One night on the road
This is a small story about one night in a city in the US.
Situation : Small group of friends hanging out.
People : A girl, a guy and a bunch of their common friends.
There she was staring at him singing. She was lost in his voice. It felt like her complete world was here. She had never enjoyed listening someone sing. Primarily becase she was not a big connoissuer of music. She hadn't felt this lost in a long time. The definition of "long" time itself kept changing for her. The song came alive with his voice. He went on singing without realising how intoxicating the music was to her. It was devouring her and taking her within its spell. It was like a magic, she never wished to get free of. He was completely unaware of her feelings. He was happy that he was amidst friends. He could not hear her eyes speaking.
He was there, in his world of music, alone. And she was here, in her world of his music, alone. She wished to remember his music forever. However, she knew that is not gonna happen. None of the moments stay forever. But still, she liked living in this moment.
She was sitting their with friends and it felt safe. She looked at one of her friends sitting in front of her, who was sitting with her boyfriend. She could some how relate to the feeling of why they felt safe with each other. In this moment, she wanted to remain unnoticed and just savour the moment, the music, the feelings.
And then, in some time, the song ended. Everyone started leaving for their home. It was the time to say good-bye. He casually shook her hand and wished good bye. She wanted to hug him tight and let her actions convey and feel the good bye. However, all she was able to do was ..... play along in his hand shake and leave.
It was time for her to head back alone to her home. It was a long drive back. She was not over-speeding tonight. She was not sleepy as well even though it had been a long day and it was dark. She wanted to go back, and be with him till the dawn. However, all she was doing was driving back home. There were red lights on the highway and the road was empty. The white divider markings seemed to brush past her and her vehicle kept moving between them, leaving the markings behind. She was looking at the road, trying to figure something out. Then there were yellow lights in the middle of the road. She kept staring at the road, with markings moving past her, and she moving ahead, unaware of what was going to come and she kept leaving them behind.
She was with her thoughts amidst the loneliness of the dark night. She had felt that urge of someone pulling her towards himself .... holding her and kissing her....quite a number of times. The urge seemed strong at times, however this was a more stable feeling. She had learned over the time how to talk about everything else except her feelings. She had learnt it the hard way. People say life is the biggest teacher. Maybe 'people' are right. Slowly, she had grown over her feelings. She had learnt over the time to stay quiet and let the moment pass by. She had screwed up a lot of things and this time she din't want to. Everything just passes by. She believed that there will be a time when she will not have to worry about the moment passing by. She will know its hers :) . However may be this was one of those times where she felt like keeping quiet. Moreover, her mind was devoid of any possible words which can fit in such a situation. Silence seemed the perfect way to describe it all.
PS : This is a work of pure fiction.
posted by kamiya @ 11:13 PM
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