Coincidence or destiny? -3

 EPISODE 3

SIYA

'Why you woke up so early on a sunday morning?', My mom asked to me at 7:00 am. 'Nothing. Just woke up by chance.', I answered. I was tired of studying since 2 hours in the morning so I got out of the home for a morning walk, without any book, without any phone. It is so relaxing when you leave all those stuff behind just for a while. My mind is a magnet and all the kind of thoughts are iron fillings. On spotting an airplane in the sky, a thought chain formed in my head;

Pilots have so cool lifestyle! They can fly higher and farther from everything. They can travel almost all over the world. They can be at the highest point in the sky and enjoy the view. WOW! Ok stop day dreaming, Siya! But I'll def make it a reality! What about that boy who asked about Jay? umm... what was his name? Yes, Ryan! I don't know why I feel like he lied to me. What could be the reason that he's not letting me talk to Jay about this? But I can't do anything na. What if he has some actual problems with Jay? For the sake of humanity, I'm talking to Ryan otherwise I'm not going to accept his friend request. Apart from these, I don't know where the hell is my crush? Let's just wait, Siya.

I reached back home. My mom informed us about an engagement ceremony that has to be attended today. I got excited to go outside. Though I'm an introvert, sometimes I feel to get out of the home. Well I don't have much good bonds with my paternal family so it becomes boring for me to attend such kind of family functions. But for now I just need a refreshment for myself. I put on my one and only traditional dress and just did some eye work; no makeup on cheeks and wore some oxidised jewellery. Let the hair be free, I like to be free; Untangled!

As we reached the venue, suddenly my eyes got focused on a guy who was standing almost 10 feet away. I can see him from behind only. He was in white Kurta-pajama. He lifted his left hand to comb his golden brown hair with his fingers (just like every boy does). I moved forward to check if he's him? 'You go ahead I'm joining.', I told my cousin. I came closer and the 10 feet distance became 5 feet. Amidst the crowd, I can find out the path towards him. My heart beat number increased with every second. I held my both hands in hand at my chest and observed my heart beat to be increasing. Is it him? God, please be it him!, I murmured. He turned around and I scanned his face like a robot. Yes, he's my crush!, my heart screamed inside me. I turned around blushing and bumped into other person.

RYAN

I was running towards the exit of the mandap to get some urgent stuff from my brother's car. It was a ring ceremony of my elder cousin and I had no time to check out on girls with loud makeup in the function. In rush, a girl bumped into me and before she falls I held her both hands. She was in white kurta salwar with ebony green dupatta. Her deep brown eyes, they were those same innocent eyes. I can feel the softness of her hands in my woody hands. This time I can observe her face and not just those innocent eyes. Her almond shaped eyes bearing kajal and smoky eye shadow look, matched perfectly with her face. Her no makeup cheeks didn't need a blush 'cause she was already blushing. Her not so large but not so small nose and her pout shaped lips perfectly fitted on her round face. The chicken work of her kurta reflects the texture in the light so perfectly. The oxidised bangles and jhumkas were shining as if they are not oxidised, they are made up of silver. The small sized black bindi on her glabella gave a traditional soothing vibes and the song, Mast Magan started playing in my head. Her black wavy hair lifted up as the air waves falled on her face. I guess, she has tried to tuck her bangs with a pin but that went in vain. Her flix covered her half right eye and she took off her hands from my hands to adjust those bangs behind her right ear. She looked away and left from there without uttering a word. Those several seconds were more than the few seconds when the last time I observed her. She's that van girl!, my heart screamed inside me. I thought I can never see her again but I got a second chance to see her. Still, I don't have a hope to talk to her. Just leave Ryan, she's out of your reach man!, I gave myself a reality check and got back to the real world. 

SIYA

Was he that creep guy? It doesn't matter. I took a plate for lunch and served myself with all kind of delicious Shaadi wallah items. My plate was filled with Paneer ki sabji, poori, dal fry, jeera rice and gulab jamun. There's a lot more but I will try other dishes later. I took a seat in such a way that I can see him. As I took a bite of the cucumber piece, I thought, Does he know that I'm here? Why isn't he glancing at me as usual? After the completion of half plate and observing his behaviour I got frustrated for not getting attention from him. Then he looked at me and just in a millisecond, he rolled his eyes and walked out from there. What the hell! What was that look? That's so rude!, I got angry in seconds. After few minutes and finishing my lunch when I saw him again, he covered his face and left from there with his friends. My anger got suppressed and I felt like something is breaking me inside my body. It was unbearable. There was a time when he glances at me and smiles like he has something in his heart. There was a time when he waits for my school van to come back to my home and he gets to see me. There was a time when he waits outside his house for me to come outside in the evening. But now? He rolled his eyes and left? I took out my mom's mobile phone from my purse and tried to distract my mind by checking my instagram account. After replying to all the messages, my conversation started with _.Ryan._ :

_.Ryan._ : What happened? You're replying with just "hmm" ?

