Disclaimer - Strictly Fiction.
This
shall pass too
A
thousand souls followed her like crazy wherever she went. She was a heartthrob of
many people in my office. Life drastically changed as I met her.Being a loyal
employee of my organization, only thing which I knew was work and nothing else.
A normal life with complete happiness is what I desired, but sometimes I fail
to understand this materialistic world. People here work for money and during
this process they fail to realize that there are many who expect a lot from
them. Expectation in form of time, love, presence and happiness. These 7 days
represent the plight of a man who met a girl, befriended her, fell in love with
her and finally got ditched and betrayed by her. Once upon a time in the year
2006, a guy met a wonderful woman who joined his project team, eventually their
bonding grew strong as days passed and many things happened between them. He
found a confidante in form of his mischievous 14 year old niece who played a
major role in his life, because of whom the girl gets attracted towards
him. She could be considered as the one
who was responsible for shortening his blissful love life to 7 days. 1 day is
enough to impress a girl, 2 days are enough to get her along, 3 days are enough
to win her heart and just one day is enough to shatter everything. It was a sunny
morning and it was the day when the devil in disguise entered my life. It was
one fine Wednesday of 2006.
Wednesday
– Day 1 – 14th June 2006.
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Being
a team lead, I was responsible for the successful deployment of the C++
components in the migration project allocated to us. After 4 months of
designing and coding, it was the day where the migrated components were ready
to be delivered. Two important events happened in my life. Firstly, my manager
was too happy with our team’s performance. He assured us a heavy increment and
the second thing which happened had influenced me in some or the other way.
“Anurag
and team please meet Anubhuti Sharma,” Our Manager introduced this new entrant
to our team.
“Hii
everyone,” she smiled and introduced herself.
“Meet
the captain of my team Anurag Chatterjee,”Mr.Bala introduced Anubhuti to me.
“Oh
sir,” I said with a straight face.
A
tall girl who looked beautiful. Dark hairs braided till her back, brown eyes
which were attractive due to heavy application of Kohl
and mascara, rosy cheeks and good fleshy lips
which was lipsticked with red .She was a complete package of happiness.
I stared at her eyes as she shooked hands with me.
“Anurag
Sir,” she said.
“Ermm!!
no Sir Vir please,” I said for once.
It
was the first time I’d met her but I had a strong feeling that I was craving to
meet her since long. We spoke for hours and we would not stop even a single
minute. It was a happy day in my life. It was a very long day. After long
gossip sessions with Anubhuti, I finally returned home. My sister had arrived
from Wellington and a warm hug awaited me. My elder sister who was my best
friend had come home to meet us. I was indeed pleased to meet my little niece Pinky
. Pinky was a cute bubbly girl who
entered her early teenage days.
“Mamu,I
was missing you since long,” Pinky kissed
me on my cheeks.
“Aww
my sweet little girlie, mamu missed you too,” I hugged her.
It
was the end of Wednesday and a fresh day waited for me. I got to learn many
things about this new girl in my team.
Thursday-
Day 2 – 15th June 2006
“Good
morning Anu,” a colleague of mine said to me.
“Oh
don’t call me so,” I warned him for once.
“Any
way Good morning dude,” I smiled.
I
was simply amazed to see that she was sitting next to me.
“Hey
Anubhuti,” I greeted her.
“Hey
Anu!,” she replied back.
“Anu!,”
I was perplexed .
“It
is such a sweet name, my friends used to call me so,” she said with a smile on
her face as she combed her hairs.
“Ok
then you can call me Anu too.” I smiled back at her.
After
few hours of work, I’d asked her out for a chai. Without any hesitation she
accompanied me. We went to Shankar’s shop where we used to smoke every day. Shankar
raised a cigarette stick as soon as he saw me. I refused and he learnt what I
meant to say.
“Anurag,if
you want you can smoke, I would be waiting here near the gate,”Anubhuti said.
“No
No, I don’t smoke at all,” I winked at her and ordered Shankar to get 2 cutting
chai for both of us.
“I
hate liars,” she replied back.
“Do
you always wanted to be an Engineer?,” she asked me.
“Not exactly,” I said.
“I
hate this profession,” she said.
“Actually,
I wanted to be a doctor,” I added.
“But
I could not clear my entrance exams ,”
"I scored 2 marks less and I was already behind by some 8000 ranks..So I couldn't secure that important MBBS Seat," I told her.
We
used to roam outside the Infosys campus quite frequently and would share jokes
.Day 2 was just another day for me. Nothing really happened.
I
reached home at 10 pm and my niece actually asked me something which she wanted
to ask since long.
