The Rendezvous
She sat quietly on the table at the corner of the coffee shop, taking an intermittent glance into her phone.
The time of meeting was fixed to 6, still some time to spare, as she reached there early.
While awaiting, she went into the memory lane, when time was good.
Misti was pursuing her undergraduate law course from the prestigious college of the city. She came back to her home after the day off, and suddenly she finds out that her library card was not there in her bag.
" What, I just kept it here in this side of bag, how come it's not in there".
Ransacking through her belongings, all in vain, because she couldn't find it anywhere.
Uh! again will have to run through the department to get it.
Aggh! that same running, you idiot, why can't you keep your things arranged (smacking her lips).
Hey, let me ask to Arvi, it might be that she has kept it with her, in case she found out.
Thinking this Misti logged in to her facebook account.
She invited Arvi to chat into message box.
Meanwhile, she gave it a thought to post about it as her facebook status in the hope that might someone in the college have found her library card and to know this she posted, "Lost, Lost, Lost, I have lost my Library card today in the college, if someone gets it, please return it".
From the day, Misti joined Facebook, it became her habit to post daily about anything she wanted to.
The next day, she was searching for her card along with Arvi and Shii, she came across to him in the corridor. Thinking into her heart, she asked herself-"Oh boy! is he for real?"
Suddenly she got a nudge from Arvi, hey, what are you looking at.
Maintaining a calm pose, she said, nothing, I was not looking at him.
Him?
Who?
Show, Show!!
Calming her raging heartbeat, she pointed towards him, that guy, a 6 feet tall, fair and his killing eyes.
What's his name?
How would I know that?
I saw him just right now,, you are my friend, go and find out who he is.
The day was off for now. Misti, lost in the thoughts of the boy she saw today in her college, came back to home.
She logged into her account and posted, "Who are you, How can I find you when I don't even know your name".
Suddenly, a message pinged into her inbox.
"Whom are you finding dear"
Who is he now, thinking, she replied back, "who are you? Do we know each other?"
No, I just saw your post and I felt like to end your search by just introducing myself.
Ha! is he flirting right away?
Let me give him a lesson.
Hey Mister, I don't even know you and you are commenting at my post?
How come it's possible for a stranger to even see it.
Hello, my name is Abhi, i just saw your post and felt like becoming your friend. Can we be friends?
Just friends, ok?
ok!
After a week, Abhi posted an image, asking, Is it possible to fall in love at facebook?
Misti replied- Yes, love is blind and hence people can fall anywhere for anyone as stupidly comes in many forms and colours.
It was this image, posted on 3rd of November, 2010, when he replied her for the first time on her comment.
Yeah, you go girl, you tackeld Abhi, the way no one can else.
She possibly ignored as she didn't knew him.
Next day, he sent her friend request.
She accepted his friend request and they started chatting as it was so normal and needy at the time to meet new people.
They kept talking to each other for nearly each time of the day, about everything they can and they knew.
They became the best of best friends which anyone could have wanted ever.
Whenever she was with him, she would forget about every other person around her, even that guy, whom she wanted to know badly, after seeing him in the college.
(Back in present)
Her phone rang.
It was his call.
Her heart skipped for a bit, she didn't knew how to answer, though she was there to meet him, but her mind sent the blank tune to her vocals, as she was clueless about the first word to say after picking the call.
The name flashed- "Vicky"