It was 10 'o' clock in the night. Hot coffee on the table,and a long boring call with the client.
hmm..definitely doesn't sound like an appropriate Friday, but in many metropolitan cities of this world, this is how the usual day ends and so was Shreya's.
Shreya was new to the city and totally unfamiliar with the places. She had shifted to Mumbai a week ago,as her manager had proposed her name for the new project in Mumbai.
Struggling with the city's pathetic transport, inconsiderate people and the new job. All of a sudden everything was too much to handle. And, icing on the cake, that it was 10 'o' clock and she was still in the office.
As she was trying to concentrate on her laptop screen, her phone buzzed with a message. She picked up the phone to check if it was important.
"Hi? How have you been?"
Something she was not expecting at that point of the hour, when her work was hung up in between and she was in desperate mood to sleep.
She tried to avoid the message, but her phone buzzed again.
"You came to Mumbai and didn't tell me? Not FAIR!"
"Oh god! yes things are not fair, I am working since 9 in the morning dude. Totally exhausted, want to eat, sleep, but no....", Shreya wanted to reply, but out of courtesy she didn't.
She texted, "Busy!!"
"Heartbreak."
"Back off dude!"
"Okay, on a serious note, are you in office? Working?"
"Yes."
"Great! My office is nearby, I will pick you up and we go for dinner."
"Excuse me."
"Excused! come soon am waiting."
"No."
"You have ten minutes."
"See I have got a lot of work, Sorry."
"Work! Senorita its Friday, come fast"
Well by now, Shreya had almost lost touch with her work, and with the reference of food, she had started feeling the hunger pangs.
"Ok."
It was quite difficult for Shreya to spot him in the first instance, but oh yes those spikes, how can anyone in this world ever forget!
"But today, he looked different, something have changed, something nice. Crap! he looks hot.
Well, Mumbai has its own effect on people."
Shreya jumped on the back seat of his bike. As soon as the bike started, she could feel the breeze on her face, the breeze that brought relief from the pain inside that cubicle. Less traffic and less heat. She closed her eyes and felt immense peace.
"What would you like to have?"
"Hello madame, what would you like to have?"
Shreya came back from her dream sequence and responded, "Anything, actually. Anything will do. Something light for the night".
He smiled and stopped his bike.
"Why are we stopping?"
"Look around, see for yourself. You told me once that you wanted to come here".
Shreya looked around and got totally smitten by the view. She smiled and said, "You remembered!"
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Ps: A friend in a new city is like an oasis in the desert.
hmm..definitely doesn't sound like an appropriate Friday, but in many metropolitan cities of this world, this is how the usual day ends and so was Shreya's.
Shreya was new to the city and totally unfamiliar with the places. She had shifted to Mumbai a week ago,as her manager had proposed her name for the new project in Mumbai.
Struggling with the city's pathetic transport, inconsiderate people and the new job. All of a sudden everything was too much to handle. And, icing on the cake, that it was 10 'o' clock and she was still in the office.
As she was trying to concentrate on her laptop screen, her phone buzzed with a message. She picked up the phone to check if it was important.
"Hi? How have you been?"
Something she was not expecting at that point of the hour, when her work was hung up in between and she was in desperate mood to sleep.
She tried to avoid the message, but her phone buzzed again.
"You came to Mumbai and didn't tell me? Not FAIR!"
"Oh god! yes things are not fair, I am working since 9 in the morning dude. Totally exhausted, want to eat, sleep, but no....", Shreya wanted to reply, but out of courtesy she didn't.
She texted, "Busy!!"
"Heartbreak."
"Back off dude!"
"Okay, on a serious note, are you in office? Working?"
"Yes."
"Great! My office is nearby, I will pick you up and we go for dinner."
"Excuse me."
"Excused! come soon am waiting."
"No."
"You have ten minutes."
"See I have got a lot of work, Sorry."
"Work! Senorita its Friday, come fast"
Well by now, Shreya had almost lost touch with her work, and with the reference of food, she had started feeling the hunger pangs.
"Ok."
It was quite difficult for Shreya to spot him in the first instance, but oh yes those spikes, how can anyone in this world ever forget!
"But today, he looked different, something have changed, something nice. Crap! he looks hot.
Well, Mumbai has its own effect on people."
Shreya jumped on the back seat of his bike. As soon as the bike started, she could feel the breeze on her face, the breeze that brought relief from the pain inside that cubicle. Less traffic and less heat. She closed her eyes and felt immense peace.
"What would you like to have?"
"Hello madame, what would you like to have?"
Shreya came back from her dream sequence and responded, "Anything, actually. Anything will do. Something light for the night".
He smiled and stopped his bike.
"Why are we stopping?"
"Look around, see for yourself. You told me once that you wanted to come here".
Shreya looked around and got totally smitten by the view. She smiled and said, "You remembered!"
Ps: A friend in a new city is like an oasis in the desert.
