SILENCE........

It was 2 am.She felt bad for what had just happened.But she could not help it;she was scared.She loved him more than anything in the whole world and could not even stand the thought of anything bad happening to him.She had just had a nightmare;such a horrible one that she did not even want to think about it.In her dream she had seen her husband dying in her arms.She had woken up with a jolt,sweating and pale.She had immediately woken her husband up and told him about her nightmare and begged him to stay back home the next day.He,being the sweet person that he was,calmed her down and tried to put her back to sleep.As she lay on the bed again,she felt bad for having behaved in such a silly way.She knew what an important day tomorrow was for him.She ignored all her negative thoughts,saying to herself that it was just a stupid dream,and did'nt mean a thing.But somehow,she could not just muster the courage to even shut her eyes again,lest she sees that horrid scene again.So she just lay there on the bed,listening to his deep breathing,and seeing his smile-- that charming smile of his that had bowled her over right from the first time.She remembered their first rendezvouz.She had been invited to a dinner party by a friend.As she sat there drinking some wine,she saw him.She was surprised because it was his photos doing the rounds in all the newspapers,all over the world.And why not;he was the youngest Prime Minister ever to be elected in the history of the whole world.So she was surprised that all that fame had not made him forget his old friends.The host of the party introduced him to her.She still thought that he probably would have his head held high,somewhere on cloud nine.But she was completely proved wrong and totally bowled over.He was the most charming,interesting and down-to-earth person she had ever met.They exchanged phone numbers,kept in touch and then friendship blossomed into love.Soon, they were married and she was the happiest she had ever been in her whole life.



He was the most intelligent person she had ever known,and hard working too.After all,even though he was the youngest Prime Minister,it was he who had managed to form a peace-status with the country that they had constantly been at war with.Such was his negotiation skills. Tomorrow was going to be the biggest day in his life,when he would go and shake hands with the Prime Minister of the other country and sign the peace treaty.

She felt bad, for having woken him up in the middle of his sleep,even after knowing the importance of the next day in his life.



Tomorrow came.She had gotten up early and had everything ready for him.She had never seen him so excited before.She was so happy for him.Both of them got ready and left for the informal party that had been arranged before the treaty-signing meeting.



As they got down from the car,there were hundreds of cameras clicking their pictures and thousands of his fans cheering him on. She had gotten used to all this attention by now.She was so proud of her husband.



And then she heard it;a loud BANG! And then,the same sound,six more times.Her husband fell into her arms,his whole body stained with his blood.



And then,THERE WAS SILENCE....................................

There was silence,inspite of the loud yells of the terrified people.

There was silence,inspite of the screeching cars coming to a halt.

There was silence,inspite of the loud sounds of the scared animals and birds.

There was silence,inspite of the clicking cameras.

There was silence,inspite of the faint sound of the ambulance that she could hear somewhere in the distance.



She knew it was over.That was a chapter in her life that had been closed forever.She knew there was nothing that could be done.



She knew,that there would be silence in her life now..............a silence that could not be filled,EVER!!!