They say time flies when you are having fun . well , travelling in a desert with a caravan is an exciting adventure , was my idea . but on the very first day itself i realized that the idea was far away from reality . swinging back and forth on a camel with sun shining hot above your head sucks all the water out of your body and also the so called *FUN* ... no fun guarantees that time won't fly away and it's like am paralysed by it , stuck in here .
even after a journey of about 2 hrs we only managed to cover about 10 km's or so , but it was mid- day and we had to take rest . about 100 tents were hung near a small grove of acacia trees ... i saw a tent which was relatively big ... as i approached near the tent i saw goat skin hung on as a certain..
you know there is a lot many difference between a TIGER and a GOAT, even after they die .. like tiger skins are exotic and goat skins , well they smell a lot and are far away from what you call beautiful ... but i don't really want to get into that ... i wanted to enter the tent but the very thought of touching the goat skin made me sick , so i thought of turning back , after all getting sick in the desert is not a good idea at all .
having fun ? someone asked
fun my FOOT .. GO TO HELL ...i was about to say but saying this to the caravan leader's son would have meant disaster . so i chose another answer
why do you hang goat skins on tent ?i don't think this would cause any kind of offence and was a safe option which would also quench my curiosity .
well , summer in the desert is unbearable . parth said
oh thanks for telling me the obvious huh ! i thought in my mind .
the breeze is rare ...
okay so it's hot , breeze is rare any more insightful statement ? i wondered .
and when it comes we should take full advantage of it .
thank you parth ! it is hot , breeze is rare and yes we should take advantage ! just keep the obvious comments coming -_- i thought in my head .
so the goat skin helps to circulate the wind in the tent without letting in much dust and sand ..
okay now that had a science behind it .. but i couldn't get away with the smell or the skin .. i still think it was gross idea -_-... again i could not speak my mind...
yeah that's cool . i said
want me show you the way to your tent ? he offered ..
okaie ... i meekly followed him .
he told me to pick any tent .
wow ! now that is cool ... it's like being treated as a princess ... i remembered how we chose doll house ( me and ankit , yes ankit played with dolls , please keep it a secret cuz he will create another mellow if he comes to know about it) not as pretty as doll houses but tents are cute too ( of course if they don't have gross goat skins on them)
that one ! i said pointing at a small yellow tent near an acacia tree .
okay .. he said ..
we entered in the tent but the tent was already occupied by two men ... my face fell , i really liked that tent a lot , attraction at first sight ( towards the tent of course 😉) ...
i went out ...
you liked it ?
i nodded in response .
then you should get it .
how ? the tent is occupied .
we will ask the men to choose another tent . he said .
we went in again .
parth talked to the men in a language which i didn't understand . they seemed to be talking then arguing ,... the noise went up and up .suddenly one of the man grabbed parth's collar and punched him in his face .. parth drew out a sword out of no where and slashed the neck of the man in one go ... the other man seemed to get afraid and got out of the tent .
here you go . he said smiling ... all yours now
GOD ! the tent had blood all around . the head of the men lied in one direction and the body in another .there are times in your life when you are afraid and you scream and there are times when you are so afraid that you freeze it's like getting in an ice box and never getting out again.
bu...t ... hmmm ... it's ... it is so... so ... i chocked the words were not coming out of my mouth . you may think that am a little miss Mary who gets afraid at everything . but trust me , you would get too if you had seen the situation . i mean this man the so called friend had a sword all the time with him , and not just any sword the sword was real sharp and it was dammnn real unlike those mythological and historical shows on t.v. and GOD he killed someone , that is illegal right ? what would happen now ?
yeah i know .. it's a bit dirty ... he said as if everything was as normal as snow in Siberia . i will get it cleaned .
i wish you know how i felt ... i just wanted to get away from here .. from this man who had a sword and killed people .
i need to go ... i said . my friends are searching me . i did not even wait for him to say anything and ran away . for now , i was sure of one thing . they are damnn right when they say deserts are dangerous ...
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i saw randhir ... near the acacia grove which had a little pond around it .he was probably throwing pebbles in the pond , given that he's so immature i was sure he must be doing stupid things like this when i on the other hand just witnessed a murder scene... well anyway let me be honest and admit that i was happy seeing him maybe for the first time in my life .i somehow felt secure and safe around him ...
stop running ... i won't carry you if you get tired... he smirked
listen randhir ... please ... help me ... and i narrated the whole story to him about the tent and the sword and the murder . .
his reaction was complete opposite of what i thought .
he picked up a wooden stick from the ground and swirled it in the air pretending it to be a sword .
really ? killing with a sword ? i mean who uses swords these days . he was laughing .
i was shocked . i mean i knew he was immature but this immature i never knew .
CAN'T YOU SEE THE GRAVITY OF THE SITUATION ! you moron ... i said
he stopped swirling the sword and dropped it
yes ! gravity ...he pointed out to the sword as it fell on the ground . then he burst out laughing again.
randhir ! i said ... my eyes went glassy ... i could be called in the court you know am sole eye witness of a murder scene ...
randhir went serious ... but anyway he still looked flawless *_* ...
i hope you understand we are in the middle of a remote desert with no courts or police ... so as for now , you are safe .
it was then when i realized the gravity of the situation in which i was in .
randhir kept on saying some mature lecture which parents give to their children when they are like 10 ... it was like you should be careful and don't go out to play here and there and such stuffs well to be honest i wasn't listening anything...NUMB yeah that's what i was . although i was observing randhir at the same time ...jet black orbs like a moonless night.. GOD he has got real big attractive eyes . ... shit sanyukta what the hell happened with your brain ? randhir and attractive NOPE no ways ...
NO ! i shouted out of no where...
ye to suna tha ki desert me log pagal ho gate hai aaj dekh bhi liya ... came his sarcastic reply...
hmmm ... i did not know what to say ... i chose to be quiet as if i had never heard him ...
i got the room cleaned . came a voice from behind
oh ! its the sword guy ... randhir whispered in my ears ...
i hid behind randhir .. shit i know how stupid it was but i can't help ... he was the only person here i could trust .. and somehow i always felt safe around him ...
what happened ? parth said coming closer .
i shut my eyes .i did not know what randhir was thinking but i was hell scared . i think he figured this out and held my hand protectively . i made a tight grip over his hand . he patted my hand with his other hand to assure everything was okay .
you alright . parth asked ...
only if you get out of here i thought . ... yes i said
come i'll guide you ... he said . ... he did not even wait for approval and held my other hand .
i froze ... i did not know what to say ... how can i say NO to a person who just murdered someone because he said a NO to him .
she will go with me . i'll guide her . randhir said .
you want to go with him ? parth asked me
hell yes ! i wanted to say ...
hmm yeah if that's okay with you . i said
okay . he went away .
it's okay sanyukta . everything is all right .
we walked in some random direction . i was safe now and he knew it but neither of us minded walking hand in hand so we continued like that. i finally saw kaustuki and jiggy and vidushi and the rest of the dream team . i let his hand go at an appropriate distance so that no one sees us like this . vidushi loves gossiping and if she would have seen us like this she would have created such a scene and a whole lot of fuss.
thanks i muttered ...
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