Reborn- 100th post

Today, I post my 100th post on my blog. While I do post it, it hasn't been written by me. I seldom complete stories and most of these stories are my real life with loads of Mirch-Masala.

I fought with really close friend of mine, I told him that I would never speak to him again. Obviously within 2 mins, I regretted it and hence this story was born.


This story is a continuation to that.


I hate sharing space but I had no qualms sharing it with, I guess one of my best(est) friends, Nik. Though I could get hurt for saying this, "Thanks a lot, Sloth Bear" :P


The yellowness of the lamp light imbibed in him as he struggled with his pen. It was not different today. As usual, it was 6.30pm and he was at his desk, logging down the completed jobs. And some anticipated objectives to be fulfilled tomorrow at the drill site. The intangible yet tart aroma of the whisky travelling inside every nerve and artery of his well built body, with every sip, acted as a pretty strong infuser; infusing him with his own soul. This never used to happen during his extremely engaged daily schedule. But it happened every evening. Amongst the fluttering pages of his logbook, the peg of the familiar whisky and the surrounding darkness, the shuttering window panes, it was a daily practice to carry out this "Infusion". The "Infusion" was the means of gathering himself every evening, gathering his own deteriorated self, collecting his pieces and building a new “him” for the next battle, the next dawn.


“Saheb, the dinner is ready.”


A very familiar rippled voice broke the numbness in him which lasted for 3 unnoticeable hours.


“Hanji kaka, abhi aaya, just two minutes.”


Rising from his wooden chair, he walked towards the door of his study, in his typical upfront manner, and shut it behind him. Entering the hallway, flanked with bright luminescence, he could see his life. He could see the status he had. He could see the respect tagged with his persona. He could see what being the GM Drilling Services at 31 meant. He could also see the way he is on, but still lost; where he has reached, but not a destination. Stepping in the dining hall, making himself comfortable on the chair and with the food, he wished again. Like daily. That it would have been so much of a blessing, if she could see all this. If she could just be here. If she could find the real him.Find someone who got lost 10 years ago.


He fed himself as miniscule food as everytime, and went back to his study. With the same inexpressiveness on him, his memory started serving him, perfectly.


He had developed this inexpressiveness on his face in the last 10 years. Since they both grew apart. Since things changed and seemed never to return back to normal again. None of the two loved less. It was just the circumstances that played the evil. Staying unmarried and living alone was a majorly questionable affair, with his family evidently against the idea. Still in love with his family, which resided in a metro city, he conformed to a life of an unreal "him". With everything in place in his life, still there was not a thing that he could find. Love struck him long ago and he knew it was the true one. And when he lost it, 10 years ago, he knew the bruise would also last for a lifetime. And it turned out to be true. Amongst his “perfect” life, he didn’t have her. And that was nothing less than emptiness for him. An emptiness, that filled him daily to the core.


Every day started with a wish. That maybe they could have been together. Maybe he could have been someone he wanted to be. That maybe he could get rid of the identity crisis he faced every hour at work. That maybe he could just be with her. Wishes grew infinite every day. With every passing moment, he got reminded of something or the other they shared. The name of a state they had been together in, the name of a person they knew in common, the beguiling aroma of the perfume she wore...anything and everything that came across him made him reminiscence them. He wished for her voice to greet his ears every dawn. But integrally he knew, this is like wishing for the Gods to send an invite of heaven to him . That he used to hope against hope. And this very thought dragged him back to the unidentified life he was living every day.


Days passed. It had been almost a year since he was made the GM. Keeping himself busy in his work all throughout the day, attending the meetings, completing projects...nothing was different in his life compared to the usual life of a bigshot. But it was that day, that very special day, which had an unusual start. He woke up to find 3 missed calls. Ignoring them for the time being, he got up to get dressed. The phone again beeped with a message. Putting his tie around his neck he picked up the phone to check the message and started walking towards his Accord.


It said: “Bajaj here. 5pm at Mochas. And if u think even for a sec who “bajaj” is, ul get ur ass kicked. Everyone is arriving. Be there.”


Whoaa.!! What a start to the day!! It was quite a long time he did not meet his school friends. He really wanted to. But immediately he realised, “What about infusion? It will surely take more than 3 hours with them....and then....” He started driving. Left his apartment and forgot about the evening plan.


The day passed. As usual. And he arrived home early. Around 4.


The day had been special at work too...something was going on today. He managed to grab three contracts and the software also ran a successful first try!


“Something isn’t right today, or maybe things are too right!” He thought to himself while parking the car in the alley.


“Kaka, jaldi se ek cup chai bana do, mujhe kahin kaam se jaana hai.” And the swiftness with which he entered the house, with the same he got dressed and left.


Reaching mochas he met them all. They forced him to put his cellphone on busy. Again reminiscence. During his exams he used to put his phone on busy too. When she used to call, she used to get a busy tone which made her aware that he was studying. Jarring into the reality, he did as they said and went on to discuss old school days and have fun.


