The Girl I met.- A Short Story !
I met a girl, a couple of months back. Though it wasnt a real meet, and I felt quite uneasy meeting her at first, Now it seems like I was meant to meet her in my life.
She was innocent, a kinda dumb, and had a good heart after all. I was amused at the very talk of hers. She talked like a child. She was moreor less of my age. I could find some kinda mystery unfolding in her wide eyes. Even when talking abruptly, her eyes were searching something, as if trying to figure out what I had in my mind!
Our meetings were few at first. I tried to avoid that girl cause I found it pretty difficult to tolerate her silence, innocense and mysteries.
But destiny had something else in hand! We started meeting frequently. There was'nt an urge to meet her anytime. Still we met. And on all those meetings she allured me!
A kinda attraction to her, made me an avid listener of her innoscent chatter,in due course. She loved someone. A guy. Thats all I know. It was love that mattered to me! Love? How could she fall in love?
It never happened to me! Was it a kinda curiosity or a kinda jealousy that made me stayed glued to her all these months , I really wonder! :)
We met every evenings. My faded life started getting coloured with her laughter and innocense. She used to bring with her white Rose Flowers. I always loved the colour white. And white rose flowers, I could die for them. A half an hour talk with her a day, could lighten up my life.
With the dusk setting in, the guy she loved would come and they would return together. I loved watching them walking away to the farthest, together! They were happy with each other.With all those meetings I had started to like her. I cared for her. One day I asked her, what if that guy leaves you? What would you do?
She replied innocently. 'I trust my love. He wont leave me. When I have faith in my love, why on earth would I think of sometrhing thats never gonna happen? ' The smile on her lips still lingers a warmth in my mind.
Blind faith! I wondered. How could one have such a blind faith on people? I never trusted people like that. I never dared to go beyond my streams. I always did things on a safer zone.
But here was a girl who was exactly opposite to my thoughts and whims. And what mattered was she was happy unlike Me!
My thoughts and premonitions on loving and being loved was premature. I never even dared to experience it. May be there are much more for me to learn.
She was silent that day. A kinda silence that made me uneasy unlike any time before. She sat before me, bow headed. I could see tears rolling down her cheeks. My heart ached. I always felt tears, as a sign of weakness, I hardly cried. I can exactly remember on what all occassion I did shed my tears.
But this girl whom I hated atfirst, had grabbed quite a good place in my heart. With out me knowing, her innocent talks and wide mysterious eyes had started ruling me. And I eventually had started caring her.
I asked her what the reason was. Whether I could do something to lighten her up,. She just smiled. And said, 'I dont know. I am yet to figure it out.'
That day she went much earlier. She handed me a note while leaving and asked me to give it, to that guy when he turns up.I watched her walking away to the farthest, all alone. A strange kinda premonition told me that, it was our last meet, and my heart ached like anything, for no reasons. That day was skeptical. I was disturbed to the core. I waited till dusk on that wooden bench. And that guy didnt turn up.
I couldnt resist the urge to open up that note. It just said four words. 'I still Love you.'
That ached my heart more. I never knew what was love. What it meant, How far one could love, nothing. Still my hands shivered.I tried to recollect her face. And the more I tried, it was tougher. How could I just forget her face? The uneasiness I felt, grew beyond words with the night setting in. On bed I could just feel a tear trip down my cheeks.
Sleep just grabbed me in some seconds. That girl, my mind was full of that mysterious girl who walked all the way alone.! I tried hard to recollect her face, the weary outline of her face, those wide eyes, loosened hair, and there she sits...before me, bow headed! I just went closer to her to see her face clearly. With my hands I just lifted her sober face. I was shocked! It just resembled ME!
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