“I need to talk now!” the message popped
up.
It was a text from
Lakshman.
What’s wrong, dude? Amy replied.
His reply was immediate. Corner Café @ 7.
She messaged back. Okay.
‘He sounds desperate,’ she
thought.
After she had reached the
café, she found him sitting there already; waiting impatiently.
“Hey,” she greeted
cheerfully reaching to his table.
“She broke up with me, Amy”
he sighed.
Oh! This had been worrying
him. She cleared her throat and mockingly asked: “So, Mr. Ex-Boyfriend, how do
you feel after the break up?” She chuckled to herself.
“I feel lonely, man! Life
is being hard and I just cannot take it.” He said in a low voice.
“Okay, on a serious note,
what had actually happened?” she asked curiously.
“I couldn’t make a promise
of the future.” He replied.
His chick’s perception was
entirely different from his and Amy's. Maheck believed that one couldn’t stay
committed without a future in the mind. On the other side, commitments being
made for an entire life made no sense in Lakshman’s opinion. He knew that he
could be wrong but he was stuck to his perception.
“I respect what she
believes of course, but do not adhere with,” he continued.
He couldn’t stop speaking
and I couldn’t stop him from talking. It would become rude on my part to ask
him to stop narrating his sad story.
“She had been my first real
girlfriend. The one I have always been proud of. We were never the coolest but
we were cool in the way we were. Nobody had ever bitched about me like she had
and loved me equal to my mom! “
Amy was just wowed.
He was
always a cheerful person; the one with that evergreen smile on the face which
had disappeared today. The most genial person she had ever seen who would check
out girls walking inside the café, the next minute. His chick was the most
coolest she had ever heard of who let her do that even when he was with her (though he could smell the jealousy).
“If Iam meant to end up
with her, then all I want is that it must happen out of surprise and not
because of something like ‘promises’. “
He couldn’t stop talking
and Amy couldn’t stop listening now.
Amy could sense the deep
love he had for Maheck. Sadly, she couldn’t think of anything to help him out.
It was already over.
Lakshman was badly hurt.
The tear just wouldn’t come out of his eyes because ‘real men don’t cry’. He
was not in a relationship but he was definitely in love!
“Hey! Sorry but I need to
make an urgent call and my mobile’s battery had already drained.” Amy
interrupted.
“Here, take mine” he said
handing over his mobile phone to her.
Amy went out of the café,
found Maheck’s contact and called her from her own mobile believing Maheck
would probably not pick Lakshman’s call.
She asked Maheck to come to
the café asap. Maheck agreed to it.
The café hadn’t been too
far from her place and she had been there within ten minutes.
She walked inside
the café without having Lakshman noticing her. She heard all what he had been
continuously saying.
“You know what, Amy, she
said me that I wanted everything on my plate and I had pushed her to the edge of
my plate. It hurts her really bad when I give importance to other things in my
plate and this is why it would be better for both of us if she hopped out of
it,” he took a breath and continued,
“How do I tell her that she
herself is my plate! I realize that I wanted my plate to be beautifully
decorated and only with her presence in it.
I miss her,” he paused and said “but, Iam happy that she doesn’t have to
suffer anymore because of my stupidity,”
“But I would still love to
suffer, you stupid!” a voice came from behind.
He was delighted to see
her! It was as if, all his sorrow had just evaporated away.
“Maheck!” he said,
surprised.
“I think you'd got
another chance dear,” Amy interrupted and fled away bidding an adieu to the
couple.
“Let’s wait for what the
future has to offer. I ain’t bothered anymore. I will stay with you,” Maheck
said.
His eyes glittered.
“Hot!” he exclaimed looking
at a young lady on the side.
** Maheck hits him hard
with her elbow.**
