You and Me.
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
She was a great mix of funk and tradition. Her hair had colorful beads and her eyes had a thin layer of kajal. During our third semister together, I never really talked to her. We exchanged occassional hellos and customary pleasanteries during interaction. I had kept to myself most of the time to a reason which I think is completely foolish.It was during the summer of fourth semister when I talked to her for more than a minute. We were studying in the reference section of our college for the upcoming exams. The subject that both of us were studying was particularly nasty one and had a history of a great number of fails. What started as a polite "What are you reading" and "Which books are you refereing for this subject" had led her to ask me to drop by her house for further studying. I being the person who can go from 0 to BITCH in 1.3 seconds, agreed to that offer without missing a beat. We didn't get any studying done during that afternoon, but I got to eat Idly fry for the first time in my life and enjoyed the company of a person with excellent taste in movies, music and books. We started from there and for the next two years, I had the most memorable moments of my enitre engineering-college life.
She was a great girl to be with. After that memorable afternoon, we studied for the rest of the exams, did a "kind of" industrial exposure work for a month where we laughed and gossipped more than the work that was assigned. I think my fifth semister of engineering was one where we had great amounts of fun. Both of us were studying together, writing our own notes, doing assignments and going for drives on my Luna Super (The poor thing has dragged us a great deal all over Mysore for more than two years). Sometimes, we chucked studying and spend evenings watching stars and exchanging stories of our pasts. They were all mundane stories. Stories that were normal, personal and treasured. There were times when we simply bunked classes because we were just bored of sitting through another lecture. We used to sit at home and watch a dumb movie or talk non-stop about some subject. During last year of engineering we had just withdrawn ourselves from the group of friends that we hung around with. Suddenly things that our friends did seem way too teeagish for our tastes and sometimes didn't agree with us at all. There was a difference our attitudes; our friends wanted to go out more, while we preferred much subdued set up. We declined the invitation to movies, Dhabhas, hanging around a friend's place as politely as we could. I guess we had grown up.
I have always wondered at her ability to make friends. She has a charm that attracts a lot of people. At one point I had this complex which turned out to be a minor jealosy on my part when I saw her making many new friends so effortlessly. I still can't believe that I behaved so pathetically back then. She observed it but never complained anything about it. I am thankful for her for saving me from an embarassing situation.
I trust her completely. ("Trust" is in present continuous tense :-)) I have told her things which I was scared to admit them to myself. I have cried on her shoulder when everything was too much to bear and everyone was simply annoying. She never uttered a word during those breakdowns. She simply sat there next to me waiting for me to calm down. After we started working, the communication was reduced given the differences in time zones and lifestyles. But we have made sure that things are not lost between us. After all these years, I dont think it will ever be lost. She is the kind of a person whom everyone wants to be in their team. A fantastic girl with an awesome sense of humor and acute intelligence.
I am so glad that I accepted your invitation to eat that Idly fry.
Thank you so much for being with me, in my life.