Wednesday, August 03, 2005

Friends

She was this happy-go-lucky, sweet, ‘ambiverted’, friends to many, enemy-to-none, levelheaded, intelligent, pragmatic girl next door. He was enigmatic, a closed book, hard to get, friendly, straight-forward, good friends with handpicked few, intelligent, sweet and moody. In spite having known each other since childhood, every meeting made them unleash new mysteries about each other. They enjoyed each other's company immensely, irrespective of whether they were across continents or a matter of meters apart. They talked about school, college, happiness’s, sorrows, gossips, music, movies, how difficult was her first attempt to wear the sari, how funny was the booze-party in his hostel, how her best friend’s marriage alliance experience had been, how his mobile phone fell into water, how she had a mad fight with her mum, how he lost his temper over his boss, how the music festival was getting along in her school, what books he's been reading, who her latest crush at work was, how hot his Salma-Hayek-lookalike colleague was, how she felt on top of the world when wind kissed her cheeks and clouds caressed her feet during her trek trips, how elated he was when he bought his first car...

They talked about everything and they talked more about nothing at all. They would lose touch for months and when back together, they'd hit it off from where they left. Neither missed each other during the hiatuses nor had a pulse-racing exhilaration on hearing from the other. Both parents took pride at their fond friendship.


One fine day, she announced that she was getting married to one NRI dude her parents chose for her. He was most happy for her. And they continued their banter as always. But when they met a month before her wedding, an unexplained tension overwhelmed them. Neither of them spoke much but the uneasy silence said it all.

Today she is married and he, we hear, is engaged. And their tête-à-tête continues unabated.

14 Comments:

At 04 August, 2005, Blogger Rohan Kumar said...

Absolutely brilliant with simplicity being the essence. I was thinking of penning something on these lines but cant top this :)

 
At 04 August, 2005, Blogger Swathi Sambhani aka Chimera said...

i think that was a wonderful piece of fiction(assuming that it was fiction :))
but i wondered 'bout the silence when they met; also was reminded of the play ' tumhari amrita'

 
At 04 August, 2005, Blogger Rat said...

I think my life is going to end up like this.Probably minus the parents finding someone for me.

 
At 04 August, 2005, Blogger Pink said...

What does tete-a-tete mean? Ya, why the uneasy silence when they met... did they/he have 'other' feelings for each other/her... and then he got married to someone else and she was married by then...sigh... is this really a happy ending?

 
At 04 August, 2005, Blogger RT said...

~Rohan: Yeah, its a simple story with a lot of complexities of the human mind.
Thanks for the comments. Glad you liked it. Do keep visiting.

~Rat: Finding someone for yourself shouldnt really come in way of your friendship, Rat.

~Swathi and Lavi: Well, this is more like a mind versus heart game. If you looked from the heart's perspective then probably yes, its a sad ending. And from mind's perspective, then you'd see two pragmatic, matured individuals for whom friendship preceded the need for an intimate relationship.

 
At 04 August, 2005, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Is this really fiction?

 
At 05 August, 2005, Blogger Swathi Sambhani aka Chimera said...

rt
i like that 'two pragmatic, matured individuals for whom friendship preceded the need for an intimate relationship' unfortunately i wasnt able to do that n wish i had **sigh**

 
At 06 August, 2005, Blogger Mint Chutney said...

Very nice post. Made me feel a bit sad.

 
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At 08 August, 2005, Blogger RT said...

~anonymous: Yes! It is indeed! Hope you liked it.

~swathi: True! And thats why my tag line is "Life's like that"..

~mint chutney: Welcome and thanks! Guess it was slightly sad after all..:-)

~anonymous: I have no clue about the said serial.

 
At 10 August, 2005, Blogger Primalsoup said...

Harry Met Sally with a not so happy cliche ending. Hmmm.

Good Stuff! :)

 
At 11 August, 2005, Blogger RT said...

~pimppia: Thank for your comments. Glad you liked it.

~primalsoup: Happy cliches and harsh realities are two sides of a coin. :)
Thanks, glad you liked it.

 
At 12 August, 2005, Blogger Kumari said...

Lovely story...so sweet and yet so heart-wrenching...for all the unsaid reasons :)

 
At 17 August, 2005, Blogger RT said...

~kumari: Welcome and thanks for your comments. Glad you liked it. Do come again.

 

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