Writing had always been first in the list of things i 'wanted' to do .. though i did make attempts at writing fiction, i never completed anything ; also sad part of bout my attempts was that none my stories packed the punch. As with most stories these days mine also had its moments but when it came to finishing i realised that i was pathetic. Though i kind of fixed that urge to write by coming up with this blog where i keep ranting bout lotsa usual stuff . Since i found myself outta work for some time , thought of makin another shot at fiction , starting another story
(disclaimer: it could b loong boring and may or may not make sense as i still havent figured out an ending )
i was sitting in my bus and was reading a book which i had picked up purely on whim one day from a bookstore , the name somehow appealed to me . im always good at pickin books which are gr8 reads . the book in Q was called "My name is red" written by a turkish author and it did turn out to a real good one , but thats not the point here. i was reading this particular book while i was travelling to my office as i was telling you , i happened to read a chapter which was bout a guy returning to a city where the person he loved lived after a gap of 12 yrs. She had married , but her husband was missing on warfront ... by fotuitous circumstance he happens to catch a glimpse of her one day . I closed the book and was thinkin that it had been 12 months since i last spoke to my ex-girl friend . Not that i was sad or anything , infact i was amazed at how i din feel bad at all considering that previously after break-ups i used to be such an emotional mess and would invariably jump into a realtionship witin a few months , but this time i hadnt wavered , and also for the first time i broke it off ( nothin to b proud of , but a first all the same ! )Now that i have set the tone , let me get back to my story , after closing the book , started walking to my office from the busstop , the whole campus is really huge and swarming with ppl , as i walking to my building i saw a familiar face , i saw her from distance , infact it was not my eyes that noticed her , i knew even before my eyes saw her that it was 'her' - 'she who must not be named'.we were still a sufficient distance apart and i was suddenly flustered as my eyes confirmed that i was indeed 'her and the red line of sindoor drawn on her forehead was clear "RED" signal for me. it wasnt the old her and only one word flashed before me 'Avoid' , i just wanted to get away , i quickly changed directions and moved into a buliding nearby , i realised that i cud hear my hearbeating and that i was feelin a little hot under collar !!!i still couldnt beleive my rotten luck for she used to work elsewhere in another part of the country !moreover i had resigned my job as i was takin up a new assigment and would be speding most of the time abroad.i just had a little more than a week left and i badlywanted leave that part of my past which involved her among many other things behind.I quicly went to my desk and realised i was early , i grabbed a cup of cofee and stood near the window watching the entrance to my building and to my relief foumdout that she wasnt in my bulding and hence not in my department. So there was hope yet , i just had to watch my step. with thousands of ppl around i was sure i could move around for another 10 days unnoticed !It was evening and a colleague asks my why im working so hard daily even though i have quit the job ! I quickly close the chat windows and mails/articles that i was reading and lean across my desk and shout back saying "i get so immersed in this that i never realise it!" ( boy i can shoot crap !). But anyways since most of frens r offline , i think its time to shut shop , so leave with her. we walk till the busstand , then i move to the terminus where buses heading to my directions come and i find that there are 3 buses which are about to start. There were around 50 odd buses starting in that 20 min period from that terminus and 3 to my place. I choose one ( thinkin bout the how narrow the odds were for another encounter with 'you know who' ) and i get in and i get this strange feelin again and there 'she' was sitting in the front row near door , she was talkin on phone but i was sure she saw me , i quicly moved in and took a seat in the back row, By now i kinda figued that she mite living in same area as me ( had to be !) Since the place i lived was at almost in the heart of the city , the we were always caught in traffic jams , so i thought of gettin down 1 stop before mine and i was sure that if i walked i will reach at the same time as the bus reached the stop. I crossed the road and walked to stop near my home and headed into a store nearby from there i watched the bus coming slowly past the traffic and people started disembarking and just as i thought she got down at the same stop ! To my relief she lived a few blocks away from my house and i slowly walked back to my house aware of the cat n mouse game that awaited me daily at my office.
(to be continued ...)
Ps: Thanks for all the comments , unfortunately had to hide the comments as you ppl commented before reading the full story , i do plan to complete it pretty soon , got held up lots of stuff after moving to Dubai , hence the delay !
