akward meetings!

just one of those things

Yesterday i left my dupatta(scarf)  in the taxi..

i mean i almost left it there...it was in a share a taxi, where four strangers sit, and then each pay 7 bucks and alight when u reach ur destination...i had alighted at my destination, the rather good looking guy who sat in front seat had also alighted, when i noticed taht my dupatta was not in its customary place. on my shoulders damn it.....i rush back to the taxi...stop stop stop...seeing my urgency, the guy runs behind the taxi too...i yank the truant dupatta, look at the guy with an expression somewhere stuck between goofy sheepishness and shrugging thankfulness before sailing away.

Today again as i await the share a taxi, to my akward horror, i see the rather good looking guy again...im reminded of my yesterday's goof...he gives me a tiny almost missed it smile...i know i have to acknowledge him.

..u going to Bombay garrage?

yes his answer is a nod,which implied, wat a stupid question..".

okay u work for excise too, is it?" i ask again." ive not seen u there"..

"ive been posted there for almost 5 months" he said..

"not seen u in any office in excise actually" i say..

" iv seen u..he offers..in 2000...

now this is interesting..

.which section? i ask

adjudication section..he says....i used to be posted with ur friend raju...im ramesh...

yes i remember now...raju used to be a good friend of mine in those days till of course he left for the US permanently..

and now one more thing comes back...my best female friend in those days used to gush about raju and his friend ramesh..both are good friends and both are really good looking...i had then wanted to check out ramesh( raju as i mentioned i already knew)..but somehow it never happened..

i see him today exactly 12 years later....well he was good looking, had to give it to him...yesterday he converses..when u left ur dupatta in the taxi..it was funny...the way to yelled.....i thot u lost ur cell...

i give the akward grin again...ive lost dupattas before too, i volunteer...in a train, and once in a rickshaw..

when we reach the destination, i peel out my 7 bucks, and he peels out a 20 rupee note..il pay..il pay..both pay..the taxi driver walks away with 27 bucks...thts what happens when more than one person pays. he says.... its almost a chide.

...next time... i hear myself say, , just one of us shud pay then! which is when i realise that i had implied a next time....

ok, now im feeling akward again!