Paradise

Saturday- last day of the week. You have an exam. You fumble and tumble over it and you are glad that it's over. Summer is here and a long, sultry day is here to stay.

Slowly, you push yourself to the nearest bus transit station and wait for a bus. An empty bus pulls over. You prefer to wait. 20 minutes later, you are still there. A bus not in sight. 'Dei, such an idiot you are!', you tell yourself.

Annoyed, you look at the sun that's beating down. It hurts your eyes and you quickly turn your head. And then you see her. You forget the self-loathing session you just finished. Just when sunlight seems to make you go haywire, you sense some hay under the sunshine.

The next ten minutes spent for a bus will be worth a wait, you think. You turn again. And a lady stands next to her, swooping down on the eyes surrounding her. 'Tchah!', you tell yourself and silently criticise the Indian society's textbook behaviour. Before you ridicule the society further, the empty bus also turns up. Your limbs move towards the bus while you want to stay back. You eventually take the bus.

And you turn back to look for an empty seat. None! But wait, there is the seat and there sits the girl. You decide to bequeath a seat and stand in the bus. You praise coincidence. Just then, an old man makes you sit next to him, blurring the coincidence away.

Thirty minutes go by when you want to turn back, see if she has left, see if she is still there. Oh, just to catch a glimpse. Now, the bus gets crowded and you feel like hitting yourself on the iron bar that is motionless near you.

Destination has almost arrived and the bus, still crowded, earns my wrath. The bus slows down and a passenger shouts at you for the foot massage I gave him. You smile and almost get down. You are almost pushed down. But you turn back and see if she still is there. Instead, you see her looking at you and smiling. Paradise!

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