part-10

déjà vu ......

 I was running late so climbed the stairs of metro station in such a hurry that I almost tripped twice on my way towards the platform.
On reaching upstairs, I rushed towards the open metro doors when feeling of deja vu coursed through me.

It was then, a hand grabbed my upper arm and pulled me backward just in time to save me from colliding with the closing metro doors.

I spun around filled with anger and gratitude both at the same time.

The face in front of me left me awestruck. It took me few seconds to come back to my senses.

It was him. It was Kush.

"Is it your habit to run towards for the closing doors. " spoke Kush looking amused. 
I just stared at him open-mouthed.

"Close your mouth if you don't want to make fool of yourself." he said with a lopsided grin.

I lowered my eyes trying to comprehend what happened in last few minutes when he spoke

"You actually thought I could forget you ."
I looked up at him with blank expression when he explained
"I do sometimes hear that show of RJ Sukriti, and yesterday was one of those days."
"I couldn't be sure." I spoke in my defence.
"I missed you, a lot." I finally said coming in terms with reality.

His eyes warmed and his expressions softened .
"I missed you more than I have ever missed anything in my life." he said with a smile.
After an eternity of looking into each other's eyes, he took my hand and directed me towards the nearby bench.

I really lost the track of time but then who cares about anything... "when your destiny is standing right in front of you".
     

         THE END ............................

part-9

what happened next......................

 

"What happened next ? " came the voice from the phone .
" That's the end ." I replied.
"So she never wrote back and he never tried to contact her ever again ? " asked RJ Sukriti.
"No " I replied earnestly.
"I wish it had been a happy ending " commented the RJ.
"U never mentioned the names ? I mean whose story is this ?" Sukriti asked.
"Anika, I just told you my story ." I stated.
"Oh god !! don't you miss him Anika ?"  asked Sukriti.
"Trust me when I say I miss him more with each passing day. It's been two years and i still can't get over him." I admitted.
" When u moved back to Delhi ?" Sukriti further asked.
"It's been almost a month  ." i replied.
"And you never thought of calling him or getting in touch with him ?" she questioned.
" Only I know how hard it is to resist myself from calling him. He might be in a relationship. And he never said that he loved me. Who knows if he even remember me or not. " I blurted all out.
" You never told his name?" came Sukriti's voice from the other end.
"Yeah and I probably won't. Not publicly at least." I said.
By this time I was on the verge of crying so was happy when Sukriti said "Thanks Anika for sharing your story with us . God bless you . Dedicating this next song to you . bye and take care."
Before she played
           " Teri yaadein , mulakaaaaatein.....
             vo raatein aur baatein.....
             Teri saasein vo baahein .....
             ab mujhko yaad aayein... "

It felt good to finally tell someone, how much I missed Kush. I thought to myself.
With tears still brimming in my eyes I fell asleep.

TO BE CONTINUED..........

LOVE STORY...: part-8

LOVE STORY...: part-8: the last mail...... This goodbye made her cry. She cried a lot this time. but later decided to just forget it all. On her way to Banga...

part-8

the last mail......

This goodbye made her cry.She cried a lot this time. but later decided to just forget it all.

On her way to Bangalore, she checked her ID and there it was his mail.She opened it and read it twice or thrice maybe. Those words brought big fat tears to her eyes but the smile on her face was also unavoidable.
The mail he had sent was

"Nice bumping into you those 3 times, it was 1 heck of coincidence.

I have to say you dazzled me in that marriage.Never said this before , but i couldn't keep my eyes of you :).

God, why the hell were we behaving like strangers when we first met. I mean you are one of those few people who know so much about me and there we were behaving like we hardly know each other. You know i never got along that well with anyone before you. It would be tough not telling you everything from now onwards. Meeting you or even talking to you used to brighten up my days. It's been only 6 months and i m already worried about how i will resist talking to you.

I am sorry, it's just continuing talking will bound us both and its too early for me to make any promises or commitments. Trust me you are hard to forget, so its gonna be tough.

Just never met this degree of good, before you ;) .

stay safe, you are too adorable and easy to fall in love with.

I LIKE YOU VERY MUCH .

P.S. : It took me almost an hour to write this much .

         Please don't expect ever again.

