...eyes never lie...

listening to : mohit chauhan - masakali

thirst...that was what was on his mind...

the city had been too hot since the past so many days...and worst, he forgot to fill his bottle of water, when he left home...now waiting at the bus-stop...he felt awfully thirsty...

fifteen minutes and still no bus...

just then he saw a rick arriving...the driver calling out "lp..turba...lp...turba..."

he got in...and then asked the driver..how much..."five bucks"

next, a couple got in..and they were good to go...

the rick was slow compared to the vehicles whizzing past on the highway...it just trudged along really slowly at it's own pace...until the gal called out..."bhaiya, thodi jaldi hai..thoda fast chalao"

("brother, we are in a hurry...please drive a lil faster")

"madam, pahaad hai..slow chadta hai..utrenge toh fast ho jayega..."

("madam, we are going uphill..when we go downhill it will be faster...")

and the drone continued...he saw a brightly coloured bus whizz past..it seemed to be the office bus of her company..he smiled to himself..as he imagined her engrossed in work...at her workstation...and he was really curious as to what reply he would get for his april first prank..the mail that he had sent around 6 hours earlier...

he was lost in his thoughts when the rick stopped..he had arrived at his destination..the couple too got off...and he started walking briskly to college...he got reminded of his thirst as sosn as he stepped out into the sun...

as he arrived in college, he went straight to the watercooler in the mba section of college...the aquaguard in the engg section was disconnected..and the one in mba was always working fyn...some of the perks of paying 3 tyms more the amount for the mba course fee...

he filled up his bottle and emptied it right there..."phew, that was a relief"

he thought to himself...

and then filled up the bottle again...

now as he ascended the stairs to the ground floor and turned to walk to the engg section..he noticed two big eyes set on him...those eyes belonged to a gal...she was standing a few yards away...talking to her friend...the friend was sitting on the mini-parapet of the corridor...

at first he couldnt look away from her eyes...she had really big, expressive eyes and it was as if she was smiling through her eyes...

then it struck him that he was staring...and finally looked away..he walked by her side and still he could feel her gaze following him...now he got self conscious...he looked at himself...was there somehting funny about his appearance??? he thought to himself...nothing wrong with the shirt...

no, nothing wrong with the pants too...he ascended the stairs to the first floor where his class was...and before entering he looked back at her... and there she was still looking...and now she smiled...he went in...sat down to write assignments...but now, he was already distracted...he had never seen the gal before in college...the mba section was only a flyt of stairs down..so he thought he knew who all were taking courses there...

he was woken out of his reverie by someone calling out his name...S was talking to him..."it's JC on the fone..." and handed him the cell...he smiled to himself as he walked out of the class...he had gotten an excuse to see that girl again..and as he looked again in her direction she was already looking at him...he looked straight into her eyes...and they didnt turn away..it was a feast for him..he always had a weakness for beautiful eyes...those were the first things he ever noticed in a gal..then finally he turned his gaze away, as his brain was shouting.."red alert!!! banno!!!..red alert!!! banno!!!"...banno was the h.o.d of his dept..and she was walking his way...he wished her good morning and she didnt even return the greeting..just walked off with a smirk up the stairs...and down the stairs she and her friend were laughing...

he blushed and made an attempt to smile...the call with JC was over now..but he still acted as if he was talking...now he looked at her face..she was really pretty..not that beauty ever mattered to him..and she looked really good in formals...the attire of the mba students..she was wearing a full sleeve off white shirt and black pants..with black shoes to complete the look...no make-up..only a lil mascara and eyeliner..to highlight her most beautiful asset...her eyes..just the way he liked it...

finally S came out of the class..."we are going to the gopuram..we will sit and write there...too hot in class...are you coming???"

he answered in the affirmative...and gave one last look at the gal...he really hated to end this silent conversation...she was still looking at him and saying something to her friend..he smiled a brief smile and walked into the class to collect his things...as he walked in, he sighed...this was not the first time someone looked at him...

and each time, he had the same question in his mind...why couldnt he make his dame look at him the way this girl just did???

then he smiled again...as he walked out of the class...he told himself..he shouldnt mind, if his dame was happy...that's all he wished for...and this tym he didnt look back at the gal down the stairs...

and, he never saw her again in college after that day...