“Hey Pia...Where are you???I am at the station now. Where
are you??? Tell me please...”Mannu spoke, further chewing the half chewed food
piece in his mouth.
“I’m out of home to get a recharge coupon...Come within 5
minutes on the same street.”Pia said in a choked voice. Love had taught him to
really feel what she felt. From her insecure and broken voice Mannu could sense
how much tears she had shed since morning.
“Ok..Ok love...I’m
coming...You just be there...I’m coming.”And he ran hurriedly.
“Hmmm...”She said and without her saying he knew she was
crying.
Leaving the food plate behind, Mannu ran away towards the
auto-rickshaw with the same hope to see her, this time for sure. What a strange
day it was. Every time, he was trying to be near her and every time another
strange thing took him away. Mannu was sure that to reach her in 5 minutes he
needed a supersonic, but all that was available was a three wheeler. What next?
The race to see her began again. The watch showed 3 pm when he reached there.
He was 15 minutes late and unluckily a jeep from the other side just blocked
not only the street, but every hope.
No. Now he was sure that nothing could happen. He closed my
eyes to escape the moment. The ditches on the road bounced Mannu back and
front, but he was silent.
“kahan chalna hai
sahib?” The auto driver questioned Mannu. He was in angst as he had denied
entry into the lane, but Mannu insisted. He was murmuring something to himself.
“Turn back to the railway station.”
“Pachaas rupee aur
lagega.”
“Hmmm...turn back.”
It was 03:15pm when his cell phones’ cells came alive again.
1 New message from Pia.
“I dnt know what 2
say...I no i wuz wrong...I could do nothing 4 our love...4give me...but u no
Mannu I saw u 4 a second...U were wearing a white shirt n dat blue cap on ur
head was really a classy one...”
Mannu’s eyes widened and a smile came on his lips, battling
every hard feeling. Mannu had never told her about his looks and it was sure
that from somewhere she had seen him and somewhere she really existed where
today Mannu was unable to go. He read the message again and again. It gave him
a feeling that she really was a reality, not fiction. It was the time he was
sitting silent in the auto that she had seen him. Mannu exhaled and thanked
God. He looked at the skies above.
“The world was new and
the pain just flew, for I just knew, we still belonged to me and you.” Mannu
replied.
“I love you Mannu...I am so lucky 2 hav u as my love...I am sure no
one, NO ONE could have done this to c me 4 a second...I am all yours...my heart
beats 4 u n believe me my eyes always cry 4 u...I feel m d luckiest on d earth
for u belong 2 me...”
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