Jeez! The title of the post sounds a bit familiar right? I hope Chetan Bhagat doesn't barge in and ask for 'credit'. Ha Ha!! Bad Joke.
So, the general idea is to read these three incidents and pretend that you're not bored, Well I can assure you though that you'll definitely say. "Kahani puri filmi hai." :D \m/
I've tried to keep it as short as I can. I swear. But Alas! It's long. Sigh! Sorry about that.
Oh yes, comments are hugely awaited and welcomed, even booooooos will do, as I'm writing 'something' after almost a year. So here it goes...
Plot 1:
Howrah Station, Platform - I don't remember, Train - I don't remember, Day - XX January 200_ around 3-4 p.m.: We were returning to college after our 3rd semester vacations, Sigh! We had already occupied our berths on the train(One whole compartment was assigned to us) and there was still some time for the train to leave. So as usual, we were wandering on the platform while some were guarding our stuff inside the coach.
I was acting ubercool, listening to music on FM with my earphones on, was wearing a tee and a jacket and jeans and slippers. Wow, my definition of being cool. Naive.
Oh yes, did I tell you 'I' had the window seat assigned on my name?
Okay, so suddenly I saw this girl sitting on my window seat. She was wearing black framed specs and had long black hair tied like a pony, was wearing a black pullover. I was like.. "WTF?" + "Oh hmmmm" + "Time pass". :D
[She *looking at me and thinking*: "Who that guy is? LOL!! What he thinks of himself? Brad Pitt? :D]
The train started to move and we all hurried inside the coach and when we reached our compartment, one of my friend 'M1'stood up and introduced her, "She's G, my cousin, and she will be traveling with us since her seat is in the other coach and these are my friends" We all were like, "Ofcourse!".
She had a round face, pretty behind the specs, smart (for now).
I thought, "Oh sigh! Cousin of M1.. Duh!!".
Train was already gaining speed and was getting dark. My friends started shifting to other compartments to find other guys from our college and for the 'hunting butterflies' mission. #GetIt
So, G was now reading some novel.(Still sitting on my window seat, Sigh!) I was sitting just opposite to her now, in someone Else's window seat. #FTW. I said, "Errr.. which novel is it?"
[G *thinking*: "Yeah right. Flirt"]
G: It's P, written by Q.
Me: Oh, is it? Good?
G: Errrm.. just started..
Me: Do tell me how it is, you can lend me then.
[G *thinking*: "Hmmm.. well done, I don't even know you dude."]
G: Yes, why not? So, you like novels?
Me: Yes ofcourse. [All I had read was Harry Potter and well...Hardy boys at school. Yes, I started reading novels late.]
G: Oh really? Which ones have you read?
Me: Harry Potter. (Duh!!)
G: Oh! I don't like Harry Potter. Too kiddish I heard.
[Me *thinking*: Shut up Miss-Know-It-All]
Me: Well errrmmm.. yeah! :|
By now my friends had started coming back from the 'hunt'. Time passed by and it was dinner time and followed by movie time. That's right. Movie time. 'We' had laptops now.. :D
X: Let's watch this Assamese comedy I brought.
Y: Whose laptop then?
A: Not mine please, it's stuffed way too in the suitcase. (:|)
Me: What? Don't look at me like this.. oh kay..
I opened my bag and pulled it out. CD was inserted in and there we go. Ha Ha Ha!! - Bwahahahaahh!! - Oh Shhh.. - Others will throw us out. Done! Movie time over,was almost 1 am. Everyone started yawning like cubs.
'Who-will-sleep-where' round had already begun, and almost all others had grabbed one berth already. I was like, :-/
M1 and G started arguing, "I'll go and sleep at your seat and sleep - No need, I can manage. Blah Blah Blah.." I said, "I don't mind sleeping at her seat, beside that, you both can be here together and I'm not sleepy aswell.. I think I 'll watch another movie on my laptop.. I can take it there."
