I still remember the day I first saw her. Its kinda amazing if you ask me. Its amazing coz its been 15 years since the first day that I saw her and I still remeber it like it was yesterday.
She was the perfect shy girl. The kind who hides behind her mother when guests come over... It was the first day of the first grade. I remember kids crying all around me. Some clung to their mothers, some threw tantrums. If I didnt know better, I would say they were going to whip us and make us work. But they didnt, actually compared to what I am doing now, those days were fun. Actually, compared to any days those days were fun.
She walked past me with her eyes fixed to the ground. Her bag was pink and so was her complexion. I love innocence. I guess all men do. I think we value it so much coz of our utter incapability to be innocent ourselves.
She went inside the classroom and took the first bench. I took the second. Right behind her. Then the teacher came and asked me to move to the last bench. I hate being tall. Apparently I was blocking the view of the blackboard for the guys sitting behind me. So I got up and took the last bench. And that was the end of that.
I strictly believe our choices dont change overtime. We like the same kind of people all our lives. If you dont agree, ask yourself who was your best friend in school and whos your best friend now(if both are the same guy, there are fewer people luckier than you), then try to analyse their qualities- you ll find that a lot of those qualities match.
I liked the same girl all my school life. People wonder when I tell them that I couldnt talk to her for almost all of primary school, except for the one time when we had an exam and I forgot a pencil. She was sitting three benches in front of me (the closest we had been till then). I got up from my seat and asked her for a pencil. She looked at me for around 4 seconds. Then quietly took out a pencil and gave it to me-
"This pencil writes very fast,"she said.
Then I didnt know why she said that. But years later she told me that she had seen my mother scold me for not being able to complete the paper on time.
Now dont translate this into love. She didnt love me then. Maybe she liked me. But not more than that. I think till girls dont reach puberty, the only people they can love is their parents. I, I loved her. Men can love at any age. Infact men can love anyone at any age, maybe they are more individualistic or stuff.
As we grew up, her liking for me increased. Or maybe it was just my imagination. But I found her glancing at me. She now tells me that she used to glance at me coz I used to keep staring at her! It would be impolite for her not to even glance. We men are idiots, we give it away.
As she grew, so did her curves. I would be lying if I said while looking at her my eyes or my mind didnt go astray. Puberty is such a gift. It suddenly gives losers like me, enough courage to say something that we have been wanting to say since like 7-8 years or something...
We were in the 8th grade I guess. I asked her to wait after school. Apparently I had some important stuff about Annual day that I had to discuss with her.
After school as I walked down the steps with her, I thought to myself - I can walk these steps all my life with her.
I held her hand, softly at first. She stopped but she didnt pull her hand away. Her eyes were fixed on the stairs. I thought of all the things I could say. You practise saying things in front of the mirror and stuff, but it just doesnt work. I thought of all the cool things I could say and then came up with this -
"I wish these stairs would never end."
Really! I came up with that. I was so proud of myself. She looked at me, then held my hand firmly. I took that as a yes.
Years later she told me that that line was the lamest excuse to hold her hand. I pity all those guys whom I have suggested this line. No wonder all my male friends are single.
After our board exams, we made sure we gave the same entrance exams. Both of us wanted to get into engineering. She got better scores than me(like always) and chose Electronics in a top notch college. I managed to get in Computers in the third best college in the area. She cancelled her admission, much against the wishes of her parents to be with me. She gave up electronics and took up computers for me. Remember I told you a girl loves only after a certain age? I knew that she loved me then.
We gave the CAT last year. She again got a better score and made it in MDI HR in the first round. I was lucky to get in in the last round in the same class. But I got in. Thank God for that.
Today, sometimes, when we go to mess together for lunch, she walks beside me...her eyes fixed to the ground... I whisper something in her ear and she smiles.