“Mamu,
do you have any girlfriend?,” she asked this in front of my folks. Everybody
burst into laughter when she exhibited her innocence. I took her to my room and
planned to inform her everything about Anubhuti.
“Pinky ,
actually I like someone at office,” I said to my niece.
“UMM,
who is the lucky girl?,” she taunted.
“
Well she is Anubhuti,” I smiled.
“Anubhuti
and Anurag matches,” she laughed out loud.
“Ok
chill and its ok, don’t laugh too much…people downstairs would hear us,” I
requested her.
“Ask
her out Mamu,” she said.
“Oh
you think it would work,” I asked her.
“Oh
why not? But upfront we should know if she likes you too,” She said.
“And
how will we know that?,” I curiously asked her.
“Let
her talk to me,” She said.
“Oh
no that’s not happening,Okay?" I said.
“Please
Anurag mamu or else I would say to your Didi and your mommy,” she said.
“Oh No...
fine then I will plan something and maybe we could meet tomorrow,” I said to
her.
This
little brat had an important role to play in my life. I actually liked her idea.
Implementing this idea was the next big step to do and I was not sure about
what to do. Pinky planned to be the architect behind my love life. I
appreciated it.
Friday-
Day 3 – 16th June, 2006
Anubhuti
looked pretty as usual. She was wearing a pink suit. I smiled at her when I
took my seat.
“Hey
good morning Anu!,” She greeted me and said "You are looking smart”
“You
are too gorgeous and stunning,” I smiled.
Usually
in IT companies Friday is supposed to be fun. No one actually feels like
working. I told her about my little niece’s desire to meet her. She was bemused
when I told her about my niece.
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“But
why would she want to meet me,” she curiously asked me.
“No
I actually told her many good things about you and she wants to meet you,” I
said.
“Ahem,
Ahem, so when am I meeting her,” she asked me.
“May
be today tomorrow evening,” I said.
“So
what else? Another boring day and have to fill the timesheets again,” She said.
“It
happens,” I said.
After
working for few hours, we went out for coffee and roamed across the Infy campus
and left for home at 9 pm.
“Mamu,is
she meeting Pinky ?,” Pinky asked me
“Haha
yes she is..Hahaha,” I giggled.
“So,
all set to meet her for a movie tomorrow,” She said.
“What!!
Movie? yes yes why not?,” I replied.
“If
not then I would inform this to your Didi and your mommy,” she scolded me.
“As
you say deariee….” I smiled.
“Wonderrful……,”
she handed me the hide and seek biscuit which momma gave to her.
Friday
was the day 3 and I had got this feeling that I could impress her and may be
express my love for her very soon. Saturday was the day which created the
actual change. A different experience awaited this young Engineer from Infosys.
But altogether Friday was fun too….
Saturday
– Day 4 – 17th June ,2006
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I
always believed that love is an essential part of everyone’s love. Not everyone
is lucky to be loved. But you might not know when some special ones enters your
life and its painful when they leave you without informing you. But Anubhuti
was a wonderful girl and I liked her character a lot. She was there to stay..
As
planned I was waiting for her at the Fame Adlabs with my niece. We planned to go for “Casino
Royale”
“Beep.1
text message” my phone alerted me
“Hey
Anu,I will be up there in 15 minutes,” she had texted me.
We
both were waiting for Anubhuti.
To be continued....
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Excellent!.. It is interesting even though you told the story in one line :)
ReplyDeleteThese 7 days represent the plight of a man who met a girl, befriended her, fell in love with her and finally got ditched and betrayed by her.
Hah, I realized that now.... :D Thanks for coming
Deletepretty nice story. you have managed to keep the viewers engaged even when the post was getting longer. you have also kept the guessing element at the end to make sure for repeat visiting. nice.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the kind words
DeleteYou made this very stylish..! Even though, it is fiction, it reflects the author's taste. I liked this line a lot,
ReplyDeleteShe was a complete package of happiness.
Thanks much Ghazala!
DeleteI am all hooked, please write the next parts soon, although we all know the end :-0
ReplyDeletenext part will come soon.
DeleteEngrossing...! :)
ReplyDeletethanks :)
Deletehehe ... it somehow reminded me of Pyar ka Panchnaama :D
ReplyDeleteGlad that you think so...but this story was written way too before PKP was released :)
Deleteand i am now waiting for the next part ! Excellent !
ReplyDeletenext part will be posted soon TTT :-)
DeleteVery well written. Waiting for the Part II. :)
ReplyDeleteThank you so much Angel :) Next part would come soon..
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