M1 readily agreed. G was "Errrm.. okay."
So I took my laptop and went to her seat. Was side lower and kept the laptop bag like a pillow and dozed off. What movie? Duh..
As usual, I woke up at around 7am. The train was standing on some platform. "Will it be okay if I check those guys?" - "No, too early".
8 am, The train was still standing on the same platform. "Now? - Still too early"
8.30 am, And yes the train was standing on the same platform still. "I'm going." So, I went to my gang, and as usual all were sleeping, Sigh! I checked where G is, she was sleeping at the top most berth. I sat on the seat and needless to say kept on glancing up. :|
And to my sudden realisation, the train was still standing on the same platform. WTF? I took the brush and went to brush teeth, I got down just like that and inquired the hawkers, they told me, train will get even more late, some problem on the line or whatever. I was like, "Holy Crap!".
I went back, and saw to my relief some of them had woken up. I told them about the situation. They were like, "Shit! We'll get late." I said, "Tell me about it."
And she was still sleeping.
10-10.30 am - Almost all of us got up except You-know-who.
[Me: *thinking* : Sleeping beauty! Duh.]
By 11 am she woke up, FINALLY. And the train also started after a few minutes. :|
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It was around 12.30-1 pm, She was now sitting with M2 in the just opposite compartment at the side lower, talking like 'friends'. And I was sitting on my compartment, thinking, "F U M2." To my amazement, M2 (my classmate) called me up to join them. Hola Amigo!! :D
Needless to say, there was no second invitation. I went there and sat just opposite to her.
M2 said, "This is Pritam, the most eligible bachelor of my batch."
Me: Yes. What?? :o
M2: C'mon dude, you are all over orkut with 15k scraps..
Me: Well yes. Kind of.. so?
M2: It's okay yaar. Just kidding.
Me: Oh! Not a problem, loads of people don't use it. I've loads of friends there, and 15 k scraps.. this and that.
G: I too have one but I hardly use it.
Me: Err.. right.
Me: You can add me though, would you? And give me a fan.
G: What? What fan?
Me: Errm..nothing. (WTF Pritam?)
M2: She's from _ College, Nagpur.
Me: Oh is it? It's really nice college isn't it? Number 1 in Nagpur? What's your branch?
G: Errrm.. well I'm from Architecture and I don't know if it's the Number 1 college in Nagpur.
Me: Oh may be not then..
G: What?
Me: Nothing, so you're in Architecture? Which year?
G: 3rd year.
Me: Err.. excuse me? Means you're our senior?
G: Yes! Ha Ha!! Kind of. Address me 'Ma'm'. It's a 5 year degree course though.
Me: Oh is it? I never knew. Ma'm? Duh! Forget it, you're not from our college.
M2: Of course not, she's my classmate from college. 11th-12th.
Me: We'll call you Miss.Archi. :D
G: No need.
M2: Yes, sounds fun. :D
Me: Done then Miss.Archi. So, what you do in Architecture?
G: What do you think? We design buildings, this bridge..(We just moved over a railway bridge) and this and that. Everything where you go has been designed by us.
Me: Us? You?
G: Duh! Architects I mean. (Dumbhead)
Me: Oh right! Just that much?
G: *stares* So what YOU do Mr.IT?
Me: We play games.. Bwahahaahah!! :D
G: Whatever *rolls eyes*
Me: Okay Okay, what else you do?
G: See, we not just design a building but the entire thing, the kitchen, bedroom, bathroom etc. Everything should be in order, proportions, interiors, loads of things..
Me: You're telling me you guys design the loo as well?
G: Well errr.. yes?
Me: Yuck!!
G: Oh boy, we design, not build.. it's done by civil engineers..
Me: Oooooohhh!!! Yes. So you design and civil engineers build, so basically it's the engineers who make the world. Isn't it? *smirk*
G: Whatever. *pissed*
Me: Okay okay Sorry.. let's talk something else..
