“Dude give me 100 rupees immediately”, John requested to his best friend Imran.
“Oh ok, but what happened”: Imran
“I’ll tell you later”: John
“She is waiting for me. She is with me…. Can you imagine
“{Surprised and excited tone}
“Oh are you serious?”, Imran to John.
Imran still didn’t believe, so he, after giving 100 bucks,
spied on him.
John, meanwhile, ran off to food vender that was placed near
to the entry gate of the school.
Left with very less time to spend with her.
She demanded something to eat. And it was the first time she
asked him something. Unfortunately, John didn’t brought money that day. But,
lucky enough to have a friend like Imran; borrowed from him.
“Thanks-bye”, only this much John could say in hurry.
Last winters was the last time John met her.
“What if she doesn’t recognise me?’’, the only fear he had
those days.
Senior secondary students are usually very frank, unlike
John, who was very shy until schooling ended.
“OMG.. Hiii.. looks like I know know… Have we met before??”
– This is how Suman greeted him when saw him in the corridor.
John got blank!
He had no idea what to say. But, not for long he could hide
his excitement.
“Hiiii.. Can’t believe it’s you. How are you?”, John
replied.
“I’m good, nice. It’s so nice to see you”, Suman said.
They spoke for 5 more minutes when she started to feel
hungry and asked him to get her something.
Twenty past one, the needle indicated in his wrist watch.
Though he wished to stay with her for the rest 10 minutes remaining in the
lunch break, but couldn’t say no to her either. So, decided to consume less
time to get the food stuff and consume more time stand next to her.
Those 10 minutes felt like time bomb.
He moved towards cafeteria, but suddenly realised that he
had not money. Fortunately, Imran showed up on his way. That’s exactly when he
asked for money to Imran: “Dude give me 100 rupees immediately”.
In the queue of canteen, he already lost about 3 minutes.
Shouted for his turn; even canteen owner was surprised to see him shouting as
never saw him that way.
In 5 minutes, he was able to get a pack of Potato Chips and
ran in speed.
‘Another minute was taken in stairs’
4 minutes felt in total; which felt very short.
“Hey, you got late, I think break is going to over anytime”,
Suman while holding Chips pack.
John was all sweating. Angry on the situation. Wanted to
kill the Peon that day, who rang the bell.
Those 4 minute he didn’t talk really, just looked at her,
into her eyes, her way of eating those spicy chips. It was a big pack; he knew
she won’t be able to finish it in 4 minutes.
“I’ll keep it in the bag and will eat it later”, said Suman.
“Sure”, John replied. And both left for their respective
classes.
Next day:
Bell rang. Lunch break started. Did not even wait for a
second, just started to walk towards her classroom.
Thought of seeing Imran before to see her.
“Hey, how are ya… you saw her?”, John to Imran.
“Oh looks like someone is in love”, Imran replied.
“I gotta go, I don’t want to waste even one minute”, John
said.
“ok.. but what are you holding?” Is it potato chips pack?”,
Imran asked.
“Yeah!”
“Look I’ll catch you later”, said John and ran off.
Since bell rang about a minute ago, there was not much crowd
outside. Everyone was still in their respective classrooms.
Waited for couple of minutes for her, outside her classroom.
Nobody came, surprisingly!
John then asked, about her, to a random guy from her class.
“oh Suman? She is absent today”, he replied.
“What?”
“Absent?”
“How come?”, “okay… no issues. Thanks”, John acknowledged.
[In low tone]
He then threw the chips pack in the dustbin & left the
place. [Sad mood]
** END **
#know-life-better
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