and nothing more i seek from you.........
now a days whole of my time goes into thinking,
for this beautiful gift........how could i repay you.
At the touch of your love.......followers have blossmed in my heart,
and day and night, with their sweet fragrance,
they keep on cheering me and i keep on thinking,
for this sweetness in my life........what could i share with you.
At the touch of your love.......my heart and eyes,
have opened to a new dawn and i am able to see the life,
in the ways i had never seen and i keep on thinking,
for this newness in my life.........what new could i present to you.
At the touch of your love........i have become admirer of life,
every moment now i am happy, and i keep on seeking,
more and more light and life, and for this transformation in me,
i keep on thinking.........what could i do for you.
Sometimes there comes a certain period of time that changes your life forever. Samrat Shergill who is heartbroken, whose life has become a complete mess due to his brother's wild parties, is slowly coming to track.......
How.........who is responsible for this change....
Dedicated to all my friends whose inspirations motivate me to write........
PART: 1
"Are you sure you're gonna be okay?" Mom asked us, worriedly, while dad was packing everything in the taxi. Sid and I exchanged a look. "I can always call Mayank. I'm sure he'll be glad to stay with you two for this couple of weeks...."
It was obvious she didn't have much confidence in us. She hated both of us, but really loves our elder brother Mayank, who already had four years of marriage with his lovely wife Nupur.
I couldn't blame her considering how the things had happened the last time they left us alone.
Sid and his wild parties'''..freak
"Mom, for the eleventh time, we gonna fine. It's not like we are ten years old, we can take care of ourselves," said Sid, rolling his eyes.
"Okay, I got it," she smirked.
She gave each of us a hug and then, walked away. Dad approached us and did the same.
"Behave yourselves, guys," he said giving us a warning glare.
"Of course we will," Sid said with his million-dollar smile. I rolled my eyes but nodded.
They were already getting into the taxi when mom rolled down the window.
"Oh, and don't forget that Mrs.Bhushan's grandchild will be spending a time with her. Be nice if they need something, okay?"
"Yeah, we will," I said, not paying too much attention.
"Have a great time!"
Mom smiled at us and rolled up the window again. The driver started the car and we waved them a goodbye. When the car was out of sight, Sid sighed.
"Finally!" He said as he entered the house. I followed him and went to the living-room to watch TV.
Because of their anniversary, mom and dad would be cruising for two weeks, leaving my brother Sid and me completely alone.
In lonely times I could listen to very loud music, I could play guitar or basket ball without being disturbed'' "Hey I really love to be alone" I smiled'''
Sid sat down beside me on the sofa and put his feet on the table.
"What are you doing?" he asked.
I looked at him, raising an eyebrow.
"Watching TV," I replied, obviously.
"Yeah, and what are you going to do next?"
"I don't know yet. Probably play guitar, eat something and go to bed."
"You're such a grandma type." He snorted. "How about a party?"
"I don't think so. Have you forgotten what happened the last time? Police came to our house due to complaints of the neighbours, and I really don't want same things get repeated this time. And Mom and Dad''''.man I am really sorry." I gave him a deadly glance
" You're ninteen and I'm twenty two, they can't punish us. We're adults now."
"Yeah, we're adults. But this is our parents' house. We can't organize a party here again."
"Oh, come on, dude!" Sid insisted. "It will be fun! Mom and dad won't find out."
I sighed in resignation. How could he be older than me?
"Okay." I said. "But if something goes wrong and our parents find out that we organized a party, it's your entire fault."
"Yeah, yeah," he said, not paying attention. "Everything's ready, I just have to call all the people."
"The people?" I repeated. "How many people are you going to invite?"
"Don't worry, little bro," he outlined a wide smile. "Just some friends and Ridzy."
Just some friends and Ridzy, I thought rolling my eyes. I knew my brother was very friendly and sociable, but even he could have like one hundred friends.
After some time the house was completely filled with people who I didn't even know. And I doubted that my brother knew them either.
"Sammy!" called me a voice I hardly recognized. I turned around to see my psycho ex girlfriend Sheena.
She threw her arms around my neck and tried to give me a kiss. I could tell she was totally drunk.
"What happend, Sammy?" she asked with what she thought was a lovely puppy dog face. Sheena tried to give me another kiss, but I undid the embrace and gave her a glare.
"Well, you cheated on me with that nonsense RV, if that counts. Oh, and don't forget that guy from the exchange."
"You know that was nothing for me. You're the only one I want and need. Give me another chance, please."
I pretended to think about it.
"I don't think so."
"Come on, Sammy!" she put that face again and I tried not to laugh. "You know we're meant to be."
"Yeah, of course." I said with sarcasm, rolling my eyes. That conversation hadn't got any sense.
"Clearly, we're not, Sheeeeeena."
"But, Sammy..."
I rolled my eyes again at that nickname. It couldn't be worse and pathetic. Well, yes it could be if we were talking about Sheena . I hadn't understood yet how could I date her.
Love is blind, Mayank told me once, extremely blind.
