Raj and Trisha - The first success- Part 6

 This time Raj wasnt affected by the jaw dropping bug. Rather he was surprised to see her there - with her three girl pals. He had'nt thought of it before, but now he suddenly started wondering, how come a beautiful girl like her did'nt roam around with a boy or boys = her boyfriend. Was she a lesbo or something? This was the second time for consecutive days of the weekend that he had spotted her with her 'girlfriends'. That thought combined with the fact that he had seen her twice in a couple of days, buoyed him up, made him happy and positive. Was it destiny that he should see her again and again like this and she is not yet 'taken'?

Arvi was thinking of the same, because he took Raj aside where their other two friends could not hear them and asked him with a teasing smile on his face, "Well ...well....well....looks like kismat chahti hai ki tum is haseena ko milo....sahi hai beta......" said Arvind. 

Raj could not help smiling at him, ready to agree with him !!.

"Your turn bhai, Raj." Kumar said as he gestured to Raj to bowl his turn. Then he spotted the girls. 

"Kahi yeh ladkilog apne ko stalk toh nai kar rahe naa?" Kumar said with a laugh, looking at the girls. 

"Tera turn khatam kar, Raj and then you others. Tab tak main yaha baithkar, chashme waali ko dekhta hu!!" said Kumar and crashed unto the sofa chair behind the bowling ball dispenser. 

Raj had bowled a gutter ball, because he was looking in the same direction as Kumar.....in Trisha's !!

And then something came over him and he decided to go and talk to her. After all, he knew her, he had spoken to her before and maybe destiny was calling. Besides, it is polite if you know someone and talk to them a bit. Even if he didnt do it yesterday !!

Without saying a word to his three friends, he went over the girls bowling lane, which was 2 lanes besides theirs and stopped right in front of Trisha. 

"Hi Trisha !! How are you?" said Raj. 

"Hey Raj.... I am good. How are you? Nice to see you here !!" she replied. 

Raj had not quite expected her to reply or for that matter even recognize him. He was ready for an 'adverse reaction' from her, but hearing her 'normal' response without 'any hangups' or 'attitude' increased his confidence. 

"I am fine too and its always nice to see you too !!" he said. 

"Hahaha....always? Well how many times have you seen me?" she asked quite unafraid. 

"To be honest, in the office and another time yesterday when you were eating at the italian restaurant" he replied equally brave !

"Oh !! How did you know? Were you there also?" she said. 

"No, I was following you....." he said.

"What??" she replied a bit surprised. 

"I was just joking, of course, Trisha .....Actually, I was also there for dinner....with my friends. And I noticed that you were there." Raj replied laughingly, surprised at himself that he was speaking with her so freely, unstuttering, easily. 

"Very funny Raj. You werent this funny when you were at the interview? Cat got your tongue eh?" Trisha said smirking. 

"Well to be honest, I was nervous" Raj replied, partly honest. He hadnt told her what had made him nervous, but even then he had thought that she had guessed it. 

"Hmm, yes I have that effect on people" Trisha said. 

"What?" Raj asked perplexed at her openness. 

"I mean my spectacles make me look strict" Trisha said. 

"Yes. Your looks made me nervous." Raj replied honestly. He was'nt sure whether Trisha would appreciate or notice the literal meaning of the words. 

But then Trisha gave him the same mischievous and dazzling smile that he remembered and his heart melted away. The music was playing loudly in the playpark and both of them were speaking at the top of their voices. 

"Listen, there is a CCD on the ground floor in the mall. Do you want to go there for some time, maybe have a coffee and chat a bit? I can hear myself screaming at the top of my voice just to talk to you." asked Raj. 

"Umm, yes, I guess so, Ill just tell my friends. Anyway, we were going to leave in a bit. Lets go and have a quick coffee" said Trisha. 

"And Ill tell my friends." said Raj. 

"Ok. Ill just introduce you quickly to them" Trisha said and introduced him as a 'friend' to all her friends. "Ok lets go Raj." 

As they were leaving, Raj and Trisha passed Raj's friends and he in turn introduced her to them. Arvind mustve told the others of his 'Love' for Trisha, because each of them had a knowing look on their face and everyone said a polite hi to Trisha with a straight face. 

