INTROVERT ED

GOODBYE

It was the time of departure. Only I and Khushi had not yet got in plane, we were late for it. We had to run as fast as possible. The plane had made it way for the take off, we got running, our toes were hurting and then the plane took the at most speed for takeoff, we both were running behind it as superhero. I held the tire of plane and then she held my hand, we both flew away, but as the tires went back in, I left it and we both were falling down, from the sky, in slow motion. Then Khushi said 'You need to wake up'

'What do you mean? We are going to die,' I shouted.

I saw the floor coming up, we both held each other's hand. I saw her for the last time in a green t-shirt, long hair, transparent color glasses on her eyes, and black pants.

We got inside floor. I got up as the alarm clock buzzed. I was back to my room, all messed up, I remembered that I was talking till 1 AM with Khushi and then dozed up, I didn't know when I was in a dream. I watch the most impossible dreams possible.

I saw my whole room, books fallen somewhere, study table somewhere and me on bed, with my phone and headphone beside me. Khushi was the first one to wish me on birthday. While we were talking I did not even get that it was 12 AM.

'Look, who just turned 26,' she said and started her video cam on, we talked a lot on video call, from past few weeks, we had finally got to know each other's face and she looked really beautiful, the dress I saw in dream was the dress she sent me just a day ago, she was going to some of her friends birthday, I just could not stop looking at it, every time I see it even now, I just feel something inside me, first I fell in love with her voice and now with her face. I did not tell any of this to her, I loved our daily talks and she once had said, "Look, proposals are something which should be made really special now for me, I am bored of this simple thing, all my firsts with anyone now should be memorable,"

I needed a right time, what was love for me now? It was being with her, talking to her, seeing her, sometimes I would just stop talking and keep looking at her eyes, though the camera quality was bad, from both sides.

'Who is that, Khushi?'

'It is someone who has not started video cam yet,' she said.

I saw the calendar on my phone, it was 15th June, my birth date.

'Thank you, Khushi, you are just so...great, lovely, I don't have words right now, it seems I am back at age of 13, where I thought that my birth date was speical for everyone, later I did not get any wish, now I feel back, thanks,' I said.

'That is what you call words with feelings, I can feel it right now,'

'Khushi, I have taken a week off, I am going to enjoy my...'

'I will contact you afterwards, my friends are up here, and just climbing on me....aahh, stop it Ankita,' she said and left the voice channel. I get it, the headphone had been disconnected, I wanted to say that I had taken a week off from office to go to a trip to Manali, I had booked my tickets and was all ready to enjoy my birthday week over there, snow and pleasant weather. That's what I needed now.

I got everything ready, my flight from here was on 3 PM, it was a bit cloudy today, I tried to talk to Tania a lot, but I was just not feeling to do it. What if Soham was telling some lies. Okay, the real reason was I had again become introvert around her, I thought if I call and Kunal or her parents would answer it, it would get awkward. I was taking my bags to living room. I got a call, I ran back to my bed room, it was Pari.

'Hello, Ani, many many returns of the day, I am sorry for all of that,'

'I need a gift from you,'

'What? I will order for you,'