G: Yeah right. (I don't want to.. Gah!)
Me: Okay, don't mind, do you have a boyfriend?
G: *pause* Recently I had a major break off.
Me: *thinking* "C'mon, are you serious? Major break off? What on Earth is it? Duh!*"
Me: Oh is it? Why what happened?
G: Just leave it. *firm*
Me: Okay.
*silence*
G: So what about you?
Me: what about me?
G: Any girlfriend?
Me: Nope!
G: Past?
Me: Nope!
G: None? None at all?
Me: Nope! (Duh!)
G: What's your age?
Me: Errr.. 19?
G: You're telling me, 19 years and without a girlfriend? Ha Ha!! :D
Me: Huh? :P
Train halts at a station. M2 gets down to check. I too follow suit. I see a ice-cream shop, took 2 ice cream cups and rushed to the seat opposite to her.
Me: Ice cream? He didn't have change so I bought 2. Want one? [M2 had already brought her one. Oh Damn!]
G: Sure! Now I've two. Ha Ha!!
Me and M2 exchanged looks. :-/
Train starts and we three are busy eating the ice-creams.
Me: So how you two know each other?
G: Oh! We were together at college. M2 told you right?
Me: Oh Yes, No I mean same section?
G: Yes. His roll was ___ and mine was ____.
Me: You remember his roll no. as well?
G and M2: Ha Ha!!
Me *thinking*: Oh boy. Damn!
M2 and my ice creams were over. She was eating the first one still. It got over and she instantly started the second one.
She: Don't look at me like that, I'm not gonna share. :P
M2 and Me: Duh! No need. (Ehsaan - faramosh!)
One of my classmate, A joined in now.
M2: This is our third classmate, A.
His and Hellos..
G: So you guys sit together at college?
A: Sometimes. Yes
Me: Yes.
M2: Yup!
Her ice-cream was finished by now.
M2: Do you now, Pritam likes a girl - S.
Me: No I don't. C'mon.
A: Ofcourse he does. That E & C dept. one right?
M2: C'mon dude, you told us you like her.
Me: I 'said', she's good.
A: Liar.
G: Who's she?
Me: No one. Please.
M2 tells her entire biodata. No kidding.(Bleh!)
G: Jeez! You should try.
Me: Duh!!
A: Ha Ha!!
M2: Don't worry dude, we'll definitely do something this semester with you and her.
A: Yeah! We've loads of links in girls hostel.
Me: NO NEED.
G: Wow!! Do tell me.
M2 and A: Ofcourse!
Me *thinking*: "Sigh!"
To my relief train halts at another station. A goes to 'hunt' and I left M2 and G to roam around the platform as usual. I saw some fruits and purchased grapes. Ha Ha!! And went inside.
Me: Grapes?
G: Where you get these?
Me: What do you think Miss.Archi?
M2 plucked some from the bunch and ate.
M2: Nice!
I plucked one and ate..
Me: Oh yes. You don't want? Sure?
G: Why not?
So now we were eating grapes. Oh boy.
So we chatted like that for a few more hours, don't remember much but I kept on popping words like 'Miss-Archi', 'loo', 'engineers' etc. Mind you, it was fun and I talked like never ever before. There was some kinda charm, friendliness in her voice.
It was around 6 pm and we were about to reach Nagpur, suddenly she got tensed.
G: Damn! I'll get late and how am I suppose to go to hostel at 10pm? They won't allow me. And worst I might not get an auto or will have to go alone at night.
Me: Errrm..
M2: Call someone.
Me: Yes. (I had no idea what to say next)
She goes to her bag and starts unpacking and searches for her mobile. It was stuffed deep somewhere. I was like :|
Now everyone joins in, giving their million dollar ideas. M1 said, "I'll get down in Nagpur, drop you at your hostel and will stay for the night at some lodge and take a bus tomorrow morning."
A: Oh yes! I'll get down as well.
