It was 7 in the morning and Sam was sleeping. It was April but the sun is scorching and sucking all the water out of the body. The mobile started screaming “who let the dogs out bow bow….” Involuntarily Sam’s hand went to press the snooze button and went for a power sleep; this has been the routine for almost two years.
Sam is the protagonist of this story. He has been working in Cognizant for the past two years. He is smart and attractive. He has been living alone after getting transferred to the Chennai office a year before. He has all the gadgets from iPod to Thunderbird and enjoys his bachelorhood like a bachelor should do. He is from southern district of TamilNadu but did his college in Chennai. After finishing the college he joined cognizant and became citizen of the world. He travelled to USA twice and UK once for his onsite projects. Like all parents, his parents wanted him to get married soon but he had a dream girl in his mind and was never ready to compromise on that.
Now coming back to the April morning, five minutes have gone by and again the alarm screamed “who let……….”, but this time Sam was awake. He was feeling very tired and reluctant to go to office. He hated Monday mornings….. he took his pillow and tried to cover his face so that the penetrating morning rays don’t disturb him. But it was of no use; he sat on his bed and stretched his hands and legs. He then stood up kicked his pillow and went inside the restroom to complete his morning duties. By the time he got dressed up it was 7.40. He was supposed to board his bus by 7.40, but it’s already time. But he was cool as usual; he knows the bus won’t reach the stop before 7.45 so he geared up and locked his room. He reached the bus stop at the right time and boarded the bus.
When he entered the bus, he felt something was different, something exciting was happening to him. He was able to feel the cool breeze in the scorching sun, a sweet exotic scent amongst the polluted air; he was able to hear an enchanting voice from distance ……. “Stop, stop, stop……” , he just looked out through the door and he was awe struck.
He saw an angel dressed all in white and came running towards the bus. Suddenly he remembered his friend telling him the other day, that there are some new people gonna join the office. They are new recruits trained in academy and are released from there to join their respective offices. That time he showed no interest but now after seeing the angel in front of him he felt like flying in air. There were thousand butterflies flying inside him, but suddenly everything started moving away from him.
He got confused, he turned back and saw the driver pressing his leg hard on the accelerator…. He got angry and was not ready to let the driver spoil his dream of getting near to the girl of his dreams.
He said “anna konjam bus niruthunga …… orunthanga era varanga”(plz stop the bus, theres someone wanted to board it)… “illa sir signal pottan , signal le thandi niruthuren illana late ayidum, intha signal le thandrathu rumba kashtam”(sir let me cross the signal and stop the bus otherwise it wil get late).. but Sam was in no mood to let his dream girl suffer in this hot sun so he turned back to the driver and said in loud voice “ vandiye niruthunga avanga erinathuku aparam polam”(stop the bus , let her board it then we shall move)… driver reluctantly stopped the bus.
His lady love was moving towards him. His heart started to beat fast and he can hear its Lub-Dub sound. As she came nearer he was able to see her beautiful face. She had a long hair which was left open and it was moving like a wave, she had the best pair of lips – rosy one, her figure was perfect and she was his dream girl. She came running towards him and he had no idea what to do. He was still standing on the foot board to welcome his lady into the bus. She came near and slowed down her pace. Sam started to count the feet as she came near to him. He started to say himself, “ ten…. Nine… eight… seven… six…. Five… four…. Three… two…. One…. Zero……” his heart stopped.
She saw him and he got lost into her eyes. It was the best feeling he ever had in his whole life. Suddenly he can hear a voice, it was strong and hard… no it was not hers… it was his mind voice, he can hear it saying, “minus one…. Minus two…. Minus three… minus four….. minus five…..” he was puzzled, she was not boarding the bus , but she was moving past the bus. He had no idea what was happening there. She went straight ahead and boarded a bus which was waiting for her… yes she was not from cognizant. She belonged to another company. She came running to board her bus. Our hero Sam was disappointed, but suddenly he realized what happened a minute before. He was actually having an argument with the bus driver to stop the bus. He turned back and saw driver from the corner of his eyes…. He was looking like a villain of old age cinema with a gruesome look. Sam saw his lips moving but can’t hear what he was saying, but from his reaction he understood what those words were “%%*&*)(&*%^#$!@#$@#^%$&*^(*&^&%^%#$%$#^$%&^&*(*&)(&*%$#$#@$#^%%*&^*…….” he went calmly and sat there in the seat reserved by his friend vinoth.
His friend was laughing like anything that made him angrier. Suddenly the bus stopped, he craned his neck to see what has happened, it was the traffic signal…..RED color…..the driver tried hard to get past that signal before it turns red, but thanks to Sam’s heroics he had to halt it before the stop line and the timer in the signal clocked 180. Everyone in the bus looked at him in an awful way. He saw many new faces and some pretty faces too. But he was in no mood to think about the pretty faces. To avoid the glares, he plugged his iPod and closed his eyes.
To be continued….
Disclaimer
All the characters in this story are fictional. Any resemblance is purely accidental.
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