It’s been three weeks since I’ve spoken to her. I see her all the time. Even now. She is playing with her hair right in front of me. But I still can’t talk to her. They are watching me. They don’t want me to talk to her. They hate her. They all hate her.
Six months ago…
It was a Sunday. I remember very well. I was waiting at Inox theaters with an extra ticket in my hand (thanks to Rishi who ditched me at the last moment). Sometimes it so happens that some things don’t go according to your plan and you are actually very happy that the plan didn’t go well. Well, this was one of those ‘sometimes’. Because just before I go inside the theatre, this cute girl with a smile comes up to me and asks “Hey, do you by any ‘chance’ have an extra ticket?”
Chance. That was the word. It seriously was a chance to be sitting next to someone like this in a cheesy movie. It was always a fantasy for me. So I give her the ticket and we go watch the movie. After all said and done we end up talking and not watching the movie. We come out of the theatre and then we decide to watch the movie again, watch the movie (Thanks to my impulsiveness). So I buy the tickets and we go to watch the movie. And again end up talking the whole movie (but I don’t think we had to blame anyone. We just enjoyed it). It was around 8:30 when we came out. So I decide to walk her home.
We walk for around four and a half kilometers to her ‘Adi, I just stay ten minutes away from here, can you please walk me down?’ My legs were hurting bad but still I just enjoyed walking with her. She just couldn’t stop talking and I just couldn’t stop listening to her. Oh damn, she was so indescribable. Finally we reach her place. Her house turned out to be a mansion. Pretty old one. Around 120 years old but it didn’t look so. Everything was perfect except that there was no moon. I so didn’t feel like leaving her. But it was late and if I was not home in another half hour my mom would have kindly locked the gates and dropped my blanket on the compound. So I just leave her outside the gate like an ass and sped back home.
It was ages since I had been so excited. I just couldn’t stop thinking about her. I take my phone to call her up and then I realize how SMART I was? I totally forgot to take her number. My impulsiveness is so organized. It always knows when to checkmate me. I was feeling so desperate to talk to her now. So I finally decide that I’m going to her place tomorrow. But the problem was there was still 9 hours for my ‘tomorrow’ and I swear to God I couldn’t wait that long.
Waiting for my watch to show 10 a.m. was just like a gestation period for a cow. The journey so painful but the result so legendary.
10:50 a.m.
I’ve been waiting outside her mansion for almost forty five minutes now. I just didn’t have the courage to go inside. I was scared that she would refuse to recognize me or may be the mansion may just collapse as soon as I step in. I was just scared.
I walk in and see the huge garden and a small pathway towards the door. I pluck a rose from her garden hoping that she wouldn’t realize. I walk up to her door just to see her door locked.
I just thought she might have gone out somewhere and I shall drop sometime later. I was about to leave but saw this lady near the gate. I just couldn’t resist myself but ask her why the house was locked. She just said ‘Yahaan pe toh koi nahi rehta hai’. For the next five seconds I was stunned. I was like this can’t be happening. I dropped her here last night and now I get to know that this house is abandoned. But I refused to believe her. I just couldn’t. But still, the doors were locked. The doors were locked. She couldn’t possibly be lying to me. But still, the doors were locked.
I just thought she might have gone out somewhere and I shall drop sometime later. I was about to leave but saw this lady near the gate. I just couldn’t resist myself but ask her why the house was locked. She just said ‘Yahaan pe toh koi nahi rehta hai’. For the next five seconds I was stunned. I was like this can’t be happening. I dropped her here last night and now I get to know that this house is abandoned. But I refused to believe her. I just couldn’t. But still, the doors were locked. The doors were locked. She couldn’t possibly be lying to me. But still, the doors were locked.
to be continued…
Eat well sleep safe.. Take care.. Have a Nice Day.. Sayonara.. =)
