Sunday, March 23, 2008

How She met Him...

The day to fulfil Her fairytale had come. Excited, nervous and jubilant at the same time She was enjoying the sensations of butterflies in Her stomach. Within an hour She would be face to face with the boy who had over the month made Her feel beautiful, special and out-of-this world. He had been charming, witty and humorous. Since the first time She spoke to Him a smile was fixed on Her face. She looked beautiful when She smiled, Her friends told Her initially. Later the same friends opined that the grin was silly and bordering on irritating them specially when all of them were busy worrying about probably the biggest exams of their lives. Exams, marks and career did not matter to Her anymore. Her life was just 2 steps away from perfection. Today She was finally going to meet the man who made her feel like a woman and a week from today She was sure to clear the interview, a mere formality, and study in the best institute for learning the nuances of film-making. There was nothing more She could ask for. Her life was complete. She was in love and Her career promised to take off. Nothing could go wrong or come in the way of Her happiness.

She decided that over-dressing was not Her style. Moreover they were not going anyplace 'nice'. It was just a casual date. She was not programmed to dress shabby, so She carefully selected a black cotton top to go with fawn cargo pants. The shoes had to be sports considering Her first bike ride was pre-decided. He had told Her in no uncertain terms that She should be prepared to have a good time on a long, a very long bike ride. She had never been on a motorbike before. The speed, the openness and the risk scared Her and at the same time sitting pillion with Him excited her. The day had magic written all over it. She was certain. In fact, She had never been more certain about anything in Her life.

She boarded a bus to reach the meeting spot the two had zeroed in upon after long discussions the previous night. The sultry July afternoon was unable to dampen her spirits. Instead in Her hearts of heart She actually believed that the weather was beautiful. Contrary to the cliché that boys reach early and wait for hours together for the girl, She reached earlier and was waiting for Him to arrive. He did arrive but they were unable to spot each other. He called Her. Thank God for mobile phones. He said, "I am the guy driving the Pulsar bike who is just entering the street of the market." Her heart skipped a beat as She saw a very shabbily dressed guy with his long hair tied into a ponytail on a Pulsar bike take a turn from the corner where She was standing. Within a fraction of a second She had decided that She would run back home, never speak to the guy and never ever go on another blind date in Her life.

She was still on phone and He said, " Hello! Hello! Are you there? Listen I am standing at the panwala's shop outside BigJo's now." She was elated and within a second, Her minute-old resolutions were abandoned. She ran towards the spot to see Him, just hoping that He be better than the horror She just witnessed. The Gods above had answered Her prayers. He was dressed in blue denims, a pink shirt with purple stripes across. Though as a rule She did not like men who wore pink but She decided to make an exception in this case. Short, gelled hair, spectacles that covered the small eyes, which shut completely not just when he laughed but even when he smiled. She was happy beyond words to see a decently dressed boy rather than a wannabe artistic type loafer, waiting for Her and giving Her a smile of recognition and mischief at the same time.

DISCLAIMER: any resemblance to any person living or dead, real or fictitious, inhabitant of Venus or Mars is not deliberate, rather just a malfunction of the sub-conscience.


**** My fictitious mind has not been able to come up with what happens next. So till the time I conjure up the perfect ending for the day tell me what do you think would have happened or should happen?

14 comments:

Indrajit said...

hmm a good short story . i lkd th way u wrote it...
as for th ending,,,, hmmm , neeed som time....
wd get bk to u ....

S said...

Reading throucgh it, it just occurred to me to ask this point blank. Could girls be so crazy about a silly bike-ride !! I ask this since it seems to have been the high point of ur tale.

If they are..then I can safely give up any hope of ever understanding a girl ! never did..never will..! quite impossible..

nice read though !

Toon Indian said...

..nice read....I some how resemble the second guy :P

S said...

hey..I tried writing something to continue of the story...realized its just tooo difficult !! how come you could even start it !! I couldnt go beyond three lines !!

S said...

thanks ! just horsing around...

Toon Indian said...

welcome to my blogroll

ash89 said...

awww...this is so cute...u can actually sense the girl's excitement. I jst hope the story has a happy ending!

seno said...

a pink shirt with purple stripes across ?!?!?!?!?

Are you kidding me ...I would rather be with d guy with d pony tail lol :D

nice work pri!! :)

S said...

..haa ! that's one really tough problem. I mean..its diffiult enough to keep our paths straight..let alone guiding another !! I guess being a good friend to the kids helps ..that's perhaps all we can do.

Best of luck with ur Bro..!!

..and the mutual empathy club revives..once more !! :)

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Garima said...

ahem ahem..!! this story sounds quite familiar.. am i thinking right miss?? :) and just for the record... i loved the disclaimer at the end... reminds me of bhigo bhigo ke maarna.. :)

Unknown said...

well...this is just the starting...and u r talkin bout ending...first tell us what happened on the date...then only we can make up a good ending..... :)
as Garima said...i loved the disclaimer as well...

nituscorner said...

nitu said.....
well priyanka that was an interesting read.so now we can broadly divide facts and fiction but what the hell some time is good to let your heart rule your head and not vice versa.the pink shirt would not matter to me as much as unpolished shoes ...dirty over stained hanky....and not to forget last night's onion smell in his breadth...yucks....but to continue your story.....after the much awaited meet and post pony tail bike rider shock, her mind settled to the present senerio and as the more minute scrutiny was done by both,in the bottom of their hearts it was decided that the overall package was not bad all together. and so over a cup of coffee , a live introduction started both comparing notes in their minds over what was told earlier and waited to find any loop holes ....... will that help you to take the story further....looking forward to reading more of the story.......

Anumeha said...

Loved the story ...Totally..
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