Remembrance...

I've been thinking this evening.. wasn't sure what to write or what to not.. in fact, i'm pretty unsure for now too.

One of my very good friend, Sejal, had been kicking me like anything to write something... something to acknowledge the term "Friendship". But, how can i make her understand that words for such things are hard to come up, not sure if i'll write a good piece like the ones before, but still.. lets give it a shot.

Friend : ummmmm.. dances with you in rains.. you can scream your heart out when drunk.. shoulder to cry upon when sad... person to hug when extremely happy... the person whom you can call midnight and say "yaarr... bhukk lag rhi hai!! mann bhi nahi lag rha hai... apna thoda sa dimaag de de na khaane ko :(( .... Puhhhhlleeeezzz.... :) " ... or is it more???

Really, to be honest.. friendship is limitless... its Murious.
Its a True and Honest relationship which knows no boundations, no reason, no plea and no rules.
You surely must be having many people around you tall, thin, dark, healthy, short, fat, fair, wheatish complexion... There are so many people whom you contact in day to day life... so many people you come across... but at the end of the day, its one's Friends only which prove to be the ultimate Stress-buster.

I've been really very fortunate... THANK LORD, for having wonderful friends around me, who secretly played significant role in my life... Manipulating, twisting, configuring, inspiring and motivating for the best...

Thinking of how i got started with Sejal (the sole person to whom i will dedicate this post), it was a spark... ummmm... out of nowhere we just got on.

Story goes something like this... She used to study in same tution as me, but i being shy guy, we never conversed much and that too was in 8th or 9th.. and then she left n i didnt get to see her.
Then one fine day, while i was coming back home from school (in 11th), proudly on my Atlas Vogue... As some work going on the side-lanes i thought to change my route.. This was when i saw her going home... bag loosely hung from one shoulder, looking downwards, a specky and thin girl, quite lucrative body structure, as i gave a closer look i could see pretty more interesting matters... pretty interesting she was looking (wont mind saying this...) ;)

For a moment, i was left agape and kept on thinking what do i do...!!! anyway, it would have been really awkward to say a "Hi" just like that after so long... so i peddled up the cycle and went past her.

Next day, with heart beat pumping to max, i left late from school, again took that route and again saw her.. but still, didn't greet her though i was paying full attention expecting her to say "HI", i crossed her sluggishly... but still.. nothing happened.

I spent a few days doing the same, trying to find the average time when she leaves from school, shows up on the gate of Defence Enclave and then heads up to home after having a good chat with Keertika (her friend)... I wanted to do so for two reasons, One -- i didn't want to act like a fool as i waited for her to show up.. and Second -- i obviously wanted her to be alone when i talk to her as i didn't have enough guts to talk with someone around.. :P :D

Sometimes fixing the cycle, sometimes fixing the bag, sometimes tying and untying shoe laces or fixing the cycle chain, i did all till she showed up, so i could note the time & finally i was able to calibrate my timings to her...

Step 2 -- TALK TO HER... the hardest part was it, really, talking to a girl... & worst part is that she knows me, so this rules out the "just like that" entry.

Reason! Reason! Reason! Reason! Reason! ... i wanted this to strike a conversation with her.. :(

And Finally, one day... i got it.. was peddling at high speed, taking sharp turns and SCREEEEEEEEEECH !!
i braked hard as a car came unknowingly, skidding the cycle sideways towards her, i was wondering or worried or perhaps muddled up that if i am going to hit her or not, anyway whatever it was... it left her pale and there was my chance... it felt as if the reason i was looking all over came running to me like a beautiful bride, dressed elegantly in white and flowers being showered all over.. !! :P

Taking advantage of it or what people call "Chance pe Dance..", i said, "Ohh.. shit.. i'm sorry, kahin lagi toh nahi...", "you're okay, right??" and there she was with a strikingly disfigured smile, "Yes, of course i am fine", "Its okay, i am fine.."

Ummmmm.. then without wasting any time i said, "you're sejal right.. ??", still apologizing once in a while, which was really to actually borrow sometime and think over what to say next..

Gazing into her pink glasses, i wondered how can glasses be colorful :-/
coz i had never seen one... anyhow, she later told me that she gets them tinted.. we kept chatting, kept walking...
And then at Swasthya Vihar Market she said, "Yuppp.. so, Nikhil, it was nice meeting you, ab yahaan se you'll have to head back your home, yahaan sab mujhe jaante hai...", the very next moment i said, "Haan, ofcourse.. infact i was about to say same thing..." & smiled... must have been the most amusing or probably the Dumbest smile or whatever it was, but she laughed. This really gave me some confidence & i headed back to my home with a limo long smile.

Fir kya thaaaaaa.... !!
we started talking pretty often, i used to sometime wait for her on the gate and vice-versa & then we headed back together, it was a nice feeling..... hehehe.. or may be the hormones... :D :D
Finally, it became more of a routine, we used to meet after school, talk for a while.. in fact she was the first girl i was so open... and the first one i was hitting on...

She must be laughing if shes reading it right now... So, this is how it all started, now i've known her for more than 8 years... we are best of friends.. There have been times when we've gone through some rough patches(in our respective lives) but this friendship we had, helped a lot getting out of the abyss.
I'm really thankful for her... for.. ummm.. actually nothing materialistic.. but thank you, for the way they feel.. the way they make me feel.. :))

So, now all i have to say is be Honest, be caring, stop pretending & be a true friend... Its very very necessary and being a friend is really a very tough job.
Cherish your friends, praise them, kick them, beat them, worship them or love them... But do it with fair intentions and a True Heart.

There are plenty of things which cannot be shared, plenty of emotions that can't be expressed, numerous coffee moments which are left unsaid... but i think, this is what all together makes Friendship.

Just can't end this post.. anyway have to... so, i'll do it with the loveliest lines from Nickelback's Song -- If Everyone Cared.

If everyone cared and nobody cried,
If everyone loved and nobody lied,
If everyone shared and swallowed their pride,
Then we'd see the day, when nobody died.