Goodbye "

 

She never wrote back. There wasn't any point of  writing back as he clearly hinted the end of this friendship or whatever it was.
But these words of him stuck with her.


TO BE CONTINUED......

LOVE STORY...: part-7

LOVE STORY...: part-7: when they met....... It was odd , in spite of talking so many times she was worried. Worried about what she would say, how she should l...

part-7

when they met.......

It was odd , in spite of talking so many times she was worried. Worried about what she would say, how she should look, what they would talk about. Thoughts of meeting him kept her awake all night. But when they finally met it was different, very formal kind of thing. They both seemed shy. It took them almost an hour to behave at least like friends. And when awkwardness subsided, they chat for about an hour or two at rajouri station.

They both had spent time in front of mirror before this meeting, this much was obvious. When they left she felt exhilarated and yeah they did exchange no. this time.
Now mail as well as messages kept them aware of anything major happening in their lives. This bond btw them was strengthening. Four more months passed, and they became best of friends. They met twice within this time and those days made to the list of "top 10 days of her life".
When they met again, she had asked him to come this time.
"I am going to Bangalore for my job training." she suddenly dropped this bomb, without looking at him. This was  hard for her. By this time she felt strongly about him, and they couldn't keep this thing going when there was no declaration done as yet.
"I don't believe in long distance relationship thing " he said softly to her.
"Neither do I" she replied as coolly as she could. This was true but left her empty and devastated at the same time.
There wasn't much to say after this so they parted with cold and formal goodbyes.
TO BE CONTINUED.........

part-6

couldn't be more familiar....

Now their email-id's took the centre-stage sidetracking fb as it was their new way to stay in touch.

Next day, he mailed her with just a simple "Hi". This started their conversation which continued for an hour or two while she worked side wise. She had shared her work info whereas he detailed his vacation to her.

This routine of knowing each other kept on going for a week or two with a good success rate.

By the end of November they were quite familiar of each other. He came to know about her birthday, hobbies, friends, family and many such details whereas she knew about his friends and family. 

By now, she had realised he take his time to open up to people on contrary she  was quite an open book, easily readable.

December bothered them both. Not having his email in her id wasn't usual but was necessary. They had decided to skip talking for 2 weeks so that he could concentrate on his exams. She had become habitual of him . Not talking to him was bothering her more than it should. It made her edgy by the end of first week. Clouds of waiting and despair finally subdued on 17th DEC with his 

"finally over with exams".

She smiled hugely  and send her emotions in the form of ":D" followed by "I am happy they are ."

" i m happy they are over now we can talk" came his message.

These simple words especially from him made her very happy. In two months of their friendship this was first time he had said something like this. That day they decided to meet within that week.  

TO BE CONTINUED............

part-5

" love is patient , love is kind :):);)"

" I came home at 7:45 from office and can be more late in future. So, i was just informing and not getting angry." she wrote in an upset mood and logged off. She couldn't suppress her resentment and fury at his words.

At night, sleep didn't come to her easily as his accusations kept coming to her mind over and over.

Her next day at office passed in the same waiting and anxiety which sadly didn't end with the day as there was no message from him. These clouds of despair retained for another two days .She suppressed her desire to write him many times as it was his turn to write back.

In awe to read another msg from him she logged in on Sunday, but lack of his msg provided no relief to her. finally she wrote him something like

" Ok, now u dnt have any reason to be angry and yet you are not responding. I won't bother writing you again."" good bye".

She hit send without giving another thought. Sudden rush of sadness through her heart made her eyes sting. But that wouldn't be rational, it was too early to be in love with him .

Suddenly there flashed 1 on her inbox.

"Don't log off " came his message which surprised her beyond measures.

"So now you want to talk, why didn't you thought about this last week " she retorted back by her message.

"Will u give me chance to explain :p " he simply replied.

" I was not in Delhi last week. Was finished reading your last msg when u wrote today " came his reply.

She read it twice but couldn't  think of good enough response.

He messaged again " Are we seriously never talking again ???" .

"No-No" she messaged followed by another one saying " I mean i am talking and by the way why aren't u visible on chat box?".

" I am logged in from cell so we have to talk like this only" he messaged again.

"Where were you last week ?" she asked.