Siya143 : Nothing. I'm fine.

_.Ryan._ : It's okay, you can share if you want. I won't judge you.

Siya143 : No. I don't share things to strangers.

_.Ryan._ : Sometimes strangers understand what closed ones don't.

Siya143 : I'm heart broken.

_.Ryan._ : Boyfriend?

Siya143 : No. Someone else. Leave it.

_.Ryan._ : Whoever it is, I would like to say you something if you don't mind.

Siya143 : Go ahead.

_.Ryan._ : Your life doesn't get over just because of someone's absence or their deeds that hurts you. Are you living your life for that someone? Or for yourself? Think about your parents who have made an effort to get you in this world and raised you up. Would you waste your precious time of your life just after that someone? That someone who don't care about you is not your top most priority. Your top priority should be your parents. I'm sorry if you mind on what I'm saying but I just gave you an advice for your sake. If someone else would be there, I'll advice him the same thing. It's your choice what you choose is what you get.

Siya143 : Yes, you're right. I have to just focus on the things which are important to me.

_.Ryan._ : Yeah. That's the spirit.

Siya143 : Thanks! You cleared my mind.

_.Ryan._ : Oh, mention not ;-)

He seems to be a nice person. I think I can accept his friend request., I thought. After having a lot of thinking and analysis on this topic while we were getting back to home, I fed up and accepted his friend request and said, Jo hoga dekha jaega! (We'll see whatever happens). 

Ryan

On the way towards my home, on getting back to home, after getting back to home, each and every second, my mind was replaying that scene, that mast magan scene. I can't give myself any hope for that van girl, but at least I can go in flashback and rethink that feeling, reimagine that soft touch in my hands. My mobile phone notification woke me up from day dreaming. It was : 'Siya143 has accepted your friend request'. I unlocked my phone and the chat was like:

_.Ryan._ : Thanks.

Siya143 : For what?

_.Ryan._ : For accepting my friend request.

Siya143 : Oh. It's okay.

Out of curiosity, I visited her profile and saw her photos. My eye balls almost got out of the eye orbit and I screamed, 'She's that van girl!'. My mom shouted from the kitchen, 'Why are you screaming like an idiot? Stay quiet.' 'Sorry mom.', I shouted back. This is the luckiest day of my life! I didn't even thought that I can get a chance to talk to her. Is it just a coincidence or my destiny? I don't know will I be able to make her mine or not but I won't let this chance let go. Jo hoga, dekha jaega!, I told myself.

Coincidence or destiny? -2

 EPISODE 2

SIYA

Who was he? He looked so creep. He was staring at me as if I have done something wrong to him. I'm already fed up by these "insta" and school creeps. I said to myself, I don't care about this incident. It was a kind of normal one now a days. I reached at my home and as usual checked my instagram account. Good morning dear. Hope you have a great day ahead!💖,  - a notification popped up. I opened the chat. The username was sanskari_boii. The chat was like:

Siya143: Good afternoon. Btw please don't call me "dear".

Sanskari_boii: Kahan thi tum? (where have you been?)

Siya143: I was at the school! 

Sanskari_boii: Oh, nice dear.

Siya143: I already told you! Don't call me "dear".

Sanskari_boii: Are! Sorry, Sorry. I won't. I won't do such things which you don't like. Don't worry, I'm your good friend😊

Siya143: Ok, good. But who told you that you are my friend?

Sanskari_boii: You accepted my friend request, you gave me follow back and now we are chatting since 2 days. Can't we be good friends till now?

Siya143: NO. I don't know you very well. 

Sanskari_boii: So let's know each other very well. I wanted to tell you something.

Siya143:  What?

Sanskari_boii: You know what, I love you.

Siya143:  WTF! You idiot. You even don't know me and you think I'm going to date you? You're such an a**hole! I don't want to be in such kind of nonsense "dating" and all. 

