Page 13: Monday, 29th October 2007

I met Chocolate on Wednesday, the 5th September, which also happened to be Teacher's day! ;) 

It was a very sporadic meeting, I was in my classes at one end of Connaught Place, she was returning from her office. She just texted me randomly that she had taken the Metro. 

I was I. 

I took the hint. Bunked the rest of the lecture, ran all the way from this side of Connaught Place to the Rajiv Chowk Metro station. I got security etc. done, got in the queue, changed the metro line, to be ready for her and bump into her *by chance*. I did actually bump into her. 

She got really happy, her face lightened up, and perhaps so did mine. Her face glowed as if the entire weariness of the day left her in a moment, like she had a drop of the divine nectar from the fountain of youth, like a thousand suns glowed together! All this while the 8:00 P.M rush at Rajiv Chowk was surrounding us. We got down at the same station, and if her dad was not there, I was sure I would have asked to drop her on my two-wheeler. Figuratively, I did drop her home, as I was following their car till her home, as the route was nearly the same. It was overall a very romantic encounter, but for my slip of tongue and her over-thinking. I said something about not getting attached to old things, and she assumed I was talking about old connections / the sweet, cherished ones included, especially after whatever transpired amongst us after that poem.  

My routine included a lot of coaching classes, with the day beginning as early as 4:30 AM to reach classes at 6:00 AM. I could not find time for myself, forget about my hobbies and passions.

It was one of those days when I was in the midst of one of those classes at around 9:00 AM, when there was a Call-Message-Call-Call from her. (Those days we were on EDGE / 2G network only, which was pretty spotty at most parts of Delhi). This was sooo not her. Man!! What's the urgency? What's so urgent? I walked out from the class to hear her almost about to cry. 

"Where the hell ru .. y r u so not in touch man.. jo banda roz msg kare n suddenly not in touch......." blah blah...

Today, am happy- I lived well enough that she is missing my presence... I mean there is someone actually to cry if I m dead rite away.. but as I said:

I have not lived and I dare not die.

Whatever, her sis gettin married... n she too :( :( :( how, how I wish I cud let her kno to wait fr me... I kno I m short of time but jus one yr is all I want [ok, by Jan, 2009 in all likelihood] anyhow, somehow.. just gimme sm time yaa, and let me kno tht I have been granted such time ...