Me *thinking*: Fuck! I should have said that.
G: Let's see. You guys won't have problem right?
A and M1: Nopes!
Me*thinking*: "Sigh!"
G: Let me call someone first.
She calls up and talks to someone hurriedly.
G: No need, R is coming and he'll drop me on his bike.
M1: Sure?
G: Ofcourse!!
M1 was reluctant but well he agreed and we sat again and talked this and that. By now, I was thinking, "Way out of your league Pritam, + M1's cousin, + your senior(almost) + this + that.." And was no talking much like I was the whole time just listening to everyone and nodding head. Was feeling something I was going to miss. I again thought, "C'mon dude, you hardly know her. - Yeah!"
Nagpur arrived and she got down, with the bag on her shoulders, was way too big for her but she had some strength. Oh boy. We exchanged byes and all.. but yes, didn't exchange phone numbers.
It was over.
[End of Plot 1]
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Plot 2:
Wardha: Boys Hostel A, Room No.319 , After almost 1-2 weeks after Plot 1, around 10 pm.
*ring ring*
Me: Hello?
Other side of the phone(A sweet girl's voice): Hello. Is it Pritam? (in Assamese)
Me: Errrm... yes.. Who's it?
[Me*thinking* : Wow, Airtel number(means 10p/min calling - THE TARIFF SCHEME THAT FUCKED US ALL.), A girl's voice, that too Assamese, today is my lucky day...err.. night *glee*)
G: Huh? Didn't recognise me Mr.IT?
Me: Oh! Miss.Archi.. *exited* Wow, how you've been? From where you got my number?
G: Huh? I thought you forgot.
Me: No way. How can I? But from where did you get my number?
G: Does it matter? I've my sources.
Me: Yeah right! (M2 - Gah! Captain Obvious)
G: No, just called you, thought you might have forgotten me.
Me: Arey no.
G: Okay, do keep in touch. It's my number.
Me: Sure Sure.
G: Bye, Good Night.
Me: Yeah! You too.
*cut*
I was like, " Ahem.. Wow Pritam.. khe khe khe!! "
[General, no I mean Girl's Knowledge: She called me 'coz she thought, I have an attitude problem since I didn't call her in the first place. (For the first time ever in her life, someone didn't give her attention). She wanted to find out why. No kidding. She told me *later*.]
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After a week:
*beep beep*
SMS from G: "Wassup?"
I replied: "Writing practicals babes!"
(Oh Damn! Babes? What were you thinking Pritam, you dumbhead!)
SMS from G: "Oh right. Good Night."
I replied: "You too."
Me: *facepalm*
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Next day:
*beep beep*
SMS from G: "Wassup? How was the day?"
I replied: "I was OUTstanding as my Professor had kicked me out."
(You and your stupid jokes Pritam, *facetable*)
SMS from G: "Ha Ha!! Good Night."
I replied: "Yeah! You too."
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After few days:
I SMSed: "Guess what! We're going to Goa! From college."
Reply from G: "Oh kewl. I'm so envious."
I replied: "Oh don't worry, I'll bring something for you sure."
Reply from G: "Right, bring beer for me."
(I didn't use to drink by then.)
I SMSed: "Oh sure!"
Reply from G: "And get youself some sexy beach girl."
I SMSed: "Ha Ha!!"
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So we went to Goa from college, on 13th of February. While in the bus, at 12 midnight it as 14th February, Valentine's Day. I was still awake, and I sent a SMS to G: "Happy Valentine's Day" (WTF? Pritam?)
She replied: "Yeah Thanks! You too!"
*glee*
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She called me while I was still in Goa.
G: How mean haan? Can't even call?
Me: Arey I was going to.
G: Yeah right. So what did you do yet?
Me: I errrr..... drank.
G: Why are you so shy?
Me: Who? Me? No.
G: Ha Ha!! So what you errr.... drank?
Me: Kingfisher and ummmm Fenny.