Time flew by like it never did. Things seemed to be pretty different today. And it was residing in his subconscious which he was interestingly avoiding. He knew something had to happen. He changed clothes, and checked his phone casually. Putting it on speaker on the bed, he moved towards his closet to arrange his clothes. In the typical jiffy he was known for.


“You have 3 voice mail messages. Press 1 to listen.”


He did.


1. “Akhil here. Where the hell is the file? Get it tomorrow or the extraction will need further confirmation from court you idiot!”


2. " Hi. It is me. I just wanted you to know that I missed you. No-one could ever replace you in my life. You are special. I missed you."



It felt like all the blood in his body has rushed to his head. He knew the voice. He so recognised it. All the emptiness was getting filled. He felt his stomach churning like a tornado. The air around suddenly went silent. His ears could not believe what he had just heard. It was her voice. The voice of his destination. He glared at the lit screen of the phone on the bed. Collecting every bit of consciousness, courage, strength, sanity left in him, combining all of them, he stood up nd took the phone in his hand and the speaker bellowed:


“Press 0 to listen again”


He did. And the feeling of having his life back was amazing. It felt as if everything in the world had stopped. Every emotion seemed unfamiliar. Every heartbeat felt new. He could finally see his identity shaping up. According to him the definition of “Unbelievable” had changed. This word was too insufficient to describe what had just happened. A sudden realisation of finding the meaning to his life struck him. Drowned in the unexpected happening of her return, he wished to die in the happiness that enlivened his soul.


He heard that voice after 10 years. 10 Years, in which he knew nothing about her. Where she had been, how she had been, what she had been doing. He fell on his back on the bed and heard the message infinite times. He wasn’t getting enough of it. How could he have. He could feel LOVE crawling under his own skin.


He knew something different was going to happen today. It was right there in his heart and mind since the moment he woke up in the morning. But of this magnitude, it was highly unpredictable.


His wait and patience won. Getting over, though with extreme vigour, of the shock, he dialled back the no.


It rang, and someone picked up.


And there was her voice,


“Hi. I knew you would call. I just want to say that I STILL LOVE YOU.”


He found himself. He reached his destination.


He was REBORN.....

12 comments:

  Tweety

28 May 2009 at 17:56

yippeee me the first to comment....so congrats gal on ur 100th o=post n finally the sloth bear decides to write...hmmm lovely i must say...

so congrats for the rebirth of ur blog...not exactly a rebirth but still...

loved it bhai...
god bless u gal...

  Nyx

28 May 2009 at 18:06

Wow...

First of all, congrats girl for your 100th one!! :)

I so loved this write really!!

Congrats!! :)

Artz!

  mysterious gal

28 May 2009 at 18:12

woooowwwwwwww Congrats gal on ur 100th post :D......and the sloth bear..the mr bee finally writes :P

that was just the perfect write for a 100th post....
and nik ji aap to chaa gayee

All the best gal ...Love yaa
And nik ur as good as ever :D

All the best
Love ya
Muaaahz

  Nik

28 May 2009 at 20:17

First of all, i would like to thank rashi for giving me dis oppurtunity to ryt on her wonderful blog, and dat too her 100th post.

I am very well aware that due to my laziness, and some other unavoidable reasons, her every reminder fell on deaf ears and i cud not ryt it. but finally, today morning this was the frst thing i did rashi... (i wasnt sleepin u know!!)

now @ shwe:
thanx kid fr appreciating....though to be true, i really wasnt fond of this ryt up.... i dunno y.....maybe my taste is bad, as some random ppl say.... :P

@arthi
thnx arthi...and thank you again! fr u know wat!

@nab
will u stop callin me dat!!! :x and thnx fr appreciation.... i m grateful that u liked it..... but STOP CALLIN me dat!!! :x

  Tan

29 May 2009 at 02:11

...Congratulation...
...Remember what I said on Twitter...
...Keep writing...

All the best :)

  Prasad Narulkar

29 May 2009 at 03:35

very nicely written...congrats!

  Story Teller

29 May 2009 at 04:11

Congratulations. Where is your post for the Contest at TaT? You are missing there.

  Arv

29 May 2009 at 06:26

beautiful post by Nik...

congrats on the 100 da :)

take care.. cheers...

  Ashrita

29 May 2009 at 11:21

Congratulations on your 100th post!

And a wonderful story by Nik.. Keep it up!

  Anonymous

29 May 2009 at 15:25

nice story..

and warm greetings on your 100th post.. keep going

  Americanising Desi

30 May 2009 at 20:54

dair aaey durust aaey!
i m so glad i dropped in when i had to congratulate...

thank you 20sb :) i can now make some one's day :D

Keep Bloggig :D

  Comfortably Numb

7 June 2009 at 18:24

Yeyyyeyeyey 100th post.
Way to go. A great post. On a great blog

And yeah kudos to nik for his work. Well done :)

\m/ \m/'

Cheers!!