MORON. She might have thought as she disconnected the call. Anyone else would be worried about it, but I was kind of satisfied. I had a smile on my face, even-though I just had a lame ass conversation with her. I knew, that probably, she wouldn't talk to me ever again. And I wasn't worried about it at all. The same situation happened two years back and I fell for her. This was the same situation, with the same girl, and I was well aware of the consequences. While I was talking to her, the incidents and her behaviour from a month back started replaying in my mind.
One Month Back :
I was having a family time with my parents. Now "The Family Time" generally involved watching a daily soap with mom and dad. I toyed with my cellphone as Priya Kapoor shed a bucket full of glycerin tears for a rich fat guy in Bade Acche Lagte Hain. Now if you ever come across this daily soap, you would realize that the pun was totally intended while finalizing the title and the lead characters of the soap. It cracks me up every single time. Oh yes, "The Bigger, The Better".
Cell phone ringing : Shruti Calling. The smile widened on my face, as her name flashed on the screen. But it was a confusing one, because she called me for the first time in last two years. I answered it and a tiny sob from the other side greeted me.
"Hello" I greeted her being as polite as I could.
"Mmmmmm" her sobbing continued.
"What happened, Shruti ?"
"I had a fight with him two days back. Haven't talked with him since then. He too hasn't called" She was referring to her boyfriend.
"He'll call. Everything would be alright. These sort of things happen in a relationship, right ?" I tried to consolidate her.
"And even if he doesn't, you still have Aaditya Roy Kapoor waiting for you" I continued. It cracked her up. Whenever some one smiles or giggles while crying, I find that to be the cutest moment. And I managed to make that happen.
"Listen, don't cry. He'll call and everything would be alright."
"Mmmmm, Thank you" She said, her voice still shaky !
"I need to go now. Take Care. And stop crying" I said as I disconnected the call.
She texted me regularly from that day onwards and I thought that our friendship was getting back on track. Because ever-since I broke up with Arpita (She and Shruti were best friends), our friendship had been a bit rocky. We talked once or twice a month and that too only via Facebook. We were growing apart. As it turned out, they eventually patched it up in a day or two. And I was again the same, just another friend for her.
18th May 2013 :
Today, exactly a month later, I again get the same call, from the same girl and more or less the same reason. This time around, her guy hadn't called her for two days and she was paranoid that he would eventually dump her. I tried to consolidate her, again. But with a little less conviction this time around. I had gone through this thing with her twice in the past already. And all I ever get is a rub on my hair saying see ya around boy. I just played along, but honestly I didn't give a fuck about it anymore.
I mean, she seriously thought that I was dumb not to understand her this kind of a behaviour ? I had been her best friend for as long as I could remember. I always helped her whenever she needed me. I mean, no one can come and leave from my life whenever they feel like. Was I supposed to fall for it yet again ? Well, I very well knew what was coming up ahead for me and I ducked it. She might not have done it intentionally, but "Chutiya samjha hai kya !" (You think I am a Moron ?)
One Month Back :
I was having a family time with my parents. Now "The Family Time" generally involved watching a daily soap with mom and dad. I toyed with my cellphone as Priya Kapoor shed a bucket full of glycerin tears for a rich fat guy in Bade Acche Lagte Hain. Now if you ever come across this daily soap, you would realize that the pun was totally intended while finalizing the title and the lead characters of the soap. It cracks me up every single time. Oh yes, "The Bigger, The Better".
Cell phone ringing : Shruti Calling. The smile widened on my face, as her name flashed on the screen. But it was a confusing one, because she called me for the first time in last two years. I answered it and a tiny sob from the other side greeted me.
"Hello" I greeted her being as polite as I could.
"Mmmmmm" her sobbing continued.
"What happened, Shruti ?"
"I had a fight with him two days back. Haven't talked with him since then. He too hasn't called" She was referring to her boyfriend.
"He'll call. Everything would be alright. These sort of things happen in a relationship, right ?" I tried to consolidate her.
"And even if he doesn't, you still have Aaditya Roy Kapoor waiting for you" I continued. It cracked her up. Whenever some one smiles or giggles while crying, I find that to be the cutest moment. And I managed to make that happen.
"Listen, don't cry. He'll call and everything would be alright."
"Mmmmm, Thank you" She said, her voice still shaky !
"I need to go now. Take Care. And stop crying" I said as I disconnected the call.
She texted me regularly from that day onwards and I thought that our friendship was getting back on track. Because ever-since I broke up with Arpita (She and Shruti were best friends), our friendship had been a bit rocky. We talked once or twice a month and that too only via Facebook. We were growing apart. As it turned out, they eventually patched it up in a day or two. And I was again the same, just another friend for her.
18th May 2013 :
Today, exactly a month later, I again get the same call, from the same girl and more or less the same reason. This time around, her guy hadn't called her for two days and she was paranoid that he would eventually dump her. I tried to consolidate her, again. But with a little less conviction this time around. I had gone through this thing with her twice in the past already. And all I ever get is a rub on my hair saying see ya around boy. I just played along, but honestly I didn't give a fuck about it anymore.
I mean, she seriously thought that I was dumb not to understand her this kind of a behaviour ? I had been her best friend for as long as I could remember. I always helped her whenever she needed me. I mean, no one can come and leave from my life whenever they feel like. Was I supposed to fall for it yet again ? Well, I very well knew what was coming up ahead for me and I ducked it. She might not have done it intentionally, but "Chutiya samjha hai kya !" (You think I am a Moron ?)
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