Lyrics One

“..Near, far, wherever you are

I believe that the heart does go on..”

I was a bit nervous today. I was trying to focus on, what I should say, as entered the cafeteria. The cafeteria was completely deserted today but it dint mind me. All I wanted now was her; I was searching for her amidst the empty tables and chairs. There she was, sitting near the window against the brightly coloured wall. She was in a spotless bright white salwar, admiring whatever was outside, with her loose hair making waves in the air. Slowly I moved past all the empty tables. She caught me at the corner of her eye while she brushed aside a strand of hair from her face. I smiled and she smiled back in acknowledgment. As the distance between us was going down, the pressure inside me started to rise.

“I love you” that’s it. When did I say that!?

She stood up in, a bit kind of, shock. I was waiting for some reply from her. A few silent anxious seconds passed when my world started to collapse, literally. The building, tables and chairs, vending machines, everything started to shake and vibrate. Then I heard a distant voice calling out “Sir? Sir?”

It’s when everything shattered, as I opened my eyes to find out my cute airhostess was standing beside me.

“Sir, can you please wear your seat belt. We will be on ground in about 15 to 20 minutes. Thank You”

I was still hazy, probably because of the shots of vodka I had before I went off to sleep. I had to wait for almost 3hours in Dubai for my connecting flight to Coimbatore. The jetlag, shots and sleep all made my mind go dizzy.

6 yrs and 7months ago

It was the last exam of the 6th semester. As usual I came out an hour before and waiting for others in the parking lot, our usual gathering spot. I was sitting relaxed on my bike with my legs stretching to the scooter next to me. I can’t get to see any of them for at least another 15minutes, but to my luck found one of my hostel mates, Ravi. We were talking about how the exams went and he started to give updates about which girl went out with whom stuffs.

“Excuse me” not the sweetest voice I have ever heard but once I turned the head, there she was. She was hesitant to speak anything further. No, it’s actually me, I couldn’t hear what she was saying. All I could see were her glossy lips moving up and down, her eyes wandering around and her loose hair flowing. That’s when my friend brought me back to the present.

“Dae.. Take your legs off her vehicle dude. What are you doing?” trying to make a statement of impression on her. She hurriedly took her scooter and off she went in a flash.

_

“Yaaru da athu?”

“Ethu?”

“The girl man, one whom I saw in the parking lot”

Everybody on the dining table was puzzled. So Ravi jumped in and came for the rescue. So, he started to describe about her, her scooter and things. The brain storming session started with everyone giving in their suggestions, opinions and clues and finally the verdict was out.

Name : Ria(Hmmm...Nice Name)

Dept : 2nd year IT(Damn!!How the hell I haven’t noticed her)

Stay : Day Scholar(Damn!! Damn!!)

Edu : 9 pointer(Damn!! Damn!! Damn!!)

Status : Single( :-D :-D :-D)

The sad part now is, it’s semester holidays from now on. Everyone was supposed to leave by tomorrow morning. Just then it struck me and I ran to the next room and barged in.

“Machi.. You said you were going to join some courses during the vacation right?”

Karthi was almost asleep. He was like “WTF! Why the hell is he worried about?” because am the sort of a guy who absconds once they utter the word vacation.

“Ya, why?”

“How about we both go together? We can go roam around in my bike and weekends will be lot of fun.”

“Dude, stop kidding. Pack your bags and leave; I need to get some sleep.”

“Do you at least know what course they are teaching this vacation?”

“Who cares. Are you going to join with or what?”

“Hello!! It’s you who’s going to join me.”

“Whatever. So, you and me, a month at college again. Wonderful!!” I left his room and was quite happily going to my room.

“Rahul, Ahmed wanted to see you. He’s on the roof top.”

“Ok da”

_

“Are you serious about this girl?”

“Still going at 1packet a day?”

“I asked you first.”

“Don’t know man. She took me by surprise. You know everything, I have never been into girls or anything. She seems special.”

“You dint even know her name when you saw her first. You saw her for about, what, a minute.”

“Hmmmm.. I don’t have an answer for that now but sure I will tell you one day.”

“It’s melodramatic man.”

I stood there without answers.

He put off the cigarette stub and said “After a month or year, you still feel the same then ‘Go for it’.” My heart has already said it.

Now

With the rows of light showing the way flight aligned itself to the runway. We touched down in a few minutes.

“Home, finally!” but still have another 3 to 4hours of travel remaining.

I had to get my luggage, finish of the usual security check and was out. Ahmed was waiting for me in the freezing cold. It’s close to midnight, mid December and in a coastal city like Cochin, ya, it ought to be cold.

“Welcome back home. You look almost the same.”

“Oh but you don’t seem to look as you were on your fb page?”

“It happens.”

“Hasn’t she come? She told she’ll be here to receive me.”

“She desperately wanted to be here but some blah blah blah from both of your families so she has decided not to come. Feel sorry for her.”

“Oh, then I better call her.”

“Let us first hit the road. We’ll do everything on the way” •