
It was about 2 am of a Kota night.I just stepped into Anky's room n BOOM!!!....OMG!! It was a war like situation,n the issue this time was "Crushes....".It was Anky v/s Basav. I had no idea about crushes, so I preferred staying away from it n joined the sincere silent audiences!!As usual Basav had already stated the "Oxford dictionary"meaning n anky was defending the emotional aspect of it.Anky's statements reflected his experience,He was already in a relationship with a lucky Girl!!....It was a pure WAR...heavy shelling,Cross-fires...but thank god no casualties!!!...But i was loving it,I was learning something interesting .Bollywood movies did taught me what "PYAAR" means, but i was ignorant of this Crush thing!!Slowly I started gettin a feel of crush.The word was all around me.And suddenly my mind blinked "Did I ever had a Crush on anyone???"..A tough question it was....Firstly,it was a clear "NO" for me but then my Heart Shouted at me :"Stupid!!! You had one...How can u forget!!"...Now my mind was puzzled n so,it asked from heart itself...:"U only tell me??"...It was a january evening at Desert winter Carnival 2000..!!!....Ohh haan!! I got it:)
Wowww....:)
By Now I was already dwelling in the carnival..A cute 6th standard kid,wearing denim shorts,green T-shirt,Nicely combed Hair,looking inquisitively at the Gadgets on display in the Central Dome..As we covererd the dome region,It was time for my mom's favourite garments section,the section I hated the Most:(:(
But wowww.... this time It was lucky,we were heading towards the "Jhoola"section first..Yayy..I was jubiliant!!Finally,We were there at the Merry Go Round..But I always feared it:(....I said to my dad:"papa!!main ni jhoolunga ispe...:P:(", but then it was his favourite statement :"Cummon Nakul....U r a Brave Boy!!!"....n suddenly i became 40%braver n we were there in the queue...I was looking at the giant wheel,its baskets,people screaming n all...I was feeling Nervous again:(...But still i was gazing at the baskets....I was gazing n gazing n gazing as the queue moved on slowly...Every basket looked the same,full of Screams,scary gestures,frightened faces.......,but number 9 seemed different,It was Special...It was all Blue!! Full of Blue smiles,spreading chuckles around,she was an Angel dressed in Blue...She was MAGIC,that serene face,those loosely flying Hair,that soothing smile.....She was sheer MAGIC n I was spell-bound.....My eyes were following "The Number 9" n the angel within...By then,I had shed all my fear.My mind was all BLUE n I was 100% brave now .Meanwhile,the queue moved on n our turn was about to come..."The number 9" was slowing down n so was SHE...Finally it was our turn to occupy the basket...We were IN n she was OUT like a free spirit...It was all Lifeless out there with no BLUE,no SMILES,nothing..SHE was leaving n so was my bravery ..Suddenly,my basket had a jerk,it started rising..But i was still calm,no screams ,nothing!! My dad was feeling proud on his brave son.But he din’t knew that I was not there,I was LOST!!,Lost in the color blue.Suddenly,I was feeling the air around me.It was not oxygen for sure,it was something else..I was lost!!!..then suddenly,”Nakul,move out..!!!”,my dad called me out.The ride was over n we moved towards my mom’s favourite garments section.But this time I din’t ran away.I was searching for the angel in blue,with my fingers crossed!.But just found lifeless blue around.She had left!
We too were leaving for home now.As we were moving out of the exit gate,I spotted her!!!.She was on a scooty with her mom n they were flying towards the“Bombay Motors Circle..”.I wanted to go behind her,but had no option other than to have a final glimpse of her.I wished I had a camera that timeL...But it was all over now,she had gone.Finally,we were home.I went straight to my room,laid my back on bed n leaned my legs against the wall next to it..I closed my Eyes n I was lost.I wanted to be in that Fairy-Tale.She was so much a charm..”A graceful spirit...”I was revisiting those moments,the moments of my life.In some time,I was asleep owing to those angel dreams.My mom came n scolded me for that stupid up-side down gesture n called me for dinner, but I skipped it.I wanted to be with her,so I pulled up my Rajai n my day was Off!!
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Suddenly, basav shouted..”Abe! Tu kyun Hans rha hai..??”n I was back from flashbacks.I just smiled at him n said:”Bas aise hii..:)J” n moved out of the room.These “Bas Aise hi ..:)J”moments are great.But still the question was alive...”Was that a Crush ?? or something else......??”.I still had no answer to it but by then I knew one thing for sure...”It was something special,A fairy tale of my life...........................:)”.
Even now, when I get a chance to go to that winter carnival,I still look for that “The Number 9” on the merry go round.I wish I had a camera that day. But still I have an image of her in my memory,though its getting glimmer day by day,but the BLUE angel is alive in ME!!
And to be honest,while writing this post,I was feeling as if I was back in those winters of 2000 with that “Bas aise hi..:)J” SMILE...
Seriously!!!These “Bas aise hi..:)J” moments are great.They are the spice of our lives.And I m Lucky to have a few of them like this one Already!!:)