"Hey, how is it going?" heard a voice. Turned back, it's the girl from the help desk. "I just started with the introduction, and it's just going with the flow and what's your name?" " you can call me Lisa" She added "Good then, and how do I call you?" " You can call me Aarvi". Sipping coffee, she said "mm. A nice one!" she smiled and moved.
The memories pulled me inside the story. As the stops arrived, we got down. We were in a hurry to get inside the college as it was already late. I wondered what his major is. As the day passed, we again met in the vehicle, glanced at each other, and settled. When I thought of speaking to him, he went missing..
for a minute and came with his friends talking and the vehicle started. It moved slowly showing the shadow of him. In the evening a little hot breeze and tiredness make me feel awake. I went deep inside the memory of nature and admires its beauty and the long-travel of 50 minutes daily. The memories made me think about my future. "Where will I be after 5 years, whether I get a job? Whether I have constant friends? Whether I will make my life worth it? Move over, whether will I meet someone? Or will I get into the love? Do I stay single forever? Maybe this guy? Oh no, what I am talking about he is just a stranger. How can I compare my future with him?" I got back and patted my heart. "Can you just pull my bag?" Someone interrupted my thoughts. The girl's bag was locked inside, so I tried pulling it out, and it was success. As soon as she got her thing, she left the vehicle. "Why didn't she even thank me?" I thought. I looked at my watch, it takes about 7 minutes to get to my stop. And I was getting my bag ready. The vehicle stopped in the middle near the tree and that new guy got down. I told myself not to look at him. The vehicle started moving as soon as he got out. I relaxed. My destination was reached.
[glass brake sound]
I was walking fast towards the area, and one of the employees got wounded and bleeding. I just pulled my scarf out of my bag and rushed towards her and tied it around her hand and asked the way for the restroom to get cleaned. The girl was still rolling her tears. I removed the scarf and washed her palm and took her to the employee's private room where the medicare kit was stored, fortunately I remember that place and dressed her wound and it saved her blood. While we were getting ready to move, she hugged and thanked. I just patted her back. During this crisis, I don't know what happened or what is happening outside. As we were leaving to the public area of the company, everyone said "good move, girl" and they went off. And the girl from the help desk came near to me and whispered in my ears "good Aarvi!" She smiled. I smiled back and she added "you will get an intern, don't worry. Because Mano selected you out of 50 interns who applied, and he said that your proposal and your resume were really very impressive", "Oh, thanks it means a lot, and may I know who Mano is?" When I asked her, she wide opened her eyes and said "Seriously, you are asking this question?"
"er...yup! Did I ask something wrong?" I asked with my finger crossed because who knows what she thinks. She laughed and continued "Okay... 10 minutes ago you were speaking to a guy, and he is Mano, and his family is tied with our company CEO, their fathers were best friends and it is said they worked together for the growth of the company and Mano is given all the rights equal to CEO".
I was literally in shock. "I am sorry, Lisa. I have never seen him before", I said.
"No wonder , he is not own officially, and he came last month after completing his higher studies in Europe".
Lisa left. And I moved towards his place to continue. As I enter Mano is already waiting for me.
I entered, "Ya... Aarvi," he looked at me.
"Sorry, ..",
"Aarvi, I think your story is different and I think we can proceed with your story and If your story got hit no wonder you will get a chance to work here" I started at him, he added "Permanent!"
I left speechless, "any questions?" he asked by looking after his file.
"No sir, and i'am sure I will give the best"
he smiled and said "mm...you can call me Mano, then you can proceed with your work" I packed my files and got up "Thank you, sirrr...er..sry..Mano"
"Is this the one, you talked about before? a female voice echoed behind me.
A big gate opened and yes, not for me, it's for the higher authority. I showed my offer letter to the security, and he opened the small gate which was ahead. I parked my bicycle in the parking area and went through the authentication area, and I was given a tag for visitors, and they showed me a different way to go to the meeting. While I was there, their employees took me to the cabin.
"You can wait here," she opened the door and smiled.
"Yeah, thanks,” smiled back.
The place was calm with the plants hanging and the big glass door which is half covered by a screen and coffee machine in the corner with a small refrigerator and one side of the walls hanging some kind of painting for calmness and cushion sofa sets with a small couch and the next to that books stand were placed and another side is covered with glass where I can see my rear image and door were attached with it that too made of glass, wonder what is behind that.
