We reached our Guest house, and I was lost in her thoughts. I went for a shower and freshed up. We have been allocated a Room on top floor and, Mom and other Lady batch were getting ready to go out for shopping and asked me to come with them.I don't know what's happening to me and I want to be alone, so I said "No!" and went up to the terrace and started roaming aimlessly . And my thoughts were roaming around her, what she would be doing now? Was she thinking about me or she isn't? where she would be? May be she would have gone out for shopping like all the usual girl's does! May be..Yes, May be she could be doing that. As girl's are too crazy about shopping whenever they come out for a trip. "Yes, may be I should give a try", I said to myself and ran downstairs to our place and said to mom excitedly, "Mom! I'll also come!". She was puzzled, "You said You wont come with us!" "But now I want to, I will be bored here, staying with old people. Please take me too.!",saying these words I squeezed her hand. "Ok ok, get ready! quick!!", she agreed. I know I am taking a huge risk for a small chance of finding her! But I'm too mad about her, to take any kind of risks.
We started at 7, and I realized that, I did a BIG mistake! Shopping with Ladies is the One of the worst things that a guy can do! They were going into every other shop and taking out items which ever looks flashy or new to them, will discuss about the price infront of the shop-keeper that it's not worth the price or it is delicate for us and they finally throw it on the shop-keeper's face or mine to carry it, if they bought it. I was nothing more than an unpayed porter carrying all the luggage and taking care of the kids who were running around. And mean while I searching inch-by-inch among the huge crowds for her. I searched and searched but cant find her. I even searched in the Restaurant where we had our dinner. Even then, no result and I felt like I was Lost.
On the next day, I offered my hair to Lord Venkateswara and went for Darshan. Even in the Queue, I was searching for her. But nothing is going in my way and I was losing my confidence slowly that I cant find her. By afternoon, I started not to think of her but it was very difficult to do that. We had lunch, while the Ladies went for shopping again and then asked one of us to accompany them for lunch. But none of us wanted to go and my dad forced me and my Brother-in-law, Ram to go and I left cursing him.
The restaurant was bit far from our guest house, so we took a Jeep and took them. Me and My Brother-in-law went for a walk. We passed through a bus stop and I SAW HER!!! Wow!! She is it!!! She is!!! I stopped suddenly and insisted Ram to stay in the bus stop and she started asking stupid questions, "why here, we'll go somewhere come! " and all.. But I neglected him and his words.
She was with her parents on the opposite bus stop. She saw me and that look of her Made blood rush through my veins and I started hear my heartbeat Harder, but she turned her gaze away! OOww She didn't recognize me!!? That thought drove me crazy! Why didn't she!? She forgot me?? I was completely lost! And I feel like the World around me is sinking! I started thinking why? What happened? Oh Lord why is this happening?!!! I cried loudly, holding my head. Lord! Lord! Lord Venkateswara!! OHH shit! My head was shoved ! Scratching my clean head..Oh my God!!! That's why she isn't recognizing me!! and even I'm running out of time. If my Mom and batch finishes their lunch, we have to leave, before that I have to make her know that Im Pradeep! and had to take her her contact or give mine.
I tried to look at her but she started looking away. What to do, what to do!! How..How..! How can I do this!!! Hmm..yes Only thing I might try is, The game we played with our fingers like a man walking on the railing. I starting trying it..I wanted to her to look at me and at times she looked at me..and I showed her the game that we played on the day of our journey! She looked at it, and she was thinking what was this guy doing?!! She kept on seeing it and she looked into my eyes and smiled at her doing some gestures with my hands, and then I dragged the cap on Ram's head and placed it on my head and tried to make her to match my image. She recognized me and she said an OOO! hey you!!! expression and laughed at my try to show her that its ME! haha.. At the end she did! hushhh.
I think she was waiting for a bus, and now I can see that she was very tensed that her bus may come at any time. pii piip! We heard a horn and both looked at the coming vehicle ,praying that it shouldnt be hers and it was a lorry. That was a sigh of relief for us and we both smiled. Mean while my Batch has arrived and were looking for our bus. This is it! This could be the end or the Last chance for me! I took my mom's purse and searched for pen and paper and wrote my mobile no. on it pretending to my mom as if i was talking on phone and noting some friend's number. I know, that our bus that we should get on, was too frequent and will not take more than 5 mins. I looked at her and said with my gestures that it was my ph no. that i wrote it on the paper and pipipipipippppppppp, I heard the horn and this time its my bus and I looked at her and smiled at her. I wrapped a small flower in that paper and got on bus took a window seat that was on right side and i again signaled her that this was my number and the bus started. I saw into her eyes and throwed that into her bus stop. She saw me and smiled back, and said,"Byee.." and we were apart now!!!
(To be Continued..)