They made their way downstairs to the CCD on the ground floor of the mall. 

It was close to 14 of Feb and the mall was decked up in decorations of heart shaped balloons, artificial roses, posters of DDLJ with Shah rukh khan and Kajol and all the 90s love songs were playing. 

Tujhe dekha toh yeh jaana sanam.....pyaar hota hai dewana sanam........                

    

         

Raj and Trisha - Life's plans and other plans - Part 5

Next day, a saturday meant another plan for Raj and friends. They had decided during the week that they would go bowling or play pool at the 'Playpark' which was at a popular mall. They watsapped each other and the plan was made !! In the evening at around 4 pm, they would reach the playpark. After around a couple of hours of games, they would head back to Sanju's place, where they would have drinks and order dinner at home. 

"Chakna ghetlays kaa?" Arvind called Raj and asked him as soon as he picked up the phone. 

"Tu baatlicha bagh re. Maagcha weli pan mich chakna anlela, tu matra batlich visarlas !! Aytya weli apan wine shop madhun gheun aalo daaru. Mala sangtoy deed shahana." Raj replied. 

"Ok. And whose car?" Arvind asked. 

"Mine. Ill pick everyone starting with you. Be ready at 3.30 PM sharp......baatli barobar" said Raj.

"Ok sir. Chal bye..." Arvind said. Just as Arvind was about to hang up -  

"Wait wait....Raj you are ok naa? after last night?" Arvind added. 

Carefully, Raj acted in a way that he didnt remember anything 

"Last night?" he asked. 

After exactly 5 seconds, he said, "Ohh. That....yes yes, its ok dont worry." 

He acted perfectly, neither replying too quickly nor too late. Just about right. 

Arvind was reassured and he hung up after saying ok.  

In reality, Raj hadnt been able to sleep that well last night. It had been Trisha-on-the-mind for him, but a part of him really agreed with Arvind when he'd said that he was nowhere near getting Trisha hooked onto him or even be friends with him, for that matter. And so he tried........very hard........ to put the matter out of his mind. First step was to make his friend forget the thing, so that he would'nt remind him again !!  

He had already started feeling better from the thought that now they would celebrate the weekend, first by bowling or playing pool and then by drinking, chatting and having food. This would make him forget about Trisha finally

Unfortunately, life had other plans for him. 

They had finished around two rounds of bowling each, when ........in strode all the girls who they'd seen yesterday at the restaurant, amongst them, the beautiful Trisha of course !!

Kaliyon jaisa...husn jo paya...har adaa mein....noor hai aaya......tu cheez badi hai mast mast new version by Neha Kakkar started playing on the playpark sound system at the very moment she entered..... 

    

Raj and Trisha - Sherlock 'Arvind' Holmes. Part 4

 After Arvi dropped Kumar and Sanju, they headed towards Raj's house to drop him. Just as they were about to reach, Arvi suddenly mumbled, "You know the girl." 

It wasnt a question.  

Raj gave a start. How did Arvind know? 

All four of them had been friends since school, but Arvi was his oldest buddy. They were together right from his Montessori days. Also, Arvind was extremely observant and had a sharp memory. 

"What?" Raj responded after a complete 10 seconds had passed. "Know which girl?" he added.

Arvi smirked, "Dont give me that, you know that I have come to know that you know the girl." 

"I dont know, you know" Raj responded. 

"Ok. Cut the confusing crap and give me a straight answer. Do you know the girl? The chashme waali girl, we just saw at the restaurant?" asked Arvind. 

"Yes. I do. But how did you come to know?" Raj asked. 

"YES!!! I knew it !!! See how well I know you" Arvind said. 

"But still? I was just ogling at her. And that couldnt give me away, because I ogle at a lot of girls" Raj said. 

"Yes, but the way you looked towards the table hurriedly after staring at her for god amount of time and then resisted every bit to turn towards her and then you refused to go and wash your hands at the basin which was right next to her. All these things gave you away." Arvi said. "But basically, it was just a hunch, call it telepathy or our childhood connection." Arvind added.  

"Yeah sounds logical, I guess." Raj said. 

"Ok then. Come clean now, what else? It is obvious that you are attracted to her.....or in love with her.....or what is it? How do you know her?" Arvind asked. 

