Saturday, August 30, 2008

Ek Choti Si Live Story...

I was running hard up the stairs to catch the train back home after my Sunday lectures and as I got on the platform, I realise that the human speed cannot match the speed of the technology, yes I missed my train.
I am sure you must be thinking about the lectures on Sunday, then let me tell you that i am doing my part time MBA. Yes, yet another aspiring guy aiming to achieve high goals in life :). Well the concept of being a successful person has definitely got stuck to just one idea, being rich and famous now days. If you ask any deep red blooded person, his/her aspiration, it would be to become a successful entrepreneur may be in business or job. However when gradually the blood starts turning blue, we face the reality, responsibilities. I don't know how far I will go, but with my blood turning blue after couple of years, will definitely try and not lose my aspirations to live the Bombay Dreams oops Mumbai Dreams (did any MNS worker notice that).
It was late afternoon that Sunday and i was not expecting rush at the station, well now that i just missed the train, I was expecting my own company for sometime at least . And then I saw this girl on the other side of the platform, guess was trying to catch the same train, and i thought this is how I am looking like now, probably. The next train would take some time now, so started looking out for a red marble bench engraved with “Donated by the Saraf Family”, I am sure even you must have seen those benches almost on all stations across Mumbai. Anyways I managed to get the seat near the huge fan hanging on the pillar and struggling to rotate and give me some cool breeze at that hour of the day. The Platform was almost empty except me, that girl and some bhelwalas trying relocate themselves from time to time. I got myself comfortable on the bench and saw across the platform. She was wearing medium heeled sandal, blue denim and a white singlet with a jacket tied around her waist and a light weight backpack and a book in her hand that would be around 999 pages may be :). She did took a walk for a minute to express that now that she has missed the train, she is getting late. Only to realise that she needs to sit coz there was still time for the next one. Since I had nothing to do I took out my book from bag which I was half way “Time Traveller’s Wife” and started reading it.
Don’t know somehow but was able to concentrate much in the story and gave a look on the platform if there is any new company to add on and then I saw her to realise that I was looking straight into her eyes as she was looking at me too, don’t know what happen in that split seconds, something went through me like a lightening and I looked in my book as if am reading it and not just reading but enjoying it. She was sitting exactly opposite to me across the platform. I have always read and heard experiences about the love at first sight. But lemme mention people say it was love at first sight only when they get into relation and if they don’t get in relation, it never existed :).
Then I thought of giving a look to her again and she just smiled, probably trying to convey we are sailing in the same boat, goes without thinking that I had to reply back too. I was really tired sitting in the lectures throughout the day, and was thinking of going to bed as soon as reach home. Then I saw her again and she was trying to settle down on that bench and our eyes met again. Then I thought what she must be thinking about me staring at her. Probably I am just like one more guy trying to fish around ( You will never know what woman think even if you spend your entire life with them). Then I saw she taking out a book from her backpack, she was sitting so far that i could see the cover of the book, and I could not believe but somehow started believing in co-incidence, she was reading the same book which I have. May be she realised it too and both of us closed the book and kept in the bag. Don’t know why and how, our eyes used to meet every now and then. I am sure you can feel it when you know someone out there is staring at you, no matter how much you try and be normal but you tend to get distract by that person. She was not saved from it either, I looked at the watch to realise that still couple of minutes for the train. She was beautiful indeed with long straight hair, lil bit highlighted, she must be around 5’4”, seemed to be very confident, at least guess so. Then suddenly while moving a little bit on the bench my bag felled down on floor, I immediate picked it up and this time she gave little broader smile , I smiled too. Feeling a sense of being stupid was never that enjoyable before. Well what next, should I cross the platform and ask for the introduction and get to know her as a person since she was reading the same book that I was , no I am not saying that I want to be her friend or take a chance to be a friend of. But what’s the harm in doing it, coz if the train come; I will never know if I will meet this gorgeous girl again. Or I should just move on and it is just a matter of time and once the train is here, I should board and move on in life. By now I could see many of them on Platform. And I felt little awkward in approaching her, maybe she is expecting me to take that first step to cross the platform as you know girls always want that.
Then I saw the train coming towards the platform, I saw her and I could tell you for sure that she wanted to talk to me and felt very insure and uncomfortable as I felt the same. The train stops at the platform, ladies compartment is just next the gents where I was standing for the train to stop, so that I can board the train, but somehow I decided not to board in. This was the way I could have known if she was thinking the same as I was, the train started moving after say 15 secs, and I was waiting for the train to leave the platform to see if she is still there.
There were too many things going on at that time in my mind. I really don’t like disappointment, I am sure no one likes them. And unknowingly I was building lot of hopes. While the train slowly leaves the station, I saw across the platform to see...............

Could you please HELP complete the last line?

2 comments:

Nabil said...

Wow! very well scripted.. English is basic, but your way of conceptualizing it and story telling is fantastic buddy! Im curious... what happened when the train left? Plz tell me she didn't board the train as well!

Suneeta M said...

I always knew that u were a very good story teller & now i just got a glimpse of it too.. it kept me glued till the end..
Yes even i wud like to know-- did the girl board the train??