Sanskari_boii: Oh! Don't be so mad. I didn't meant that.

Siya143:  Oh you think that I'm dumb? You didn't meant that? You bastard!

Sanskari_boii: Why you're so angry at me! I have done nothing wrong. What is your problem?

Siya143:  You! YOU ARE MY PROBLEM. Don't talk to me!

Sanskari_boii: Oh. Then I can do whatever you want. I'll give you whatever you want. I'll treat you like a princess! Like a QUEEN! Just imagine!

Siya143:  What Rubbish! Get lost from here! I don't want to imagine anything with you!

Sanskari_boii: Oh C'mon sorry!

Siya143: I'm blocking you right now! 

*sansakari_boii blocked*

Who the hell was he? I slamed the phone on the sofa in rage and got out of the cozy couch which was placed in our sun lounge. Though it's afternoon, there is no burning beams of sun. Grey clouds covered the whole sky and there was a possibility of rain. It should be as it was July end. Just like the climate, ruining the sunny day, my brain got heated up and it was ruining my day. I was already fed up by this class monitor job and now this boy said me "I love you". No one like NO ONE has ever told me those three stupid words and that was good until now.

Forgetting about this stupid shit, I got back to my desk to complete my homework. In just 60 seconds, those thoughts got off my mind. I was reading on and flipping through the pages to see how much work is need to be done. It was an assignment to be written and I love writing stuff a lot. So without wasting another second I took my pen, removed the cap, tucked it at the end of the pen and started writing with alacrity. After 10 minutes, the pen stopped and an unresisting thought came over my mind. I guess now a days I'm using social media a lot. I can't focus on my studies. The stupid, rubbish and useless talks with random boys is not a pass time. It's just a waste of time! These kind of lads get a chance to talk if I reply them. Now onwards I'm not going to accept anyone's friend request on social media! This is just a waste of time. I'm wasting my life after these jerks! I need to take a stand for myself! Siya, don't you dare to forget that you want to be a pilot! You got a dream, girl! Just go and work hard!

It's 2:45 pm and I reached the coaching center early. There was no way to get bored as my best friend Rishika also reached early. I told her about today's incident and showed her chats in her phone by logging in my account. Yes, she had her personal phone in 9th grade! 'What was his fault, yaar?' she said after reading chats. I replied, 'Can't you see? He said me those annoying words! Ugh! I don't like this kind of stuff!' She tapped my back and said, 'Sabash! You're such an idiot! He proposed you and you yelled at him over a chat? Oh god! If you continue being like this, you will remain single for your whole life!'. I pouted and yelled like a child, 'I don't want a relationship!' Our English teacher came from behind and our mouths got shut in a second. We headed back to the classroom and our tuition started. 

'Today, we're going to learn about figures of speech. Open your notebooks and start writing. The first figure of speech is "metaphor", write METAPHOR....', Mrs. Sharma was teaching, though my mind was not in the classroom and I kept thinking about everything. Mrs. Sharma peeked into my blank notebook and asked me the reason for not writing anything. 'I didn't expected this from you, Siya. We have already completed 3 figures of speech and you've written nothing? Get out of my class, right now.' No matter how good my day goes, if I get a punishment, my whole day is ruined and I feel like my life is a hell! It's just a bad phase Siya, just a bad phase., I assured myself.

Ryan

'What's time is it?', asked Harsh. I checked my watch and informed, 'It's just 6 pm. Why? You want to go home?'

'Yes, I'm fed up of this class now.'

'Bro, thoda padh le!' (Study a little, dude)

'No dude, I'm bored now.'

'Ok, so tell me about that girl with whom you were chatting.'

'Offo! Don't talk about her. She's such a dumb!'

'What happened? You said she was talking nicely.'

'What nicely? She yelled at me as if I have asked her to pick up cow dung.'

'Yuck! That was a really bad example! And a used one too. Show me your chats with her.'

After the class got over, Harsh showed me his chats with an account named Siya143. I was laughing as I read the chats. 'What the hell yaar! At least don't laugh in front of me man!', Harsh said annoyingly. I placed my hand over my stomach and controlled my laughter. 'I can't control, dude! You got rejected for no reason?', I said. 'Don't mock me. If you can, impress her and propose her. Just take a try.', he challenged me. I shrugged and said, 'What? I don't know her!'. 'Just try!', he insisted and send me that girl's profile. I unlocked my phone and saw her account. It was a private account so I send a friend request. What if she didn't accepted my request after Harsh's incident?, I thought. 

