Continuing...
Setting: Darkness drapes over the city of Mumbai. All is quite, except for the occasional whispers of the wind. The Rathore mahaal stands in all its glory overtowering a water fountain gushing out crystal clear water. Water falls, soothingly, encouraging dreams of sleep for the whole Rathore family. Everyone except a young man tossing and turning in one of the rooms within.
He tosses and turns till he starts to sweat despite the cool breeze drifting through his open window. Somewhere in the living room the clock rchimes declaring midnight.
Shourya: "Ufff..."
He grudgingly gets up, throws the covers off himself and gets off of the bed.
He stands for a minute rubbing his eyes and then ventures towards the full-length mirror standing in one corner. He looks at himself and sighs. An otherwise handsome boy with fine black hair, innocent eyes, and a playful smile, tonight he looks quite terrible. His eyes are bloodshot, his face weary, and his smile gone.
Shourya: "Mujhe neend kyun nahin ara ha hai?"
He looks at the clock on his dresser: 12:05 PM
He sighs and decides to sit on his bed; perhaps he will fall asleep soon.
But he is lying to himself and he knows it. He had been trying to catch some sleep since 10 and no luck. While his body welcomed sleep and relaxed, his mind had no intention of sleeping. Thoughts wandered back and forth in his mind, of tomorrow, of dance training, but especially of Niyati.
Anu had been so happy that day she had walked into the restaurent in which Shourya has been sitting, waiting for her.
Anu: "Shouurryyaaa!" she sang out.
Shourya looked up from his newspaper and smiled at her.
Shourya: "phirse late yaar"
Anu: "kamaal hai, why does everyone who knows me expect me to be early?"
Shourya smirked and shook his head.
Anu: "But since im so happy, ill say sorry, sorry shourya."
Shourya: "Anu? Are you okay? You're saying sorry? To me? What happened, tum ne kya lottery jiti hai kya?" he laughed.
Anu grinned.
Anu: "Even better! Kaal meri best friend, Niyati, arehi hai!!! Yaar, I havent seen since I left Jhodpur when we were 10!"
Shourya: "Acha! So she is visiting you?"
Anu: "Even better, she's joining our college in the Dance Academy section, in fact with you!"
Shourya: "Really? She must be a very good dancer if Mr.Suri gave her admission into our college"
Anu: "Good? Nope, she is the best!"
Shourya: "the best? I believe youre mistaking her for me"
Shourya winked at her.
Anu: "Janti hoon janti hoon, badmash khaike!"
She and shourya laughed.
Anu: "Vaise, I havent seen Niyati since we were 10..."
Shourya: "Kamaal hai, how will you recognize your best friend?" he asked teasingly.
Anu: "See this is why she is my best friend; she sent me her most recent photo right here!" she said as she took out a small picture from the book in her hand.
Anu: "She has grown up to be exactly as I had envisioned her to be: perfect."
Shourya: "Acha, let me have a look."
Before Anu could take the picture out of his reach, he swiped it from her hand.
Words suddenly escaped him.
Anu: "Cute na?"
Cute wasn't exactly the word Shourya had been thinking. He was thinking more along the lines of "breath-taking." The girl in his hand smiled up at him, a smile so reassuring that Shourya found himself being soothed. He could see black, straight fine hair surrounding her round pale face which was smooth and clear. But it was her pale green eyes that grabbed his attention. They were so clear that he felt that this girl was utmostly pure.
Anu suddenly grabbed Niyati's picture from his hand.
Shourya: "Hey...!"
Anu had already started walking towards the door but turned back and called out:
Anu: "See her in person on the first day yaar, I have to go do work, byeee..." she trailled off...
Shourya had never been able to recover from that glimpse of Niyati.
The wind broke his memories and he suddenly became aware that he was back in his room.
He smiles. He would be waiting to meet Niyati tomorrow.
Shourya: "But only if you let me get some sleep" he says to himself.
As though fulfilling his request, his mind relaxes and he lays down on his bed, this time falling asleep instantaneously.
More to come...later...
Edited by bollywoodfan - 18 years ago
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