Even today when I look at her, I sometimes still see the same innocent girl I had met on the first day of school. Here we are now- we attended the same school for 12 years, then went to the same engineering college in the same class and now are in the same class in MDI. God had a script written for us, didnt he? I love the fact that there is someone who knows me more than I know myself. I hope someday I get to know her, better than she knows me.
I find it amazing... shes the same girl who once offered me a fast pencil so that I could finish my paper on time and not get a scolding from my mother... and here she is walking next to me to the mess of our MBA college. We walk up the stairs to the first floor mess and I say -
"I wish these stairs would never end."
And she bursts out laughing.
P.S. Dedicated to Ek and Sak(names abbreviated to protect identity) of MDI who have been in the same class since the first grade, all through their engineering and now MBA. Someone wrote a script for you guys!
Btw, they are not my classmates. I am in IM(International management). This is more of their story than mine, hence the dedication...
Editor in chief Arshat Chaudhary
Current Issues: girls, mdi gurgaon
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Karan said...
For me, they are the most lucky people on earth.
And that "hope these steps dont end" isnt lame, if you really mean it!
Anonymous said...
yep, I read tht, and that too twice ....
you write awesome man...
and give a thumbs up from my side to the couple
Anonymous said...
and read it, it you have time..
http://rahulsharmaspeaks.blogspot.com/2009/08/love.html
Ashish Gourav said...
yeah it's like two people really made for each other and god knew that they can't without each other, so he made both of them share their life like this...
surely I'm envying
but I wish best of luck to them... may this bond continue :)
Harish said...
Haha..Nice to hear of such success stories standing the test of time! Lucky couple! Getting to do a MBA @ MDI and that too together!
enchantinganki said...
they are lucky for sure :-)
There are 2 such couples in my college also....such a cute thing..
god bless them..and yes a nice dedication :-)
sumit said...
Hmmmmm....... MDI hasn't been able to torture you enough to be able to snap your romantic streak . I guess half of the story, you share with the couple you mention and then you were just not lucky enough. The way you write , it doesn't take a rocket scientist to deduce that.
The first time I read you , it was the Raka post and I wished I could write like you . I wish so again now, though not to say that the posts in between were any inferior, but still..
Nupur said...
Yay!!! the K-Jo of the blogosphere is back!!!! Another gem from you!!!
Good luck to your friends!!!
Aditya Kasavaraju said...
Thats so sweet! Luck has its own way of spreading happiness :) .
Lovely post
Thoorika said...
Thats a nice dedication !! :)
Harish said...
Nupur called u the K-Jo of blogs...
Eeks! I really mean it..Eeeeks
Do something :P
aroop said...
yaar romantic anglehar blog main kyu add karta hai...
ek blog toh normal likh...
Ekam said...
They really are meant for each other. God bless them both :)
Akansha Agrawal said...
This is sooo cute... I am really wishing... 'these steps never end'... and if it is an incident, true word for word, I'd say there is NObody in the world luckier than them... Here's wishing... 'Hope these steps never end'...
mAnIaC! said...
ohhh.. EKtara and SAKina.. i am your college peon!
Anonymous said...
excellent one..as always... :)
Unknown said...
awesome story man.....jst love the way u write..keep it up
s4n705h said...
So true that "Truth is stranger than fiction" these guys are really in love. love hold no boundary other than speaking of itself
Anonymous said...
awesome story..it feels too good to be true!! n such a nice way to write it.. awesome!
agree with nupur's comment..the story moves and touches you typically like Karan Johar style;))
Shanu said...
Wow..that is such a romantic story. I have said this bfr and i say this agn..u write really well. :)
Rach said...
Heya... on ur blog for the first time!.. really well written :)
Best Wishes to your friends!!.. and hope u too have such a wonderful story someday!!
God Bless
Cheers!!
commited to life said...
beautiful...
p.s was just passing by
sakshi said...
heyyy........it was really sweet of you to have dedicated it to me and eklavya!!!!!!
i loved it...u write really well!!!
Shachi said...
Nice blog for timepass reading.. Keep up the good work!
Anonymous said...
:)