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Saturday 28 April 2012

The ten-minute drizzle was enough to ensure that the traffic on Lake Town Road was inching forward slowly, and painstakingly. She waved at the 215 to slow down further, to let her board.  He whispered to her that it was unnecessary. She agreed, laughing, and started folding her umbrella, while he shielded her, with the black one he had in his hand. He waited while she got on, unperturbed by the honking motorists, signalling him to move.  He peeped in to see if she had found a seat. The conductor gruffly assured him that she had. The girl was young, about eighteen, the boy probably a year older.




She watched out for him until he had made his way back to the footpath. When he did, he turned to see if she was looking at him. They smiled at each other when their eyes met. Then he started walking in the same direction as the bus, still gazing at her. She smiled back at him, all the while that he did. The bus momentarily surged ahead.  She strained her neck to see if he had been left behind.  Not two minutes later, he caught up, the bus forced to wait, entrapped in the traffic.

It was the last signal before the narrow road met the wider V.I.P Road. The traffic would be easier ahead, the pace of the bus faster. He waved at her to tell her that they were finally to part ways. She nodded and waved back.  The light turned green and the bus picked up speed. He stood waiting till the bus was no longer discernible in the distance. Then he slowly turned to the left, continuing his lonely walk back home.


4 comments:

  1. Wow, you wrote something aww-worthy! :-P

    More, more!

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    1. Hahaha! Sorry for forcing you to do this, but this is sooo much fun :)
      You must start your own, soon!

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  2. Dk this is great! It was a wise decision to start stalking you from the start!

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    1. I am so happy you liked this post :D

      This was the first time a real life couple didn't make me gag.

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