"Okay, this is it..i
guess my time has come to switch places" she began.
"Oh c'mon, how is that
even remotely possible...you're not supposed to be fickle..better
stay where you are...you're not going anywhere" i said,
confusion mixed with some amount of assertion.
"Why not..isn’t it
natural..besides I’m not going anywhere..I’ll always be there
when you need me..!" she said with an assurance that had freaked
me out to the core.
"Its a stranger"
were my reflex comments..."you know how i am..my quirks..my
inanity..you know what elates me..& what pisses me off..you know
when to leave me alone & when not to..don’t you know you are
just like a part of me"
"Just like???" I
was somehow getting irritated with that hearty chuckle of her's...why
is she thinking on these grounds...how am I supposed to replace her
with a person I barely knew...
"Hey hey" she
started again.."barely knew??don’t you lie to me dear..your
mind was made up even before you consulted me..you knew you were
taken, or let me say, rather gone.. now get that idiotic pretense &
blush, off your face"
"So what happens now?"
i said admitting certain facts..
"You've found the
hidden pieces...now go & complete the jigsaw"..
I always hate it when she
gets in her cryptic mode.........
"Okay okay..let me
simplify it for you the usual way" she continued..."remember
what he said..just go with the flow..listen to that...this shot is
worth the instinct..believe me"
"Let me iterate...he is
a stranger..who came ambling in my not so quiet life" I
interrupted with a point I knew was going to be overruled the very
next moment...
"And you willingly let
him do so..isn’t that a testimony in itself...& please for God
sakes, stop being so melodramatic about it." I could sense her
not so genuine irritation in that comment..."take my word,
you're gonna be alright..in fact more than alright" she assured.
"So I let him replace
you is what you are asserting is it??..make him a part of my
ramblings..let him face the wrath of my moods..make him the person
who gives me a sense of confidence..and the one whom I can rely on,
the way I’ve been relying on you" I threw a volley of
questions at her.
"Isn’t this what an
alter-ego does..isn’t this what a conscience thinks.. isn’t this
what I have been doing so far....& i know it deep down..or lets
say we both know it...you are safe on the other side of this leap of
faith" she completed with a smile.
I haven’t seen her for a
month now.
If i have to divide life in
two significantly memorable parts..it would be the one before i met
you & the one after..& if anyone asks me which one you want
to re-live..I’d say both, only if it has you in it..!
Dedicated to the only
significant YOU in my life..Rohit :-)