When I look into the mirror, I get some random thoughts and wonder how? And why? As the days pass, we try to learn new things, we try to find a new path, but we don’t know how things change the way we learn. Hey! I'm not talking about the world, I am talking about you and your dreams. We get confused and, most probably, we trap inside the dreams.
As I was sinking into my thoughts, the image which was holding me got moved, and there appeared a guy. He came towards me straight.
And I stood as if I didn't know who he was. Seeing me, he said, "I don't want you to stand and proceed with your work".
"um.err.." Suddenly, I sat on the couch. He sat opposite and continued.
"So? Got a story? Don't forget that the story must meet reality. You can proceed"
..."StoryOfAaron"!, I added
"AARON?" He asked.
"yup! The untold story of two". I added
The sunlight shows the hope that is still hidden in the story. The rays of the sunlight just penetrate the books which I placed on the table. The bird-crimping sound added a piece of background music to my story, and I began.
"That was the sunny day and the busy morning when everyone was busy with their schedule and barely looked at others. The vehicles were moving in a rush with a horn sound and suddenly the bus stops and she looks out of the window to see what's happening and they are waiting for the guy to come who already booked this vehicle and all of the sudden there was heavy traffic the driver managed to move accordingly so that the traffic will clear and as it's already late for 5mins she pepped into the window simultaneously the guy who was rushing towards the vehicle got panic as she suddenly peeped and he didn't expect the thing and either she. This panic made them have a little weird smile on their faces. And they smiled at each other. Now he got into the vehicle and sat in front next to the driver". I added ,"They forget that universe had already made a quote for their new beginning..
"when I saw you, I fell in love.
and you smiled
because you knew"
-William Shakespeare.
I smiled.
"So this is their first meet"? He interrupted. I nodded my head.
"Okay, at least it is something different, so we can add this part and proceed with your story after a quick break". He picked his mobile and left.
I grabbed a cup of coffee and stood near the large plain window where we can see the whole city. Every damn story starts with beautiful eyes, and so I thought about my story character and just wondered how it was going to end!
The universe always pushes as to some changes. If you think you are not in the flow of life you have to move out of it and follow the universe. It has good plans for you, it teaches you a lesson, it makes you brave than ever before, it makes you understand yourself better. And you know? UNIVERSE is just all filed with MAGIC. It will always fill your days with surprises. GET READY TO PENETRATE THE WORLD OF SURPRISES;)
"It's time to move out darling" the landlord entered in.
As I got my languages packed already and I was checking it once as soon as the landlord entered, I gave a big smile. I tied my shoes and moved my trolley. "Here it is" I hand over the keys and thanked the landowner for this beautiful room and waved a hand and went down. "will miss you..!" I heard the voice when I am moving down the stairs.
Now my life has different plans for me. Don't know what is waiting but I gonna miss this area where I always hear the mixture of noises, sweet water cane guy, strict landlord, my favorite book store, and food, yes everything. I booked my cab and it arrived I packed my bicycle on the top and put the trolley in the back. I don't want my backpack to put somewhere else, so I kept it with me.
As the cab starts moving, I triggered my mind "LET'S GO".
I was enjoying the breeze winds and the evening lights. I closed my eyes, It makes my mood at ease. The cab stops " mam, should I need to bring that trolley inside?" he asked, as soon as he stopped the cab. "No, thanks", I nodded my head, he helped me to take the trolley from the back and the cab left as fast as it dropped me. I took a deep breath and looked up " HOUSE-OF-ELEVEN"., "weird name though..", I thought and moved inside. The environment was a little messy and unmaintained.
While I was entering, a lady approached me and asked "you booked this room 303 uh?" "Yes, I did via online"
I opened my pouch and looked for the ID and showed her the ID. She just looked into my ID and weirdly saw me. She went to the room, and I followed her, she picked a key and gave me a set of instructions, and I heard nothing as I was thinking about the projects I was going to handle.
She said in a loud voice, "Will you follow these things?”
"uh... I mean yeah!" I reacted as if nothing happened, and she added, "especially the timing should be maintained, make sure you enter the main gate before 21.00", she warned
"Yeah, got it, don't worry".
I moved my stuff to the room which is on the 3rd floor, and there were many families living in "HOUSE-OF-ELEVEN". And I found out that there are 3 floors, and each floor has 11 rooms. No wonder it has the name "HOUSE-OF-ELEVEN"
Cleaned the room and unpacked the things. The room is quiet enough for me as it has a small living area with a balcony and a bedroom attached to the bathroom. I took a quick bite of the bread and jam which I made for dinner and went to bed as I need to attend the meeting.
