I had known this girl for a long time. She wasn’t my classmate, but she was my batchmate from the other section. We used to live nearby, like half a mile apart. I visited her house on 2 or 3 occasions. We didn’t talk much. I knew she had a brother studying in the same school as we were.
This guy came later, much later. The strange look of his caught my attention as he got admitted in the middle of the academic year. We spoke less as he was always sitting on the first bench. But we became good comrades within a short time, as we had the same thoughts and interests.
The segregation was complete. This girl shifted to my class, and the other section had decidedly fewer people. That was bound to happen…who was going to choose that shitty curriculum…….?? By this time, this girl’s and my home got separated by one and half of a mile. It was all the same; we didn’t talk much. Reason for this was I was not comfortable talking to girls, But the right thing would be saying I didn’t know how to talk to girls (I still don’t)..!!
“I like her.” said this guy.
“ I am not surprised.”, I said.
“ Shall I tell her…?”, he asked me.
“ Yes, you should. But it doesn’t matter”, I said.
“ Why so..?”
“ She likes you too. So even if you don’t tell her anything she’ll tell you eventually.”, I said
“ I got an idea. I’ll not tell her but express in the form of words”, this guy said.
“ You are going to write a letter..??”, I asked.
“ Yes. And you are going to help me with it.”, was the reply.
“ I can’t do it!!. I can’t write a letter”, I said.
“ At least help me in writing it.”, he said.
“No..You better tell her face to face.”, I advised.
“ Are you sure that I should just tell her..??”
“ Yes. Tell her this coming Saturday, half-day class”, I said.
“ Come with me when I talk to her.”, he requested.
“ Okay..!!”
It was Saturday.
Nothing was new, except for the tense look on this guy’s face. We stepped out of the educational premises. Four of us accompanied this guy on his brave traverse. This girl was walking almost in a linear pattern in sync with this guy separated by about a hundred meters. Another girl was escorting her.
We were on our bicycles. This guy and one brave friend of ours started walking after parking their cycles nearby. As they increased their walking speed, we guys began braking our bicycles.
“ Hey..!!”, the other guy escorting this guy called out.
This girl and her pedestrian partner turned to look back.
“ This guy wants to tell you something.”, the other guy shouted.
She didn’t mind and started walking away.
“This guy wants to tell you something…something about you.”
This girl was smart. She understood the intentions and started walking towards us.
“ What do you want to tell me..??”, she asked.
“ Nothing. He is just joking.”, this guy said.
“ Look. I know what you want to say. But don’t say it.”, she said.
“ No..No. You are mistaken.”, this guy said.
“ See…. I don’t like all this stuff. You are just another friend to me. So keep it that way.”, she said as she started walking away.
Well… It didn’t go as planned as this guy didn’t even utter any word related to ‘like’ and ‘love.’
But she understood what he wanted to say. That is just telepathic.
Did they become friends after this incident..??
Did they turn out to be enemies..??
Or did they turn out to be more than just friends..??
I’d say all three.
