The idiot

The Unexpected

Sometimes when you feel that your worst nightmare is over and happiness is going to be showered back at you, it could turn out to be a total fallacy because life is as unpredictable as it can get.

CHAPTER 28

Ruma was in my mind all next day. May be I was attracted to her.

As days passed by Ruma gave me more attention than before. She met me every day for lunch and brought lunch especially prepared for me. We spend our weekends together since Preeti was mostly busy. Though I asked Ruma out for movies or lunch, I never labeled it as date. I was considerate about it.

I, obviously, loved spending time with her.

Preeti was the busiest girlfriend one could ever have. Being a doctor she was always busy; her job demanded her to work sometimes even on weekends. Last time she left right in the middle of our date to attend an emergency. She was ambitious and always talked about how she could give up everything for her ambitions.

Sometimes I felt her career meant more to her than me.

I never minded waiting for her as she was worth the wait. She told me she never had a real boyfriend as everyone she dated left her as she could never give enough time to the relationship. I would be happy to be with her and to spend whatever free time she had rather than not being together. She loved me for that.

We did fun and exciting things together whenever she could get some time. I showed Preeti that I cared by taking part in the things that she loved doing. I watched chick flicks with her, even though I found it extremely boring. I told her that I cared about her needs, and not just my own. To me she was the most beautiful person I had ever seen.

I used to stand up for me and what I believed in, but I learned when to back down to let her win. It was best for both of us. I listened to her criticisms. I know no one wants to feel criticized, but one has to compromise if he or she wants to succeed in the game of relationships.

Preeti and I were not perfect together. We do differ in few things. She used to love watching cricket while I was a diehard football fan but we always get along great. We don't always agree on everything. We use to argue. Sometimes we used to fight. The best part of the ordeal was she loved me.

Have you ever had the feeling that the most beautiful girl in this whole world loves you? It's truly an indescribable feeling.

With Ruma I shared an unusual kind of relationship where we were more than friends but not lovers. Our relationship was not clear but one thing was clear that Ruma was a bundle of joy. She had always been so full of life and she lived every moment as if it was her last. In times when life passes us when we are too busy making plans for tomorrow, I wondered how she could manage to live in the moment.

Next few weeks were exciting. I spend most of my time with Ruma as Preeti was caught up in work as always. The more time I spend with Ruma the more I realized that we were almost alike at everything.

We shared common interest. We loved the same brand of car, same kind of food, movies and music. Ruma used to play piano.

"I wish I could play the piano like you," I once told her. She gave me lessons but I was hopeless. I later found that I was tone-deaf, which really made it impossible for me to learn piano.

"Never mind, why don't you try learning the drums? Then being tone-deaf doesn't matter," she suggested. She encouraged me to play drums and she won't ever stop me practicing. She always helped me to load my drums and set up.

She laughed at my jokes. I laughed at her jokes. She was honest and caring. And, of course, she was very beautiful, both inside and outside. However, she wasn't super-model figure, but she doesn't have a super-model attitude either. She used to tell me "Don't be shallow, just build up good friendship with people around you and go from there. You'll see more beauty in people both inside and out as you grow as long as you don't blind you self by being shallow."