Finally we were texting
You might receive 1000 messages but you never forget that first message which you receive from that someone. So is the case with me. I have rewind’d that moment in my mind for at least one thousand times.
I was sitting in my accounts tuition class. I remember our great Mukesh Madan Sir was teaching us cash flow statement. I never kept my phone on silent mode even during the classes as no one ever cared to call me except for my parents and they knew that during that time I was in class. Our accounts teacher was one of the best teachers in our whole locality and was also quite a moody one. And suddenly the moment came and out of nowhere my Samsung phone blew a whistle. Don’t take me wrong it actually blew a whistle as in most Samsung phones, that’s the default tone when you receive a text message. My teacher was now staring at me in such a way as if I have been romancing his wife. And then it whistled again and again and again as she sent three text messages one after the other. I thought that I was gone now and now our accounts teacher would scold me quite hard and I was not prepared to hear it.
He made a grumpy face and then took his specs off and then suddenly said “aajkal yeh airtel valo ne bhi bada dukhi kar rakha hain ek ke baad ek message kar dete hain kabhi cricket service ke liye kabhi astrology kabhi jokes kuch bhi bhej dete hain yr tum sab na apne phone silent pe rakha karo chalo vaise bhi aaj zyada hi pada diya tha ab kal milte hain” he said. I was now relaxed and quickly left the tuition center.
Then the Samsung whistled again. I must tell you girls are very impatient. I checked the messages she had sent to me. The first message was a usual “Hi”. The second one had her name. The third one was “what are you doing and please reply quickly”. And the last one was “busy people”. I quickly replied her “Yaar I was in tuition so was unable to reply to your messages and please don’t text me during this time as I won’t be able to reply and quickly pressed the send button”. Within fifteen seconds the Samsung whistled again “Ok no problem lambey, whenever free just text me”. And then lambey replied “Ok sure, just give me an hour; I will text you back. I then quickly went home, had my dinner and then quickly texted her. Around fifty messages were exchanged and then I suddenly realized that only two rupees were left in my phone balance as I never bothered to get a free sms package for my phone. And my final message was “meri ma hunte balance vi mukh gaya par sadiyan galan ni khatam hui chal milda haan school vich bas yeh bata de ki ab school kab darshan doge”. She replied “haw bechara chal koi na ab se message card dilwa liyo ab se bahut text messages aayenge tujhe aur haan ab hum next aayenge school”. And our first texting session finally ended.
RUM RUM WHISKY
Vicky donor was one of the most entertaining movies of that year. The buzz created around the movie was great and the theme of sperm donation was interesting enough to excite the youngsters. So we all decided to watch the movie at Movie Time, Raja Garden. And this day turned out to be one of the most adventurous days of our lives.
I asked her that she could also join but she had the tendency of only going out in the group which had girls in it. That thing I respected and that’s why didn’t force her to join. That might sound a little old fashioned but that’s me for you. Later in the night I realized that it was the wisest decision of my life. So there were four of us; me, Avi, Darsh and Duggal Ji. Karan had his football match so he decided to give it a miss.
We all enjoyed the movie to the most and left the hall only when the promotional song Rum Rum Whisky was over. We did not leave the cinema hall during the intermission because of two simple reasons; one we did not want to miss a single scene of the movie and second snacks offered during intermission are so costly that our one month pocket money will be finished buying just one bucket of pop corn and then our Punjabi mothers would say, ”Yeh to main ghar mein hi bana sakti thi isme itne paiso ko udane ka kya matlab hain”
After watching the movie, we were looking for some affordable outlet so that the rats running in our stomach (es) could finally slow down. Suddenly we met some of Avi’s old friends and from there it all started. They asked us to join them for a drink. I declined their request quickly and asked them to carry on. But they persuaded a little more to which Duggal paaji joined them as me and Darsh were standing at a distance. Duggal ji after asked in a pure Punjabi tone, ”Yeh kaun si drink hoti hain jo kabhi humne nahin pee aaj to main isey pee ke hi rahunga chahe jo marzi ho jae bhai saab phir kaun si drink hain pepsi ya coca cola”. I told him that it was not pepsi nor any cola but vodka and tequila shots or in simple words alcohol. But Duggal ji was ready to have a taste of it and Avi also joined him saying, ”Ek ad peg ya shot peene se kuch na hota chal aaja gk try karne main kya harz hain kab tak bache bane rahenge aaja yr paka sirf ek drink”. But I was in no mood to listen and so was Darsh. In the end it was decided that I and Darsh would wait for these two idiots and they were supposed to meet us after half an hour at the mall entrance. We finished our snacks at the KFC and waited for our friends at the malls’ entrance. Time trickled over and still there was no sign of our dear friends. Now what to do? We waited for another half an hour but still there was no sign of them. It was getting quite late in the night and having no other option we decided to go inside the bar to find out what was going on.