"Well, I just gave an interview at a company where she is HR head. She took my interview and I was so infatuated by her when I saw her for the first time, that I couldnt even give the interview properly. But, after that we went for a coffee ......TO THE COFFEE MACHINE......" Raj added the last sentence with emphasis, as he didnt want Arvind to think that he had achieved a major 'milestone' with regards to taking the girl out for a coffee date. "We had a nice chat, and at times I felt that she was giving me certain signals from her side too, but I cant be too sure." he added further. 

"So now you are waiting for her call or for a call from the company to get closer to her if possible, eh?" Arvind asked. 

"Yes, Sherlock" said Raj. 

"Well best of luck to you and off you go .....I want to reach home...Bye" saying so Arvind shooed Raj away. 

"Im hurt, you wont even listen to the complete story man" Raj said. 

"Well it seems that you are still nowhere and I just dont want to get your hopes too high" Arvind smirked. 

"Well seems that, that has worked, because Im really depressed now." Raj said and started walking away. 

"Arre Raj, bas kyaa? Majak kar raha tha yaar, call karta hu tommorow, you are coming for bowling arent you tommorow?" Arvind called out after Raj. 

"Dekhta hu....." Raj said his head bowed. 

"What the fuck man? When did he become so touchy?" thought Arvind and scratching his head, put his car into reverse gear by mistake and backed up. He just braked ahead of the car parked on the street. 

"Fuck!!" Arvind swore. "Why am I getting confused?" he thought. He put his car into first gear and drove away.   

 

 

 

 

 

Raj and Trisha - When in love, its a small world. - Part 3.

 There was'nt any call from WesIT till Friday. However, Raj had kind of got over his 'Trisha attraction'. He was looking forward to meeting his friends - Arvind, Kumar and Sanjay. Friday night was to party, go out for a ride or hang out at Taljai, Parvati hill or near Khadakwasla lake. This time they decided to meet for dinner, head out to a local Italian restaurant. They met at sharp 8 AM outside the restaurant. As usual, Sanju was late. When he finally arrived, they hurled abuses at him and took turns punching him on the arm. It was ok since he was an old friend, otherwise a guy of Sanju's physique could have physically picked up all the other 3 together and hurled them atleast 10 feet away !! 

"Gym madhe arms maarat asel aani porin warti line, mhanun ushir." said Raj suddenly. He was thinking of Trisha again. Maybe a guy of Sanju's physique could impress her, thought Raj woefully. 

They sat on the table. Everyone was chatting except Raj, who had fallen silent since the time he thought of Trisha. Arvi soon noticed and asked him what happened. "Nothing" Raj dismissed it. But then he came out of his silence and started chatting. They placed the order and started chatting again. 

As they were chatting, four girls walked in. Amongst them was a bespectacled girl. She was dressed in jeans and a bright yellow short kurti top, with a plunging neckline, unfortunately hidden by her green colored dupatta which was semi transparent. Her even and fair complexion was clearly visible through the dupatta. She had worn her hair in a high ponytail which she had drawn in front so that it fell just above her midriff. In the lighting of the restaurant it was shining like a strip of silk.  She had worn a pinkish / light red lipstick. Her lips looked 'kissable', 'full and fleshy' and 'moist'. 

Arvind and Kumar, as usual were the ones, who had managed to occupy the seats which DID NOT face the wall. So they saw her as soon as the girls entered and swore. 

"Fuck....kay item aahe yaar, chashme waali. Tichya badlyaat mi tumchi teeghanchi maitri pan sodun deu shakto" said Kumar. 

"Saale ladki mili toh doston ko bhul jayega kyaa? Yahi ummeed thi terese, bada kameena hai tu" said Raj. 

"Arre bagh tar khara. Kasli jabardasta aahe" said Arvind. 

"Thamb jara.....asa ekdum hawrata sarkha baghu nakos....hawas ke pujari, saale" he added. 

But contrary to that and as expected both Raj and Sanju turned their heads at the same time and looked directly at her. 

Then Raj went into the same spell as when he'd met Trisha. Because it was ............. Trisha !!  He kept gaping at her, jaw dropped. 