I started to walk away, leaving her in her attempt to stand by her own feet. I went upstairs, ignoring all the college guys drinking alcoholic beverages and dancing and flirting.
On the way to my room, I found Sid's girlfriend almost freaking out, checking room by room out.
"What's going on, Ridz?" I asked, amused.
"Your air-head brother. That's what happens." She yelled, opening one of the guest's rooms. "Shit! I'm sorry. Go on like I'd have never interrupted you guys," she faked a smile and closed the door.
Her cheeks were red. "Have you seen Sid?"
"The last time I saw him, he was with you."She growled.
"Where the hell are you, Sid ?" she yelled uselessly because of the noise. "I swear that if I find him with one of those b******, cheating on me will be the last thing he'll ever do!"
I tried hard not to laugh.
"Good luck with that." I grinned. She gave me a death glare and continued to look for Sid.
I shook my head, amused, and went to my bedroom.
"Whoa!" I said, when I turned on the lights and realized that there was a couple kissing there.
"Excuse me, but this is my room and I want to sleep so, please, get out of here."
The couple gave me resentful look before they leave the room. I closed and locked the door.
I let out a sigh as I laid on my bed. Fortunately, the sound of loud music from downstairs was hardly heard.
I tried to get some sleep, but I just couldn't. The conversation with Sheena was resounding in my head. It wasn't like that it had hurt me because it clearly hadn't.
I realized when I found Sheena going out with that freakin' RV, that I wasn't in love with her as I had thought.
At the beginning, I felt sad, disappointed and betrayed, but not heartbroken. Furthermore, it was a relief when we broke up. It took me a long time to realize why.
She didn't love me and neither did I.
I had forced the whole love thing.
And why?
Because I wanted to have someone in my life to love and someone to love me back, just like my brothers had.
Mayank loved Nupur and Nupur loved Mayank, more than their own lives. From the first time they saw each other, Mayank knew she was the one and Nupur realized that he was her missing puzzle piece.
Ridzy and Sid were more complicated. He was a playboy who had promised himself to never fall in love; she was a prideful and a strong-temper girl. They hated mutually from the first time, to then realize they were perfect for each other. It was difficult to hook them up, but it finally worked out. And even though Sid seemed to be a player, the truth was that he loved Ridzy with all his heart and he would prefer kill himself instead of hurting her.
I let out another sigh as I stood up from my comfortable bed. I took one of my favorite guitars and started to play some melodies that came to my head.
I just finished to write down some notes when I looked right through my window and saw her.
WOW !!!!!!!! I exclaimed.............She was the most.......... perfect girl that I had ever seen in my whole life.
Her features were soft and sweet, like porcelain; her little and perfect nose, her pinky cheeks, her rosy lips... made me melt. Her beautiful brown eyes were like chocolate, so innocent''.but she was wearing specs'..maybe bcoz she wanna hide those beautiful eyes from the world and will show them to me only''''.. Her straight dark brown hair, fell upto her waist. And her body .......... perfect''.. skinny but slender. In true sense she was looking like an cute and innocent angel'..whose cuteness and innocence is meant just for me.
"Killer Dude" The only word that came from my wide opened mouth at that time.
With her every breath I was breathing away.
She seemed to be dressing after a shower, because her hair was soaked and she was drying it''''.and wait''she was wrapped in a towel !!!!!!!!!
I was looking at her with my eyes widened and mouth opened''..I was looking like a stupid, dumb man.
The girl disappeared from my view for a moment and I felt completely empty. When I was about to freak out and do a stupid thing like climb her window, she appeared once again.
I was being completely mesmerized by her movements so, the fact that when she suddenly turned around, shocked me.
Our eyes met and intertwined. And then, everything else in the world around me faded and lost its meaning.
I couldn't move and it seemed to be that she either. I was still sitting in my armchair and she was still drying her hair wrapped in a towel. We just stared at each other for what it seemed forever until she realized that she is in a towel and a stupid boy is staring at her''''..She immediately lowered her eyesight and put the curtains down.
"Oh man she is gone'''" I shouted in utter stupidity' "Hey you..wats ur name'.hey'.hey Chashmish''." " Wow Chashmish''.." I thought not bad at all'''''..
Instantly, I was motionless 'again' by the shock, and all I could do was stare intensively at her window,in a hope that she will open the curtains again.
But she didn't.
After an hour trying to keep my mind focussed on something else but always looking briefly at the the girl's window, I started to feel tired so I decided to give up 'at least for that day' and go to sleep.
I opened my eyes but everything was dark. I yawned and stretched before get up. I unlocked my door to find myself in the corridor. The sunshine made me squint. I went to the bathroom to then come back to my bedroom that was still lightless.
Suddenly a shooting thought crossed my mind and I ran towards the window. I opened the curtains hopefully but what I found was disappointing.
Her curtains were open, yes, but the room was totally empty.
I groaned. That was the first time in my life that I regretted having so heavy sleep.
My mind flew back toward the previous night. I had spied on the mysterious-innocent-next-door girl whose name was a puzzle to me.