G: Fenny?
Me: Yeah! It's a local drink.
G: Oh great! Enjoy. Keep in touch.
Me: Yeah sure. Good Night.
G: Good Night.
I got back from the Goa trip and needless to say we started talking over the phone. Airtel 10p/min calling For The Win. :)
[End of plot 2]
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Plot 3: The most important, which changed it all.
So it was Holi time and we decided to ran away to Nagpur from our hostel for a change. We stayed at a lodge and decided to watch 'Ghostrider' together. We were around 16 guys. I called her up and invited her aswell since she was a common friend to all of us. I asked A to book 2 tickets for me and her and I went to pick her from a place near by the Liberty Cinema Hall.
I was waiting, wandering on the footpath, expecting her to come walking from a side, I was wearing a black tee and jeans and was like, "How do I look? Okay I guess.." :| "And Yes she wears specs and have long black hair." I reminded myself time and again.
*ring ring*
G: What are you doing there? I asked to wait opposite to that footpath.
Me: What?
G: Come over here.
Me: What? Wait.. *startled - She was no where to be seen* Where are you?
G: Can't you see the auto in front of you?
Me: Where?
G: Stupid, look a bit towards your left.
I saw a girl waving from the auto.
Me*thinking*: "She can't be her. She is not wearing spec."
G: You should get specs. (At that time, I didn't use to wear specs) Can't you see me waving at you?
Me: Whoa!! Wait.
G: Come soon.
Me: Yeah! Yeah! Coming.
I went to the auto and peeped in. There was this amazingly pretty girl, without specs, make up = nil, long tied hair in a special way, so cute and innocent, was wearing a green top and jeans.. I was staring at her for a whole one minute( The time pause they show in movies, Yes), she was saying something..
G(angrily): PRITAM!!!! Look at this. *pointing towards her neck*
Me: What? What is that?
G: Egg.
Me: Egg? (nothing was making any sense whatsoever)
G: Arey, I got down at that square and two Punjabi guys were riding Karizma and throwed eggs at me and ran away shouting 'Holi hai'..
Me: What? Bwahahahahaahha!!
She gave me a very bad look.
Me: Oh is it? Bad.. Sorry! Now?
G: Now what? I'll have to go to my hostel and change, what else?
Me: And our movie?
G: What? All you can think of is your stupid movie right now?
Me: Errr... No.. I mean wait..
I called A, and well could not explain him and luckily he had not purchased tickets yet. He was menacing.. I can tell that over the phone.(I 'll be screwed today evening by those 15 guys.. FOR SURE *gulp*)
G: What did A say?
Me: Nothing.. *fake smile*
G: Are you laughing at me? Don't you dare.
I was not laughing but that made me laugh.. I controlled it though.. And kept on looking her innocent-cute-tensed face till we reached her hostel..
G: You wait in the auto, I'll be back in 10 minutes.
Me: What? Okay!
G: And don't get down from the auto, the guards will shoo you away.
Me: Right!
She hurried to her hostel and I was sitting on the auto, talking to the auto wallah, all kinda shit. 10 mins - 20 mins - 30 mins - 45 mins..
She appeared at last, rushed into the auto.
G: Bhaiyya. Burdi!
Now, she was wearing a sleeveless black tee, a jeans and was looking more pretty than ever.. I had never seen girl like that, I swear. A rich aroma of perfume, or was it her some special soap/bodywash? I still remember that feeling. Her hair was untied now and were still wet and needless to say the wind kept on messing it, she felt annoyed every time and used to curl it behind her ear. And she had a rubber band on her wrist, which she had brought to tie them later(after they dry..ummmm), I guess. I wanted to tell her, "No need". I kept on glancing a her pretty face, and somehow it was glowing like Gold. Molten Gold. I could make out that her cheeks must be soft as a puffed candy. Her face was not tensed anymore but was the best thing I had ever seen.
She was saying something.
