Chapter - 5

Next day,

Meera got ready and boarded her college bus; and continued her routine. Suddenly the bus halted in a place. Every student looked out to find what's happening there. Meera too gazed out. There she found a person in pool of blood; he met with an accident and was shouting in pain. It was a place where only few vehicles would cross. Everyone stood around the person, no one came forward to help him. Meera felt very bad for that.

She saw a car coming towards the place and she found a person getting down from the car, she couldn't see his face but something inside her urged her to see his face. With that thought she eagerly gazed out through the window. He asked why no one came forward to help him. Someone in the crowd replied that they called the ambulance. He asked when it would arrive, everyone was silent. “Already it’s late, come and help to carry him inside my car” he asked the crowd. No one came forward. Finally, few students in Meera's college bus went down to help him.

After placing the wounded man inside his car, he came out and Meera looked him for the first time, but she felt like she might know him for many years. She was dumbstruck seeing his face and she felt something strange inside her. She admired him without blinking her eyes. He was tall, very tall when compared to Meera, he had shining black eyes with dark and broad eyebrows which is more enough to attract someone easily and his hair is messy, it looked very good on him. That rolled up sleeves made him look more handsome.

Meera admired a boy for the very first time in her life, her mind warned her to stop all those activities. But she couldn't stop herself. She admired him without blinking her eyes. Then suddenly he sat in the driver seat of his car and drove it as fast as he could. He left the place within a second like a lightening.

Traffic had cleared but her heart was totally jammed with all his thoughts, she never knew who he was, that was the first time she saw him, but she felt like the rest of her life depends on him. Meera shook her head in negative and tried to divert her thoughts. Finally, she reached her college.

She reached her classroom and went to her place, there she found Initha. But she didn't notice Meera's presence. She was deeply thinking about something. Meera sat near her and noticed her. Initha smiled herself and she had some shyness in her smile.

Meera couldn't figure out the reason for her weird behavior. She patted her shoulder. Initha turned towards her with a jerk. She smiled and asked her when she came. Meera replied she came before an hour. Initha opened her mouth in aww. "Hey, sorry yaar I didn't notice you" Initha smiled sheepishly.

"What happened madam?" Meera asked playfully. Initha said nothing. But Meera asked again and finally, Initha revealed what's the reason behind her wired behavior. She said that she met her cousin after 20 years and her parents decided to marry her to her cousin after her final year. Meera asked whether she is interested in that proposal.

Initha nodded her head with a blush. Meera felt happy seeing her happy face. "Do you like your cousin that much?" Meera asked with a naughty smile. Initha blushed and said that she had fallen in love with her Mama (cousin) at the first sight.

When she said love at first sight, Meera's thoughts went to him, whom she saw that morning. Meera couldn’t understand what she exactly feels, and she decided to divert those thoughts. She scolded her mind by saying that today she met him accidentally and she will not see him hereafter so she should stop thinking about him.

She enquired about Initha's cousin and asked about his profession and she teased her by saying some naughty jokes and finally, Initha's face turned like a tomato. Meera laughed by seeing her state. Then lecturer came and he started with that day’s lesson. The day went with boring lectures and notes.

Evening, Meera reached her home, and she called Priya. Priya said everything that happened in her college. Meera too said everything except her unusual feeling for an unknown person. They talked for few more minutes and they decided to talk rest of the things while they meet.

That night, when she closed her eyes, she saw his face flashing in front of her eyes. She felt like he is smiling in front of her eyes, she blinked her eyes in disbelief.

Meera couldn't believe all these, she never experienced this in her life before. She couldn't sleep that whole night and she started to think about him not even knowing his name.

One part of her longed to meet him again. One part said this should be the last time she thinks him. She doesn’t know whether thinking about a stranger is good or bad, but she felt peace when she imagined his face while closing her eyes. Meera smiled when she imagined his face. Unknown smile crept on her face, with that smile she slept.

"I will always remember the first moment I looked at you, you are walking towards me and realized that somehow the rest of the world seemed to vanish when I was with you"