Tuesday, January 30, 2007

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.

15 comments:

bored blogger said...

hahahaha.....as i said earlier...u should have told him..that u have enough decent friends n are on a lookout for some indecent ones......

Anonymous said...

whoa!!!!!!!!!!!
thats one hell of a life u are living in....
how do u manage to get in such situations....

The Count would luv to trade one's in a while with u..... tho he wud prefer the other gender chasing for his no.

Stil.... great writing....

Anonymous said...

hahahahahahaha...not entirely unexpected...judging from the the umpteen no. of 'DECENT FRENSHIP REQUESTS' u get on ur orkut scrapbook everyday..(guys if u wanna know wat i mean just check out her scrapbook!!!)..lol..great story though...

Sita Priya Moorthi said...

WELL.... A VERY GRIPPING STORY TILL THE LAST MOMENT. HIGHLY CAPTIVATING A MUST READ FOR ALL BORED MEN ,WOMEN, GAYS ,LESBIAns AND THOSE BELONGING TO THE WORLD OUT THERE.THE ARTICULATION, THE PUNCTUATUATON , THE HUIMOUR, THE SARCAsm aLL THE BIG THINGS OF A SMALL Y ET GREAT AUTHOR. KEEP IT UP........~~~~
"as said bye sita priya ~~~the bloggers times"~~~

Anonymous said...

hahahahhahaha!!!!!!!!!!OMG....brinda should've been there 2 bash him up...hehehe....while reading d story i could actually imagine u n A running afap as if for your life......well another "decant frandshap" case in your life.........all d best 2 cope up!!!!

SENSATIONS said...

lol! don really know whether to sympathise with u (coz i ve gone through this shit myself) or laugh at it...... amazingly written..... suspense till the end....

Anonymous said...

WTF.., You should have freaked him out instead of you bein so... YOu guys were two and he was probably single (pun intended).

Sujay said...

hav heard the story from ur cute little frnd! hehe....... well runnin away from there waz kinda funny as well as cute! anywayz i guess did d rite thing! these "i want frndship wid u" kinda guyz really suck bigtime! n ya this idea of collected short stories is really awesum!!! waiting 4 d next 1...........

Ayush Gupta said...

Hmmm ... it's always a better option to think up a phony number and shake the person off rather than run away like your feet just turned into rockets. He/she would be a bit less humiliated if the number actually turned out to be that of a "cheap desperate hotline" than he/she might have been on seeing his/her request for a number being answered with a hasty retreat. ;-)

Unknown said...

hey! two things.. 1. I read your blogs! Your accusation is without any proof, i'm dissappointed. I may not comment sometimes, but i've read every single one, I have never read anyone else's completely, except yours.. coz I relate to your writing

2. Whoa! I mean ho ho ho! God! totally! that was really wierd!.. two possibilities, dare or the guy is really really direct. As for the matter of decent friendship, I guess even that is accepted with more backgroud details about a person, which should be less sketchy... way to go!

Anonymous said...

ho!!!!ho!!!!laughed wen u told me n laughin aftr readin ur blog!!!!!!hav ta sy u r a damn gud writer......i mean putting up sumthn so dumb on ur blog n managing 2 mk it sound sooooooo funny!!!!!!gud job!!!!!bt honestly i still feel u shud'nt hav run away like tht!!!!!aftr all he sounds 2 me one of those harmless loser kind of creatures jst lukin fr decent "frandsip" wid "butiphul garls"!!!!!;)

MeMyself_n_I said...

@ bored blogger - ahh yes, indecent friends. that would've been interesting.

@ count sahaj - i have no idea!! must say it makes life very interesting though. :-p

@ devvrat - orkut has a lot of very desperate young men. i'm pretty sure every girl has managed to invite quite a few highly interesting friendship requests.

@ sita - thank u for the glowing review! i will keep it for future reference, when i go to publishers with my book.

@ anonymous - the fact that u seem to know me and my friends quite well indicates that i'm suppossed to know who you are. but unfortunately i'm not too good at guessing games. why don't u shed the garb of anonymity? it's not like u gave a very rude comment. lol

@ sensations - thanks! and personally i think the best thing is to laugh things off. or better yet, put the story on your blog. ;-)

@ aditya - yeah i guess so. oh well, next time. hehe.

@ sujay - thanks a lot. and hey, these kind of guys give me something to write about in my blog. lol.

@ ayush - hmm well at that moment i was more worried about making a quick exit than about hurting the 'poor guy's' feelings. lol.

@ prannay - i am really sorry, i was only kidding! i'm so glad to have u as one of my readers. i promise to never complain again. u have full liberty to not comment.

@ anonymous - thanks! yet again, i guess i'm suppossed to know who you are, but i can't figure it out for the life of me. i'm really sorry, i suck at guessing games!

Nitish said...

ok this is my first comment so i must mention that i am a huge fan of your collected short stories! they are amazing and addictive... now i saw this CG, and he seemed like a loser after all. i wonder what wud've happened had u accepted the 'offer of friendship' though! ;-) great blog, and please keep on adding to the stories!

Mr. J said...

Where thou be at.. long time no see. Update I say :P

That Girl said...

LMAO!! Hilarious! The morons one keeps running up against, I swear. And the dude asked your friend for her number when he couldn't get yours... quite a let down, would've been so flattering if he'd only asked you :-D

But "decent friendship" - roflmao!!!