Against the Odds
No matter where you go
I will find you
If it takes a long long timeNo matter where you go
I will find you
If it takes a thousand years
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“I
am really nervous. What if all this is a prank?” she had been telling Saurav the
same thing since last evening.
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Two
days ago:
She
had randomly sent a friend request to someone called Gopal on Orkut when she
couldn’t find the guy of her dreams. And, the friend request got accepted.
Imagine, who does that! How odd.
Read the first part here and the second part here.
After
accepting her friend request, Gopal had sent her a message that said, “Hey do I
know you?” The question had irked her a little. Of course he didn’t know her, why
did he accept her request.
However,
after some deliberation, she responded, “No, you don’t.” The message from the
other side was prompt, “Well, you sent me a request so I thought maybe we knew each
other?” Why did she have to send the request! However, she still responded.
The
messages that got exchanged, were something like this:
Her
- “We don’t know each other. You can cancel the request if you want to. Sorry
for all the trouble.”
Gopal
– “Ok. So why did you send me the request?”
Her
– “By mistake. I wasn’t expecting you to accept it, anyway.”
Gopal
– “I doubt it was a mistake ;)”
WTF
does this guy want? She replied, “Yeah, ok. I was looking for someone and when
I couldn’t find him, I sent you a request. I know it sounds weird. And I am
really sorry for this.” He was a stranger so it didn’t matter if he thought she
was stupid!
“Aah!
And who are you looking for?” he messaged back almost immediately. She knew he
was having fun at her expense. After all people don’t get to hear such dumb
reasons for getting friend requests so often.
“No
one. I don’t think he’s on Orkut,” she replied, hoping to end the conversation.
“So what? If he is from my college, I can help you look for him. What is his name?”
his message said.
What
was the harm in telling him anything? He was a complete stranger and she was
never going to meet him ever. She would tell him and then delete him from the friend
list.
So,
she typed, “He is in your college and in the dance troop. I had some work with
him but I misplaced his name and number. I was hoping to reach him through
Orkut but I can’t find him.”
“What
is his name?” Gopal asked again. The point was she didn’t know the name! Gopal
was asking her too many questions but who wouldn’t in such a case. She thought
for a moment and then sent him a message.
“Ok,
so here is the thing. I saw this guy in a dance fest the other day and I think
I kinda like him. I don’t know his name or anything else about him. I thought I
would be able to find him on Orkut but I have clearly failed. I just randomly
sent you a friend request. And, since you know too much now and are probably
thinking that I am the dumbest girl on this planet, I am going to block you.”
She messaged him, then closed the message window and started looking for
options to block him.
Just
as she was about to block him, there was another message that read, “Wait.
Don’t block me. I think I can help you. I know everyone in the dance society.
So if you can describe him, I may be able to tell you his name and then you can
look him up on Orkut. You may not have found him without the name.”
She
thought for a while and then described the guy to Gopal – everything from the
eyes to the way his hair was falling on his forehead. She knew there was no way
she would find the guy she thought she was in love with.
When
there was no response for almost half an hour, she knew she had made a fool out
of herself. She was heartbroken. Somewhere. she had hoped Gopal would be able
to help her. She decided to wait till the morning to delete or block him. And,
then, she received another message.
“Sorry,
took me a long time to respond. Power cut. I have added a new picture in my
album. Have a look and tell me if this is the same guy you are talking about.”
The message from Gopal stated.
She
could feel her heart racing as she opened his album. And there it was. The
first picture of the guy she was in love with. Fuck. Gopal knows him. She
didn’t know what to do. She couldn’t believe this.
A
string of messages were pouring in from Gopal right from, “is he the guy you
wanted to find,” to the latest one asking, “you there?” but she just kept staring
at the picture.
Finally
she responded, all caps, “YES! HE’S
THE ONE. OH MY GOD, HOW DO YOU KNOW HIM?????” Gopal replied, “His name is Ahan.
And, he is my best friend.”
“WTF.
How can this be true? How can someone I send a random friend request to,
actually know the guy I wanted to find. Oh God, I might just faint. Should I
ask Gopal for Ahan’s phone number? Or should I now look up for Ahan on Orkut?”
all these thoughts were crossing her mind as she sat there, absorbing the
events of the last two hours.
It was so odd for her to have found him!
To be continued..