"Mag? Aahe ki nai kadakkkk?" said Arvind. 

Sanju had looked at her and returned his attention to the table, on which food had arrived. But Raj kept gaping. 

"Arre bas naa ata. Kai tichya aat jaanar aahes kaa?" Sanju joked as he started gorging on the starters that they had ordered. 

Luckily Trisha or any of the girls had not noticed that there was a 'hunter' who was 'shooting deer' from a distance.  

With difficulty Raj turned his head towards food. He fell silent again. They finished their food and went to the wash basin to wash hands, turn by turn. The wash basin was just behind where Trisha sat. And of course each of them glanced at Trisha when they passed her table. 

"Tu jau shaktos ata...." said Sanju to Raj, when he came back. 

"Nako, me tissue ni pusle haath" said Raj obviously wanting to avoid the sight of Trisha again in case she noticed and that he had to talk to her or even say 'Hi' to her. He knew that he became a coward when he saw her and that such was her dazzling effect on him that he would just stop there and stare at her stupidly, stuttering or at a loss of words. On top of that, there were three other giggly girls with her. This wouldve obviously affected his confidence, adversely.    

Raj's friends did'nt find it unusual that he didnt go and wash his hands on the basin after eating. They paid the bill and left the restaurant.  

They sat in Arvi's car and he turned on the music. 

Kumar Sanu's hit number was playing....'Tujhe ....dekha.....toh yeh jaaana sanam....pyaar hota hai ...deewana sanam'               

Raj and Trisha - Hope is the only inspiration. Part 2.

 

Next morning, Raj woke up with an awesome feeling. He felt happy and buoyant. He made himself some tea and was reminded of the previous day's coffee with Trisha. Oh, those were happy moments. After all those smiles and 'signals' (as Raj thought) from her, Raj was already in love and longing for a call from her. Lots of times that morning, he felt like picking up his phone and calling her or watsapping her, but restrained himself from doing it. She would start thinking that he's a stalker and that would creep her out forever. 

Instead he started checking her fb profile. Unfortunately but obviously, it was locked. She must have received plenty of attention, he thought and that just put him off a bit. As the day progressed, he returned to his original - before - the - meeting - with - Trisha mood. He looked at her card, saved her number in his mobile. Then he clicked on her watsapp profile photo and found the picture of a flower there. What the fuck.....that's typical, he thought angrily - why hide such a beautiful face? 

And as the day loomed on, no call came from WesIT or from Trisha or even from that hook nosed idiot who had taken his technical interview. And although, he knew that no company will ever call a candidate to tell him about his appointment / rejection on the very next day, that didnt stop him from being angry at them in his mind. He realised in the evening that he was behaving exactly like a guy in love - mixed emotions, angry at people for nothing and imagining situations which cannot be logically true. 

As the week progressed, he thought a lot about Trisha, her smiles, the intentions behind it and the signals that she had given him - or those which he had imagined atleast. It was like a video tape running in his mind in which there were a lot of cupid's arrows criss crossing and angels singing and heart shaped red balloons flying here and there. In the video appeared Trisha - beautiful in her blue saree - running towards him and saying....Oh Raj, I love you sooooooooo much and kissing him full on the mouth, her silky hair falling over his face and the fragrance of her perfume hanging in the air. He ran the video in his mind over and over again and tried to 'analyze' all her smiles and signals.  

3 days after the interview, when he was having this wonderful day dream again, his cell phone rang. His ringtone was the cackling laughter sound. The one that 'Circuit' has in munnabhai movie. He was startled and his dream was brutally broken by this evil laughter - as if the mobile phone had it against his sorry ass also - he thought.  

The mobile slipped from his hands, he caught it again and picked up the phone to realise that the caller had already hung up. He thought it must be from the company.  Eager and hopeful that the company mightve called, he dialled the number again. 

It connected. "Hello....Hello....who is this please? I got a call from this number" spoke Raj

"Hello Mr. Raj?" 

"Yes, tell me, who is this please?" Raj asked impatiently. 

"Yes, Im from ISSPS bank. Are you looking for a personal loan?" the person asked. 

"Oh.....just fuck off man" replied Raj. 

 He turned on the TV and tuned to the music channel. 

