Unexpected Bus Ride

Its so boring when you have to stand in a queue for the bus. What's ironical is that the bus won't come that easy and secondly it would drop you off to office! So I was standing there.. first one in the queue.. looking for something that would take my mind off work! When you are not at work and you have loads to do .. there is practically nothing you can think about except work.

I couldn't find anything to lure my mind away. I was looking spotlessly all around the place in search of one ray of hope. At last, all I could see was the bus... got inside and took a window seat ! Yea .. I was going back to hell... but after all they were paying me handsomely.. so couldn't completely deny going ! I started peeping out of the window looking at people as they attempted to board the bus. The seat beside me was vacant and I was hoping that some beautiful girl comes along and sits beside me.

Almost towards the end of the queue I saw a girl. Her hair covering most of her face. Must be in her early 20's. Average height.. Well for a 6 foot guy, normal people are just about average. Her simplicity made her look cuter than she actually was. Not a fair complexion but attractive features. I saw her look back at me for a fraction of a second and for some reason I couldn't take my eyes off her ! I am sure she noticed that ... and made sure she got out of my sight as soon as possible! I realized that I had seen her a few times but never really noticed her so much.

Now I wanted her to sit beside me. I looked around to see if the seat beside me was still vacant and yes it was. When she came around it was the only seat left vacant and she had no other choice but to sit next to me. How did I know that this would change a lot of things. I held my nerves and like a decent guy moved more towards the window and started looking out at I don't know what. I made sure I didn't make her uncomfortable.

The bus started moving. It took me just a few meters to realize that I am wasting my time looking outside the window.. and I should probably.. at least look at the cute girl sitting right beside me. Like how often does something like this happen to you ? So I slid my head towards my right. Before I could see her properly to know what she actually looked like, she saw me from the corner of her eye. I knew I was in trouble and couldn't think of anything better than getting back to looking outside the window.

She pulled out her blackberry (Its become a new teen sensation now a days). She logged into a famous social networking website and started checking her profile. She constantly kept looking at her own post. I felt this is a signal. I pulled out my phone (definitely not a blackberry), logged into the same website and tried to find her profile. I made up some stupid crap and messaged her that I wished to have a chat with her sometime. Obviously, I thought she wanted me to do that.. Who else looks at their own post for so long?

She didn't reply for a long time and I started to lose interest in her. It made no sense to keep buzzing her for no reason. But as soon as u give up hopes, you have something that raises your hopes once again.. she couldn't resist replying. Though she tried to act like a hard catch but anyone would know that I wasn't the only person who noticed her that day and would like to have a chat.

We spoke for hours during the weekend. Suddenly I started liking the Chat feature of the website. I never imagined I would share such a nice chemistry with her. Now, I wanted to meet her and talk to her personally instead of chatting. She had her share of acting pricey. Said she wanted some time to think. Was cool with me as I wasn't so desperate to meet her or actually I didn't show it. She would usually run through my mind at least once a day.

End of the weekend and I was back to work on Monday. Was rather bored and didn't feel like working. Tried to see if any of my friends were online so that I count pass the time. It felt like such a big task to keep myself occupied. The pretty little girl had messaged me that she missed the bus in which I usually travel and without wasting any time I convinced her to meet the following day. My office was moving so I knew I had just 2 days in which I could meet her or else the meet would have been postponed indefinitely.

My first meetings with any girl is usually a big screw up, so I was a little on the careful side. But, maybe I was thinking too much.. I did end up reaching late but I had the rains and trains to blame upon. She didn't mind it that much. Things went very smooth and we became comfortable talking to each other sooner than the time it took me to search her profile.

We had a long walk. Spoke about millions of things. None of us could understand how we ended up the way we ended up. It was better not to waste time in finding the reason or the logic behind the bus incident. We both were happy at the end of the conversation and the walk. I dropped her off at her workplace. On my way to work, I couldn't help myself but ask myself... "Was that just a co-incidence ??"

Hot Pursuit !!

Mondays ... The first and the worst day of the week ! Who loves to go to work after partying on Sunday ? I don't think I can find anyone of that caliber. Except of course the managers, who tend to blow off their frustration on us poor employees.

Nevertheless, I was heading back home. Was so frustrated working overtime, that I could beat the hell out of anyone. I picked up my cell phone and called my partner in crime, Mohit. He informed me that he had got his car to office and that I should join him. I couldn't ask anything more than a nice and comforting ride home. And the best part is, I had a chauffeur for myself.

I immediately asked my manager if he could drop me near my Mohit's office considering the fact that he drives past that location everyday on his way back home. He agreed and I had yet another chauffeur !!! I started to like the day.

As expected, my Manager was not a big speed freak. I could see cars overtaking us. Even a bullock cart overtook us. I realized that I would have reached the destination faster if I was on foot !! Eventually, I reached Mohit's office. He had been waiting for me since a thousand light years.

I didn't try to give him any explanations for my delay as I knew it was of no use. So, I quietly got into his car, turned on the music and we were off. It was a long time since Mohit and I drove to some place, even if it was driving back home. Both of us were very exhausted after a long day's work. At least I had the liberty to shut the blinds of my eyes whenever I wanted. Advantage of not siting on the driving seat.

We reached a junction and it was very dark. No street lights.. powerful head lights of cars moving in opposite direction piercing our eye balls. A usual situation in that part of the world. Everyone out there is used to blind driving. Instinctively, all are pro drivers.

There is usually a lot of traffic at this junction due to the poor management. But, luckily there was no traffic today. Moreover, no cops. So, our tired home sick minds couldn't think of anything other than ignoring the signal lights. What did we know that it wasn't the best idea.

We had just moved some meters when we saw a pair of flashing headlights in the rear view mirror. Generally, this means, "Let me pass" or "STOP". In this case, it meant the later!!! Yes, it was the cop car and they were in pursuit of us. None of us wanted to get caught like this. I asked Mohit if he had any plans of pulling over but he didn't respond. He just kept driving. I took this gesture for a "NO".

I couldn't imagine what would be the consequences of this pursuit. Actually.. I didn't want to even think about it ! I could feel that I was sitting with some F1 driver and that he is driving for his life. After a few miles, we managed to lose the trail. We were no longer being followed. Our breaths eased and we drove smoothly back to our homes !