NEXT DAY
[Alarm sound]
The sun rays fell in the living area, and the people chattering noise woke me up along with the alarm. I just went to the window and enjoyed the view. Even though I can't see what is happening outside, I can view what is happening inside the area with busy people. Charged my phone and took the yoga mat and did some exercises for 15 minutes and got freshen up.
Packed the things that I needed for today and recheck for confirmation.
"Notepad, pen, and pencil, lip balm, specs box, tissues, daily diary, headset, ID,....Yes, everything is clear," said myself.
Locked the door and went down the stairs. A couple of kids ran towards me, and I slowed down the walking. They ran shouting "ahhhhhhh". They dashed me and ran to another side. Following these kids, a lady ran saying "it's already 7.45, come here, little devils" while holding a drumstick. I just smiled and thought about calling those kids little devils. As it seems, it seems very funny and sad. As they will get beaten up by their mom if they are caught. On the ground, a group of guys was playing basketball.
As soon as I reached it, I searched for the bicycle as I don't remember where I placed it yesterday.
A guy approached and asked: "may I help?"
"Hey, I am searching for my bicycle"
"Uh...okay, how it looks or what brand can you give any identities"?
"Black in color, and actually, it is actually a customized one, and it holds the name "magic" in the brand name place". I added.
He looked around and said "I think I got your cycle. Come with me!"
There was a shed where cycles are placed, and they are about 40 cycles. I just wondered where it would be mine. He took me around to find my bicycle. As soon as we reached the end, we found it.
"Got it!" I exclaimed with a happy face, he smiled back and took and placed it outside the shed
"Thanks, man. And your name?".
He rubbed my hair like rubbing the dog's hair and said "it's okay and call me as you like", and he moved.
"Without knowing your name, how can I call you?" I asked myself in a low voice as he was little steps ahead.
"If you want anything, just come to 111," he said and ran towards the little ground
A "crazy one" , I thought and peddled my bicycle to the company "EVE-PRODUCTION". I got an internship in this company, and if my project is successful, then I can be a writer for that production, and so it is an important day.
Sometimes even dreams have some hidden messages, the thing is how we are getting into that.
"ping..pi..pingg..."[HORN SOUND]
I peeped out of the window. The horn sound in the morning irritates me. Often we are messing with our really busy world. The wait in the traffic light even shows the way who we are and the life of the people but we are forgetting something to get noticed. YES! the people. We barely noticed some things and never consider how and why it is. Though there is no way of going unless the light changes to green and every people knows this but still, we can hear horns from the vehicles, most often quarrels between the people, sometimes animals fight, crying sound of the child, prayers chants ...everything we can hear in this single wait. But we barely notice anything. when we notice, life change and maybe you can learn something from that, it means you are GROWING by mentally.
[The music from the wind chimes]
I noticed the clock I realized that I am running out of time. I pick up a band tied around my hair for a pony and searched for my shrugs to cover up my sleeves. I rechecked my bag for the notepad and things. I realized that I forget my morning filter coffee. I searched my wallet to find my debit card so that I can brew my coffee later. "dinggiii...ii..ding... " I stood staring at the wind chimes, and sound of the the birds chirping took me to the past.
"where it is..where it is....yes here". I took my book and checked my todo list. I searched for the place to sit as it is already half full. I found a chair nearby the guy. He wore a black hoody with the wolverine sketch. And he had a TAB in his hand and Over-Ear Headphones. His shoes were quite similar to what I am wearing. I can't stop staring at his sketch. He suddenly took his eyes from the TAB and He chanced a glance at me and started doing something with his TAB. I sat just opposite of him. I was holding the book wolverine novel to get started reading. I don't want to get a weird reaction by having the same thing so I hide the book's front page on the desk and start reading.
It's already 21:30. I realized that I am already late. I searched for the track and put the book on the shelf and got my bag. As this store offers a BOOKS on the 1st floor and finance section of some 3rd party in the 2nd floor and offers good food for little carvings in the 1st floor it suits me to get some bites whenever am hungry.
I just looked around and there are no other people except the helper. As it is an automatic system no one needs any help from humans. And only to teach the newcomers how to deal with it. I saw some shadow of the human standing still. I just went nearby "aaarhhhhh" sudden noise got my heartache. I fell with my backpack. I heard the laughing voice behind the mask.
