Part 9
Tumsa mile jo koi rehguzar
Duniya se koun dare
Chaar kadam kya saari umar
Chal doongi saath tere
Did I just say that!?
I wish I had... things would have been different today...
Today!!! Yeah...today...its been 11 months and 3 weeks since I met My Ajnabi.
And all I have been doing since then is waiting!
Yeah you heard it right. I have been waiting.
And if you think that I am going to say I just hate waiting, then you are totally wrong.
I don't hate waiting anymore coz I can wait for My Ajnabi all my lifetime.
I look into my phone every few seconds although there is nothing interesting in it.
I don't hate my phone either.
Wonder why? Because it is the only means I can reach My Ajnabi.
That day before catching my train we decided to exchange our numbers although our identity was kept secret. We had decided that he will remain an Ajnabi for me and I will be Anamika (i.e. Anonymous) for him.
I scroll through my call logs and messages expecting a missed call or missed message from an unknown number.
My Ajnabi is an unknown number for me. Not because his number is not saved for I wanted to conceal it from my family but because I actually do not have his number.
You must be thinking how is it possible that I don't have his number when we had decided to exchange our numbers right?
How could you all forget that luck was not favoring me that day!
When I asked for his number he said that his job demands traveling and that is why he keeps on changing his number and because he got the new sim recently he doesn't remember his contact.
We then made a deal that he would save my number and give me a missed call.
We did as planned. But...
You remember I had run out of currency while talking to Akka?
Yeah! That's the reason I could not get his number saved.
He did give me a missed call but for the call to get connected I needed to have currency on my phone as I was supposed to be charged for an incoming call.
I wished the train to be delayed by another 4 minutes rather 4 hours (Hidden motive: Another Chaar Kadam with him
) so that I could get my phone recharged. But you see Indian railway is unpredictable and again my luck was not favoring me either, the train arrived.
This usually happens. When we want the train to be on time it will never arrive and when you want it to get delayed it will miraculously reach on time...huff...I just hate trains.
Actually I don't
because it is the train because of which I met My Ajnabi.
You think I am crazy? That's what my sisters think about me.
So did I see the Psychiatrist? No I didn't although my sisters were adamant I see one.
Why? You will come to know.
And what about my appointment with the Neurologist, Cardiologist etc?
Well I didn't actually have to see them cause #Self Declared Specialized In All Doctor Mihika diagnosed my problem.
She said I was infected by Love Virus and there was no remedy to this deadly disease other than getting married to the one who had given me the Virus.
I will always be grateful to my lil sis for she saved me a lot of money as it would have charged me thousands to see the doctors on my list.
Although I am never convinced with her silly diagnosis, this time I was pretty convinced.
What is more surprising is that Akka was convinced too and she volunteered to talk to Amma Appa about the proposal and convince them somehow.
Let me take you to the flasback...
Akka: "I am so happy for you Ishu...tujhe finally tera Ajnabi mil hi gaya"
Miku: "Dekha Akka maine kaha tha na kisi din koi ajnabi apka hath thaam lega...Isiliye kehti hun meri bhavishyavani ko kabhi underestimate mat karo"
Me: "Maangaye babaji. Hum dhanya hogaye apke darshan paa kar"
Mihika raised her hand like a Baba and we three had a good laugh.
Akka: "Ab wo sab jaane de ye bata ke ladka karta kya hai?"
Me: "Ye bolo ke kya nahi karta. He is an all rounder Akka. He is a Mind Reader, Singer, Poet, Heart Charmer Etc Etc Etc" I said dreamily.
Mihika nudged me "Ohho koi apne Ajnabi ki tareef karte nahi thakta"
Akka: "Wo sab to theek hai Ishu. Par karta kya hai? I mean for livelihood"
Me: "Wo to nahi patha. Maine poocha nahi, usne bataya nahi"
Akka: "Kya? Amma Appa ko to batana padega na ke wo kya karta hai. Chal koi baat nahi. Patha karlenge. Ye bata ke rehta kahan hai?"
Me: "Mere dil me"
Mihika: "Ye to lost case hai Akka. Psychiatrist ke paas le chalo"
Akka: "Ishu tu pagalo jaisi bat karegi to mai pakka tujhe Psychiatrist ke paas le jaungi. Seedhe seedhe bata rehta kahan hai"
Me: "Nahi patha" I gulped.
Akka: "Kya ye bhi nahi patha? Naam atha patha kuch bhi nahi janti aur bas chal padi uske sath?"
Me: "Yahi to deal tha na Akka Bin pooche mera naam aur patha..." I started singing replaying the moments in my mind.
A pat rather a slap on both my cheeks broke my trance "Kya hai?" I said annoyed for bringing me out of the lala land.
AKKA: "Bahar aa ja apne sapnon se. Ye koi mazak nhi hai Ishu. Tu uske bare me kuch nahi janti. Na tere pas uska koi ata pata hai. To mai Amma Appa se kya kahungi?"
Me: "Akka jab wo mujhe call karega tab mai usse sab pooch lungi"
Akka: "Tujhe lagta hai wo call karega?"
Me: "Haan 100%"
Akka: "Ek hafta hua tujhe Bangalore se laut ke. Ab tak to kiya nahi usne. Kab karega?"
Me: "Busy hoga shayad. Jab time milega tab karlega"
Akka: "Agar nahi kiya to?"
Me: "Mai intezar karungi"
Akka: "Kab tak?"
Me: "Zindagi bhar"
Akka: "Ishu bachhon jaisi baat mat kar. Ye koi khel nahi hai. Grow up Ishu. Tujhe kya patha ke uske dil me kya hai. Kya patha wo tere sath time pass kar raha tha?"
Me: "Aise mat bolo Akka. I know he loves me"
Akka: "Usne kaha tujhse?"
Me: "Nahi...par..."
Akka: "Usne apne bare me tujhe kuch nahi bataya. Tera number liya par tujhe abhi tak call nahi kiya. Ye sab to isi bat ki taraf ishara kar raha hai ke wo Sirf flirt kar raha tha. Akeli ladki dekh kar fayda utha raha tha"
Me: "Akka please...Don't be judgemental...Agar use fayda hi uthana hotha to wo mujhe kiss karne se kyun rokta? Wo chahta to kuch b karsakta tha aur mai use karne bhi de deti but usne aisa kuch nahi kiya. So please uske bare me aisi waisi batein mat karo"
Akka: "To tu ab us Ajnabi keliye apni Akka se ladegi?"
Miku who was a silent spectator of our war of words intervened. "Ek minute. Ishu Akka Vandy Akka ki bath kuch had tak sahi hai"
Me: "Ab tu bhi mujhe nahi samjhegi Miku?"
Mihika: "Akka mai ye nahi keh rahi hun ke aap galat ho. Aap donon apni apni jagah par sahi ho. Vandy Akka humein judgemental nahi hona chahye. Ishu Akka ko thoda time do. Kya pata tab tak uska call ajaye?"
Akka: "Theek hai. Par meri ek shart hai"
Me: "Kaisi shart?"
Akka: "Mai tumhe 2 maheene ka waqt deti hun. Agar 2 maheene me us Ajnabi ne call nahi kiya aur apne bare me sab kuch sach sach bata diya to mai khud Amma Appa se bat karke teri shadi usse karwa dungi. Lekin agar usne call nahi kiya to tujhe us ladke se shadi karni hogi jise Amma Appa ne tere liye choose kiya hai"
Mihika: "Par Akka..."
"Mujhe manzoor hai "
Did I just say that!?
--------------------------To be continued----------------------------------
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Edited by maanvir - 11 years ago
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