It was a lazy Saturday afternoon and I was pretty much jobless. Staring at the ceiling and feeling the cool breeze I was singing myself a lullaby.
That was when suddenly my phone rang breaking the tranquility like a spear…
I lavished on my bed not even flitching my eyebrows…
After 7 years away from home I’m sensible enough to understand that my home landline doesn’t ring for me anymore
..(Sigh Sniff Sniff)Unlike my school days
..(haa those were the days)…When 9 on 10 calls were for me…
“Lazy Bum!!!!!!!!!!!!Do I have to run from the other end of the house to pick the call..???Why cant you do it…” bellowing mum…
I give her a lazy wave of my hand and prayed for peace…
“Lekhaaaaaaaaaa…Call for you”
For me??!!! I jump up…who could be it??Friend???Long lost crushes??? I run to the telephone excited…
I clear my throat and say a very sweet “Hellooo…”
“Hey Dumbs!!Its me G3”
“You.???Shucks… I thought….Anyways…whats up??”
“Ohh…you thought it was one of those jobless crushes??Come on darls there are a lot of prettier girls in town these days
..(She can be dead blunt sometimes)..Ya in case you got nothing to do come over…Mom has made something you like…”
“Yipeeeeeeee..”I banged the phone…Anything for food…
I change and run to her place….As I turned the corner to her place..I froze…The heavens have definitely been conspiring…That was him…To date the most handsome guy I had a crush on
…(That is if you could exclude Cruise,Pitt,Cage and Fraser)I could hear violins and suddenly remembered Shah Rukh and Sush in Main Hoon Na….
I could feel my heart in my throat when he flashed that brilliant smile..
Did some one say butterflies???I could feel some in my tummy..
He recognized me…I wanted to jump. Then I remembered I was wearing the most faded of all my T-shirts…
I was visibly shaken and managed a weak smile…
“Hey Pretty girl where have you been…Long time…Had missed having familiar faces around…”
(Eh…Did he say that??He was missing me..Well ehem ehem familiar faces include me also…)“Ohh was away with work..How bout you??”
For five minutes he kept talking bout his work and blah blah…
All I did was tilt my head and smile…And occasionally do that MadhuBala act of blinking my eyelids…I could see the street disappear…Saw just both of us…in a creamy rosy hue…I could hear the angels singing,stinging their harps…A song sweet and melodious…A cool breeze swept past us…
“Hey…You forgot you purse…!!!” A deep voice broke through the angel songs…
I shook myself back to realty…I saw a pretty thing trotting down the street....
“Hey thanks dear…Meet my wife Divya..You weren’t around when we got married…”
My eyes would’ve just popped out and looked like hanging icicles!!!
I swallowed hard..”Nice meeting you Divya..”
(rite..It was not the heavens but devils conspiring…grrrrr)
I could see him smiling down at her as I chimed in my weak introductions…I was barely listening while she went on their first meetings and marriage…
They were so much in love…
(Sniff sniff…)
As I walked back I said a silent prayer for their happiness and mine too..
(Can’t you see a halo around me and two wings sprouting???)
Some day a prince charming, me, white horse and off course angels singing…
P: S:
Bible says, Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife err “husband”.
