He had fallen in love with her at first sight. This was natural in
him. He would start loving a girl at first sight! Since he was a boy of
thirteen!
It was a Sunday evening. Weather was fresh as a rain had just
stopped after showering Delhi for continuous six hours. A white BMW stopped at
the parking area of the Metro Walk Mall. One of the back doors opened and a
pair of black boots landed on the ground. Other gates also got opened and some
cool dudes got down. A beautiful girl emerged out of the car. She was wearing
short cloths.
He was parking his old Yamaha RX 100 at the same parking though
the area was reserved for the cars only. His eyes, hid under half broken helmet,
rolled to the car and he kept staring at it with curiosity for some time. The
car was shining more. He was confused; to look at the girl or at the car!
His eyes were fixed on the black boot girl. She came out, stretched her arms,
removed her big sunglasses and brushed her long open hair. Her hair was almost
touching her waist. Three boys, who had come out of the same car, walked to her
and discussed something. She nodded, adjusting her sunglasses on the top of her
head.
They began to walk down the decorated clean cemented lane, which
was the only way to the entrance of the mall.
He threw his broken helmet on the ground next to his bike and
followed them. Before that, their eyes had met once. She giggled when she found
him looking at her as if it was normal to her.
After getting their bodies scanned with the metal detectors, they
were inside the compound of the mall. They guy was so much into hurry that he
jumped over the scanner and paced his walking towards the group.
‘Sir,’ the metal detector man said to him from behind.
‘I'm not your sir.’ The guy said in hurry and walked without a
pause.
The metal detector man grabbed his wrist and pulled him near
entrance and scanned his body. The guy had starched his arms without looking at
the metal detector man as his eyes were moving where the group moved.
‘Are you mad or what?’ the man said to the guy.
‘I'm sorry. I don’t have time to deal with you. I’ll speak to you
later.’ The boy said and ran towards the group but the group had disappeared
somewhere.
He ran to the spot where he had seen the girl while getting his
entrance business done.
He ran his eyes to his left and right but the girl was nowhere,
nor the boys who were accompanying her.
He then looked up to the sky to curse the God but dint as his eyes
felt on the girl who was walking towards Pizza hut on the first floor area.
Three steps jumping at a time and he was on the first floor now.
They checked into Pizza hut. He rushed behind them and grabbed a seat in a
corner. They discussed for next ten minutes and but result was still awaited so
the girl ordered the waiter to get a good chicken pizza for four along with any
four mock tails.
‘Sir, any order?’
‘Hmmhhh..’ the boy said, vaguely.
‘Any order, sir.’ The waiter repeated his question, standing
before the guy.
‘Oh, I'm sorry.’ The boy said, taking out his wallet.
He scanned and found four old ten rupee notes. He looked back to
the waiter who was checking out the girl. The boy hid his wallet and said, ‘Bhenchod, meri wali ko dekh rha h.’
‘Yes sir. You said something.’ The waiter said.
‘Nothing. I'm saying I’ll call you when I'm done with this long
menu.’
‘No problem, sir. But here is the upgraded menu. You can take Mexican
pizza with which a chocolate truffle and a cold drink free.’ Waiter said,
handing a new menu to the boy.
In return, the boy showed his twenty four shining teeth to the
waiter.
Her friends had been noticing the boy was following the girl and
when they found him sitting there, they showed their eyes to him. He smiled in
return and mumbled, ‘Chutiye.’
The girl first looked at her friends and then to the boy, who had
already said cheese.
She smiled and rubbed one of the boys’ shoulders to calm him down.
He checked out the menu and found it very expensive as price of
one good chicken pizza cost his monthly pocket money. He then shifted quietly
from table to sofa where some newspapers were kept. He took out the one and
made a small invisible hole into it and saw the girl through the tiny hole. She
was sure the boy would be seeing her despite seeing her male friends
threatening him with their eyes.
She toasted first bite to the three boys and began to eat. His
mouth watered. He leaked all over his lips with his tongue and enjoyed the
spicy virtual pizza, closing his eyes. At the other side, the girl was physically
eating pizza but mentally she was visualizing the boy looking at her.
They were done with the bills and tip and walked out but somehow
the boy had lost into an article in the newspaper so he dint notice them
leaving pizza hut. The girl flashed a look at the boy and found him busy,
looking into the paper. He was no more looking at her through hole.
At some part, she wanted to the boy to notice her leaving.
She checked it for last time, standing outside the transparent
glass wall of the pizza hut where the boys were discussing to enjoy some rides
in the adventure island.
‘Asshole.’ The girl murmured to herself.
‘What?’ the three boys asked together.
‘Nothing.’ She said with a sad face.
‘Are you okay?’
‘Yes. I'm.’
‘Sir, any order please?’ the boy heard it and lost focus over the
article which was related to some NGOs which were working for the development
of the healthcare system for homeless people of Delhi.
‘Oh, I'm sorry.’ I don’t have so much money.’
‘Sir, we’ve a pizza of just ninety nine for the people like you.’
‘What?’
‘Where is that girl?’
‘Who?’
‘That girl.’
‘Who?’
‘Fuck off.’ The boy said and began to rush out. The waiter
followed him to gate.
‘Sir, they were talking of Adventure Island.’
‘Oh. Thank you so much.’ The boy said and kissed his hand.
‘Welcome sir.’ The waiter smiled as he could see the boy’s
curiosity for the girl.
Within a minute he was at the entrance of the Adventure Island.
‘What’s the ticket price, sir?’ He asked a security guard.
‘Three ninety nine, sir.’
‘Shit. I wish I was a rich guy, like those assholes.’
He walked slowly to the railing which was next to the gate of
Adventure Island and leaned on it and looked into the lake which was
artificially made to give a beautiful look to the adventure island and the
purpose was boating.
He was tired by now as he had worked whole night at a publishing
house as a helper and had distributed newspapers down the streets of Rohini in
the early morning so soon he was asleep, leaning on the smooth cold metallic
railings.
The boy was born in a poor family and had lost his mother during
his birth process so he was seen a sign of evil by his father, his only family
member. His name was Rajib. As he grew up he wanted to go to school but his
father, a hardcore drinker had forced him to work day and night and whatever
Rajib was earning he had to hand it to his father who would slice three hundred
rupees notes out and would give them to the boy and would keep the rest which
he would spend on his wine bottles.
To be cont..
