winning a race or first time falling in love or receiving the first gift of your life from some person who means a lot to you. This is just one of the most memorable ones of my life, a gift from a pretty lady.
All this started when i had just made a great friend of my life and had not known what lay in future for me. It triggered an exciting evening when a discussion broke about the erstwhile place where i lived,ambala, and then started all the guesses in the world, which i really enjoyed hearing. Then suddenly the idea clicked, a very wierd one in today's world, aboutf placing a bet and the loser will have to write a letter in hand, contrary to today's net savvy world of email and of telephone, and the thing of writing letters has vanished. Anyways i eagerly wanted to loose the bet as i wanted her address (how shrewd of me and silly to have not asked directly) so like a wise man hoping she will win, i even told her to take help on internet but it seems she was even one ahead of me, and she lost the bet. Phir kya one side was happy to get the letter which i eagerly waited everyday to get, and dukhi on other side that she managed to slip past my wilful intention of getting her address, though everyday when shen she asked MILA KYA, i always used to say "never mind bhej diya hai toh mil hi jayega", and then one day when i returned from office i received the precious pack so deliberately packed that i hated to open it and preserve it as it is, but then the curiosity gave way as to what was there inside the parcel. Finally when i broke into it i found sweetest of all letters, a lovely greeting card and a box of choclate( the most precious of all gifts i had got in my life which no money could have ever got for me and also being the first one in my life from a girl it has a special importance for me). Though I went mad to get it but then like a true egoist male, never had to tell all this so now had to show it was all normal here, hence the most idiotic thing came to my mind and that was debriefing her that i had just asked for a letter and you sent choclates and a card too, which was overdoing things and i did not like it, though in hearts of hearts i had an uncomparable joy which i never showed. Later i did thank her for the lovely letter and the delicious choclates( wrappers of which still lie with me). Although had never stressed my mind to think what she must have have gone across, i now feel guilty of the fact that even though i liked the gifts immensely, should have told her the same and appreciated things in a better way.
Well now my dear friend is quite happily settled in a world where i am not to trepasse through, i was just reminded of the lovely person she is and thought of sharing one of the most memorable incident from the pages of my life. Thanks.