The Days Of My Life | Short story

“We are here to learn and live, we are here to love and forgive,
And in this life,
we have days when we laugh when we cry,
Sometimes we are full of energy and sometimes dry,
Yet we describe them as the best days of our life,
And they are termed as “ The School Days” of our life”

Not all the stories have a boy and a girl either together or separated. Sometimes certain relations are far
beyond it. They are separated but still, their feel remains.

Scene 1:
The sun rises
And abhisekh and mihir leave for jogging.
After 2 rounds of the ground, they find’s
A group of friend’s enjoying.
Mihir smiles
After the next round, they find a young boy and girl sharing a lovely smile and trying to overlap hands
over each other’s, thus sharing the sweet essence of so-called love.
Further, ahead they find a couple arguing with each other and the husband trying to make his wife happy
bypassing joke, but the wife appear’s a bit frustrated.
And then they find an old couple helping each other to walk, in the garden
Seeing all this, mihir speaks
Mihir: “ Yaar, ek baat to sahi kahi hai kisine, ke pyaar bhale hi zindagi ki zarurat na ho par zindagi ka
hissa to zarur hai.
Iske bina sab kuch adhura to ho hi jata hai
Abhisekh : “laughs”
Mihir: come on yaar , ye koi hasne ki baat to nai thi
Abhisekh: to aur kya hai
Ab tu pyaar ko itna importance deta hai, vo to mujhe pata hai , par subah subah chalu ho jayega ye pata
nai tha.
Mihir : tu nai deta ,?
Abhisekh : {serious looks } nai. aur dena bhi nai chahata
Mihir : { understands his xpressions } ha thik hai yaar ,chill
Bas bhalu tu sahi aur me galat
Abhisekh : {laughs } are nai yaar aisi baat nai hai ,
its just ke ye log jo school /college me karte hai , its just a time-pass, aur jo shaadi ke baad vo hota hai
samjota .
Mihir: aur budhape me.atleast vo to—-{ abhisekh interrupts in between }
Abhisekh : vo majburi.
Mihir : ha bhai ha, bas
{both laughs}
Mihir: aur bata, teri next book ka kya status hai?
Abhisekh : puch mat yaar, puch mat ,koi topic hi nai mil raha hai.
Mihir : kya baat kar raha hai, “common man” , aur “ocras” jesi stories aa gayi , aur ab ek nai story nai aa
rahi?
Abhisekh : sahi me yaar, nai hi aa rahi hai, dekhta hu kuch mil jaye to acha ,jaldi hi chalu karna padega
kuch to.
Mihir : {laughingly } to tere favourite subject pe hi banna de na.
Abhisekh: konsa?
Mihir : love..{saying this mihir leaves towards his car}
Abhisekh {background sounds of many past experiences mixed together}: and suddenly he shakes his
head. And leaves for his home.
Abhisekh Home :
While having breakfast he hears continuously about what mihir said :
to tere favourite opposition pe hi banna de nalove..to tere favourite opposition pe hi banna de nalove..
And he stands up from the table, goes to television set.
while watching it, also the same thing repeats.
So he angrily shuts the television off. And opens d balcony and stands there.
It’s a rainy afternoon, and a cold breeze touches his face and he closes his eyes

……………{a white light comes}………5 years back……………………

Phone ring and cuts
Rings and cuts ———— {7 times}
Finally lazy and tired of d vibrations of phone abhisekh gets up with messed up hair and tiredness in eyes.
Sees the phone,
Its jay {abhisekh’s best friends in school: jay and navin}
Abhisekh calls: bol bhai, 7 miss call , achanak kya hua tujhe?
Jay: bro, It’s important.
Abhisekh: bol na ab, ek to 10.30 utha diya, that too on Sunday.
Jay says something .
Abhisekh : {eyes open widely }shouts “shit I am late”
“10 min me paucha be”
Abhisekh gets ready as fast as possible and leaves for jay’s house
Aunty opens d door ,
“ kya abhisekh itna jaldi bhag ke kyu ata tum?”
Kya hua?
Abhisekh: aunty jay kaha hai?
Aunty: vo under hai, aur saath me {he hears this much n runs inside}
Opens half door of jay’s room
Finds jay and navin on bed, and talking to some1 on d other side
Abhisekh opens the full door
And Sees d most beautiful, d most elegant girl: Anamika
{Having proposed her several times in the past, and getting rejected is a feet achieved only by Mr.
Abhisekh}