Me: What?
G: I asked, what you want to do now?
Me: Err..
G: Lunch?
Me: Errr.. yeah..
G: Where?
Me: How would I know? It's your city, not mine.
G: Let me think. What you want to have? Indian, Chinese?
Me: Anything will do.
G: I want to eat Indian, let's go to Singh's.
Me: Hmmm.. okay! (Had no idea, What's Singh's was.)
G: Do you talk this less? On train, you were toh blabbering non stop?
Me: Errm... yes.
G: And what about that SMS?
Me: What SMS?
G: writing practicals 'babes'?
Me: Oh that? Aiwaee!! *tried to smile*
G: It startled me.
Me*thinking*: Same here. Oh boy.. (not now)
G: Ha Ha!! Cheeky.
Honestly, I was too busy looking at her to even think of anything else in the World. I was unable to see her pretty face directly so I glimpsed to the rear view mirror and well, it worked wonders..
So, we went to Singh's (A Punjabi restaurant) and then to Big Bazaar(Only mall available then), talked, talked and talked, spent half of the evening and then I left for the lodge. *gulp*
Amazingly no one said anything to me, we packed our bags and left for the local train to catch. We all sat together, somehow I was in the middle of everyone. Or was it my imagination?
M2: Where were you Pritam?
S: Yes Pritam? *smirk*
Me: I told A na?
A: *mischievous smile*
And there it started, I was screwed with their jibes, their 'hints', their making fun of me, they even declared G my wife. WOW!! And on top of that, you won't believe, they started making my wedding plans.. Gah!! Those plans, you don't wanna know. Will take another full page! The whole journey got over like that. Sigh!
I reached my room and fell on the bed, was too exhausted and exited at the same time, just before sleeping, prayed, " Oh Dear God! Make it happen."
You guys are smart enough to guess what happened next right? Yes, our 'talk's increased, SMSes increased, my Nagpur-Wardha up-down increased and what not. We use to talk the whole night, Once we talked 10 pm - 6 am at a stretch(No kidding!). I saw too many shooting stars and made just one wish every time. They do work, mind you. Two months later we were going back home after 4th Semester vacations, Ofcourse with my friends and her, just the difference was She was my girlfriend now. ;) <3
[End of Plot 3]
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EPILOGUE: Sigh! Now the hard part. You guys must be thinking why I wrote this blog post. Well honest answer is "Every good thing has to end someway, someday or other... isn't it?"
Yes, we're not together anymore(Don't ask me why.. Loads of reasons but nothing like 'differences', I assure you. Mutual you can say.) and it's her B'day today, so this post is entirely dedicated to her., since I can't send her a B'day gift, Yes, but shall send her the link for sure.
She always used to tell me, "Never cry, smile 'coz it happened". Yes, I listened to her, Ha Ha!! And infact, had it helped me with various aspects of my life. I started believing in myself, I don't stammer anymore etc etc etc. I'm still a failure so far but yes my future is bright. I know that, and she knows that.
One fine day she asked me, "Will you always be my friend?" I said, "Ofcourse, forever." (this was before we were 'officially love birds.)
She told me, "I'll never get a person like you."
These are some of my fondest memories of her and I want to cherish them forever, Ofcourse they are imbibed in my heart but just felt like writing them out. Just in case..
There are more, loads, zillions of memories, one of them is today, 16th December 200_. I'll never ever forget this day. The best day, THE BEST day of my life. And it's today.. A few years down the line. But today.
It's time to let her go. This is my B'day gift to her.. Ha Ha!! Yup, I'm way too dramatic. But Yes.. I'm letting her go today with a hope/faith/belief deep in my heart that 'Miracles do happen." Amen. (I need to find shooting stars now.. :D)
Thank You for your patience guys, and for bearing my anomalies. I'm not good at writing and sure I'm a GrammarGandu. :D
One last time, A Very Happy B'day Jaan...
P.S. I Love You.
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