Story of the Week [for the week 18.02 to 24.02.2008]

“Won’t you be getting down at your usual stop today?” asked Utkarsh of Ravi.

“What’s the point? I used to get down there because…” said Ravi in a somewhat choked voice. Utkarsh noticed that Ravi was looking out of the bus window in a longing sort of way.

“I used to get down there because there was a chance I could meet Prerna and have a chat with her as we both walked down to office” said Ravi, finishing his previous statement.

“You used to walk to office from there? I was under the impression that you stopped there for your daily fag. Man, our office is like five miles from there!” exclaimed Utkarsh.

“Stop exaggerating. Its not five miles, it’s more like seven hundred or so metres. She gets down there… Well, she used to alight there because her bus comes along the road perpendicular to our office route and goes the opposite direction.” – Ravi

“Used to?” – Utkarsh

“Well, that’s the whole reason I am not getting down. She got a promotion. She will be joining head office from today. I didn’t even get a chance to say goodbye properly. She told me yesterday. I was too shocked to say anything. I wish I had told her of how much I like her…” – Ravi.

“Aah… That’s too bad, man. There goes your love story”.

At the usual bus stop, Prerna was waiting. She’d asked for an extension from head office to join at work. Today, she would tell Ravi that she really liked him and wanted a future for both of them…