A Manjeri Love Story

Epi - 2

Aysha's POV:

How could I land up in such a difficult situation, I looked at him. He was still standing there, I cleared my throat and said: "Look thank you so much for your help. If you didn't show up, I don't think we could have handled the situation." The new guy: "Yeah, it's alright"

Then I saw a bus coming to the stand, and due to curiosity I ran towards it like a mad woman, but there was no luck for me because it was heading to Kozhikode. I felt like I would cry at any moment, in addition to that my mom was calling me constantly, I don't know what to do, my head was hurting due to stress...

Suddenly I heard someone calling, when I looked it was the same guy who helped us with those fellows, he was coming towards us, he looked at both of us and asked: "What is the problem? I was noticing you guys for quite some time, you guys seemed stressed. What is the matter? Is there anything that I could help?"

I don't want to accept any help from a stranger whom we just met, but before I could answer my friend Anugraha replied: " We are looking for a Mannarkkad bus, it is quite late and we couldn't find any. Could you help us?" She seemed very much concerned about the matter, but actually, she is not. She didn't have any problem with the fact that we are getting late, she is the one who said moments ago it's okay we could find a bus, what's the hurry? Now suddenly she seemed frightened like a lost puppy.

I looked at her, then I figured what is the actual reason for her being like a helpless woman so suddenly, she was looking at him like he is some god or something. Admiration can be seen in her eyes. Oh god, again, she broke up with her boyfriend just before two days and she seem interested in another one. I rolled my eyes.

Anyway, he said he would help us, to be frank, I don't trust him but actually, it was a huge relief for me. It was not safe to stay here for long, the sun seemed to be setting, so apparently it was a little dark outside. I checked my watch again, it was 7.00 pm, oh no, what would I do? I became more restless, I started to walk front and forth due to stress, by seeing that the new guy approached me and said: "Look I know you are so tensed and it would be no help if I said anything or not, but trust me there is nothing to worry, there are plenty of buses to Mannarkkad and I'm sure that we would find one soon."

I was so stressed at the moment so without thinking much I just blabbered out: "How could I stay calm when you know the whole Mullasan family is eating my brain, just look at my phone there were fifty missed calls from my family, they are making me extra anxious, how could I explain to them that it was just due to the non-arrival of the damn bus rather than I'm being eloped with an unknown guy." Damn, why did I said that, it was too personal and there was no explanation of me being a psycho for straight two minutes and share with a guy whom I just met, you are fucked up Ayshu, why did I said that? Embarrassment suddenly covered me and I looked at the floor and murmured: "I'm sorry, I was so stressed so....". I didn't have the courage to look into his eyes, so I kept in my head down posture but I heard him saying: "Oh don't worry, I could understand the difficulty of born in an orthodox family."

Just then I heard Anugraha screaming: "Hey look, there comes the bus." We looked at it and yes it was a Mannarkkad bus. I felt like a person who saw a ship finally after surviving thousands of years in an island. We rushed to the bus, but actually it was not a direct Mannarkkad bus, it would only goes to Mellatur, then we should probably hire another bus to reach our destination, it was so crowded. We finally managed to get in the bus, there was no seats available, but it didn't bothered me even a little bit, what I felt at the moment was the feeling of relief.

But when I looked outside, the new guy also entered into the bus, I didn't know that he is also going to Mannarkkad, maybe he is going to Mellatur, whatever, it was a relief that someone we knew is also in the bus, even though the familiarity is a matter of talking for less than ten minutes. The bus was so crowded, it was full with college as well as school students, when I looked outside I could see the beautiful Manjeri city, I don't know why but I fell in love with this place, maybe that's why I didn't liked to go away, but what could I do, I have little options to choose in my entire life.

The conductor came to us, so I took out cash from my wallet and said: "One Mellatur please." But he refused the money by saying: "That guy over there already took ticket for you two." And when I look to find out the great guy who took the tickets for us it was none other than the same guy who was acting like the new hero in our life. I felt it was weird, why would he bother himself to take tickets for us, that's not necessary and I asked Anugraha about the same: "Why would he do that? I mean come on, we are not those helpless girls who even can't afford their own tickets, I don't know but that was total unnecessary." But she was totally flattered by his charm so instead she supported him by saying: "Oh please, don't act stupid, he is a total gentle man and I could clearly say that he did that because he wants to help us, not to torture us, and I don't understand why you make such a scene over a minor topic like this, maybe he is interested in one of us."

Oh god, she and her stupid useless logics, I thinks she is seeing so many SRK films, but when I looked at him he was looking at us intensely, maybe she is right, but I have a feeling that this journey is the beginning of something else, maybe something terrific is on it's way...
************************************Here is a sneak peek of Aysha