Story Time!

Day 2,563, 01:57 • Published in India Croatia • by Vijayakrishna

I am not great with English, please excuse me for any mistakes.



If someone said that I would be missing my town this badly a year back, I might have laughed at them. Being away from home for little less than what might be a year, really made me miss it.


As I saw through the train window, sight of mountains which indicated that I was near to my town brought a smile on my face and a pleasant feel in my heart. My friends wedding is in a few days and I knew I would cover most of the city for the wedding shopping and last minute preparations.


I could still feel the student streak in us and hardly a year out of college, he is going to tie knot with his 4 year girl friend. When he announced it, though I was aware of it, we could not help wondering if he was rushing it. While I was happy for this idiot, I was also a bit jealous at his luck in finding a great person as his life partner.


In our gang of 6 members, we both instantly became close, being from same town played it part it in.
Today, he is the punching bag for our jokes, I was thankful that I am sparred for being single.
I might be the odd one out of the group, the only one who had no girl friend, in the age where having a girl beside you by the time you are 20+ something, this could be a crime which had no mention in IPC. I just could not find a girl who was worth the effort.



As the marriage day approached, we spent many nights with less sleep and more chatting and preparing and checking and double checking and triple checking, oh it was better to convince the manager for the leave.
At times I can not decide if it is good luck or bad luck not to have a female voice filled with authority given by your love ordering you around to do things. All my friends had one in their girl friends.


The wedding began, everything was in place, our days of hard work reflected in the arrangements, as I dared them not to come near the wedding venue, the couple were presently surprised with our arrangements, the delight in their face brought greater satisfaction than my first salary did.


As people started to pour in, I sat in the corner, feeling a bit tired. I did not know when I dozed off in the chair. The nap might have lasted for a few minutes and my phone rang, waking me.


It was one of my friends who could not find me, she was on the other side of the big hall and asked me to come. I got up, washed my face. As I entered the hall, someone dashed into me from side and fell down. It was a kid, might be 5 or 6 year old.

I had to hold the nearby bar to stop myself from falling down, as I tried to bend down to help the kid get to his feet, someone came calling his name and caught him by ear.


I don’t know why they blur the background and elevate heartbeat in (Indian) movies when lead pair meets but now I could take a guess now. I really could not hear what she spoke, even the fact that she was talking to me did not register in my mind. I just looked at her, as she took the kid away, I kept looking at her, when she turned back once for some reason, I found myself moving after her, her look just made me skip a heart beat.


I tried looking for her impatiently after I lost sight of her in the gathering,. Cursing my luck, I moved to my friend who called me. I neared her, when I noticed that girl, with the hair making waves according to her head movement, talking to my friend.

My friend introduced her to me, the girl recognized me and apologized, may be she did it last time too but I was not aware then, how did I miss such a sweet voice?!


As we extended our hands for a formal shake hand, my phone rang again and I was back in my chair, fresh from the nap . I checked the call to see my friend who asked me to come to her to the other end of venue hall. I quickly went to wash my face, this time, I did my hair too, walked back to the entrance looking far the boy in the side he hit me then suddenly someone dashed into me from opposite side.....