It's midnight. And it is raining cats and dogs since morning. Just the sound of the rain water hitting the window panes and the street dogs crying can be heard.

Jane is alone at home, sitting on the couch, taking another sip at the coffee. She is watching a beautiful movie on television, the DVD of which her best friend gave her  yesterday.

Suddenly the doorbell rings. She put down the remote, and walk towards the door. What a surprise! It's Harry, her best friend. Just then it thundered.

"I'm so happy to see you Harry!" Harry gave her the flowers that he had brought for her. "Aww! Thanks a ton baby. Sit on the couch here and lemme get you a cuppa coffee!" He  does just that. He sat on the couch and saw that Jane was watching his favorite movie. He had a strange smile on his face. But Jane ignored it and went to make the coffee.

After one hour ... Both of them, still watching the movie. "So how was your day Harry?" He said nothing. "Harry?" ... still silence. "Harry! I'm asking you something." Again it thundered.

"Jane, I have to leave this city." ... Jane got the shock of her life. "What! But why?" ... Again silence.  "Harry! WTF! Why do you have to leave. Answer me" ... Still silence. "Jane, I have to go somewhere far, very far."

Just then the telephone rings. "You stay right here Harry and don't you dare move! You have to answer me." ... She goes to answer the phone which is in the other room. She picks up the phone. There's a lady on the other side. Something's wrong. She's weeping and crying miserably. She realizes  it was Harry's mother. "What happened aunt Mary? What's wrong? Why are you crying?"

"Jane, it's ... it's Harry." ... Uncle Robert, Harry's father takes the phone from his mother. "He's no longer with us Jane. He had a very unfortunate accident today evening around 10.48 pm. We brought him to the hospital but they declared him dead ... Darling ... be strong! I know how you're feeling right now sweetheart. He was your best friend but no one can do anything against God's will. My heart cries as I talk to you. I ... I cannot speak. But I had to give this message to you. You were his best friend.

Jane is like a frozen pillar of salt. She drops the phone and runs to the hall room. It's empty. No one is there. The fan's moving. The dim lights still on. The television still playing that movie. But it's stuck on the part where the hero dies in his lover's arms.

She saw the flowers which Harry had brought and was kept on the table. There's a note in it.

"Jane, I just wanted to say I love you. I always did. Somehow I couldn't tell that to you. Today I wanted to tell that to you. But fate had something else in mind. Where I am now is not a very good place but I can always see you from here. So it's enough for me. Take care my lovely. God bless you"

A drop of tear fell in the note. Jane took the note and pressed it against her heart, tightly closed her eyes and then opened. It was all still the same. No, it wasn't a dream.

It was just an alternate reality of life.

Life is a song of love
Sung by a dove above
Every heart has to sing along with it

Life is a also a sea of sorrow
Filled with tears which we borrow
Every heart has to laugh and go beyond it

Life is a strange feeling
Life is an enormous healing
A broken heart has to hope through it

Life is a vast exile
One after another mile
Every heart has to live through it

When life is disloyal
And pain becomes royal
Don't you fall and quit it

If your own people are against you
And the distant music makes you feel blue
Every heart still has to dance to it

Life is a beautiful smile
Pain's an identity for a while
Give thanks, embrace and love it

Life is our guest
Just here to take some rest
Soon it will take you along with it