" Chandigarh, vacation with family." came his answer.

"So, how's your job?" he asked this time.

"Its fine. Still trying to adjust in new place" she wrote.

"There wasn't any reason for you to be angry" she messaged fearing about his reply.

"Your words hinted that u don't want to talk" was all he wrote.

she wasn't sure what to write so kept waiting until he wrote "What happened? "

Before she could answer came his another MSG " so you won't be online any day except Sundays ?? :( "

"Even Sunday's are not confirmed" she answered.

"What about talking on phone??" he asked

"Why don't we mail each other ? I'll be having access to my id whole day ?" she asked.

"OK " came his message.

"Bye, talk to u later . keep checking your emails ;) " came his message at the same time when she wrote " Missed talking to u last week ".

" :) :) Ditto" he simply replied.

"Bye " she wrote and logged off in much lighter mood. Well this conversation at least dissolved her frustration and anxiety from last week.

part-4

"a lot  like love........"

Next day, she logged in at the same time expecting to find him online and fortunately there he was.
"Hi" he initiated this time.
"How did you find me " she asked straightaway
"I mean how do you know my name " she further added.
"That's a secret ;)" he joked
"No seriously it couldn't be coincidence, that you found me just like that." she wrote frustrated by the lack of his answers.
"I heard it when your friend called you on metrostation that day " he finally answered her question.
"And by the way, reply to hi is generally "hi" or"how r u ?" :p" he added sarcastically.
"Ummm i forgot to ask this yesterday , so couldn't supress my curousity. And hi by the way" she answered with a smile.
" :D " came his message.
5 minutes passed and none of them wrote anything.
"From whose side were you in that marriage? " she asked not sure whether to ask or not.
"He is son of my father's close friend." came his reply
"And you ??" he inquired further.
" Bride. don't know exactly some far off relative of my mother ;) " she answered his question.
"Thanks by the way.  " she wrote shyly.
" :) My pleasure " he responded.
" Do you even know why i thanked you ??" she asked suspiciously.
" Want to tell yourself " he asked, but somehow she knew by his reply that he was aware that she was thanking for the compliment he payed her last time.
Couldn't think of a suitable reply nd feeling shy as well she took her time. Before she could write something her chat box flashed 1.
"U there ?" he had asked.
"Yeah " she simply replied.
"You seem shy !!" he had written .
"Not by any chance :p" she replied back
In order to change topic she wrote
"How r ur studies going ?"
"Am i being interwied !! :o " he joked again
"Not at all , i just wondered. U can ignore d question " she wrote taken aback.
"I stood first in my first year, 2nd in bth scnd and thrd year, nthng in frth and let see where i go this year" he replied earnestly.
":o impressive :)" she added surprised.
"Well i m nowhere near , just been avg my whole life " she added.
" hmmm..." was all he wrote back.
After another second
"U single ??" flashed in her chatbox.
"Yeah nd u ?" she wrote
"Ditoo" came his reply.
in order to prevent awkwardness she bid him goodbye and logged off.
Next day unintensionally she was waiting for the clock to strike 5 so that they could talk. When finally the time came she logged in and waited for page to open completely.
 He wasn't online and sadness filled her heart. It was then  she noticed a message from him came dat day. He wouldn't be able to come that day was all he had written. She felt the last ray of hope  setting along with the sun as she read that message.
Unfortunately this was her last day off. she he had to join for job from the next day. Before logging off she left him with a message
" Wont come online at 5:00 from tomorrow."
The fact that he bothered to inform her lifted her mood from the sadness she felt by the lack of his preence.
Her first day at office kept her busy so he crossed her mind only once or twice unlike past few days , when he occupied most of her thoughts.
Instead of being busy she couldn't help but noticed the time passing when she was supposed to be talking to him.
After reaching home she turned on fb as soon as she could in hope of getting another message from hm. And there it was !!
"I was genuinly busy and couldn't come , so there is no need for you to get angry. Your wish, dnt come if u wish."

part-3

FINALLY, THEY TALKED......

