Jab We Met : Part One
Crush No 50.
12.15pm. exactly 22
mins since she stood in the broken bus-stand. No sign of bus. No sign of any
auto's. Her wallet didn't let her chance of hiring a taxi. No shops in the
vicinity or even a PCO for that matter. She sighed! Why on earth did she miss
the last bus? It was Friday. She knew most of the bus-drivers on those local
buses where muslims and had to visit mosque at this time. She knew those local
buses from her area didn't work in the afternoon as there would be hardly any
passengers at this hour of the weekend. She knew it all! Yet she took this route rather than the other one which atleast led somewhere near her house and all
she had to do was walk for around 10 mins and Tada! she would be at home! But NO!
She had to take this route!
She looked at the far
end, there was a small canteen, an old and broken one..! she badly wanted to go
there and drink something to suppress her thirst. But NO! she cant do it
because even from this far all she could see was some middle aged
daily-wage-workers staring at her. Seeing them gawk at her from that distant she didn't feel
like going anywhere near the canteen. She sighed again.
1,2,3.. and so on..
all the buses that connected to all other places except her area moved right
infront of her eyes. all the passengers waiting for the bus along with her
disappeared one after the other. neverthless there was a woman holding huge bags in
her hand waiting in the bus-stand. She sighed thinking she wasn't the only lady in the bus-stand. Other
than her and the lady with huge bags there was an old man and two school boys.
She consoled herself looking at the watch. 12.20pm. Aah she let a sigh of
relief. It was a time for her next bus to come. She desperately looked at the
direction. If that bus didn't arrive then she had to wait for another 40 mins,
that is sharp at 1pm; there would be a bus, she had seen it go towards the
city. That will return for sure. But she already spent 27mins in this freaking
bus-stand! Waiting another minute here sounded as creepy as walking in the
desert. Upon that the rainy season had suddenly turned all sunny! The heat from
the sun made her sweat in and out. she was so drained out that she didn't feel
like keeping a step out of the shade.
There came a bus which
she assumed may be her area bus, but as soon as it came she realized it wasn't
hers and also it took along with it all the passengers from the bus-stand
leaving her alone to murder herself.
She thought maybe she
could walk home? It would take her around 30mins to walk home but then if she
waited for that 30 mins she would probably catch her bus and within minutes she
would be home. But that meant she had to wait in this creepy bus-stand for 40
minutes alone.!
*-*-*-*-*
He didn't want to
park his bike. But he did! Because while he was buying some bread what his mother
had asked him to from that small canteen, his eyes suddenly fell on the girl
waiting in the bus-stand. She had worn white salwar with pink shades. She
wasn't the beautiful girl he ever saw, but yet she was beautiful! What drew his
attention was her expression. She had a different expression on her face with
each passing second. With her i-am-angry-and-i-am-probably-going-to-cry
expression he had assumed her oh-so-beloved-bus hadn't arrived yet. He wondered
from how long was she waiting here?
As he turned around
he saw the men in canteen gawking at her like a prey. He cursed under his
breath. He focussed his attention back to the girl whose expressions suddenly
turned to be happy seeing a bus arrive at distant corner. He smiled. May be her
bus came he thought and started the accelerator of his bike. Before he could
take-off he saw her shoulders stoop low and her expression dull. He saw her
looking at the other passengers who started boarding the bus. And now she was
left alone in the bus-stand. The men smirking at her at her now. The man inside him
rose, he was about to punch them but he controlled himself. Being a man if he felt so
worried about her security then what must be going through her he thought. He
didn't want to park his bike. But I guess he couldn't move away either.
*-*-*-*
Her battle on whether
to walk home or no was still on. But then finally she chose to entertain
herself. May be she could continue with something that could lessen her
worries? Oh yes mother nature! She looked around gauging her surroundings.
First there was a banyan tree on the opposite side of the road. Later her eyes
then fell on the road. The road was divided right infront of the bus-stand, one
road led to the city; other led to small village nearby. There was another
street on the right side of the bus-stand which led to the locality that had posh-rich-apartments
and a nursing home. At the end of this road was that canteen.
Suddenly there was a
blow of wind..the breeze seemed too cool for a sunny day. It made her hair near
her ears dance. Her eye lashes fluttered against cool breeze. Unknowingly a
smile formed on her face as she tucked the loose strands of her hair behind her
ears. She imagined herself to be the female protagonist of a movie. And also
imagined may be there might be some guy far away staring at her beauty? She
chuckled! Beauty and she was two different things! but then whats wrong in
imagining things? she imagined the bike that parked at the far end of the road
belonged to some Hot-stud. Who happened to watch her beauty standing at the
distant! Isn't that what happens in movies? She giggled at her imagination.
