Thursday, December 27, 2007

One day, on one of his usual tours, as his car lazily crawled through the overcrowded tiny town road, he casually looked over his shoulders, at the passing crowd, just then he was struck. He couldn't think clearly, his heart was beating badly, that numbness returned to his head. When was the last time he felt that numbness, he thought, the answer was quick, almost seven to eight years ago! He wanted that feeling to last, but it was gone as soon as it came. He came to senses, and hurriedly looked back, he couldn't see her. He couldn't even recollect her face completely, her thoughts fogged his mind, he had just seen a glimpse of her, and those weird feelings rose in his heart.

He suddenly became conscious of the driver looking at him in the rear-view mirror, he straightened his face and rose the paper he was reading, to his face, although he could barely make out what was written. The girl's face kept coming back to him, he started thinking of her, she must be in her late teens maybe 17 or even 18, and he was 23, he thought to himself, was it a crush which he had at that girl, the minute he saw her, or was it something else? His heart pumped in its little cage, as he tried to cherish the feeling which had just possessed him.

He reached the city, and completed his work, he eagerly waited to return. It was almost dusk, when his car reached the little town again. He tried to look at many places at one time, he was looking for a blue sweater which the girl wore, he was silently hoping, praying in his heart, that he should spot the girl again. What he would do, if he spotted her? His mind questioned him, he hadn't given thought to that yet, he just wanted to catch another glimpse of that girl. How he wished, his car punctured, or got stuck in a traffic jam, so that he would have enough time to look around, and may just spot the girl.

But none happened, the car moved quickly out of the town, but he kept quite alert till they were at the outskirts of the town, looking around, against the tiny little voice in his head, which suggested, that he would never see her again.

He rested his head at the seat, he wanted to close his eyes, but as if his eyes were frozen, he couldn't close them, his gaze fixed at the window of the car, looking at the road.

His heart confronted him with another weird feeling, he cursed himself, for being mature, how he wished he still had a teenager's heart, where he could have done without knowing, that somehow somewhere he felt stupid, and that he was a grown up adult now. He leaned back and smiled, and thought, that may be hearts were meant to play such stupid pranks! The girl's sweet face filled his mind again!

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

Amazing! I want to know if and where you got the plot idea, cause even though its your writing that makes it beautiful, i feel its too close to someones experience and trust me i know :-).

Kakshi said...

Hi Maverick...
I know where you are hinting, but trust me, he never confronted me with such deep feelings of his,in spite of being his best friend!
Although, I feel that this is a story which one of us must have experienced at some point or the other! Hence, anyone can relate to it! :)
-Shweta

Maverick said...

"Trust me I know" - was referring to myself :-P..

No Clue said...

Hey!! Am sure...everybody would have felt this ways sometime or the other.. just the way you describe it makes it soo special... It's always refreshing to read your stories.. can relate to it in more ways than some.. i dunno if this is the TS effect or what :P

but, I love this feelin of familiarity that you get from random strangers...

Kakshi said...

Thanks TS..
Well.. I guess the TS effect adds to it.. :D

Anonymous said...

ohh yea u can always relate to it... :P

Kakshi said...

Ya.. I kw..

Anonymous said...

Really liked this story :)
You're pretty good at short stories

Kakshi said...

Thanks Neha :)