Zindagi ki yahi reet hai....haar ke baad hi jeet hai....thode aasu hai ....thodi hasi.....aaj gam hai toh kal hai khushi.....    

He felt better listening to this song.......and slept soundly. Sometimes, hope is the only inspiration that you have :). 

 

Raj and Trisha - a Start? Part 1.

 Ok Mr. Raj, you can go to the next cabin for your HR interview. Raj had been looking for a job for the last three months following the shutdown of his earlier company. After what seemed to be hundreds of applications and thousands of emails and communications, had landed up an interview in WesIT an IT company in Pune. He had around 5 years of experience and was living in Pune since his engineering education days in a hostel then and now in an apartment. The technical interview had gone pretty ok as per Raj so he gave himself a 50-50 chance for selection (in his mind). He wanted the job as soon as possible, as he was running out of cash reserves and needed money badly even to pay the rent of his 1BHK apartment in Pune. 

As he walked past the reception area to the HR cabin, there were atleast 10 people seated there. As per the company website, there was only one vacancy. "Woah.....my chances are about 10% I guess" thought Raj sadly, as he looked at those guys. With a heavy heart and a bowed head he opened the cabin door and peeked inside. 

The lady that he saw was quite an eye-catcher. It was as if someone had tickled him on the insides. He didnt realise that his jaw had dropped and that he hadnt said anything after peering inside. The girl looked up questioningly at him and after a few seconds asked, "Yes?". Hearing no response and seeing the same expression, she asked again a little more loudly. "Yes? Are you one of the candidates?" Finally this time, Raj collected himself and said "Yes....". 

"Well, come in" She said. Raj again went into his dream like state for a few moments, before he finally heard her repeating the same thing upon which Raj sat on the chair hurriedly as if he had just caught a bus. 

The girl was b-e-a-u-t-i-f-u-l. It was Navratri time and she had worn a superb dark blue chiffon saree that fabulously contrasted her fair and pinkish skin. She had an almond shaped face, with deep brown eyes and perfect lips. The red lipstick was a great match to her slightly cherubic face and cute dimpled chin. She had tied her hair into an elegant knot with some strands playing on her cheeks. She had worn black rimmed spectacles. Her blouse was sleeveless and was tailored in such a way that it  ever so slightly revealed the cleavage of her medium breasts, which looked firm and tight. "It might just be the tailor's talent to design the blouse that way" thought Raj as he tried to get a grip on himself. He was already experiencing a choked throat and there was an uncomfortable tightening in his pants. He almost felt like jumping on the girl, kissing and fucking her all over.  He decided to look away while the girl started to bend and pull out some papers from the lower most drawers of her cabin desk. 

"Nice drawer you have here" said Raj, dumbly. 

He got a quizzical look from the girl. 

Embarrased and realising what he had said, he corrected himself "Nice cabin you have here......I mean its nice and airy......Nice ventilation." 

The cabin had no windows. 

"Otherwise its a pretty hot day" Raj continued...."I mean outside...outside....." The girl looked at him from above her spectacles sharply for a second, but then dropped her eyes to the papers that she was scrambling. Raj thought that he saw a shadow of a smile on the girl's face, but almost a moment later, he was sure he had just imagined it. 

Raj had now become silent, because part of him realised that he wasnt in his right senses !! He was mesmerized by the girl's presence and had already started imagining the stuff in romantic movies.  

"Ok So you are....." said the girl 

"Raj....Raj....." Raj said hurriedly. 

"Ok. But your full name is?" asked the girl 

"My name is Rajendra Shyam Gore" said Raj. 

"Ok. Raj....Can I call you Raj?" asked the girl.

"Yes of course....its my pleasure" Raj blurted out again.

"What is your pleasure?" asked the girl, this time smiling slightly.

"Im sorry, I meant to say that its ok, you can call me Raj" Raj said aware that his previous response was again very stupidly framed. At the same time, her smile had tickled his insides again.   

"Ok, so Raj, Im Trisha. I am the HR head here. The HR interview and all the commercial negotiations are done through me." 

After this, Trisha asked questions and Raj replied to all of them. Some of them with a hint of doubt, some of them confidently, but most of them in a 'stuttering' manner. 