Because all her life she had a list of 49 crushes and one love affair! The so
called love in her life happened through facebook and it ended also in facebook
thus closing the only chapter of love from her life. The other crushes of her
life where only meant to stalk-and-stare. Nothing could be done for them to
fall for her! either they had girl-friends or they didn't like her much to be
considered as friend! Let alone their girlfriend. So you see the point is her life
isn't that happening! She is just a normal girl from a middle class family; a
filmy freak and wants a fairy tale love story!
She chided herself
for giggling, smiling and dreaming in public. She glanced around the road, it
was abandoned. There wasn't a single piece of human being walking or travelling.
Shit! She was freaking alone not just in bus-stand but also in the whole area!
The only glimpse of human beings was in that canteen. That too those
woman-hungers! May be she could walk home? She looked at the canteen and found
them all smiling at her with weird looks. That scared the shit out of her and
made her come out of her filmy mood instantly.
That's it! she
couldn't tolerate those bulging eyes of those idiot-men. She would go and punch
each of their faces. But then she was alone here ? going there only meant
bringing in the danger. She chose to ignore but finally surrendered herself to
walk home. It was far better than standing in this bus-stand. Once again she
glanced at those men. There were 4 of them and as on cue they decided to get up
and walk towards her. Shit! Her women instincts started thinking of all wrongs
that can happen. May be they would kidnap her? may be they would.. damn! She
was screwed. She shouldn't have taken this freaking route! She thought again.
Just as she stepped out the rain started
blessing her with rage. It was pouring cats and dogs in no time. wasn't it
suppose to be sunny day today? When the hell did the rains become her enemy?
She thought. She couldn't walk home with this heavy rain! The gutters seemed
like flooded rivers! Even if she dared to walk on the road she would be pushed
towards the gutter and then would have to bid adieus to this world. No ways!
She again turned to
see those men they for minute stood beside the nearby tree, may be trying to
decide whether or not kidnap her? she faintly thought.
Where on earth has
she brought herself to?
*-*-*-*-*
"hi.." a male voice
rang in her ears. She had shut her eyes closed after she saw those men walking
towards her against the will of the rain.
She saw the man
standing next to her with her one eyes open, her bag clutched tightly on her
chest. He was fully drenched in rain. The water drops were still dripping down
his hair. He seemed to be few inches taller than her. He had worn white crushed
shirt and light blue jeans. And and he had a muscular framed body! Damn! Looks
like he gyms every day! His tiny nipples were visible through his wet shirt.
She bit her lips and shut her eyes. "you moron! For god sake stop checking him
out!" her inner voice warned. And then there was another voice that replied
timidly within her "I would love to get raped if he was the one to do it..!"
she smiled and then kicked herself inside her mind. What the f**k was she
thinking ?
"oh hello madam! By
any chance are you deaf? .." he asked. Her eyes fluttered open instantly and
stared at his dark coloured light blue eyes? damn! He had freaking blue eyes!
W*F! And she seriously lost the least bit of sanity she had within her when she
started staring at him so deeply as though she would munch his fair chubby
cheeks. Did she tell he was so fair that if he was a girl he would probably win
the world's prettiest girl title! Damn! There was a slight stubble around his
chin. How she wished she could..
"I am sorry.. you ..
are you really deaf?" he asked her with a frown. He also tried using hand
signs. She slapped herself mentally.
"i.. I well.. I um..
im .." and then it striked he had called her deaf! Deaf? W*F!
"oyee! Im NOT deaf!"
she said with slight anger making her nose turn red.
He let a sigh of
relief but nevertheless he glared back at her "oh then.. welcome back to earth!
How was your trip to mars? Found your fellow aliens?" he asked her with mocking
sweet tone.
Her lips suddenly
formed the 'O' shape ready to retort! What the hell did he think of himself?
Isn't being so handsome is his biggest mistake that he started insulting me?
ME? Hmph!
"well for your
information.. I tried searching for you there.. but your friends told me you're
here.. howz that?" she asked fluttering her eye lashes.
"YOU!!..." he said
pointing his finger at her. but her eyes was staring at something behind him.
he turned around to see those men glaring at her. and so he glared at them
back!
She suddenly hid
herself behind him peeping slowly at those woman-hungers! They seemed to be
taken back seeing the guy with her. and The guy was well 6 feet tall, with
muscled body tone, broad chest that seemed like huge wall! Haha! Take that you
ass-holes she said mentally to those men. And those men turned around and
walked off. With one look at the guy who had supported her and they left
cursing their fate!
She breathed relief.
Thank God! She smiled, turned around and sat on the small wooden bench that
stood at the edge of the bus-stand. The whole bus-stand seemed like an open air
hut! Oh so smart she was! She hadn't noticed that she was standing in a
hut-turned-into-bus-stop all long. The wooden bench in which she sat wasn't that strong
either! It shivered as soon as she had sat on it. But her weight didn't kill
the bench so may be it wouldn't break. She thought. The rain drops started
falling upon her head, she looked up and found that the oh-so-lovely-bus-stand
had leaking roof! Anyways she didn't mind it because she was happy that she
wasn't in any danger now.