Abhisekh- anamika : beautiful man,
Anamika- Abhisekh : shhhhhh..abhisekh plzzz [anamika furiously stopping him]
Abhisekh- anamika: ok bas atleast “hi”
Anamika – abhisekh : oh ya that’s better “ hi, kaisa hai, tu yaha kaise??”{ eyes showing naughtiness
stating that she already knew that jay would inform abhisekh}
Jay and navin: “ha abhisekh ,tu kyu yaha achanak aya,bol bol
{Abhisekh showing killer look to both jay and navin}
And all d three laughing
Abhisekh stares the 2 devils present in the room and they understands that it’s their time to leave.
Navin : chal anamika, mujhe ghar jana hai so byee.milte hai school me.
Anamika : ha yaar, byee milna par, aise bhi sirf 1 month baki hai, for 12th grade to get over and then who
knows who goes where.
Jay: I will get you both some drink, wait.
Both leave the room.

So here it is,

Abhisekh sitting in front of anamika{the most beautiful girl alive on the planet according to him}
Anamika: “tere frnds mast hai na, tujhe flirt karne ke liye akela rehne diya”
Abhisekh : “laughs” ,common anamika, u know me since 4 years and still tu ye bol rahi hai.?
Anamika : abhisekh I know u since 4 years n isliye ye statement bol rahi hu
Both laughs :
So anamika ,
{Anamika –breaks in between }
Anamika: Abhisekh no
Abhisekh: anamika, atleast listen na
Anamika: Abhishek I know u..but the answer is same
Abhisekh : anamika, me to movie ke liye puch raha tha.
{wicked smile}
Anamika : {too smiles}achaa
Abhisekh: to chale ,aise bhi nxt mnth se time nai hoga ..board xams n all.
Anamika: ya so ..when.. today evening
Abhisekh: yup done..so will meet then.
Anamika : kya ? you going, tu koi kaam se nai aya tha itni dur ?
Abhisekh : jo kaam se aya tha, vo to ho gaya.” {blinks eyes}
{both of them exchanges smiles and abhisekh leaves}
Jay enters : are vo chala bhi gaya.
Anamika :yup
{Jay – anamika exchanges smiles}
Jay: Is abhisekh a bad boy?
Anamika – no
Jay :a flirt type, a rowdy type and any such sort?
Anamika-no no but why are u asking me such questions?
Jay : so y cant u agree to abhisekh?

U know he is d best guy, who loves u , adores u, makes u feel like a princess in the most possible way
and still

Anamika: jay I know, mujhe pata hai that he likes me,even he has asked me out, I even love to talk with
him, but I can’t accept his love. I even wish he gets a better girl than me.

Jay: but y not you?
Anamika: bye jay, I am getting late.

Jay: bhaag ne sawaal khatm nai ho jaye ga.

Anamika: bhaag jane se jawaab sochne ka waqt mil jaye ga.
{ anamika leaves}

Abhisekh and anamika goes for the movie and navin n jay n payal{anamika’s frnd }too
The eye to eye contact which abhisekh proposes anamika and from eyes only how she refuses is
always a pleasure to watch.

Next week the school scenario enters where each and every students discusses about d studies…
About d future aspects for life, the promises to meet at regular intervals and all sort.

One such day, returning from the school in the evening and driving cycle with anamika.
Abhisekh: tujhe kya lagta hai?
Anamika: kisme?
Abhisekh : ye jo log itne sare promises karte hai, of meeting each other and all sort, will they remember
all this in future?
Anamika : {laughs} kya pata ,god knows
Anamika: By the way, I am really worried for you?
Abhisekh : is it ? I m feeling happy for this . {laughs}
Anamika : oh you stop it, not in that way you idiot…and u also know that.