"Ok. Ok. But Raj, can I ask you something? Why do you stutter so much while speaking? It could be a problem while you are doing a presentation....We want a guy who is good with clients..." said Trisha.

"Sorry....sorry madam...." 

"You can call me Trisha." said Trisha. 

"Oh can I? Thank you so much.....Uh.....sorry Trisha what I meant was that I am only stuttering because of you.........ummm.....no I dont know......" Raj replied. This time he was totally aware of his stutter. 

"Ok. You know what Trisha....." sighed Raj. "Its just that I am so nervous.....since this is an interview" 

In his mind he knew that he was just so captivated by this phenomenal beauty in front of him !! His ears had been red since he was inside the cabin and he feared that Trisha might see smoke coming out of his ears !! The stuttering had a different reason to it !! 

Finally after what seemed like an era, Trisha finally told him "Ok. Raj that kind of concludes our interview, unless you have any other questions". 

"No, dont have any other questions" 

"Would you like to have a coffee?" asked Trisha. 

"Sure sure....where should we go?" Raj responded...........a weird kind of response again. 

Trisha smiled at him and this time it was a dazzling white smile, her even white teeth showing and said "There is a coffee machine....let me take you" 

There was something different again with this smile - it was kind of mischievous and as if she was partly amused and aware that the guy in front of her had gone bonkers over her. However, whatever the meaning to the smile, it made Raj's heart melt....He felt as if someone had struck him....he started seeing lightning bolts and stars around him. 

"The coffee machine is here. Ill just go to the washroom and come" said Trisha. 

"Ill come to the washroom too...." said Raj. 

"What?" asked Trisha.

"I mean Ill go to the washroom too...." "need to relieve myself so badly..." said Raj unnecessarily. 

Trisha laughed again throwing her head back this time. Her laugh sounded like a squeal of pleasure in bed, thought Raj and the tightening feeling intensified. Worried that she may see the rising 'moutain' in his pants, he rushed off to the washroom. 

Once he was finished, he strolled upto the coffee machine and waited for Trisha to come. He saw her through the transparent partition door. She had let her hair down and walked easily with grace. When she came through the door, Raj noticed that her hips were quite large. The saree - like the blouse was hugging her hips tightly. Her pallu was like a broad strip pinned onto blouse at the shoulders. Her lean arms were well toned. Her complexion was flawless. A few beauty spots were visible even from a distance. Her hair was smooth, silky, voluminous and had a brownish tinge to it. It fell right down to her hips.  

"Hello Raj...please help yourself, the cups are kept here in the upper cabinet" said Trisha. 

Raj was looking at Trisha's cups. 

Trisha stretched and reached out on the upper cabinet. Raj was standing alongside and noticed that her butts were quite small compared to her hips. Raj got his cup out too and they enjoyed a cup of coffee. Once they were done - 

"Well nice to meet you Raj. Hopefully we will see you soon !!" said Trisha. 

"When? When can I see you again?" asked Raj by mistake sounding like an utter despot, which he was in this case !!. 

Trisha smiled again - this time the mischievous smile, which had made Raj's heart melt. 

"Well, as I said, the selection review process takes time, if you are selected, hopefully WE will see you  soon !!" said Trisha, emphasizing 'WE'. Raj was quite sure that she had read his thoughts quite clearly. 

"Alright, bye then, pleasure meeting you, Trisha" Raj extended a hand. Trisha shook it and held it for a fraction of a second longer than necessary, Raj felt. But maybe it was just his imagination, he thought.......or was it a signal? 

"Ok. Ill go now, you take care" said Trisha just waiting there, as if she did not want him to leave. 'Take care?' what sort of a farewell words are those? Does she care for me? Is it another signal? 

"Yeah. you too b....uh Trisha" Raj caught himself at the last moment. He had almost said "Yeah, you too baby!!" 

"Oh, Trisha - can I get your mobile no. please?" asked Raj. 

"Oh sure, sure Raj. Here it is" She pulled out her card and gave it to him. 

Raj left. At night, as he was lying down, he pulled out her card from his wallet and kissed it. 

And with a picture of Trisha in her gorgeous chiffon saree plastered in his mind, he slept blissfully - hugging a pillow.