Harsh moved my arm and asked that what happened. I told him about my thought and he said, 'I have an idea. You know Jay, our tuition mate?' 'Of course, we're good friends.', I replied. 'Yes, he's Siya's schoolmate. So if you text her and ask her about Jay's whereabout, may be she'll at least reply you and talk to you.', he explained. I found this idea good and texted her : 

Hello, I'm Ryan. Jay Rathi's friend. He's one of your classmates in school. He's my tuition mate too. Actually, he's not coming to the classes since last week. I called him but no response. So I texted you to know if he's okay? Can you please reply? I'm a little bit worried about him.

I know it's not good to lie, but it's the only way. As the sun set, the street lights turned on, I got back to home after my extra class. After having dinner, I got a notification on my phone. It was from Siya143. Your idea worked, Harsh!, I exclaimed.

Siya143 : Hi. Jay is regular in school in last week. Don't worry, he's fine.

_.Ryan._: Thank God! And thank you so much for replying.

Siya143 : It's okay. You're welcome.

_.Ryan._: If he's okay, why isn't he attending tuition classes?

Siya143 :  I don't know. If you want I can ask him about it in the school.

_.Ryan._: No, no no. It's okay. I think he must be busy somewhere. No need to ask him.

Siya143 : Okay.

_.Ryan._: You're his classmate, right?

Siya143 : You know that, you said it in your first text.

_.Ryan._: Oh yeah. Sorry.

Siya143 : Don't be so formal. It's okay.

_.Ryan._: Yeah. So I guess you're the class monitor, right?

Siya143 : Umm. Yes, I'm.

_.Ryan._: By the way, what's your real name?

Siya143 : My real name is 'Siya' only. Why are you asking me such questions?

_.Ryan._: Sorry to bother you. But I need to check whether it's a fake account or something.

Siya143 : My account is not fake! If you want you can trust me otherwise it's your choice.

_.Ryan._: I trust you. Can you do me a favour?

Siya143 : What?

_.Ryan._: Can you just give me updates about Jay for few days? Please, it's a request. I can't tell you the reason at least for now. I know I'm asking a stranger for help but that's the only way.

Siya143 : Umm, Okay. I will update you about him.

_.Ryan._: Oh, thanks! You're so kind. Please don't tell him anything about our chat, okay?

Siya143 : OK. Now can I go to sleep?

_.Ryan._: Sure. Good night!😊

Siya143 : Good night :-)

Oh God, what was that? It was such an awkward conversation!, I exclaimed. I don't know this girl. She has not accepted my friend request. May be she's being careful after the "Sanskari_boii" incident. Well, let's see what happens next., I told myself and went to sleep.

 

Coincidence or destiny? -1

It is a story of Siya and Ryan. Siya is an innocent girl with a couple of dreams in her eyes. Ryan has his own terms and ways of living life. He is a strong and confident teen having some goals to achieve. Read the story and find out what happened and how these two teens met. Was they just meant to be with each other or they have chosen the wrong person? 

The story will be released in different episodes. New episode at every sunday on this blog. Read out and find out;-)

EPISODE 1

SIYA

Today, I did something wrong. It was just an unintentional mistake. 'Sorry, I didn't meant that. You're getting me wrong.', I said. They replied, 'Your sorry is of no use now, Siya.' They were not family. They were not friends. They were just my classmates. I forgot to inform them about an assignment to be completed by today and in consequences they got punished. I don't know why I felt so upset when they thought that I'm wrong. I'm a kind of girl who don't want anyone to think wrong about me. Is it right? Am I the one girl who needs attention?, my conscience said in my mind. I walked out from the classroom. It was lunch break and I went towards my friends with frowned face. I'm not that type of person who can easily hide their feelings with a fake smile (I don't know why). Those people who can do this are so lucky. They can hide anything from the world and live happily. Fake smile is better than a frowning face. My friends interrogated, 'Why your face is like you have been told to pick up a cow dung in the morning?' Everyone laughed and mocked me. My mood got upset again. Why am I so sensitive on such things? Having all kind of negativities in my mind I spent that school day. We returned home in our school van.

