It
started raining suddenly during the morning walk in the park.
Initially I was worried for not carrying an umbrella but slowly
I started enjoying the walk in the shower. The empty park
and the walk in the rain brought back lots of fond childhood
memories - the fun in getting drenched in the rain and ending
up facing mom’s ire. So I decided to get drenched completely
forgetting my age and asthma.
After coming home, I quickly dried myself and sat with a hot
cup of coffee for the daily schedule of checking mails and
FB (Facebook) statuses. Just as a flash , I thought I saw
him for a minute. OMG. My heart almost stopped for few seconds.
Is he around here. ? God. For first few minutes I went numb.
Didn’t know what to do. My boyfriend has surfaced again.
!!!
Once I regained my composure ,
my mind wandered from past to present and to future. What
happened and what is happening and what will happen if my
Dad comes to know . Suddenly my morning enjoyment in rain
got completely vanished. Fear gripped. I started thinking
of various possibilities. First I thought , let me make sure
it is him, before pressing any kind of panic button. Next
30 mins I sat there. But there was no sign of him. After sometime
I realised maybe it’s my imagination and slowly started
with my regular work. How wrong I was!!
After a week, during a lunch time
I saw him again. He seemed to have gained a bit more weight
, but had the same swiftness. His black colored shine much
more!!!. I have to control my growing admiration for him.
From then he was surfacing more frequently. I knew , he was
also trying to catch my attention and making his presence
felt. I remembered the last ramifications I had to go through
when I shared about him to my Dad. So I was just tossing in
my mind whether to tell my Dad or not this time.
As one more week passed, my boy friend started showing up
more, may be, he now feels I miss him and I accept his presence
again. After some real arguments within myself, one fine day,
I broke the news to my Dad. He had a worried look. He asked
me,” Must be after 4 years, right? “ . I said
“Yes. After moving from Chennai to Delhi, this is the
first time “ . My Dad normally tries to see how quickly
a problem can be solved rather than discussing at length about
how it all started. Anyhow all those sessions were over last
time. An uneasy calm remained. Then he asked me “Do
you want me to handle this ?”. Quckly I replied “yes”.
He said he will take care of him on the coming weekend.
When he said that, I felt a lump
in my throat. My eyes swelled a bit. I know I m going to miss
him and all his mischiefs. On Sunday when he came up , my
Dad dealt with him more firmly this time. The entire episode
lasted for about 25 mins. Yes, my boyfriend finally left not
to return
again. I wept quietly in my room. I now realised somewhere
at corner of my heart, I had a liking for him. After two or
three days things were back to normal. Again, the morning
walk and the rain, but somehow the happiness is less!!!
P.S
Last week on advice of my mother and family priest my
Dad and I went to the Vinayagar temple for a special pooja
, after all both of us have offended Vinayagar's Vahaan (transport)
(my boyfriend) in one way or the other…
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