Tuesday, January 11, 2005

The Memory Ocean-Chapter One

Chapter – ONE


It was a busy morning when Akshay left for college.. The Bus station was crowded with guys & girls struggling to get a seat for themselves to commute... The climate was not so hot, yet there was lot of humidity in the Air.....

He was wearing a brown colored formal pants and a blue-striped shirt not tucked-in his pants.He looked at his watch.. it was already 8.05am in the morning.. He had to be in college before 8.45am.He knew that he was always late.There was no other go.He had to admit that the Buses were so crowded and that was the prime reason for him to go to college late every day....Who cares to go in early ... he thought.

He was studying in his II year B.com in A.J.Adhvaith College.in M.G.R. Nagar.He came first in his school finals ... yet he struggled to get his entry into any colleges concerned.Finally, he got a seat in the A.J.Adhvaith College.. He was lucky, then.. Otherwise, he wud hav to enter into some worst colleges in the city of Chennai.

He had been waiting for the bus to go to his college.Finally a bus arrived.There was not much crowd in.He got puzzled by that.He got into the bus.And took one seat....10 minutes later,the bus was crowded, he Thanked God that he got a seat before the bus got that much crowd...

Slowly, he started to run thro the notes he wrote the other day.He found an old man in his 50's at his side.Due to the Over-humidity that man was sweating like hell... He thought of his own father.. so he stood up & gave his seat to that man.. That Old man felt happy & wondered that guy wud ever get seat again in that crowded bus.But, he knew that he did something that wud cheer that old man up.

Without much to do on that bus, he ran his eyes on the others who were partnering him in the bus standing...There was a girl in the last row last seat. Suddenly, his heart was dancing like anything.. He cudnt undertsand wat he was actually feeling.But, he felt something that he had never felt in his life until then.'The girl in the last seat' was adoringly cute & he cudnt quite remember whether he had ever seen that girl before.He knew that girl cud've got into the bus in the same busstation where he got into it.

He noticed that she actually was also looking at his side only.He made sure that she didnt look at any other guys...He knew about his personality so he had to make sure that she was looking at him only.He simply was in 'cloud # 9'. He was happy that he was actually loving wat he had been feeling abt that girl....

She kept on watching at him .. and He didnt ever take his eyes off her.

She got down from the bus 2 stations before He had to get down... He thought that she took his heart with her......

He had been thinking of that girl all along his classes.She was mind-blowing, he thought.Certainly that girl had blown his mind off....

The same day, he told his friend Raghuram about that girl whom he saw in the bus.Raghuram was quite ecstatic about his friend because his friend was asking about a girl whom Raghuram was studying with in the computer class.Akshay became crazy after hearing that.So, he promised Akshay that he wud give intro to him one day... Akshay was keeping his fingers crossed for that day to come soooon....

Before he cud get that girl's Introduction,he wanted to make sure that he maintains a nice image so that when his friend gives intro to him,that girl wud say "Oh, hieeee,...." rather than a "oh.. No....".

One fine Evening, Raghuram asked Akshay to come into the parking area of the computer class.The Parking area was very near to the Bus station.She Came down frm the staircase.What a lovely dress she is wearing....he thought.

Raghuram gave her intro first to Akshay.... Raghuram told "Akshay, This is Sandhya and Sandhya this is Akshay". Sandhya ( finally, he cud know her name ) started slowly, "hello...how do you do?"
Akshay pretended as if he did nt come there intentionally.."Hi Sandhya,.. how do u do"he said.

Then, he turned to Raghruam and said.."hey, i hav been waiting for my grandma who is about to come here.. i came to pick her up."

Then, Raghuram was telling Sandhya about Akshay .. about his academics and that he always wishes to come first & he does that in style...Akshay was wondering whether he cud ever get a friend like Raghuram.No was the answer.

They chatted for about 10 minutes...and during that Sandhya said "Akshay, looks like i cant stand with u as far as ur academics are concerned"..... and that was all she said about him.The Other words were very very general.

She left right after she thought that it was getting late for her to go home.

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