3. The Sorry

SORRY -- TRANSFORMED THE REST OF MY LIFE

March 2005 was full of exam tensions, no one had time to meet. Exams helped me a lot in forgetting the worst memories which i had encountered during February. In April first week our exams got over and i got enough free time, so it was difficult for me to get rid of those memories.


Me, Siva & Lal started to hang out a lot. We were roaming in all parts of madurai. I had a CD dawn bike, Siva had a scooty pep and Lal had a splendor. Wow!! It was a wonderful time. We were riding bikes very fast and moving here & there and was doing a lot of mischievous things.


On april 8th our entrance exam coaching classes began, so fear and anxiety started to disturb me a lot. I prayed God that SHE should not come to my class because I did not have that much courage to see her again. When i entered the coaching class i came to know that Girls and boys were put in different classes and i was so happy. We were in second floor and SHE was in first floor. So hardly i had time to meet her.

Meanwhile my friend siva encountered a girl named saritha, both had met in a tuition center. One day after the coaching classes got over, me, siva & lal were standing in the bike stand. At that time saritha came to take her scooty out of the stand, Siva was blushing. I immediately found out something was smelling fishy. I asked siva what. Siva told me that he was interested in saritha and he felt that saritha was also interested in him.

On april 12th Siva insisted me and Kamsi(siva's friend) to go and tell her about his interest towards her and he promised us to buy a FULL GRILLED CHICKEN, if everything turned out to be successful. I & kamsi took lot of courage and approached her, but she took her scooty and left the place before we called her. So me & kamsi took my bike and followed her and stopped her, she asked what. When Kamsi started the converstation, i stepped back because I was really scared of this type of conversation with girls.

Kamsi told saritha about siva's interest and Surprisingly, she told him to go and ask siva to talk with her. It was a great positive sign for siva and he became so happy. We were also happy because of that grilled chicken which had been promised. Next day siva, kamsi & lal bunked the classes and went for partying. Since Siva was a head boy( like a student leader) in our school, everyone came to know about this incident and everyone demanded a treat. Siva was on cloud nine, so he didn't care about the money and gave treat to everyone. He started to bunk classes and go out with friends for treat but whatever it may be, he will return to the center after the class ended to meet saritha. They spent around 30 mins in chatting and we acted as a body guard to their meetings....lol...

< Even i can write a separate story about siva & saritha>

Saritha became a very close friend of mine and siva told saritha about my attempt & failure. Saritha was a class mate of that GIRL and she threw me a shocker that, that GIRL was still interested in me. I was totally shocked and was not in a position to believe her. She told me that she had witnessed HER ,eyeing at me, whenever I crossed the first floor. Saritha promised me that she would confirm whether THAT GIRL was still interested in me.

I didn't take this as much serious as it should be. It seemed that saritha started to discuss purposefully about me in her friends circle. Although THAT GIRL didn't contribute to the discussion, SHE was listening curiously at the discussion. Most of my friends were studying in that class and they also came to know that SHE was the one, who shouted at me for that proposal. Later, This Saritha played a key role for starting our relationship.

One day after the class got over, i was talking with my friend who is a friend of HER too. At that time SHE came near my friend without noticing my presence. So i abruptly stopped the discussion and told a unexpected bye to my friend and left that place. I was not having enough courage to face her. Slowly everyone came to know about our fight and everyone started to talk about that incident which happened between HER and me.

On April 18, 2005, the last day of our entrance coaching class, a surprising event happened in my life, which changed the outlook of my thoughts and controlled my actions for the next 4 years.

A model exam was conducted on that day during the morning session. After the exam, i went out for taking lunch with my friends and returned in my bike. Siva & Lal decided to bunk the afternoon exam discussion session, so i was left alone. I returned alone to the center in my bike. When i was about to park my bike, i found that SHE was there along with her friends.

When i removed the key from my bike, i found that she was advancing towards me. I felt embarrassed and decided to leave that place before anything happened. I thought that SHE might be angry on me because everyone came to know about us. So immediately i took the bike from the parking area and was about to start and i confirmed that she was coming towards me by viewing the side mirror of my bike. In the first kick my bike didn't get started, but when i was about to kick the kicker for the second time, she called me by name.

I WAS GONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Didn't Know WHAT TO DO...:(

I was completely stunned by her voice. This time i had decided not to see her eyes, because i knew her eyes will do the trick again. I was sitting on the bike, SHE came near me and told me that five letter word....

" SORRY "

I was stunned to hear this from that girl. I heard from my friends that SHE was so bold, outspoken & courageous and SHE would never come down from her level. I had never expected SORRY from this type of a girl. This SORRY transformed our life and imparted a great amount of knowledge, life skills for both of us and left me with a PAIN, which is still not curable......

This SORRY took around 44 days for converting into a proposal.........

..........................................................................To be Continued.................