As it was a daily ritual for me to check my Instagram account without changing school uniform, it was not something new for my mom to scold me. She yelled, 'Siya! First change your clothes and have your lunch!' After having lunch, my dad dropped me at the coaching. Being a 9th grade student, it's a huge study burden on my tiny shoulders. No one gives so much importance to this grade. Instead of 9th, everyone is so hyped about 10th grade. The increase in level of difficulty from 8th to 9th is much greater than that of 9th to 10th. 

The tuition classes were over and  I came back home. I picked up my mother's phone and logged in my instagram account. A lots of messages popped up. Chatting with 'insta friends' is a good past time. Several boys approach me for to be in a relationship. One says, 'I have never talked to a girl who is so humble and subtle.' Other one says, 'You're so cute.' Another one says, 'Please find me a girl just like you.' I replied, 'Am I running a matrimony here? Don't you have some other jobs to do?' That's how my day spends - Being flirted on by random guys. 

I haven't seen my crush since 2 days. He lives across the street of my home. A 4 year old girl ran towards me. She jumped over me with a widest smile ever. 'Hurray! I'm back. Let's go to garden.' , she giggled. She's my younger sister, Mayra who has returned from her tuition classes. I refused and she made a disappointed face. Both of us sat outside the house and I convinced her by bribing chocolates. I started missing him.

 I remember the first time we both saw each other. The sky was shaded with orange and red colors and the street lights were turned on. A boy with golden brown hair, big eyes and light beard was standing over a wall of a general store besides the house. I was sitting on patio (a sitting outside the house) with Mayra. He looked at me and smiled watching me playing with my sister. My sixth sense got activated and I noticed his glancing over me. I blushed like an idiot. I don't know where is he now a days. Let's just hope that I get to see him again , I assured myself.

Ryan

I opened my eyes and checked my phone. The time is 5:45 am and it's the time to get ready for school. After getting ready I left home without having breakfast. Who the hell is interested in breakfast at this early morning time? I jumped inside the Auto Rikshaw and felt the cold breeze at my face as the vehicle was moving. I was alone in the rikshaw and there was no one to talk so my mind led to develop a thoughts chain. I want to earn more and more money. How do we become rich? Which profession has the highest salary? I have to and I will definitely become the richest person in my family. Should I start a business or just have a job? come on Ryan! You're just in 10th grade! First focus on that dude! 

As I reached school, I met my friends and I got to know that Shreya(my ex girlfriend) has created a scene by fighting with another ex girlfriend, Pooja. Shreya was my first girlfriend and Pooja was the second one. Shreya thinks I dumped her for Pooja however it's not the truth. Well, I don't care now I have already dumped both of them! I don't care whether they are with me or not.  After all, There's a plenty of fishes in the sea! Gaurav said, 'Chal Ryan, cigarette pine chale!' (Come Ryan, let's have a cigarette!). I replied, 'Damn bro, it's early morning! We will have it in the afternoon after the school.' Yes I smoke and drink at a little age. But It was just due to my friends. The school bell rang and we took our places at the last benches. Most of the time I just slept during the class. I can never compromise on my sleep. Though I don't compromise my studies too. I study at home and tuition. After all it's 10th grade! After the school, I had a cigarette with my friends behind the school. The Auto rikshaw came and I sat inside to get back home. I don't know I'm feeling like something is good about to happen today. But my half day is over now and what good can happen now? 

When the rikshaw reached in my colony, a white colored school van was already standing in that lane. The van was heading in opposite direction of our rikshaw. As the rikshaw passed besides the van, I saw a girl holding a opened water bottle in her hands; perhaps she was drinking water. Her black hair were tied in two plates with a twisted bang behind one ear. All I noticed was her eyes. Her eyes were so deep. It shows how innocent she was. She was looking at me and so do I. It was funny for me to imagine her with me as anyone can say how different standards we both had. She was in a Van and I was in a Rikshaw. She had a steel water bottle and I had a plastic one. She was wearing a private school uniform and I was in a low privileged school. I think She is out of my reach. As the rikshaw passed, I turned around to see her again. It was surprising that she turned around too! I was so happy to see her face again, though her face got blurred as our vehicles parted our ways. I didn't assured myself by any fake assumptions that may be she liked me that's why she turned around. I just need to forget this incidence because there is no way to reach her. She is different and I am different. It was just an incident and not a sign by the universe that I am going to have my first love! Just forget this Ryan! Just forget this! I said to myself.