It wasn't just her who was affected by this unusual encouter of theirs, may be that's why he tracked her down on facebook.. he sent her a friend request along with a message reading as follow

" Nice seeing u thrice ;) "

she felt happy and even smiled on checking his dashing profile pic followed by immediate acceptance of his request.
This acceptance of her's finally laid the foundation of this story.
2 weeks post this acceptance she had another message from him reading "I'll be online on friday at around 9:30 p.m.". she replied but before clicking send rephrased those words about 4 to 5 times and finally send something like " Can't come that late ."
There was another 1 flashing on her message bar on the following day. Her elation finally subdued on reading a simple "Hi" from some old school friend. with an unreasonable sadness she logged of from her account.
2 days passed in same waiting and despair. Finally on 2nd friday of october they both were online on the same time.
"Hi" she initiated.
"Hi" came his reply.
she couldn't think of any reply so waited for him to write but didn't got any reply for another 5 mins.
"Stopped using metro ? : p" finally came his mesage.
"Ummm.., nowhere to go by metro " she replied.
"Meaning over with college and yet to join office " she explained further.
"Which college ??" he asked.
"IP university" she replied back.
" B.Tech?" he further asked.
" U are good at guessing :O" she wrote with a smile.
" :)" came his reply.
" What r u doing ?" she inquired this time .
"Law. Final year." came his reply.
she already knew he was a year older by his profile info.
"from delhi university" he further added.
She couldn't  think of anything to ask or say so finally wrote
"Bye. meet u another time mayb at metro station ;)  LOL" and was about to logg out when came his message
"U looked good in that marriage" followed by another in a sec
": p bye ,tc "
she wanted to reply but thought better off since she had already said bye. So just logged out and kept replaying this conversation in her head over and over.

part - 2

Too many coincidences........

Innocent eyes with naughty smile was the apt description of one glance at him.After reaching the coach she stood by a door and looked outside at approaching dark clouds. after about 45 min when she got down at her station, while walking towards the stairs her eyes found the same innocent eyes boring into her. He looked at her while standing at the door of 3rd coach until she turned for stairs.

He wasn't very smart but not bad, absolutely not bad . But there was his eyes which surprisingly brought smile on her lips whenever he crossed her mind.

After 1 week , all the friends met to hang out at C.P. Nostalgic about the time spent together the headed the metro station.

" My card needs recharge " she told her friends.

"Meet u at stairs" replied her friend.

The line of 3 was already there at the recharge counter. When her turn came the guy before her turned, it was then she realised that he was the same guy with innocent eyes and naughty smile.

" hii " he said with slight smile playing across his lips.

she only smiled in response.

"500"  she said at counter handing her card and money. While he moved towards security checks. after getting her card recharged and past security check she reached her friends. they all climbed the stairs engrossed in their chatter. on reaching upstairs, she passed him while talking to her friends but didn't pay any heed to him.

After that second time they saw each other he crossed her mind many times but only for a minute or two. Who knew one day memories of him will be imprinted on her mind.

It was september in a marriage when they met again. Surprising, isin't it, you dont bump into the same person many times within a couple of months that too coincidently. She was surprised too. And saw him noticing her many times during those 2 or 3 hours she spent there. well he was hardly out of her mind after that second meeting and yet this encounter gave her fresh memories of him.

She wasn't in love with him but yeah she surely couldn't forget him completely.

TO BE CONTINUED...

part -1

ITS NOT AN END BUT A NEW BEGINNING........

June, not an ideal monsoon month. its genrally july when monsoon knocks on delhi's doorstep, but who knew this unusuality was marking the beginning of a love story.

She stepped out in the rain after giving her last exam of final year in an elated mood. Not being a fan of monsoon, she surprisingly enjoyed getting drenched in rain. Being happy about the forthcoming vacation, the 4 friends chatted and laughed all the way to the metro station with plans of meeing exactly after 1 week.

On parting with the other 3 she climbed the stairs to the station in a rush to catch her train . Without giving a second thought she ran towards the gate in front of her and missed the gate just by an inch .But instead met with a life changing collision ,well its an exaggeration, thats when she met him or should i say almost ran into him...

 "sorry" she said in a timid voice.

"ok" was all that he replied wiping his cell's screen clear of rain droplets from her hairs. There eyes met only for a fraction of second before he went back to listening to music and she started towards the first coach(ladies coach).

TO BE CONTINUED........