"atleast you could have had some courtesy to thank me!" he said. She looked up
at him. he bit his tongue. Well he didn't mean to say that out loud.
Before she could
mutter thank you their eyes locked again. He was so irresistible. She was
really finding it tough time to hold her breath in pace. Around him her tongue
seemed to knot itself and thus holding her from muttering anything!
"and there she goes
again into her whatever-land it is!" he said looking annoyed. He wondered why
does she have to check him out every now and then? He wasn't Brad Pitt for god
sake! It made him blush and all thanks to those fair cheeks. He had to protect
his ego and pride didn't he? His only option was some nasty comment.. and her
mind would get diverted. But every time she checked him out he got complete
freedom to check her out too. he didn't want to miss that either. But if he
starts checking her out then.. umm wouldn't that be creepy? What would be the
difference between him and those men who were gawking at her? damn! But but..
her eyes.. her eyes that's hiding behind her black and white specs is soo
captivating. The way her eye lashes flutter makes his heart-beat go into a
completely different tune than the usual lub-dub. She wasn't as fair as him.
may be because of that he couldn't see her blush? How he wished he would go so
close to her to see if her blushes were visible! Damn! Without any make-up not
even a lip-gloss or eye shades or any other, she looked beautiful! Take that my
dear sister Sanju! You waste all your time infront of the mirror to impress
your oh-so-dear-baby boyfriend! You should learn something from this fairy!
Gosh.. she is a natural beauty.. the quote seems so true "beauty lies in the
eyes of the viewer!".. those lips.. it wasn't rosy coloured or light red.. it
was somewhat light shade of maroon-pink.. she kept making her lips wet every
now and then. For once he wished he would suck them.. OH MY GOD! W*F is he
thinking? He sounded creepier than those stupid men. DAMN! CONTROL DUDE!
CONTROL!!
"what? What did you
say?" she asked him narrowing her eyes!
"nothing.. I was
asking your name.." he said in sugary sweet tone that was clearly mocking at
her.
She turned her head
to the side and then looked at him raising the eye-brows
"why should I tell
you?" she asked him.
What? His intentions
were just to know her name. after all he had rescued her from those men didn't
he? Its not that he would search her in facebook or something! Well that was
exactly what he was going to do! didn't he?
"I am sure you want
my name so that you can find me in FB isn't it?" she asked again.
He looked at her
unbelievingly! Did she read his mind or something he wondered!
"oh! Are you
considering yourself to be some Miss.Universe eh? Because let me tell you for
your information You Are Not! I am seriously not interested in knowing anything
more about you. have you ever looked at yourself in the mirror? Bhootni Lagthi ho Bhootni!" he said
stretching the last words.
Her lips formed "O"
shape again but this time nothing came out of her mouth. Shit! Did he hurt her?
OFCOURSE YES! damn him.. he had heard similar dialogues in movies and then he
just recited to her to save his ass before she really knew why exactly he
needed her name! damn him!
"listen i.. didn't.."
and but then the damage was already done..!
"aww its okay.. even
you aren't Brad Pitt your-self.." she smiled.
This time it was his
turn of forming "O" shape with his lips. Did She Really say that?
"oh that's why you
were checking me out eh?" he asked narrowing his eyes. if she started it then
he wouldn't end It so easily. For once she seemed to be taken aback.
"yeah I was actually
wondering from which planet have you come! You didn't seem like the one from
this earth!" she said.
"haa! look who is
talking the one who knows nothing but day dreaming?! If I hadn't come then those
men would have.." he stopped in mid-sentence. He shouldn't have brought this up
oops!
Her face seemed to
soften a bit. "thank you.." she said.
He looked at her "what
did you say?"
"I said thank you! don't
think I am one of those who don't use the three magical words thank you, sorry
and please!" she smiled sarcastically. "really thanks for helping.." she smiled
this time a genuine one and held her hand forward. He shook her hand with
smile.
"so now you can tell
me your name?" he asked to which she laughed.
Before she could say
the bus had come..
"well.. i have to
go.." she said walking towards the bus..
"but your name?" he
asked again.
"if we meet next
time.. I will tell you.." she said and climbed the bus. Leaving him behind who
was chuckling at their strange meet.
She sat in the window
seat. It all seemed like a dream. Did she really have the Filmy-First-Meet with a guy who was So hot that she can die to see
him hundred times ???? did she really go all gaga staring at him? did she
really stammer not knowing what to say? did she really feel that hair-flying thing before a Guy
approached her. and he wanted her name too? OMG! WTH! Shit shit shit! Please
tell me I am not dreaming? she thought.
She saw him sit in
his bike and drive away towards that lane that led to the apartments. May be
was from that locality.. which meant he was rich? Shit! Did he really come to the
bus-stand for her sake? She wondered.
Will they meet again?
So Crush No 50. The Rich Tall & Handsome!
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nams! 😛
Edited by ..nams.. - 10 years ago
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