The ambience inside the bar was quite irritating for me. Smoke was flying all over the bar with people drinking hookahs and other nonsense stuff. Then in one corner Darsh found out Avi and Duggal ji sitting with their heads down under the influence of wine. Then we found out from the waiter that both of them drunk about 6 vodka shots and their bill amounted to 2000 rupees. We had brought together 1500 out of which we had already spent 1000 now we were only left with 500; we were now in a big fix and then we found that Duggal ji had gained some conscious and was humming the song Rum Rum Whisky. Suddenly Darsh noticed a red warning on one of the walls of the bar which read that underage drinking and serving is legally prohibited.
Then we started our master plan as we did not have enough money to pay the bill off. We pretended to be news reporters and asked the waiter that we wanted to meet their manager and in the mean time Darsh started clicking some random pictures of the bar. The manager came and asked us about the matter to which we replied that we had information that underage people were served wine at this particular bar and we are going to telecast this big story on our national television. The manager was bamboozled at hearing this and pleaded us not to telecast this on TV and even paid us 5000 rupees. We put that money in our pockets and quickly slipped the money into duggal’s pocket and then paid the bill
Now who will drive
I and Darsh were able to bring our dear friends out of the bar but there was another big problem; both me and Darsh didn’t know how to drive a car. I never rode a bicycle in my entire life, so had Darsh. Duggal was the only one who knew how to drive a car but giving him the steering wheel in this state would be like giving disaster a free invitation. We could have taken a metro but Avi was unable to stand straight; how could he travel by metro. We were in a big fix now.
Suddenly, out of nowhere I saw her coming. Perhaps she would have come there with her family. And family means father and most of the fathers’ know how to drive. I thought that our problem was solved. But the problem was not solved here since she had come with a group of girls and just like us, the girls in her gang didn’t know driving. It was now really getting late and something had to be done. The girls had also joined us and we started to gather as much knowledge as we had on how to drive a car. I knew the basics but had never driven a car on delhi roads so I wanted to shift the burden on Darsh. After gathering all the information [like my girl told me how to start it another one told how to change the gears and someone about the brakes], I finally decided to drive this stupid vehicle on my own. I thought that it would be easy but soon I realized it was a big mistake. As I started the car I pushed the race so much that it nearly crashed into the side wall. Suddenly I noticed from a distance that my brother in law was also taking out his car from the parking. He was with his friends and I asked him to please drive us back home and he obliged ending our horrible day.
MY ONLY LOVE
After that horrible day we were back in our school again. Avi and Duggal were somehow ashamed so they decided to give school a miss that day. Only six students were present that day. I, her, Darsh, Anmol, Karan and Aashna. After studying for couple of hours in the class itself we decided to take a break. Then suddenly Karan came up with an idea that we all should play the game of truth and dare. The bottle was spinned and each of them performed either a dare which the other person gave them or spoke truth about a question which any other person asked. The bottle was spinned quite a number of times but my turn didn’t came. It was during I guess tenth spin that the bottled stopped in my direction. I opted for truth. She asked me a question about my secret if I had any. No I don’t have any.
There is one thing about girls. They will never tell their own secrets to you but if you have any secret then beware there is no one better to take your secrets out. “But I don’t have any secrets my friend; my life is like an open book in fact most of my life events I even post them on my facebook account. “Par koi secret toh hoga yaar, chal apni girlfriend(s) ke baare mein hi bata de”. I didn’t had any girlfriends but that day I decided to play a prank.
“Yes I have a girlfriend but no one knows about her”. And all of a sudden, her expressions changed.”But you told me that I was the only girl who has your phone number and if you have a girlfriend you would have talked to her on the phone; which means you lie to me. I will never talk to you. I didn’t expect this from you”. Tell me her name I want to know her name.
I was somehow able to control my laughter and replied, ”I won’t tell her name but I will tell you that things won’t work between me and her as she is a non- sikh and our families are not going to agree.
Her expressions…oh god!! I just wish I had a camera at that point of time. They were so funny when you mix anger and surprise the expressions you get are much than that of the bollywood actresses.
“What’s her name I want to know; please for god sake, tell me her name please I beg to you”.
“There is no need to beg; her name is Katrina Kaif”
And what followed was her unstoppable laughter. I asked her, are you my girlfriend? Why were you so upset when I told you that I had a girlfriend?. What followed was a long silence. And in that silence I got my answer.
to be continued...
Gurukaran Singh
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