The story of V and me
Once upon a time there lived two friends in the big bad world of a big city. Their friendship knew no bounds, they were always as one and they never fought. Through all they stood by each other…. the music rises to a crescendo and then…the music falters, the lights dim.
Location: Office Cab.
SMS: Mr.Ch:There is a girl sitting across me in the cab. N she is beautiful! And she is at least an 8.5 on PEG. Hmm and that's when I heard of her first.
Plot and conspire with a certain admirer to find an excuse to visit the training room. General impression of kohl and long skirt.
Location : A party.
She is wearing a yellow T-shirt and the impression gets clearer.Someone is playing 'kajra re'. She dosen't take no for an answer. It is impossible not to get carried along with the exuberance.
Location: Board Room
Meeting with the biggies.Bonding about the size of someone's nose trying our best not to giggle like school girls. Promises made of sponsored plastic surgery for offsprings.
Rickshaw ride from Phase 3 to the malls.
We have an enthusiastic chariot rider. V warns him to rein in his horses a little. Next thing we know we are hanging on to our lives as the noble steed gets blinsided by a mordern day chariot! It slides and tips dangerously to the left. We escape unscathed.
We get off the injured carrier and assess the situation, look each other in the eye and give in to hysterical laughter. We can't stop and the onlookers think we are wonky.
Location: Yet another party!!!
V (after 3 breezers): N, you love me more than P don't you?
N:Yes, ofcourse I do!
V:(after 4 breezers): Tell me na!!!!
N:Arre you are my sister!
K:V asked me not to tell you this but I think she is a little jealous of P.
N: I knowwww! She has told me already.
V: (umm after many many many breezers)N you have to tell her that you love me more than her!
N:(having taken temporary leave of her senses, walks up to P)P I love V more than I love you!
Ooops!
Location : BigChill.
Dinner over, on my way back homeI find myself telling her something I have never told another living soul. The demons of the past.
Location: Times Global Village.
The sun beats down and a body broken down with the past unloads its pain. The loss of innocence is a cruel cruel thing.
Part 2:
"And the meanings get left behind…
All the innocence lost in one time.."
and they say all good things come to an end....
Location:TGIF: V, M and N
V: (eyes glistening with mischief and joy) I had a dream…
N: No!! No!!! No way.
M: Smiles at us
Location:Landmark ( The evening after the night after which things would never be the same again.)
N: You know I was kidding right..
V: No I was.
Hahahaha. We even thought of the same lie to make each other feel better.
That it would not sully our relationship. Oh why? Why? The one pure thing in our lives, who did it displease?
Location: Staying Alive(5:30 in the evening)
"I am better off without you in my life.. "
What madness? What pain? What cry is this?
From whence this dark..
Is it really me? Is it really her?
Oh where are the smiles? Or is it all a mask on a mask to cover a mask?
We are all different behind the eyes.
"I said I don't know whether I was the boxer or the bag"
Location: The Bermuda Triangle.
Dance with me? Cold shoulder. Over and over and over again. Why?
So now have we come to taking revenge?
Does it always come down to this?
Do all roads lead to disillusionment?
Location: 1929.
" Did I dissapont you?"
Leave a bad taste in your mouth?"
Don't ever talk to me again! Just leave me alone!"
"Oh all the innocence lost in one time
We may need to hide tonight."
Part 3
"So take these words
And sing out loud
Cuz everyone is forgiven now
Cuz tonight's the night the world begins again..."
So how did it all come to pass? Where did the pain end and the healing begin?
And I held her and she held me. Oh how many times have I found my sister?
Woken up knowing she would message me?
Location: Bombay.
After chugging wine a little too quickly, pictures clicked, defences dropped and videos shot.
V:"I''d give up anything for her."
N:Kitli please!
V: Mera sar ghoom raha hai!
N: Sar ke saath tu bhi ghoom.
With departures?
V: I m doing this for all of us.
Setting up a new life.
Insisting on freedom?
N: There are blacks and whites and greys. And it's all a part of you. Whats done cannot be undone but it can be accepted.
SMS: V: N, tell me what's wrong…I know something has happened! You know my instinct about you is so strong.
Location: Google talk.
Confessions.
I knew it. I knew it would happen.
Giving up or giving in? Letting go or letting in?
With helpless laughter?
Location: CCD in Pune.
Icchha dhaari naagin….Freudian slip V??
You laugh so hard people look around convinced that you have taken leave of your senses!
Location: Countless messages. And ofcourse...
A healthy dose of phur-phurness, the patience to reply to all shampoo related emergencies, a zillion trips to Prem's, traipsing off to Buzz at a moments notice in a sari, walking out of theatres, bunking work, notes on scraps of paper and tissue papers, pacts signed,reading each other's minds, letters written from across countries, surviving the craziest year of all.
V:I want a nice new year message.
N: For you V, a thousand times over.
