Collected Short Stories by MeMyself_n_I : Part IV

finally, after umpteen false starts and innumerable mood swings, "Collected Short Stories..." returns, and will hopefully stick around for a while.

the story that shall be told today is one with which most girls(and quite a few guys...*evil grin*) can identify with. also it happened such a long time back, i'm surprised it hadn't featured in my blog till now. anyway, without further ado, let the storytelling begin.

Story 5 : The one with the offer of friendship

the story begins one lovely september evening in delhi. a slight breeze is blowing, the weather is pleasantly warm, just enough to keep you from feeling cold, but not oppressive. basically, its a beautiful autumn evening, golden leaves on the ground and everything. i am walking around with a friend, feeling quite happy and at peace with the world.

but of course, life isn't fair is it? just when u least expect it, fate throws something nasty at u.

a shady looking guy decides to approach us. we aren't too happy, for obvious reasons. i'm putting down the exact conversation, as well as i can remember it.

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the characters in the following *ahem* drama, if i may call it, are

Me - pretty obvious who i'm talking about
A - the friend
CG - creepy guy

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CG(addressing me) - excuse me, can i have your number please?

Me(in shock) - uhh....umm...i don't think so.

CG(he seems to have not heard me) - excuse me, i asked u a question. can i have your number please?

Me(a little more firmly, though still highly worried) - i'm sorry, but i can't give u my phone number.

CG(pretending to not have heard me) - excuse me miss, can i have your number please?

A(deciding to take over, as i'm not being too assertive in my refusal) - didn't u hear her? she said no! also, she doesn't even know u! how can she just give her number to any random guy???

CG - oh i'm sorry. hi, my name is anmol. can i have your number please?

Me(barely able to supress my giggles, but still not feeling very happy about the whole situation) - uhh....umm....welll....*very softly* i have enough friends.

CG - only for decent friendship.


And that is when A and i realize that things are getting way out of hand and decide to beat a hasty retreat. we run as far away as possible, as fast as our legs can take us.

The End.

The wait is over, you can stop holding your breath now.

ahhhhhhhhhhhh finally!!! my computer has come back to life. u cannot possibly have any idea about how happy i am right now. i have been wasting away without the net. i needed to do some serious blogging(read serious ranting), which was obviously not possible without the computer. so i was losing my mind, honestly(okay maybe i'm exaggerating a little bit...).

anyway, if u guys remember, last time round, i had written a not-so-cheerful entry, to say the least. well heh heh heh, my new year's eve actually turned out to be very nice. and studying went for a toss(which naturally resulted in my exams going not-so-well but what the heck, u can't have everything in life).

hols were lovely, and my previous post was just a momentary lapse in good old common sense. and well, i tend to exaggerate a teeny-tiny bit, in case u haven't noticed already. basically, the fact of the matter is, i am back to being my cheerful and highly witty, not to mention very very modest self.

a little digression here. ppl just assumed that my last blog was about 'me looking for loooove' and all that crap. well it wasn't . and that is that.

also, i supremely dislike all the people i have tagged. they just could not do one little tag. i am veeery annoyed.

my blogging skills(so to speak) are a tad rusty, courtesy my exams and my temporarily defunct computer(not my procrastination skills or sheer laziness, for once). so if u want to bang ur head against ur screen while you're reading my blog, u have complete liberty to do so. for one, you are possibly used to much higher standards of literature(i'm flattering myself here). for two, it's ur frikking monitor and ur frikking self. u can go kill yourself for all i care.
okay, well that's a very mean thing to say, i was only joking. i love u guys! where would i be without my lovely readers??

lately i have been pretty sprightly, notwithstanding the (extremely annoying)exams. touchwood though, hope it lasts. anyway, i don't exactly know why i've been all chirpy. maybe because i've finally let go of some baggage i had been carrying around for a while. also because someone told me about this highly interesting concept, which is all about looking at the larger picture in life. i have modified this theory somewhat.
my theory is about looking at the largest picture ever in life. to quote somebody, man(and woman) was meant to be happy , and not worry about either exams or about the big picture.

which reminds me, me and a friend will be writing a book very soon. it'll be our take on philosophy, and also our special theory of relativity. bet it'll be unlike anything you've ever read before. heh heh heh.

anyway, this also means that "Collected Short Stories.." will be back anytime now. and that i will blog regularly now on. yes i will! i will, i swear!

anyway, am feeling very sleepy, and i HAVE to publish this blog today. so let me stop here and let u get back to doing whatever u were doing before stumbling onto my blog(or if you're a regular reader, voluntarily reading it, for which i really like u). until next time, goodbye dear reader. and this time, it won't be long until the next time we meet(it won't i swear!!).