I had seen her while she was dressing up. When she had noticed I was looking at her, she looked back at me and I felt outside of this world. Then, she shyed away and closed the curtains, leaving me completely speechless.
How the hell she could do that? All I could think about was her.
I sighed as I went downstairs, already dressed up. Everything was surprisingly clean and tidy, like there had not been a wild party the previous night.
When I came in the living room, I saw Sid sitting in the sofa with Ridzy besides, both of them watching the TV.
"Hey," smiled Ridzy when she noticed me.
Sid looked at me wierdly.
"What's wrong?" he asked, frowning. I hated the fact that he knew me too well.
"I'm fine," I lied, trying to change the subject. "Where were you last night?"
Sid seemed to be irritated. Ridzy giggled. "He was sleeping in his bedroom, lying on the floor."
I broke out in laughter.
"Who's actually the granny?" I teased.
"Leave me the hell alone," he grumbled, annoyed. He looked at me. "Why are you like '?" he couldn't finish the question 'thank God', because of the doorbell that had rung.
"I'm so not going!" Sid yelled, "I had to clean up the whole house!"
"Of course you had to! It was your idea! That was the minimum thing you ought to do!"
Sid smirked. "But my beautiful girlfriend's on my side, I can't move."
I sighed, "I'm not in a good mood, please, could you go?"
"You guys are the laziest ever!" Ridzy rolled her eyes as she got up. Sid gave me a death glare and I smiled. We heard how Ridzy was opening the door. "Hi, Mrs Bhushan!" Ridzy said. "And..."
"This is my granddaughter, Gunjan," said a woman that I recognized.
"Gunjan," corrected a sweet unacknowledged voice.
And suddenly, my neurons were interconnected. My mom had told me that Mrs Bhushan's granchild would be spending a time with her. And why did I care about that?
Because Mrs.Bhushan lived next door.
I practically jumped out of the sofa and ran towards the hall to see Ridzy's back. She was talking cheerfully with her, with that beautiful brunette from the window.
"Little Samrat!"
I diverted my eyes from her and smiled at the nice and plump old woman who used to be my nanny.
She smiled back at me, showing off her friendly wrinkles. Mrs.Bhushan walked towards me and gave me a hug.
"When have you grown up so much?" she was surprised. "You look so handsome, Samrat."
"Thanks, Mrs.Bhushan," I grinned.
I couldn't help but looked at her once again. She wasn't at all looking at me while I interacted with her grandma. "Man she is really beautiful"'''I thought
While Mrs. Bhushan was talking to me, my mind was shouting "Gimme a look''''. Gimme a look''' Gimme a look'''" and suddenly I shouted "Gimme a look''.."
Then I realized what I have done. I asked her to give a look and now everyone is giving me looks'''astonished and puzzeled look.
"Thanks A lot Dude"'' I looked up'' "I just wanted the two beautiful eyes to look at me'''not eight wondering eyes''.. Ok its not ur fault''..I cud hav told her name'..emmmm'wat''.yes Gunjan'.right''..but Chashmish is perfect'.Chasma to protect those beautiful eyes from the world" I thought and smiled.
Everyone was laughing along with my Chashmish'..O dear her smile took my heart away''..
"Buddhu as usual'''. Samrat beta I am looking at you only" Mrs. Bhushan answered.
I was a little embarrassed.
"Hi!" Sid appeared from behind . "How are you today, Mrs.Bhushan?" He said, giving the old woman a hug. "I'm Sid." He told her.
"Meet, this is Gunjan," she said, smiling at him.
"But I guess everyone in this neighbourhood knows that. She's introducing me door to door." Gunjan rolled her eyes and everyone laughed.
"Man her voice is truly mesmerizing" Again I thought
"How long are you going to stay?" asked Ridzy.
"I don't know yet. I'm looking for a place to rent. I'm going to the University in autumn."
"That's awesome!" Ridzy cried, enthusiastically. "Samrat and I too! We could hang out someday!"
"Yeah, that'll be fun," she said.
I could tell by her expression that she liked Ridzy.
"We should go, Gunjan, sweetheart," said Mrs.Bhushan. "The xyz want to meet you!"
"Of course they do," Gunjan sighed, rolling her eyes. Ridzy, Sid and I chuckled.
"Oh, I almost forgot it!" Mrs Bhushan gave Ridzy a plate of cookies. "Your mother asked me to watch over you guys. I hope you are not getting into trouble but I know you're not, you're good and educated boys."
I saw how Gunjan hid a smile. Clearly good and educated boys wouldn't have organized a wild party while their parents were not at home. And of course good and educated boys wouldn't have spied on her granddaughter while she was dressing up.
Before Gunjan and her grandma left, she gave me a small smile.
Instantly, a stupid and big smile appeared on my face.
"Guess who likes the girl next door." Sid sang in a baby voice.
Ridzy laughed. "Good taste, little brother. She's so cute and sweet!"
I gave them a death glare.
"Did you know her?" Ridzy asked me, curious.
I outlined a bright smile and nodded. Ridzy and Sid laughed at me and made me tell them everything.
To be continued.......................
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