"Who are you?" I shouted angrily in pain. That guy removed his mask. That wolverine guy, I said to myself. He gave his hand to help me. I thought the helper and unfortunately you, he said with a grimace.
"Whether you do this to him often?" I enquired
"yup daily!" he smiled " ..sorry for the trouble and why were you here in the late-night" he asked curiously.
"mm... I haven't noticed the time as the content is good I just kept reading and it's already late" I said helplessly.
"uhuh..." he noded,
"what about you?"
"it is my usual place where I visit often I don't have offline friends so I come here and look after the strangers and play a game, nothing much..." while speaking he just made me sit on the chair and removed my shoes.
"hey, it's ok..um..am ok... " I hesitated
"just keep quiet.." he said and removed my shoes and he looks after my foot and done some kind of massages. "looks good ..and we have the same shoes...It looks like couple shoes..haha..."
I gave a weird reaction" I mean it looks like....and didn't mean it!" he added. I put on my shoes and ready to leave
"hey ....um..thanks for your help.." I said willingly.
"You can't leave me as it is...mm..well treat me " he commanded. "uh?...bu..ttt..mm..ya fine."
he laughed "hey... I was just kidding if you seem to say yes for everything then I should have asked more.." I stared at him" just kidding dude and really sorr..."
"DOOOOMMMMMM.." there heard a heavy noise.
"I think something got hit. Lemme go and check out." I stood still and make up my mind, got to move. "hey...um just be safe!" he smiled and waved his hands. I smiled back "what a man!"
All of a sudden I heard the voice.
"Hey..you..why are you still here? Don't you see the time?" I turned back. He looks like a bodybuilder, wore a black hoody unzipped. I noticed a tattoo on the right side of his chest but it is partially covered with his cloth. His face was covered with a mask. His pants quite flexible as I wanted this type of cloth always but I couldn't find the correct fitting. Maybe I should ask him. while he came near I found that guy is very tall. I was just at his shoulder length. While I was staring at his fine material of the pant. "just go now!" he ordered.
I don't understand anything. I stood still and searched my locket which I wore in my bag. It might have missed when I was fell.
"What are you doing? Just move out of here." He grabbed my hand tightly and tried to drag. It hurts me badly.
"ahh...what are you doing...? Are you out..of... the mind..., jus..tttt leave me!". I pushed him towards the shelf. "You don't need to command me!" I shouted. Still, I couldn't find my locket. He stood angrily beside me by folding his hands. As it is already late, I decided to come early in the morning so that I can search in peace. I pushed his shoulder and walked. "Who's this guy? Oh no it still hurts" I mourned and rubbed my hands.
I never seen that wolverine guy after that.
I heard the knocking sound. Back to the present. "You asked for a water cane and here it is" he kept down and left "yeah thanks, man"
Who I AM? One of the most unanswered questions of all the time...this question never stops nagging me. The world is running behind something, which is strange. And I don't want to run behind it. I need to find an answer for my naggings which is not allowing me to sleep. The nights haunt me to search a thing, to get the answer, to be free from this running world. I heard the voice of my longing soul
" Don't wait for the right time, as the moment when you decided to find something then just go for it. There is no one to stop YOU."
YES the real me is gonna begin. To face the challenges and solve the mystery, I joined my hands with my spirit.
"hey come here..." the soothing voice echoed!
"here.." it's repeated the same thing.
I tried to open my eyes and barely I see anything, only the voice.
I just followed the voice it's something mesmerizing, I feel I am being lost in the voice. "what the heck is happening" I asked myself.
the smoke of white is everywhere. There is a book that is wide open and it reflects the drawings. The background voice ...oh no why am i hearing? I just looked upon the sky. It is unclear there were beautiful flowers that covered the garden. I wonder whether I exist in the real world or where I am? Am I imagining something or its real?
"come here...here" I can't take this anymore. I need to find who is this. I took a deep breath and relaxed.
"who is this? who are you?" I asked anxiously.
"IAM YOU" it replied.
"what? what it means IAM YOU?" I asked confusingly
"You know what I mean" it replied with confidence.
"if not now then you gonna lose!" it said like a warning.
"you will come back to me" the white smoke disappears and the flowers started to dry. I was surrounded by dead flowers and leaves, moreover it looked like a dessert.
who is she? why she is saying that something stupid. I need to find who she is.
when I turned back I can see the blood strain over everywhere.
I screamed and run in the opposite direction. I feel like someone is chasing me. I slowed down and turned back.
