The man she found was dead who was subjected to wild animals and lost his life. This unpleasant scene made her more uncomfortable to stay in the forests. Therefore, she escaped with a sip of energy booster and successfully exited the forest where the bus was stopped. But she had guilt feeling that she couldn’t save him. The bus got repaired and finally, the leftover journey started. She was happy plus shocked that the boy was sitting in the last seat.
Girl to herself, “maybe, my energy drink is working and I m visualizing him”.
She moved closer to him and tried to pinch him so that she gets confirmed.
The boy to the girl, “stay away who are you?”
Whispering to himself (looks like she is not mentally stable). The reason for thinking the same was because of her behavior as her energy drink was working actively. The moment he told her to stay away she positioned herself to the seat. The bus lights are switched off and both of them were at the extreme corners of the seat. The boy had experience of living in the dark but the girl had a phobia of darkness. Questions will arise in our minds that how did she enter the forest then? For all those, the answer is she discovered the forest under the moonlight which was partially dark but the vision was clear. But on the bus, it was fully dark and no street lights in the route. One more sip she takes of energy drink makes her perfectly alright and comfortable. Some moments passed and both slept taking the support of the windows.
As the bus was not crowded much, both spreading their legs covered the seat and continued taking a nap. The moon left and the sun was setting its way to the sky. Sound from the conductor, “we reached to our destination everyone alight from the bus”. Sun rays in the eyes and sound of the conductor made them wake up. Eyes when gave a clear vision they both were holding someone’s legs tightly like a pillow. The moment their minds got clear they realized that they were sleeping together but in the opposite direction. Quickly they stood from the seat and with an embarrassing feeling got down from the bus.
He caught her hands from the back and,
Boy- “hi, I am Ronit.”
Girl-“Ishani”, here. (with a rude voice)
Ronit - “you sound so rude, I was right about you”.
Ishani -“oh really, you a think a girl will speak frankly with a stranger? if yes, you take it wrong. And what was right about me?”
I am not in a mood right now to talk about it, by the way, which place is this, asks Ishani. Technically even I am new to this place, answers him. Let’s check with the locals here. Ronit asks one of the shopkeepers about the name of the location. The name he said was unknown to Ronit and even Ishani had no idea about the location.
(The first stage towards discovering new life starts here)
By
Nidhi Mehta Poddar
Dombivli, India
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