Thursday, April 4, 2013

Salt N Pepper~ Chapter 4



                                       Read the Chapter3 here 
Chapter~4~

Krishna often favoured visiting the Durga Mandir near his university.

On one such visit he saw Varsabhanavi  and this time he hesitated to talk to her but to his surprise Varsabhanavi  smiled at him and spoke to him.

Varsabhanavi : Heyy.... Hi Krishna.. Think of the devil and.....guess the world's a small place!!!... We seem to be running into the other so often!

Krishna(hesistantly) : Oh ...Hi... Ya... i thought so too... Well ...err.. I gotta go...Bfn

Varsabhanavi  was seemingly upset that Krishna had to leave but gathered herself and said

Varsabhanavi :OH... OK .. no problem... Would you like to come over for my birthday party...?

Krishna(shocked):Well ... Ummm.. Yaa... fine ...when is it...? Sorry am bad with dates...

(Varsabhanavi  took a while to digest the fact that the guy who had ideas with her had no idea when she was born!!!! )

Varsabhanavi  : Its tonite! Today is my birthday and I wanted to visit some Durga temple so came here.. It’s been a hectic travel.. An hour or so….

Krishna:Oh.. tonite.. I don’t think it’s possible.. You live at the other end.. West End Avenue right... (Blurting)I mean i saw that in face book....

Varsabhanavi (shocked ):Ya... I live at the 84th street West End Avenue...

Krishna :Oh.. BTW... Happy Birthday... I mean... (Laughs)
Varsabhanavi  : thankyou Krishna... Do drop in home 
sometime... I'll be leaving soon...And hey do give me your number..

Krishna: My number is XXXXXXXXXX ....... Bye...

It was almost a week when Krishna received a text from Varsabhanavi  and he responded as politely as he could. Krishna realized that there was no point in trying to be his casual self as his simple remarks would spoil his reputation with the hot-tempered woman.
Varsabhanavi  could sense the difference in tone and voice in the texts but felt assure that Krishna wasn’t upto any mischief.

Varsabhanavi  invited Krishna on the following Sunday on pretext of her belated birthday and Krishna gladly agreed to meet her. They met at Café Lalo and Krishna gifted her watch and they both talked for almost for two hours .Krishna realized that Varsabhanavi  was still the same woman he had wanted for his life and wished she would be more loving, she would be more forthcoming and understand his feelings for her… He was running in his mind how it would be to just ….If he could play with her cheeks and take her in his arms… Krishna thought that it would never happen and almost after another half hour they both departed.
Krishna thanked Varsabhanavi  for the invite and started home. Varsabhanavi  was glad she could spend her time with someone she knew was trustworthy.

Varsabhanavi : Bye Krishna.. It was lovely to have you over... Thanks for the watch too. It’s lovely J

Krishna: Ya.... anytime Varsabhanavi .. It’s nice to meet you over cup of coffee. And if it’s not much... It was never infatuation...! Byee

Krishna left a ever-pondering Varsabhanavi  behind...

Varsabhanavi  would spend hours thinking about Krishna , his actions and words and wonder WHAT IF she had said an "YES" when he first proposed...

She was not sure if the feelings she had for Krishna were ever "more than friendship".
                                                 
                                                          Chapter 5 (Click to read)...

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