It was the winter of '99 when I first met you. I barely remember how we became friends and even fainter is the idea about it going to the next level. I started loving your company. Going back home after school, reflecting on how I did to earn you a smile and envisaging what tomorrow would bring for me. When going school was tempting and staying at home was tedious.Like a restless creature I could not help but wait for the next morning to arrive.I remember how the school came to know about our togetherness and how teachers used to warn students about the worldly distractions.Together we watched the cliche 'Always Remember' turn into our class's anthem.
13 years down the line, I am sitting all alone in my room, contemplating on how different things could have been had that innocent heart been just a little more courageous. Two years of togetherness and I couldn't even buy the courage to speak my heart out.Thanks to my well wishers though, who have taken the trouble of locating you. They could succeed not far but at least to discover that you stay somewhere close to South Delhi. I extend my heartfelt thanks to you too for saving me from the mundane weekends. I've made several failing attempts since then,scanned faces like never before, impatiently awaited every single moment. I don't know what keeps me running, where this ray of hope comes from. All I know is that one day when all my dues are paid, my urge would be advocated in his court and that would bring an end to a decade long trial.
