Books Lied About Love.

How do you know you're in love?
Not when you feel butterflies or get chills when you see that person.
It's when you feel calm and there's this sudden serenity engulfing you with just his presence.
How do you realize you're in love?
It's not when you feel you're a lil off the ground and the world around you seems pink.
It's just the feeling that you're flying above the clouds and the entire world down there looks black and white, just you and him-- all binary, no complexities, no fusion of hues, no colours, just the two of you.

When do you know you're loved?
It's not those expensive gifts and vague promises of a "happily ever after".
It's through the struggles and the dark days when he grasps your hand just a lil tighter today just to make sure you know you're not alone.

When do you know you're protected?
Not when your knight in shining armour is fighting all your battles while you're being the princess of the fairytale safe in the castle.

It's when he let's you run free and do your battles yourself, but with the fact that you have someone to back you up and your armaments.

Did some book tell you that you need an 'always' to hold the promise of togetherness?
And that you'll be on a rollercoaster that only goes up?
Were you thinking about this, all the while you looked for love?
Love isn't just a shout into the void and the world is a wish granting factory, only if you really know what love defines and you know what you should wish for.

Trust me with this, there are no faults in our stars.

Okay lover? Okay.

-Anoushka.