The Terminal: Part II

This is the Second Chapter of Part II. If you are new here please go through the previous chapters first.

Chapter I.I

She had not noticed it, but her friends had. Her friends had started pointing out to a boy, who had suddenly become more prominent in the vicinity lately. She had noticed him standing at the bus stop once or twice but with the busy schedule that she had, with tuitions, guitar classes, school, etc. she rarely had time for anything else. To let off the steam, she used to go for a walk with her friends after the guitar class. It had become really tough managing all the things, as in her last year of schooling studies were really important, her parents a lot of expectations from her which she had to meet. She had to study a lot to keep up with her classmates as well, with every month they were getting closer to the board examinations.

Her guitar was the only thing, which let her be. Whenever she would be in a tough position or feel the pressure getting onto her, she would just pick the guitar pick and start playing. She would sometimes play through the night, till the sunset. It was as if it transformed the world around her. She would know her parents are listening to her, sleeping in the next room, and would play their favorite songs.

She had a friend’s party to go to, and was standing in the gift shop selecting cards. She had selected a few cards and kept on the counter to be shortlisted to a final one. A boy entered the shop and before she could realize what was happening, picked up one of the cards she had selected, opened and read what was printed, paid and left the shop. She stood there, feeling irritated, but didn’t say anything. After some more selection she bought the perfect card for the birthday.

As she entered the party, she was early to the place, started meeting her friends and were discussing about the new movie which had recently been released. It had been a long time since she had last seen a movie in theatre, she used to miss watching movies in theatre. As the party warmed up, she saw the same guy in the party, the guy who had bought the card she had selected in the gift shop. He was standing at the opposite end of the room, she had a sudden urge of shouting on the guy and give him a lecture on his etiquettes. Before she could realize she was walking towards him, and she could feel her heart suddenly pounding inside of her. She was filling up with rage.

From what felt like an hour, she could feel her friends calming her down, trying to pacify her. She was feeling lethargic, after almost shouting on the boy, she had not lost her calm even though she was enraged at his act. He had just stood there as if he was not listening to anything she was saying, even though he was looking right into her eyes. In the end standing in front of her, all he did was shrug his shoulders as if he didn’t realize what he had done.

Since that day, her friends had started noticing the same boy, on the bus stand, in the ground, or just walking past. She was still too angry on him, to notice him.

To be Continued
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