Just as a true friend or what u call a pure friend

Abhisekh: oh .so sweet . but why ?

Anamika: abhisekh, u are spending too much time in thinking about us, and that way u are not
concentrating on studies.
Abhisekh please for my sake, please do study and get good marks……………please.
Abhisekh : ya anamika ya , i am doing
Anamika : no .u are not
Abhisekh: ok madam, I will do now bas.
Now can we talk something sweet and pleasant?
Anamika : ya “ dairy milk”
Abhisekh : what ?
Anamika : ya that’s it is sweet and pleasant
{both laughs}

Abhisekh: anamika 1 more question I want to ask ,what’s with us ?
Anamika : abhisekh please, nothing of that sort till exams
Abhisekh: okiessssss.{in a pleasure to}
Suddenly both started n walked without uttering a word

Both reached home, and thought that in general talks abhisekh asked such a question which none was
able to answer.
But leaving this aside they moved ahead

Next few days till exam went on same,both of them didn’t talked much with each other, thinking that it
would deviate anamika’s focus from studies but both asked about each other’s status from jay.
Exams came and gone,

And on the last day, when all were about to leave the campus jay told abhisekh that anamika was about
to leave for Chennai the next day as her dad decided that she might do her college there and return only
in vacations to the city.

The next moment,

Abhisekh and anamika standing on two ends of the school gate looking at each other.
Anamika smiling and abhisekh rude n angry.
Anamika came near to him and hugged him.
And as they embraced each other, tears broke out from both of their eyes but none showed the other
that they felt something .
Abhisekh: tu ja rahi hai?
Anamika : nobbed
Abhisekh: wapas?
Anamika: na
Abhisekh: and what about us?

Anamika: will call you whenever I will return in town, but apart from that I won’t.

I know this is wrong from my part , but abhisekh , I can’t give you expectations by talking to you
regularly ,and make you feel for me. Because we really don’t have future, we both know that we have
liking for each other ,but after that I can’t think of u, can’t think of us so please abhisekh.
And please if we at any point of time shared something between us, then u will not contact me.
Abhisekh {tears in his eyes}: anamika for u, “A hundred times over again”, as u say.
Abhisekh: And still for the last time I want to tell you again that u r the most beautiful gal. I had ever met
in my life n i will never meet in my life.

And for the d last time I want to tell you that we shared d purest form of relation .I can ever have with
any 1
and
Both gets emotional and hugs each other, their eyes getting wet, but still controlling the tears.
The next day she leaves for Banglore leaving a letter for me with jay and navin
The letter stated :
“Abhisekh, i really don’t know why to refuse you .But I know I can’t accept you.
But still Whenever some1 in any part of the world will ask me, what love is like, I will answer in 1 word
“Abhisekh joshi”
They didn’t contacted each other till she was out, neither they met when she came to town.
Just a few talks every year whenever she returned to town in first 2 years.

The 3rd year when she came, she was committed to Raj.
{abhisekh didn’t knew ,neither anamika told him, jay told this to abhisekh}

That year whe she went back to Banglore , she scraped abhisekh on orkut :
“ hey, I know ..that u must be enjoying life the fullest till now ,and so do the same.. take care, u know
about suraj , but I dnt want to discuss about the thing ,as u understand”
“Take care and focus on your life ”
Tears felt from Abhisekh’s eyes.
After college abhisekh rarely got any news about her, and they never met
Since last year, abhisekh enrolled himself in a job,
Anamika is busy with her {mba}
And Raj in his high profile job
{all news via jay}

_———————————white light shines again———————————————
Phone rings
Abhisekh gets back from the memories, his eyes wet and still smiling
Looks at the phone
It’s mihir’s.
Abhisekh: ya mihir say
Mihir: can u join me and Riya for dinner, its special today, romil is also coming
Abhisekh: sure dude will come around 8.
Mihir: oh good, meet u then
Abhisekh: mihir, by the way I got the story for the next book,
Mihir: oh cool man, what’s that about?

Abhisekh: My favorite topic “Define Love?”

–The love which could have gone the either way ,went neither way :

                                                                                                 –ramtajogi

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